X Y Z PAPER - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 11/13/1983. By Diana Sessions.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Fortunes (7)
- ESTATES
- 8 Across: Words on Alice's cake (5)
- EATME
- 13 Across: Squirrel or magpie (6)
- STORER
- 19 Across: Platonism subject (7)
- REALITY
- 20 Across: Visionary project (6)
- SCHEME
- 22 Across: Dorotea's dollar (6)
- PESETA
- 23 Across: Upper limit (7)
- MAXIMUM
- 24 Across: Frank Morgan role (13)
- THEWIZARDOFOZ
- 26 Across: Bon ___ (3)
- AMI
- 27 Across: Nursery item (3)
- BIB
- 28 Across: Brazilian money until 1942 (4)
- REIS
- 29 Across: A son of Cronus and Rhea (4)
- ZEUS
- 30 Across: Taylor nickname (3)
- LIZ
- 31 Across: Vibrant (8)
- RESONANT
- 33 Across: Pottery, e.g. (4)
- WARE
- 34 Across: Soccer's Edson Arantes do Nascimento (4)
- PELE
- 35 Across: Kitchen tool (5)
- DICER
- 38 Across: Dip (4)
- LADE
- 39 Across: Cicero's shorthand man (4)
- TIRO
- 40 Across: Under a strain (5)
- TAXED
- 41 Across: Eager (4)
- AGOG
- 42 Across: "___-Dee-Doo-Dah" (4)
- ZIPA
- 43 Across: True grit (4)
- SAND
- 44 Across: Albanian king: 1928–46 (4)
- ZOGI
- 45 Across: Appoint as an assistant (8)
- DEPUTIZE
- 47 Across: Color (4)
- TINT
- 48 Across: Change of residence (7)
- REMOVAL
- 51 Across: Treat nonnaturally (7)
- STYLIZE
- 52 Across: Adroitness (9)
- DEXTERITY
- 54 Across: Father of Phinehas (3)
- ELI
- 55 Across: Cutting tool (3)
- ADZ
- 56 Across: Cartago is here (9)
- COSTARICA
- 57 Across: Mum's distant cousin (4)
- GLAD
- 58 Across: Nimble (4)
- SPRY
- 60 Across: Setup for eavesdroppers (9)
- PARTYLINE
- 61 Across: Bribes (4)
- BUYS
- 62 Across: Fabric's diagonal (4)
- BIAS
- 63 Across: Adopt Teutonic customs (9)
- GERMANIZE
- 64 Across: "Sketches by ___": 1836 (3)
- BOZ
- 65 Across: Samovar (3)
- URN
- 66 Across: Dupe (9)
- VICTIMIZE
- 67 Across: Gagged (7)
- MUZZLED
- 71 Across: N.J. resort (7)
- REDBANK
- 73 Across: La ___, site of Iron Age remains (4)
- TENE
- 74 Across: Unwavering (8)
- RESOLUTE
- 75 Across: Historic Italian commune (4)
- ORIA
- 76 Across: Kind of defense (4)
- ZONE
- 77 Across: Snazzy (4)
- POSH
- 78 Across: Hindu land grant (4)
- ENAM
- 79 Across: Mind: Comb. form (5)
- PHREN
- 81 Across: "Bird thou never ___": Shelley (4)
- WERT
- 82 Across: Croaker's kin (4)
- DRUM
- 83 Across: Eurasian range (5)
- URALS
- 84 Across: Plumbum (4)
- LEAD
- 85 Across: The number called (4)
- MANY
- 86 Across: Nutritional necessities (8)
- PROTEINS
- 88 Across: Pacino and Hirt (3)
- ALS
- 89 Across: Partial: Comb. form (4)
- MERI
- 90 Across: Social group at a un. (4)
- FRAT
- 91 Across: Hosp. workers (3)
- RNS
- 92 Across: Gretzky's milieu (3)
- ICE
- 95 Across: Small Liberian animal (13)
- ZEBRAANTELOPE
- 98 Across: Think-tank specialist (7)
- IDEAMAN
- 100 Across: Consecrate (6)
- ANOINT
- 101 Across: Porky Pig's trotters (6)
- HOOVES
- 102 Across: Denmark's largest island (7)
- ZEALAND
- 103 Across: Fine wool fabric (6)
- SAXONY
