GENDER BENDER - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 8/30/1981. By Dorothea E. Shipp.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Fanatical (5): RABID
6 Across: Year in the reign of Louis VII (4): MCLI
10 Across: Rubberneck (5): STARE
15 Across: Item counted by a dieter (7): CALORIE
17 Across: Very intelligent person (5): BRAIN
18 Across: Devices for cold feet (7): WARMERS
20 Across: Queen's group of musicians (21): ALEXANDRASRAGTIMEBAND
23 Across: Lacoste of tennis fame (4): RENE
24 Across: Noted Alaskan politician (4): EGAN
25 Across: Cities in Ala., N.Y., etc. (5): TROYS
26 Across: Previn's platforms (5): PODIA
27 Across: German donkey (4): ESEL
28 Across: Sinister (4): EVIL
30 Across: Town on Lago Maggiore (6): STRESA
32 Across: Meek's partner in comics (3): EEK
33 Across: "Tote ___ barge!" (3): DAT
36 Across: That, in Valencia (3): ESO
37 Across: Auguries (5): OMENS
39 Across: Ladylike flowers (16): SWEETWILHELMINAS
46 Across: Latin I word (4): AMAT
50 Across: Darwin, for one (7): CHARLES
51 Across: N.M.U. members (6): SEAMEN
52 Across: Hammer parts (5): CLAWS
53 Across: Gas: Comb. form (3): AER
54 Across: Character in "Charley's Aunt" (3): ELA
56 Across: Allgood and Teasdale (5): SARAS
57 Across: Quint name (6): DIONNE
58 Across: These might be light (5): BEERS
61 Across: Nandu's look-alike (3): EMU
63 Across: Droop (3): SAG
64 Across: Footwear for dancers (5): CLOGS
65 Across: She wants more proof (17): DOUBTINGTHOMASINA
70 Across: Position in yoga (5): ASANA
71 Across: Musical instrument (3): SAW
72 Across: Sort of sack (3): SAD
73 Across: Grant's portrayer on TV (5): ASNER
76 Across: Cold, in Calabria (6): FREDDO
77 Across: Become prevalent (5): SETIN
79 Across: Stocky horse (3): COB
81 Across: Tokyo, formerly (3): EDO
82 Across: Code name for a French beach (5): OMAHA
83 Across: Much-photographed word (6): CHEESE
84 Across: Releases by deed (7): REMISES
87 Across: ___ Fiord (4): OSLO
88 Across: Feminine upstart (16): JOANIECOMELATELY
91 Across: Thugs (5): GOONS
93 Across: Meadow barley (3): RIE
94 Across: Earl Grey, for one (3): TEA
95 Across: ___ Anthony Wayne (3): MAD
98 Across: Worsted (6): BESTED
101 Across: Automobile pioneer (4): OLDS
103 Across: Cobbler's need (4): LAST
107 Across: Heeling at sea (5): ALIST
109 Across: Archangel in an epic (5): URIEL
111 Across: But, in Brest (4): MAIS
113 Across: Division word (4): INTO
114 Across: Handy woman (21): JACQUELINEOFALLTRADES
118 Across: Cassatt and O'Keeffe (7): ARTISTS
119 Across: Rommel (5): ERWIN
120 Across: Some pitches in horseshoes (7): LEANERS
121 Across: Roman shades (5): MANES
122 Across: Nostradamus was one (4): SEER
123 Across: They hustle after those who rustle (5): POSSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Harsh breathing sounds (5): RALES
2 Down: Coeur d'___, Idaho (5): ALENE
3 Down: N. American maple (8): BOXELDER
4 Down: Novelist Levin (3): IRA
5 Down: Eat in style (4): DINE
6 Down: Miniver's status (3): MRS
7 Down: Golf conveyance (4): CART
8 Down: Emulators of Ananias (5): LIARS
9 Down: Bar at Fort Knox (5): INGOT
10 Down: Levene or Levenson (3): SAM
11 Down: Surgeon's tool (6): TREPAN
12 Down: Pulpit of a sort (4): AMBO
13 Down: Author of "The Cloister and the Hearth" (5): READE
14 Down: One of the Fords (5): ERNIE
15 Down: Humane org. (4): CARE
16 Down: Razor's feature (4): EDGE
17 Down: Exile (6): BANISH
18 Down: Melchior, e.g. (7): WISEMAN
19 Down: Pierre is its cap. (4): SDAK
21 Down: Tangle or untangle (5): RAVEL
22 Down: Family in an O'Neill play (7): TYRONES
29 Down: Wind-borne deposit (5): LOESS
31 Down: His: Fr. (3): SES
34 Down: Body east of N.A. (3): ATL
35 Down: Bird cry (4): TWEE
38 Down: Nation's targets (7): SALOONS
39 Down: British blackleg (4): SCAB
40 Down: Exclamation of elation (4): WHEE
41 Down: Otary (9): EAREDSEAL
42 Down: River feature (5): ISLET
43 Down: Anyway (9): LEASTWISE
44 Down: Halting place in Exodus (5): MARAH
45 Down: Insects in final stages (6): IMAGOS
47 Down: Element used in many alloys (9): MANGANESE
48 Down: Barley features (4): AWNS
49 Down: Mao ___-tung (3): TSE
52 Down: Eyelashes (5): CILIA
55 Down: "___ Blue?": 1929 song (3): AMI
57 Down: Certain aircraft (3): DCS
59 Down: Highway menace (7): ROADHOG
60 Down: ___ Islands, in the Malay Archipelago (5): SUNDA
62 Down: Sight ___ (6): UNSEEN
66 Down: ___ Dai of Vietnam (3): BAO
67 Down: Stadium sign (5): GATEI
68 Down: Singer Davis (3): MAC
69 Down: Put on a pedestal (5): ADORE
70 Down: Coat of ___ (4): ARMS
74 Down: Biographer of Henry James (4): EDEL
75 Down: Optimistic (4): ROSY
76 Down: Eggs ___ yong (3): FOO
77 Down: Prime Minister of India: 1964–66 (7): SHASTRI
78 Down: Prefix for mancy (5): NECRO
80 Down: Bible ___ (4): BELT
83 Down: Representatives abroad (7): CONSULS
85 Down: Daisy ___ of Dogpatch (3): MAE
86 Down: Dante, Gabrielli and Rossetti (8): ITALIANS
88 Down: Namath (3): JOE
89 Down: Wildcatter, e.g. (6): OILMAN
90 Down: Purple Heart, for one (5): MEDAL
92 Down: Dull (6): OBTUSE
95 Down: Goya subject (4): MAJA
96 Down: Cry wolf (5): ALARM
97 Down: Ukases (5): DICTA
99 Down: ___ Tages (one day): Ger. (5): EINES
100 Down: Farm implement inventor (5): DEERE
102 Down: Threshold (4): SILL
104 Down: Where Aconcagua rises (5): ANDES
105 Down: Cordwood measure (5): STERE
106 Down: Flip (4): TOSS
108 Down: Meas. of area (4): SQIN
110 Down: Actor Edmund (4): LOWE
112 Down: Short distance (4): STEP
115 Down: French connectives (3): ETS
116 Down: Larch or sapin (3): FIR
117 Down: Noted Indian novelist (3): RAO

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