PHONY FINALES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 7/12/1981. By Tap Osborn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Huge (7): TITANIC
8 Across: Maman's man (4): PERE
12 Across: "Horse designed by a committee" (5): CAMEL
17 Across: Loggia's cousin (4): STOA
21 Across: Muscle Shoals' state (7): ALABAMA
22 Across: Cassini (4): OLEG
23 Across: Overhead (5): ABOVE
24 Across: Overdo the toast (4): CHAR
25 Across: Napoleon's last words? (18): MAKEMINEASHORTBIER
28 Across: Tibet's "monster" (4): YETI
29 Across: Shoelace receiver (6): EYELET
30 Across: Bot. or biol. (3): SCI
31 Across: Spices from nutmeg (5): MACES
32 Across: Boat chains (4): TYES
33 Across: Cenozoic, e.g. (3): ERA
34 Across: Composer's last words? (16): THEBACHSTOPSHERE
39 Across: New London sight (3): SUB
42 Across: Word with total (3): TEE
44 Across: Like early press proofs (4): INKY
45 Across: Wire: Abbr. (5): TELEG
46 Across: Soup or salad item (7): CROUTON
49 Across: ___ green (5): PARIS
51 Across: Chum, in Croydon (5): MATEY
53 Across: Joke (3): GAG
56 Across: Caustic critics (7): RAILERS
57 Across: Quechuan (4): INCA
58 Across: Vacillate (5): WAVER
59 Across: Dwarf: Comb. form (4): NANO
60 Across: Lacking guidance (5): UNLED
61 Across: Insipid (4): BLAH
62 Across: Doomed one (5): GONER
63 Across: Family name of Pope Innocent XIII (5): CONTI
64 Across: For shame! (3): FIE
65 Across: Ta-ta, in Tivoli (4): CIAO
67 Across: Furnace tender (5): FIRER
68 Across: Ornamental braid (6): CORDON
69 Across: "Hobo king" Livingstone's last words? (14): FAREWELLTOALMS
74 Across: Bailsman's activity (7): BONDING
75 Across: Drew water (5): LADED
76 Across: Springtime of life (5): PRIME
77 Across: Veranda (5): LANAI
78 Across: In harmony (7): ATTUNED
81 Across: Trotsky's last words? (14): THEENDISINCITE
86 Across: Type of pigeon (6): POUTER
87 Across: Tuck, e.g. (5): FRIAR
89 Across: A Waugh (4): ALEC
90 Across: Blanc or Brooks (3): MEL
91 Across: Proprietor (5): OWNER
92 Across: In turmoil (5): ARIOT
93 Across: Throb (4): PANT
95 Across: Spot for a service pin (5): LAPEL
97 Across: Ogden or Wallace (4): REID
98 Across: Decline with disdain (5): SPURN
99 Across: Impudent (4): BOLD
100 Across: War vessel (7): FRIGATE
102 Across: Corp. officials (3): TRS
103 Across: Wander about (5): RANGE
104 Across: Like fruits (5): PULPY
105 Across: Celebrant (7): REVELER
106 Across: Unisonally (5): ASONE
108 Across: Java's neighbor (4): BALI
109 Across: Feel out of sorts (3): AIL
110 Across: Ending for arch or witch (3): ERY
111 Across: Epitaph for Icarus? (16): DONTBEASOARLOSER
117 Across: Fountain order (3): ADE
120 Across: Comedienne from Butte (4): RAYE
121 Across: Vichyssoise, e.g. (5): PUREE
122 Across: Hoary: Abbr. (3): ANC
123 Across: Irish Cobbler (6): POTATO
127 Across: Religious statue: Var. (4): IKON
128 Across: Final tribute to Pavlova? (18): SHESOUTOFTHISWHIRL
132 Across: Printer's mach. (4): LINO
133 Across: Writer Michael (5): ARLEN
134 Across: Bakery worker (4): ICER
135 Across: Pointed out (7): DENOTED
136 Across: Grant and Cobb (4): LEES
137 Across: Boob-tube, in Brighton (5): TELLY
138 Across: Not one, country style (4): NARY
139 Across: Peregrination (7): ODYSSEY

