ASSOCIATION GAME - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 2/26/1984. By Peter Swift.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Behind, at sea (5)
- ABAFT
- 6 Across: Drool (6)
- SLAVER
- 12 Across: Foolhardy (5)
- BRASH
- 17 Across: Book size (5)
- FOLIO
- 18 Across: Makes effervescent (7)
- AERATES
- 20 Across: Overly optimistic (7)
- ROSEATE
- 23 Across: Grain grinders? (13)
- GLENNANDMITCH
- 25 Across: Cleaves (7)
- ADHERES
- 26 Across: Driven in a group (6)
- HERDED
- 27 Across: Roofer or critic (6)
- SLATER
- 29 Across: Copy, for short (4)
- STAT
- 30 Across: Some are fine (4)
- ARTS
- 31 Across: Actress MacGraw (3)
- ALI
- 34 Across: Underwater "wolf pack" (6)
- UBOATS
- 38 Across: Botanist Gray (3)
- ASA
- 39 Across: Denials (3)
- NOS
- 40 Across: Shavers? (12)
- REDANDSAMUEL
- 44 Across: Clear (3)
- NET
- 45 Across: Goldsmith's "___ of Wakefield" (8)
- THEVICAR
- 47 Across: Be noncommital on an issue (8)
- STRADDLE
- 49 Across: Passionate (5)
- AFIRE
- 52 Across: Father of Andromache (6)
- EETION
- 55 Across: Hall and ___, musical duo (5)
- OATES
- 56 Across: Nones? (14)
- DORISANDDENNIS
- 60 Across: "Up and ___!" (4)
- ATEM
- 63 Across: Fitting (3)
- DUE
- 64 Across: Hit sign (3)
- SRO
- 65 Across: Pretentious art or writing (6)
- KITSCH
- 68 Across: Change the décor (4)
- REDO
- 69 Across: Bird of prey (3)
- ERN
- 70 Across: Home of maroon-and-white Leopards (6)
- EASTON
- 74 Across: Converts chips (6)
- CASHES
- 76 Across: Equivoque (3)
- PUN
- 77 Across: Abbrs. on maps (4)
- RTES
- 79 Across: Safari participant (6)
- BEARER
- 81 Across: A Dadaism founder (3)
- ARP
- 82 Across: "Some ___ meat and canna eat": Burns (3)
- HAE
- 83 Across: ___ Jahan (4)
- SHAH
- 84 Across: Cold spells? (14)
- DAVIDANDROBERT
- 89 Across: Knobs (5)
- NODES
- 93 Across: Vito Farinola (6)
- DAMONE
- 94 Across: Cocktail garnishes (5)
- RINDS
- 95 Across: Pyrenees dweller (8)
- ANDORRAN
- 98 Across: Intertwines (8)
- ENTWISTS
- 101 Across: Fall mo. (3)
- NOV
- 102 Across: Fox hunts? (12)
- ILKAANDCHEVY
- 105 Across: Trim (3)
- LOP
- 108 Across: Wayne Gretzky's milieu (3)
- ICE
- 109 Across: Wooden mallet (6)
- BEETLE
- 110 Across: Workshop, for short (3)
- LAB
- 111 Across: A Delano (4)
- SARA
- 112 Across: Baltimore et al. (4)
- MERS
- 114 Across: Bad-tempered person (6)
- TARTAR
- 118 Across: Jason Robards role (6)
- ICEMAN
- 120 Across: Weaken (7)
- UNNERVE
- 124 Across: Stags? (13)
- MOSSANDLORENZ
- 127 Across: Legendary (7)
- STORIED
- 128 Across: Bluish gray, as a fur (7)
- PLATINA
- 129 Across: Scorch (5)
- SINGE
- 130 Across: Bard's preposition (5)
- NEATH
- 131 Across: Pressed (6)
- IRONED
- 132 Across: In pursuit of (5)
- AFTER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Hound or shawl (6)
- AFGHAN
- 2 Down: Dance or jacket (6)
- BOLERO
- 3 Down: Puts on guard (6)
- ALERTS
- 4 Down: Exercises serendipity (5)
- FINDS
