ALL'S SWELL - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 6/14/1981. By Judith C. Dalton.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Fleet (6)
ARMADA
7 Across: Actress Dickinson (5)
ANGIE
12 Across: Moslem decree (5)
IRADE
17 Across: Hunk (4)
SLAB
21 Across: Sung by a group (6)
CHORAL
22 Across: Street show (5)
RAREE
23 Across: Gets wan (5)
PALES
24 Across: Communication prefix (4)
TELE
25 Across: Creative origin (12)
CENTRALSPARK
27 Across: Copperfield, perhaps (10)
SCAMPDAVID
29 Across: Asian holiday (3)
TET
30 Across: G.I. groups (6)
TROOPS
31 Across: Actress Verdon (4)
GWEN
32 Across: Bluish crystalline mineral (6)
IOLITE
33 Across: Zodiac twins (6)
GEMINI
34 Across: Way up or down (5)
STAIR
36 Across: Upstate N.Y. school (3)
RPI
37 Across: Like a rainbow (5)
ARCED
40 Across: Imitative (6)
ECHOIC
42 Across: ___ court (8)
FRIENDAT
47 Across: Silver salmon (4)
COHO
48 Across: Baseball commissioner, e.g. (14)
SPORTAUTHORITY
52 Across: Brit. sea backup (3)
RNR
53 Across: Winglike (4)
ALAR
54 Across: Cost (3)
TAB
55 Across: Term papers: Abbr. (4)
RPTS
56 Across: Decorate again (4)
REDO
57 Across: Wee one (4)
TYKE
58 Across: Zeke's expletive (4)
DANG
59 Across: Oils (7)
GREASES
61 Across: Mom's apple ___ (3)
PIE
62 Across: Humble (5)
LOWLY
63 Across: Theologian William Ralph (4)
INGE
64 Across: Prince Valiant's son (3)
ARN
65 Across: Trampled (4)
TROD
66 Across: Winos (6)
LUSHES
67 Across: Summer drink (3)
ADE
68 Across: Pioneer's problem (11)
WAGONSTRAIN
73 Across: Italian lawn game (5)
BOCCI
74 Across: Prayer (6)
ORISON
76 Across: Terrier type (5)
CAIRN
77 Across: Pointillist Georges (6)
SEURAT
78 Across: Burglar, for one (5)
FELON
79 Across: Wise French warden (11)
SAVANTGARDE
81 Across: Sixth-sense letters (3)
ESP
84 Across: Egg or Island (6)
EASTER
86 Across: Playbill heading (4)
ACTI
87 Across: Old Sol (3)
SUN
88 Across: Italian wine region (4)
ASTI
89 Across: Hornswoggles (5)
DUPES
90 Across: ___-relief (3)
BAS
91 Across: Marmoset (7)
TAMARIN
95 Across: Ballet lake (4)
SWAN
96 Across: Edomites' leader (4)
IRAM
97 Across: The Tentmaker (4)
OMAR
99 Across: Beget (4)
SIRE
100 Across: Chemical suffix (3)
ENE
101 Across: Hue (4)
TINT
102 Across: Tic follower (3)
TAC
103 Across: Starched camisole (14)
STIFFUPPERSLIP
106 Across: Within: Comb. form (4)
ENDO
107 Across: Item hinged to a gate (8)
HEELPOST
109 Across: Himalayan language (6)
NEPALI
110 Across: Clothe (5)
DRESS
111 Across: Former power agcy. (3)
AEC
112 Across: Follows orders (5)
OBEYS
113 Across: Twist, as a wrist (6)
SPRAIN
117 Across: Haughty (6)
LORDLY
120 Across: An alum (4)
GRAD
121 Across: Those apart (6)
OTHERS
122 Across: Here, in Paris (3)
ICI
125 Across: Little stem (10)
SMALLSTALK
127 Across: Thomas Paine (12)
SAGEOFREASON
130 Across: It's on the watch (4)
TIME
131 Across: From head ___ (5)
TOTOE
132 Across: Embellish (5)
ADORN
133 Across: Have more warriors (6)
OUTMAN
134 Across: Rigel, e.g. (4)
STAR
135 Across: Use up (5)
SPEND
136 Across: Equanimity (5)
POISE
137 Across: Usurps (6)
WRESTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Bank rec. (4)
