BREAKFAST TIME - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 4/17/1983. By Mel Rosen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Milquetoast (6): CASPAR
7 Across: Caesar, for one (5): SALAD
12 Across: Trooper's beam (5): RADAR
17 Across: Rainbows (4): ARCS
21 Across: Have high hopes (6): ASPIRE
22 Across: Inspiration for Sappho (5): ERATO
23 Across: Accustom (5): ENURE
24 Across: Hat-trick component (4): GOAL
25 Across: Bacon (23): SHAKESPEARECONTEMPORARY
29 Across: Adjust, in a way (4): TUNE
30 Across: Whittier's feet (5): IAMBS
31 Across: Ways to go, shortly (4): RTES
32 Across: Card game (6): ECARTE
33 Across: Work unit (3): ERG
34 Across: Old thralls (5): ESNES
35 Across: Shop tool (4): VISE
37 Across: Greek letter (3): TAU
38 Across: Georgia Tech grads (3): EES
39 Across: Comic actor Jacques (4): TATI
40 Across: Printer's mach. (4): LINO
41 Across: Relative of nifty (5): SWELL
43 Across: Rachel Carson target (3): DDT
44 Across: Waffles (20): EQUIVOCATESONANISSUE
51 Across: Salazar or Roe (6): RUNNER
52 Across: He thought up "The Thinker" (5): RODIN
53 Across: Golfer Tommy (4): BOLT
54 Across: Word with shod or stream (4): SLIP
57 Across: Professional staff (5): AIDES
58 Across: Ostrich or emu (6): RATITE
59 Across: Suffixes for dull and tank (4): ARDS
60 Across: ___-Penh, Cambodia (4): PNOM
62 Across: Tuxedo accessory (4): STUD
63 Across: Tea carrier (5): WAGON
64 Across: Conversational banality (4): ISEE
65 Across: Snacks in Sonora (5): TACOS
66 Across: Moray (3): EEL
67 Across: Chianti, per esempio (4): VINO
68 Across: More precious (5): CUTER
70 Across: "___ Fables" (6): AESOPS
71 Across: Orange Juice (19): ANICKNAMEFORSIMPSON
77 Across: Charge (6): ATTACK
79 Across: Bravery (5): VALOR
80 Across: Modernists (4): NEOS
81 Across: Blue (3): SAD
84 Across: Big Ben's voice (5): CHIME
85 Across: Wainscot (4): CEIL
86 Across: Turner and Cantrell (5): LANAS
88 Across: Longfellow town (4): ATRI
89 Across: Sitar expert Shankar (4): RAVI
90 Across: Yield (4): BEND
91 Across: Enter (6): STEPIN
93 Across: Act of 1765 (5): STAMP
94 Across: Folding money (4): TENS
96 Across: Anger, and then some (4): RAGE
97 Across: Practice (5): TRAIN
98 Across: Doughy pastries (6): SCONES
99 Across: Eggs (20): GIVESENCOURAGEMENTTO
103 Across: ___ <em>favor</em> (3): POR
106 Across: Paid honor to (5): FETED
107 Across: The last word (4): AMEN
108 Across: Clementine's shoe size (4): NINE
109 Across: Dir. from Denver to Chicago (3): ENE
110 Across: Explosive stuff (3): TNT
111 Across: Gr. resistance force (4): ELAS
112 Across: Roster (5): SLATE
114 Across: Spree (3): JAG
117 Across: Imposed, as a fine (6): LEVIED
119 Across: Woodworking tool (4): ADZE
121 Across: Mr. Arden (5): ENOCH
122 Across: Geometric surface (4): CONE
123 Across: Toast (23): AWEDDINGORBANQUETSALUTE
128 Across: Nice depot (4): GARE
129 Across: ___ Jean Baker (5): NORMA
130 Across: Paints badly (5): DAUBS
131 Across: Wood sorrel (6): OXALIS
132 Across: "The ___ of Laura Mars" (4): EYES
133 Across: Disgusting (5): GROSS
134 Across: Out of order (5): AMISS
135 Across: Least experienced (6): NEWEST

