LETTERMEN UNCOVERED - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/5/1981. By John McCarthy Samson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sluggish (6)
- LEADEN
- 7 Across: "Heart of Dixie" (7)
- ALABAMA
- 14 Across: Indian ruler (5)
- RAJAH
- 19 Across: Restrains (7)
- BRIDLES
- 21 Across: They made a star trek (7)
- WISEMEN
- 22 Across: Figure of speech (5)
- TROPE
- 23 Across: General Stuart (15)
- JAMESEWELLBROWN
- 25 Across: Principle of right (5)
- ETHIC
- 26 Across: Sixth Hebrew month (4)
- ADAR
- 27 Across: Doozy (4)
- LULU
- 28 Across: Quechuan (4)
- INCA
- 29 Across: Dada (4)
- PAPA
- 33 Across: Town in Yugoslavia (4)
- STIP
- 35 Across: Serial material (6)
- PERILS
- 37 Across: Young oyster (4)
- SPAT
- 38 Across: Mythomaniac (4)
- LIAR
- 39 Across: Ho predecessor (5)
- HEIGH
- 41 Across: Piles (4)
- NAPS
- 43 Across: O'Neill play (3)
- ILE
- 44 Across: Poet cummings (12)
- EDWARDESTLIN
- 48 Across: Lament (6)
- GRIEVE
- 50 Across: Canal Zone district (6)
- BALBOA
- 51 Across: Esteem (5)
- HONOR
- 53 Across: Like Alice's pool (6)
- TEARED
- 56 Across: Mrs. Polk (5)
- SARAH
- 59 Across: Hidden by (6)
- BEHIND
- 62 Across: A famous picker (5)
- PIPER
- 63 Across: ETV purveyor (3)
- PBS
- 66 Across: Play, in a way (5)
- STRUM
- 68 Across: Actress Anouk ___ (5)
- AIMEE
- 69 Across: Writer Ephron (4)
- NORA
- 70 Across: Holmes called him "The Oldest" (3)
- ALI
- 71 Across: Poet Eliot (13)
- THOMASSTEARNS
- 75 Across: ___ tree (margosa) (3)
- NIM
- 76 Across: Foxx (4)
- REDD
- 78 Across: Corday's victim (5)
- MARAT
- 79 Across: Exhaust (5)
- DRAIN
- 80 Across: Cachar, e.g. (3)
- TEA
- 81 Across: Landed estate (5)
- MANOR
- 83 Across: Muppet drummer (6)
- ANIMAL
- 85 Across: Grani or Sleipnir (5)
- STEED
- 87 Across: Punta ___, Chilean port (6)
- ARENAS
- 89 Across: Oneida Community founder (5)
- NOYES
- 91 Across: Thin pancakes (6)
- CREPES
- 95 Across: "Mr. October" is one (6)
- YANKEE
- 98 Across: Poet Housman (12)
- ALFREDEDWARD
- 101 Across: Type of gen. (3)
- MAJ
- 103 Across: Blunt (4)
- DULL
- 104 Across: Badger's kin (5)
- OTTER
- 105 Across: Empress Ivanovna (4)
- ANNA
- 106 Across: Firmness (4)
- IRON
- 108 Across: Sour drink (6)
- ALEGAR
- 111 Across: Pteroid (4)
- ALAR
- 113 Across: Fume (4)
- REEK
- 114 Across: Comme ci, comme ça (4)
- SOSO
- 115 Across: "___ corny . . . " (4)
- IMAS
- 116 Across: Olympic fencing game (4)
- EPEE
- 118 Across: Court petitioners (5)
- SUERS
- 120 Across: Novelist Wodehouse (15)
- PELHAMGRENVILLE
- 128 Across: Molded entree (5)
- ASPIC
- 129 Across: Scrooge, at first (7)
- SNEERER
- 130 Across: More unkempt (7)
- SEEDIER
- 131 Across: "Clo-Clo" composer (5)
- LEHAR
- 132 Across: State socialism (7)
- ETATISM
- 133 Across: Edward Morgan Forster, e.g. (6)
- WRITER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: J.F.K.'s successor (3)
- LBJ
- 2 Down: Epoch (3)
- ERA
- 3 Down: Purpose (3)
