ORNITHOLOGY - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 144 clues). Published 12/12/1982. By Bert Rosenfield.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Rodgers and Hart's "___ in Arms" (5): BABES
6 Across: Knout (4): LASH
10 Across: LARK (6): FROLIC
16 Across: It serves the telly (3): BBC
19 Across: Animate (5): ALIVE
20 Across: Fairy-tale opener (4): ONCE
21 Across: Branched (6): RAMOSE
22 Across: One-time Mideast initials (3): UAR
23 Across: Tournament of Roses entry (5): FLOAT
24 Across: French window (4): DOOR
25 Across: Consecrate (6): ANOINT
26 Across: "Dio ___!" (3): MIO
27 Across: CARDINAL (11): FUNDAMENTAL
30 Across: Uncivil courtroom acts (9): CONTEMPTS
32 Across: Seneca's foe (4): ERIE
33 Across: Whatever (3): ANY
34 Across: Ab ___ (from the start) (3): OVO
36 Across: Libertines (5): RAKES
37 Across: Act as sommelier (6): DECANT
39 Across: SWIFT (14): MASTEROFSATIRE
45 Across: Put the ___ on (solicit) (4): BITE
47 Across: Nobel Prize physicist: 1922 (4): BOHR
48 Across: Power (3): VIS
49 Across: November winners (3): INS
50 Across: Lamb-chop decoration (5): FRILL
53 Across: Liberty or Victory (4): SHIP
55 Across: Ineffective (7): USELESS
58 Across: Vehicles at J.F.K. (5): LIMOS
59 Across: Driver's need (3): TEE
60 Across: Scowl (5): GLARE
61 Across: Body muscle (5): PSOAS
65 Across: "Rubáiyát" word (4): ENOW
66 Across: L.B.J. beagle (3): HER
67 Across: Made a wager (4): LAID
68 Across: Put out (6): QUENCH
69 Across: Bad or good (3): EGG
70 Across: SNIPE (13): FIREFROMCOVER
74 Across: U.S. ancestral org. (3): SAR
75 Across: Ponchielli's "___ mar!" (6): CIELOE
77 Across: Precinct (4): AREA
78 Across: Type of sack (3): SAD
79 Across: Caesar's second announcement (4): VIDI
80 Across: Combiner meaning "nine" (5): ENNEA
81 Across: Behind at sea (5): ABAFT
82 Across: Blue (3): BEN
83 Across: Participate (5): SITIN
84 Across: Bewitching charm (7): GLAMOUR
86 Across: Fem.'s opposite (4): MASC
87 Across: Rare treat, sometimes (5): STEAK
88 Across: Not dbl. (3): SGL
90 Across: Author Santha Rama ___ (3): RAU
91 Across: Byzantine image (4): IKON
93 Across: "Brute" antecedents (4): ETTU
95 Across: CRANE (14): STRETCHTHENECK
99 Across: Lively wit (6): ESPRIT
103 Across: In ___ (hurried) (5): ARUSH
104 Across: ___ Annie of "Oklahoma!" (3): ADO
105 Across: Fled (3): RAN
107 Across: Apiece (4): EACH
108 Across: Triple Cy Young Award winner (9): TOMSEAVER
112 Across: EAGLE (11): TWOUNDERPAR
116 Across: Police dept. alert (3): APB
117 Across: Not subject to a rule (6): EXEMPT
119 Across: Milnes role in "Otello" (4): IAGO
120 Across: Secant, for one (5): RATIO
121 Across: Stanley Cup org. (3): NHL
122 Across: Flights by oiseaux (6): VOLEES
123 Across: Tanglewood area (4): SHED
124 Across: Make up for (5): ATONE
125 Across: Match the bet (3): SEE
126 Across: SWALLOW (6): ENDURE
127 Across: Flawless (4): PURE
128 Across: Certain murals (5): SERTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Lofted a golf ball (6): BAFFED
2 Down: Entice (6): ALLURE
3 Down: TV's "___ Woman" (6): BIONIC
4 Down: DUCK (10): EVADEABLOW
5 Down: Caterpillar hair (4): SETA
6 Down: Tyrolean fabric (5): LODEN
7 Down: Elia, e.g. (6): ANONYM
8 Down: Glaswegian (4): SCOT
9 Down: Statue by Polyclitus (4): HERA
10 Down: Auber's "___ Diavolo" (3): FRA
11 Down: Animus (6): RANCOR
12 Down: Melville work (4): OMOO
13 Down: Pork cut (4): LOIN
14 Down: Berlin's "___ This a Lovely Day . . . " (4): ISNT
15 Down: Et ___ (6): CETERA
16 Down: JAY (7): BUMPKIN
17 Down: Fishermen, at times (7): BAITERS
18 Down: Baggataway stick (6): CROSSE
28 Down: Dillon (4): MATT
29 Down: Averse (4): LOTH
31 Down: Painter of "Odalisque" (7): MATISSE
35 Down: Baron ___ (Francis Bacon) (7): VERULAM
38 Down: Asther of films (4): NILS
40 Down: Nichols protagonist (4): ABIE
41 Down: Petty bribe (3): SOP
42 Down: Medicates to excess (9): OVERDOSES
43 Down: Rattail, e.g. (4): FILE
44 Down: Tampa-to-Fort Myers dir. (3): SSE
46 Down: Aromatic compound (5): ESTER
50 Down: GULL (6): FLEECE
51 Down: "___ the new!" (6): RINGIN
52 Down: Daughter of Cymbeline (6): IMOGEN
54 Down: In this vicinity (9): HEREABOUT
56 Down: Levantine craft (4): SAIC
57 Down: San Antonio cager (4): SPUR
60 Down: CROW (5): GLOAT
62 Down: Type of inspection (6): ONSITE
63 Down: Maine national park (6): ACADIA
64 Down: QUAIL (6): SHRINK
66 Down: Step on it (3): HIE
68 Down: Geometry letters (3): QED
70 Down: Secretariat, once (4): FOAL
71 Down: Mann's partner (4): FRAU
72 Down: ___ beans (Mexican dish) (7): REFRIED
73 Down: Cyrus or Philo (5): VANCE
76 Down: Ophidianlike (7): LEGLESS
79 Down: RAIL (10): VITUPERATE
81 Down: Shanghai nurse (4): AMAH
82 Down: Judicial bench (4): BANC
83 Down: Concordes, e.g. (4): SSTS
85 Down: Part of a trefoil (3): ARC
86 Down: Country singer Bandy (3): MOE
88 Down: Stanza (7): STROPHE
89 Down: GROUSE (7): GRUMBLE
92 Down: Granny is one (4): KNOT
94 Down: Watch over (4): TEND
95 Down: Wicked people (6): SATANS
96 Down: "___ of St. Agnes": Keats (6): THEEVE
97 Down: Novelist Lee (6): HARPER
98 Down: "Oom Paul" (6): KRUGER
100 Down: Predacious flier (6): RAPTOR
101 Down: "___ Say No" (sung by 104 Across) (6): ICAINT
102 Down: Anguish (6): THROES
106 Down: Negative terminal (5): ANODE
109 Down: Neurite (4): AXON
110 Down: South African grassland (4): VELD
111 Down: Rhea's relative (4): EMEU
113 Down: Tenuous strip (4): WISP
114 Down: Where Waialua is (4): OAHU
115 Down: Victorian and Edwardian (4): ERAS
118 Down: Monogram of Prufrock's creator (3): TSE

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