ACCT
2 Down: Korea's Syngman (4)
RHEE
3 Down: Blanc or Cervin (4)
MONT
4 Down: Skill (3)
ART
5 Down: Moved like a chickadee (6)
DARTED
6 Down: Frighten (5)
ALARM
7 Down: Fire crime (5)
ARSON
8 Down: More shaggy, as a rug (7)
NAPPIER
9 Down: Pâté de foie ___ (4)
GRAS
10 Down: Comparative ending (3)
IER
11 Down: Small shriek (3)
EEK
12 Down: Wolsey's birthplace (7)
IPSWICH
13 Down: Snake or crab (5)
RACER
14 Down: Astronaut Bean (4)
ALAN
15 Down: Rep. antithesis (3)
DEM
16 Down: ___ Santo (E. Brazilian state) (8)
ESPIRITO
17 Down: Dzhugashvili (6)
STALIN
18 Down: V.P. Morton (4)
LEVI
19 Down: Settled (4)
ALIT
20 Down: Eliot's Adam (4)
BEDE
26 Down: Law, in Nice (3)
LOI
28 Down: Disney dwarf (5)
DOPEY
31 Down: Canters, e.g. (5)
GAITS
33 Down: Gobel or Gershwin (6)
GEORGE
34 Down: Do sculpting (5)
SHAPE
35 Down: Track tipsters (5)
TOUTS
37 Down: Maine National Park (6)
ACADIA
38 Down: Legendary French hero (6)
ROLAND
39 Down: Movement (13)
CHANGEOFSPACE
41 Down: Middle pts. (4)
CTRS
42 Down: Set loose (5)
FREED
43 Down: Shed (3)
RID
44 Down: Thirsty albino hog (13)
DRYWHITESWINE
45 Down: Foot joint (5)
ANKLE
46 Down: Three-spot cards (5)
TREYS
48 Down: Silver cur. (3)
STG
49 Down: Virtue model (7)
PARAGON
50 Down: Merle of movies (6)
OBERON
51 Down: Diana's beloved (5)
ORION
57 Down: Puccini role (5)
TOSCA
60 Down: Raggedy doll (3)
ANN
61 Down: Lithograph, e.g. (5)
PRINT
62 Down: Filthy wealth (5)
LUCRE
65 Down: Mountain lake (4)
TARN
66 Down: Clamorous (4)
LOUD
68 Down: Feminine ___ (5)
WILES
69 Down: Hebrew zither (4)
ASOR
70 Down: Flees, as a feline (5)
SCATS
71 Down: Rikki-tikki-___ (4)
TAVI
72 Down: Inlet (3)
RIA
73 Down: Architect of St. Peter's (7)
BERNINI
75 Down: O.T. juniper (5)
RETEM
77 Down: Saltwater food fish (6)
SAUREL
79 Down: Neck cloth (5)
SCARF
80 Down: Juliette Low's org. (3)
GSA
82 Down: Podia (6)
STANDS
83 Down: Piebald horses (6)
PINTOS
84 Down: Chanteuse Piaf (5)
EDITH
85 Down: Invisible vapors (5)
AURAE
86 Down: Toward the back of the ship (5)
ABAFT
88 Down: Toward the back of the ship (6)
ASTERN
91 Down: Like a canoe (5)
TIPPY
92 Down: Regions (5)
AREAS
93 Down: European blackbird (4)
MERL
94 Down: Cluster of fibers (3)
NEP
97 Down: Invertebrates' sense organs (8)
OTOCYSTS
98 Down: Negative prefix (3)
MIS
99 Down: Cruiser's asset (5)
SPEED
103 Down: Weather period (5)
SPELL
104 Down: Not yet in the oven (7)
UNBAKED
105 Down: Monials (7)
SISTERS
108 Down: Chef, at times (6)
LADLER
110 Down: French speaker (6)
DISEUR
112 Down: Acrylic fiber (5)
ORLON
114 Down: Patronize Ma Bell (5)
PHONE
115 Down: Bowl whistler (3)
REF
116 Down: Toxophilite's item (5)
ARROW
117 Down: Utah Beach craft (4)
LSTS
118 Down: Leave out (4)
OMIT
119 Down: Siamese king (4)
RAMA
120 Down: Arena take (4)
GATE
121 Down: U.S. satellite (4)
OGOI
122 Down: Beliefs (4)
ISMS
123 Down: Chesterfield, for one (4)
COAT
124 Down: Serais (4)
INNS
126 Down: Choicest part (3)
TOP
127 Down: Nitwit (3)
SAP
128 Down: Fuss and feathers (3)
ADO
129 Down: Spenserian hag (3)
ATE

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