TITLE FLAWS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 2/22/1981. By Tap Osborn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Silent performers (5): MIMES
6 Across: Sear in an open pan (5): SAUTE
11 Across: Humiliate (5): SHAME
16 Across: Ayn Rand's shrugger (5): ATLAS
21 Across: Legislate (5): ENACT
22 Across: Dickinson from N.D. (5): ANGIE
23 Across: Kupang's island (5): TIMOR
24 Across: Met soprano (5): SHANE
25 Across: Cut glass (17): THROUGHTHELOOKING
28 Across: Seed integument (5): TESTA
29 Across: Rob follower (3): ROY
30 Across: "Two by Two" role (4): NOAH
31 Across: Urbane (5): SLICK
32 Across: Famed park in Vienna (6): PRATER
33 Across: Newspaper publisher (4): OCHS
35 Across: Jaunt (4): TRIP
37 Across: Episode (5): SCENE
38 Across: Conflict zone (5): FRONT
39 Across: Ray (5): SKATE
41 Across: Hog's want (3): ALL
42 Across: Director Vidor (4): KING
43 Across: Sales-chart illustration (3): PIE
44 Across: Roller's duo (4): DICE
47 Across: Actress Diana (4): DORS
49 Across: Rabbit fur (5): LAPIN
51 Across: Gold novel (4): SALT
52 Across: D.C. agent (4): TMAN
53 Across: Speedily (5): APACE
55 Across: Kickback (15): COMELITTLESHEBA
59 Across: Mud: Comb. form (3): PEL
61 Across: Reveling devils (7): LARKERS
63 Across: Waves, at Málaga (4): OLAS
64 Across: Sault ___ Marie (3): STE
65 Across: Stulm (4): ADIT
67 Across: Hike (5): RAISE
68 Across: Like chalcedony (5): AGATY
69 Across: Spill the beans (6): TATTLE
73 Across: Stone: Comb. form (4): LITH
74 Across: Part of NATO (3): ATL
75 Across: Phone-booth item (4): DIME
76 Across: Neighbor of Nepal (5): BIHAR
77 Across: Ending for wagon (4): ETTE
78 Across: Barbell (13): BOOKANDCANDLE
85 Across: Race: Comb. form (4): GENO
86 Across: City near Stockholm (5): SOLNA
88 Across: Groupie's need (4): IDOL
89 Across: Bar drink (3): RUM
90 Across: Major Hoople's expletive (4): EGAD
91 Across: October offerings (6): TREATS
93 Across: On the mother's side (5): ENATE
94 Across: Hostile look (5): GLARE
96 Across: Bar mitzvah, e.g. (4): RITE
97 Across: ___ Gardens, L.I. (3): KEW
98 Across: Eye part (4): LENS
99 Across: More viscous (7): SLIMIER
101 Across: Roman bronze (3): AES
102 Across: Outgrows (15): ATREEINBROOKLYN
107 Across: Suffer Icarus' fate (5): DROWN
109 Across: Obstreperous (4): LOUD
110 Across: Farm sounds (4): MOOS
111 Across: Of an architectural order (5): IONIC
113 Across: Fashion (4): SORT
114 Across: Austen novel (4): EMMA
115 Across: Hawk's cage (3): MEW
116 Across: Fastener (4): HASP
118 Across: F.D.R.'s brainchild (3): NRA
120 Across: Moslem mendicant (5): FAKIR
123 Across: Figure on Jacob's ladder (5): ANGEL
125 Across: Flourishing (5): PALMY
126 Across: Arizona river (4): GILA
128 Across: State tree of Ark. (4): PINE
129 Across: Toot (6): BENDER
131 Across: Manufacturer's spoiled paper (5): SALLE
132 Across: Louise from N.Y.C. (4): TINA
134 Across: K–O connection (3): LMN
135 Across: Upper crust (5): ELITE
136 Across: Strip poker (17): THEOUTCASTSOFFLAT
141 Across: Far East nannies (5): AMAHS
142 Across: Sea duck (5): EIDER
143 Across: Bone: Comb. form (5): OSTEO
144 Across: Ragged crest (5): ARETE
145 Across: Gift recipient (5): DONEE
146 Across: Battery terminal (5): ANODE
147 Across: Reject (5): SPURN
148 Across: Street show (5): RAREE

