NO BIG DEAL - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 8/22/1982. By Charles M. Deber.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Something grand (4)
- SLAM
- 5 Across: Hebrew letter (3)
- MEM
- 8 Across: Tart, in Toulouse (5)
- ACIDE
- 13 Across: Luckman or Caesar (3)
- SID
- 16 Across: Nosegay (4)
- POSY
- 17 Across: Greek resistance org. (4)
- ELAS
- 19 Across: Beam (5)
- LASER
- 20 Across: Groom (5)
- PREEN
- 23 Across: Lively septet (4)
- ARTS
- 24 Across: Wee (4)
- TINY
- 25 Across: Chimp's kin (5)
- ORANG
- 26 Across: Musical piece (5)
- RONDO
- 27 Across: Angry fit (4)
- SNIT
- 28 Across: Agitate (4)
- STIR
- 29 Across: Vagabond (4)
- HOBO
- 30 Across: Unequal: Comb. form (5)
- ANISO
- 31 Across: Pair of queens (15)
- MARIEANDELIZABETH
- 35 Across: Exhausts (5)
- TIRES
- 36 Across: A title for R.W.R. (3)
- CIC
- 37 Across: Upward: Prefix (3)
- ANO
- 38 Across: Pair of kings (9)
- LEARANDCOLE
- 40 Across: Moslem fasting period (7)
- RAMADAN
- 44 Across: Co-creator of "Charlie's Angels'' (4)
- GOFF
- 47 Across: Be zetetic (4)
- SEEK
- 48 Across: Seed covering (4)
- ARIL
- 49 Across: Make an incised mark (4)
- RASE
- 51 Across: Scrap (3)
- ORT
- 53 Across: Conference (7)
- MEETING
- 58 Across: Hecht (3)
- BEN
- 59 Across: Mt. Rushmore site (4)
- SDAK
- 60 Across: Those who tint (5)
- DYERS
- 62 Across: Nocturnal noisemaker (6)
- SNORER
- 63 Across: Trattoria's zuppa di ___ (5)
- PESCE
- 64 Across: Suffix with fatal (5)
- ISTIC
- 65 Across: Salad green (6)
- ENDIVE
- 66 Across: Hot drink (5)
- COCOA
- 69 Across: Pair of tens (9)
- PINSANDTOES
- 72 Across: Alleviates (5)
- EASES
- 73 Across: Black Sea city (6)
- ODESSA
- 75 Across: Scandinavian (5)
- NORSE
- 76 Across: Poor (5)
- NEEDY
- 78 Across: Lariats (6)
- LASSOS
- 79 Across: Pivoted (5)
- SLUED
- 80 Across: Deadly sin (4)
- ENVY
- 81 Across: Watering hole (3)
- SPA
- 84 Across: Agrees (7)
- ASSENTS
- 86 Across: New Deal agcy. (3)
- OPA
- 87 Across: To live, to Livy (4)
- ESSE
- 88 Across: Cross or last follower (4)
- WORD
- 89 Across: Hall, in Honduras (4)
- SALA
- 91 Across: Rigid ruler (4)
- TSAR
- 93 Across: Stoats (7)
- ERMINES
- 95 Across: Pair of jokers (9)
- HOPEANDBALL
- 100 Across: In medias ___ (3)
- RES
- 102 Across: Sunbathe (3)
- TAN
- 103 Across: Shining (5)
- AGLOW
- 104 Across: Pair of threes (15)
- BLINDMICEANDBEARS
- 111 Across: Level: Comb. form (5)
- PLANI
- 112 Across: Hautboy (4)
- OBOE
- 113 Across: Service tree (4)
- SORB
- 114 Across: Picot feature (4)
- LOOP
- 115 Across: Krupskaya's spouse (5)
- LENIN
- 116 Across: B'way musical (5)
- EVITA
- 117 Across: Florence's river (4)
- ARNO
- 118 Across: "___ La Douce" (4)
- IRMA
- 119 Across: Echo, e.g. (5)
- OREAD
- 120 Across: Passover feast (5)
- SEDER
- 121 Across: Dam (4)
- WEIR
- 122 Across: The sun, for one (4)
- STAR
