FORTH AND BACK - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 12/26/1982. By Barry L. Cohen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Start of the 13th century (4)
- MCCI
- 5 Across: Puckerel (3)
- IMP
- 8 Across: Plebiscite (4)
- VOTE
- 12 Across: Networks (4)
- WEBS
- 16 Across: Tennyson poem (4)
- DORA
- 20 Across: Part of C.A.A. (4)
- ALAN
- 21 Across: Bishop (8)
- DIOCESAN
- 23 Across: Anagram for Roma (4)
- AMOR
- 24 Across: CB word (4)
- OVER
- 25 Across: Rover Boy saw mothers as goddesses (13)
- SAMDEIFIEDMAS
- 27 Across: Place for an ICBM (4)
- SILO
- 28 Across: Egypt's lifeline (4)
- NILE
- 29 Across: Jesse Stuart's "___ Heaven" (7)
- TREESOF
- 30 Across: Patricia from Ky. (4)
- NEAL
- 31 Across: Median strip (4)
- MALL
- 32 Across: Keynote (5)
- TONIC
- 33 Across: Choice (6)
- SELECT
- 34 Across: Memo abbr. (4)
- ATTN
- 35 Across: Rattling noise (4)
- RALE
- 36 Across: Nero's tutor (6)
- SENECA
- 37 Across: French Lick is one (3)
- SPA
- 38 Across: R.I.P. notice (4)
- OBIT
- 39 Across: "Do I dare to ___ peach?": T.S.E. (4)
- EATA
- 40 Across: "Woe is me!" (4)
- ALAS
- 41 Across: Peppy N.Y. nine beat bad guys (19)
- LIVEMETSDIDSTEMEVIL
- 48 Across: Hope (3)
- BOB
- 51 Across: On the market (5)
- ASALE
- 52 Across: Medical suffix (4)
- ITIS
- 53 Across: Dupin's creator (3)
- POE
- 54 Across: Riley's life (4)
- EASE
- 55 Across: Número ___ (3)
- UNO
- 56 Across: Dinesen offering (4)
- TALE
- 57 Across: Weigh down (5)
- PRESS
- 58 Across: Blind alleys (8)
- IMPASSES
- 60 Across: Landlord (6)
- LESSOR
- 62 Across: Jets' home (4)
- SHEA
- 64 Across: House of Lords cry (4)
- HEAR
- 66 Across: Like argon (5)
- INERT
- 67 Across: Bars (7)
- BISTROS
- 69 Across: Wave in la mer (4)
- ONDE
- 71 Across: Adolf's ally (6)
- BENITO
- 74 Across: U.S.S.R. range (4)
- ALAI
- 75 Across: Musial eliminated Wash. Senators (13)
- STANDELEDNATS
- 79 Across: It's below the occiput (4)
- NAPE
- 83 Across: Heckle (6)
- NEEDLE
- 85 Across: " . . . leaven of ___": Byron (4)
- ALIE
- 86 Across: Kind of guest (7)
- HONORED
- 88 Across: Elicit (5)
- EVOKE
- 91 Across: Davis Cup figure (4)
- ASHE
- 94 Across: Small village (4)
- DORP
- 96 Across: Paradigms (6)
- MODELS
- 97 Across: Warden of a sort (8)
- FORESTER
- 100 Across: Diarize (5)
- ENTER
- 102 Across: Bakery employee (4)
- ICER
- 104 Across: Symbol of precision (3)
- TEE
- 105 Across: Snarl (4)
- GNAR
- 106 Across: Deposed ring king (3)
- ALI
- 107 Across: Jewish month (4)
- ADAR
- 108 Across: You gotta have miles of it (5)
- HEART
- 109 Across: Underwater shocker (3)
- EEL
- 110 Across: That guy sketches City Hall grass. Right? (19)
- HEDRAWSCIVICSWARDEH
- 114 Across: Flèche weapon (4)
- EPEE
- 115 Across: Child, in Puebla (4)
- NINO
- 116 Across: Take on (4)
- HIRE
- 117 Across: Part of an orch. (3)
- STR
- 120 Across: Plantation employee (6)
- PICKER
- 123 Across: London's "White ___" (4)
- FANG
- 124 Across: Feme ___ (spinster) (4)
- SOLE
- 125 Across: English essayist (6)
- STEELE
- 128 Across: Globular (5)
- ROUND
- 129 Across: Told all to the cops (4)
- SANG
- 130 Across: Pond, in poesy (4)
- MERE
- 131 Across: Sub (7)
- STANDIN
- 132 Across: Con (4)
- ANTI
- 133 Across: First name in raga (4)
- RAVI
- 134 Across: Pilfer device for maintaining copter blade (13)
- LOOTROTORTOOL
- 136 Across: Scarsdale, e.g. (4)
- DIET
- 137 Across: "___ Rhythm" (4)
- IGOT
- 138 Across: Film coating (8)
- EMULSION
- 139 Across: City in Sicily (4)
- ENNA
- 140 Across: Trireme features (4)
- OARS
- 141 Across: Hart or Player (4)