- 104 Across: Bowling or trolling (5)
- SPORT
- 105 Across: Scopes (7)
- EXTENTS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Writer Bombeck (4)
- ERMA
- 2 Down: Wrinkle or ridge (4)
- SEAM
- 3 Down: Type of dancer (4)
- TAXI
- 4 Down: "Open Sesame" lad (3)
- ALI
- 5 Down: Logger's call (6)
- TIMBER
- 6 Down: Ornamental cases (5)
- ETUIS
- 7 Down: Typify (9)
- SYMBOLIZE
- 8 Down: Erik of TV (7)
- ESTRADA
- 9 Down: Part of a strawberry (6)
- ACHENE
- 10 Down: "___ Girl" (Clara Bow) (5)
- THEIT
- 11 Down: British royal stables (4)
- MEWS
- 12 Down: ___ Watanabe, Olympics figure skater (3)
- EMI
- 13 Down: Dross (5)
- SPRUE
- 14 Down: Knight and Turner (4)
- TEDS
- 15 Down: Bear: Sp. (3)
- OSO
- 16 Down: In an introspective way (11)
- REFLEXIVELY
- 17 Down: Markova was one (6)
- ETOILE
- 18 Down: Gave the bird to (6)
- RAZZED
- 21 Down: Champ between two Joes (6)
- EZZARD
- 25 Down: Baltic island (4)
- AERO
- 31 Down: Career soldiers (8)
- REGULARS
- 32 Down: Nucha (4)
- NAPE
- 33 Down: Prepare for Jack Frost (9)
- WINTERIZE
- 34 Down: Double this for a Samoan port (4)
- PAGO
- 35 Down: Pops (4)
- DADS
- 36 Down: "___ a Kick Out of You" (4)
- IGET
- 37 Down: Reproduce (4)
- COPY
- 39 Down: Torment (9)
- TANTALIZE
- 40 Down: Poe's "___ Mother" (4)
- TOMY
- 42 Down: Umph; vim; wallop (4)
- ZIZZ
- 43 Down: Mets' miraculous year (9)
- SIXTYNINE
- 44 Down: Sixth Greek letter (4)
- ZETA
- 46 Down: Antimacassar (4)
- TIDY
- 47 Down: Will (9)
- TESTAMENT
- 48 Down: Jambalaya ingredient (4)
- RICE
- 49 Down: Cry of woe (4)
- ALAS
- 50 Down: Official curb (3)
- LID
- 52 Down: Certain quarters for dollars (9)
- DORMITORY
- 53 Down: Russian hemp (4)
- RINE
- 56 Down: Sulky (4)
- CART
- 57 Down: Cars with low m.p.g. (8)
- GUZZLERS
- 58 Down: Dam's mate (4)
- SIRE
- 59 Down: Source of troubles (11)
- PANDORASBOX
- 60 Down: Large quantity (4)
- PECK
- 61 Down: Guy (4)
- BOZO
- 62 Down: Clinging weed (3)
- BUR
- 63 Down: Lollobrigida (4)
- GINA
- 64 Down: George of Washington (4)
- BUSH
- 66 Down: Fruitless (4)
- VAIN
- 67 Down: Spellbind (9)
- MESMERIZE
- 68 Down: Large moth (4)
- LUNA
- 69 Down: And elsewhere: Abbr. (4)
- ETAL
- 70 Down: Reps.' rivals (4)
- DEMS
- 72 Down: Reared (4)
- BRED
- 74 Down: Beat badly (4)
- ROUT
- 76 Down: Babbitt's home town (6)
- ZENITH
- 77 Down: Sit-in, e.g. (7)
- PROTEST
- 79 Down: Marketplaces (6)
- PLAZAS
- 80 Down: Western capital (6)
- HELENA
- 81 Down: Put on guard (4)
- WARN
- 82 Down: British dry-goods dealer (6)
- DRAPER
- 83 Down: Remove from office (6)
- UNSEAT
- 85 Down: Thought-provoking (5)
- MEATY
- 86 Down: City in Utah (5)
- PROVO
- 87 Down: Catalogue (5)
- INDEX
- 89 Down: Tonio Kröger's creator (4)
- MANN
- 90 Down: Turkey (4)
- FLOP
- 92 Down: "___ Old Cowhand" (4)
- IMAN
- 93 Down: Argot (4)
- CANT
- 94 Down: Some are tight (4)
- ENDS
- 96 Down: ___ Bravo (3)
- RIO
- 97 Down: Orion's beloved (3)
- EOS
- 99 Down: Stout (3)
- ALE
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