COLLEGIATE COLLECTION - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 12/28/1980. By Bert Rosenfield.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Palmer or Wilkinson (3): BUD
4 Across: ___ as a ghost (6): ASPALE
10 Across: Chaplet (6): ANADEM
16 Across: Underworld figure (5): SATAN
21 Across: River to the Channel (3): EXE
22 Across: Purloined (6): STOLEN
23 Across: Double-cross (6): BETRAY
24 Across: Vaquero's milieu (5): LLANO
25 Across: Remote-control bomb (3): ROC
26 Across: RICE (19): PUTTHROUGHASTRAINER
29 Across: Avian diver (5): GREBE
31 Across: Tree yielding boxwood (5): SERON
32 Across: " . . . their tongues ___ speak against us!": Shak. (7): ROTTHAT
33 Across: Buchwald (3): ART
34 Across: Northern constellation (4): LYRA
36 Across: Closefitting denims (5): LEVIS
38 Across: Golconda (4): MINE
39 Across: Blobby substance (3): GOO
40 Across: DRAKE (12): GREENISHBLUE
45 Across: Actuality (4): FACT
46 Across: "___ Kampf" (4): MEIN
47 Across: Capek play (3): RUR
48 Across: Kind of oil (4): LUBE
49 Across: Adjective for pale bluish-gray furs (7): PLATINA
52 Across: Pack of camels (4): HERD
53 Across: Honshu seaport (5): OSAKA
56 Across: Grassy tracts (4): LEAS
58 Across: Rugby's river (4): AVON
59 Across: Memorable Viennese conductor (4): LERT
61 Across: Join the group (5): SITIN
62 Across: CORNELL (9): KATHARINE
64 Across: Sheep or snipe (7): BLEATER
68 Across: Taken care of (6): SEENTO
70 Across: Talk-show name (4): MERV
71 Across: Craft (6): VESSEL
73 Across: Lemur called bashful Billy (4): LORI
74 Across: Hence, in Harfleur (4): DONC
76 Across: Royale and Rivoli (4): RUES
78 Across: Native of Rayong (4): THAI
79 Across: Ululate (4): WAIL
80 Across: Marie of movies: 1923–65 (8): MCDONALD
84 Across: Comprehend (5): GRASP
87 Across: Liliaceous plant (8): ASPHODEL
89 Across: St. ___ College Choir (4): OLAF
90 Across: Forage legume (4): GUAR
92 Across: Lumpish mass (4): GLOB
94 Across: Peter or Paul (4): TSAR
95 Across: Whale groups (4): PODS
96 Across: Lightweight champ after Canzoneri: 1936 (6): AMBERS
99 Across: Side petals, in botany (4): ALAE
101 Across: Davis & ___ College, W. Va. (6): ELKINS
105 Across: Source of self-satisfaction (7): EGOTRIP
107 Across: DUKE (9): JOHNWAYNE
110 Across: Touch-___ (jewelweed) (5): MENOT
111 Across: Ash receptacles (4): URNS
112 Across: Melville's 1847 opus (4): OMOO
113 Across: Bombay bigwig (4): RANA
114 Across: Prefix with type or spore (5): ARCHE
115 Across: Auto pioneer (4): OLDS
117 Across: Like some addictives (7): OPIATIC
120 Across: Gordon or Roman (4): RUTH
122 Across: Sarcle (3): HOE
123 Across: Liquidate a dragon (4): SLAY
124 Across: Rembrandt's "Lady with ___" (4): AFAN
125 Across: AUBURN (12): REDDISHBROWN
129 Across: Asner and Figueroa (3): EDS
130 Across: Grad. of R.P.I. (4): ENGR
131 Across: Mezzo-soprano Obraztova (5): ELENA
133 Across: Japanese general in W.W. II (4): HATA
134 Across: Stat for Seaver (3): ERA
135 Across: Glacial deposit (7): MORAINE
137 Across: Termagant (5): SCOLD
141 Across: Yawl's cousin (5): KETCH
144 Across: WILLIAM & MARY (19): HOLDENANDTYLERMOORE
148 Across: Paramilitary org. (3): IRA
149 Across: Canadian medical notable (5): OSLER
150 Across: Luck, in León (6): SUERTE
151 Across: Henry, e.g. (6): ORATOR
152 Across: Dye holder (3): VAT
153 Across: Very small (5): WEENY
154 Across: Checked (6): STAYED
155 Across: Rose Kennedy's age (6): NINETY
156 Across: Merino's dam (3): EWE

