COIN TOSS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 1/4/1981. By Nancy A. Wood.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Canon (3)
- LAW
- 4 Across: Donnybrook (5)
- BRAWL
- 9 Across: Feeling ennui (5)
- BORED
- 14 Across: Party item (5)
- FAVOR
- 19 Across: M.D.'s group (3)
- AMA
- 20 Across: Weird (5)
- EERIE
- 21 Across: A dweller on Parnassus (5)
- ERATO
- 22 Across: Judge (5)
- OPINE
- 23 Across: Tail heads (21)
- PIGSWALLOWFANANDBROAD
- 27 Across: Ready (8)
- PREPARED
- 28 Across: The best policy (7)
- HONESTY
- 29 Across: One-fifth of CCLX (3)
- LII
- 30 Across: Rages (4)
- IRES
- 31 Across: Strong point (5)
- FORTE
- 32 Across: The Black Prince (6)
- EDWARD
- 35 Across: Sniveled (6)
- WHINED
- 38 Across: ___ en scène (4)
- MISE
- 39 Across: Callas or Tallchief (5)
- MARIA
- 41 Across: Dromedary features (5)
- HUMPS
- 42 Across: Cleave (4)
- RIVE
- 43 Across: Golf shot (4)
- CHIP
- 45 Across: Religious council (5)
- SYNOD
- 49 Across: Body of Kaffir warriors (4)
- IMPI
- 50 Across: Prefix for typist (4)
- TELE
- 51 Across: Tones down (5)
- COOLS
- 52 Across: Digression (5)
- ASIDE
- 53 Across: Kind of opera (4)
- SOAP
- 54 Across: Something unique (4)
- ONER
- 55 Across: Dodge (5)
- ELUDE
- 56 Across: Builder's material (5)
- STEEL
- 57 Across: Italian seaport (7)
- TRIESTE
- 59 Across: Pure air (5)
- OZONE
- 60 Across: Dep. (3)
- STA
- 61 Across: Tail and head tails (17)
- RACEWINDANDWATERS
- 66 Across: ___ de plume (3)
- NOM
- 67 Across: Remains (5)
- RUINS
- 68 Across: Indubitable (7)
- CERTAIN
- 71 Across: Slow, musically (5)
- TARDO
- 74 Across: Oligophrenic (5)
- MORON
- 75 Across: Incite (4)
- SPUR
- 77 Across: Likewise (4)
- ALSO
- 78 Across: Heeling (5)
- ALIST
- 79 Across: Succeed (5)
- ENSUE
- 80 Across: Hors d'oeuvre item (4)
- PATE
- 81 Across: "And, will you, ___ you . . . ": Shak. (4)
- NILL
- 82 Across: "Tiger" man of poetry (5)
- BLAKE
- 83 Across: Female ruffs (4)
- REES
- 84 Across: French fabric (4)
- SOIE
- 85 Across: Abbr. on some invoices (5)
- ADVAL
- 86 Across: Bothered (5)
- IRKED
- 88 Across: Wellington's school (4)
- ETON
- 89 Across: "___ upon the midnight . . . " (6)
- ITCAME
- 90 Across: " . . . that worn-out ___ idly spoken": Lytton (6)
- WORDSO
- 93 Across: Soil sci. (5)
- AGRON
- 95 Across: Division word (4)
- INTO
- 96 Across: Corroded (3)
- ATE
- 97 Across: Moor growth (7)
- HEATHER
- 100 Across: Set apart (8)
- INSULATE
- 104 Across: Head heads (21)
- CHUCKLEBLOCKEGGANDFAT
- 108 Across: Esteem (5)
- HONOR
- 109 Across: Barbecue (5)
- ROAST
- 110 Across: "Worn-out" adjective (see 90 Across) (5)
- ALONE
- 111 Across: Prefix with puncture (3)
- ACU
- 112 Across: Rows (5)
- TIERS
- 113 Across: Evicts (5)
- OUSTS
- 114 Across: Soft (5)
- MUTED
- 115 Across: Louis XIV, e.g. (3)
- ROI
