ODE ON FAN FARE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 160 clues). Published 10/3/1982. By Charles Baron.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Songs of Innocence" author (5): BLAKE
6 Across: Triangular lyre (4): HARP
10 Across: Airplane stairway (4): RAMP
14 Across: Big spender (5): SPORT
19 Across: U.S.S.R. hero (5): LENIN
20 Across: Stravinsky (4): IGOR
21 Across: Flotow work (5): INDRA
23 Across: Pirogue (5): CANOE
24 Across: Yens (5): URGES
25 Across: Swinger in the garden (4): GATE
26 Across: Actress Smith (6): ALEXIS
27 Across: Adak native (5): ALEUT
28 Across: Start of a verse (23): SOLVINGPUZZLESISNTTOUGH
32 Across: Dash off (3): HIE
33 Across: Famed Greek physician (5): GALEN
34 Across: Veteran (8): OLDTIMER
35 Across: Does a takeoff (4): APES
36 Across: British dean (4): INGE
37 Across: Puts on apparel (4): DONS
39 Across: Republic since 1948 (6): ISRAEL
41 Across: Bacheller's "___ Holden" (4): EBEN
44 Across: Wynn and Sullivan (3): EDS
46 Across: Changes course (5): VEERS
49 Across: Altar boys' garb (6): COTTAS
53 Across: Second line of verse (23): YOUONLYNEEDTOKNOWENOUGH
59 Across: Picaroon (5): ROGUE
60 Across: Hockey great (3): ORR
61 Across: Persian green (7): SEAMOSS
62 Across: Confucian way (3): TAO
63 Across: Warns (6): ALERTS
65 Across: Diminish (4): BATE
67 Across: Morning hr. (5): TENAM
68 Across: Dollar bill (4): NOTE
69 Across: Issued, as an invitation (7): SENTOUT
71 Across: More logical (5): SANER
73 Across: Court whistler (3): REF
75 Across: Prill and mispickel (4): ORES
76 Across: ___ facto (4): IPSO
77 Across: Thrust out (7): EXTRUDE
80 Across: Teutonic demigoddess (4): NORN
82 Across: Jupati (4): PALM
85 Across: One ___ time (3): ATA
87 Across: Frost-covered (5): RIMED
88 Across: Grabs a bargain (7): SNAPSUP
92 Across: Tropical plant (4): ALOE
93 Across: Prefix with mural (5): INTRA
96 Across: Depressed area (4): SLUM
98 Across: Albania's capital (6): TIRANA
99 Across: O'Neill play (3): ILE
100 Across: Retiree's income, maybe (7): PENSION
102 Across: Bar need (3): ICE
103 Across: Famed conductor (5): SOLTI
104 Across: Third line of verse (23): NOWORDGAMECANBEMOREFAIR
110 Across: Allen and McQueen (6): STEVES
111 Across: Fusible resin (5): RESOL
112 Across: Ab ___ (from the start) (3): OVO
113 Across: Mid-March date (4): IDES
114 Across: Come out (6): EMERGE
118 Across: Koko's weapon (4): SNEE
120 Across: Big Apple side (4): EAST
122 Across: Shadowbox (4): SPAR
125 Across: Made sluggish (8): LEADENED
128 Across: "The Velvet Fog" (5): TORME
130 Across: Buddhist temple (3): WAT
133 Across: Last line of verse (23): THISISALWAYSONTHESQUARE
137 Across: Copland work (5): RODEO
138 Across: Regions, to Byron (6): CLIMES
139 Across: Hebrides island (4): IONA
140 Across: Beneath (5): UNDER
141 Across: Tatum or Ryan (5): ONEAL
142 Across: Belief (5): TENET
143 Across: Author Harte (4): BRET
144 Across: Fancies (5): IDEAS
145 Across: Deep blue (5): PERSE
146 Across: Russian press agency (4): TASS
147 Across: Coteries (4): SETS