Down Answers

1 Down: Domesticate (4): TAME
2 Down: "Now ___ me . . . " (4): ILAY
3 Down: Track handle (4): TAKE
4 Down: White poplar (5): ABELE
5 Down: Identifier (5): NAMER
6 Down: Copycat (8): IMITATOR
7 Down: Preserve (3): CAN
8 Down: Trespass (5): POACH
9 Down: Janis or Ferguson (5): ELSIE
10 Down: Indian salt mixture (3): REH
11 Down: Extreme self-conceit (8): EGOMANIA
12 Down: Like some tunes (6): CATCHY
13 Down: Caen clerics (5): ABBES
14 Down: Dewy (5): MOIST
15 Down: Second person (3): EVE
16 Down: Irish sea god (3): LER
17 Down: This cuts a swath (6): SCYTHE
18 Down: Posthumous book by Bonnie? (11): THEYEGGANDI
19 Down: "B" western (5): OATER
20 Down: Coup command (5): ARISE
26 Down: Villa d'___ (4): ESTE
27 Down: Dress-shop fixtures (5): RACKS
35 Down: Tree that Frost swung on (5): BIRCH
36 Down: Aquatic fish-eater (5): OTTER
37 Down: ___ pressure (4): PEER
38 Down: Not to be trusted (3): SLY
39 Down: Nape (6): SCRUFF
40 Down: Muse for Hipparchus (6): URANIA
41 Down: Tank for heating water (6): BOILER
43 Down: Conceptual being (3): ENS
47 Down: Latex yielder (3): ULE
48 Down: Do a farm job (3): TED
49 Down: Test film (5): PILOT
50 Down: Memorabilia (3): ANA
51 Down: Ponytail (4): MANE
52 Down: Claim (4): AVER
54 Down: Chekhov (5): ANTON
55 Down: On the way out (5): GOING
58 Down: Deteriorate (6): WORSEN
59 Down: Adjective for a Swede (6): NORDIC
61 Down: Acomous (4): BALD
62 Down: Conceded putt (5): GIMME
63 Down: Name before Doyle (5): CONAN
65 Down: One yielding (5): CEDER
66 Down: "___ Three Lives" (4): ILED
67 Down: Handbill (5): FLIER
68 Down: Shaped like some shells (5): CONIC
70 Down: Cleansed (6): ELUTED
71 Down: Baseball's "Big Poison" (5): WANER
72 Down: Choice (6): OPTION
73 Down: Buddhist monk (5): ARHAT
74 Down: Ignoble (4): BASE
77 Down: Cadence (4): LILT
78 Down: Left of the helm (5): APORT
79 Down: Sears ___, Chicago (5): TOWER
80 Down: Rommel's last words? (11): TUNISANYONE
82 Down: Fine's partner (5): DANDY
83 Down: Pin with a stake (6): IMPALE
84 Down: Seesaw (6): TEETER
85 Down: Queen (6): ELLERY
87 Down: Kin of the twist (4): FRUG
88 Down: To laugh: Fr. (4): RIRE
92 Down: Loss of breath (5): APNEA
93 Down: Former scourge (5): POLIO
94 Down: Ski spot for Killy (3): ALP
95 Down: Ullmann (3): LIV
96 Down: Census question (3): AGE
98 Down: Sound (4): SANE
99 Down: Communiqué (8): BULLETIN
100 Down: Pt. of "T.G.I.F." (3): FRI
101 Down: Backslid (8): RELAPSED
103 Down: Ape Sutton (3): ROB
104 Down: Polynesian skirt (5): PAREU
107 Down: Ct. group (6): STENOS
108 Down: Nobleman's domain (6): BARONY
109 Down: Shoe part (4): ARCH
111 Down: U.S.M.A. workout (5): DRILL
112 Down: Early comic actor (5): OAKIE
113 Down: Incantation (5): SPELL
114 Down: European blackbird (5): OUSEL
115 Down: Newsman Morley (5): SAFER
116 Down: Ingress (5): ENTRY
118 Down: Soft and fluffy (5): DOWNY
119 Down: Moral code (5): ETHOS
124 Down: Islets (4): AITS
125 Down: Family ___ (4): TREE
126 Down: Song hit of yesteryear (4): OLDY
128 Down: Convened (3): SAT
129 Down: Charlemagne's dom. (3): HRE
130 Down: Edible root (3): OCA
131 Down: Oft-heard vow (3): IDO

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