Down Answers

1 Down: Social status (5): CASTE
2 Down: Assyrian's main deity (5): ASHUR
3 Down: On the mark (5): SPANG
4 Down: Freshwater game fish (4): PIKE
5 Down: Common verb (3): ARE
6 Down: Electrical device (8): RESISTOR
7 Down: "Come up and ___ sometime" (5): SEEME
8 Down: Damascenes (5): ARABS
9 Down: Papa of TV's "Mama" (4): LARS
10 Down: Homophone for eight (3): ATE
11 Down: Leader of a small septet (3): DOC
12 Down: French income (5): RENTE
13 Down: Ingredient in a pot (4): ANTE
14 Down: Club charges (4): DUES
15 Down: The law's is long (3): ARM
16 Down: Retracts an act (7): REPEALS
17 Down: Taj Mahal site (4): AGRA
18 Down: Complained like Simba (6): ROARED
19 Down: Used a dray (6): CARTED
20 Down: Most sneaky (6): SLYEST
26 Down: Kind of button (5): PANIC
27 Down: Bean produced in Burlington (5): ORSON
28 Down: ___ mundi (opal) (6): OCULUS
34 Down: Mansard extensions (5): EAVES
35 Down: Call (5): VISIT
36 Down: ___ fell swoop (5): INONE
37 Down: Dick and Schick (5): TESTS
39 Down: Like a harrow (5): TINED
40 Down: Ushered (5): LEDIN
41 Down: Creators of dins at inns (7): SNORERS
42 Down: Author of "The Happy Prince" (5): WILDE
44 Down: Take out (5): ERASE
45 Down: Entirely (5): QUITE
46 Down: Wavy (10): UNDULATIVE
47 Down: Part of Spain (6): ARAGON
48 Down: Dorothy's dog (4): TOTO
49 Down: Shame is his game (6): ABASER
50 Down: Fort Bliss site (6): ELPASO
55 Down: Fickle (10): INCONSTANT
56 Down: Kind of deck (4): POOP
58 Down: Luxuriant (4): RANK
61 Down: Pileup for an ed. (3): MSS
63 Down: Oil-lamp feature (4): WICK
64 Down: "Like ___ not" (4): ITOR
65 Down: Oscar nominee: 1981 (4): TESS
67 Down: Sermon subject (4): VICE
68 Down: Zygote (4): CELL
69 Down: Sci-fi vehicle (3): UFO
70 Down: Mil. addresses (4): APOS
72 Down: Christening activity (6): NAMING
73 Down: Got even (7): AVENGED
74 Down: Winless race horse (6): MAIDEN
75 Down: Result of six outs (6): INNING
76 Down: Base; average (4): MEAN
77 Down: Summit: Comb. form (3): ACR
78 Down: "___ is the question" (4): THAT
82 Down: Medieval helmet (5): ARMET
83 Down: Kind of maniac (5): DIPSO
85 Down: Put an end to (5): CEASE
86 Down: Master (5): LEARN
87 Down: Capital of Western Samoa (4): APIA
88 Down: Make amends (5): ATONE
90 Down: An M.V.P. in 1980 (5): BRETT
91 Down: Leaf pore (5): STOMA
92 Down: Puts in line (5): TRUES
93 Down: Postcard feature (5): SCENE
95 Down: Examined and filtered (6): SIFTED
98 Down: Founder of a D.C. institute (8): SMITHSON
100 Down: Kind of machine (7): VENDING
101 Down: Biblical spy (5): CALEB
102 Down: Pass a bill (5): ENACT
103 Down: Animal fur (6): PELAGE
104 Down: Arrowed street sign (6): ONEWAY
105 Down: Put on a pedestal (6): REVERE
111 Down: Pound and Stone (5): EZRAS
112 Down: Setdowns (5): SNUBS
113 Down: Fine-grained soil (5): LOESS
114 Down: Unit of energy (5): JOULE
115 Down: Those opposed (5): ANTIS
116 Down: Decayed-rock material (5): GEEST
118 Down: April 13, e.g. (4): IDES
119 Down: Sour, in Salerno (4): AGRO
120 Down: Portuguese titles (4): DOMS
121 Down: Word form with distant (4): EQUI
122 Down: Kind of hammer (4): CLAW
124 Down: Negative connective (3): NOR
125 Down: Nabokov novel (3): ADA
126 Down: Where some vets fought (3): NAM
127 Down: Lizzie Borden's weapon (3): AXE

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