METROPOLITAN TOUR - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 5/16/1982. By A. J. Santora.

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Across Answers

1 Across: High Czech points (6): TATRAS
7 Across: Japanese wrestling (4): SUMO
11 Across: Computing devices (5): ABACI
16 Across: Shrewd (5): CAGEY
21 Across: Not injured (6): UNHURT
22 Across: "When the frost ___ the . . . " (4): ISON
23 Across: Table fowl (5): CAPON
24 Across: Accustom (5): INURE
25 Across: Bailey of comics (6): BEETLE
26 Across: Swiss bidding system? (16): GENEVACONVENTION
29 Across: Blonde shade (3): ASH
30 Across: Verve (4): ELAN
32 Across: Japanese carp (3): KOI
33 Across: Overtrained (5): STALE
34 Across: D-day craft (3): LST
35 Across: Of the breastbone (7): STERNAL
37 Across: Shakespeare's Sir Toby (5): BELCH
39 Across: Lounge entertainment (4): TRIO
40 Across: Opinion (4): IDEA
41 Across: Lixivium (3): LYE
42 Across: Chris Evert and spouse at Wimbledon? (14): LLOYDSOFLONDON
46 Across: To live, to Livy (4): ESSE
48 Across: Rotates (5): SPINS
49 Across: Highlander (4): GAEL
50 Across: Seat the crowd (5): USHER
54 Across: Medieval tale (3): LAI
55 Across: Sage, e.g. (4): HERB
56 Across: Cygnets (5): SWANS
58 Across: Macaroni for soups (7): PASTINA
60 Across: First-aid bracer in SE Asia? (14): SINGAPORESLING
64 Across: Cape off N.C. (8): HATTERAS
65 Across: Where Hacettepe Univ. is (6): ANKARA
66 Across: Hijinks (6): ANTICS
67 Across: ___ mecum (handbook) (4): VADE
68 Across: Pageantry (4): POMP
69 Across: Leaflet appendages (7): STIPELS
71 Across: Temporary stitch (4): TACK
72 Across: He wrote "Games People Play" (5): BERNE
73 Across: Sonny's sibling (3): SIS
74 Across: Loser to H.C.H. (3): AES
75 Across: Banal (5): TRITE
77 Across: Layer of skin (5): DERMA
78 Across: Ending for amateur (3): ISH
80 Across: Easy as ___ (3): ABC
82 Across: ___ couture (5): HAUTE
83 Across: Lanyard (4): CORD
84 Across: Bitter (7): GALLING
88 Across: Places, to attorneys (4): LOCI
90 Across: Rooney or Hardy (4): ANDY
91 Across: A concern of the chair (6): QUORUM
93 Across: Noise (6): CLAMOR
94 Across: Brave man (8): IRONSIDE
96 Across: He'll wheedle Fidel for news (14): OURMANINHAVANA
98 Across: Fringes (7): BORDERS
99 Across: Tells all (5): BLABS
100 Across: Convene (4): MEET
101 Across: What the dr. ordered (3): MED
102 Across: Bharat (5): INDIA
103 Across: Marine hazard (4): REEF
104 Across: Emulates Robert Giroux (5): EDITS
106 Across: Speck (4): MOTE
107 Across: Swiss shrimps? (14): GNOMESOFZURICH
112 Across: Sixty secs. (3): MIN
113 Across: Rat, in Roma (4): TOPO
116 Across: Swimmer's platform (4): RAFT
117 Across: Flu shot (5): SERUM
118 Across: Compete with (7): EMULATE
122 Across: Top card (3): ACE
123 Across: Mountebank (5): FAKER
124 Across: Young one (3): TAD
125 Across: Rabbit or Fox (4): BRER
126 Across: Dec. and Jan. (3): MOS
127 Across: Philippine roller coaster? (16): THRILLERINMANILA
132 Across: Prance (6): CAVORT
134 Across: Stem (5): ARISE
135 Across: ___ a beet (5): REDAS
136 Across: Salt Lake City team (4): UTES
137 Across: Proviso (6): CLAUSE
138 Across: Take it easy (5): RELAX
139 Across: Percolates (5): SEEPS
140 Across: Resort to (4): SEEK
141 Across: Dome team (6): ASTROS

