VERBAL HI-JINKS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 11/16/1980. By Alfio Micci.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Mar (6)
- DEFACE
- 7 Across: Complain (6)
- REPINE
- 13 Across: Drains (4)
- SAPS
- 17 Across: ___ and excursions (7)
- ALARUMS
- 19 Across: Was fearful (7)
- COWERED
- 20 Across: Oregon, for one (5)
- TRAIL
- 22 Across: SNRUT (15)
- TURNSUPSIDEDOWN
- 24 Across: Reindeer, to René (5)
- RENNE
- 25 Across: Irish patriot (5)
- EMMET
- 26 Across: Plural ending (3)
- IES
- 27 Across: Reply: Abbr. (3)
- ANS
- 28 Across: Worked on socks (6)
- MENDED
- 29 Across: "___ Fideles" (6)
- ADESTE
- 32 Across: Mystery writer Josephine (3)
- TEY
- 33 Across: Algonquian (6)
- OTTAWA
- 34 Across: AIR (13)
- COMPRESSEDAIR
- 39 Across: Bow (3)
- ARC
- 40 Across: Roofed passageway (6)
- ARCADE
- 41 Across: Full of fury (4)
- IRED
- 42 Across: Brilliantly colored fish (4)
- OPAH
- 43 Across: Belfry denizen (3)
- BAT
- 46 Across: Shows pleasure (5)
- GRINS
- 47 Across: An old ruse: Colloq. (5)
- CONNU
- 48 Across: Argillaceous rock (5)
- SHALE
- 49 Across: Christian or Roman (3)
- ERA
- 50 Across: Roof feature (4)
- EAVE
- 51 Across: Proscribes (4)
- BANS
- 52 Across: DE DE AL AL (11)
- SQUAREDEALS
- 55 Across: Scuttle (3)
- HOD
- 56 Across: Royal family of Scotland (6)
- STUART
- 57 Across: Double quartet (5)
- OCTET
- 58 Across: Lose (6)
- MISLAY
- 62 Across: Sound of laughter (3)
- HAH
- 64 Across: Actress Balin (3)
- INA
- 65 Across: Flammable hydrocarbon (6)
- BUTANE
- 66 Across: Foreigner (5)
- ALIEN
- 67 Across: Taproom (6)
- SALOON
- 69 Across: Crude abode (3)
- HUT
- 70 Across: AP ES (11)
- COREDAPPLES
- 72 Across: French wives: Abbr. (4)
- MMES
- 74 Across: Terminate (4)
- STOP
- 78 Across: "___ Alone": Romberg (3)
- ONE
- 79 Across: Rudimentary seed (5)
- OVULE
- 80 Across: Robin of balladry (5)
- ADAIR
- 82 Across: "The Wreck of the Mary ___" (5)
- DEARE
- 83 Across: Palindromic name (3)
- NAN
- 84 Across: In a high degree (4)
- VERY
- 85 Across: Procure or secure (4)
- GAIN
- 86 Across: Liquified by heat (6)
- MOLTEN
- 87 Across: Beautician Westmore (3)
- ERN
- 88 Across: 1,000,1,000 (13)
- ONEINAMILLION
- 91 Across: Takes the helm (6)
- STEERS
- 95 Across: Actress Tanguay (3)
- EVA
- 96 Across: Maroon (6)
- STRAND
- 97 Across: Decanter (6)
- CARAFE
- 98 Across: Linguist Mario A. ___ (3)
- PEI
- 99 Across: Agcy. succeeded by N.R.C. (3)
- AEC
- 100 Across: Peep show (5)
- RAREE
- 105 Across: Stradivari's teacher (5)
- AMATI
- 106 Across: WORL (15)
- WORLDWITHOUTEND
- 110 Across: Chief ingredient (5)
- BASIS
- 111 Across: Annexed (7)
- ADDEDON
- 112 Across: Bring to a total (7)
- SUMMATE
- 113 Across: Torn (4)
- RENT
- 114 Across: Crystal-lined rocks (6)
- GEODES
- 115 Across: Compound similar to another (6)
- ISOMER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Boy-meets-girl event (4)
- DATE
- 2 Down: Cle ___, city in Washington (4)
- ELUM
