MATCHMAKING - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 1/29/1984. By John M. Samson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Hold (4)
- HAVE
- 5 Across: Part of T.A.E. (4)
- ALVA
- 9 Across: Final part of a pas de deux (4)
- CODA
- 13 Across: ___ pudding (5)
- HASTY
- 18 Across: Daredeviltry name (4)
- EVEL
- 19 Across: Manicurist's charge (5)
- NAILS
- 21 Across: Prognostic (4)
- OMEN
- 22 Across: Brutus's burdens (5)
- ONERA
- 23 Across: Actress-novelist match (15)
- MARLOTHOMASMANN
- 26 Across: Stair post (5)
- NEWEL
- 27 Across: Actress Stritch (6)
- ELAINE
- 28 Across: Kind of jaw (7)
- LANTERN
- 29 Across: Bunyan's Babe, e.g. (6)
- BOVINE
- 30 Across: ___ de guerre (3)
- NOM
- 31 Across: Cooking banana (4)
- SABA
- 33 Across: For shame! (3)
- TUT
- 34 Across: Progenitor (6)
- PARENT
- 35 Across: Fine point (6)
- NICETY
- 37 Across: Comedian-actress match (12)
- BOBHOPELANGE
- 40 Across: Parallel passes (8)
- LATERALS
- 42 Across: "It's ___ than you think!" (5)
- LATER
- 43 Across: Migrate (4)
- TREK
- 45 Across: Loren's birthplace (4)
- ROMA
- 46 Across: Surfeit (4)
- SATE
- 47 Across: Candied items (4)
- YAMS
- 51 Across: Biblical book (5)
- HOSEA
- 53 Across: Deadened (4)
- NUMB
- 55 Across: Excited (5)
- AFIRE
- 57 Across: Loser to Braddock: 1935 (4)
- BAER
- 59 Across: Punty (3)
- ROD
- 60 Across: 36th U.S. Pres. (3)
- LBJ
- 62 Across: He's below a marquess (4)
- EARL
- 64 Across: Dreamy composition (8)
- NOCTURNE
- 66 Across: Call ___ day (3)
- ITA
- 67 Across: Actress-tennis star match (13)
- BEAARTHURASHE
- 70 Across: Yelp (3)
- YIP
- 71 Across: Prufrock's air (8)
- LOVESONG
- 73 Across: Speck (4)
- MOTE
- 74 Across: Aristotle's Aurora (3)
- EOS
- 75 Across: Low (3)
- MOO
- 76 Across: Director Buñuel (4)
- LUIS
- 77 Across: Terra ___ (5)
- FIRMA
- 79 Across: It's made backwards? (4)
- EDAM
- 81 Across: Novae, e.g. (5)
- STARS
- 83 Across: Rec. measures (4)
- TSPS
- 85 Across: Boxer O'Grady (4)
- SEAN
- 86 Across: 500 sheets (4)
- REAM
- 88 Across: Highlands language (4)
- ERSE
- 89 Across: More frigid (5)
- ICIER
- 91 Across: Most mirthful (8)
- MERRIEST
- 93 Across: Actress-painter match (12)
- LEEGRANTWOOD
- 98 Across: Implant (6)
- INSTIL
- 100 Across: Mr. Bones (6)
- ENDMAN
- 101 Across: Apt. particulars (3)
- RMS
- 102 Across: Makes hay, in a way (4)
- TEDS
- 103 Across: Homophone of neigh (3)
- NEE
- 105 Across: Aramaic translation of the Old Testament (6)
- TARGUM
- 106 Across: Main (7)
- OPENSEA
- 109 Across: Themes (6)
- LEMMAS
- 111 Across: Anew (5)
- AGAIN
- 112 Across: Comedienne–camera bug match (15)
- GRACIEALLENFUNT
- 114 Across: Sledded at Lake Placid (5)
- LUGED
- 115 Across: Taxi (4)
- HACK
- 116 Across: Seasons lumber (5)
- DRIES
- 117 Across: Countertenor (4)
- ALTO
- 118 Across: Looks of a rake on the make (5)
- LEERS
- 119 Across: Malts (4)
- ALES