- 123 Across: Thousands of lbs. (3)
- TNS
- 124 Across: Some literature (5)
- PROSE
- 125 Across: ___ U.S. Pat. Off. (3)
- REG
- 126 Across: Cistern (4)
- TANK
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Contraction (5)
- SPASM
- 2 Down: Doone of fiction (5)
- LORNA
- 3 Down: Moving (5)
- ASTIR
- 4 Down: Based on intuition (8)
- MYSTICAL
- 5 Down: Pair of nines (10)
- METSANDCARDS
- 6 Down: Choice (5)
- ELITE
- 7 Down: Type of envelope (6)
- MANILA
- 8 Down: Hawaii hi (5)
- ALOHA
- 9 Down: St.-John's-bread (5)
- CAROB
- 10 Down: Yellowish-brown color (6)
- ISABEL
- 11 Down: Indicates (7)
- DENOTES
- 12 Down: Energy unit (3)
- ERG
- 13 Down: Pair of Jacks (13)
- SPRATANDKENNEDY
- 14 Down: Wryly humorous (6)
- IRONIC
- 15 Down: "Raging Bull" actor (6)
- DENIRO
- 18 Down: Hospital device (7)
- SYRINGE
- 21 Down: Ford flop (5)
- EDSEL
- 22 Down: "Out-to-lynch" item (5)
- NOOSE
- 32 Down: Canton in Norway (3)
- EID
- 33 Down: Bronx attraction (3)
- ZOO
- 34 Down: Blood: Prefix (4)
- HAEM
- 39 Down: A.F.B. in Texas (5)
- REESE
- 40 Down: Mortar beater (3)
- RAB
- 41 Down: "___ You Lonesome Tonight?" (3)
- ARE
- 42 Down: Gump's wife (3)
- MIN
- 43 Down: Civil rights org. (5)
- NAACP
- 45 Down: Pair of sevens (9)
- FOYSANDSEAS
- 46 Down: Worried (7)
- FRETTED
- 50 Down: Flocks of geese (6)
- SKEINS
- 52 Down: Kingston, for one (4)
- TRIO
- 54 Down: Now (5)
- TODAY
- 55 Down: Yellow flag (4)
- IRIS
- 56 Down: Granular snow (4)
- NEVE
- 57 Down: French stoneware (4)
- GRES
- 59 Down: Pair of fours (13)
- SEASONSANDWINDS
- 60 Down: Break apart (7)
- DISRUPT
- 61 Down: Play parts (6)
- SCENES
- 63 Down: Band after bandits (5)
- POSSE
- 66 Down: Soft drink (4)
- COLA
- 67 Down: Harem rooms (4)
- ODAS
- 68 Down: Luck of the Irish (4)
- CESS
- 70 Down: ___ contendere (4)
- NOLO
- 71 Down: Import (5)
- SENSE
- 74 Down: Take ___ at (try) (5)
- ASTAB
- 77 Down: Pair of aces (10)
- EVERTANDBORG
- 81 Down: Trinity member (3)
- SON
- 82 Down: Evangeline's Grand ___ (3)
- PRE
- 83 Down: Commercials (3)
- ADS
- 85 Down: Flat piece (4)
- SLAB
- 87 Down: "Able was I ___ . . . " (7)
- EREISAW
- 88 Down: Sommelier's offering (8)
- WINELIST
- 90 Down: Everywhere (7)
- ALLOVER
- 92 Down: Estuary (3)
- ARM
- 94 Down: Fairy queen (3)
- MAB
- 95 Down: Single: Comb. form (5)
- HAPLO
- 96 Down: One making eyes (5)
- OGLER
- 97 Down: Mars, e.g. (6)
- PLANET
- 98 Down: Eternal (6)
- EONIAN
- 99 Down: Psychic energy (6)
- LIBIDO
- 101 Down: Sports official (6)
- SCORER
- 105 Down: Memoranda (5)
- NOTES
- 106 Down: "The Wreck of the Mary ___" (5)
- DEARE
- 107 Down: Banks of baseball (5)
- ERNIE
- 108 Down: Main artery (5)
- AORTA
- 109 Down: Ear-lender to Antony (5)
- ROMAN
- 110 Down: Pitch woo (5)
- SPARK
- 116 Down: Clairvoyance, for short (3)
- ESP
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