LITERAL TRANSLATIONS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 8/2/1981. By Bert Rosenfield.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Grant from Bristol (4): CARY
5 Across: Twenty quires (4): REAM
9 Across: Slide calculators (5): ABACI
14 Across: Seaport in Honshu (5): OSAKA
19 Across: Cruising (4): ASEA
20 Across: Gumbo ingredient (4): OKRA
21 Across: God of festive joy (5): COMUS
22 Across: Sub detector (5): SONAR
23 Across: Swatow supermarket workers (15): CHINESECHECKERS
26 Across: Good will (5): AMITY
27 Across: Sound of wind chimes (6): TINKLE
28 Across: Jack of silent westerns (4): HOLT
29 Across: Radio time signal (4): BEEP
31 Across: Author Kazan (4): ELIA
32 Across: "___ Thee Every Hour": Lowry (5): INEED
33 Across: "Te ___," ancient hymn (4): DEUM
34 Across: Vert (10): PARISGREEN
36 Across: Prior to, to Prior (3): ERE
37 Across: Like the cosmos (4): VAST
38 Across: October quaffs (4): ALES
39 Across: Parts of a cen. (3): YRS
40 Across: Faucet problem (4): DRIP
42 Across: End-of-summer event (4): SALE
44 Across: Quaker grays (6): ACIERS
47 Across: Did a blacksmith's job (5): SHOED
49 Across: Fandango and tango (12): SPANISHSTEPS
53 Across: "I never hope to ___": Burgess (6): SEEONE
54 Across: Second follower (3): ARY
56 Across: Fitzgerald song word (6): TISKET
57 Across: Lair for Leo (3): DEN
58 Across: Textile machine (6): CARDER
59 Across: "Symphonie Espagnole" composer (4): LALO
61 Across: Pop's companion (3): MOM
62 Across: Painting on dry plaster (5): SECCO
64 Across: One-sixth drachma (4): OBOL
65 Across: Madras masseur (11): INDIARUBBER
69 Across: Prefix meaning south (4): NOTO
70 Across: Scoring plays, in rugby (5): TRIES
72 Across: Mid-April letters (3): IRS
73 Across: Neighbor of Ark. (4): OKLA
74 Across: Pad for Odin (6): ASGARD
76 Across: She was also called Aurora (3): EOS
77 Across: Makes out (6): ESPIES
80 Across: Air: Comb. form (3): AER
81 Across: Logician's boo-boo (6): SALTUS
82 Across: Candelae (12): ROMANCANDLES
85 Across: Light refractor (5): PRISM
86 Across: Gene and Grace (6): KELLYS
87 Across: Olympic hawk (4): ARES
89 Across: Foster and Griffey (4): REDS
90 Across: Former Riga coin (3): LAT
91 Across: River in Russia (4): MSTA
93 Across: Perpetually (4): EVER
95 Across: Presidential monogram (3): HST
98 Across: Harry Lauder recording (10): SCOTCHTAPE
102 Across: Blackleg in Bristol (4): SCAB
103 Across: Marine hazard (5): SHOAL
105 Across: High-school subj. (4): MATH
106 Across: Soprano Berger (4): ERNA
107 Across: Rotated (4): SPUN
108 Across: Old Asia Minor region (6): AEOLIA
109 Across: Whence a phoenix arises (5): ASHES
111 Across: Perth traffic jam (15): AUSTRALIANCRAWL
114 Across: Cubic meter (5): STERE
115 Across: Small role (5): CAMEO
116 Across: "___ boy!" (4): ATTA
117 Across: Sports org. (4): NCAA
118 Across: "___ mud in your eye!" (5): HERES
119 Across: "___ Dream," Wagner aria (5): ELSAS
120 Across: Display behind a bar (4): RYES
121 Across: City of the Huguenots (4): SENS

Down Answers

1 Down: Mojave flora (5): CACTI
2 Down: Glittering (6): ASHINE
3 Down: Fritz or Rob (6): REINER
4 Down: Sketch by Sam Adams (12): YANKEEDOODLE
5 Down: A Kennedy (4): ROSE
6 Down: ___ out (supplement) (3): EKE
7 Down: Curves (6): ARCHES
8 Down: Elephant drivers (7): MAHOUTS
9 Down: Bank holding: Abbr. (4): ACCT
10 Down: Florida's ___ Singing Tower (3): BOK
11 Down: One-celled animals (6): AMEBAE
12 Down: Preservers (6): CURERS
13 Down: Japanese immigrant to U.S. (5): ISSEI
14 Down: Explorer Johnson (3): OSA
15 Down: Author Maugham (8): SOMERSET
16 Down: Old-womanish (5): ANILE
17 Down: Porter's "___ Went to Haiti" (5): KATIE
18 Down: Indo-European (5): ARYAN
24 Down: Antiquity, to Poe (3): ELD
25 Down: Ulmaceous tree (3): ELM
30 Down: Soul or self (6): PSYCHE
33 Down: Dip bait lightly (3): DAP
34 Down: Kilt feature (5): PLEAT
35 Down: Grains for grinding (6): GRISTS
37 Down: "Esse Quam ___," N.C. motto (6): VIDERI
38 Down: Zugspitze, e.g. (3): ALP
41 Down: Descartes (4): RENE
43 Down: Places of refuge (5): ASYLA
44 Down: "___ no questions . . . " (5): ASKME
45 Down: Washington's foes (8): REDCOATS
46 Down: Entire extent (8): SPECTRUM
47 Down: Controversial nuclear site in N.H. (8): SEABROOK
48 Down: Bravery, in Bayeux (8): HEROISME
50 Down: What Jack has to be (6): NIMBLE
51 Down: Line on a weather map (6): ISOBAR
52 Down: Hair securers (6): SNOODS
53 Down: Sea duck (6): SCOTER
54 Down: Moon man No. 2 (6): ALDRIN
55 Down: Reached by radio (6): RAISED
60 Down: Pelf for Pizarro (3): ORO
63 Down: Attachments on Rolls-Royces (12): ENGLISHHORNS
66 Down: Palm trees (5): NIPAS
67 Down: Fiat (5): UKASE
68 Down: File (6): RASPER
71 Down: 1066 battle site (6): SENLAC
75 Down: Cagliari native (4): SARD
78 Down: Implement for Father Time (6): SCYTHE
79 Down: The nominees (5): SLATE
83 Down: Rational (8): ALLTHERE
84 Down: Historic period (3): ERA
88 Down: Lay (7): SECULAR
89 Down: Johnny ___ (3): REB
91 Down: Kind of training (6): MANUAL
92 Down: Bursts of energy (6): SPASMS
94 Down: "Behold, all is ___": Eccles. 1:14 (6): VANITY
96 Down: Comfort (6): SOLACE
97 Down: Its flag is red, white and blue (6): TAIWAN
98 Down: Tennis stroke (5): SMASH
99 Down: Varna, for one (5): CASTE
100 Down: Colette's "The ___ One" (5): OTHER
101 Down: Part of a harness (5): TRACE
102 Down: Saratoga is one (3): SPA
103 Down: Like Chablis (3): SEC
104 Down: Refrain notes for Figaro (5): LALAS
107 Down: Angels' favorite signs (4): SROS
108 Down: Library treasures (4): ANAS
110 Down: French possessive (3): SES
112 Down: Historic Boston jetsam (3): TEA
113 Down: Goddess of infatuation (3): ATE

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