PHONY FINALES

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23170 clues~30-60 minBy Tap Osborn7/12/1981

New to crosswords? Learn how to play

Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.

Today's Daily Crossword

Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Huge (7 letters)
8 Across: Maman's man (4 letters)
12 Across: "Horse designed by a committee" (5 letters)
17 Across: Loggia's cousin (4 letters)
21 Across: Muscle Shoals' state (7 letters)
22 Across: Cassini (4 letters)
23 Across: Overhead (5 letters)
24 Across: Overdo the toast (4 letters)
25 Across: Napoleon's last words? (18 letters)
28 Across: Tibet's "monster" (4 letters)
29 Across: Shoelace receiver (6 letters)
30 Across: Bot. or biol. (3 letters)
31 Across: Spices from nutmeg (5 letters)
32 Across: Boat chains (4 letters)
33 Across: Cenozoic, e.g. (3 letters)
34 Across: Composer's last words? (16 letters)
39 Across: New London sight (3 letters)
42 Across: Word with total (3 letters)
44 Across: Like early press proofs (4 letters)
45 Across: Wire: Abbr. (5 letters)
46 Across: Soup or salad item (7 letters)
49 Across: ___ green (5 letters)
51 Across: Chum, in Croydon (5 letters)
53 Across: Joke (3 letters)
56 Across: Caustic critics (7 letters)
57 Across: Quechuan (4 letters)
58 Across: Vacillate (5 letters)
59 Across: Dwarf: Comb. form (4 letters)
60 Across: Lacking guidance (5 letters)
61 Across: Insipid (4 letters)
62 Across: Doomed one (5 letters)
63 Across: Family name of Pope Innocent XIII (5 letters)
64 Across: For shame! (3 letters)
65 Across: Ta-ta, in Tivoli (4 letters)
67 Across: Furnace tender (5 letters)
68 Across: Ornamental braid (6 letters)
69 Across: "Hobo king" Livingstone's last words? (14 letters)
74 Across: Bailsman's activity (7 letters)
75 Across: Drew water (5 letters)
76 Across: Springtime of life (5 letters)
77 Across: Veranda (5 letters)
78 Across: In harmony (7 letters)
81 Across: Trotsky's last words? (14 letters)
86 Across: Type of pigeon (6 letters)
87 Across: Tuck, e.g. (5 letters)
89 Across: A Waugh (4 letters)
90 Across: Blanc or Brooks (3 letters)
91 Across: Proprietor (5 letters)
92 Across: In turmoil (5 letters)
93 Across: Throb (4 letters)
95 Across: Spot for a service pin (5 letters)
97 Across: Ogden or Wallace (4 letters)
98 Across: Decline with disdain (5 letters)
99 Across: Impudent (4 letters)
100 Across: War vessel (7 letters)
102 Across: Corp. officials (3 letters)
103 Across: Wander about (5 letters)
104 Across: Like fruits (5 letters)
105 Across: Celebrant (7 letters)
106 Across: Unisonally (5 letters)
108 Across: Java's neighbor (4 letters)
109 Across: Feel out of sorts (3 letters)
110 Across: Ending for arch or witch (3 letters)
111 Across: Epitaph for Icarus? (16 letters)
117 Across: Fountain order (3 letters)
120 Across: Comedienne from Butte (4 letters)
121 Across: Vichyssoise, e.g. (5 letters)
122 Across: Hoary: Abbr. (3 letters)
123 Across: Irish Cobbler (6 letters)
127 Across: Religious statue: Var. (4 letters)
128 Across: Final tribute to Pavlova? (18 letters)
132 Across: Printer's mach. (4 letters)
133 Across: Writer Michael (5 letters)
134 Across: Bakery worker (4 letters)
135 Across: Pointed out (7 letters)
136 Across: Grant and Cobb (4 letters)
137 Across: Boob-tube, in Brighton (5 letters)
138 Across: Not one, country style (4 letters)
139 Across: Peregrination (7 letters)

