CLUED-IN PEOPLE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 12/14/1980. By Alex F. Black.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Easy gait (5)
AMBLE
6 Across: Something special (5)
TREAT
11 Across: Raphaelle or Rembrandt (5)
PEALE
16 Across: Nestor's father (6)
NELEUS
18 Across: Starr of a foursome (5)
RINGO
19 Across: Persian Gulf measurements (7)
BARRELS
21 Across: Mediumistic miss (12)
CLAIREVOYANT
23 Across: Sends par avion (8)
AIRMAILS
25 Across: Bowlers and dicers (4)
HATS
26 Across: Opposite of disassociate (6)
RELATE
27 Across: Others, in Orizaba (5)
OTROS
28 Across: Rhythmic dance (3)
TAP
29 Across: Tierra del Fuegian (3)
ONA
30 Across: Leading lady in a pastorale (11)
BELLEWETHER
32 Across: Yucca (4)
PITA
33 Across: Outer coat (4)
RIND
35 Across: Not neg. (3)
POS
36 Across: British pokey (4)
QUOD
37 Across: Sat (5)
POSED
38 Across: Ramses I's successor (4)
SETI
39 Across: Cravat material (3)
REP
40 Across: Rumple (4)
MUSS
41 Across: Bretons and Britons (5)
CELTS
42 Across: Outback cry (5)
COOEE
44 Across: "Angela ___," 1928 song (3)
MIA
45 Across: U.S.S.R. sea (4)
ARAL
46 Across: Tali or tarsi (6)
ANKLES
48 Across: Stadium event (8)
BALLGAME
51 Across: Mythical beast (4)
YALE
55 Across: Also-ran at Aqueduct (6)
PLATER
56 Across: Draper or Potter (4)
PAUL
57 Across: Decorative strip (4)
OGEE
58 Across: Call it ___ (4)
ADAY
59 Across: "___ Jimmy Valentine" (5)
ALIAS
60 Across: Amorous author (9)
BILLYDOUX
62 Across: Runner or racer (5)
SNAKE
63 Across: Undiluted (4)
NEAT
64 Across: Hunt (4)
SEEK
65 Across: Word with poem (4)
TONE
66 Across: Takes both sides (6)
HEDGES
67 Across: Within: Prefix (4)
ENDO
68 Across: Ney and Foch (8)
MARSHALS
70 Across: Not so cheap (6)
DEARER
71 Across: Violent protest (4)
RIOT
73 Across: Canaday's subject (3)
ART
74 Across: Numbers game (5)
BEANO
75 Across: Stick (5)
CLING
77 Across: Grant (4)
CARY
79 Across: Triton (3)
EFT
80 Across: Yen (4)
URGE
84 Across: U.S. painter: 1871–1951 (5)
SLOAN
85 Across: Hit rock musical (4)
HAIR
86 Across: Biographer Winslow (3)
OLA
87 Across: Antitoxins (4)
SERA
88 Across: Sliding bolt (4)
PAWL
89 Across: Senior citizen (11)
JERRYATRICS
93 Across: "Pourquoi ___?" (3)
PAS
94 Across: Circle segment (3)
ARC
95 Across: Separates (5)
SORTS
96 Across: Kitchen utensil (6)
GRATER
97 Across: Crooked (4)
BENT
98 Across: Computer measurement (8)
REALTIME
100 Across: Backslider (12)
RHETTROGRADE
102 Across: Kind of legs or pockets (7)
TROUSER
103 Across: Orange variety (5)
NAVEL
104 Across: Fur hunter (6)
SEALER
105 Across: No-nos (5)
DONTS
106 Across: In reserve (5)
ASIDE
107 Across: Ruhr city (5)
ESSEN

Down Answers

1 Down: Grapnels (7)
ANCHORS
2 Down: Ashley's wife (7)
MELANIE
3 Down: Offensively obtrusive (7)
BLATANT
4 Down: Waikiki garlands (4)
LEIS
5 Down: Neighbor of Afr. (3)
EUR
6 Down: "Phineas Finn" author (8)
TROLLOPE
7 Down: Money in Saudi Arabia (6)
RIYALS
8 Down: Mother's sister, e.g. (5)
ENATE
9 Down: D.C. dropout: 1973 (5)
AGNEW
10 Down: Bit of rum (3)
TOT
11 Down: Matched (6)
PAIRED
12 Down: Solecism (5)
ERROR
13 Down: Estuaries (4)
ARMS
14 Down: He wrote "The King Ranch" (3)
LEA
15 Down: Oligarch's relative (7)
ELITIST
17 Down: Montenegrin (4)
SERB
19 Down: Anticlimax (6)
BATHOS
20 Down: Schedules (6)
SLATES
22 Down: Prexies' understudies (7)
VEEPEES
24 Down: Fokker fighter (4)
SPAD
27 Down: Giant slain by Apollo (4)
OTUS
31 Down: Balanced (5)
EQUAL
32 Down: Multi-husbanded helpmate (12)
POLLYANDROUS
34 Down: Arbitrary fellow (12)
DICKTATORIAL
37 Down: Pod occupant (3)
PEA
39 Down: Vlodrop's river (4)
ROER
40 Down: One of the Waves (9)
MILLYTARY
41 Down: Early Manitoban (4)
CREE
43 Down: Cheers for Manolete (4)
OLES
44 Down: Buffet (4)
MAUL
45 Down: N.Y.S.E. competitor (4)
AMEX
46 Down: Destructive hurricane: Aug. 1980 (5)
ALLEN
47 Down: Soprano role in "Ariadne auf Naxos" (5)
NAIAD
48 Down: Thwarts (5)
BALKS
49 Down: Hoods or simps (5)
GOONS
50 Down: Chill (4)
AGUE
52 Down: Saw (5)
ADAGE
53 Down: Nixon is one (5)
LAKER
54 Down: Spuds' buds (4)
EYES
55 Down: Sheet of stamps (4)
PANE
56 Down: Mole (4)
PIER
60 Down: ___ Generation (4)
BEAT
61 Down: Dunce-cap wearer (4)
DOLT
62 Down: Ballet star Lavery (4)
SEAN
64 Down: Ecologist's concern (4)
SMOG
66 Down: Preliminary race (4)
HEAT
69 Down: One of a common trio (5)
HARRY
70 Down: Vandal (7)
DEFACER
72 Down: Caravansary (3)
INN
74 Down: Put down (8)
BELITTLE
75 Down: Bordeaux product (6)
CLARET
76 Down: Deuce or trey (7)
LOWCARD
77 Down: Jimmy or Nick (6)
CARTER
78 Down: What some put on (4)
AIRS
81 Down: Abrogates (7)
REPEALS
82 Down: Spanish nobleman (7)
GRANDEE
83 Down: ___ Seaboard (7)
EASTERN
84 Down: Box (4)
SPAR
85 Down: Caduceus carrier (6)
HERMES
86 Down: Held forth (6)
ORATED
89 Down: Beam (5)
JOIST
90 Down: Titled Turks (5)
AGHAS
91 Down: Famed fountain (5)
TREVI
92 Down: Angels' favorite signs (4)
SROS
95 Down: Shock (4)
STUN
97 Down: Arm, in Armentières (4)
BRAS
99 Down: Trevanian's "The ___ Sanction" (3)
LOO
100 Down: Genetic factor (3)
RNA
101 Down: Order to Dobbin (3)
GEE

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