ESS-CAPADES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 2/6/1983. By Richard Silvestri.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Rolling bones (4)
- DICE
- 5 Across: Bric-a-___ (4)
- BRAC
- 9 Across: Airs (5)
- MIENS
- 14 Across: Original sinner (4)
- ADAM
- 18 Across: Egyptian god of life (4)
- AMON
- 19 Across: Largest city in Africa (5)
- CAIRO
- 20 Across: Stringed playthings (5)
- YOYOS
- 21 Across: Jungle swing (4)
- VINE
- 22 Across: Surveyor's nail (4)
- SPAD
- 23 Across: Novelist's style? (11)
- IRVINGSTONE
- 25 Across: Court proceedings (4)
- ACTA
- 26 Across: Dinner portion (7)
- HELPING
- 28 Across: Perturb (7)
- AGITATE
- 29 Across: Sought information (5)
- ASKED
- 30 Across: Changes shoestrings (7)
- RELACES
- 32 Across: Yalie (3)
- ELI
- 33 Across: Tiny earthmovers (4)
- ANTS
- 34 Across: Famed Italian sculptor (6)
- PISANO
- 35 Across: Violinist's bird? (10)
- ISAACSTERN
- 40 Across: Mack or McGraw: Abbr. (3)
- MGR
- 43 Across: Data (5)
- FACTS
- 44 Across: Attica unit (4)
- CELL
- 45 Across: Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 46 Across: Subject of "A Man for All Seasons" (4)
- MORE
- 47 Across: High spirits (4)
- GLEE
- 48 Across: Can (4)
- FIRE
- 49 Across: Kind of wave (4)
- HEAT
- 50 Across: Take ___ the chin (4)
- ITON
- 51 Across: Actor's light? (11)
- LARRYSTORCH
- 54 Across: ___ as blazes (5)
- ASHOT
- 55 Across: Opposite of nera (6)
- BIANCA
- 57 Across: Code name (5)
- MORSE
- 58 Across: Raglan, e.g. (6)
- SLEEVE
- 59 Across: S. F. Smith air (7)
- AMERICA
- 61 Across: Roadside rest (3)
- INN
- 62 Across: Boxed while training (7)
- SPARRED
- 63 Across: Toothsome (6)
- SAVORY
- 64 Across: Skirmish (5)
- MELEE
- 66 Across: "___ Restaurant" (6)
- ALICES
- 67 Across: General direction (5)
- TREND
- 68 Across: Actor's course of action (11)
- ROBERTSTACK
- 70 Across: Israeli port (4)
- ACRE
- 71 Across: Footless animal (4)
- APOD
- 72 Across: Anne Nichols hero (4)
- ABIE
- 73 Across: Cur. units (4)
- AMPS
- 77 Across: Excise (4)
- GELD
- 78 Across: Keep clear of (4)
- SHUN
- 79 Across: Ceramist's requisite (4)
- OVEN
- 80 Across: Winglike (5)
- ALARY
- 81 Across: English cathedral city (3)
- ELY
- 82 Across: Comedian's drinks? (10)
- SOUPYSALES
- 85 Across: Songs from yesteryear (6)
- OLDIES
- 86 Across: Jamie Green is one (4)
- SAIL
- 88 Across: Former times, in former times (3)
- ELD
- 89 Across: Touching (7)
- TANGENT
- 91 Across: Aptly named bird (5)
- SWIFT
- 93 Across: Recreation (7)
- PASTIME
- 97 Across: Adorned with nacre (7)
- PEARLED
- 99 Across: It's played in chukkers (4)
- POLO
- 100 Across: Actress's sense of humor? (11)
- LORETTASWIT
- 102 Across: Antitank device (4)
- MINE
- 103 Across: Woody's boy (4)
- ARLO
- 104 Across: Show mercy (5)
- SPARE
- 105 Across: Likeness: Prefix (5)
- ICONO
- 106 Across: Amphora adjunct (4)
- ANSA
- 107 Across: Use a cupel (4)
