HOMOPHONE EXCHANGE* - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 2/8/1981. By Sandra Gast.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sea voyages* (6)
- CRUSES
- 7 Across: Word with laugh or play* (6)
- HOARSE
- 13 Across: Frightens (6)
- ALARMS
- 19 Across: Full of wool (6)
- LANOSE
- 20 Across: Acquire (6)
- OBTAIN
- 21 Across: Story installments* (7)
- CEREALS
- 23 Across: British ___* (6)
- AISLES
- 24 Across: Mouth: Prefix (6)
- STOMAT
- 25 Across: Commotion* (7)
- RACQUET
- 26 Across: Secondhand (4)
- USED
- 27 Across: Jazz pianist (5)
- TATUM
- 29 Across: Verbal rhythms (6)
- METERS
- 31 Across: Grassy field* (3)
- LEE
- 32 Across: Letter or river (3)
- DEE
- 33 Across: Southern breads (5)
- PONES
- 34 Across: Optimistic (4)
- ROSY
- 35 Across: Astronaut Slayton (4)
- DEKE
- 36 Across: Banks of baseball (5)
- ERNIE
- 38 Across: St. George was one* (8)
- SLEIGHER
- 42 Across: Crossed the plate (6)
- SCORED
- 44 Across: Mucilaginous pods (4)
- OKRA
- 46 Across: Egg whites* (6)
- GLARES
- 48 Across: Y's (5)
- ASSNS
- 49 Across: Villain (6)
- MEANIE
- 52 Across: Peers (6)
- EQUALS
- 54 Across: Mus. comedy locale (4)
- OKLA
- 56 Across: Surviving (6)
- EXTANT
- 57 Across: Campus buildings (5)
- QUADS
- 58 Across: Affronts* (8)
- SLEIGHTS
- 62 Across: "I ___ Rhythm" (3)
- GOT
- 63 Across: Authentic (7)
- GENUINE
- 65 Across: Genuflect* (4)
- NEIL
- 66 Across: ___ Stanley Gardner* (4)
- EARL
- 67 Across: Alert (4)
- ATIP
- 69 Across: Dancer Shearer (5)
- MOIRA
- 70 Across: British Columbian group (5)
- HAIDA
- 71 Across: "Swing and ___ . . . " (4)
- SWAY
- 72 Across: Familiar Midwest sight (4)
- SILO
- 73 Across: Cantiflas role: 1959 (4)
- PEPE
- 74 Across: In power* (7)
- RAINING
- 76 Across: ___ State (N.D.)* (3)
- SUE
- 77 Across: Bright colors (8)
- SCARLETS
- 79 Across: Panache (5)
- VERVE
- 80 Across: Carved poles (6)
- TOTEMS
- 82 Across: Anchor rings (4)
- TORI
- 83 Across: Employee in an orchard (6)
- PICKER
- 84 Across: Turkish mountain (6)
- ARARAT
- 85 Across: ___-Maritimes (5)
- ALPES
- 88 Across: Method of self-defense* (6)
- CARATE
- 90 Across: B.&O. man (4)
- ENGR
- 91 Across: Third-largest island (6)
- BORNEO
- 93 Across: Grains, as of corn* (8)
- COLONELS
- 96 Across: ___ Downs (5)
- EPSOM
- 100 Across: Swiss canton (4)
- VAUD
- 101 Across: Study for a quiz (4)
- PREP
- 103 Across: Style* (5)
- MANOR
- 105 Across: Memorable yachtsman's nickname (3)
- ARI
- 106 Across: Offs and ___ (3)
- ONS
- 107 Across: Babies do it (6)
- TEETHE
- 109 Across: Kitchen device (5)
- TIMER
- 110 Across: Troubles* (4)
- ALES
- 111 Across: Decreases* (7)
- LESSONS
- 113 Across: Preserve, as Tut (6)
- EMBALM
- 115 Across: Injure (6)
- DAMAGE
- 117 Across: Tercet (7)
- TRIPLET
- 118 Across: "Toiler" of comics (6)
- TILLIE
- 119 Across: Charm (6)
- ENAMOR
- 120 Across: "Strong Poison" author (6)
- SAYERS
- 121 Across: Supplied with funds (6)
