NOW YOU C IT . . . - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 3/20/1983. By Judith C. Dalton.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Take long steps (6)
- STRIDE
- 7 Across: Render weaponless (5)
- UNARM
- 12 Across: Priest's neckcloth (5)
- AMICE
- 17 Across: Squeal (4)
- BLAB
- 21 Across: Like Pinocchio (6)
- WOODEN
- 22 Across: Martinique mount (5)
- PELEE
- 23 Across: Pisces neighbor (5)
- CETUS
- 24 Across: German hall (4)
- AULA
- 25 Across: LIONS, TIGERS, BEARS, etc.? (12)
- ALLOFTHEWILD
- 27 Across: BEAUTICIAN? (10)
- HAIRPERSON
- 29 Across: Golfer's gadget (3)
- TEE
- 30 Across: Mandarin, e.g. (6)
- ORANGE
- 31 Across: Corrals (4)
- PENS
- 32 Across: Chewed the scenery (6)
- EMOTED
- 33 Across: Lee or Starr (6)
- BRENDA
- 34 Across: Separate (5)
- APART
- 36 Across: Anti (3)
- CON
- 37 Across: Sourdough's concern (5)
- CLAIM
- 40 Across: Wicker's "A ___ Die" (6)
- TIMETO
- 42 Across: Arranges in twos (8)
- PAIRSOFF
- 47 Across: Shoots the breeze (4)
- RAPS
- 48 Across: BARD'S LAMENT? (14)
- RIMEDOESNOTPAY
- 52 Across: Fla. neighbor (3)
- ALA
- 53 Across: Away from the wind (4)
- ALEE
- 54 Across: Número ___ (3)
- UNO
- 55 Across: Airfield at Paris (4)
- ORLY
- 56 Across: Otaria member (4)
- SEAL
- 57 Across: Winter Palace resident (4)
- TSAR
- 58 Across: Political birds of a feather (4)
- BLOC
- 59 Across: Spanish painter called "El Divino": 16th century (7)
- MORALES
- 61 Across: Evergreen (3)
- FIR
- 62 Across: Londoner's quart (5)
- LITRE
- 63 Across: Astern, to Drake (4)
- BAFT
- 64 Across: Headland (3)
- RAS
- 65 Across: Former Congolese prime minister (4)
- ILEO
- 66 Across: Top kicks (6)
- SARGES
- 67 Across: Sch. subject (3)
- ENG
- 68 Across: AGED BODY PART? (11)
- OLDSHOULDER
- 73 Across: "Close ___," pop song (5)
- TOYOU
- 74 Across: "Rock ___" (6)
- OFAGES
- 76 Across: Hurdles for would-be Ph.D.'s (5)
- ORALS
- 77 Across: Richardson heroine (6)
- PAMELA
- 78 Across: External (5)
- OUTER
- 79 Across: MONGOOSE? (11)
- SNAKEHARMER
- 81 Across: Circular: Abbr. (3)
- RND
- 84 Across: Core groups (6)
- CADRES
- 86 Across: Derr Biggers hero (4)
- CHAN
- 87 Across: Corded fabric (3)
- REP
- 88 Across: Date of Columbus's last voyage (4)
- MDII
- 89 Across: A Mousquetaire (5)
- ATHOS
- 90 Across: ___ Cruces (3)
- LAS
- 91 Across: Too full (7)
- STUFFED
- 95 Across: Grapevine disease (4)
- ESCA
- 96 Across: Heath for Heathcliff (4)
- MOOR
- 97 Across: Silvers or Harris (4)
- PHIL
- 99 Across: Sough (4)
- MOAN
- 100 Across: Parseghian (3)
- ARA
- 101 Across: Preacher's sign-off (4)
- AMEN
- 102 Across: Kind of song (3)
- POP
- 103 Across: READY FOR EVEREST? (14)
- MOUNTAINLIMBER
- 106 Across: Zola heroine (4)
- NANA
- 107 Across: Speed up (8)
- STEPONIT
- 109 Across: ___-order (tailored) (6)
- MADETO
- 110 Across: Trigonometry ratios (5)
- SINES
- 111 Across: High, in music (3)
- ALT
- 112 Across: Greek communes (5)
- DEMES
- 113 Across: Indulge in forensics (6)
- DEBATE
- 117 Across: Fruity cocktail (6)
- MAITAI
- 120 Across: "___ soit . . . " (4)
- HONI
- 121 Across: Love song (6)
- SERENA
- 122 Across: Nonpro athletes' assoc. (3)
- AAU
- 125 Across: SCRIPT DIRECTION FOR SALLY? (10)
- ENTERFIELD
- 127 Across: MUSIC, SCULPTURE, PLUS LOTS MORE? (12)
- ARTSANDRAFTS
- 130 Across: "Rome of Hungary" (4)
- EGER
- 131 Across: Power in "Star Wars" (5)
- FORCE
- 132 Across: Billy and nanny (5)
- GOATS
- 133 Across: Tell (6)
- RELATE
- 134 Across: Hyson and oopak (4)
- TEAS
- 135 Across: Staid (5)
- SOBER
- 136 Across: Pastrami order, often (5)
- ONRYE