- 3 Down: Old MacDonald had one (4)
- FARM
- 4 Down: Composer of "Comus" (4)
- ARNE
- 5 Down: Desserts (8)
- CUSTARDS
- 6 Down: Ostrich's cousin (3)
- EMU
- 7 Down: Serling or Steiger (3)
- ROD
- 8 Down: Ram's dam (3)
- EWE
- 9 Down: Footed: Comb. form (6)
- PEDATI
- 10 Down: Mangle user (6)
- IRONER
- 11 Down: Given to gossip (5)
- NEWSY
- 12 Down: Bulldog or final: Abbr. (3)
- EDN
- 13 Down: O U T (12)
- STRETCHEDOUT
- 14 Down: Common contraction (5)
- ARENT
- 15 Down: Zoo attraction (5)
- PANDA
- 16 Down: Tendon (5)
- SINEW
- 18 Down: Triple agents (5)
- SPIES
- 19 Down: Artificial reservoirs (8)
- CISTERNS
- 21 Down: Mother of Helen of Troy (4)
- LEDA
- 23 Down: Part of a seminar (7)
- SESSION
- 28 Down: Esprit de corps (6)
- MORALE
- 30 Down: Sandra or Ruby (3)
- DEE
- 31 Down: Site of Sagan's dragons (4)
- EDEN
- 34 Down: Target for Trottier (4)
- CAGE
- 35 Down: Odd, in Scotland (4)
- ORRA
- 36 Down: Year in the reign of Henry IV (4)
- MCIV
- 37 Down: Oriel part (4)
- PANE
- 38 Down: Scorched (5)
- ADUST
- 39 Down: Separated (5)
- APART
- 42 Down: Flicka's creator (5)
- OHARA
- 43 Down: Blessed Roman Catholic woman (5)
- BEATA
- 44 Down: "Stormy Weather" composer (5)
- ARLEN
- 45 Down: Discernment (5)
- TASTE
- 47 Down: Bounder (3)
- CAD
- 48 Down: ___ pan (Chinese abacus) (4)
- SUAN
- 51 Down: Dandiprat (3)
- BOY
- 53 Down: One of the Dionnes, for short (4)
- QUIN
- 54 Down: Outside: Comb. form (3)
- ECT
- 55 Down: APPLAUSE (12)
- HANDOVERFIST
- 56 Down: Cordwainer's creation (4)
- SHOE
- 58 Down: City in Georgia (5)
- MACON
- 59 Down: One of the Masseys (5)
- ILONA
- 60 Down: Enchantress (5)
- SIREN
- 61 Down: The quiet side (3)
- LEE
- 62 Down: By chance (5)
- HAPLY
- 63 Down: Everyone, in Essen (4)
- ALLE
- 65 Down: Charabanc (3)
- BUS
- 67 Down: Reject (5)
- SPURN
- 68 Down: Orange or Indian (5)
- OSAGE
- 69 Down: Part of H.R.H., sometimes (3)
- HER
- 71 Down: Disinclined (6)
- AVERSE
- 72 Down: Aver (8)
- MAINTAIN
- 73 Down: Sofia sight (7)
- MINARET
- 74 Down: Order to a broker (4)
- SELL
- 75 Down: Actor Jacques (4)
- TATI
- 76 Down: Mountain: Comb. form (4)
- OREO
- 77 Down: Robert ___ Warren (4)
- PENN
- 81 Down: Speaker's milieu (4)
- DAIS
- 82 Down: Becalmed state (8)
- DOLDRUMS
- 86 Down: Andy Gump's wife (3)
- MIN
- 88 Down: Exaggerate (6)
- OVERDO
- 89 Down: Did carpentry (6)
- NAILED
- 90 Down: Jet speed units (5)
- MACHS
- 91 Down: Picket-line crosser (4)
- SCAB
- 92 Down: Devonshire river (5)
- TAMAR
- 93 Down: Expunge (5)
- ERASE
- 94 Down: Dine at home (5)
- EATIN
- 95 Down: Horatian verse form (5)
- EPODE
- 101 Down: Prefix for sphere or meter (4)
- ATMO
- 102 Down: Paper quantity (4)
- REAM
- 103 Down: Being, in Barcelona (4)
- ENTE
- 104 Down: Large German dam (4)
- EDER
- 106 Down: Joker (3)
- WAG
- 107 Down: H.S.T.'s successor (3)
- DDE
- 108 Down: Certain servicemen: Abbr. (3)
- WOS
- 109 Down: French assent (3)
- OUI
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