HANKY-PANKY - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 7/25/1982. By Alex F. Black.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Prestige (6)
- STATUS
- 7 Across: Minuscule (6)
- ATOMIC
- 13 Across: Look (6)
- APPEAR
- 19 Across: Bearlike (6)
- URSINE
- 20 Across: Sardou play (6)
- FEDORA
- 21 Across: ___ Beach, S.C. (6)
- MYRTLE
- 22 Across: Bilbao bottles (13)
- BASQUESFLASKS
- 24 Across: Melancholy merino (7)
- BLUEEWE
- 26 Across: Stead (4)
- LIEU
- 27 Across: Most precious (6)
- RAREST
- 28 Across: Lowest Laconian (5)
- HELOT
- 30 Across: Séance sound (3)
- RAP
- 31 Across: Author Hammond (5)
- INNES
- 33 Across: Peat source (3)
- BOG
- 34 Across: Chased woman (5)
- SIREN
- 35 Across: Ooze (4)
- MIRE
- 36 Across: Showcase for a Pavarotti (3)
- MET
- 37 Across: Oriental ship (10)
- CHINALINER
- 41 Across: Electronic device (5)
- DIODE
- 42 Across: McMahon and Asner (3)
- EDS
- 43 Across: Unpaid sitter (4)
- AUNT
- 44 Across: Gas-company customers (5)
- USERS
- 45 Across: Marriage notice (5)
- BANNS
- 46 Across: Dreary in Dundee (4)
- DREE
- 47 Across: Pilaster (4)
- ANTA
- 48 Across: Pop (4)
- SODA
- 49 Across: Box (4)
- SPAR
- 52 Across: Jack/Giant dialogue (9)
- STALKTALK
- 55 Across: One of Jubal's inventions (4)
- HARP
- 59 Across: Pointer (5)
- ARROW
- 61 Across: Pâtisserie item (5)
- TARTE
- 62 Across: Grande or Bravo (3)
- RIO
- 63 Across: Mystery writer's award (5)
- EDGAR
- 64 Across: Pitcher at Monmouth (5)
- MOLLY
- 65 Across: Border lake (4)
- ERIE
- 66 Across: "___ is the spur . . . " (4)
- FAME
- 67 Across: Adriatic feeder (5)
- PIAVE
- 68 Across: White poplar (5)
- ABELE
- 69 Across: Old Caen coin (3)
- ECU
- 70 Across: Turns (5)
- SLUES
- 71 Across: Flips in a chip (5)
- ANTES
- 72 Across: Let (4)
- RENT
- 73 Across: Reading for 46 Down (9)
- GNOMETOME
- 75 Across: Fish dish (4)
- EELS
- 76 Across: Regrets (4)
- RUES
- 78 Across: Zhivago's mistress (4)
- LARA
- 79 Across: Fellow like Othello (4)
- MOOR
- 82 Across: Teatime treat (5)
- SCONE
- 84 Across: Like London in 1666 (5)
- AFIRE
- 86 Across: Belts (4)
- BOPS
- 87 Across: Little, to Burns (3)
- SMA
- 90 Across: Abzug or Spewack (5)
- BELLA
- 91 Across: Cuts family ties (10)
- BOOTSROOTS
- 93 Across: Chum (3)
- PAL
- 94 Across: "Life is ___!" (4)
- REAL
- 95 Across: On the qui vive (5)
- ALERT
- 97 Across: Neighbor of Que. (3)
- ONT
- 98 Across: Bitter (5)
- ACERB
- 100 Across: Trainee: Abbr. (3)
- APP
- 101 Across: Rage onstage (5)
- EMOTE
- 102 Across: Starr player (6)
- PACKER
- 105 Across: Elihu's U. (4)
- YALE
- 106 Across: Headgear attachment (7)
- CAPFLAP
- 108 Across: Rainwear buyer (13)
- SLICKERPICKER
- 111 Across: Cio-Cio-San, e.g. (6)
- GEISHA
- 112 Across: Restricting rope (6)
- TETHER
- 113 Across: Special gift (6)
- TALENT
- 114 Across: Bevin or Seton (6)
- ERNEST
- 115 Across: Wimsey's creator (6)
- SAYERS
- 116 Across: Nocturnal noises (6)
