PIECEWORK - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 1/8/1984. By Richard Silvestri.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Gremlins (4)
- IMPS
- 5 Across: Something to tend (3)
- BAR
- 8 Across: Throw off course (6)
- DERAIL
- 14 Across: Put two and two together (5)
- ADDED
- 19 Across: Delhi wear (4)
- SARI
- 20 Across: Afore (3)
- ERE
- 21 Across: Make clear (6)
- EVINCE
- 22 Across: Blockade (5)
- SIEGE
- 23 Across: Very small (8)
- ATOMICAL
- 25 Across: Picked up (6)
- LIFTED
- 26 Across: Glossy fabric (5)
- SATIN
- 27 Across: Ardent supporter (6)
- VOTARY
- 28 Across: "Winnie ___ Pu" (4)
- ILLE
- 29 Across: Best (6)
- FINEST
- 30 Across: Motion picture (6)
- CINEMA
- 31 Across: S-shape molding (4)
- OGEE
- 32 Across: Ham's O.K. (5)
- ROGER
- 33 Across: Thy: Fr. (3)
- TES
- 34 Across: Ran into a doctor? (13)
- METAPHYSICIAN
- 38 Across: Whitney invention (3)
- GIN
- 41 Across: Rank (4)
- OLID
- 43 Across: Baseball's Rose (4)
- PETE
- 44 Across: Storm preceder (4)
- CALM
- 45 Across: Spacewalk, acronymically (3)
- EVA
- 46 Across: Blackthorn (4)
- SLOE
- 47 Across: At a distance (4)
- AFAR
- 49 Across: Long green (5)
- MONEY
- 50 Across: L–Q connection (4)
- MNOP
- 51 Across: Against lateral portions? (14)
- CONSIDERATIONS
- 55 Across: Canterbury headdress (5)
- MITRE
- 56 Across: Onager treading insect? (8)
- ASSONANT
- 57 Across: Ray of the screen (4)
- ALDO
- 58 Across: Stylish (6)
- CLASSY
- 60 Across: Sight from a crow's-nest (4)
- LAND
- 61 Across: Fabrication (3)
- LIE
- 62 Across: A scoreboard listing (4)
- RUNS
- 63 Across: Grand instruments (6)
- PIANOS
- 65 Across: Ornery (4)
- MEAN
- 66 Across: Dad's track records? (8)
- PASTIMES
- 70 Across: Sidewalk scam (5)
- MONTE
- 71 Across: Finance a mind reader? (14)
- FUNDAMENTALIST
- 73 Across: Ye follower (4)
- OLDE
- 74 Across: Pennines pinnacle (5)
- CREST
- 76 Across: Rams' dams (4)
- EWES
- 77 Across: Punta del ___, Uruguay (4)
- ESTE
- 78 Across: Greek letter (3)
- TAU
- 79 Across: Name in spydom (4)
- HARI
- 80 Across: Arabian watercourse (4)
- WADI
- 82 Across: Promenade for Pericles (4)
- STOA
- 83 Across: Forage plant (3)
- ERS
- 84 Across: Restrain auto people? (13)
- REINCARNATION
- 89 Across: 45 or 78, e.g. (3)
- RPM
- 90 Across: Cornered (5)
- TREED
- 92 Across: Cutlet meat (4)
- VEAL
- 93 Across: Before secundus (6)
- PRIMUS
- 95 Across: Contract (6)
- SHRINK
- 97 Across: Filmy piece (4)
- WISP
- 98 Across: ___ a doornail (6)
- DEADAS
- 99 Across: Canvas covering (5)
- PAINT
- 100 Across: "___ of Honey" (6)
- ATASTE
- 102 Across: Pointed up (8)
- ACCENTED
- 105 Across: Clear the board (5)
- ERASE
- 106 Across: Yule airs (6)
- CAROLS
- 107 Across: Chess champion: 1960–61 (3)
- TAL
- 108 Across: Western lily (4)
- SEGO
- 109 Across: Removed from a manuscript (5)
- DELED
- 110 Across: Pamper (6)
- COSSET
