WORDPLAY'S THE THING - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 6/19/1983. By Arnold Moss.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Flower plots (4)
- BEDS
- 5 Across: Snares (4)
- GINS
- 9 Across: Paterfamilias (4)
- SIRE
- 13 Across: Birthright salesman (4)
- ESAU
- 17 Across: Ambler or Knight (4)
- ERIC
- 18 Across: W.W. II beach (5)
- OMAHA
- 20 Across: Chemical compounds (5)
- ENOLS
- 22 Across: Cuckoo (4)
- NUTS
- 23 Across: Wood strip (4)
- LATH
- 24 Across: Belly dancer's movement? (11)
- NAVALTACTIC
- 26 Across: W.W. I admiral (4)
- SPEE
- 27 Across: Acropolis resident (6)
- ATHENE
- 29 Across: "Measure for Measure" constable (5)
- ELBOW
- 30 Across: Crusaders' foes (8)
- SARACENS
- 32 Across: Mythical Norse giant (4)
- YMIR
- 33 Across: Albacore and bluefin (5)
- TUNAS
- 35 Across: Lethargy (5)
- SOPOR
- 36 Across: Miserly (8)
- SCRAPING
- 40 Across: Liquifies (5)
- MELTS
- 42 Across: Memorable esthetic dancer (6)
- DUNCAN
- 45 Across: ___ carte (3)
- ALA
- 46 Across: A.k.a. (5)
- ALIAS
- 48 Across: "Sore labour's bath": Shak (5)
- SLEEP
- 50 Across: ___ Flow (5)
- SCAPA
- 51 Across: Incline (4)
- RAMP
- 53 Across: An iris, for short (4)
- GLAD
- 55 Across: What Shankar plays (5)
- SITAR
- 57 Across: Makes a boo-boo (4)
- ERRS
- 58 Across: ___ vitae (5)
- ARBOR
- 60 Across: Toast starter (5)
- HERES
- 62 Across: Peter and a Wolfe (5)
- NEROS
- 64 Across: Actress Scala (3)
- GIA
- 65 Across: Like the worst of gossips (7)
- NOSIEST
- 67 Across: Templeton (4)
- ALEC
- 69 Across: Deli item (7)
- RYEROLL
- 71 Across: Appear (4)
- SEEM
- 72 Across: Auditioned (5)
- HEARD
- 74 Across: Plummer role (4)
- IAGO
- 75 Across: Bright star in Auriga (7)
- CAPELLA
- 78 Across: Slammer (4)
- STIR
- 79 Across: Alumni groups (7)
- CLASSES
- 83 Across: Brugg's river (3)
- AAR
- 84 Across: Semiprecious stones (5)
- SARDS
- 87 Across: An oil man (5)
- OMANI
- 89 Across: Take a case to a higher court (5)
- RETRY
- 90 Across: Bolster (4)
- PROP
- 92 Across: Laughton role in 1953 (5)
- HEROD
- 94 Across: Site of Vance A.F.B. (4)
- ENID
- 95 Across: Luxembourg neighbor (4)
- SAAR
- 96 Across: Gowns, in Granada (5)
- ROPAS
- 98 Across: Kind of resistance (5)
- SALES
- 100 Across: Tumbler (5)
- GLASS
- 103 Across: Heat meas. (3)
- BTU
- 104 Across: Stagnating (6)
- INARUT
- 106 Across: Lithium, e.g. (5)
- METAL
- 108 Across: Twaddle (8)
- SLIPSLOP
- 110 Across: Scale (5)
- GAMUT
- 112 Across: Where matzohs are eaten (5)
- SEDER
- 114 Across: Dinesen product (4)
- TALE
- 115 Across: Sea-ears (8)
- ABALONES
- 118 Across: Sensations (5)
- RAGES
- 120 Across: Some steamers (6)
- TRAMPS
- 123 Across: Grant or Lee: Abbr. (4)
- GENL
- 124 Across: What Juno saw with? (11)
- IMMORTALIZE
- 127 Across: Secular (4)
- LAIC
- 128 Across: Mahler's "Das Lied von der ___" (4)
- ERDE
- 129 Across: Germ cell (5)
- SPORE
- 130 Across: European quart (5)
- LITER
- 131 Across: Kahn or Preminger (4)
- OTTO
- 132 Across: Lat. catchall (4)
- ETAL
- 133 Across: Mild expletive (4)
