SAVING SPACE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 4/26/1981. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: " . . . lift dat ___" (4)
BALE
5 Across: The end (5)
FINIS
10 Across: Naldi of the silents (4)
NITA
14 Across: Box-score data (4)
RBIS
18 Across: "Giralda" composer (4)
ADAM
19 Across: Serviceable (5)
UTILE
20 Across: Island off Galway (4)
ARAN
21 Across: Horn (5)
CORNU
22 Across: Uprising in Uganda (15)
KAMPALACEREVOLT
25 Across: Viscount Templewood (5)
HOARE
26 Across: Fortify (8)
EMBATTLE
27 Across: Caper (5)
PRANK
28 Across: Expert (6)
MASTER
29 Across: Undo (7)
DESTROY
30 Across: Crowd together (5)
SERRY
31 Across: ___ spumante (4)
ASTI
32 Across: Layer (3)
HEN
33 Across: Slight (5)
MINOR
34 Across: Fondled (8)
CARESSED
38 Across: Ade book: 1896 (5)
ARTIE
41 Across: Canadian land agent (11)
MONTREALTOR
43 Across: Gibbon (3)
LAR
44 Across: Leaflet: Abbr. (4)
CIRC
45 Across: ___ Hari (4)
MATA
46 Across: Western pact (4)
NATO
47 Across: Destine (4)
FATE
48 Across: French pronoun (3)
TOI
49 Across: Accident in Kansas (12)
WICHITANDRUN
53 Across: Currier's partner (4)
IVES
54 Across: Maligns (8)
ASPERSES
56 Across: Sharif (4)
OMAR
57 Across: Is trepid (5)
FEARS
58 Across: Skips (5)
OMITS
59 Across: Krait (5)
SNAKE
60 Across: Developed ability (5)
SKILL
62 Across: Wine-bottle size (5)
SPLIT
64 Across: Dust-bowler (4)
OKIE
65 Across: Immature (8)
CHILDISH
68 Across: Bucket (4)
PAIL
69 Across: Political victory in California (12)
OAKLANDSLIDE
73 Across: ___ de vie (3)
EAU
74 Across: "___ homo" (4)
ECCE
75 Across: Habilimented (4)
CLAD
76 Across: Painter Holbein (4)
HANS
77 Across: Adriatic feeder (4)
DRIN
78 Across: Bee follower (3)
CEE
79 Across: Bay State ceramics (11)
BOSTONEWARE
83 Across: Give (5)
YIELD
84 Across: Indonesian volcanic island (8)
KRAKATOA
86 Across: Pigment for Gainsborough (5)
OCHRE
87 Across: Help! (3)
SOS
88 Across: Essential meaning (4)
CORE
89 Across: Be nosy (5)
SNOOP
90 Across: Comatose states (7)
STUPORS
94 Across: Copter features (6)
ROTORS
96 Across: Cotton thread (5)
LISLE
97 Across: Part of E.C.A. (8)
ECONOMIC
98 Across: Apocopate (5)
ELIDE
99 Across: Uruguayan symbol (15)
MONTEVIDEOGRAPH
101 Across: Runcible ___ (5)
SPOON
102 Across: Former constellation (4)
ARGO
103 Across: J.R. in "Dallas" (5)
EWING
104 Across: Quaker word (4)
THEE
105 Across: "___ clock scholar" (4)
TENO
106 Across: Benchley's "The ___" (4)
DEEP
107 Across: Actress-singer Blakley (5)
RONEE
108 Across: Grit (4)
SAND

Down Answers

1 Down: Used the oven (5)
BAKED
2 Down: " . . . Nothing Like ___" (5)
ADAME
3 Down: Actors' club (5)
LAMBS
4 Down: Sharing another's emotions (8)
EMPATHIC
5 Down: U.S. inventor (6)
FULTON
6 Down: Where the Po flows (5)
ITALY
7 Down: Pleasant (4)
NICE
8 Down: O'Neill play (3)
ILE
9 Down: Ophidian (7)
SERPENT
10 Down: French-Spanish region (7)
NAVARRE
11 Down: Literary device (5)
IRONY
12 Down: Dialogue (4)
TALK
13 Down: Exemplar for a sluggard (3)
ANT
14 Down: Perches (6)
ROOSTS
15 Down: Czech necklace (15)
BRATISLAVALIERE
16 Down: As to (4)
INRE
17 Down: Litigant (4)
SUER
21 Down: Bar serving (6)
CHASER
23 Down: End of a Kilmer poem (5)
ATREE
24 Down: Gaffe (5)
ERROR
28 Down: Strand (6)
MAROON
30 Down: Mount Moses climbed (5)
SINAI
33 Down: Millers (5)
MOTHS
34 Down: Orch. member (4)
CLAR
35 Down: Aleutian island (4)
ATTU
36 Down: What "-vore" means (5)
EATER
37 Down: Sheath or shift (5)
DRESS
38 Down: Proceedings (4)
ACTA
39 Down: Mayo and Yaqui (4)
RIOS
40 Down: Law enforcement in Lebanon (15)
TRIPOLICEACTION
41 Down: Symbols of authority (5)
MACES
42 Down: Conductor Previn (5)
ANDRE
45 Down: Aerosol output (4)
MIST
47 Down: Blue part of Old Glory (5)
FIELD
49 Down: Legal paper (4)
WRIT
50 Down: ___ bean (5)
TONKA
51 Down: Exceedingly (5)
AMAIN
52 Down: In the buff (5)
NAKED
55 Down: M. Zola (5)
EMILE
57 Down: Do an office task (4)
FILE
59 Down: Five centesimi (5)
SOLDO
60 Down: Do very well (5)
SHINE
61 Down: Small fry (4)
KIDS
62 Down: Mote (5)
SPECK
63 Down: Indiana athlete in the N.B.A. (5)
PACER
65 Down: Mrs. Luce (5)
CLARE
66 Down: Lateen, e.g. (4)
SAIL
67 Down: Dominik's dog (4)
HUND
69 Down: Mexican pines (6)
OCOTES
70 Down: Too (4)
ALSO
71 Down: Judo exercises (4)
KATA
72 Down: Acute (5)
SHARP
77 Down: Frolics (8)
DISPORTS
79 Down: Unproductive (6)
BARREN
80 Down: Airline adjective (7)
NONSTOP
81 Down: Pierre's school (5)
ECOLE
82 Down: Unspecified person (7)
WHOEVER
83 Down: Of tender years (5)
YOUNG
85 Down: Veld beast (6)
KOODOO
87 Down: Straight man (6)
STOOGE
89 Down: Beauty-shop treatment (5)
SINGE
90 Down: Vista (5)
SCENE
91 Down: City on the Missouri (5)
OMAHA
92 Down: Bring to a peak (5)
RIPEN
93 Down: Timetable: Abbr. (5)
SCHED
94 Down: Relax (4)
REST
95 Down: Wine flask (4)
OLPE
96 Down: Erudition (4)
LORE
97 Down: Dun ___, Scotland (4)
EDIN
99 Down: Dippy (3)
MAD
100 Down: ___ Jima (3)
IWO

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