FUNNY BUSINESS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 9/27/1981. By Hume R. Craft.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Edgar or Obie (5)
- AWARD
- 6 Across: Kennedy visitors (4)
- JETS
- 10 Across: Peacock Throne locale (4)
- IRAN
- 14 Across: Friend's address (4)
- THEE
- 18 Across: Miasma (5)
- VAPOR
- 19 Across: Eye part (4)
- UVEA
- 20 Across: Cantina fare (4)
- TACO
- 21 Across: Regatta sight (5)
- SHELL
- 22 Across: Bouquet (5)
- AROMA
- 23 Across: Italian pyrotechnics factory? (15)
- DANTESFIREWORKS
- 26 Across: Oater role (6)
- LAWMAN
- 28 Across: Wrathful (5)
- IRATE
- 29 Across: Knobbed (6)
- TOROSE
- 30 Across: Biblical clip joint? (18)
- DELILAHSBARBERSHOP
- 34 Across: Makes amends (6)
- ATONES
- 35 Across: Lost a lap (5)
- STOOD
- 36 Across: Tackle or guard (7)
- LINEMAN
- 40 Across: Also-ran (5)
- LOSER
- 41 Across: Credible (6)
- LIKELY
- 43 Across: Larrigans' kin (4)
- PACS
- 44 Across: Cadmus's daughter (3)
- INO
- 45 Across: Bldgs. for bibliophiles (4)
- LIBS
- 46 Across: Chamberlain of N.B.A. fame (4)
- WILT
- 47 Across: Carney and Buchwald (4)
- ARTS
- 48 Across: Capital of Southern Yemen (4)
- ADEN
- 49 Across: Rarebit ingredient (3)
- ALE
- 50 Across: Specialties at Wilhelm's fruit stand? (11)
- TELLSAPPLES
- 54 Across: Upright, e.g. (5)
- PIANO
- 55 Across: Briny residue (8)
- SEASALTS
- 57 Across: Oscar film: 1955 (5)
- MARTY
- 58 Across: Best quality of merchandise (6)
- FIRSTS
- 59 Across: Daltons and farads (5)
- UNITS
- 60 Across: Shinbone (5)
- TIBIA
- 61 Across: Painter's effects (5)
- TONES
- 62 Across: Inserts (6)
- SETINS
- 64 Across: Actress Thomas (5)
- MARLO
- 65 Across: F.B.I. machine (8)
- SHREDDER
- 68 Across: Underground vault (5)
- CRYPT
- 69 Across: Scout's containers for trappers' gear? (11)
- CARSONSKITS
- 71 Across: Compass-card notation (3)
- ENE
- 72 Across: "The ___ 'e knows . . . ": Kipling (4)
- ORSE
- 73 Across: Papilloma (4)
- WART
- 74 Across: Like Albee's Alice (4)
- TINY
- 75 Across: Honeymoon spoiler (4)
- SPAT
- 76 Across: Kind of soil or sail (3)
- TOP
- 77 Across: Like Hubbard's cupboard (4)
- BARE
- 78 Across: Menu items (6)
- CAPONS
- 81 Across: Mouth: Comb. form (5)
- STOME
- 82 Across: Spot for an aerialist (7)
- TRAPEZE
- 84 Across: More rational (5)
- SANER
- 85 Across: Cunning one (6)
- WEASEL
- 86 Across: Cotton Belt saloon? (18)
- ELIWHITNEYSGINMILL
- 90 Across: Leg covering (6)
- GAITER
- 93 Across: Arab warrior and poet (5)
- ANTAR
- 94 Across: Best in long bargaining sessions (6)
- OUTSIT
- 95 Across: Greek remedies for strained shoulders? (15)
- ATLASSLINIMENTS
- 98 Across: Switch words (5)
- ONOFF
- 101 Across: Wattle (5)
- GILLS
- 102 Across: Skipper's order (4)
- ALEE
- 103 Across: Highlander (4)
- SCOT
- 104 Across: Kind of show (5)
- RAREE
- 105 Across: Tarzan's friends (4)
- APES
- 106 Across: Earl ___ Biggers (4)
- DERR