- 120 Across: New England grid team (4)
- PATS
- 121 Across: Swill (4)
- SLOP
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Herculean ones (5)
- HEMEN
- 2 Down: Arthur's island paradise (6)
- AVALON
- 3 Down: Actress-jazz musician match (14)
- VERAMILESDAVIS
- 4 Down: She outwrestled Thor (4)
- ELLI
- 5 Down: Echidna or pangolin (8)
- ANTEATER
- 6 Down: ___-de-dah (3)
- LAH
- 7 Down: Stringed instrument (5)
- VIOLA
- 8 Down: Soprano Gluck (4)
- ALMA
- 9 Down: End of an O'Neill title (6)
- COMETH
- 10 Down: Bongo of Gabon (4)
- OMAR
- 11 Down: For, in Frankfurt (4)
- DENN
- 12 Down: Actress Sheridan (3)
- ANN
- 13 Down: Type of degree (8)
- HONORARY
- 14 Down: On ___ keel (6)
- ANEVEN
- 15 Down: Needlework (6)
- SEWING
- 16 Down: Vingt-neuf follower (6)
- TRENTE
- 17 Down: Mythical beast (4)
- YALE
- 20 Down: World's greatest coffee port (6)
- SANTOS
- 24 Down: Start (5)
- ONSET
- 25 Down: Ticket part (4)
- STUB
- 29 Down: Bundle (4)
- BALE
- 32 Down: Pianist-singer match (13)
- BYRONJANISIAN
- 34 Down: Ballplayer-entertainer match (13)
- PETEROSEMARIE
- 36 Down: Word before walk or mix (4)
- CAKE
- 37 Down: Mame's critic (6)
- BLAMER
- 38 Down: Norway's patron saint (4)
- OLAF
- 39 Down: Eucharistic plate (6)
- PATINA
- 41 Down: ___ Darya, Asian river (3)
- AMU
- 43 Down: Delight (6)
- THRILL
- 44 Down: Dig up (7)
- ROOTOUT
- 46 Down: West Point greeting (6)
- SALUTE
- 48 Down: ___ Dhabi, Mideastern land (3)
- ABU
- 49 Down: Actress-comedian match (14)
- MARYMARTINMULL
- 50 Down: Privileged students (7)
- SENIORS
- 52 Down: Sunday clothes, for some (4)
- ALBS
- 54 Down: West role (6)
- BATMAN
- 56 Down: Imitator (4)
- ECHO
- 58 Down: Rest (6)
- REPOSE
- 61 Down: "___ good cheer . . . " (4)
- BEOF
- 63 Down: Greek letter (3)
- RHO
- 65 Down: Mrs. Tracy (4)
- TESS
- 68 Down: "Sing all ___ willow": Shak. (6)
- AGREEN
- 69 Down: "When the ___ Robin . . . ": Woods song (6)
- REDRED
- 72 Down: Geller's gift (3)
- ESP
- 78 Down: Where trades are made (4)
- MART
- 80 Down: Gas: Comb. form (3)
- AER
- 82 Down: Assay (4)
- TEST
- 84 Down: Freudian names (8)
- SIGMUNDS
- 87 Down: Foolish (8)
- MINDLESS
- 90 Down: Stuff (4)
- CRAM
- 91 Down: Unlike a rolling stone (6)
- MOSSED
- 92 Down: Industrial hub of the Ruhr (5)
- ESSEN
- 93 Down: It may be major or minor (6)
- LEAGUE
- 94 Down: Madden (6)
- ENRAGE
- 95 Down: Less at ease (6)
- EDGIER
- 96 Down: Destroys (6)
- WRECKS
- 97 Down: Atlanta arena (4)
- OMNI
- 99 Down: Shed (6)
- LEANTO
- 102 Down: Actress Shire (5)
- TALIA
- 104 Down: Prohibit legally (5)
- ESTOP
- 105 Down: Lofty (4)
- TALL
- 106 Down: Nuncupative (4)
- ORAL
- 107 Down: University in N.Y.C. (4)
- PACE
- 108 Down: O.K. Corral fighter (4)
- EARP
- 110 Down: Arts degs. (4)
- MFAS
- 112 Down: Borrioboola-___, locale in "Bleak House" (3)
- GHA
- 113 Down: Service call (3)
- LET
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