WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 6/12/1983. By Warren W. Reich.

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Across Answers

1 Across: ___ gin fizz (5): RAMOS
6 Across: Plant fibers (6): SISALS
12 Across: "I'll Walk ___" (5): ALONE
17 Across: Bard's product (4): POEM
21 Across: Soprano Lucine (5): AMARA
22 Across: Ammonia compounds (6): IMINES
23 Across: A.L. team, for short (5): BOSOX
24 Across: Vedic fire god (4): AGNI
25 Across: Standing measure? (12): PARKINGMETER
27 Across: Egg-shaped (5): OVATE
28 Across: One of three squares (4): MEAL
29 Across: "___ Walks in Beauty" (3): SHE
30 Across: John McGraw was one (7): MANAGER
31 Across: Pope's eight quarts? (11): GREGORYPECK
33 Across: Makes amends (6): ATONES
34 Across: Other, in Auteuil (5): AUTRE
35 Across: Warm and snug (6): TOASTY
36 Across: Sage field? (8): WISEACRE
40 Across: Gardner (4): ERLE
41 Across: Common Vatican name (4): PIUS
42 Across: Early Cuzco citizen (4): INCA
43 Across: Coil (4): HANK
45 Across: Lustrous length? (9): GOLDENROD
48 Across: Patriots' org. (3): AFC
51 Across: Side nuisance (5): THORN
53 Across: Touches of color (6): TINGES
55 Across: Crazy one (4): LOON
56 Across: Town in Normandy (4): STLO
57 Across: Bareheaded (7): HATLESS
60 Across: Ribbed fabric (3): REP
61 Across: Range of frequencies (4): BAND
62 Across: Western resort area (5): TAHOE
63 Across: Cockney tailor's infernal measure? (3): ELL
64 Across: Extinct measure for a roll of cloth? (8): DEADBOLT
67 Across: Compass pt. (3): ENE
68 Across: Ranted (6): RAILED
69 Across: Bring up (4): REAR
71 Across: Chinese port (4): AMOY
72 Across: Hungarian national hero (5): ARPAD
74 Across: Southern beauties (6): BELLES
75 Across: Patriarch (6): NESTOR
77 Across: Quarterback, at times (5): SNEAK
78 Across: Von Braun specialty (6): ROCKET
79 Across: Whirlpools (6): EDDIES
80 Across: Japanese sword (5): CATAN
81 Across: ___ qua non (4): SINE
82 Across: Dexterous (4): DEFT
85 Across: O'Neill's "___ the Horizon" (6): BEYOND
86 Across: Chinese dynasty (3): HAN
87 Across: Setter's weight? (8): DOGPOUND
90 Across: Kind of dye (3): SRA
91 Across: Sky: Comb. form (5): URANO
92 Across: Fortune's partner (4): FAME
93 Across: "Vive le ___!" (3): ROI
94 Across: Reporter, e.g. (7): STAFFER
96 Across: Trunk item (4): TIRE
97 Across: Uncover (4): BARE
98 Across: John Jacob Astor, for one (6): TRADER
101 Across: Spot for birds (5): ROOST
102 Across: British letter (3): ZED
103 Across: Medium weight? (9): RADIOGRAM
105 Across: ___-majesté (4): LESE
108 Across: Portuguese cape (4): ROCA
109 Across: Soviet news source (4): TASS
110 Across: "Arrivederci ___" (4): ROMA
111 Across: Board weight? (8): PLANKTON
113 Across: Oyster pond (6): CLAIRE
116 Across: Actor Walter and family (5): ABELS
118 Across: NCO's command (6): ATEASE
120 Across: Gun measure? (11): RIFLEBARREL
122 Across: Whining person (7): BLEATER
123 Across: Scroll repository (3): ARK
126 Across: Measurement standard (4): UNIT
127 Across: Pale as a ghost (5): ASHEN
128 Across: Short measure? (12): LITTLELEAGUE
130 Across: Only (4): MERE
131 Across: Part of AWOL (5): LEAVE
132 Across: Branding iron (6): SEARER
133 Across: Calabrian's land (5): ITALY
134 Across: ___-in-the-bone (4): BRED
135 Across: Procrastinator's word (5): LATER
136 Across: Trinities (6): TRIADS
137 Across: Bells the cat (5): DARES

