POURING IT ON - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 164 clues). Published 11/30/1980. By A. J. Santora.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Of the soft palate (5): VELAR
6 Across: N.F.L. scores (3): TDS
9 Across: Where Bradley is (6): PEORIA
15 Across: Hebrew bushel (5): EPHAH
20 Across: ___ fell swoop (5): INONE
21 Across: Kind of pads (3): HIP
22 Across: Commuters (6): RIDERS
23 Across: Weather-stripped (6): SEALED
25 Across: Lay away now; use later (16): SAVEFORARAINYDAY
28 Across: Three-bagger (6): TRIPLE
29 Across: Verily (4): AMEN
30 Across: Personnel head's task (6): HIRING
31 Across: Recoils (5): SHIES
33 Across: Kind of steamer (5): TRAMP
34 Across: ___ alone (do by oneself) (4): GOIT
35 Across: Grape seed (6): ACINUS
36 Across: Preserved (6): SALTED
38 Across: Cottontail (4): SCUT
39 Across: Gannet's kin (3): ERN
40 Across: Hellene (5): GREEK
41 Across: Favorites (4): PETS
42 Across: Route for Geronimo (7): WARPATH
44 Across: Piece of land (4): ACRE
46 Across: Pasty cement mixture (6): SLURRY
49 Across: Daisy cutter's cousin (5): LINER
50 Across: One of Margaret Mead's topics (5): SAMOA
52 Across: Robert ___ (4): ELEE
53 Across: Rotated (4): SPUN
55 Across: ___ Lama (5): DALAI
59 Across: Beard of grain (6): ARISTA
61 Across: Logger's activity (10): TRUNCATING
63 Across: Some textile workers (5): DYERS
64 Across: Proficient (8): MASTERLY
66 Across: Slaving away (7): MOILING
67 Across: Maladjusted person (6): MISFIT
68 Across: Singer James (4): ETTA
69 Across: Bellyache (4): CARP
71 Across: Where Puno is (4): PERU
72 Across: Jitney (3): BUS
73 Across: Truth, in Confucianism (3): TAO
74 Across: Plunges into the limelight (15): MAKESABIGSPLASH
78 Across: Omega, in Oxford (3): ZED
81 Across: Cool drink (3): ADE
82 Across: Stulm (4): ADIT
83 Across: In ___ (correctly timed) (4): SYNC
84 Across: Chipping tool (4): ADZE
88 Across: Allow (6): ENABLE
90 Across: Appease (7): PLACATE
93 Across: Children's game (8): LEAPFROG
95 Across: Kind of wave (5): TIDAL
96 Across: What many tests test (10): COMPETENCE
98 Across: Ceramic-floor material (6): TILING
99 Across: Anagram for abode (5): ADOBE
100 Across: Word with while (4): ERST
101 Across: Joss (4): IDOL
102 Across: Stares intently (5): GAZES
103 Across: Of an Arizona tribe (5): YUMAN
105 Across: Road sign (6): GOSLOW
107 Across: "Fighting Bob" of ring fame (4): FITZ
108 Across: Colorful fish (7): WRASSES
111 Across: Govt. worker (4): TMAN
113 Across: Prussian lancer (5): UHLAN
115 Across: Fond du ___, Wis. (3): LAC
118 Across: Hebrew letter (4): HETH
119 Across: Reign of ___: 1793–94 (6): TERROR
121 Across: Make beloved (6): ENDEAR
123 Across: Hindu writings (4): VEDA
124 Across: Give a decision (5): ACTON
126 Across: Town of Kaiser's exile (5): DOORN
127 Across: Break a promise (6): RENEGE
128 Across: On ___ (equal) (4): APAR
129 Across: Latitude (6): LEEWAY
131 Across: Wet forecast by Louis XV? (16): APRESMOILEDELUGE
134 Across: Ancient ascetic (6): ESSENE
135 Across: Bridal wreath (6): SPIREA
136 Across: A kind of "easter" (3): NOR
137 Across: "Sweet ___ O'Grady" (5): ROSIE
138 Across: Hat material (5): STRAW
139 Across: Flips (6): TOSSES
140 Across: Trio in fluff (3): EFS
141 Across: Crime by one carrying a torch (5): ARSON