Down Answers

1 Down: Growler (4): BERG
2 Down: Calpurnia was one (4): UXOR
3 Down: Slow down (10): DECELERATE
4 Down: Napoleonic battle: 1809 (6): ASPERN
5 Down: A Udall nickname (3): STU
6 Down: Pipkins (4): POTS
7 Down: Elder, in Essen (4): ALTE
8 Down: Glassmaker's oven (4): LEHR
9 Down: Sign up (6): ENROLL
10 Down: ___ Kemal, town in Syria (3): ABU
11 Down: Vamp of the silents (5): NEGRI
12 Down: Comrade of D'Artagnan (5): ATHOS
13 Down: Mild oath (4): DRAT
14 Down: He wrote "Lot's Wife" (7): EASTMAN
15 Down: YALE (13): MYTHICALBEAST
16 Down: Convention decision (5): SLATE
17 Down: "The Greatest" (3): ALI
18 Down: Scarlet ___ (red robin) (7): TANAGER
19 Down: Kind of barometer (7): ANEROID
20 Down: Carney role (6): NORTON
27 Down: Score in match golf (5): ONEUP
28 Down: Rodomontade (4): RANT
30 Down: Scoring play in cricket (3): BYE
35 Down: Be under the weather (3): AIL
37 Down: Of the soft palate (5): VELAR
40 Down: Egregious (5): GROSS
41 Down: Hall of Fame pitcher Amos (5): RUSIE
42 Down: Nurse a grievance (4): SULK
43 Down: Structural unit (5): HBEAM
44 Down: Tiger-hunt aide (6): BEATER
45 Down: "Their ___ Hour": Chuchill (6): FINEST
46 Down: SMITH (11): METALWORKER
50 Down: Tel ___ (4): AVIV
51 Down: Sol is one (4): TONE
52 Down: Charlemagne's dom. (3): HRE
54 Down: BROWN (11): KINDOFSTUDY
55 Down: Composer Bruckner (5): ANTON
57 Down: ___ off (minimize) (5): SHRUG
60 Down: Geometric figure (7): ELLIPSE
63 Down: State for the record (4): AVER
65 Down: Bufo or agua (4): TOAD
66 Down: One of five bodies (4): ERIE
67 Down: Brooklet (4): RILL
69 Down: Rescheduled (7): ONAGAIN
72 Down: TV's "___ Na Na" (3): SHA
75 Down: TUFTS (13): CLUMPSOFGRASS
77 Down: Droop (3): SAG
80 Down: Brood (4): MOPE
81 Down: Kind of dance (4): CLOG
82 Down: Part of a pedestal (4): DADO
83 Down: Small amount (3): DAB
85 Down: Side dish (4): SLAW
86 Down: ___ bear (5): POLAR
88 Down: Board game (5): HALMA
91 Down: End a separation (6): REJOIN
93 Down: Legendary horse (6): BAYARD
97 Down: City on the Tevere (4): ROMA
98 Down: Photo (4): SHOT
100 Down: Weltschmerz (5): ENNUI
102 Down: Of the beginning (10): INCHOATIVE
103 Down: Not at all (5): NOHOW
104 Down: Dutch genre painter (5): STEEN
106 Down: B.&O. and B.&M.L. (3): RRS
108 Down: Black, in Blois (5): NOIRE
109 Down: Beanery sign (4): EATS
115 Down: Grayish red (7): OLDROSE
116 Down: Inst. at Philadelphia (7): LASALLE
118 Down: Cashew's kin (7): PARANUT
119 Down: Thurify (5): CENSE
121 Down: Loser to R.M.N. (3): HHH
123 Down: "___ they run" (6): SEEHOW
124 Down: Pretty soon (4): ANON
126 Down: Suit material (6): DACRON
127 Down: Pieman's headquarters (6): BAKERY
128 Down: Hwy. (3): RTE
130 Down: Abrasive (5): EMERY
131 Down: Stulm or adit (5): ENTRY
132 Down: Where Tacloban is (5): LEYTE
136 Down: Fancy; inkling (4): IDEA
138 Down: Father of Ahab (4): OMRI
139 Down: Kind of shark (4): LOAN
140 Down: Adore to excess (4): DOTE
142 Down: Bird's crop (4): CRAW
143 Down: Love's antithesis (4): HATE
145 Down: Retreat (3): DEN
146 Down: Conducted (3): LED
147 Down: Decay (3): ROT

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