SHADES OF MEANING - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 3/7/1982. By Mary Virginia Orna.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sole of a plow (5)
- SLADE
- 6 Across: Vichy vineyard (3)
- CRU
- 9 Across: Home of the slave (5)
- HOVEL
- 14 Across: Rent (4)
- TEAR
- 18 Across: Of the blood (5)
- HEMAL
- 19 Across: Layer (3)
- HEN
- 20 Across: Alpine crest (5)
- ARETE
- 21 Across: Dragged in (5)
- HALED
- 23 Across: Suffix with argument (5)
- ATIVE
- 24 Across: Remnant (3)
- END
- 25 Across: Former Mmes. (5)
- MLLES
- 26 Across: Practical (5)
- UTILE
- 27 Across: S.A. tree or fruit (6)
- GENIPA
- 29 Across: Popular science writer (6)
- ASIMOV
- 31 Across: Ervin or Rayburn (3)
- SAM
- 33 Across: Again, to Bizet (3)
- BIS
- 34 Across: Gold (21)
- SMITHMINEFEVERORBRICK
- 38 Across: Uttered (4)
- SAID
- 39 Across: Artist ___ Borch (3)
- TER
- 40 Across: Like some sentimental songs (6)
- TORCHY
- 41 Across: Heckler's missile (3)
- EGG
- 44 Across: Mamie Eisenhower, ___ Doud (3)
- NEE
- 45 Across: Bishop (4)
- JOEY
- 47 Across: Pickled (6)
- SOUSED
- 51 Across: Unshackle the hackles (7)
- BRISTLE
- 53 Across: Piece of the pot (5)
- SHARD
- 55 Across: Wed (5)
- UNITE
- 56 Across: Edible tubers (5)
- SALEP
- 57 Across: Choice (6)
- SELECT
- 59 Across: Herds of humans (4)
- MOBS
- 62 Across: Handle clumsily (3)
- PAW
- 63 Across: Beguile (6)
- ENTRAP
- 65 Across: Cutty ___ (4)
- SARK
- 66 Across: Aquiline abodes (6)
- AERIES
- 68 Across: Blue (21)
- NOSEPRINTBEARDORBERRY
- 74 Across: "Popo" author (6)
- REEVES
- 75 Across: "Take ___ Train" (4)
- THEA
- 76 Across: Proportions (6)
- RATIOS
- 77 Across: Little pocket (3)
- FOB
- 80 Across: Bar owner's purchase (4)
- RYES
- 81 Across: Perfect models (6)
- IDEALS
- 83 Across: Meccan shrine (5)
- CAABA
- 84 Across: Architect Jones (5)
- INIGO
- 86 Across: Oar parts (5)
- LOOMS
- 87 Across: ___ storm (won over, as an audience) (7)
- TAKENBY
- 89 Across: Call it a day (6)
- RETIRE
- 91 Across: Loud noise (4)
- BANG
- 92 Across: Short word after long (3)
- AGO
- 93 Across: Poet's monogram (3)
- TSE
- 94 Across: Grate harshly (6)
- SCREAK
- 96 Across: Roble (3)
- OAK
- 99 Across: Gobs (4)
- TARS
- 101 Across: Red (21)
- BUTTONSHERRINGORSKINS
- 109 Across: Burrows of N.Y.C. (3)
- ABE
- 110 Across: Map abbr. (3)
- LAT
- 111 Across: Game dog (6)
- SETTER
- 112 Across: Song made popular by Al Jolson (6)
- SWANEE
- 113 Across: ___ Gables, Fla. (5)
- CORAL
- 115 Across: Broadway musical (5)
- EVITA
- 117 Across: Goddess of dawn (3)
- EOS
- 119 Across: Honshu seaport (5)
- ATAMI
- 120 Across: Party boss in McKinley's day (5)
- HANNA
- 121 Across: Spokes (5)
- RADII
- 122 Across: Indy 500 unit (3)
- LAP
- 123 Across: Lacoste and Descartes (5)
- RENES
- 124 Across: Romanov ruler (4)
- TSAR
- 125 Across: Filch (5)
- STEAL
- 126 Across: Pig's digs (3)
- STY
- 127 Across: Gerontius had one (5)