Down Answers

1 Down: Appearance (6): VISAGE
2 Down: Charm (6): ENAMOR
3 Down: Snow-in-summer (11): LOVEINAMIST
4 Down: Concerning (5): ANENT
5 Down: Gridiron off. (3): REF
6 Down: Twice and again (6): THRICE
7 Down: Pepys's and Evelyn's books (7): DIARIES
8 Down: "Let-us-spray" device (9): SPRINKLER
9 Down: Puritanical ones (5): PRIGS
10 Down: One, in Berlin (3): EIN
11 Down: Homeric epic (7): ODYSSEY
12 Down: Cardinal's topper (6): REDHAT
13 Down: Trolley tracks (6): IRAILS
14 Down: Up to now (5): ASYET
15 Down: N.Y. time (3): EST
16 Down: Impudent (4): PERT
17 Down: These keep waves wavy (10): HAIRSPRAYS
18 Down: Woolly fabric (6): ALPACA
19 Down: Actor Dantine from Austria (6): HELMUT
24 Down: Strong bench (5): DEPTH
26 Down: Chicago airport (5): OHARE
27 Down: Babylonian god (3): ANU
32 Down: Dorcas society's activity (6): SEWING
37 Down: Rather or Cupid (3): DAN
40 Down: Rasp (5): GRATE
41 Down: No bar to the postman (13): PRECIPITATION
43 Down: A bit ruddy (7): REDDISH
45 Down: Rib (5): COSTA
47 Down: Ending for pend or sept (4): ULUM
48 Down: Slots spot (4): RENO
49 Down: Pearl Buck's Wang ___ (4): LUNG
50 Down: Equivalent (4): SAME
51 Down: What the suspicious smell (4): ARAT
53 Down: Moves about (5): STIRS
54 Down: Dolls on the walls (6): PINUPS
56 Down: Portside (4): LEFT
57 Down: Melody (4): ARIA
58 Down: That ___ say (4): ISTO
60 Down: Roofed passageway (6): ARCADE
61 Down: Old Phoenician port (4): TYRE
62 Down: What hurriers shake (4): ALEG
65 Down: Louise or George (4): LAKE
67 Down: White grape (6): MUSCAT
70 Down: Biblical 150 (6): PSALMS
72 Down: Deadly poison (4): BANE
74 Down: Aural ossicle (7): MALLEUS
75 Down: Suit (to) (5): ADAPT
76 Down: Blue hue (4): BICE
77 Down: Sparky of baseball (4): LYLE
78 Down: Greek letter (4): ZETA
79 Down: Chisholm Trail town (4): ENID
80 Down: Slotted groove (4): DADO
84 Down: Musical key (5): AFLAT
85 Down: Hail-fellow-all-wet (11): DRIZZLEPUSS
86 Down: Region (4): ZONE
87 Down: Roe (4): EGGS
89 Down: A little bit of rain? (10): BABYSHOWER
90 Down: X-rated, for short (4): PORN
91 Down: Bessell and Nugent (4): TEDS
92 Down: Organic compound (4): ENOL
94 Down: ___ a blanket (5): PIGIN
96 Down: Terminated (6): CEASED
97 Down: Part of seventh heaven? (9): CLOUDNINE
104 Down: Where divas reign in N.Y.C. (3): MET
105 Down: Accumulates (7): GARNERS
106 Down: ___ fortune (7): WHEELOF
107 Down: Got along (5): FARED
108 Down: Spouter at sea (5): WHALE
109 Down: Grotto (6): RECESS
110 Down: Certify (6): ATTEST
111 Down: Too much, to Toscanini (6): TROPPO
112 Down: Poet who popularized a chair (6): MORRIS
114 Down: Light beers (6): LAGERS
116 Down: Graceful tempo (6): ADAGIO
117 Down: Heel over (6): CAREEN
120 Down: Barbecue (5): ROAST
121 Down: Bombeck et al. (5): ERMAS
122 Down: Modernist (3): NEO
123 Down: Courage (5): VALOR
125 Down: Nursemaid, in Nottingham (4): NANA
130 Down: Evergreen (3): YEW
132 Down: Bishopric (3): SEE
133 Down: Time of "Good Feeling" (3): ERA

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