BEARDING THE LIONS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 5/30/1982. By Alfio Micci.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Mountain ash (5)
- ROWAN
- 6 Across: Trattoria offering (6)
- SCAMPI
- 12 Across: Harbor sights (6)
- BARGES
- 18 Across: Piqued (5)
- IRATE
- 19 Across: Ancient Egyptian (6)
- TASIAN
- 20 Across: Doubter of dogma (8)
- AGNOSTIC
- 23 Across: Give the sack to Foch and Ney (12)
- FIREMARSHALS
- 25 Across: Call Franchot (8)
- DIALTONE
- 26 Across: Single (4)
- LONE
- 27 Across: Mr. and Mrs. (5)
- MATES
- 28 Across: Strong pulls (4)
- TUGS
- 30 Across: Struck out (5)
- DELED
- 31 Across: Wallach (3)
- ELI
- 32 Across: "___ kleine Nachtmusik" (4)
- EINE
- 33 Across: Cab customer (4)
- FARE
- 34 Across: Extirpate (4)
- RAZE
- 35 Across: Popular fabric (5)
- DENIM
- 37 Across: Directing Claude's course (12)
- DRIVINGRAINS
- 43 Across: Mike shields (5)
- GOBOS
- 45 Across: Relative (5)
- NIECE
- 46 Across: Alphabetical trio (3)
- MNO
- 47 Across: Trevi number (3)
- TRE
- 50 Across: Bills collector (6)
- DEBTOR
- 52 Across: Corner ___ (trap Irving) (5)
- STONE
- 53 Across: Meat cut (8)
- VEALCHOP
- 55 Across: Military command (6)
- ATEASE
- 56 Across: Ziegfeld star (4)
- HELD
- 57 Across: Lyricist David (4)
- MANN
- 58 Across: Himalayan creature (4)
- YETI
- 59 Across: Presidential nickname (3)
- CAL
- 60 Across: "And what is ___ . . . ?" (6)
- SORARE
- 62 Across: Watchmen (7)
- WARDERS
- 64 Across: ___ May, in "Tobacco Road" (5)
- ELLIE
- 66 Across: Russian John (4)
- IVAN
- 67 Across: Spooky-sounding city (4)
- ERIE
- 68 Across: Ready to swing (5)
- ATBAT
- 72 Across: Divide geometrically (7)
- TRISECT
- 74 Across: Cleaned the blackboard (6)
- ERASED
- 76 Across: Hokkaido, formerly (3)
- EZO
- 77 Across: Semicircular recess (4)
- APSE
- 80 Across: Sahl (4)
- MORT
- 81 Across: Second word in a Wilder title (4)
- SKIN
- 82 Across: Shreds (6)
- RIPSUP
- 84 Across: Submissive ones (8)
- DOORMATS
- 86 Across: Bamboozle (5)
- CHEAT
- 87 Across: Author of "Nausea" (6)
- SARTRE
- 88 Across: Kind of code (3)
- ZIP
- 89 Across: Go-between: Abbr. (3)
- AGT
- 90 Across: Give ___ (care) (5)
- AHANG
- 91 Across: Salt trees (5)
- ATLES
- 92 Across: Flabbergast George (12)
- FLOORSANDERS
- 95 Across: List components (5)
- ITEMS
- 98 Across: Prefix for scope (4)
- TELE
- 101 Across: Leeds's river (4)
- AIRE
- 102 Across: Greek peak (4)
- OSSA
- 104 Across: Wreath (3)
- LEI
- 105 Across: Dispatch boat (5)
- AVISO
- 107 Across: Mrs. Leonowens (4)
- ANNA
- 108 Across: Appraise (5)
- VALUE
- 110 Across: Der ___ (Adenauer) (4)
- ALTE
- 111 Across: Forsook Learned (8)
- LEFTHAND
- 113 Across: Coach Edgar Lee (12)
- DRILLMASTERS
- 116 Across: Detergent (8)
- CLEANSER
- 117 Across: Heroic verse (6)
- EPOPEE
- 118 Across: Road sign in Montreal (5)
- ARRET
- 119 Across: Like a hazardous wintry day (6)
- SLEETY
- 120 Across: Shoemakers, at times (6)
- SOLERS
- 121 Across: "___ Solemnis" (5)
- MISSA