Down Answers

1 Down: Knocks (4): RAPS
2 Down: Nanking nursemaid (4): AMAH
3 Down: Grown-up filly (4): MARE
4 Down: Mork's planet (3): ORK
5 Down: Finnish lake (6): SAIMAA
6 Down: Title for Loren (7): SIGNORA
7 Down: Intrinsic (8): IMMANENT
8 Down: Rossini's "The ___ of Corinth" (5): SIEGE
9 Down: Puts in at a table (5): ANTES
10 Down: Wanton look (4): LEER
11 Down: Kazakh, e.g. (3): SSR
12 Down: Canceled a space flight (7): ABORTED
13 Down: Casanova (5): LOVER
14 Down: Kind of orange (5): OSAGE
15 Down: Well-known, in Napoli (4): NOTO
16 Down: Laborious effort (8): EXERTION
17 Down: Gaucho's milieu (6): PAMPAS
18 Down: Moldings (5): OGEES
19 Down: Perform (5): ENACT
20 Down: ___ Way (5): MILKY
26 Down: Of course: Slang (5): NATCH
31 Down: Mews (5): GULLS
32 Down: Berlin's "___ Be Surprised" (4): YOUD
34 Down: Islands off New Guinea (4): AROE
36 Down: Shrivel (6): WITHER
37 Down: Sniff (6): INHALE
38 Down: Some distance north of England? (12): SCOTLANDYARD
39 Down: ___ of Sandwich (4): EARL
40 Down: Moussaka ingredient (8): EGGPLANT
41 Down: Incite (4): PROD
44 Down: Durward from Ky. (5): KIRBY
46 Down: Antelope (5): ELAND
47 Down: Word for the 1940 Olympics (4): NONE
48 Down: Small gain to Tony Dorsett? (12): ATHLETESFOOT
49 Down: Icy sheets (5): FLOES
50 Down: Like some dorms (4): COED
52 Down: Browning's "___ Bratts" (3): NED
54 Down: Avant-gardist (3): NEO
56 Down: Used a cat (6): SAILED
58 Down: Installed in office (6): SEATED
59 Down: Greek island (5): SAMOS
61 Down: Bill (4): BEAK
62 Down: Substitute for action (4): TALK
65 Down: Buzzing bug (3): DOR
66 Down: Word on a 1775 flag (5): TREAD
68 Down: Fresh (6): RECENT
70 Down: Changed, as décor (6): REDONE
73 Down: View from a tower (8): PANORAMA
74 Down: Something extra (5): BONUS
76 Down: Chinese: Comb. form (4): SINO
77 Down: Compos mentis (4): SANE
78 Down: ___ Bravo (3): RIO
79 Down: Creepy (5): EERIE
80 Down: Small role (5): CAMEO
81 Down: Sales pitch (5): SPIEL
83 Down: "The Creation of Adam," for one (6): FRESCO
84 Down: Black Watch garb (6): TARTAN
85 Down: Sec. of Agriculture: 1971–76 (4): BUTZ
86 Down: Spy name (4): HARI
88 Down: Word with hood or head (3): GOD
89 Down: Women's org. founded in 1890 (3): DAR
92 Down: Fashions (4): FADS
95 Down: Bisect (4): FORK
97 Down: Clubs on diamonds phenomenon (8): BASEBALL
98 Down: Sing lustily (5): TROLL
99 Down: Los Angeles team (4): RAMS
100 Down: Canceled (8): REPEALED
103 Down: Adjective for cerium (4): RARE
104 Down: Like the neighbor's grass (7): GREENER
106 Down: Severe critics (7): SLATERS
107 Down: Item for Hurd (5): EASEL
109 Down: Inclined (6): TILTED
112 Down: Thetis, e.g. (6): NEREID
113 Down: Bit (5): CRUMB
114 Down: Grease pencil (5): LINER
115 Down: Flaming (5): AFIRE
116 Down: Buddhist monk (5): ARHAT
117 Down: Musical note (5): BREVE
118 Down: Asian range (5): ALTAI
119 Down: Small aquarium fish (5): TETRA
121 Down: On a cruise (4): ASEA
122 Down: Oktoberfest quaff (4): BIER
123 Down: Culture medium (4): AGAR
124 Down: Measuring device (4): RULE
125 Down: Florida features (4): KEYS
128 Down: D-day craft (3): LST
129 Down: ___ loss (3): ATA

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