INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 2/21/1982. By Reginald L. Johnson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: ___ days (youth) (5)
- SALAD
- 6 Across: Interpret (4)
- READ
- 10 Across: Bore (5)
- DRILL
- 15 Across: Rude critic (6)
- JEERER
- 21 Across: Turn from (5)
- AVOID
- 22 Across: Airfield near Paris (4)
- ORLY
- 23 Across: Frightening (5)
- EERIE
- 24 Across: Preserve feed (6)
- ENSILE
- 25 Across: Lots of terra firma? (10)
- REALESTATE
- 27 Across: Plebeian stores? (12)
- COMMONSTOCKS
- 29 Across: Extensions (4)
- ARMS
- 30 Across: Pomander (4)
- CASE
- 31 Across: Lacquer (5)
- JAPAN
- 32 Across: Hot time in Paree (3)
- ETE
- 33 Across: 'Tis, to Tacitus (3)
- EST
- 34 Across: Feed feasters for a fee (5)
- CATER
- 35 Across: Fruity blends (4)
- ADES
- 36 Across: Matelot's milieu (3)
- MER
- 37 Across: Bandicoot (3)
- RAT
- 40 Across: Protector of Hector (4)
- ARES
- 41 Across: Last of a litany (4)
- AMEN
- 42 Across: Towel word (4)
- HERS
- 43 Across: Ullmann (3)
- LIV
- 46 Across: Seeing red (7)
- ENRAGED
- 48 Across: Stupidity (9)
- DENSENESS
- 51 Across: Roses' partner (4)
- WINE
- 52 Across: Looked searchingly (6)
- PEERED
- 53 Across: "___ intense young man": W.S.G. (5)
- AMOST
- 55 Across: Prefix for john or god (4)
- DEMI
- 56 Across: Salamanders (4)
- EFTS
- 57 Across: One of a Latin trio (4)
- AMAT
- 58 Across: Colette novel (5)
- CHERI
- 59 Across: Tiny locks (5)
- WISPS
- 60 Across: Ice-cold shower (5)
- SLEET
- 61 Across: Playmate of bro. (3)
- SIS
- 62 Across: Business firm (5)
- HOUSE
- 63 Across: Pungent (5)
- SALTY
- 64 Across: Surface mellowing (6)
- PATINA
- 65 Across: Inst. at Fort Worth (3)
- TCU
- 66 Across: Pork-barrel contents? (11)
- COMMODITIES
- 68 Across: Inventors' concerns (7)
- PATENTS
- 69 Across: Gather, as money (5)
- RAISE
- 71 Across: Decalogue adverb (3)
- NOT
- 72 Across: Extraordinary people (5)
- ONERS
- 73 Across: He pettifogs (7)
- SHYSTER
- 75 Across: Waterless pool? (11)
- MUTUALFUNDS
- 80 Across: Caucho (3)
- ULE
- 83 Across: Encamped (6)
- TENTED
- 84 Across: Assail (5)
- BESET
- 85 Across: Trunk in a trunk (5)
- AORTA
- 86 Across: Joplin creation (3)
- RAG
- 87 Across: Like surf in a storm (5)
- AROAR
- 88 Across: Detection device (5)
- RADAR
- 89 Across: Saw (5)
- ADAGE
- 90 Across: "Turandot" character (4)
- PANG
- 91 Across: American suffragist (4)
- CATT
- 92 Across: Neighbor of Wash. (4)
- OREG
- 93 Across: Move furtively (5)
- SIDLE
- 94 Across: Position taken by Palmer (6)
- STANCE
- 96 Across: "Twittering Machine" painter (4)
- KLEE
- 97 Across: In which E is • (9)
- MORSECODE
- 99 Across: He wrote "The House of Fame" (7)
- CHAUCER
- 100 Across: Former univ. militants (3)
- SDS
- 101 Across: Small sum (4)
- MITE
- 102 Across: U.S. citizen, e.g. (4)
- AMER
- 103 Across: Weight unit (4)
- GRAM
- 104 Across: Sinuous shape (3)
- ESS
- 105 Across: Daughter of Cadmus (3)
- INO
- 106 Across: Raised (4)
- BRED
- 107 Across: Stood (5)
- AROSE
- 108 Across: Corolla petal (3)
- ALA
- 111 Across: Kind of cross (3)
- TAU
- 112 Across: Extravagant (5)
- OUTRE
- 113 Across: Boss of a first lieut. (4)
- CAPT
- 114 Across: Tasso's patron (4)
- ESTE
- 118 Across: Stock cars? (12)
- CONVERTIBLES
- 121 Across: Bettor spots in N.Y.C. (10)
- OTBPARLORS
- 123 Across: Undivided (6)
- ENTIRE
- 124 Across: D'Artagnan's saddle (5)
- SELLE
- 125 Across: He raced with a Ford in 1976 (4)
- DOLE
- 126 Across: Half a S.A. city (5)