Down Answers

1 Down: Big horns (5): TUBAS
2 Down: "___ of robins . . . " (5): ANEST
3 Down: "Finlandia" in harmony? (17): THEHELSINKIACCORD
4 Down: Dull routine (3): RUT
5 Down: Hollywood Dahl (6): ARLENE
6 Down: Epitaph stone (5): STELA
7 Down: Agree in writing (4): SIGN
8 Down: Consumption (3): USE
9 Down: Grivets (7): MONKEYS
10 Down: ___ cat (sandlot game) (6): ONEOLD
11 Down: Here, in Honduras (3): ACA
12 Down: College grad (3): BAC
13 Down: ___ Creed (8): APOSTLES
14 Down: Dominate (7): CONTROL
15 Down: Fruitlessly (6): INVAIN
16 Down: Movie house (4): CINE
17 Down: Leaf cutter (3): ANT
18 Down: Mutual-aid group (5): GUILD
19 Down: Jagged (5): EROSE
20 Down: Gossipy woman (5): YENTA
27 Down: Damone and Morrow (4): VICS
28 Down: Odylic force (4): ELOD
31 Down: Adjective for Tony Dorsett (6): ALLPRO
36 Down: N.Y.C. suburb (3): RYE
37 Down: Good, to Pierre (3): BON
38 Down: Navajo lodges (6): HOGANS
40 Down: Marching perfectly (6): INSTEP
43 Down: "The Balance" (5): LIBRA
44 Down: Pointed tooth (4): FANG
45 Down: Put out (4): OUST
46 Down: Maxwell and Lanchester (5): ELSAS
47 Down: Valentine, e.g. (5): SAINT
48 Down: Flower part (5): SEPAL
51 Down: Film subtitled "Paris, Ah So"? (17): HIROSHIMAMONAMOUR
52 Down: As a friend: Fr. (5): ENAMI
53 Down: Grates (5): RASPS
55 Down: Rabbits' kin (5): HARES
56 Down: Cut ham (5): SLICE
57 Down: Part of a candle (4): WICK
58 Down: Ambling horse (6): PADNAG
59 Down: Fit to ___ (4): ATEE
61 Down: Yawn (4): GAPE
62 Down: Existence (6): ENTITY
63 Down: Condition (5): STATE
64 Down: Wrong (4): HARM
67 Down: W.W. I battlefield (6): VERDUN
70 Down: Fans' place (6): STANDS
72 Down: He hit 368 home runs (5): BERRA
76 Down: Discourteous (4): RUDE
77 Down: Condemns (5): DOOMS
78 Down: ___ ease (5): ILLAT
79 Down: Croat, for one (4): SLAV
80 Down: Excuse at court (5): ALIBI
81 Down: Element used in metallurgy (5): BORON
82 Down: Crowning glory (4): HAIR
83 Down: Arrest (4): CURB
85 Down: Throbs (5): ACHES
86 Down: Nine-part song (5): NONET
87 Down: Incline (5): GRADE
89 Down: Spectrum color (6): INDIGO
91 Down: Drinks (6): QUAFFS
92 Down: Pantomime (5): MIMIC
95 Down: Connery from Edinburgh (4): SEAN
96 Down: Corn-oil product (4): OLEO
97 Down: Lower (6): NETHER
99 Down: Straddle (8): BESTRIDE
103 Down: Gridiron "zebra" (7): REFEREE
104 Down: Learned (7): ERUDITE
105 Down: Obscure (3): DIM
106 Down: Cubic centimeter (3): MIL
108 Down: Of speech (4): ORAL
109 Down: Manufacturers (6): MAKERS
110 Down: Epsilon follower (4): ZETA
111 Down: Herschel's discovery (6): URANUS
112 Down: Wall décor (6): MURALS
113 Down: Tamerlane was one (5): TATAR
114 Down: Pigment for Opie (5): OCHRE
115 Down: Jeopardy (5): PERIL
119 Down: Goal of a sort (5): MECCA
120 Down: Trunk (5): TORSO
121 Down: ___ Park, Colo. (5): ESTES
123 Down: Bend, as an arm (4): FLEX
125 Down: Sit in the sun (4): BASK
128 Down: "Life ___ jest": Gay (3): ISA
129 Down: Snooze (3): NAP
130 Down: Scrolls: Abbr. (3): MSS
131 Down: Shelter (3): LEE
133 Down: Keeve (3): VAT

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