A SPELL OF LETTERS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 4/24/1983. By Alfio Micci.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Name in an Inge title (5)
- SHEBA
- 6 Across: Lawmaker (5)
- SOLON
- 11 Across: Highland precipitation (3)
- SNA
- 14 Across: Shampoo additive (3)
- EGG
- 17 Across: Macho types (5)
- HEMEN
- 18 Across: Justify (5)
- PROVE
- 19 Across: Erudite (9)
- SCHOLARLY
- 22 Across: Party giver's req. (11)
- ARESSVEEPEE
- 24 Across: G.I. garb (9)
- OLIVEDRAB
- 25 Across: Metrist (4)
- POET
- 26 Across: Unambitious one (5)
- IDLER
- 27 Across: "Giselle" composer (4)
- ADAM
- 28 Across: Ninny (5)
- GOOSE
- 29 Across: Matriculate (6)
- ENROLL
- 31 Across: Truman's birthplace (5)
- LAMAR
- 33 Across: Batters (5)
- MAULS
- 34 Across: Youth org. (9)
- WYEEMCEEA
- 38 Across: Commuters' haven (5)
- EXURB
- 40 Across: Bright stars that fade (5)
- NOVAE
- 43 Across: Rice dish (5)
- PILAF
- 44 Across: Poisonous Tibetan plant (4)
- ATIS
- 45 Across: Skulk (4)
- LURK
- 49 Across: "Green Mansions" hero (4)
- ABEL
- 50 Across: Alit (6)
- GOTOFF
- 51 Across: Loretta of "M*A*S*H" (4)
- SWIT
- 52 Across: Pa. port (4)
- ERIE
- 53 Across: Hubbub (3)
- DIN
- 54 Across: Well-known (5)
- FAMED
- 55 Across: Bones, in Bologna (4)
- OSSI
- 57 Across: Nonsense (5)
- FUDGE
- 58 Across: A Kennedy Center honoree (7)
- ASTAIRE
- 60 Across: River of song (5)
- AFTON
- 61 Across: Crow, e.g. (6)
- SIOUAN
- 62 Across: Rights org. (15)
- ENDOUBLEACEEPEE
- 66 Across: Singer Smith (6)
- BESSIE
- 69 Across: Tolls (5)
- PEALS
- 70 Across: A Carter (7)
- LILLIAN
- 74 Across: At ___ (bewildered) (5)
- ALOSS
- 75 Across: Playground for Pierre (4)
- PARC
- 76 Across: Cooking direction (5)
- BLEND
- 78 Across: Corrida shout (3)
- OLE
- 79 Across: Use shears (4)
- CLIP
- 80 Across: Little, for one (4)
- APER
- 82 Across: Plaza moppet (6)
- ELOISE
- 84 Across: Argument (4)
- PLEA
- 85 Across: Cabbage variety (4)
- KALE
- 86 Across: Wood quantity (4)
- CORD
- 87 Across: Bridge positions (5)
- EASTS
- 88 Across: Upright (5)
- ERECT
- 89 Across: Moral (5)
- ETHIC
- 91 Across: Govt. agency (9)
- AITCHUDEE
- 93 Across: Buckle (5)
- TACHE
- 95 Across: ___ Soleil (Louis XIV) (5)
- LEROI
- 97 Across: Eloquent one (6)
- ORATOR
- 101 Across: Copland ballet (5)
- RODEO
- 102 Across: Ardent (4)
- WARM
- 103 Across: Himalayan land (5)
- NEPAL
- 107 Across: Long vestment (4)
- COPE
- 108 Across: Highway feature (9)
- UNDERPASS
- 110 Across: Doctoral deg. (11)
- PEEAITCHDEE
- 112 Across: Garnished, N Italian style (9)
- MILANAISE
- 113 Across: Baseball statistic (5)
- ERROR
- 114 Across: Examined judicially (5)
- HEARD
- 115 Across: "The Gold Bug" author (3)
- POE
- 116 Across: Brynner (3)
- YUL
- 117 Across: Together (5)
- ASONE
- 118 Across: Caucasians (5)
