HALF A LOAF - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 2/1/1981. By Vincent L. Osborne.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Arabian gazelles (6)
- ARIELS
- 7 Across: Relative of Armageddon (8)
- DOOMSDAY
- 15 Across: Toward the poop deck (3)
- AFT
- 18 Across: Freight shipment (6)
- CARLOT
- 19 Across: Caustic (9)
- CORROSIVE
- 20 Across: Word of contempt (3)
- BAH
- 21 Across: Thrift-shop book? (20)
- THEMOONANDTHREEPENCE
- 24 Across: Pyramidal conifer (3)
- FIR
- 25 Across: Epitome of rapacity (7)
- PIRANHA
- 26 Across: Master of genre (5)
- STEEN
- 27 Across: Like a famous office (4)
- OVAL
- 29 Across: Index (4)
- SIGN
- 30 Across: Chills (4)
- ICES
- 34 Across: Fauvists' forte (3)
- ART
- 35 Across: Almost baffled? (17)
- BEHINDTHEFOURBALL
- 41 Across: Watch over wee ones (3)
- SIT
- 43 Across: Stole (3)
- BOA
- 44 Across: Qt., e.g. (3)
- AMT
- 45 Across: Zeno's "Painted Porch," e.g. (4)
- STOA
- 46 Across: Marker (3)
- IOU
- 47 Across: Marks for Mark Roth (7)
- STRIKES
- 51 Across: Certain parientas (4)
- TIAS
- 53 Across: Useful abbr. (3)
- ETC
- 54 Across: Wimple wearer, perhaps (3)
- NUN
- 55 Across: Vice President before Curtis (5)
- DAWES
- 56 Across: Furlong sprinter? (11)
- EIGHTHHORSE
- 59 Across: Federal agcy. (3)
- GSA
- 60 Across: Melodramatize (5)
- EMOTE
- 61 Across: Gussets (5)
- GORES
- 62 Across: Sixteen make a pt. (3)
- OZS
- 63 Across: Brynner (3)
- YUL
- 65 Across: Strip of shoe leather (4)
- WELT
- 66 Across: Syria-Egypt acronym: 1958–61 (3)
- UAR
- 67 Across: Tree used for war clubs (3)
- TOA
- 68 Across: Opera by Handel (4)
- NERO
- 71 Across: Orion's beloved (3)
- EOS
- 73 Across: Rather (3)
- DAN
- 74 Across: Warwick is one (5)
- SHIRE
- 76 Across: Krait (5)
- ADDER
- 77 Across: Ex-President of Gabon (3)
- MBA
- 79 Across: Interrupted nap? (11)
- TWENTYWINKS
- 82 Across: Leno or twill (5)
- WEAVE
- 83 Across: Lummox (3)
- OAF
- 84 Across: Robert Burns's birthplace (3)
- AYR
- 85 Across: Pythoness (4)
- SEER
- 86 Across: Church in a 1945 film (7)
- STMARYS
- 88 Across: Parabola (3)
- ARC
- 89 Across: Smart-alecky (4)
- FLIP
- 91 Across: British thank-yous (3)
- TAS
- 92 Across: Symbol of sovereignty (3)
- ORB
- 93 Across: Start of Colo. motto (3)
- NIL
- 94 Across: Mini-mystery? (17)
- FIVELITTLEINDIANS
- 102 Across: One on a trike (3)
- TOT
- 104 Across: Weather satellite (4)
- ESSA
- 105 Across: As far as (4)
- UPTO
- 106 Across: Sturdy cart (4)
- DRAY
- 107 Across: Fresh (5)
- NOVEL
- 109 Across: Of Hindu incantations (7)
- MANTRIC
- 113 Across: Halfway house (3)
- INN
- 114 Across: Unfinished novel? (20)
- ONEYEARBEFORETHEMAST
- 121 Across: Marin's milieu (3)
- MER
- 122 Across: Estranged (9)
- ALIENATED
- 123 Across: Card game for two (6)
- ECARTE
- 124 Across: Sigma (3)
- ESS
- 125 Across: Singing family (8)
- SINATRAS
- 126 Across: Matters ex cathedra (6)
- DOGMAS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Verbal voice (6)
- ACTIVE
