BIO-SYNTHESIS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 8/15/1982. By Louis Baron.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Llama's milieu (5)
- ANDES
- 6 Across: N.D. Indian (7)
- ARIKARA
- 13 Across: Card game (7)
- CANASTA
- 20 Across: Zangwill's bio of Bessemer? (13)
- THEMELTINGPOT
- 22 Across: Unrepeated venture (7)
- ONESHOT
- 23 Across: Audie Murphy's bio of Orpheus? (13)
- TOHELLANDBACK
- 24 Across: Flying object (7)
- MACHINE
- 25 Across: "___ Time," 1921 song (3)
- ANY
- 26 Across: Become one (5)
- MERGE
- 27 Across: Irish: Abbr. (3)
- HIB
- 29 Across: Short stalks (6)
- STIPES
- 30 Across: Ustinov's bio of Zsa Zsa? (6)
- DEARME
- 32 Across: Property seizer (6)
- LIENOR
- 35 Across: Goddess of early risers (3)
- EOS
- 36 Across: Gossip (4)
- DIRT
- 38 Across: Rabbi in "Winterset" (6)
- ESDRAS
- 40 Across: Rabat suburb (3)
- SLA
- 41 Across: What a d.a. needs (3)
- PRF
- 42 Across: Provo native (6)
- UTAHAN
- 44 Across: "Abdul Abulbul ___" (4)
- AMIR
- 46 Across: Cheka's successor (4)
- OGPU
- 48 Across: Abbot's subordinate (3)
- FRA
- 51 Across: Natural film (6)
- PATINA
- 52 Across: Chekhov's bio of Jonathan? (10)
- THESEAGULL
- 54 Across: Feat of Klee (3)
- OIL
- 55 Across: Vote in (5)
- ELECT
- 56 Across: Isn't out of (3)
- HAS
- 57 Across: Beach bonus (3)
- TAN
- 58 Across: Phantoms (6)
- EIDOLA
- 60 Across: VI (3)
- SEX
- 61 Across: Muppets' bio by Runyon? (12)
- GUYSANDDOLLS
- 64 Across: Defrosting device (6)
- THAWER
- 68 Across: "___ diem" (5)
- CARPE
- 69 Across: Silly as ___ (6)
- AGOOSE
- 70 Across: Dodo's bio by Michael Stewart? (12)
- BYEBYEBIRDIE
- 72 Across: Before: Prefix (3)
- PRE
- 73 Across: "I had ___ in Yucatan": Belloc (6)
- ANAUNT
- 74 Across: Collector's clock (3)
- NEF
- 75 Across: Command (3)
- BID
- 76 Across: Caesar's last word (5)
- BRUTE
- 81 Across: Ballerina's handrail (3)
- BAR
- 82 Across: Poe's bio of Midas? (10)
- THEGOLDBUG
- 86 Across: Oklahoman (6)
- SOONER
- 87 Across: Tolkien creature (3)
- ENT
- 88 Across: Saarinen (4)
- EERO
- 89 Across: Assents (4)
- YEAS
- 90 Across: Cipher clerk's job (6)
- CODING
- 91 Across: Cagliari's isl. (3)
- SAR
- 93 Across: Eve's "roots" (3)
- RIB
- 95 Across: Glue (6)
- ATTACH
- 98 Across: Tritons (4)
- EFTS
- 99 Across: Not neg. (3)
- POS
- 100 Across: Sly ones (6)
- SNEAKS
- 102 Across: Obeah's kin (6)
- VOODOO
- 104 Across: Determinants (6)
- CAUSES
- 107 Across: Pump gold (3)
- GAS
- 108 Across: None: Comb. form (5)
- NULLI
- 109 Across: P.O. decision (3)
- RTE
- 112 Across: Fairness (7)
- HONESTY
- 114 Across: Thurber-Nugent bio of Kong? (13)
- THEMALEANIMAL
- 118 Across: Methusaleh (7)
- OLDSTER
- 119 Across: Papillon's bio by Hugo? (13)
- LESMISERABLES
- 120 Across: Have and hold (7)
- POSSESS
- 121 Across: Calif. Indian (7)
- ESSELEN
- 122 Across: Poker expert (5)
- HOYLE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "___ boy!" (4)
- ATTA
- 2 Down: Qui ___, Vietnamese port (4)
- NHON