- ARYAS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Mold (5)
- SHAPE
- 2 Down: Bittern's kin (5)
- HERON
- 3 Down: Moslem prince (5)
- EMEER
- 4 Down: Gift (8)
- BESTOWAL
- 5 Down: Reply to a ques. (3)
- ANS
- 6 Down: Tore (4)
- SPED
- 7 Down: City on the Oka (4)
- OREL
- 8 Down: Easy stride (4)
- LOPE
- 9 Down: Page's other side (8)
- OVERLEAF
- 10 Down: Formerly named (3)
- NEE
- 11 Down: Wedge (4)
- SHIM
- 12 Down: Fall mo. (3)
- NOV
- 13 Down: Sour brew (6)
- ALEGAR
- 14 Down: Flynn or Fauntleroy (5)
- ERROL
- 15 Down: Word with spy or hour (5)
- GLASS
- 16 Down: Agree: Var. (4)
- GYBE
- 19 Down: Fountain treat (4)
- SODA
- 20 Down: Dark-red color (10)
- CLARETWINE
- 21 Down: Mil. truant (11)
- ADOUBLEUOEL
- 23 Down: Unspeakable (4)
- VILE
- 27 Down: "Today I ___ man" (3)
- AMA
- 30 Down: Soap ingredient (3)
- LYE
- 32 Down: Workers' org. (13)
- AEFFOFELCEEIO
- 33 Down: Requirement (4)
- MUST
- 35 Down: Monte ___, Ischia (6)
- EPOMEO
- 36 Down: Arachnid (4)
- MITE
- 37 Down: Dull person (4)
- CLOD
- 39 Down: Clock numeral (3)
- XII
- 40 Down: Nothing, in Navarra (4)
- NADA
- 41 Down: Cummerbunds of a sort (4)
- OBIS
- 42 Down: Opening (4)
- VENT
- 44 Down: Soc. (5)
- ASSOC
- 46 Down: Hindustani language (4)
- URDU
- 47 Down: Latvian port (4)
- RIGA
- 48 Down: Wail (4)
- KEEN
- 50 Down: Avant-___ (5)
- GARDE
- 54 Down: The end (5)
- FINIS
- 56 Down: RR stops (4)
- STAS
- 57 Down: Cyrus or Sally (5)
- FIELD
- 59 Down: Humane org. (11)
- AESSPEECEEA
- 60 Down: Winged (4)
- ALAR
- 61 Down: Backbone (5)
- SPINE
- 63 Down: Elitist (10)
- UPPERCLASS
- 64 Down: Defy (5)
- BEARD
- 65 Down: Baton Rouge inst. (6)
- ELESSU
- 66 Down: Support (4)
- BACK
- 67 Down: Singer Logan (4)
- ELLA
- 68 Down: Besmirch (4)
- SOIL
- 71 Down: Hercules captured her (4)
- IOLE
- 72 Down: Templeton or Waugh (4)
- ALEC
- 73 Down: Undiluted (4)
- NEAT
- 76 Down: Autumn fruit (4)
- BOSC
- 77 Down: Stone: Comb. form (4)
- LITH
- 80 Down: Grieve (4)
- ACHE
- 81 Down: South Seas staple (3)
- POI
- 83 Down: Livy lovers, e.g. (8)
- LATINERS
- 84 Down: A Roe with a fishy pitch (8)
- PREACHER
- 88 Down: Always, poetically (3)
- EER
- 90 Down: Vexatious (6)
- THORNY
- 91 Down: Fortify (3)
- ARM
- 92 Down: Blockhead (4)
- DOLT
- 93 Down: Clown lashed by Nedda (5)
- TONIO
- 94 Down: Confuse (5)
- ADDLE
- 96 Down: Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 98 Down: Popular morning show (5)
- TODAY
- 99 Down: "Martha" or "Louise" (5)
- OPERA
- 100 Down: Orchestra section (5)
- REEDS
- 101 Down: Meat cut (4)
- RUMP
- 102 Down: Bemoan (4)
- WAIL
- 104 Down: Saarinen (4)
- EERO
- 105 Down: Peacock (4)
- PAON
- 106 Down: River at Leeds (4)
- AIRE
- 109 Down: Hawaiian sarong (3)
- PAU
- 110 Down: Kind of jacket (3)
- PEA
- 111 Down: Slangy suffix with hot or got (3)
- CHA
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