HALLOWEEN PARTY - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 10/31/1982. By John M. Samson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Comprehend (5): GRASP
6 Across: Bow who wowed 'em (5): CLARA
11 Across: Nonpayer (5): CRIME
16 Across: Conduits (5): DUCTS
21 Across: Having rounded projections (5): LOBAR
22 Across: Restrict (5): LIMIT
23 Across: Kind of code (5): PENAL
24 Across: Record (5): ENROL
25 Across: Battery part (5): ANODE
26 Across: Lamblike (5): OVINE
27 Across: ___ Ababa (5): ADDIS
28 Across: Like Hermes' shoes (5): ALATE
29 Across: Humpty Dumpty's costume? (10): DEVILEDEGG
31 Across: Sigmund Freud's costume? (10): WIZARDOFID
33 Across: Daw vehicle (6): SEESAW
34 Across: 100 to 1, e.g. (4): ROUT
36 Across: It's not nice (4): VICE
37 Across: Brightens up (6): ELATES
38 Across: Remus, e.g. (4): TWIN
40 Across: Like poteen (6): POTENT
42 Across: He played Hopalong (4): BOYD
43 Across: Chatter (3): YAK
46 Across: Early Roman monster (4): NERO
49 Across: Czech river (4): OHRE
50 Across: Mama or Peggy (4): CASS
51 Across: Montreal Canadien (3): HAB
54 Across: Party hostess? (13): ALICEGHOSTLEY
58 Across: Roofing material (3): TAR
59 Across: Likeness (5): IMAGE
61 Across: Lounges about (5): LOLLS
62 Across: Savor (6): RELISH
63 Across: He came as Klinger (4): FARR
64 Across: Super stars (5): NOVAS
65 Across: Vesta's vestment (5): TUNIC
66 Across: Exploited (4): USED
67 Across: Lord of the theater (7): OLIVIER
70 Across: Alaskan port (4): NOME
71 Across: What charcoal does (6): ADSORB
73 Across: Go back to the drawing board (6): REPLAN
75 Across: She came with 135 Across (8): BLACKCAT
77 Across: Hamlin's cave man (3): OOP
79 Across: "Now I ___ down . . . " (5): LAYME
80 Across: Watering place (3): SPA
81 Across: Casanova's costume? (8): WEREWOLF
86 Across: Detective Lupin (6): ARSENE
88 Across: Where not to be led (6): ASTRAY
93 Across: Jot (4): ATOM
94 Across: Biennial herb (7): PARSNIP
96 Across: Stats for Walk and Waits (4): ERAS
99 Across: Occupation (5): TRADE
100 Across: Tiny Tom (5): THUMB
102 Across: Fit to be ___ (4): TIED
103 Across: Like Mr. Hyde (6): INSANE
105 Across: Push back (5): REPEL
106 Across: Entirety (5): TOTAL
107 Across: Darjeeling, e.g. (3): TEA
108 Across: How Dracula came (13): DRESSEDTOKILL
110 Across: 157.5° to a mariner (3): SSE
111 Across: Salt Lake City team (4): UTES
113 Across: Trickling (4): DRIP
114 Across: Hence (4): ERGO
115 Across: "___ Boot" (recent movie) (3): DAS
116 Across: Reel backwards? (4): LEER
117 Across: Boxing weight (6): BANTAM
119 Across: Aphrodite's son (4): EROS
122 Across: Debussy (6): CLAUDE
125 Across: Gift from Gina (4): DONO
126 Across: Goodly amount (4): LOTS
129 Across: Thespians (6): ACTORS
133 Across: Kermit's costume? (10): HORNEDTOAD
135 Across: Shirley Booth's costume? (10): WITCHHAZEL
137 Across: Indian state (5): ASSAM
138 Across: Trick-or-treater's trick (5): ANTIC
140 Across: Concluding (5): FINAL
141 Across: Durable wood (5): EBONY
142 Across: Take care of (5): SEETO
143 Across: Transparent (5): SHEER
144 Across: Lake NE of Ladoga (5): ONEGA
145 Across: Indian princess (5): RANEE
146 Across: Düsseldorf's neighbor (5): ESSEN
147 Across: "___, Wrong Number" (5): SORRY
148 Across: Utah's third-largest city (5): OGDEN
149 Across: Rodeo animal (5): STEER