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Went through a safe (6)
- RIFLED
- 2 Down: Baltimore or orchard (6)
- ORIOLE
- 3 Down: Admonishing Alexander (11)
- WARNINGBELL
- 4 Down: To ___ (exactly) (4)
- ATEE
- 5 Down: Thread: Comb. form (3)
- NEM
- 6 Down: Leaves in difficulty (7)
- STRANDS
- 7 Down: Swiveling wheel (6)
- CASTER
- 8 Down: Davis Cup figure (4)
- ASHE
- 9 Down: Farrow and Slavenska (4)
- MIAS
- 10 Down: Chum (3)
- PAL
- 11 Down: Case (8)
- INSTANCE
- 12 Down: Harass (6)
- BADGER
- 13 Down: Spartan king (4)
- AGIS
- 14 Down: Genetic inits. (3)
- RNA
- 15 Down: Forty-niner's quest (4)
- GOLD
- 16 Down: Glycerides (6)
- ESTERS
- 17 Down: Garb for Calpurnia (5)
- STOLA
- 21 Down: Don Juan's mother (4)
- INEZ
- 22 Down: Relinquish (4)
- CEDE
- 24 Down: Nice friend (3)
- AMI
- 29 Down: Yen (4)
- URGE
- 32 Down: Punch used in repoussé work (8)
- EMBOSSER
- 33 Down: Demon (5)
- FIEND
- 36 Down: Small amount (4)
- IOTA
- 38 Down: Have reciprocal effect (8)
- INTERACT
- 39 Down: Frenzied (7)
- VIOLENT
- 40 Down: ___ honorables (reparations) (7)
- AMENDES
- 41 Down: Frivolous (5)
- INANE
- 42 Down: Cambodia's Lon ___ (3)
- NOL
- 44 Down: Mountain: Prefix (4)
- OREO
- 47 Down: Article (3)
- THE
- 48 Down: Trumpery (3)
- ROT
- 49 Down: Prefix for gram (3)
- EPI
- 50 Down: Cyprinoid fish (4)
- DACE
- 51 Down: Etc.'s relative (4)
- ETAL
- 52 Down: Little ones (7)
- SHAVERS
- 53 Down: Mutation (7)
- VARIANT
- 54 Down: Vesicle (4)
- CYST
- 57 Down: Event for Figaro (8)
- MARRIAGE
- 61 Down: Italian rice dish (7)
- RISOTTO
- 62 Down: "Lost" item in a Milland film (7)
- WEEKEND
- 63 Down: Wristbones (8)
- RADIALIA
- 65 Down: Brain passage (4)
- ITER
- 69 Down: Defeat Peter (11)
- BESTSELLERS
- 70 Down: Côte d'___ (4)
- AZUR
- 71 Down: Small shark (4)
- TOPE
- 73 Down: Mature insect (5)
- IMAGO
- 75 Down: Once, once (4)
- ERST
- 77 Down: Cutting tool (3)
- ADZ
- 78 Down: Island food (3)
- POI
- 79 Down: Something for Cerberus (3)
- SOP
- 81 Down: Ladd role (5)
- SHANE
- 83 Down: Ready in Rennes (4)
- PRET
- 85 Down: ___ de mer (3)
- MAL
- 86 Down: Parlor game (8)
- CHARADES
- 90 Down: A ___ apple (4)
- ASIN
- 91 Down: Posits (7)
- ASSUMES
- 92 Down: Typical of a holiday (6)
- FESTAL
- 93 Down: Became nonproductive, as a well (6)
- RANDRY
- 94 Down: Kind of derby (6)
- ROLLER
- 96 Down: British measures (6)
- METRES
- 97 Down: Forty winks (6)
- SIESTA
- 98 Down: After-bath item (4)
- TALC
- 99 Down: Knievel (4)
- EVEL
- 100 Down: "___ but a walking shadow . . . ": Shak. (5)
- LIFES
- 103 Down: Plaice's place (3)
- SEA
- 106 Down: Strauss's "Die Frau ___ Schatten" (4)
- OHNE
- 107 Down: Dill of the Bible (4)
- ANET
- 108 Down: Stringed instrument (4)
- VIOL
- 109 Down: Mont Blanc is one (4)
- ALPE
- 110 Down: Town near Teramo (4)
- ATRI
- 112 Down: Peer Gynt's mother (3)
- ASE
- 114 Down: Postal abbr. (3)
- RPO
- 115 Down: Penrod's playmate (3)
- SAM
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