TRUNCATED TITLES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 1/30/1983. By Tap Osborn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Kind of gear or jacket (4)
MESS
5 Across: Town freed by the Allies: July 18, 1944 (4)
STLO
9 Across: Legendary eagle rider (5)
ETANA
14 Across: Teasdale (4)
SARA
18 Across: Where Waikiki is (4)
OAHU
19 Across: Olympian blood (5)
ICHOR
20 Across: Undernourished lamb (5)
PINER
21 Across: Subatomic particle (4)
PION
22 Across: "Metamorphoses" author (4)
OVID
23 Across: Countless (16)
THEOFMONTECRISTO
26 Across: Lean (4)
TEND
27 Across: Watson flub (4)
HOOK
28 Across: Decided on (5)
OPTED
29 Across: Sicilian city (4)
ENNA
30 Across: "___ newt . . . ": Shak. (5)
EYEOF
32 Across: Borg boomer (3)
ACE
33 Across: Novel of 1847 (4)
OMOO
34 Across: Actress Joan: 1909–79 (8)
BLONDELL
37 Across: Lockout (12)
THERAPEOFTHE
43 Across: Weaver and Campbell (5)
EARLS
44 Across: Inkling (4)
IDEA
46 Across: Zest (4)
ELAN
47 Across: Burden, to Bardot (4)
FAIX
48 Across: ___-eyed (angry) (4)
OREY
49 Across: Court dance (5)
PAVAN
51 Across: F.D.R.'s medium (5)
RADIO
52 Across: Bandleader Fields (4)
SHEP
53 Across: Substitutes (9)
FILLERSIN
55 Across: Far-from-frail male (5)
HEMAN
56 Across: Lee ___, former boxer (3)
OMA
57 Across: Strange (5)
ALIEN
58 Across: Spot for a shot (4)
CAFE
59 Across: Big name in cameras (7)
EASTMAN
63 Across: Bursts of energy (6)
SPASMS
66 Across: Kitchen utensils (7)
GRATERS
69 Across: Saw (6)
BEHELD
70 Across: Monotonous drumbeats (7)
TOMTOMS
72 Across: Eternally (4)
EVER
73 Across: Roman public-works head (5)
EDILE
75 Across: Wave, in Avila (3)
OLA
76 Across: One of a pack at a track (5)
PACER
78 Across: Details (9)
SPELLSOUT
82 Across: Flask size (4)
PINT
84 Across: Clayey (5)
BOLAR
85 Across: Chudder (5)
SHAWL
86 Across: Singer Tennille (4)
TONI
87 Across: "And what ___ rare . . . " (4)
ISSO
88 Across: Monitor lizard (4)
URAN
89 Across: Facient (4)
DOER
90 Across: Arrested (5)
RANIN
91 Across: Vanishing point (12)
THEWESTSTORY
94 Across: Stand (8)
TOLERATE
97 Across: Golfer North or Bean (4)
ANDY
98 Across: By way of (3)
VIA
99 Across: Pisces follower (5)
ARIES
100 Across: Holly of Dixie (4)
ASSI
101 Across: Duct (5)
CANAL
104 Across: Future execs (4)
MBAS
105 Across: Penitence period (4)
LENT
109 Across: Forgone (16)
WHOMTHEBELLTOLLS
112 Across: Grab-bag contents (4)
OLIO
113 Across: Feudal flunky (4)
ESNE
114 Across: Goal (5)
IDEAL
115 Across: Part of an arrow (5)
STELE
116 Across: The Storting meets here (4)
OSLO
117 Across: Ship's minor officer (4)
BOSN
118 Across: Subordinate (5)
PETTY
119 Across: Brief sentiment (4)
POSY
120 Across: Carina (4)
KEEL

Down Answers

1 Down: Unsettled (4)
MOOT
2 Down: Wall overhang (4)
EAVE
3 Down: Amida Buddha sect (4)
SHIN
4 Down: Summer squash (12)
SUDDENLYLAST
5 Down: Grouper's group (6)
SCHOOL
6 Down: Kill-joy (11)
THEOFLIVING
7 Down: Countenance (4)
LOOK
8 Down: Golden ide (3)
ORF
9 Down: Heroic poem (6)
EPOPEE
10 Down: Hair dye (4)
TINT
11 Down: Stake (4)
ANTE
12 Down: Exigency (4)
NEED
13 Down: Parabola (3)
ARC
14 Down: Corporate transfers (8)
SPINOFFS
15 Down: Clearinghouse (11)
AISNOTAHOME
16 Down: Hurdy-gurdy (4)
ROTA
17 Down: Upward: Prefix (3)
ANO
19 Down: " . . . ring ___ wed" (5)
ITHEE
24 Down: Glove leather (5)
MOCHA
25 Down: San ___, Italy (4)
REMO
31 Down: Jets' gains: Abbr. (3)
YDS
32 Down: Egyptian symbol (4)
ATEN
33 Down: Wine: Comb. form (4)
OENO
34 Down: "___ good cheer": Matthew (4)
BEOF
35 Down: Gull grouping (4)
LARI
36 Down: City on the Oka (4)
OREL
38 Down: Fruit squeezer (6)
REAMER
39 Down: Robert or Alan (4)
ALDA
40 Down: "The Age of Reason" author (5)
PAINE
41 Down: Wintry (6)
HIEMAL
42 Down: Develop (6)
EXPAND
45 Down: Dapper one (3)
DAN
49 Down: Polyhedron (5)
PRISM
50 Down: Enzyme (3)
ASE
51 Down: Advert (5)
REFER
54 Down: Pollster Roper (4)
ELMO
55 Down: Misogynist, e.g. (5)
HATER
58 Down: Spelunker (5)
CAVER
60 Down: "___ of Divorcement" (5)
ABILL
61 Down: N.Y.S.E. order (4)
SELL
62 Down: Downfallen (12)
THESTARSLOOK
63 Down: "Cut that out!" (6)
STOPIT
64 Down: Cultivation (6)
POLISH
65 Down: Free-for-all (11)
AMANSEASONS
67 Down: Confess (6)
RECANT
68 Down: Ate out (11)
SEPARTABLES
71 Down: Gay blade (5)
SPORT
74 Down: Kind of lap (3)
DEW
77 Down: Word of distress (4)
ALAS
78 Down: "___ Loves You," Beatles hit (3)
SHE
79 Down: A Chaplin (4)
OONA
80 Down: Fixed amount (4)
UNIT
81 Down: Pitchfork part (4)
TINE
83 Down: Villagers (8)
TOWNSMEN
84 Down: Active (4)
BUSY
85 Down: High-protein staple (4)
SOYA
89 Down: Practice (5)
DRILL
90 Down: Caddoan (3)
REE
92 Down: Redact (4)
EDIT
93 Down: In an elliptical way (6)
OVALLY
95 Down: Through speech (6)
ORALLY
96 Down: Glossy, in Nice (5)
LISSE
100 Down: Words from Charlie (4)
AHSO
101 Down: Give up (4)
CEDE
102 Down: Aid an arsonist (4)
ABET
103 Down: Straight (4)
NEAT
104 Down: Fictional detective (4)
MOTO
106 Down: Other (4)
ELSE
107 Down: Ludwig subject (4)
NILE
108 Down: Auger, for one (4)
TOOL
109 Down: Network (3)
WEB
110 Down: Start of a cheer (3)
HIP
111 Down: Chef's meas. (3)
TSP

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