Down Answers

1 Down: Cheerful flowers (5): GLADS
2 Down: Singer-actress Blakley (5): RONEE
3 Down: Upstairs (5): ABOVE
4 Down: Inhuman human (6): SADIST
5 Down: Type of student Bailey was (6): PRELAW
6 Down: Oaf (4): CLOD
7 Down: Calf's ___ (5): LIVER
8 Down: Fernando's friend (5): AMIGO
9 Down: Phone (6): RINGUP
10 Down: Gobbled (3): ATE
11 Down: Controller, for short (3): CPA
12 Down: Port, for one (7): REDWINE
13 Down: Accuse (6): INDICT
14 Down: Corn color (5): MAIZE
15 Down: Famous lioness (4): ELSA
16 Down: Singer Pride's costume? (9): DEADLYSIN
17 Down: Dump (6): UNLOAD
18 Down: Ship (5): CRAFT
19 Down: Memorable Fields (5): TOTIE
20 Down: What huskies haul (5): SLEDS
30 Down: J.R. of TV (5): EWING
32 Down: Vintage cars (4): REOS
35 Down: Chisel and gouge (5): TOOLS
36 Down: "The ___ Thought of You" (4): VERY
39 Down: India's first P.M. (5): NEHRU
41 Down: Benedictine's costume? (13): THEHOLYSPIRIT
42 Down: Hogsheads (7): BARRELS
43 Down: Conference site: 1945 (5): YALTA
44 Down: Audibly (5): ALOUD
45 Down: Ceramists' cookers (5): KILNS
47 Down: Anonymous Richards (4): ROES
48 Down: Famed Canadian physician (5): OSLER
50 Down: Lesser Antilles native (5): CARIB
51 Down: Ruin (5): HAVOC
52 Down: Old World lizard (5): AGAMA
53 Down: Attack (5): BESET
55 Down: TV-commercial award (4): CLIO
56 Down: Money held in trust (6): ESCROW
57 Down: Soft clam's home (8): TIDELAND
58 Down: Hebrew "T" (3): TAV
60 Down: Thelonious ___ (4): MONK
63 Down: Exquisite perfection (8): FINENESS
68 Down: Like some excuses (4): LAME
69 Down: ___ Nui (Easter Island) (4): RAPA
72 Down: Betty of comics (4): BOOP
74 Down: Prefix with mutuel (4): PARI
76 Down: One-time Washington Senator hopeful (6): CASTRO
78 Down: What the Sprats cleaned (7): PLATTER
81 Down: André, the pianist (5): WATTS
82 Down: Mores (5): ETHOS
83 Down: Postman's rounds (5): ROUTE
84 Down: Dressler movie (4): EMMA
85 Down: Fast-food food (5): FRIES
87 Down: Clear a tape (5): ERASE
89 Down: Journey (4): TREK
90 Down: Swift (5): RAPID
91 Down: Author St. Johns (5): ADELA
92 Down: Hollers (5): YELLS
95 Down: Carson subject (3): SEA
97 Down: Male ant (4): ANER
98 Down: Papyrus (5): SEDGE
101 Down: De Paul player's costume? (9): BLUEDEMON
104 Down: A neighbor of Tibet (5): NEPAL
108 Down: James Bond movie (4): DRNO
109 Down: Pentateuch (5): TORAH
112 Down: ___ off (angry) (4): TEED
113 Down: More foppish (7): DANDIER
116 Down: Crescent-shaped (6): LUNATE
117 Down: Gondolier (6): BOATER
118 Down: Greenskeeper's job (6): MOWING
120 Down: Dark yellows (6): OCHERS
121 Down: "___ Mater" (6): STABAT
122 Down: Hunt (5): CHASE
123 Down: Gets nosed out (5): LOSES
124 Down: Musical upbeats (5): ARSES
125 Down: He sings lays with a lei (5): DONHO
127 Down: Like a trident (5): TINED
128 Down: Proscenium's locale (5): STAGE
130 Down: Pale-blue gas (5): OZONE
131 Down: Dancer Jeanmaire (5): RENEE
132 Down: More artful (5): SLYER
134 Down: Pravda provider (4): TASS
136 Down: Clique (4): CLAN
139 Down: Shout (3): CRY
140 Down: ___ yong (3): FOO

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