NOTABLE HALLOWEEN TALE - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 11/1/1981. By Caroline G. Fitzgerald.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Lament (6)
- BEMOAN
- 7 Across: Youngman's giveaway (4)
- WIFE
- 11 Across: Famed street (4)
- WALL
- 15 Across: Lhasa ___ (canine) (4)
- APSO
- 19 Across: "___ of Honey" (6)
- ATASTE
- 20 Across: " . . . how like ___!": Hamlet (4)
- AGOD
- 21 Across: Fancy (4)
- IDEA
- 22 Across: Jack the quipper (4)
- PAAR
- 23 Across: Departure order (21)
- OHPETERGORINGDEMBELLS
- 27 Across: "Ah, yes!" (4)
- ISEE
- 28 Across: Make effervescent (6)
- AERATE
- 29 Across: Dawber or Shriver (3)
- PAM
- 30 Across: Supped (3)
- ATE
- 32 Across: Comrade of Chu Teh (3)
- MAO
- 34 Across: Concorde (3)
- SST
- 36 Across: Gate fastening (5)
- LATCH
- 39 Across: Pekingese, e.g. (6)
- LAPDOG
- 41 Across: Refs' colleagues (4)
- UMPS
- 43 Across: Arrival (18)
- THEBELLSARERINGING
- 48 Across: Drudges (5)
- TOILS
- 50 Across: West German river (4)
- EDER
- 51 Across: Siamese (4)
- THAI
- 52 Across: Onagers: Fr. (4)
- ANES
- 53 Across: Gad about (7)
- TRAIPSE
- 55 Across: Attached (6)
- TIEDTO
- 59 Across: Heavy, for one (4)
- ROLE
- 62 Across: Invitation (15)
- SENDINTHECLOWNS
- 65 Across: Brunch order (6)
- OMELET
- 70 Across: Laughter, in León (4)
- RISA
- 71 Across: Pompey, to Caesar (3)
- FOE
- 72 Across: Harry and Bess (9)
- HSTRUMANS
- 75 Across: Harvey, for one (6)
- RABBIT
- 79 Across: Mrs. in Murcia (3)
- SRA
- 82 Across: Put on a new front (7)
- REFACED
- 84 Across: "To ___ tale of length . . . " (4)
- ENDA
- 85 Across: Rat Islands native (5)
- ALEUT
- 86 Across: Host (11)
- THECANDYMAN
- 88 Across: Ornamental scheme (5)
- DECOR
- 89 Across: Letter opener (4)
- DEAR
- 90 Across: Valuable violin (7)
- CREMONA
- 91 Across: Thread: Comb. form (3)
- NEM
- 92 Across: Iris pests (6)
- BORERS
- 93 Across: " . . . Dr. Jekyll ___" (9)
- ANDMRHYDE
- 95 Across: Darkish (3)
- DIM
- 97 Across: Frost or Snow (4)
- POET
- 99 Across: Used-car deal (6)
- RESALE
- 100 Across: Discovery (15)
- THELADYISATRAMP
- 108 Across: Sailor (4)
- SWAB
- 111 Across: Ancient ascetic (6)
- ESSENE
- 112 Across: Negotiator of the night (7)
- TREATER
- 113 Across: "___ forgive those . . . " (4)
- ASWE
- 117 Across: Zola novel (4)
- NANA
- 119 Across: Suffix with inchoative verbs (4)
- ESCE
- 121 Across: ___ Po, eighth-century Chinese poet (5)
- LITAI
- 122 Across: Plea on the way home (18)
- SHINEONHARVESTMOON
- 129 Across: Lease leader (4)
- LEND
- 130 Across: Misanthropes (6)
- HATERS
- 131 Across: Pope who became a saint (5)
- PAULI
- 132 Across: L–P connection (3)
- MNO
- 133 Across: Actor-comedian Louis (3)
- NYE
- 134 Across: Getaway: Abbr. (3)
- ESC
- 135 Across: Solicit (3)
- ASK
- 137 Across: Town in Kathiawar (6)
- LIMBDI
- 140 Across: Memorable anthropologist (4)
- MEAD
- 143 Across: Home again (21)
- THESAINTSGOMARCHINGIN
- 150 Across: Dream, to du Barry (4)
- REVE
- 151 Across: Carol (4)
- NOEL
- 152 Across: Japanese monastery (4)
- TERA
- 153 Across: "When Day ___," 1926 song (6)
- ISDONE
- 154 Across: "___ Tod," in a Grieg work (4)
- ASES
- 155 Across: Sturdy cart (4)
- DRAY
- 156 Across: Mine vehicle (4)
- TRAM
- 157 Across: Obnoxiously hazy (6)
- SMOGGY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: ___ Dai of Vietnam (3)
- BAO
- 2 Down: Selassie, for one (9)
- ETHIOPIAN
- 3 Down: Plats (4)
- MAPS
- 4 Down: Douay Bible book (4)
- OSEE
- 5 Down: Demonstrate (6)
- ATTEST
- 6 Down: Becky Crawley, ___ Sharp (3)
- NEE
- 7 Down: Engage in (4)
- WAGE
- 8 Down: The Munsters' pet bat (4)
