COMIC CAPERS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 1/16/1983. By Frances Hansen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Vestment (3): ALB
4 Across: Nahuatl (5): AZTEC
9 Across: Fatty (5): OLEIC
14 Across: Become warmer (4): THAW
18 Across: Brian ___, early Irish king (4): BORU
20 Across: Firenze cynosure (5): DUOMO
21 Across: ___-doodle-doo! (5): COCKA
22 Across: "L'Espiègle Lili" artist, ___ Giffey (4): RENE
23 Across: McManus caper (16): BRINGINGUPFATHER
26 Across: N.T. book (4): ACTS
27 Across: Handel's "Messiah" (8): ORATORIO
28 Across: ___ Novo, Dahomey's capital (5): PORTO
29 Across: Uproar (6): RACKET
31 Across: Despot (6): TYRANT
32 Across: Tank part (5): BOGIE
33 Across: Swiss city on the Rhine (5): BASEL
34 Across: Anthem author (3): KEY
35 Across: Radio device (5): BALUN
36 Across: Expo '67 city (8): MONTREAL
39 Across: Start of a dicker (5): OFFER
42 Across: Goldberg caper (11): LALAPALOOZA
44 Across: Baba (3): ALI
45 Across: Legal claim (4): LIEN
46 Across: Amer. League rival (4): NATL
47 Across: City in Sicily (4): ENNA
48 Across: Med. college subject (4): ANAT
49 Across: Huxtable or Rehan (3): ADA
50 Across: Morley caper (11): KEYHOLEKATE
54 Across: "You ___," forerunner of "The Potts" (5): ANDME
55 Across: Whirlpools (8): VORTEXES
57 Across: Dodge (5): ELUDE
58 Across: No sharps, no flats key (6): CMAJOR
59 Across: Aye-aye or maholi (5): LEMUR
60 Across: Church society of Iowa (5): AMANA
61 Across: Sword, in Surrey (5): SABRE
62 Across: Capp's Lena et al. (6): HYENAS
64 Across: "___ Want Your Kisses," 1929 song (5): IDONT
65 Across: Elastic (8): STRETCHY
68 Across: "La Bohème" stage prop (5): EASEL
69 Across: Messick caper (11): BRENDASTARR
71 Across: Town ESE of Little Rock (3): KEO
72 Across: Anti: Abbr. (4): AGST
73 Across: Take to one's heels (4): FLEE
74 Across: Frequent co-star of tot shots (4): PONY
75 Across: Prearrange (4): PLAN
76 Across: Ump's relative (3): REF
77 Across: Willard caper (11): MOONMULLINS
81 Across: Flag background (5): FIELD
82 Across: One of a musical "76" (8): TROMBONE
84 Across: Parlor selection (5): PIECE
85 Across: To a man (3): ALL
86 Across: "For her eyes were ___ . . . ": Arnold (5): SEALD
87 Across: Iloilo is here (5): PANAY
88 Across: Voyager Vasco (6): DAGAMA
92 Across: Firstborn (6): ELDEST
94 Across: Simon ___, noted bass-baritone (5): ESTES
95 Across: Small singer in a loft (8): CHOIRBOY
97 Across: Café au ___ (4): LAIT
98 Across: Browne caper (16): HAGARTHEHORRIBLE
101 Across: 2900, to Nero (4): MMCM
102 Across: White poplar (5): ABELE
103 Across: Warehouse (5): ETAPE
104 Across: Golda (4): MEIR
105 Across: "For Pete's ___!" (4): SAKE
106 Across: "The Velvet Fog" (5): TORME
107 Across: Like a popular girl? (5): DATED
108 Across: Football-field meas. (3): YDS

Down Answers

1 Down: Monastery head (5): ABBOT
2 Down: London van (5): LORRY
3 Down: Pipe type (5): BRIAR
4 Down: "Tobacco is ___ weed": Hemminger (6): ADIRTY
5 Down: Pueblo Indian (4): ZUNI
6 Down: Deli order (4): TOGO
7 Down: Ubiquitous puzzle bird (3): EMU
8 Down: Director of "The Godfather" (7): COPPOLA
9 Down: Sweet potato (7): OCARINA
10 Down: Diva Lehmann (5): LOTTE
11 Down: Radarscope reflection (4): ECHO
12 Down: Mike's partner, in comics (3): IKE
13 Down: "First Chief" of Mexico (8): CARRANZA
14 Down: Kind of bullet (6): TRACER
15 Down: Terry caper (15): HECKLEANDJECKLE
16 Down: Feed the kitty (4): ANTE
17 Down: TV's Batman (4): WEST
19 Down: Not captured (7): UNTAKEN
24 Down: Dead duck (5): GONER
25 Down: Becloud, as a windshield (5): FOGUP
30 Down: Dog star (4): ASTA
32 Down: "Un ___ in Maschera," Verdi opera (5): BALLO
33 Down: Famed pioneer (5): BOONE
35 Down: Dagwood's "soaks" (5): BATHS
36 Down: Gambling game (5): MONTE
37 Down: Where Crockett died (5): ALAMO
38 Down: Metric measure (5): LITER
39 Down: King of Norway (4): OLAV
40 Down: One of Sandy's kin (4): FIDO
41 Down: Capp caper (15): FEARLESSFOSDICK
42 Down: Hen (5): LAYER
43 Down: ___ dog's life (5): LEADA
46 Down: Connection (5): NEXUS
48 Down: "Living is ___": A. Huxley (5): ANART
50 Down: Ataturk (5): KEMAL
51 Down: Dud (5): LEMON
52 Down: Svelte veldt animal (5): ELAND
53 Down: ___ Kinte, Haley ancestor (5): KUNTA
54 Down: "Forever" girl (5): AMBER
56 Down: Doctrine (5): TENET
58 Down: Addition word (5): CARRY
60 Down: Revoke a legacy (5): ADEEM
61 Down: Secretary of Commerce: 1969–72 (5): STANS
62 Down: Cupid's target (5): HEART
63 Down: "Buck Rogers" Sunday artist: 1933–58 (5): YAGER
64 Down: "Goodnight" girl (5): IRENE
65 Down: Age in the "Alley Oop" strip (5): STONE
66 Down: Cure (4): HEAL
67 Down: "___ Cassius has a lean . . . ": Shak. (4): YOND
69 Down: Flaxen (5): BLOND
70 Down: Full of tang (5): SPICY
73 Down: "___ I was . . . ": Dryden (8): FOOLTHAT
75 Down: Bunyan's Christian, e.g. (7): PILGRIM
77 Down: Business degrees (4): MBAS
78 Down: Out on a limb, in a way (7): UPATREE
79 Down: Sir Gareth's lady (5): LINET
80 Down: Under restraint (7): LEASHED
81 Down: Aptitude (5): FLAIR
83 Down: "___ in St. Louis, Louis" (6): MEETME
85 Down: Put on a pedestal (6): ADORED
87 Down: The 23d is comforting (5): PSALM
89 Down: Westminster, for one (5): ABBEY
90 Down: Ocean sunfish (5): MOLID
91 Down: "Sgt. Fury" artist (5): AYERS
92 Down: Desirable trees? (4): ELMS
93 Down: The "one-L" priest (4): LAMA
94 Down: "Rome of Hungary" (4): EGER
95 Down: Felix, in France (4): CHAT
96 Down: Dickinson's "thing with feathers" (4): HOPE
99 Down: Swedish name of Turku (3): ABO
100 Down: Zeta–theta connection (3): ETA

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