- 2 Down: Full of school spirit (6)
- RAHRAH
- 3 Down: Incensement (3)
- IRE
- 4 Down: One of the wahoos (3)
- ELM
- 5 Down: Trevanian's "The ___ Sanction" (3)
- LOO
- 6 Down: "Don't do that!" (6)
- STOPIT
- 7 Down: Lady of the casa (4)
- DONA
- 8 Down: U.S. Army branch (4)
- ORDN
- 9 Down: Straight: Comb. form (4)
- ORTH
- 10 Down: Angora's pride (6)
- MOHAIR
- 11 Down: Lith. or Ukr. (3)
- SSR
- 12 Down: Casino cube (3)
- DIE
- 13 Down: Angelus prayer (3)
- AVE
- 14 Down: Slangy assents (4)
- YEPS
- 15 Down: Near-great in baseball annals? (14)
- ABNERSINGLEDAY
- 16 Down: Jesting (9)
- FACETIOUS
- 17 Down: There's companion (4)
- THEN
- 19 Down: Judy from Northampton (5)
- CARNE
- 22 Down: Hard by (4)
- NIGH
- 23 Down: Greek letter (3)
- ETA
- 24 Down: Place for a timekeeper (3)
- FOB
- 28 Down: Metastasio creation (8)
- LIBRETTO
- 29 Down: Neighbor of Wyo. (4)
- SDAK
- 31 Down: Paley's org. (3)
- CBS
- 32 Down: Van Gogh's "The Potato ___" (6)
- EATERS
- 33 Down: Journalism positions (5)
- SLOTS
- 36 Down: Racket (5)
- NOISE
- 37 Down: Time or Christmas (6)
- FATHER
- 38 Down: Skips (5)
- OMITS
- 39 Down: Home of the Uintas (4)
- UTAH
- 40 Down: Town in Washington (5)
- LACEY
- 42 Down: Bluefin or yellowfin (4)
- TUNA
- 47 Down: Unchanged (4)
- SAME
- 48 Down: Charms for schlemiels? (14)
- TWOLEAFCLOVERS
- 49 Down: Brain-waves rec. (3)
- EEG
- 50 Down: Omaha, for one (6)
- SIOUAN
- 52 Down: Sure thing (6)
- SHOOIN
- 55 Down: Kind of line (3)
- DEW
- 57 Down: Funds for research (6)
- GRANTS
- 58 Down: Boston Mountains locale (6)
- OZARKS
- 64 Down: Win a business contract (8)
- UNDERBID
- 67 Down: Craving (6)
- THIRST
- 69 Down: Steps on the gas (4)
- REVS
- 70 Down: Tinstone or bauxite (3)
- ORE
- 72 Down: Mace or crosier (5)
- STAFF
- 73 Down: Etymologists' interests: Abbr. (6)
- DERIVS
- 74 Down: Drudgery (5)
- SWEAT
- 75 Down: Part of i.e. (3)
- EST
- 76 Down: Edgar, for one (5)
- AWARD
- 77 Down: Plaint (4)
- MOAN
- 78 Down: Merrill and Milnes (9)
- BARITONES
- 80 Down: Creator of Jennifer Lorn (5)
- WYLIE
- 81 Down: Himalayan mystery (4)
- YETI
- 87 Down: Madeleine ___, cosmetician (4)
- MONO
- 90 Down: Foot, to Fabius (3)
- PES
- 95 Down: Monody or threnody (6)
- LAMENT
- 96 Down: Emulated Lorelei (5)
- LURED
- 97 Down: R.I.P. statement (4)
- EPIT
- 98 Down: Was eager (6)
- ITCHED
- 99 Down: Grain bristle (6)
- ARISTA
- 100 Down: City on the Loire (6)
- NANTES
- 101 Down: Prefix with thesis (3)
- SYN
- 103 Down: Mystery writer Josephine (3)
- TEY
- 107 Down: Alaskan cape (4)
- NOME
- 108 Down: Meads (4)
- LEAS
- 110 Down: On the horizon (4)
- AFAR
- 111 Down: "___ creature was stirring" (4)
- NOTA
- 112 Down: III (4)
- TRES
- 115 Down: Ring name (3)
- ALI
- 116 Down: "Oysters ___ season" (3)
- RIN
- 117 Down: Actress Arthur (3)
- BEA
- 118 Down: Prefix for system or type (3)
- ECO
- 119 Down: Kiosk item, for short (3)
- MAG
- 120 Down: The law's is long (3)
- ARM
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