TYPOGRAPHICS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 7/26/1981. By Maura B. Jacobson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Borge is one (4)
- DANE
- 5 Across: L.A. problem (4)
- SMOG
- 9 Across: Literary monogram (3)
- GBS
- 12 Across: African tree (6)
- BAOBAB
- 18 Across: To ___ (unanimously) (4)
- AMAN
- 19 Across: Muchacha's home (4)
- CASA
- 20 Across: "Pretty maids all in ___" (4)
- AROW
- 21 Across: Baltimore player (6)
- ORIOLE
- 22 Across: [See image] (14)
- BORDERLINECASE
- 25 Across: Taft's successor (6)
- WILSON
- 26 Across: [See image] (14)
- SIDEWISEGLANCE
- 27 Across: Gustos (5)
- ZESTS
- 28 Across: Exclude (5)
- DEBAR
- 29 Across: Haul (3)
- LUG
- 30 Across: Kyoto sight (6)
- PAGODA
- 33 Across: Slithery slayer (3)
- ASP
- 36 Across: Author Deighton (3)
- LEN
- 37 Across: Ocean motion (4)
- TIDE
- 38 Across: Soprano Merriman (3)
- NAN
- 39 Across: Modern: Prefix (3)
- NEO
- 42 Across: Shoulder covering (5)
- SHAWL
- 44 Across: [See image] (15)
- ONECARATDIAMOND
- 49 Across: Marner of Raveloe (5)
- SILAS
- 50 Across: Abbr. in Reykjavik (4)
- ICEL
- 51 Across: Caviar (3)
- ROE
- 52 Across: Roman poet (4)
- OVID
- 53 Across: Balin and Claire (4)
- INAS
- 54 Across: Fris. followers (4)
- SATS
- 56 Across: [See image] (10)
- CROSSROADS
- 59 Across: Less shaky (8)
- STEADIER
- 61 Across: Actress Lee (4)
- LILA
- 63 Across: Faucet word (3)
- HOT
- 64 Across: [See image] (21)
- TOOBIGFORONESBRITCHES
- 71 Across: Col. Stoopnagle, for short (3)
- LEM
- 72 Across: Greek peak (4)
- OSSA
- 73 Across: Frigid edifice (8)
- ICEHOUSE
- 74 Across: 5,280' 5,280' (10)
- MILESAPART
- 79 Across: Those girls, to Juanita (4)
- ESAS
- 80 Across: Sky Bear (4)
- URSA
- 81 Across: "Play It ___ Lays": Didion (4)
- ASIT
- 82 Across: Be in the red (3)
- OWE
- 83 Across: Apache's victim (4)
- PIRO
- 85 Across: Van Gogh view (5)
- ARLES
- 86 Across: [See image] (15)
- TOPOFTHEMORNING
- 91 Across: Gregg specialist, for short (5)
- STENO
- 92 Across: Bantu, for one: Abbr. (3)
- AFR
- 93 Across: Pastoral place (3)
- LEA
- 94 Across: Fortune (4)
- LUCK
- 95 Across: Kind of room (3)
- REC
- 97 Across: Lair (3)
- DEN
- 98 Across: Pucci of fashion (6)
- EMILIO
- 101 Across: Carp's kin (3)
- IDE
- 102 Across: Vapors (5)
- GASES
- 104 Across: Word with well or way (5)
- STAIR
- 106 Across: [See image] (14)
- FIVEPOUNDNOTES
- 112 Across: Acid salt (6)
- IODATE
- 114 Across: 60' —— (14)
- TWENTYYARDDASH
- 115 Across: Aspiring doctor's course (6)
- PREMED
- 116 Across: Moss or Lorenz (4)
- HART
- 117 Across: Old Norse poetry collection (4)
- EDDA
- 118 Across: Klemperer (4)
- OTTO
- 119 Across: Step smartly (6)
- STRIDE
- 120 Across: S (3)
- ESS
- 121 Across: A proverbial seven (4)
- SEAS
- 122 Across: Encounter (4)
- MEET
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Paints quickly (4)