Down

1 Down: Domesticate (4 letters)
2 Down: "Now ___ me . . . " (4 letters)
3 Down: Track handle (4 letters)
4 Down: White poplar (5 letters)
5 Down: Identifier (5 letters)
6 Down: Copycat (8 letters)
7 Down: Preserve (3 letters)
8 Down: Trespass (5 letters)
9 Down: Janis or Ferguson (5 letters)
10 Down: Indian salt mixture (3 letters)
11 Down: Extreme self-conceit (8 letters)
12 Down: Like some tunes (6 letters)
13 Down: Caen clerics (5 letters)
14 Down: Dewy (5 letters)
15 Down: Second person (3 letters)
16 Down: Irish sea god (3 letters)
17 Down: This cuts a swath (6 letters)
18 Down: Posthumous book by Bonnie? (11 letters)
19 Down: "B" western (5 letters)
20 Down: Coup command (5 letters)
26 Down: Villa d'___ (4 letters)
27 Down: Dress-shop fixtures (5 letters)
35 Down: Tree that Frost swung on (5 letters)
36 Down: Aquatic fish-eater (5 letters)
37 Down: ___ pressure (4 letters)
38 Down: Not to be trusted (3 letters)
39 Down: Nape (6 letters)
40 Down: Muse for Hipparchus (6 letters)
41 Down: Tank for heating water (6 letters)
43 Down: Conceptual being (3 letters)
47 Down: Latex yielder (3 letters)
48 Down: Do a farm job (3 letters)
49 Down: Test film (5 letters)
50 Down: Memorabilia (3 letters)
51 Down: Ponytail (4 letters)
52 Down: Claim (4 letters)
54 Down: Chekhov (5 letters)
55 Down: On the way out (5 letters)
58 Down: Deteriorate (6 letters)
59 Down: Adjective for a Swede (6 letters)
61 Down: Acomous (4 letters)
62 Down: Conceded putt (5 letters)
63 Down: Name before Doyle (5 letters)
65 Down: One yielding (5 letters)
66 Down: "___ Three Lives" (4 letters)
67 Down: Handbill (5 letters)
68 Down: Shaped like some shells (5 letters)
70 Down: Cleansed (6 letters)
71 Down: Baseball's "Big Poison" (5 letters)
72 Down: Choice (6 letters)
73 Down: Buddhist monk (5 letters)
74 Down: Ignoble (4 letters)
77 Down: Cadence (4 letters)
78 Down: Left of the helm (5 letters)
79 Down: Sears ___, Chicago (5 letters)
80 Down: Rommel's last words? (11 letters)
82 Down: Fine's partner (5 letters)
83 Down: Pin with a stake (6 letters)
84 Down: Seesaw (6 letters)
85 Down: Queen (6 letters)
87 Down: Kin of the twist (4 letters)
88 Down: To laugh: Fr. (4 letters)
92 Down: Loss of breath (5 letters)
93 Down: Former scourge (5 letters)
94 Down: Ski spot for Killy (3 letters)
95 Down: Ullmann (3 letters)
96 Down: Census question (3 letters)
98 Down: Sound (4 letters)
99 Down: Communiqué (8 letters)
100 Down: Pt. of "T.G.I.F." (3 letters)
101 Down: Backslid (8 letters)
103 Down: Ape Sutton (3 letters)
104 Down: Polynesian skirt (5 letters)
107 Down: Ct. group (6 letters)
108 Down: Nobleman's domain (6 letters)
109 Down: Shoe part (4 letters)
111 Down: U.S.M.A. workout (5 letters)
112 Down: Early comic actor (5 letters)
113 Down: Incantation (5 letters)
114 Down: European blackbird (5 letters)
115 Down: Newsman Morley (5 letters)
116 Down: Ingress (5 letters)
118 Down: Soft and fluffy (5 letters)
119 Down: Moral code (5 letters)
124 Down: Islets (4 letters)
125 Down: Family ___ (4 letters)
126 Down: Song hit of yesteryear (4 letters)
128 Down: Convened (3 letters)
129 Down: Charlemagne's dom. (3 letters)
130 Down: Edible root (3 letters)
131 Down: Oft-heard vow (3 letters)

More Hard Puzzles

Friday Crossword — January 2, 1976~25 min Friday Crossword — January 9, 1976~25 min Friday Crossword — January 16, 1976~25 min

Browse all hard puzzles →

View answers and solutions for this puzzle →