A FATHER'S DAY - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/20/1982. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Flintlock musket (5)
- FUSIL
- 6 Across: Gaff (4)
- SPAR
- 10 Across: Check (4)
- STAY
- 14 Across: Bar at the bar (5)
- ESTOP
- 19 Across: Centaurus star (5)
- AGENA
- 20 Across: Alleviate (4)
- EASE
- 21 Across: ___ Sound, Fla. (4)
- HOBE
- 22 Across: Like Behan's "Fellow" (5)
- QUARE
- 23 Across: 6:15 A.M. (15)
- THESUNALSORISES
- 26 Across: Loosen the bonds (5)
- UNTIE
- 27 Across: Glass part (3)
- RIM
- 28 Across: River into the Caspian (4)
- URAL
- 29 Across: Forwarded (6)
- SENTON
- 30 Across: 7:30 A.M. (21)
- CLOSELYOBSERVEDTRAINS
- 38 Across: Rich (6)
- LITTLE
- 39 Across: Ribald (6)
- COARSE
- 40 Across: Shell adjunct (3)
- OAR
- 41 Across: Nobelist Hahn: 1944 (4)
- OTTO
- 42 Across: Lockup unit (4)
- CELL
- 43 Across: Too smooth (4)
- OILY
- 44 Across: Network (3)
- WEB
- 47 Across: 8:45 A.M. (16)
- THEASPHALTJUNGLE
- 53 Across: Antic (4)
- DIDO
- 54 Across: Part of H.H. (3)
- HER
- 55 Across: Rain-forest vine (5)
- LIANA
- 56 Across: Cantankerous (5)
- ONERY
- 57 Across: Curt dismissal (5)
- CONGE
- 58 Across: Profound (4)
- DEEP
- 59 Across: " . . . had ___ and couldn't . . . " (5)
- AWIFE
- 60 Across: Cross or Ross (6)
- SINGER
- 61 Across: 9 A.M. (19)
- SWEETSMELLOFSUCCESS
- 66 Across: Resemblance (6)
- PARITY
- 67 Across: Delon of films (5)
- ALAIN
- 68 Across: Sapota or encina (4)
- TREE
- 69 Across: Concord (5)
- AMITY
- 70 Across: Setting (5)
- SCENE
- 71 Across: Nitrite is one (5)
- ESTER
- 73 Across: In the style of (3)
- ALA
- 76 Across: Swank (4)
- TONY
- 77 Across: 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. (16)
- THEMIRACLEWORKER
- 80 Across: Grimalkin (3)
- HAG
- 81 Across: Epicist (4)
- BARD
- 82 Across: Activist (4)
- DOER
- 83 Across: Wahhabi, e.g. (4)
- ARAB
- 84 Across: Maa-saying ma (3)
- EWE
- 85 Across: Occultism (6)
- CABALA
- 88 Across: Melodious (6)
- ARIOSO
- 90 Across: 7:15 P.M. (21)
- THEMANWHOCAMETODINNER
- 96 Across: Gypsy tongue (6)
- ROMANY
- 97 Across: Male swine (4)
- BOAR
- 98 Across: Ungentlemanly one (3)
- CAD
- 99 Across: Soap plant (5)
- AMOLE
- 100 Across: 11 P.M. to 6 A.M. (15)
- HOLDBACKTHEDAWN
- 108 Across: Take a reading (5)
- METER
- 109 Across: "The ___ Love . . . " (4)
- ONEI
- 110 Across: Spree or glee sound (4)
- WHEE
- 111 Across: Medium for some jockeys (5)
- RADIO
- 112 Across: Suckling's forte (5)
- POESY
- 113 Across: King of Sodom (4)
- BERA
- 114 Across: Scourge of serge (4)
- LINT
- 115 Across: Bullet sound (5)
- SPANG
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Kind of cat (3)
- FAT
- 2 Down: Word of disgust (3)
- UGH
- 3 Down: Interview (3)
- SEE
- 4 Down: Victors at the polls (3)
- INS
- 5 Down: Honor (6)
- LAUREL
- 6 Down: Sordid (5)
- SEAMY