- DABS
- 2 Down: Mine, in Monaco (4)
- AMOI
- 3 Down: Salve (4)
- NARD
- 4 Down: Signed off (5)
- ENDED
- 5 Down: Penman (6)
- SCRIBE
- 6 Down: Unhealthy: Sp. (7)
- MALSANO
- 7 Down: Basketry twig (5)
- OSIER
- 8 Down: Outlaw outfit (4)
- GANG
- 9 Down: Farm-club member (7)
- GRANGER
- 10 Down: Autumn pear (4)
- BOSC
- 11 Down: Chimney or clean follower (5)
- SWEEP
- 12 Down: Archer's need (3)
- BOW
- 13 Down: Grand Canyon State (7)
- ARIZONA
- 14 Down: Did a grease job (5)
- OILED
- 15 Down: Latin dance (9)
- BOSSANOVA
- 16 Down: "Thanks ___!" (4)
- ALOT
- 17 Down: Hecht and Vereen (4)
- BENS
- 20 Down: Lacking a tail (7)
- ACAUDAL
- 23 Down: Actor Tom and family (6)
- EWELLS
- 24 Down: Pacific island group (6)
- ELLICE
- 31 Down: & EE (5)
- ANDES
- 32 Down: Merry, in Metz (3)
- GAI
- 33 Down: Act the aide (6)
- ASSIST
- 34 Down: Samurai's faith (6)
- SHINTO
- 35 Down: Prehistoric: Comb. form (6)
- PALAEO
- 37 Down: Gumshoes (4)
- TECS
- 40 Down: Wife of Geraint (4)
- ENID
- 41 Down: Bookie's quote (4)
- ODDS
- 43 Down: Could (9)
- WASABLETO
- 45 Down: TNT ingredient (5)
- NITRO
- 46 Down: Capital of Pas-de-Calais (5)
- ARRAS
- 47 Down: Also (3)
- TOO
- 48 Down: Mock trial (9)
- MOOTCOURT
- 54 Down: Between rho and tau (5)
- SIGMA
- 55 Down: Yanks of W.W. I (3)
- AEF
- 56 Down: Durrell heroine (4)
- CLEA
- 57 Down: Rears up (5)
- SHIES
- 58 Down: Portnoy's creator (4)
- ROTH
- 60 Down: ___ Irae (4)
- DIES
- 61 Down: Flubbed the game (4)
- LOST
- 62 Down: Entrance signs (3)
- INS
- 65 Down: Composer Ned (5)
- ROREM
- 66 Down: Buffalo (5)
- BISON
- 67 Down: N.Y. skyline letters (3)
- RCA
- 68 Down: Practiced pitching (6)
- HURLED
- 69 Down: Ascetic of old (6)
- ESSENE
- 70 Down: Add spice (6)
- SEASON
- 74 Down: Name in spydom (4)
- MATA
- 75 Down: "Time ___ the essence" (4)
- ISOF
- 76 Down: Graduate of a school for the deaf (9)
- LIPREADER
- 77 Down: Yellow Sea gulf (5)
- POHAI
- 78 Down: Reverence plus fear (3)
- AWE
- 79 Down: Musician Satie (4)
- ERIK
- 83 Down: Circumspect (7)
- PRUDENT
- 84 Down: Become an M.A. at Cambridge (6)
- INCEPT
- 85 Down: Climb (6)
- ASCEND
- 87 Down: Played the coquette (7)
- FLIRTED
- 88 Down: ___ Aviv (3)
- TEL
- 89 Down: Cromwell and Twist (7)
- OLIVERS
- 90 Down: Andalusian city (7)
- GRANADA
- 96 Down: Book of the Apocrypha (6)
- ESDRAS
- 99 Down: Home of the Dolphins (5)
- MIAMI
- 100 Down: Son ___ soil (5)
- OFTHE
- 102 Down: ___ Maupassant (5)
- GUYDE
- 103 Down: Gomorrah's partner (5)
- SODOM
- 104 Down: Uses a straw (4)
- SIPS
- 105 Down: Legal wrong (4)
- TORT
- 107 Down: "___ a King in Babylon": Henley (4)
- IWAS
- 108 Down: Hear ye!: Var. (4)
- OYES
- 109 Down: Thames gallery (4)
- TATE
- 110 Down: Tasso's patron (4)
- ESTE
- 111 Down: Close-up, e.g. (4)
- SHOT
- 113 Down: Arnhem's neighbor (3)
- EDE
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