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Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/28/1981. By Anne Fox.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: March figure, for short (5)
- STPAT
- 6 Across: Thin nail (4)
- BRAD
- 10 Across: Cheapskate (5)
- PIKER
- 15 Across: Storied lioness (4)
- ELSA
- 19 Across: Writer Segal (5)
- ERICH
- 20 Across: Aussie kangaroo (4)
- EURO
- 21 Across: ___ Gay (W.W. II plane) (5)
- ENOLA
- 22 Across: Magician Henning (4)
- DOUG
- 23 Across: July 3, 1775 (21)
- WASHINGTONISCOMMANDER
- 27 Across: Globe (6)
- SPHERE
- 28 Across: Egg: Sp. (5)
- HUEVO
- 29 Across: Veranda (6)
- PIAZZA
- 30 Across: G.P.'s (3)
- DRS
- 32 Across: Ike's command (3)
- ETO
- 33 Across: Discordant (4)
- AJAR
- 35 Across: October 17, 1777 (21)
- GATESVICTORATSARATOGA
- 46 Across: Russian sea (4)
- AZOV
- 47 Across: House wing (3)
- ELL
- 48 Across: ____ game (pitcher's coup) (5)
- NOHIT
- 49 Across: Of the mouth (4)
- ORAL
- 50 Across: Stews (5)
- FUMES
- 52 Across: Thai language (3)
- LAO
- 54 Across: Stone marker (5)
- STELA
- 55 Across: Part of the arm (5)
- WRIST
- 56 Across: February 6, 1778 (21)
- FRENCHSIGNAIDALLIANCE
- 60 Across: Its capital is Altdorf (3)
- URI
- 61 Across: Manx call (4)
- MEOW
- 62 Across: 1922 play (4)
- RAIN
- 63 Across: "Le Coq ___" (3)
- DOR
- 64 Across: Beach of Florida (7)
- POMPANO
- 68 Across: Of Norse poetry (5)
- EDDIC
- 71 Across: Custer busters (7)
- INDIANS
- 73 Across: Word with long or now (3)
- ERE
- 74 Across: ___-être (Marcel's maybe) (4)
- PEUT
- 76 Across: Site of Bryce Canyon (4)
- UTAH
- 78 Across: Lemon (3)
- DUD
- 79 Across: July 16, 1779 (21)
- WAYNESTORMSSTONYPOINT
- 87 Across: Texas city (5)
- ENNIS
- 88 Across: Accordion item (5)
- PLEAT
- 89 Across: Arles assent (3)
- OUI
- 90 Across: Strength (5)
- SINEW
- 91 Across: River to the Elbe (4)
- EGER
- 92 Across: Nobelist in Chemistry: 1921 (5)
- SODDY
- 93 Across: Cribbage card (3)
- NOB
- 95 Across: Lady of Spain (4)
- DONA
- 96 Across: September 23, 1779 (21)
- SERAPISBOARDEDBYJONES
- 102 Across: La-di-da (4)
- ARTY
- 103 Across: Eras upon eras (3)
- EON
- 104 Across: Chosen, in Calais (3)
- ELU
- 105 Across: Summing, e.g. (6)
- EQUINE
- 109 Across: "___ beaucoup!" (5)
- MERCI
- 111 Across: Asian wild sheep (6)
- ARGALI
- 116 Across: October 19, 1781 (21)
- SURRENDEROFCORNWALLIS
- 121 Across: Type of bed (4)
- SOFA
- 122 Across: ___ sanctum (5)
- INNER
- 123 Across: Host (4)
- ARMY
- 124 Across: City on the Arkansas (5)
- TULSA
- 125 Across: Aleutian island (4)
- ADAK
- 126 Across: Certain trainee (5)
- CADET
- 127 Across: Pottery pail (4)
- SEAU
- 128 Across: Companionway (5)
- STAIR
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Stitches (4)
- SEWS
- 2 Down: Gin (4)
- TRAP
- 3 Down: Phooey! (4)
- PISH
- 4 Down: Hurt (4)
- ACHE
- 5 Down: Musical intervals (6)
