MUSICAL EXCERPTS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 9/6/1981. By Alfio Micci.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Stuff (4)
- CRAM
- 5 Across: Dull finish (5)
- MATTE
- 10 Across: Regular guy (5)
- SPORT
- 15 Across: Goose genus (5)
- ANSER
- 20 Across: Pertaining to the blood (5)
- HEMIC
- 22 Across: "I want ___ just like . . . " (5)
- AGIRL
- 23 Across: Skin ailment (5)
- TINEA
- 24 Across: Farm-machine pioneer (5)
- DEERE
- 25 Across: ___ Gay (5)
- ENOLA
- 26 Across: Math term (5)
- RATIO
- 27 Across: News bits (5)
- ITEMS
- 28 Across: Brazilian parrot (5)
- ARARA
- 29 Across: Air from Borodin's "Polovtsian Dance No. 2" (18)
- STRANGERINPARADISE
- 33 Across: Spoken (4)
- ORAL
- 34 Across: Taken care of (6)
- SEENTO
- 35 Across: Stabler or Rosewall (3)
- KEN
- 36 Across: Reik's "The Secret ___" (4)
- SELF
- 38 Across: Corporation initials (3)
- ITT
- 39 Across: Make possible (6)
- ENABLE
- 43 Across: Song from Tchaikovsky's "Andante Cantabile" (12)
- THEISLEOFMAY
- 48 Across: "There Is Nothin' Like ___" (5)
- ADAME
- 52 Across: U. of Ga. group, e.g. (4)
- FRAT
- 53 Across: Othello's ensign (4)
- IAGO
- 54 Across: A cont. (3)
- EUR
- 55 Across: Explosive (9)
- DETONATOR
- 57 Across: Chanteuse Horne (4)
- LENA
- 59 Across: Shankar (4)
- RAVI
- 62 Across: Campus figure (4)
- DEAN
- 63 Across: Tune from Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (13)
- NOWANDFOREVER
- 69 Across: "Caro ___" (4)
- NOME
- 71 Across: Acquires (5)
- GAINS
- 73 Across: Super ending (3)
- IOR
- 74 Across: Doctor's instrument (8)
- OTOSCOPE
- 76 Across: "When the frost ___ the punkin . . . " (4)
- ISON
- 78 Across: Teen-ager's woe (4)
- ACNE
- 79 Across: "Get thee ___ the high mountain": Isa. 40:9 (6)
- UPINTO
- 81 Across: Dapper one (3)
- DAN
- 82 Across: Pop song from Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu" (23)
- IMALWAYSCHASINGRAINBOWS
- 88 Across: Speed abbr. (3)
- RPM
- 89 Across: Bell portrayer (6)
- AMECHE
- 90 Across: First Chinese dynasty (4)
- HSIA
- 91 Across: When both hands are up (4)
- NOON
- 92 Across: Word differently (8)
- REPHRASE
- 94 Across: Gormandize (3)
- EAT
- 95 Across: Artist's headwear (5)
- BERET
- 98 Across: Dissimilar: Prefix (4)
- ALLO
- 99 Across: Air from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 (13)
- TONIGHTWELOVE
- 104 Across: Amphibian (4)
- TOAD
- 108 Across: Villein (4)
- SERF
- 110 Across: Salver (4)
- TRAY
- 111 Across: Illustrative (9)
- EXEMPLARY
- 113 Across: Londoner's nog (3)
- ALE
- 115 Across: Retained (4)
- KEPT
- 117 Across: Mideast region (4)
- ADEN
- 118 Across: Eldritch (5)
- EERIE
- 119 Across: Melody from Ravel's "Pavane . . . " (12)
- THELAMPISLOW
- 124 Across: He converted Havana (6)
- CASTRO
- 126 Across: Poetic preposition (3)
- OER
- 127 Across: Fed (4)
- GMAN
- 128 Across: East, in Essen (3)
- OST
- 130 Across: Withstand (6)
- OPPOSE
- 135 Across: Big Dipper (4)
- PLOW
- 137 Across: Borrowing from a Borodin nocturne (18)
- ANDTHISISMYBELOVED
- 144 Across: Piano feature (5)
- PEDAL
- 146 Across: "Adam and Eve" painter (5)
- DURER
- 147 Across: Big game (5)
- MOOSE
- 148 Across: Making do, with "out" (5)
- EKING
- 149 Across: Winter month in Madrid (5)
- ENERO
- 150 Across: School for René (5)
- ECOLE
- 151 Across: Use a blender (5)
- PUREE
- 152 Across: Stupid (5)
- DENSE
- 153 Across: Williams's Big ___ (5)
- DADDY
- 154 Across: Changed the décor (5)
- REDID
- 155 Across: Noted violinist (5)
- STERN
