OVER THE RAINBOW - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 3/8/1981. By Mary Virginia Orna.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Black ___, plant disease (4): SPOT
5 Across: Browne (3): SAM
8 Across: Sake source (4): RICE
12 Across: "___, let me clutch thee": Macbeth (4): COME
16 Across: Buckwheat mush (5): KASHA
18 Across: Spirit (4): ELAN
20 Across: Belgian violinist: 1858–1931 (5): YSAYE
22 Across: Sharif (4): OMAR
23 Across: Nobel Peace Prize recipient: 1944 (21): INTERNATIONALREDCROSS
27 Across: Laurence of literature (6): STERNE
28 Across: City in Oklahoma (4): ALVA
29 Across: Iron-bearing (8): SIDEROSE
30 Across: Biotite (4): MICA
32 Across: Frame for a colorful work (5): EASEL
35 Across: Shade of green (4): NILE
36 Across: Kubrick film: 1971 (16): ACLOCKWORKORANGE
41 Across: This may be blue (3): LAW
44 Across: Monte, but not Blue (3): LOU
45 Across: Province on the Red Sea (4): ASIR
46 Across: Barrie "character" (4): NANA
47 Across: Dynamo part (6): STATOR
50 Across: Colleen (4): LASS
52 Across: Alençon product (4): LACE
55 Across: N.W., e.g. (4): TERR
57 Across: Honshu seaport (5): ATAMI
58 Across: She "beat the belles of Tennessee" (20): THEYELLOWROSEOFTEXAS
63 Across: Guidry or Cey (3): RON
64 Across: A ratite (4): EMEU
65 Across: Pungent humor (4): SALT
66 Across: Red or black follower (3): INK
67 Across: Uses greenbacks (6): SPENDS
70 Across: Yellow-white antelope (5): ORIBI
73 Across: White is their QB (6): DALLAS
75 Across: Roof piece (3): EPI
76 Across: Tragacanths (4): GUMS
78 Across: Nantes negatives (4): NONS
80 Across: Green parrot (3): KEA
81 Across: Reich best seller in 1970 (20): THEGREENINGOFAMERICA
88 Across: Brightly colored fish (5): TETRA
89 Across: Become less brilliant (4): WANE
90 Across: Polynesian reef islet (4): MOTU
91 Across: Corn container (4): CRIB
93 Across: Gully (6): ARROYO
95 Across: Goof (4): FLUB
97 Across: Relative of pres. and fut. (4): IMPF
100 Across: Nabokov heroine (3): ADA
101 Across: Aurora, to Aristotle (3): EOS
102 Across: Appalachian scenic route (16): BLUERIDGEPARKWAY
107 Across: White ___ (4): SALE
109 Across: He tests paint colors (5): TONER
110 Across: Graf ___ (4): SPEE
111 Across: Protract (8): ELONGATE
115 Across: Sch. subject (4): GEOG
117 Across: Unpaid debt (6): ARREAR
121 Across: Grey novel (21): RIDERSOFTHEPURPLESAGE
125 Across: Yellow flag, e.g. (4): IRIS
126 Across: Pupil (5): TUTEE
127 Across: Grill part (4): SPIT
128 Across: Plan of action (5): SETUP
129 Across: Preserves (4): CANS
130 Across: Alexis, e.g. (4): TSAR
131 Across: Evian-les-Bains, e.g. (3): SPA
132 Across: River to the North Sea (4): YSER

Down Answers

1 Down: Killy gear (4): SKIS
2 Down: Pulsate (4): PANT
3 Down: Elbe feeder (4): OSTE
4 Down: Prefix with meter or gram (6): THERMO
5 Down: Coral, for one (3): SEA
6 Down: Claudia ___ Taylor Johnson (4): ALTA
7 Down: He wrote "The White Negro" (6): MAILER
8 Down: Kind of rug (3): RYA
9 Down: Greenland is one: Abbr. (3): ISL
10 Down: Balloon parts (4): CARS
11 Down: Observing (6): EYEING
12 Down: Do a statistician's job (9): CORRELATE
13 Down: Melville novel (4): OMOO
14 Down: Newtonian quantity (4): MASS
15 Down: Gaelic (4): ERSE
17 Down: Analgesic tincture (6): ARNICA
19 Down: Kim of films (5): NOVAK
21 Down: Vortexes (6): EDDIES
24 Down: Isthmuses (5): NECKS
25 Down: ___ flute (organ stop) (5): NASON
26 Down: Sheet for making film cartoons (3): CEL
31 Down: "Where there's ___ . . . " (5): AWILL
33 Down: A sister of Melpomene (5): ERATO
34 Down: Track strips (5): LANES
36 Down: "___ a green willow . . . " (3): ALL
37 Down: Joseph's many-colored garment (4): COAT
38 Down: Fertile (4): LUSH
39 Down: Fanon (5): ORALE
40 Down: Nose parts (5): NARES
42 Down: Muscular disorder (6): ATAXIA
43 Down: "But ___ work is never done" (6): WOMANS
48 Down: Yellowlegs or redshank (7): TATTLER
49 Down: Actuarial factor (4): RISK
51 Down: Dried up (4): SERE
53 Down: Lake or Perry (4): COMO
54 Down: Oenochoe (4): EWER
56 Down: "Follow the Yellow Brick ___" (4): ROAD
59 Down: "Who touches a hair of ___ head . . . ": Whittier (7): YONGRAY
60 Down: Invest (5): ENDUE
61 Down: Penitent's process (5): RUING
62 Down: Paint chip (5): FLAKE
67 Down: Social stratum (6): SPHERE
68 Down: Composer Locatelli or Mascagni (6): PIETRO
69 Down: Relative of a ruddy duck (4): SMEW
71 Down: Upsurge (4): BOOM
72 Down: Lowdown (4): INFO
74 Down: Secular (4): LAIC
75 Down: Judy Canova, née Julia ___ (4): ETTA
77 Down: Cause of many a blue funk (5): SNAFU
79 Down: Composer of "Mercure" (5): SATIE
82 Down: Lack of refinement (9): GROSSNESS
83 Down: Estuary (5): INLET
84 Down: Word form with surgeon (5): NEURO
85 Down: Childhood disease (5): MUMPS
86 Down: Crop (4): CRAW
87 Down: Amonasro's daughter (4): AIDA
92 Down: Reddish brown (3): BAY
94 Down: Subdivision for the Reds (6): OBLAST
96 Down: Paint-the-town-red activity (5): BINGE
98 Down: Adjective for Wojtyla (5): PAPAL
99 Down: Jacques et al. (6): FRERES
103 Down: Enlarged, as a skirt (6): LETOUT
104 Down: Chasms in the Black and White (5): DEEPS
105 Down: Clutches (6): GROUPS
106 Down: Woolen cloth for uniforms (6): KERSEY
108 Down: Cabinet dept. (3): AGR
111 Down: The Red (4): ERIC
112 Down: Gray coin in Genova (4): LIRA
113 Down: Husband of Frigg (4): ODIN
114 Down: Salamanders (4): EFTS
116 Down: Bag (4): GRIP
118 Down: Corrodes (4): EATS
119 Down: Chill (4): AGUE
120 Down: Agt. (4): REPR
122 Down: Orange pekoe (3): TEA
123 Down: Pronoun (3): HER
124 Down: Org. dating from 1897 (3): PTA

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