- EGAD
- 134 Across: Passing grades (4)
- CEES
- 135 Across: Gist (4)
- MEAT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Bartók (4)
- BELA
- 2 Down: Eram, eras, ___ (4)
- ERAT
- 3 Down: Lisping shepherd's giddy male sheep? (10)
- DITHYRAMBS
- 4 Down: Outline (6)
- SCHEMA
- 5 Down: Albany's wife (7)
- GONERIL
- 6 Down: "___ Dreamer . . . " (3)
- IMA
- 7 Down: Cathedral part (4)
- NAVE
- 8 Down: Commandments word (5)
- SHALT
- 9 Down: Breakwaters (8)
- SEAWALLS
- 10 Down: "Airways, ___": Dos Passos (3)
- INC
- 11 Down: Decomposes (4)
- ROTS
- 12 Down: Inventor Howe (5)
- ELIAS
- 13 Down: Place securely (8)
- ENSCONCE
- 14 Down: Shipload of gold ingots? (10)
- SUPERCARGO
- 15 Down: Egyptian symbol (4)
- ATEN
- 16 Down: Functions (4)
- USES
- 19 Down: Stamp book (5)
- ALBUM
- 21 Down: Boston fish (5)
- SCROD
- 25 Down: Flat and sharp (5)
- TONES
- 28 Down: E. Indian palm (4)
- NIPA
- 31 Down: Bird of Paradise constellation (4)
- APUS
- 34 Down: She wrote "Tender Buttons" (5)
- STEIN
- 36 Down: Food wrapping (5)
- SARAN
- 37 Down: Mild cigar (5)
- CLARO
- 38 Down: Female equines that run after dark? (10)
- NIGHTMARES
- 39 Down: Novelist Zona (4)
- GALE
- 41 Down: Port in S France (4)
- SETE
- 43 Down: Bliss Carman's "___ Airs" (5)
- APRIL
- 44 Down: Twangy (5)
- NASAL
- 47 Down: "The Divine ___" (5)
- SARAH
- 49 Down: Hero on the Rue de Rivoli? (10)
- PARRICIDAL
- 52 Down: Composure (5)
- POISE
- 54 Down: Strikes out (5)
- DELES
- 56 Down: George Brett, e.g. (5)
- ROYAL
- 59 Down: Fishing devices (5)
- REELS
- 61 Down: Former treaty org. (5)
- SEATO
- 63 Down: Backwoods cheroot (5)
- SEGAR
- 66 Down: Biblical word (5)
- SELAH
- 68 Down: Campaign issue (5)
- CRIME
- 70 Down: "Everything's Coming Up ___" (5)
- ROSES
- 73 Down: Sturm und ___ (5)
- DRANG
- 75 Down: ___ pants (5)
- CAPRI
- 76 Down: "The Green Pastures" role (5)
- AARON
- 77 Down: Respectable male goose? (10)
- PROPAGANDA
- 80 Down: Steadfast spouse? (10)
- STABLEMATE
- 81 Down: Love-poetry inspirer (5)
- ERATO
- 82 Down: Pancake additive (5)
- SYRUP
- 85 Down: Sixty grains (4)
- DRAM
- 86 Down: Heels' forerunners (5)
- SOLES
- 88 Down: Silents' actor Asther (4)
- NILS
- 91 Down: Match; equal (8)
- PARALLEL
- 93 Down: Hindered (8)
- DETERRED
- 97 Down: Form of wrestling (4)
- SUMO
- 99 Down: He succeeded Nasser (5)
- SADAT
- 101 Down: Brooding Rhode Island Reds (7)
- SITTERS
- 102 Down: Train in a ring (4)
- SPAR
- 105 Down: City near the ruins of Carthage (5)
- TUNIS
- 107 Down: Like some holidays (5)
- LEGAL
- 109 Down: Challenge for Stenmark (6)
- SLALOM
- 111 Down: Sun Devils' home (5)
- TEMPE
- 113 Down: Vestige (5)
- RELIC
- 115 Down: Pulitzer Prize novelist (4)
- AGEE
- 116 Down: Parks or Wheeler (4)
- BERT
- 117 Down: L.A. nuisance (4)
- SMOG
- 119 Down: Developer's concern (4)
- SITE
- 121 Down: Fiber used for cordage (4)
- PITA
- 122 Down: Burns, for one (4)
- SCOT
- 125 Down: "___ pro nobis" (3)
- ORA
- 126 Down: A B C's end (3)
- ZEE
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