- 111 Across: Half a blackjack (3)
- ACE
- 112 Across: Move cautiously (4)
- EDGE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: "The Lady ___ Tramp" (3)
- ISA
- 2 Down: Doorway accessory (3)
- MAT
- 3 Down: Golf instructor's dreams? (10)
- PROVISIONS
- 4 Down: St. Peter, originally (5)
- SIMON
- 5 Down: Developed into (6)
- BECAME
- 6 Down: Highest spot in Turkey (6)
- ARARAT
- 7 Down: Trust (4)
- RELY
- 8 Down: Great pleasure (7)
- DELIGHT
- 9 Down: Bewitching stare (7)
- EVILEYE
- 10 Down: Springfield and Mauser (6)
- RIFLES
- 11 Down: Chip in a chip (4)
- ANTE
- 12 Down: Refrigerate (3)
- ICE
- 13 Down: Took charge (3)
- LED
- 14 Down: Designate (6)
- ASSIGN
- 15 Down: Woody co-star (5)
- DIANE
- 16 Down: Discourage blokes? (10)
- DETERGENTS
- 17 Down: Auspices (4)
- EGIS
- 18 Down: Bump a Durant (4)
- DENT
- 24 Down: Agenda entry (4)
- ITEM
- 29 Down: Like surf or soap (5)
- FOAMY
- 30 Down: Orchestra section (6)
- CELLOS
- 31 Down: Where the Marxes spent a night (5)
- OPERA
- 32 Down: Get one's goat (4)
- RILE
- 33 Down: Puccini heroine (5)
- TOSCA
- 35 Down: Separated (5)
- APART
- 36 Down: Likeness: Comb. form (5)
- ICONO
- 37 Down: Gives the ax to (4)
- CANS
- 39 Down: Kind of tower (5)
- IVORY
- 40 Down: Scruff (4)
- NAPE
- 42 Down: Lifeless (8)
- DESOLATE
- 47 Down: Hersey locale (5)
- ADANO
- 48 Down: Parries (5)
- FENDS
- 49 Down: Province of Italy (6)
- MODENA
- 50 Down: SALT topic (8)
- MISSILES
- 52 Down: Nonsensical (5)
- INANE
- 53 Down: Gift (6)
- TALENT
- 54 Down: Homeric work (5)
- ILIAD
- 55 Down: Devilfish (5)
- MANTA
- 58 Down: Sleepy Hallow victim (5)
- CRANE
- 59 Down: Forbidden desires (5)
- LUSTS
- 63 Down: Diametrically opposite (5)
- POLAR
- 64 Down: Indian river test? (10)
- INDUSTRIAL
- 65 Down: Nickelodeon output (5)
- MUSIC
- 66 Down: Lapwing (5)
- PEWIT
- 67 Down: Corroded by a fine spray? (10)
- MISTRUSTED
- 68 Down: Obstructs, in law (6)
- ESTOPS
- 69 Down: Invisible vapor (5)
- STEAM
- 70 Down: Speck of dust (4)
- MOTE
- 71 Down: Seedless plant (4)
- FERN
- 72 Down: Olympics reward (5)
- MEDAL
- 74 Down: Impudence (5)
- CHEEK
- 75 Down: Commando action (4)
- RAID
- 80 Down: Try for a pin (7)
- WRESTLE
- 81 Down: Dactyl's relative (7)
- ANAPEST
- 84 Down: Was a tenant (6)
- RENTED
- 85 Down: Dispatch boats (6)
- AVISOS
- 86 Down: Creeping S.A. plant (6)
- IPECAC
- 87 Down: Delphi V.I.P. (6)
- ORACLE
- 88 Down: Pheasants' nest (4)
- NIDE
- 91 Down: Hairdresser's application (5)
- RINSE
- 94 Down: Parsonage (5)
- MANSE
- 95 Down: Made haste (4)
- SPED
- 96 Down: Tortoise's rival (4)
- HARE
- 97 Down: "Star ___" (4)
- WARS
- 98 Down: Information (4)
- DATA
- 100 Down: Banking abbr. (3)
- ACC
- 101 Down: Confucian truth (3)
- TAO
- 103 Down: It may have come first (3)
- EGG
- 104 Down: Buck's mate (3)
- DOE
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