- AIM
- 4 Down: R.M.N. was his V.P. (3)
- DDE
- 5 Down: "Lohengrin" heroine (4)
- ELSA
- 6 Down: Requisites (5)
- NEEDS
- 7 Down: This can be boring (3)
- AWL
- 8 Down: A Gish, for short (3)
- LIL
- 9 Down: Fireproofing: Abbr. (3)
- ASB
- 10 Down: Uncle Miltie (5)
- BERLE
- 11 Down: Love affair (5)
- AMOUR
- 12 Down: Like the infant in Jaques' speech (7)
- MEWLING
- 13 Down: Ring-shaped (7)
- ANNULAR
- 14 Down: Abbr. for 1 or 81 (3)
- RTE
- 15 Down: Gilmore, of hoop fame (5)
- ARTIS
- 16 Down: Financier Morgan (12)
- JOHNPIERPONT
- 17 Down: At the summit (6)
- APICAL
- 18 Down: Queen of Hades (6)
- HECATE
- 20 Down: Bandage (6)
- SWATHE
- 24 Down: Iroquoian tribe (5)
- ERIES
- 29 Down: Frosh at the U.S.M.A. (4)
- PLEB
- 30 Down: Ghislanzoni libretto (4)
- AIDA
- 31 Down: Detent (4)
- PAWL
- 32 Down: Wahabis, e.g. (5)
- ARABS
- 34 Down: Inside stuff (4)
- PITH
- 35 Down: American showman Barnum (13)
- PHINEASTAYLOR
- 36 Down: Polish foregoer (4)
- SPIT
- 40 Down: Lumpish mass (4)
- GLOB
- 42 Down: Ooze (4)
- SEEP
- 45 Down: Meat treat (5)
- ROAST
- 46 Down: ___ Vader, film villain (5)
- DARTH
- 47 Down: Type of pitcher's dream game (5)
- NOHIT
- 49 Down: Conceited (4)
- VAIN
- 52 Down: Frosted (5)
- RIMED
- 54 Down: Like Poe's prose (5)
- EERIE
- 55 Down: A work by Samuel Nathaniel Behrman (5)
- DRAMA
- 57 Down: Bouquet (5)
- AROMA
- 58 Down: Not quite angelic (5)
- HUMAN
- 60 Down: Comes close (5)
- NEARS
- 61 Down: Rid of rodents (5)
- DERAT
- 63 Down: Toscanini's birthplace (5)
- PARMA
- 64 Down: Dim; cloudy (5)
- BLEAR
- 65 Down: Humorist Perelman (12)
- SIDNEYJOSEPH
- 67 Down: U.S. watercolorist: 1870–1953 (5)
- MARIN
- 72 Down: Island group north of Tonga (5)
- SAMOA
- 73 Down: Caroline, to Ted (5)
- NIECE
- 74 Down: Wooden comedian (5)
- SNERD
- 77 Down: Lady from Lisbon (4)
- DONA
- 82 Down: Strip of shoe leather (4)
- RAND
- 84 Down: Jim Rice's field (4)
- LEFT
- 86 Down: Chemist's flask (5)
- DEWAR
- 88 Down: Gull-like sea bird (4)
- SKUA
- 90 Down: Muchacha's title: Abbr. (4)
- SRTA
- 92 Down: Counter follower (4)
- PANE
- 93 Down: Haliaeetus albicella (4)
- ERNE
- 94 Down: Pierre's loc. (4)
- SDAK
- 96 Down: Elongated circle (7)
- ELLIPSE
- 97 Down: Gold or silver (7)
- ELEMENT
- 99 Down: Conger catcher (5)
- EELER
- 100 Down: Part of the décor (6)
- DRAPES
- 101 Down: Prayer book (6)
- MISSAL
- 102 Down: Excite (6)
- AROUSE
- 107 Down: Water wheel (5)
- NORIA
- 109 Down: Casque (5)
- GALEA
- 110 Down: Scottish platter (5)
- ASHET
- 112 Down: Start over (5)
- RENEW
- 117 Down: Constantly (4)
- EVER
- 119 Down: Text for a dir. (3)
- SCR
- 121 Down: Onassis (3)
- ARI
- 122 Down: Enero or febrero (3)
- MES
- 123 Down: Metric unit of wt. (3)
- GRM
- 124 Down: Homophone for Eydie (3)
- IDI
- 125 Down: Kindled (3)
- LIT
- 126 Down: Grant of films (3)
- LEE
- 127 Down: Bungle (3)
- ERR
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