BODY LANGUAGE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 8/1/1982. By Jeanette K. Brill.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Secular (4)
LAIC
5 Across: Discharge (5)
EGEST
10 Across: Abound (4)
TEEM
14 Across: At full speed, poetically (5)
AMAIN
19 Across: Church calendar (4)
ORDO
20 Across: Lethargy (5)
SOPOR
21 Across: River or cartoonist (4)
ARNO
22 Across: Annuity, to Pierre (5)
RENTE
23 Across: Tec (10)
PRIVATEEYE
25 Across: Intimidated (10)
BROWBEATEN
27 Across: Uneven (5)
EROSE
28 Across: Normand of silents (5)
MABEL
30 Across: Plenary (6)
ENTIRE
31 Across: R.R. reading matter in the 40's (6)
SCRIPT
33 Across: Geometric figure (5)
SOLID
34 Across: "___ Swell," 1927 tune (4)
THOU
35 Across: Parts of a grand (6)
CNOTES
36 Across: Stylish shop (5)
SALON
37 Across: Furniture pieces (8)
DRESSERS
41 Across: Monticles (5)
HILLS
42 Across: Vigorous physical effort (11)
ELBOWGREASE
44 Across: Harper or Brenda (3)
LEE
45 Across: Small whirlpool (4)
EDDY
46 Across: Pentacle (4)
STAR
47 Across: Artificial: Abbr. (4)
IMIT
48 Across: Guide (4)
LEAD
49 Across: Legal matter (3)
RES
50 Across: Decisive conflict (10)
ARMAGEDDON
54 Across: Above: Prefix (5)
SUPRA
55 Across: Must (5)
HASTO
58 Across: Set right (5)
ALIGN
59 Across: Seal (6)
CACHET
60 Across: Illegal (7)
BOOTLEG
62 Across: Set of verses (5)
STAVE
63 Across: Close friend (7)
COMRADE
64 Across: Habituated (6)
ENURED
65 Across: Greek letter (5)
THETA
66 Across: Age (5)
RIPEN
67 Across: Sniggled (5)
EELED
68 Across: Kind of fern (10)
MAIDENHAIR
71 Across: Ammo material (3)
TNT
74 Across: See, in reference books (4)
VIDE
75 Across: Contented sound (4)
PURR
76 Across: Iowa college town (4)
AMES
77 Across: On the briny (4)
ASEA
78 Across: Noted painter of birds (3)
EDE
79 Across: Rosary bead (11)
PATERNOSTER
83 Across: Shoot of a plant (5)
SPEAR
84 Across: Party game (8)
SARDINES
86 Across: Poplar (5)
ASPEN
87 Across: Leave (6)
DEPART
88 Across: Extremities (4)
ENDS
89 Across: Stair part (5)
RISER
90 Across: Gambols (6)
CAPERS
91 Across: Posture (6)
STANCE
94 Across: Split (5)
RIVEN
95 Across: Arterial trunk (5)
AORTA
96 Across: Insincere agreement (10)
LIPSERVICE
98 Across: Daunt (10)
DISHEARTEN
103 Across: Foyt rival (5)
UNSER
104 Across: "___ a man with . . . " (4)
IMET
105 Across: Door sign (5)
ENTER
106 Across: Beloved of Rochester (4)
EYRE
107 Across: "Broom Hilda" cartoonist (5)
MYERS
108 Across: Only (4)
MERE
109 Across: He played Belasco (5)
RAINS
110 Across: Feat (4)
DEED

Down Answers

1 Down: Cut off (3)
LOP
2 Down: Timetable abbr. (3)
ARR
3 Down: Aug. 13 in Italy (3)
IDI
4 Down: On the sly (8)
COVERTLY
5 Down: Bars at the bar (6)
ESTOPS
6 Down: "For whither thou ___ . . . " (5)
GOEST
7 Down: Flèche weapon (4)
EPEE
8 Down: Oriental sauce (3)
SOY
9 Down: Organ device (7)
TREMOLO
10 Down: Clerical chore (7)
TABBING
11 Down: Slipped a cog (5)
ERRED
12 Down: Organic compound (4)
ENOL
13 Down: Grimace (3)
MOW
14 Down: Sandy (7)
ARENOSE
15 Down: Natural body passage (6)
MEATUS
16 Down: Con (4)
ANTI
17 Down: Where Caesar was borne (4)
ITER
18 Down: Hawaiian state bird (4)
NENE
24 Down: One sign of spring (5)
ARIES
26 Down: Command (6)
BEHEST
29 Down: Down, to Drake (4)
ALOW
31 Down: Sly and nasty (5)
SNIDE
32 Down: Snub (12)
COLDSHOULDER
33 Down: Native Israeli (5)
SABRA
34 Down: Teach (5)
TRAIN
35 Down: Loire feeder (4)
CHER
36 Down: Duplicate event (4)
SLAM
37 Down: Incubus, for one (5)
DEMON
38 Down: Taro (12)
ELEPHANTSEAR
39 Down: Erected (6)
REARED
40 Down: Composed (6)
SEDATE
42 Down: Ceremonial citron for Succoth (5)
ETROG
43 Down: Hogback (5)
RIDGE
46 Down: Glutted (5)
SATED
48 Down: Simoleons (5)
LUCRE
51 Down: Adjusted a loom for weaving (5)
GATED
52 Down: Gladden (5)
ELATE
53 Down: Turkish royal court (5)
DIVAN
54 Down: Coarse hominy (4)
SAMP
56 Down: " . . . lovely as ___" (5)
ATREE
57 Down: Pung (4)
SLED
59 Down: Coconut fibers (5)
COIRS
60 Down: Full-grown oxen (6)
BEEVES
61 Down: Iroquoian Indian (6)
ONEIDA
62 Down: Bake eggs (5)
SHIRR
63 Down: Court officer (5)
CRIER
65 Down: Vetches (5)
TARES
68 Down: Sordini (5)
MUTES
69 Down: Misanthrope (5)
HATER
70 Down: Kind of corner (4)
AMEN
72 Down: Approaches (5)
NEARS
73 Down: Bakery purchase (4)
TART
75 Down: Cater basely (6)
PANDER
77 Down: Seemed (8)
APPEARED
79 Down: Grasping apparatus (7)
PINCERS
80 Down: Artlessness (7)
NAIVETE
81 Down: Bone: Comb. form (4)
OSSE
82 Down: Modern British poet (7)
SPENDER
83 Down: Partitions (5)
SEPTA
85 Down: More obtuse (6)
DENSER
87 Down: Plucky ones (6)
DARERS
89 Down: Kitchen utensil (5)
RICER
90 Down: Octavus Roy ___ (5)
COHEN
91 Down: Urban blight (4)
SLUM
92 Down: Lilliputian (4)
TINY
93 Down: Vaulted church section (4)
APSE
94 Down: Winter sight (4)
RIME
95 Down: Italian wine center (4)
ASTI
97 Down: Enthusiasm (3)
VIM
99 Down: "___ Mist," 1928 piano solo (3)
INA
100 Down: Nautical chain (3)
TYE
101 Down: Prior to, to Prior (3)
ERE
102 Down: Sparks or Rorem (3)
NED

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