- AIRES
- 127 Across: Stop (6)
- DESIST
- 128 Across: Meeting on the sly (5)
- TRYST
- 129 Across: Stowe novel (4)
- DRED
- 130 Across: Dull finish (5)
- MATTE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: F.D.R.'s mother (4)
- SARA
- 2 Down: Asseverate (4)
- AVER
- 3 Down: Plasterer's need (4)
- LOAM
- 4 Down: Isn't up to par (4)
- AILS
- 5 Down: Painter Pres. (3)
- DDE
- 6 Down: Took turns (7)
- ROTATED
- 7 Down: Clears a tape (6)
- ERASES
- 8 Down: Modify (5)
- ALTER
- 9 Down: Woad, e.g. (3)
- DYE
- 10 Down: Effete (8)
- DECADENT
- 11 Down: Takes up again (7)
- REOPENS
- 12 Down: La Douce et al. (5)
- IRMAS
- 13 Down: Delineate (4)
- LIMN
- 14 Down: "___ the Lip" (3)
- LEO
- 15 Down: Merry-andrews (7)
- JESTERS
- 16 Down: Puts one's hat in the ring (6)
- ENTERS
- 17 Down: Within: Comb. form (3)
- ESO
- 18 Down: Shipment from Galveston (4)
- RICE
- 19 Down: Wawaskeesh and wapiti (4)
- ELKS
- 20 Down: Music sign (4)
- REST
- 26 Down: ___ stiff (6)
- SCARED
- 28 Down: Unbeatable rival (7)
- NEMESIS
- 31 Down: Gunpowder Plot target (6)
- JAMESI
- 34 Down: Islanders' target (4)
- CAGE
- 37 Down: Gourmand's delight (6)
- REPAST
- 38 Down: Lacking pep (6)
- ANEMIC
- 39 Down: Memos from Sec. Regan? (13)
- TREASURYNOTES
- 41 Down: Worshiped (6)
- ADORED
- 42 Down: Like abaca (5)
- HEMPY
- 43 Down: Good will policy? (13)
- LIFEINSURANCE
- 44 Down: Rapt (6)
- INTENT
- 45 Down: Matches (6)
- VESTAS
- 47 Down: Berenson's subject (3)
- ART
- 49 Down: Circus Maximus emcee (5)
- EDILE
- 50 Down: Haunts (5)
- NESTS
- 51 Down: Turmoil (6)
- WELTER
- 53 Down: Buzzing (4)
- AHUM
- 54 Down: Middle: Prefix (4)
- MESO
- 58 Down: His star is rising (5)
- COMER
- 59 Down: "But, by my sooth! she'll ___ wee": Burns (5)
- WAITA
- 60 Down: Gratifies (5)
- SATES
- 62 Down: Fought a fire (5)
- HOSED
- 63 Down: Pub order (5)
- STOUT
- 64 Down: Raccoon's relative (5)
- PANDA
- 66 Down: One who quotes (5)
- CITER
- 67 Down: Prefix with lace or face (5)
- INTER
- 68 Down: ___ Vecchio (5)
- PONTE
- 70 Down: In ___ (agitated) (6)
- ASTATE
- 73 Down: Flues (6)
- STACKS
- 74 Down: Forerunner (6)
- HERALD
- 75 Down: Rivals of Persians (5)
- MEDES
- 76 Down: Customary action (5)
- USAGE
- 77 Down: Jacob's vision (6)
- LADDER
- 78 Down: Colt or filly (4)
- FOAL
- 79 Down: Press (4)
- URGE
- 81 Down: Jousting needs (6)
- LANCES
- 82 Down: Moths harmful to trees (6)
- EGGERS
- 84 Down: Vermont city (5)
- BARRE
- 88 Down: Extirpate (7)
- ROOTOUT
- 89 Down: ___-camp (6)
- AIDEDE
- 90 Down: Birthplace of Henry of Navarre (3)
- PAU
- 93 Down: English county (8)
- SOMERSET
- 94 Down: Kind of daisy (6)
- SHASTA
- 95 Down: Zestless (4)
- TAME
- 97 Down: Muezzin's perch (7)
- MINARET
- 98 Down: Trusts (7)
- CARTELS
- 99 Down: Trimmed (7)
- CROPPED
- 101 Down: Tall caps (6)
- MITERS
- 103 Down: Pinup girl in W.W. II (6)
- GRABLE
- 106 Down: T.R.'s "Good!" (5)
- BULLY
- 107 Down: Man in a cast (5)
- ACTOR
- 108 Down: Served perfectly (4)
- ACED
- 109 Down: Single (4)
- LONE
- 110 Down: Little subway makers (4)
- ANTS
- 112 Down: Supreme, in Stuttgart (4)
- OBER
- 114 Down: English pen name (4)
- ELIA
- 115 Down: Winnow (4)
- SORT
- 116 Down: Allowance for waste (4)
- TRET
- 117 Down: To live, to Livy (4)
- ESSE
- 119 Down: "QB ___," Uris book (3)
- VII
- 120 Down: Adherent (3)
- IST
- 121 Down: Bizarre (3)
- ODD
- 122 Down: Boss of the flock (3)
- RAM
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