- 7 Down: Mary, in an old song (3)
- PAL
- 8 Down: Bumbler (3)
- ASS
- 9 Down: Car created by Olds (3)
- REO
- 10 Down: Prepares an egg dish (6)
- SHIRRS
- 11 Down: " . . . squander what he lived ___": Bierce (6)
- TOSAVE
- 12 Down: Poplar (5)
- ABELE
- 13 Down: Agree with (3)
- YES
- 14 Down: Buckingham officer (7)
- EQUERRY
- 15 Down: Moslem law (5)
- SUNNA
- 16 Down: Architect Jacopo: 1486–1570 (5)
- TATTI
- 17 Down: Sky hunter (5)
- ORION
- 18 Down: Hammer parts (5)
- PEENS
- 24 Down: Luxor's river (4)
- NILE
- 25 Down: Repentant one (4)
- RUER
- 29 Down: Vapid (5)
- STALE
- 30 Down: The clergy (5)
- CLOTH
- 31 Down: Pliant (5)
- LITHE
- 32 Down: Aquatic mammal (5)
- OTTER
- 33 Down: Sheltered promenade (4)
- STOA
- 34 Down: Great quantity (5)
- OCEAN
- 35 Down: Bubble, to Luigi (5)
- BOLLA
- 36 Down: Snow melter (4)
- SALT
- 37 Down: Place mat (5)
- DOILY
- 42 Down: Leather pants (5)
- CHAPS
- 43 Down: Mates for harridans (5)
- OGRES
- 44 Down: First Oscar film (5)
- WINGS
- 45 Down: Does a lawn job (5)
- EDGES
- 46 Down: A Capetown citizen (4)
- BOER
- 48 Down: Like some hiemal days (6)
- SLEETY
- 49 Down: Devoutness (5)
- PIETY
- 50 Down: Fuller in the face (7)
- JOWLIER
- 51 Down: Schenectady college (5)
- UNION
- 52 Down: Actress Hildegarde (4)
- NEFF
- 53 Down: Recipient (5)
- DONEE
- 57 Down: Eloquent Roman (6)
- CICERO
- 58 Down: Godhead (5)
- DEITY
- 59 Down: Hawaiian tree (5)
- ALANI
- 60 Down: Kind of driver (5)
- SCREW
- 61 Down: Apia's locale (5)
- SAMOA
- 62 Down: Squeeze out (5)
- WRING
- 63 Down: Clubbed (5)
- MACED
- 64 Down: Neon or gold: Abbr. (4)
- ELEM
- 65 Down: Total (5)
- UTTER
- 66 Down: Course (4)
- PATH
- 70 Down: Virago (5)
- SHREW
- 71 Down: Kin of a lycée (5)
- ECOLE
- 72 Down: Scotland's Sound of ___ (5)
- SLEAT
- 73 Down: City that tires Detroit (5)
- AKRON
- 74 Down: Realty contract (5)
- LEASE
- 75 Down: ___ Day (5)
- ARBOR
- 77 Down: Somewhat sorrel (5)
- TAWNY
- 78 Down: Powell (4)
- ADAM
- 79 Down: Acid ___ (4)
- RAIN
- 81 Down: Hash house (7)
- BEANERY
- 85 Down: Refrigerant (6)
- COOLER
- 86 Down: Nova Scotian university (6)
- ACADIA
- 87 Down: Cutting remark (4)
- BARB
- 88 Down: A wife of Esau (4)
- ADAH
- 89 Down: Synge's "___ to the Sea" (6)
- RIDERS
- 90 Down: Homeless one (5)
- TRAMP
- 91 Down: Similar: Comb. form (5)
- HOMEO
- 92 Down: Overact (5)
- EMOTE
- 93 Down: Almost half the people (5)
- MALES
- 94 Down: Hip part of cattle (5)
- HBONE
- 95 Down: Glee-club unit (5)
- OCTET
- 100 Down: Mischief (3)
- HOB
- 101 Down: Hole maker (3)
- AWL
- 102 Down: Its symbol is X (3)
- CHI
- 103 Down: Knowledge (3)
- KEN
- 104 Down: Dip bait lightly (3)
- DAP
- 105 Down: Nabokov novel (3)
- ADA
- 106 Down: Be A-1 at the Big A (3)
- WIN
- 107 Down: Nailing block (3)
- NOG
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