- 107 Across: Hurok et al. (4)
- SOLS
- 108 Across: More crafty (5)
- SLYER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: One of Mickey's exes (3)
- AVA
- 2 Down: Sherman's hell (3)
- WAR
- 3 Down: Olympic cosmetic resort? (16)
- APOLLOSBEAUTYSPA
- 4 Down: Lettuces (8)
- ROMAINES
- 5 Down: Extender of vowel sounds (7)
- DRAWLER
- 6 Down: Jacob's fourth son (5)
- JUDAH
- 7 Down: Dwight of the Red Sox (5)
- EVANS
- 8 Down: Sawbuck (3)
- TEN
- 9 Down: Glut (7)
- SATIATE
- 10 Down: OB's announcement (7)
- ITSABOY
- 11 Down: Used a catamaran (6)
- RAFTED
- 12 Down: Quaker gray (5)
- ACIER
- 13 Down: Fjord land: Abbr. (3)
- NOR
- 14 Down: Carlisle's favorite son (6)
- THORPE
- 15 Down: Sestos priestess (4)
- HERO
- 16 Down: Tooth fanciers (4)
- ELKS
- 17 Down: Word with who or what (4)
- ELSE
- 21 Down: Syncopes (6)
- SWOONS
- 24 Down: Flynn or Fauntleroy (5)
- ERROL
- 25 Down: One of Aristotle's fortes (6)
- ETHICS
- 27 Down: Kettle and Barker (3)
- MAS
- 30 Down: Prouty's Stella (6)
- DALLAS
- 31 Down: Prima ballerina (6)
- ETOILE
- 32 Down: N.B.A. targets (5)
- BSKTS
- 33 Down: Capp character (5)
- SLATS
- 37 Down: Legendary Fort Knox? (16)
- MIDASSDEPOSITORY
- 38 Down: About (5)
- ANENT
- 39 Down: Social taboos (5)
- NONOS
- 41 Down: Sings gayly (5)
- LILTS
- 42 Down: Troubles (4)
- ILLS
- 43 Down: Victim (4)
- PREY
- 46 Down: Shoe parts (5)
- WELTS
- 47 Down: Claudia ___ Taylor Johnson (4)
- ALTA
- 48 Down: Broadcast (5)
- AIRED
- 50 Down: Besmirch (5)
- TAINT
- 51 Down: Moslem princes (5)
- AMIRS
- 52 Down: Picasso (5)
- PABLO
- 53 Down: Dovelike petrel (5)
- PRION
- 54 Down: Some are knotty (5)
- PINES
- 56 Down: Wading bird (5)
- SNIPE
- 58 Down: Life's "beginning" (5)
- FORTY
- 60 Down: Bakery product (4)
- TART
- 61 Down: Waters (5)
- THINS
- 62 Down: Antarctic explorer (5)
- SCOTT
- 63 Down: Misplay (5)
- ERROR
- 64 Down: Lunar sea (4)
- MARE
- 65 Down: Bamboozle (4)
- SKIN
- 66 Down: Smalto is one (6)
- ENAMEL
- 67 Down: Iterate (6)
- RETELL
- 69 Down: One of the Cavalier poets (5)
- CAREW
- 70 Down: Welty product (5)
- STORY
- 73 Down: West Pakistanis (6)
- WAZIRS
- 75 Down: Having endurance (8)
- STAMINAL
- 77 Down: "If he ___, he's nothing": Shak. (6)
- BELESS
- 78 Down: More spiteful (7)
- CATTIER
- 79 Down: Region in Indochina (5)
- ANNAM
- 80 Down: Noblewoman (7)
- PEERESS
- 81 Down: Stimulus-response devices (7)
- SENSORS
- 83 Down: Corolla (6)
- PETALS
- 84 Down: Transgressor (6)
- SINNER
- 85 Down: Comedian (3)
- WIT
- 87 Down: Selassie (5)
- HAILE
- 88 Down: Mexican liquor (5)
- SOTOL
- 89 Down: Winds (5)
- GUSTS
- 90 Down: Dippy or dotty (4)
- GAGA
- 91 Down: Expectant (4)
- ATIP
- 92 Down: Lenard's "Winnie ___ Pu" (4)
- ILLE
- 96 Down: Shropshire individual (3)
- LAD
- 97 Down: He ranks a Pfc. (3)
- NCO
- 99 Down: Payment (3)
- FEE
- 100 Down: ___-de-lance (3)
- FER
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