Down Answers

1 Down: Subways in Milan, Paris, etc. (6): METROS
2 Down: Pawned (6): INHOCK
3 Down: Lamb chop (14): MARYHADALITTLE
4 Down: Household: Comb. form (3): ECO
5 Down: Stupefy (4): STUN
6 Down: Tuaregs' milieu (6): SAHARA
7 Down: Busy, congested community (7): ANTHILL
8 Down: Sound of distaste (3): UGH
9 Down: White-collar symbol (3): TIE
10 Down: Slithery one (3): EEL
11 Down: Heisted (6): STOLEN
12 Down: Camp activity (6): HIKING
13 Down: Clerical neckpiece (5): AMICE
14 Down: Capuchin, e.g. (4): MONK
15 Down: Work unit (3): ERG
16 Down: National Leaguer (5): ASTRO
17 Down: Lady-in-waiting (14): THEANDTHETIGER
18 Down: Words in a song about Paris (8): LASTTIME
19 Down: Word with bellum or date (4): ANTE
20 Down: Desiccate (4): SEAR
26 Down: Won (3): GOT
27 Down: Like a shrike (6): OSCINE
32 Down: Do market research (7): PRETEST
34 Down: End (4): STOP
36 Down: Runs in the money (6): PLACES
37 Down: Hydroplanes (5): SKIMS
38 Down: Plug a chink (4): FILL
40 Down: Of an epoch (4): ERAL
43 Down: Easy mark (5): PATSY
45 Down: Calloway (3): CAB
46 Down: Spanish queen (3): ENA
48 Down: Egyptian amulet (6): SCARAB
50 Down: Hit the books (4): PORE
51 Down: N.Y. island (6): STATEN
54 Down: Sister of Terpsichore (5): ERATO
56 Down: One of Aristotle's fortes (5): LOGIC
57 Down: Southern fruit tree (5): ILAMA
58 Down: Shaky attempt (4): STAB
59 Down: Mast washed out (6): PALEST
60 Down: Ross or Giroux (6): EDITOR
62 Down: 2.2046 lbs. (4): KILO
66 Down: Drop dead (14): THENAKEDANDTHE
68 Down: Confuse (5): ADDLE
70 Down: Skipjack (14): THEGIANTKILLER
71 Down: Woolly (6): LANATE
72 Down: Disintegrates (6): ERODES
79 Down: Home-run king Ralph and family (6): KINERS
80 Down: Hersey locale (5): ADANO
81 Down: Untrue (5): NOTSO
82 Down: Small drink (4): DRAM
83 Down: Ghastly (5): LURID
84 Down: Sultans' cousins (6): EMEERS
87 Down: Suit to ___ (4): ATEE
92 Down: Spitz, for one (7): SWIMMER
93 Down: Rush-hour weapon (5): ELBOW
94 Down: Novelist Elinor (4): GLYN
95 Down: Brake part (6): LINING
99 Down: Inclining (5): SLOPY
100 Down: Gambrel ___ (4): ROOF
102 Down: Stout (3): ALE
103 Down: Thumb (3): TOM
104 Down: Native of Ploesti (8): RUMANIAN
105 Down: Coward (4): NOEL
106 Down: Destiny (6): KISMET
108 Down: Fur piece (4): WRAP
112 Down: Cow or horse, to a ranch hand (7): CRITTER
116 Down: Looking saintly (6): HALOED
117 Down: Fascination (6): ALLURE
119 Down: "Miller's Tale" heroine (6): ALISON
121 Down: Prisoner (6): INMATE
122 Down: Lease signer (6): RENTEE
124 Down: Graylags or Embdens (5): GEESE
125 Down: Child: Comb. form (5): PAEDO
127 Down: Year, to Pedro (3): ANO
129 Down: Globule (4): BEAD
130 Down: Sailor's saint (4): ELMO
131 Down: Climb, in a way (4): SHIN
133 Down: Yonder (4): AFAR
136 Down: Gunpowder, for one (3): TEA
137 Down: Salad item (3): COS
138 Down: Cerastes (3): ASP
139 Down: One of the Udalls (3): STU
140 Down: Angelica (3): FRA

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