- 3 Down: Dry out (9)
- DEHYDRATE
- 4 Down: Highlander's uncle (3)
- EME
- 5 Down: Writer Lagerlof (5)
- SELMA
- 6 Down: Sergeant-___ (6)
- ATARMS
- 7 Down: Annular (6)
- RINGED
- 8 Down: Gandhi's land, to Zola (4)
- INDE
- 9 Down: A successor to 46 Across (3)
- KGB
- 10 Down: Paraguay-Brazil river (3)
- APA
- 11 Down: Author Mazo de la ___ (5)
- ROCHE
- 12 Down: British "Tommy" (6)
- ATKINS
- 13 Down: With: Prefix (3)
- COM
- 14 Down: Mot collections (4)
- ANAS
- 15 Down: Swimming: Comb. form (4)
- NECT
- 16 Down: More pallid (6)
- ASHIER
- 17 Down: Bligh's bio by K. Porter? (11)
- SHIPOFFOOLS
- 18 Down: Colors (5)
- TONES
- 19 Down: R-Roscoe of f-films (4)
- ATES
- 21 Down: City in western Spain (7)
- LLERENA
- 28 Down: Deli purchase (7)
- BOLOGNA
- 31 Down: The Protestant ___ (5)
- ETHIC
- 32 Down: Kind of brain (4)
- LAME
- 33 Down: Egyptian goddess (4)
- ISIS
- 34 Down: Italian stew (4)
- RAGU
- 36 Down: Patsy (4)
- DUPE
- 37 Down: Emph. in print (4)
- ITAL
- 39 Down: Encouraging yells (4)
- RAHS
- 41 Down: Polished, to Pedro (6)
- PULIDO
- 43 Down: Picnic schnorrer (3)
- ANT
- 45 Down: Order to a steno (6)
- RETYPE
- 47 Down: Assurance (6)
- PLEDGE
- 49 Down: Lunar valley (5)
- RILLE
- 50 Down: Sad word (4)
- ALAS
- 52 Down: Strain (3)
- TAX
- 53 Down: Mrs. Gynt (4)
- AASE
- 56 Down: Bouncing Bess, e.g. (4)
- HERB
- 59 Down: "Zip-A-Dee-___-Dah" (3)
- DOO
- 60 Down: Churn (6)
- SEETHE
- 61 Down: Provocative pest (6)
- GADFLY
- 62 Down: Psychic Geller (3)
- URI
- 63 Down: Ointment (4)
- NARD
- 64 Down: Critic-author Kenneth (5)
- TYNAN
- 65 Down: Dr. DeBakey's bio by Martha Lear? (11)
- HEARTSOUNDS
- 66 Down: "___ Hassan," von Weber opera (3)
- ABU
- 67 Down: Actress Dana (6)
- WYNTER
- 68 Down: Flesh: Comb. form (4)
- CREO
- 70 Down: Ruth or Herman (4)
- BABE
- 71 Down: Like some tides (7)
- INGOING
- 72 Down: Metal casting (3)
- PIG
- 75 Down: Washout (4)
- BUST
- 76 Down: "Didn't say ___" (3)
- BOO
- 77 Down: Site for lots of bucks (5)
- RODEO
- 78 Down: Without variation (9)
- UNIFORMLY
- 79 Down: Scenite's shelter (4)
- TENT
- 80 Down: Desert regions (4)
- ERGS
- 83 Down: Slips (4)
- ERRS
- 84 Down: Hungarian statesman: 1803–76 (4)
- DEAK
- 85 Down: Kalongs (4)
- BATS
- 86 Down: Erasmus was one (7)
- SCHOLAR
- 92 Down: Size up (6)
- ASSESS
- 94 Down: McCartney, e.g. (6)
- BEATLE
- 96 Down: Tear away (6)
- AVULSE
- 97 Down: Actress Gray from Neb. (6)
- COLEEN
- 99 Down: Veronese or Uccello (5)
- PAOLO
- 101 Down: Pompeii's undoing (5)
- ASHES
- 103 Down: Alice's cat (5)
- DINAH
- 104 Down: Karate ploy (4)
- CHOP
- 105 Down: Renaissance family (4)
- ESTE
- 106 Down: Hagiography abbr. (4)
- STES
- 108 Down: Collar (4)
- NAIL
- 110 Down: Chinese weight (4)
- TAEL
- 111 Down: Other (4)
- ELSE
- 113 Down: Lots of mos. (3)
- YRS
- 115 Down: Suffix for count (3)
- ESS
- 116 Down: Metz Mrs. (3)
- MME
- 117 Down: Lower Nigeria native (3)
- IBO
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