148 Across: Vikings (5): NORSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Mantle (5): BLUSH
2 Down: ___ Soleil (Louis XIV) (5): LEROI
3 Down: Personal slant (5): ANGLE
4 Down: Ukrainian city (4): KIEV
5 Down: Naval officer (6): ENSIGN
6 Down: Half a synonym for topsy-turvy (8): HIGGLEDY
7 Down: Yawning (5): AGAPE
8 Down: Plump (6): ROTUND
9 Down: Honor in Honduras (4): PREZ
10 Down: Het up (5): RILED
11 Down: "___ of robins . . . " (5): ANEST
12 Down: When James IV was killed (6): MDXIII
13 Down: Crystal forms (6): PRISMS
14 Down: Jazz term (4): SCAT
15 Down: Stanford site (8): PALOALTO
16 Down: Golfer's edge (5): ONEUP
17 Down: Maquillage item (5): ROUGE
18 Down: Hebrew letters (5): TETHS
22 Down: He played Lou Grant (5): ASNER
26 Down: Ready (6): ALLSET
29 Down: Actor Conrad (5): NAGEL
30 Down: Partitioned land (5): ZONED
31 Down: Vestiges (6): TRACES
36 Down: Hemingway book (9): INOURTIME
38 Down: Levy to excess (7): OVERTAX
40 Down: Great time spans (4): EONS
41 Down: Wildcats (5): EYRAS
42 Down: Former W.C.T.U. head (5): BOOLE
43 Down: Ormandy, to a Berliner (5): EUGEN
45 Down: Fawning admirer (4): SNOB
47 Down: Speakers' platforms (8): ROSTRUMS
48 Down: Marksman's ___ trap (4): SKEE
50 Down: Pangloss, for one (5): TUTOR
51 Down: Playing marble (5): AGATE
52 Down: Loafers (5): SHOES
54 Down: Colonist's Indian friend (5): NETOP
55 Down: Remove marks (5): ERASE
56 Down: Masefield heroine (3): NAN
57 Down: A Bradley (4): OMAR
58 Down: French's "The ___ Room" (6): WOMENS
64 Down: Capital of Elam (4): SUSA
66 Down: Charm (8): ENTRANCE
68 Down: Kind of organization (9): NONPROFIT
70 Down: Porter's activity (6): TOTING
72 Down: Lincoln's "Cap'n ___" (3): ERI
74 Down: Assortment of type (4): FONT
78 Down: Like some inks (7): DELIBLE
79 Down: Reason out (5): EDUCE
81 Down: Reach by radio (5): RAISE
82 Down: Aches' partners (5): PAINS
83 Down: Apportion (5): ALLOT
84 Down: Lerner and ___ (5): LOEWE
86 Down: Part of Saturn's rings (4): ANSA
89 Down: Vegetarian's favorite (5): SALAD
90 Down: Loosen a knot (5): UNTIE
91 Down: Couples (5): PAIRS
94 Down: Conway (3): TIM
95 Down: African big-game gun (4): ROER
97 Down: Office circular (4): MEMO
100 Down: Can. official (4): PREM
101 Down: Tired flops (6): EDSELS
105 Down: Abroad (8): OVERSEAS
106 Down: Evaluate (6): ASSESS
107 Down: Aromatic U.S. herb (5): NONDO
108 Down: Gorges (8): OVEREATS
109 Down: Is nomadic (5): ROAMS
115 Down: Respond to force (5): REACT
116 Down: Stone chip (6): GALLET
117 Down: "Tippie" cartoonist (6): EDWINA
119 Down: Baritone Bastianini: 1923–67 (6): ETTORE
121 Down: Gown ornament (6): SEQUIN
122 Down: Barber's gear (5): STROP
123 Down: Dial a number (5): PHONE
124 Down: Legal help (5): AIDER
126 Down: Noted chair designer (5): EAMES
127 Down: Russian vetoes (5): NYETS
129 Down: French novelist-dramatist (5): OHNET
130 Down: Cautious bather (5): WADER
131 Down: Land clusters (5): AREAS
132 Down: Concise (5): TERSE
134 Down: Hercules' prisoner (4): IOLE
135 Down: His ___, the V.I.P. (4): NIBS
136 Down: Ruin (4): UNDO

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