- TEST
- 108 Across: Prohibit (5)
- DEBAR
- 109 Across: Euphemistic oath (4)
- DANG
- 110 Across: Exigency (4)
- NEED
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Bespatter (4)
- DASH
- 2 Down: Majestic (8)
- IMPERIAL
- 3 Down: Grow together (8)
- COALESCE
- 4 Down: Mine-shaft timber (8)
- ENDPLATE
- 5 Down: Craft for Cleo (5)
- BARGE
- 6 Down: "6 Rms ___ Vu" (3)
- RIV
- 7 Down: La Scala solo (4)
- ARIA
- 8 Down: Clot (7)
- CONGEAL
- 9 Down: Obscure (6)
- MYSTIC
- 10 Down: I, to Plato (4)
- IOTA
- 11 Down: Small island (4)
- EYOT
- 12 Down: Zilch (4)
- NONE
- 13 Down: Compass point (3)
- SSE
- 14 Down: Nautical cry (5)
- AVAST
- 15 Down: Parent and inlaw of a music-making comic? (12)
- DICKSMOTHERS
- 16 Down: Part of A.M. (4)
- ANTE
- 17 Down: Honey drink (4)
- MEAD
- 19 Down: Before seis (5)
- CINCO
- 24 Down: Monster of the Southwest (4)
- GILA
- 27 Down: Smith and Fleming (4)
- IANS
- 29 Down: Raggedy doll (3)
- ANN
- 31 Down: ___ Leone (6)
- SIERRA
- 33 Down: "All the Things You ___" (3)
- ARE
- 34 Down: Ger. coin (3)
- PFG
- 36 Down: Weaving reed (4)
- SLEY
- 37 Down: Prognosticators (5)
- SEERS
- 38 Down: Minute amount (5)
- TRACE
- 39 Down: Baltic native (4)
- ESTH
- 41 Down: Channel (6)
- GROOVE
- 42 Down: Let (6)
- RENTED
- 44 Down: About (5)
- CIRCA
- 46 Down: Poverty, in Paris (6)
- MISERE
- 48 Down: Caprice (5)
- FANCY
- 49 Down: Social insect (6)
- HORNET
- 51 Down: Scottish landowner (5)
- LAIRD
- 52 Down: Beamed (6)
- SMILED
- 53 Down: Paint ingredient (5)
- TONER
- 54 Down: Word of woe (5)
- ALACK
- 55 Down: Soprano's misfortune? (12)
- BEVERLYSILLS
- 56 Down: Pressed (6)
- IRONED
- 58 Down: Cardamom, e.g. (5)
- SPICE
- 59 Down: All the world, to Jaques (6)
- ASTAGE
- 60 Down: Proust (6)
- MARCEL
- 62 Down: Done in (5)
- SLAIN
- 64 Down: Finish, in a way (5)
- MOPUP
- 65 Down: "___ and Ivory," 1982 hit song (5)
- EBONY
- 66 Down: Optimally (6)
- ATBEST
- 68 Down: Hindu eclipse demon (4)
- RAHU
- 69 Down: Stat for Gossage (4)
- SAVE
- 73 Down: City board member (8)
- ALDERMAN
- 74 Down: Principal highway (8)
- MAINLINE
- 75 Down: Sham (8)
- PRETENSE
- 76 Down: Method: Abbr. (3)
- SYS
- 78 Down: Helios (3)
- SOL
- 79 Down: Card game (7)
- OLDMAID
- 80 Down: Kelp (4)
- ALGA
- 82 Down: Hold a session (3)
- SIT
- 83 Down: Bird dog (6)
- SETTER
- 84 Down: Completed a sky dive (4)
- ALIT
- 85 Down: "___ a customer" (5)
- ONETO
- 87 Down: In motion (5)
- AFOOT
- 90 Down: Little activity (5)
- APING
- 91 Down: Young oyster (4)
- SPAT
- 92 Down: Lasted (4)
- WORE
- 93 Down: "Wicked Wasp of Twickenham" (4)
- POPE
- 94 Down: Spirited steed (4)
- ARAB
- 95 Down: Antitoxins (4)
- SERA
- 96 Down: Grape disease (4)
- ESCA
- 98 Down: The Grateful ___, rock group (4)
- DEAD
- 100 Down: Hallucinogen, for short (3)
- LSD
- 101 Down: ___ ton soup (3)
- WON
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