- IGOR
- 9 Down: "___ We Know," 1934 song (6)
- FORALL
- 10 Down: Greeley's process (6)
- EDITAL
- 11 Down: Costume accessory (3)
- WIG
- 12 Down: State further (3)
- ADD
- 13 Down: Peggy or Brenda (3)
- LEE
- 14 Down: Jack-o'-lantern (4)
- LAMP
- 15 Down: Pithecanthropus (6)
- APEMAN
- 16 Down: Buddy (3)
- PAL
- 17 Down: Crusaders' mighty enemy (7)
- SALADIN
- 18 Down: "Like rock ___ . . . ": Wordsworth (7)
- ORSTONE
- 24 Down: Seeded in tennis (5)
- RATED
- 25 Down: Fishermen's gear (4)
- NETS
- 26 Down: Indonesian island (4)
- BALI
- 31 Down: Roe (4)
- EGGS
- 32 Down: Blockheads (5)
- MUTTS
- 33 Down: Love, to Dean Martin (5)
- AMORE
- 35 Down: Ghost costumes (6)
- SHEETS
- 37 Down: Start of a Williams title (5)
- CATON
- 38 Down: R.M.N. aide (3)
- HRH
- 40 Down: Org. for golfers (3)
- PGA
- 42 Down: Hit home, in a way (4)
- SLID
- 44 Down: ___ noire (bugbear) (4)
- BETE
- 45 Down: Clapton or Heiden (4)
- ERIC
- 46 Down: Pinna's locale (3)
- EAR
- 47 Down: Bravo or Muni (3)
- RIO
- 49 Down: Haunted-house occupant (6)
- SPIRIT
- 54 Down: Fit of pique (4)
- SNIT
- 56 Down: Prankster (3)
- ELF
- 57 Down: Large-headed studdings (9)
- DOORNAILS
- 58 Down: Outdoorsy fabric (5)
- TWEED
- 60 Down: Master (4)
- LORD
- 61 Down: Nonflying bird (3)
- EMU
- 63 Down: Jumbled (6)
- HASHED
- 64 Down: Disgrace (5)
- SHAME
- 66 Down: Turkish title (5)
- EMEER
- 67 Down: Uhlan's weapon (5)
- LANCE
- 68 Down: Home of a biblical hag (5)
- ENDOR
- 69 Down: Autocrats (5)
- TSARS
- 73 Down: Shrimp dish (6)
- SCAMPI
- 74 Down: Bridge honor card (3)
- TEN
- 75 Down: Airport device (5)
- RADAR
- 76 Down: Coeur d'___, Idaho (5)
- ALENE
- 77 Down: Wampum (5)
- BEADS
- 78 Down: Rangoon's country (5)
- BURMA
- 80 Down: Convened again (5)
- REMET
- 81 Down: Famed French explorer (3)
- ACO
- 83 Down: Danish island (3)
- FYN
- 86 Down: Essay (3)
- TRY
- 87 Down: "Backbone" of S.A. (5)
- ANDES
- 88 Down: Pipe-tobacco leftover (6)
- DOTTEL
- 90 Down: Consider (4)
- CHEW
- 92 Down: Grizzly one (4)
- BEAR
- 94 Down: Literary initials (See 93 A) (3)
- RLS
- 96 Down: Busch or Marsh (3)
- MAE
- 98 Down: Bone part: Comb. form (6)
- OSTEON
- 101 Down: "I ___ knocking . . . ": Shak. (5)
- HEARA
- 102 Down: Device for collecting plankton (4)
- DNET
- 103 Down: Tom's affirmative to Aunt Polly (4)
- YESM
- 104 Down: Sora (4)
- RAIL
- 105 Down: Charmian's activity (9)
- ATTENDING
- 106 Down: Former labor leader (5)
- MEANY
- 107 Down: Flower (5)
- PRIDE
- 109 Down: Bay State cape (3)
- ANN
- 110 Down: Pooh-___ ("Mikado" character) (3)
- BAH
- 113 Down: Laver's erstwhile rival (4)
- ASHE
- 114 Down: Sacred scriptures of Hinduism (7)
- SHASTRA
- 115 Down: Soarers on brooms (7)
- WITCHES
- 116 Down: Compass point (3)
- ENE
- 118 Down: Forty winks (3)
- NAP
- 120 Down: Dangerfield, e.g. (5)
- COMIC
- 123 Down: Rubs out (6)
- ERASES
- 124 Down: Greek peak (4)
- OSSA
- 125 Down: St. Jerome's Bible: Abbr. (4)
- VULG
- 126 Down: Defender of Gibraltar: 1779–83 (6)
- ELIOTT
- 127 Down: Come to a boil (6)
- SIMMER
- 128 Down: Conduct based on religious laws (6)
- NOMISM
- 136 Down: Class (4)
- KIND
- 138 Down: Theda of the silents (4)
- BARA
- 139 Down: Small amount (4)
- DRAM
- 141 Down: Within: Comb. form (4)
- ENDO
- 142 Down: Excited (4)
- AGOG
- 144 Down: Second person (3)
- EVE
- 145 Down: Neither's partner (3)
- NOR
- 146 Down: Cachar on congou (3)
- TEA
- 147 Down: Skillful at trickery (3)
- SLY
- 148 Down: Word on a towel (3)
- HIS
- 149 Down: Wellington adversary (3)
- NEY
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