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Finn's neighbor (4)
- LAPP
- 2 Down: Moslem nobleman (4)
- AMIR
- 3 Down: Pay (4)
- WAGE
- 4 Down: Is on guard (7)
- BEWARES
- 5 Down: Rose like a horse (6)
- REARED
- 6 Down: Van Gogh lived here (5)
- ARLES
- 7 Down: Frenzied (4)
- WILD
- 8 Down: Zodiac sign (3)
- LEO
- 9 Down: Prior to (6)
- BEFORE
- 10 Down: Praying figure (5)
- ORANT
- 11 Down: Rajah's wife (5)
- RANEE
- 12 Down: Japanese outcasts (4)
- ETAS
- 13 Down: Wouk's "___ Stop the Carnival" (4)
- DONT
- 14 Down: Watch chain (3)
- FOB
- 15 Down: Spring mo. (3)
- APR
- 16 Down: Duke Orsino's bride (5)
- VIOLA
- 17 Down: Buoyantly (5)
- ONAIR
- 18 Down: Made over (5)
- REDID
- 24 Down: Tail tails (15)
- SPINPIPEANDSKID
- 25 Down: "___ woods these are . . . ": Frost (5)
- WHOSE
- 26 Down: The vat man (4)
- DYER
- 31 Down: Fin (5)
- FIVER
- 33 Down: Catastrophe (8)
- DISASTER
- 34 Down: Head tails (15)
- WAYSTARTANDCOLD
- 35 Down: Card game (5)
- WHIST
- 36 Down: Thurber forte (5)
- HUMOR
- 37 Down: Damage (6)
- IMPAIR
- 38 Down: Distance for Coe (4)
- MILE
- 39 Down: Common fungus (6)
- MILDEW
- 40 Down: Vaulted projection (4)
- APSE
- 42 Down: Start over (5)
- RENEW
- 43 Down: Punctuation marks (6)
- COLONS
- 44 Down: Hecate's companion (5)
- HOUND
- 46 Down: Never, in Bonn (3)
- NIE
- 47 Down: Epicede, e.g. (3)
- ODE
- 48 Down: Actor Duilio ___ Prete (3)
- DEL
- 50 Down: Carved emblem (5)
- TOTEM
- 51 Down: "Les Baigneurs" creator (7)
- CEZANNE
- 58 Down: Kiddy vehicles (8)
- SCOOTERS
- 59 Down: Hateful (6)
- ODIOUS
- 60 Down: Cordwood measure (5)
- STERE
- 62 Down: Pressed (6)
- IRONED
- 63 Down: Dog's role in "Peter Pan" (5)
- NURSE
- 64 Down: Sharp (5)
- ACUTE
- 65 Down: ___ test, for a race horse (6)
- SALIVA
- 69 Down: Moslem faith (5)
- ISLAM
- 70 Down: ___ prosequi (5)
- NOLLE
- 71 Down: Label (3)
- TAB
- 72 Down: Tennis term (3)
- ALL
- 73 Down: Inlet (3)
- RIA
- 74 Down: Nothing but (4)
- MERE
- 75 Down: Number 3 wood (5)
- SPOON
- 76 Down: Distress (4)
- PAIN
- 84 Down: Openbill (5)
- STORK
- 85 Down: Harmonized (7)
- ATTUNED
- 87 Down: Cairene's eye shadow (4)
- KOHL
- 88 Down: Puts up (6)
- ERECTS
- 89 Down: Maniacal (6)
- INSANE
- 90 Down: German guard (5)
- WACHT
- 91 Down: H.R.E. ruler: 962–73 (5)
- OTHOI
- 92 Down: What alumni do (5)
- REUNE
- 93 Down: Global supporter (5)
- ATLAS
- 94 Down: Shade (5)
- GHOST
- 95 Down: Bar at Fort Knox (5)
- INGOT
- 98 Down: Saarinen (4)
- EERO
- 99 Down: Hassan in "The Arabian Nights" (4)
- ABOU
- 100 Down: Dome-shaped edifice (4)
- IGLU
- 101 Down: Distant (4)
- AFAR
- 102 Down: Mexican fare (4)
- TACO
- 103 Down: Small case (4)
- ETUI
- 105 Down: Heart, to Hadrian (3)
- COR
- 106 Down: Old Ger. coins (3)
- KRS
- 107 Down: Gr. resistance movement (3)
- EAM
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