URBANITES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 10/11/1981. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Small flounders (4)
DABS
5 Across: Aides et al. (5)
STAFF
10 Across: Ice pinnacle (5)
SERAC
15 Across: ___ cry (4)
AFAR
19 Across: Gelatinous substance (4)
AGAR
20 Across: Victor Herbert played it (5)
CELLO
21 Across: ___ acids (5)
AMINO
22 Across: Euphonium (4)
TUBA
23 Across: Berlin (21)
RUSSIANBORNSONGWRITER
27 Across: Golf area (3)
TEE
28 Across: Phooey! (4)
NUTS
29 Across: London's ___ End (4)
EAST
30 Across: Daze (6)
BEMUSE
31 Across: Henpecks (5)
CARPS
33 Across: Kind of terrier (4)
SKYE
34 Across: QE2, e.g. (5)
LINER
35 Across: "Oh, give me ___ . . . " (5)
AHOME
37 Across: Painter called "The Cornish Wonder" (4)
OPIE
39 Across: Troubadour (4)
BARD
40 Across: Tape-speed abbr. (3)
IPS
43 Across: Rochester (21)
COMEDIANEDDIEANDERSON
49 Across: Circular headgear (4)
TAMS
50 Across: Come-on (5)
SNARE
51 Across: Afflict (4)
RACK
52 Across: Kind of rocket (5)
RETRO
53 Across: Pablo's gold (3)
ORO
54 Across: Like a bump on ___ (4)
ALOG
55 Across: Jabberwocky adjective (6)
SLITHY
57 Across: Quickly, to Ovid (4)
CITO
58 Across: Turncoats (9)
RENEGADES
61 Across: Mountain winder (3)
ESS
62 Across: Shoe part (6)
TOECAP
64 Across: Albany (15)
GONERILSHUSBAND
68 Across: Subjoin (6)
APPEND
71 Across: Ship's channel (3)
GAT
72 Across: German shepherd (9)
POLICEDOG
76 Across: He kayoed Carnera (4)
BAER
77 Across: Price for Red Chief (6)
RANSOM
80 Across: Nuchal area (4)
NAPE
81 Across: Orinoco tributary (3)
ARO
82 Across: Moving (5)
ASTIR
84 Across: Personalities (4)
EGOS
85 Across: Humiliate (5)
ABASE
87 Across: Con ___ (vigorously) (4)
BRIO
88 Across: London (21)
THEAUTHOROFMARTINEDEN
92 Across: Projection (3)
EAR
93 Across: Vaunt (4)
BRAG
94 Across: Sums: Abbr. (4)
AMTS
95 Across: Whence Chianti comes (5)
ITALY
96 Across: Thermoplastic (5)
SARAN
98 Across: Numerical prefix (4)
OCTO
100 Across: Colorado resort (5)
ASPEN
102 Across: Anthropologist's adjective (6)
ETHNIC
104 Across: Source of roughage (4)
BRAN
105 Across: Civil rights org. (4)
ACLU
106 Across: Asner and Wynn (3)
EDS
109 Across: Paris (21)
FIANCEOFJULIETCAPULET
114 Across: "This one's ___" (4)
ONME
115 Across: Functions (5)
ROLES
116 Across: Barrage (5)
STORM
117 Across: Orison (4)
PLEA
118 Across: Flatten, in Soho (4)
RASE
119 Across: Salad days (5)
YOUTH
120 Across: Shevchenko (5)
TARAS
121 Across: Famed puppeteer (4)
SARG

Down Answers

1 Down: Dress detail (4)
DART
2 Down: Malarial woe (4)
AGUE
3 Down: "Art thou ___ and popular?": Shak. (10)
BASECOMMON
4 Down: Grads-to-be (3)
SRS
5 Down: Diving duck (5)
SCAUP
6 Down: Bivouacs (5)
TENTS
7 Down: Kin of rochets (4)
ALBS
8 Down: Polly Holliday's TV role (3)
FLO
9 Down: Fronts (9)
FORESIDES
10 Down: Impudent (5)
SASSY
11 Down: Indulge in cabotinage (5)
EMOTE
12 Down: "Oysters ___ season" (3)
RIN
13 Down: Sharp-cornered: Abbr. (3)
ANG
14 Down: It builds no nests (7)
COWBIRD
15 Down: Wicker's "___ to Die" (5)
ATIME
16 Down: Like much sci-fi (10)
FUTURISTIC
17 Down: Fortas and Burrows (4)
ABES
18 Down: Exceptional (4)
RARE
24 Down: "The Lady ___," 1935 song (5)
INRED
25 Down: Exposed (5)
NAKED
26 Down: Interpret (6)
RENDER
32 Down: Singer Nancy (4)
AMES
34 Down: Spare (5)
LANKY
35 Down: One in a cast (5)
ACTOR
36 Down: Viscount Templewood (5)
HOARE
37 Down: Catapult (6)
ONAGER
38 Down: ___ diem (3)
PER
39 Down: "Illusions" author (4)
BACH
41 Down: Napoli gateway (5)
PORTA
42 Down: Busybody (5)
SNOOP
44 Down: Ellis or Parris (6)
ISLAND
45 Down: Electron-tube element (5)
ANODE
46 Down: Kind of setter (5)
IRISH
47 Down: Really goes for (6)
EATSUP
48 Down: Diminish (6)
RECEDE
54 Down: Dramatic conflict (4)
AGON
56 Down: Swift, in Siena (5)
LESTO
59 Down: Female adviser (6)
EGERIA
60 Down: Messina mister (6)
SIGNOR
62 Down: Far East capital (6)
TAIPEI
63 Down: Quondam (4)
ONCE
65 Down: Rodeo gear (5)
LASSO
66 Down: Undersea trackers (6)
SONARS
67 Down: Lambaste (5)
BLAST
68 Down: Slacken (5)
ABATE
69 Down: Turkish V.I.P., once (5)
PASHA
70 Down: Heavy wool overcoats (10)
PETERSHAMS
73 Down: Song hit of 1919 (10)
DARDANELLA
74 Down: Mirador (5)
ORIEL
75 Down: Lamebrain (5)
GOONY
77 Down: Actress from Limerick: 1860–1916 (5)
REHAN
78 Down: Eagerly anticipating (4)
AGOG
79 Down: Pursuer of wealth (9)
MAMMONIST
83 Down: Gloss (6)
RUBRIC
86 Down: Vespertilio (3)
BAT
87 Down: ___ noire (4)
BETE
89 Down: Gothic openwork (7)
TRACERY
90 Down: Catastrophic (5)
FATAL
91 Down: Acrobatic feat (5)
NIPUP
97 Down: Pierre's year (5)
ANNEE
98 Down: ___ trouvé (5)
OBJET
99 Down: Pulverize (5)
CRUSH
100 Down: Ghana's capital (5)
ACCRA
101 Down: Clobbers (5)
SLAMS
102 Down: ___ effort (4)
EFOR
103 Down: Singer Turner (4)
TINA
105 Down: Suffix with comment (4)
ATOR
107 Down: Whitetail (4)
DEER
108 Down: Part of hippocerf (4)
STAG
110 Down: "___ Ernest . . . ," 1922 song (3)
OOO
111 Down: Achy ailment (3)
FLU
112 Down: Greek vowel (3)
ETA
113 Down: Boosts (3)
UPS

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