- GARY
- 142 Across: Strong wind (4)
- GALE
- 143 Across: Minstrel tune (3)
- LAY
- 144 Across: Arnaz (4)
- DESI
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Parts of cranes (5)
- MASTS
- 2 Down: Farrell's "Bernard ___" (5)
- CLARE
- 3 Down: Llamas' cousins (6)
- CAMELS
- 4 Down: Up to one's ears (6)
- INDEEP
- 5 Down: Dostoyevsky subject (5)
- IDIOT
- 6 Down: Make peevish (4)
- MIFF
- 7 Down: Taro product (3)
- POI
- 8 Down: Any well-known entertainer (7)
- VEDETTE
- 9 Down: Ottoman Empire founder (5)
- OSMAN
- 10 Down: Cape Dutch (4)
- TAAL
- 11 Down: Nav. rank (3)
- ENS
- 12 Down: "When I ___": W.S.G. (7)
- WASALAD
- 13 Down: Anatole's contemporary (5)
- EMILE
- 14 Down: Flax pod (4)
- BOLL
- 15 Down: Hit initials (3)
- SRO
- 16 Down: Knotts performing; notices lack of approval (14)
- DONONSEESNONOD
- 17 Down: Akin to capric (5)
- OVINE
- 18 Down: Token (5)
- RELIC
- 19 Down: Betel palm (5)
- ARECA
- 22 Down: Gallic penny (7)
- CENTIME
- 26 Down: Kind of clause (9)
- ESCALATOR
- 31 Down: Mondrian contemporary (7)
- MATISSE
- 32 Down: Five, nine or eleven (4)
- TEAM
- 34 Down: White poplars (6)
- ABELES
- 35 Down: Salad root (6)
- RADISH
- 36 Down: Realm of Somnus (5)
- SLEEP
- 38 Down: Ellipsoid (4)
- OVAL
- 39 Down: Town near Padua (4)
- ESTE
- 40 Down: Bohr subject (4)
- ATOM
- 42 Down: Part of a Stein line (7)
- ISAROSE
- 43 Down: Harangue (6)
- TIRADE
- 44 Down: Easter shrub (6)
- SPIREA
- 45 Down: Still-life prop (4)
- VASE
- 46 Down: Elbe feeder (4)
- ISER
- 47 Down: For fear that (4)
- LEST
- 48 Down: Gogol's "Taras ___" (5)
- BULBA
- 49 Down: Peggy of songdom (5)
- ONEIL
- 50 Down: ___ nova (Brazilian dance) (5)
- BOSSA
- 57 Down: Hang (4)
- PEND
- 59 Down: Islet (3)
- AIT
- 61 Down: Little brat uses needles and wool again (14)
- STINKERREKNITS
- 63 Down: Whets (5)
- HONES
- 65 Down: Cousin of Saul (5)
- ABNER
- 68 Down: Mil. banner (3)
- STD
- 70 Down: Guidonian note (3)
- ELA
- 72 Down: Kind of degree (3)
- NTH
- 73 Down: Corresponding part (7)
- ISOMERE
- 76 Down: He sacked Rome in A.D. 410 (6)
- ALARIC
- 77 Down: Ancestors (6)
- ELDERS
- 78 Down: Name in fashion (4)
- DIOR
- 80 Down: Sharp ridge (5)
- ARETE
- 81 Down: Martinique site (5)
- PELEE
- 82 Down: Car named for a tycoon (5)
- EDSEL
- 84 Down: Shoe widths (3)
- EES
- 87 Down: Polaris (9)
- NORTHSTAR
- 88 Down: Forerunners of I (4)
- EFGH
- 89 Down: W.W. II rocket (4)
- VONE
- 90 Down: Mouthward (4)
- ORAD
- 92 Down: Lifting with effort (7)
- HEAVING
- 93 Down: Finis (6)
- ENDING
- 95 Down: Novelist Boulle (6)
- PIERRE
- 98 Down: Leathermaker (5)
- TAWER
- 99 Down: Otherwise (4)
- ELSE
- 101 Down: Taxco treat (4)
- TACO
- 103 Down: European juniper (4)
- CADE
- 108 Down: Cab callers (7)
- HAILERS
- 111 Down: Put on a Little act (4)
- APED
- 112 Down: Anserine quality (7)
- INANITY
- 113 Down: Huckleberry (7)
- WHORTLE
- 118 Down: Bivouacked (6)
- TENTED
- 119 Down: Decorated anew (6)
- REDONE
- 120 Down: Where to find Goyas (5)
- PRADO
- 121 Down: Ancient Greek colony (5)
- IONIA
- 122 Down: Cleverer (5)
- CUTER
- 123 Down: Advocate (5)
- FAVOR
- 124 Down: Pyongyang's rival (5)
- SEOUL
- 125 Down: Unfeeling (5)
- STONY
- 126 Down: They have their pride (5)
- LIONS
- 127 Down: Chou ___ (5)
- ENLAI
- 129 Down: "Roots" or "Hawaii" (4)
- SAGA
- 130 Down: N.Y.C. art center (4)
- MOMA
- 131 Down: Portico (4)
- STOA
- 133 Down: Gear (3)
- RIG
- 134 Down: Part of a journey (3)
- LEG
- 135 Down: Naphtha, e.g. (3)
- OIL
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