- SNORES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "We can make our lives ___" (7)
- SUBLIME
- 2 Down: Worked out for a bout (7)
- TRAINED
- 3 Down: Says yes (7)
- ASSENTS
- 4 Down: Tiny pest: Fr. (5)
- TIQUE
- 5 Down: Burmese statesman (3)
- UNU
- 6 Down: Divination is his vocation (4)
- SEER
- 7 Down: Offend (7)
- AFFRONT
- 8 Down: Caucasian wagon (6)
- TELEGA
- 9 Down: Harem rooms (4)
- ODAS
- 10 Down: Part of M.V.P. (4)
- MOST
- 11 Down: Vex (3)
- IRK
- 12 Down: Drum out (7)
- CASHIER
- 13 Down: Padnag (5)
- AMBLE
- 14 Down: Faulkner novel (5)
- PYLON
- 15 Down: Balkan boundary river (4)
- PRUT
- 16 Down: Printemps follower (3)
- ETE
- 17 Down: Eagle depicted in heraldry (7)
- ALERION
- 18 Down: Bounties (7)
- REWARDS
- 23 Down: Port Arthur's lake (6)
- SABINE
- 25 Down: Rapier's cousin (4)
- EPEE
- 29 Down: Makes mistakes (4)
- ERRS
- 32 Down: Hilum (4)
- SCAR
- 34 Down: Sly guy (5)
- SNEAK
- 35 Down: Bird feeder (10)
- MINAHDINER
- 38 Down: Vietnamese city (3)
- HUE
- 39 Down: Crescent-shaped (6)
- LUNATE
- 40 Down: Cordage fiber (5)
- ISTLE
- 41 Down: Palindrome for pater (3)
- DAD
- 45 Down: Dutch-born U.S. author (3)
- BOK
- 46 Down: Funny Scandinavian creature (10)
- DROLLTROLL
- 47 Down: Family room, Roman style (6)
- ATRIUM
- 48 Down: Kin of bullaces (5)
- SLOES
- 49 Down: Visayan island (5)
- SAMAR
- 50 Down: Investigate (5)
- PROBE
- 51 Down: "Stormy Weather" composer (5)
- ARLEN
- 52 Down: Flesh: Comb. form (5)
- SARCO
- 53 Down: Shock (6)
- TRAUMA
- 54 Down: Evangelist McPherson (5)
- AIMEE
- 56 Down: Type type (5)
- AGATE
- 57 Down: Fray, in a way (5)
- RAVEL
- 58 Down: Basketball tactic (5)
- PRESS
- 60 Down: Forked shape (3)
- WYE
- 61 Down: Youthful years (5)
- TEENS
- 63 Down: Waste watchers: Abbr. (3)
- EPA
- 66 Down: City in Brazil (6)
- FLORES
- 70 Down: Square one (5)
- START
- 73 Down: Order to Dobbin (3)
- GEE
- 74 Down: "Felix Holt" author (5)
- ELIOT
- 77 Down: "Faerie Queene" heroine (3)
- UNA
- 79 Down: More debatable (6)
- MOOTER
- 80 Down: Pick (3)
- OPT
- 81 Down: Greek peak (4)
- OSSA
- 82 Down: Cause of losing by oozing (7)
- SEEPAGE
- 83 Down: Bell part (7)
- CLAPPER
- 84 Down: Give a leg up to a yegg (4)
- ABET
- 85 Down: Smokey's preserves (7)
- FORESTS
- 86 Down: Daft (7)
- BONKERS
- 87 Down: Tris or Tip (7)
- SPEAKER
- 88 Down: "Lilli ___" (7)
- MARLENE
- 89 Down: Camus and Finney (7)
- ALBERTS
- 90 Down: Bric-a-___ (4)
- BRAC
- 92 Down: J.F.K.'s favorite chair (6)
- ROCKER
- 95 Down: Nanchang nannies (5)
- AMAHS
- 96 Down: Steady Eddie of baseball (5)
- LOPAT
- 99 Down: Circle: Comb. form (5)
- CYCLO
- 101 Down: Different (4)
- ELSE
- 102 Down: Compassion (4)
- PITY
- 103 Down: Molar malady (4)
- ACHE
- 104 Down: Accts. (4)
- RPTS
- 107 Down: Alewife's appendage (3)
- FIN
- 109 Down: Where cows browse (3)
- LEA
- 110 Down: John, to Jock (3)
- IAN
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