- 5 Down: Style (4)
- TONE
- 6 Down: ___ Jacinto (3)
- SAN
- 7 Down: Emulated Ozawa (3)
- LED
- 8 Down: Word with length (4)
- ARMS
- 9 Down: Ski resort (4)
- VAIL
- 10 Down: Cartoonist Hulme (4)
- ETTA
- 11 Down: ___ oculi (muscle of the eye) (6)
- RECTUS
- 12 Down: Bandeau, for short (3)
- BRA
- 13 Down: Gat (3)
- ROD
- 14 Down: Volcanic emission (3)
- ASH
- 15 Down: Calls, in poker (4)
- SEES
- 16 Down: Rails' kin? (14)
- HARTANDSTEPHEN
- 19 Down: Ancient Arabian country (5)
- SHEBA
- 21 Down: Thistlelike plant (6)
- TEASEL
- 22 Down: Patrimony (6)
- ESTATE
- 24 Down: Antarctic cape (5)
- ADARE
- 28 Down: Male gypsies (4)
- ROMS
- 32 Down: Bulgarian's coin (3)
- LEV
- 33 Down: "I wander'd till ___": M. Arnold (5)
- IDIED
- 35 Down: Oakland, for one (4)
- AUTO
- 36 Down: Japanese monastery (4)
- TERA
- 37 Down: Trellis item (4)
- SLAT
- 41 Down: Served perfectly (4)
- ACED
- 42 Down: Archibald of the Bucks (4)
- NATE
- 43 Down: Negus, e.g. (5)
- DRINK
- 45 Down: Part of TNT (3)
- TRI
- 46 Down: Nobelist in Literature: 1946 (5)
- HESSE
- 48 Down: Treasured (4)
- DEAR
- 49 Down: Summers (6)
- ADDERS
- 50 Down: Quart, to a gallon (6)
- FOURTH
- 51 Down: Chessmen? (14)
- IRENEANDVERNON
- 53 Down: Chemical suffix (4)
- ONIC
- 54 Down: Naldi of the silents (4)
- NITA
- 57 Down: Damascene, e.g. (4)
- ARAB
- 58 Down: Lie detector on Pinocchio (4)
- NOSE
- 59 Down: Draft agcy. (3)
- SSS
- 61 Down: Statesman Benes (6)
- EDUARD
- 62 Down: Louvre display (6)
- MONETS
- 66 Down: Niger neighbor (4)
- CHAD
- 67 Down: Münster mister (4)
- HERR
- 71 Down: Bit (3)
- TAD
- 72 Down: Mouthward (4)
- ORAD
- 73 Down: Shade of green (4)
- NEVA
- 75 Down: Genetic mutation (5)
- SPORT
- 78 Down: "Out, damned Spot!" (4)
- SHOO
- 80 Down: Encrusted, in a way (5)
- RIMED
- 85 Down: Therefore, in Dijon (4)
- DONC
- 86 Down: Flowerlike: Comb. form (4)
- ANTH
- 87 Down: Staircase feature (5)
- NEWEL
- 88 Down: Twice (3)
- BIS
- 90 Down: Fragment (4)
- DRIB
- 91 Down: A Gardner (4)
- ERLE
- 92 Down: Advantage (4)
- SAKE
- 95 Down: Hostility (6)
- ANIMUS
- 96 Down: Harmful (6)
- NOCENT
- 97 Down: "En Enda ___," Ingrid Bergman film: 1938 (4)
- NATT
- 99 Down: Marsh elder (3)
- IVA
- 100 Down: Important Disraeli book (5)
- SYBIL
- 103 Down: "His word burned like ___": Ecclus. (5)
- ALAMP
- 104 Down: Perfumery oil (6)
- NEROLI
- 105 Down: Threnody (6)
- LAMENT
- 106 Down: Princely European house (6)
- ORANGE
- 107 Down: Armored, German style (6)
- PANZER
- 111 Down: Letter stroke (5)
- SERIF
- 113 Down: Wizened (4)
- SERE
- 115 Down: Autocrat (4)
- TSAR
- 116 Down: Concerning (4)
- ASTO
- 117 Down: Give profusely (4)
- RAIN
- 119 Down: ___ Nostra (4)
- COSA
- 121 Down: Inlet (3)
- RIA
- 122 Down: J. Herriot, for one (3)
- VET
- 123 Down: Old English letter (3)
- EDH
- 125 Down: Lisbon-to-London dir. (3)
- NNE
- 126 Down: Pop (3)
- DAD
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