- 137 Across: Douay Bible's Ezra (6)
- ESDRAS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Catch a fly (4)
- SWAT
- 2 Down: Enameled metalware (4)
- TOLE
- 3 Down: Function (4)
- ROLE
- 4 Down: Marriage words (3)
- IDO
- 5 Down: Spoil the shape of (6)
- DEFORM
- 6 Down: ___ nous (5)
- ENTRE
- 7 Down: Topple (5)
- UPEND
- 8 Down: Former London prison (7)
- NEWGATE
- 9 Down: " . . . sin to tell ___" (4)
- ALIE
- 10 Down: Bro. or sis. (3)
- REL
- 11 Down: Fly type, for short (3)
- MED
- 12 Down: Charon's river (7)
- ACHERON
- 13 Down: Intended (5)
- MEANT
- 14 Down: 'Tis, in toto (4)
- ITIS
- 15 Down: Mongrel (3)
- CUR
- 16 Down: Outstanding (8)
- ESPECIAL
- 17 Down: Cuts of beef (6)
- BARONS
- 18 Down: Concupiscence (4)
- LUST
- 19 Down: Lily plant (4)
- ALOE
- 20 Down: Alexander's men (4)
- BAND
- 26 Down: Chinese dynasty: 202 B.C.–A.D. 220 (3)
- HAN
- 28 Down: Atlanta university (5)
- EMORY
- 31 Down: Fall guy (5)
- PATSY
- 33 Down: Do a lab division (6)
- BISECT
- 34 Down: Love, in Livorno (5)
- AMORE
- 35 Down: Decorticates (5)
- PEELS
- 37 Down: He played Tarzan (6)
- CRABBE
- 38 Down: Lowland, to a laird (6)
- LALLAN
- 39 Down: OPTIMISTIC ORANGUTAN? (13)
- APEOFGOODHOPE
- 41 Down: Golden calf, e.g. (4)
- IDOL
- 42 Down: Feather: Comb. form (5)
- PTERO
- 43 Down: U.S. druggists' org. (3)
- APA
- 44 Down: KILN DEFENDER? (13)
- OASTGUARDSMAN
- 45 Down: Fusee (5)
- FLARE
- 46 Down: Cabbie's arithmetic (5)
- FARES
- 48 Down: Molasses distillate (3)
- RUM
- 49 Down: Arranged neatly (7)
- INORDER
- 50 Down: Quagmire (6)
- MORASS
- 51 Down: Willow (5)
- OSIER
- 57 Down: Alpine region (5)
- TIROL
- 60 Down: Cinder (3)
- ASH
- 61 Down: "The Way of All ___" (5)
- FLESH
- 62 Down: Hen (5)
- LAYER
- 65 Down: Otiose (4)
- IDLE
- 66 Down: Indefinite amount (4)
- SOME
- 68 Down: She wrote "Angel of Light" (5)
- OATES
- 69 Down: Sweater sizes: Abbr. (4)
- LGES
- 70 Down: Namesakes of Chaplin's widow (5)
- OONAS
- 71 Down: Monitor lizard (4)
- URAN
- 72 Down: "Mighty ___ a Rose" (3)
- LAK
- 73 Down: Finnish city (7)
- TAMPERE
- 75 Down: Rage (5)
- FUROR
- 77 Down: Assembly-line house (6)
- PREFAB
- 79 Down: Commandment word (5)
- SHALT
- 80 Down: Sandy's plaint (3)
- ARF
- 82 Down: ___ Councils (A.D. 325 and 787) (6)
- NICENE
- 83 Down: Ross and Dors (6)
- DIANAS
- 84 Down: Bivouacs (5)
- CAMPS
- 85 Down: Go on ___ (make merry) (5)
- ATOOT
- 86 Down: Actor Eastwood (5)
- CLINT
- 88 Down: Villain (6)
- MEANIE
- 91 Down: Meteorologist's device (5)
- SONDE
- 92 Down: Dinesen products (5)
- TALES
- 93 Down: Module (4)
- UNIT
- 94 Down: Nabokov novel (3)
- DAR
- 97 Down: Bishops (8)
- PONTIFFS
- 98 Down: Chinese secret society (3)
- HUI
- 99 Down: Don Shula's team (5)
- MIAMI
- 103 Down: Bicuspid's neighbor (5)
- MOLAR
- 104 Down: Editor, at times (7)
- AMENDER
- 105 Down: Decorum (7)
- MODESTY
- 108 Down: Eton boys' parents (6)
- PATERS
- 110 Down: Goggles (6)
- STARES
- 112 Down: Musically smooth (5)
- DOLCE
- 114 Down: Rub out (5)
- ERASE
- 115 Down: London's Big ___ (3)
- BEN
- 116 Down: Conductor Previn (5)
- ANDRE
- 117 Down: Track event (4)
- MEET
- 118 Down: Cherbourg cherub (4)
- ANGE
- 119 Down: Graceful tree (4)
- ITEA
- 120 Down: Thyme or sage (4)
- HERB
- 121 Down: Sirius or Mizar (4)
- STAR
- 122 Down: At a distance (4)
- AFAR
- 123 Down: "___ boy!" (4)
- ATTA
- 124 Down: Employs (4)
- USES
- 126 Down: Five score (3)
- IOO
- 127 Down: In the past (3)
- AGO
- 128 Down: Nessen or Ziegler (3)
- RON
- 129 Down: Borough council rep. (3)
- ALD
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