- 156 Across: Oboe, e.g. (4)
- REED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Tal's forte (5)
- CHESS
- 2 Down: French income (5)
- RENTE
- 3 Down: Love, Italian style (5)
- AMORE
- 4 Down: La Scala locale (5)
- MILAN
- 5 Down: Moon feature (4)
- MARE
- 6 Down: Culture medium (4)
- AGAR
- 7 Down: S.A. monkey (4)
- TITI
- 8 Down: Ornament (7)
- TRINKET
- 9 Down: Marry in haste (5)
- ELOPE
- 10 Down: Cooking direction (4)
- STIR
- 11 Down: Agave plant (4)
- PITA
- 12 Down: Wedded (4)
- ONED
- 13 Down: Neglectful (6)
- REMISS
- 14 Down: Mortarboard feature (6)
- TASSEL
- 15 Down: Nabokov heroine (3)
- ADA
- 16 Down: Opera by Handel (4)
- NERO
- 17 Down: Horizon on the briny (6)
- SEARIM
- 18 Down: Printing boo-boos (6)
- ERRATA
- 19 Down: Landed property (6)
- REALTY
- 21 Down: G.I. hangout (7)
- CANTEEN
- 30 Down: RR car (3)
- GON
- 31 Down: Con (4)
- ANTI
- 32 Down: Robt. ___ (4)
- ELEE
- 37 Down: Quartet (4)
- FOUR
- 40 Down: River of song (5)
- AFTON
- 41 Down: Foreheads (5)
- BROWS
- 42 Down: Zhivago's love (4)
- LARA
- 44 Down: Seraphic symbol (4)
- HALO
- 45 Down: City of Hungary (4)
- EGER
- 46 Down: Bulwer-Lytton heroine (4)
- IONE
- 47 Down: Money for monsieur (5)
- FRANC
- 48 Down: Continue (3)
- ADD
- 49 Down: Cee's follower (3)
- DEE
- 50 Down: ___ loss (3)
- ATA
- 51 Down: Kalmuck (6)
- MONGOL
- 56 Down: Keelbill (3)
- ANI
- 58 Down: To have, in Le Havre (5)
- AVOIR
- 60 Down: Certain charm (6)
- VOODOO
- 61 Down: Pledge security (6)
- IMPAWN
- 64 Down: Spot for a bust (5)
- NICHE
- 65 Down: Lady of Spain (4)
- DONA
- 66 Down: Sudden inundation (7)
- FRESHET
- 67 Down: Lab burner (4)
- ETNA
- 68 Down: French roast (4)
- ROTI
- 70 Down: Poetic times (4)
- EENS
- 72 Down: El-___ Sadat (5)
- ANWAR
- 75 Down: Stuttgart sunshine (5)
- SONNE
- 76 Down: Incites (6)
- IMPELS
- 77 Down: Taste (6)
- SAMPLE
- 78 Down: Berliner's expletive (3)
- ACH
- 79 Down: Fuse (5)
- UNITE
- 80 Down: Links org. (3)
- PGA
- 82 Down: Soprano Petina (4)
- IRRA
- 83 Down: Latin I word (4)
- AMAT
- 84 Down: Gypsum (4)
- YESO
- 85 Down: Basset's forte (5)
- SCENT
- 86 Down: What "vidi" means (4)
- ISAW
- 87 Down: Kind of neck or nose (6)
- BOTTLE
- 93 Down: Of a time period (5)
- HORAL
- 95 Down: Spars (5)
- BOXES
- 96 Down: Episode (5)
- EVENT
- 97 Down: Ad ___ (pertinent) (3)
- REM
- 100 Down: Vexes (4)
- IRKS
- 101 Down: Highlander (4)
- GAEL
- 102 Down: Stimulate, in a way: Slang (4)
- HYPO
- 103 Down: Huxley book (4)
- LEDA
- 105 Down: Scull (3)
- OAR
- 106 Down: "Exodus" name (3)
- ARI
- 107 Down: Use henna (3)
- DYE
- 109 Down: Dwindle (4)
- FLAG
- 112 Down: Inhabited (7)
- PEOPLED
- 114 Down: Goldman or Bovary (4)
- EMMA
- 116 Down: Braces (4)
- TWOS
- 117 Down: Does charades (7)
- ACTSOUT
- 119 Down: Beat (6)
- TOPPED
- 120 Down: Play by Euripides (6)
- HELENA
- 121 Down: Disintegrated slowly (6)
- ERODED
- 122 Down: Go-between (6)
- PANDER
- 123 Down: Persuade (6)
- INDUCE
- 125 Down: Caviar (3)
- ROE
- 129 Down: Nitwits (5)
- SIMPS
- 131 Down: Kind of face (5)
- POKER
- 132 Down: Sheeplike (5)
- OVINE
- 133 Down: Wisdom (5)
- SENSE
- 134 Down: Moved slowly (5)
- EDGED
- 136 Down: Hospital unit (4)
- WARD
- 138 Down: Trampled (4)
- TROD
- 139 Down: Prefix for copter or port (4)
- HELI
- 140 Down: Angered (4)
- IRED
- 141 Down: Sir Thomas ___ (4)
- MORE
- 142 Down: River in Nord (4)
- YSER
- 143 Down: Has-___ (4)
- BEEN
- 145 Down: Myrna of films (3)
- LOY
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