- STAKED
- 122 Across: Copal and mastic, e.g. (6)
- RESINS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Scratched* (6)
- CLAUDE
- 2 Down: Shaving instrument* (6)
- RAISER
- 3 Down: Not discovered (6)
- UNSEEN
- 4 Down: Did a cobbler's job* (4)
- SOLD
- 5 Down: Compass point (3)
- ESE
- 6 Down: Sixth, in Siena (5)
- SESTO
- 7 Down: Antagonistic* (6)
- HOSTEL
- 8 Down: Dense or dull (6)
- OBTUSE
- 9 Down: Iota (4)
- ATOM
- 10 Down: Aries (3)
- RAM
- 11 Down: Gulf of ___ (4)
- SIAM
- 12 Down: Diarists (8)
- ENTERERS
- 13 Down: They have the misery* (5)
- ACRES
- 14 Down: Timothy and Herbert Fairfax (6)
- LEARYS
- 15 Down: Watertight vessels* (4)
- ARCS
- 16 Down: R.S.V.P., for instance (3)
- REQ
- 17 Down: Ruffians (7)
- MAULERS
- 18 Down: Make smooth (7)
- SLEEKEN
- 22 Down: High-spirited horses (6)
- STEEDS
- 28 Down: Amphora adjunct (4)
- ANSA
- 30 Down: Ripped (4)
- TORE
- 33 Down: Temple of Heaven site (6)
- PEKING
- 35 Down: Medicinal amounts (7)
- DOSAGES
- 37 Down: Hebrides island (4)
- IONA
- 39 Down: End of a T. Williams title (6)
- IGUANA
- 40 Down: Space inside Sherwood Forest (5)
- GLADE
- 41 Down: "Jolly Trio" painter (4)
- HALS
- 43 Down: Colombian city (4)
- CALI
- 45 Down: Heat and cool again (8)
- RETEMPER
- 47 Down: Roman coins (6)
- SOLIDI
- 49 Down: Sugar-cane residue (6)
- MEGASS
- 50 Down: Foreign (6)
- EXOTIC
- 51 Down: King of the Huns (6)
- ATTILA
- 52 Down: Furnishes (6)
- EQUIPS
- 53 Down: Company of singers* (5)
- QUIRE
- 55 Down: Malaysian state (8)
- KELANTAN
- 58 Down: More rational* (6)
- SEINER
- 59 Down: Mooring rope (6)
- HAWSER
- 60 Down: Shock (6)
- TRAUMA
- 61 Down: Most crafty (6)
- SLYEST
- 64 Down: Originating in the intellect (6)
- NOETIC
- 65 Down: Unsophisticated (5)
- NAIVE
- 68 Down: Foreshadow (7)
- PORTEND
- 70 Down: Listen (6)
- HARKEN
- 74 Down: Right-hand page (5)
- RECTO
- 75 Down: Gormandizer (6)
- GORGER
- 78 Down: Costello and Gehrig* (4)
- LOSE
- 79 Down: Mean or vulgar* (4)
- VIAL
- 81 Down: Boat cover, for short (4)
- TARP
- 83 Down: Gains* (8)
- PROPHETS
- 85 Down: Electromagnetic unit (6)
- ABVOLT
- 86 Down: Solitary ones* (7)
- LOANERS
- 87 Down: European kingdom: 1701–1871 (7)
- PRUSSIA
- 89 Down: Vinegar: Prefix (4)
- ACET
- 90 Down: Serf in a fief (4)
- ESNE
- 92 Down: First bidder (6)
- OPENER
- 94 Down: One of a famous quintet (6)
- EMILIE
- 95 Down: Gave birth to sheep* (6)
- LAMMED
- 97 Down: Deli purchase (6)
- SALAMI
- 98 Down: Beaver State (6)
- OREGON
- 99 Down: Skinflints (6)
- MISERS
- 102 Down: Takes by force* (5)
- RESTS
- 104 Down: Mandate (5)
- ORDER
- 107 Down: Tax or duty* (4)
- TOLE
- 108 Down: Issue (4)
- EMIT
- 109 Down: Converse (4)
- TALK
- 110 Down: León landladies (4)
- AMAS
- 112 Down: Undercover agent (3)
- SPY
- 114 Down: Coll. degree (3)
- BLA
- 116 Down: Chemical suffix (3)
- ANE
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