- DREAM
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Catches flies (5)
- SHAGS
- 2 Down: Gershwin's "___ Eat Cake" (5)
- LETEM
- 3 Down: Iranian prime minister in 1962 (5)
- AMINI
- 4 Down: Boat hoists (6)
- DAVITS
- 5 Down: White (21)
- ELEPHANTPAPERORCOLLAR
- 6 Down: Guevara (3)
- CHE
- 7 Down: French historian: 1823–92 (5)
- RENAN
- 8 Down: Author of "Jenny": 1911 (6)
- UNDSET
- 9 Down: Yellow (21)
- HAMMERJACKETDOGORTAIL
- 10 Down: Russian noble house (5)
- ORLOV
- 11 Down: Plushily covered (8)
- VELVETED
- 12 Down: Summer in Sedan (3)
- ETE
- 13 Down: Landlord (6)
- LESSOR
- 14 Down: Green (21)
- THUMBHOUSEBACKORSWARD
- 15 Down: Gnaw (3)
- EAT
- 16 Down: Pretext, perhaps (5)
- ALIBI
- 17 Down: Vestige (5)
- RELIC
- 22 Down: Vargueno, e.g. (4)
- DESK
- 28 Down: Swiss poet: 1821–81 (5)
- AMIEL
- 30 Down: Nigerian university town (3)
- IFE
- 32 Down: Bows (4)
- ARCS
- 35 Down: Nice notions (5)
- IDEES
- 36 Down: Rogers or Clark (3)
- ROY
- 37 Down: Famed miler (4)
- RYUN
- 41 Down: TV's Barnaby Jones (5)
- EBSEN
- 42 Down: Cum ___ salis (5)
- GRANO
- 43 Down: Young sows (5)
- GILTS
- 46 Down: Women's service org. (3)
- ORT
- 48 Down: Draw on a straw (3)
- SIP
- 49 Down: Japanese outcast (3)
- ETA
- 50 Down: Drop o' the mornin' (3)
- DEW
- 52 Down: More withered (5)
- SERER
- 53 Down: Blind's splines (5)
- SLATS
- 54 Down: Alpert (4)
- HERB
- 58 Down: Aethelbald's thralls (5)
- ESNES
- 59 Down: Decoration (5)
- MEDAL
- 60 Down: Pelf for Pizarro (3)
- ORO
- 61 Down: Sawmill sound (4)
- BIRR
- 64 Down: Quarry (4)
- PREY
- 66 Down: Sectors (5)
- AREAS
- 67 Down: Caterpillar parts (5)
- SETAE
- 69 Down: Garry Moore's "___ Got a Secret" (3)
- IVE
- 70 Down: Attention-getting sound (4)
- AHEM
- 71 Down: Mirthful (5)
- RIANT
- 72 Down: Lynda Bird's in-laws (5)
- ROBBS
- 73 Down: Violin virtuoso: 1858–1931 (5)
- YSAYE
- 77 Down: Evergreen (3)
- FIR
- 78 Down: Cather's "___ of Ours" (3)
- ONE
- 79 Down: Smidgen (3)
- BIT
- 81 Down: Plato dialogue (3)
- ION
- 82 Down: Balance: Comb. form (5)
- STATO
- 85 Down: Purport (4)
- GIST
- 86 Down: Windy City border area (8)
- LAKESIDE
- 88 Down: Culture media (5)
- AGARS
- 90 Down: Soprano Berger (4)
- ERNA
- 91 Down: Ebenezer's expletive (3)
- BAH
- 95 Down: Aromatic chemicals (6)
- ESTERS
- 97 Down: Holm on the Thames (3)
- AIT
- 98 Down: Uses a prie-dieu (6)
- KNEELS
- 100 Down: Brinker, for one (6)
- SKATER
- 101 Down: "Coffee Cantata" composer (4)
- BACH
- 102 Down: One of Tirpitz's pack (5)
- UBOAT
- 103 Down: Three-masted schooners (5)
- TERNS
- 104 Down: Anatomical meshes (5)
- RETIA
- 105 Down: Hulled grain (5)
- GROAT
- 106 Down: Silly (5)
- INANE
- 107 Down: Site of a Herculean labor (5)
- NEMEA
- 108 Down: Earthquake (5)
- SEISM
- 114 Down: Memorabilia (3)
- ANA
- 116 Down: Vintner's vessel (3)
- VAT
- 118 Down: Hale or Hari (3)
- SPY
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