- THIRDS
- 6 Down: Entreat (3)
- BEG
- 7 Down: O.T. book (4)
- RUTH
- 8 Down: Voltaire's real name (6)
- AROUET
- 9 Down: ___ a turn (cooked perfectly) (6)
- DONETO
- 10 Down: 100 centavos (4)
- PESO
- 11 Down: Business abbr. (3)
- INC
- 12 Down: "Hitchy-___," Kern revue (3)
- KOO
- 13 Down: Slippery ___ (3)
- ELM
- 14 Down: Bulwark (7)
- RAMPART
- 15 Down: Wife of Skelton or Stengel (4)
- EDNA
- 16 Down: Polish city (4)
- LODZ
- 17 Down: Historic waterway (4)
- SUEZ
- 18 Down: City on the Jumna (4)
- AGRA
- 24 Down: Cheek (5)
- NERVE
- 25 Down: Novello (4)
- IVOR
- 26 Down: Grass genus (4)
- AIRA
- 31 Down: Brooklyn's gift to opera (5)
- SILLS
- 33 Down: Building stone (6)
- ASHLAR
- 34 Down: Game like handball (7)
- JAIALAI
- 35 Down: Fishing hook (4)
- GAFF
- 36 Down: Côte d'___ (4)
- AZUR
- 37 Down: Volume (4)
- TOME
- 38 Down: Golf term (6)
- EVENUP
- 39 Down: Demand as a right (5)
- CLAIM
- 40 Down: Con (4)
- ANTI
- 41 Down: Pigeon follower (4)
- TOED
- 42 Down: African antelope (4)
- TORA
- 43 Down: California town (6)
- ORINDA
- 44 Down: Boastful one (6)
- GASCON
- 45 Down: Changes (6)
- ALTERS
- 51 Down: Predicaments (7)
- SCRAPES
- 53 Down: Finishing strip (4)
- OGEE
- 54 Down: Doll stuffing (7)
- SAWDUST
- 55 Down: Conclusions (7)
- WINDUPS
- 57 Down: Met basso (5)
- HINES
- 58 Down: Land of ___ (3)
- NOD
- 59 Down: "Lone Eagle" (5)
- LINDY
- 64 Down: Phoebes (6)
- PEWEES
- 65 Down: Mandarin, e.g. (6)
- ORANGE
- 66 Down: N.J. governor: 1954–62 (6)
- MEYNER
- 67 Down: Military station (7)
- OUTPOST
- 69 Down: Possessive (3)
- ITS
- 70 Down: "The Censor" (4)
- CATO
- 72 Down: Martin-Preston vehicle (6)
- IDOIDO
- 75 Down: " . . . a tale ___ an idiot . . . ": Macbeth (6)
- TOLDBY
- 77 Down: Hecate's companion (5)
- HOUND
- 80 Down: 1933 initials (4)
- NIRA
- 81 Down: Make over (4)
- REDO
- 82 Down: Yucatán Indian (4)
- MAYA
- 83 Down: Daughter of Tantalus (5)
- NIOBE
- 84 Down: Hep or hip (4)
- INON
- 85 Down: State bird of Hawaii (4)
- NENE
- 86 Down: Start of a C. Moore poem (4)
- TWAS
- 92 Down: Alluring (7)
- SIRENIC
- 94 Down: Corporation rule (5)
- BYLAW
- 97 Down: Sheet of stamps (4)
- PANE
- 98 Down: Shorten sail (4)
- REEF
- 99 Down: Biblical seamstress (6)
- DORCAS
- 100 Down: Bis (6)
- ENCORE
- 101 Down: Magistrates (6)
- JURATS
- 105 Down: U.S. satellite (4)
- ESSA
- 106 Down: Part of Q.E.D. (4)
- QUOD
- 107 Down: Turkish city (4)
- URFA
- 108 Down: Asian republic: Var. (4)
- IRAK
- 109 Down: Cartoonist Walker (4)
- MORT
- 110 Down: "La Douce" (4)
- IRMA
- 112 Down: Cloy (4)
- GLUT
- 113 Down: ___ breve (4)
- ALLA
- 114 Down: Actress Virna (4)
- LISI
- 115 Down: Munich's river (4)
- ISAR
- 117 Down: Genetic initials (3)
- DNA
- 118 Down: Sake (3)
- END
- 119 Down: Arikara (3)
- REE
- 120 Down: Man. campus (3)
- NYU
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