WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 4/22/1984. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Esparto grass (4)
- ALFA
- 5 Across: Treasury worker (4)
- TMAN
- 9 Across: Decline (5)
- ABATE
- 14 Across: Join into a whole (5)
- PIECE
- 19 Across: Unable to decide (4)
- TORN
- 20 Across: Broadway actress Mary (4)
- HARA
- 21 Across: Waugh's "The ___ One" (5)
- LOVED
- 22 Across: Agatha's award (5)
- EDGAR
- 23 Across: Sulky driver's dessert? (9)
- PRUNEWHIP
- 25 Across: Game warden's dish? (11)
- POACHEDEGGS
- 27 Across: Jackie's second mate (3)
- ARI
- 28 Across: One touch of Venus (6)
- CARESS
- 30 Across: Estuary (3)
- RIA
- 31 Across: Wood ibis (6)
- GANNET
- 32 Across: Goes over old ground (8)
- RETRACES
- 34 Across: Detect and expose (4)
- NAIL
- 36 Across: Dot, in Lisbon (5)
- PONTO
- 37 Across: Freshens (5)
- PERKS
- 38 Across: Start of a D. H. Lawrence title (4)
- SONS
- 39 Across: Night crawlers, e.g. (4)
- BAIT
- 40 Across: Unctuous speech (3)
- OIL
- 43 Across: Property held for others (6)
- TRUSTS
- 45 Across: Banker's breakfast? (9)
- DOUGHNUTS
- 47 Across: Cairo lizard (4)
- ADDA
- 48 Across: After (5)
- SINCE
- 49 Across: Ormoc's locale (5)
- LEYTE
- 50 Across: Plumber, at times (9)
- INSTALLER
- 52 Across: Habituates (9)
- ACCUSTOMS
- 54 Across: Like many a hoopster (5)
- LANKY
- 56 Across: A.F.B. in Texas (5)
- REESE
- 57 Across: Mies van der ___ (4)
- ROHE
- 58 Across: The Greatest (3)
- ALI
- 59 Across: RR train (3)
- FRT
- 60 Across: Secret explosions (6)
- ATESTS
- 61 Across: Croupier's comestibles? (11)
- POTATOCHIPS
- 66 Across: A Siouan (6)
- DAKOTA
- 71 Across: Call from a columbary (3)
- COO
- 72 Across: Rain and snow mixt. (3)
- SLT
- 73 Across: Use a letter opener (4)
- SLIT
- 77 Across: Baseball's Banks (5)
- ERNIE
- 78 Across: Change a bit (5)
- AMEND
- 80 Across: Ancestral link (9)
- BLOODLINE
- 82 Across: Beatty, for one (9)
- LIONTAMER
- 84 Across: Editing mark (5)
- CARET
- 86 Across: Lexiconizing physician (5)
- ROGET
- 87 Across: Stickiness (4)
- TACK
- 88 Across: Complaint manager's meal? (9)
- CRABSALAD
- 90 Across: Naught, in Nottingham (6)
- CYPHER
- 91 Across: Put it to (3)
- ASK
- 92 Across: Ganges platform (4)
- GHAT
- 93 Across: Holy statue (4)
- IKON
- 94 Across: Aspect (5)
- FACET
- 95 Across: "___ hell": Sherman (5)
- WARIS
- 97 Across: Tricolore part (4)
- BLEU
- 98 Across: Singer Natalie's side dish? (8)
- COLESLAW
- 101 Across: Enter, as a crowd (6)
- POURIN
- 103 Across: Grand ___, Nova Scotia (3)
- PRE
- 104 Across: Zanuck (6)
- DARRYL
- 106 Across: Where Tell did his thing (3)
- URI
- 107 Across: Violinist's veggies? (11)
- STRINGBEANS
- 110 Across: Sanitary engineer's treat? (9)
- DUMPLINGS
- 112 Across: Pyromaniac's crime (5)
- ARSON
- 113 Across: TV role for Linda Lavin (5)
- ALICE
- 114 Across: When Casca struck (4)
- IDES
- 115 Across: Porgy (4)
- SCUP
- 116 Across: Shoddy (5)
- TATTY
- 117 Across: Doctrine (5)
- TENET
- 118 Across: Opera by Handel (4)
- NERO
- 119 Across: People generally (4)
- THEY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Stock term (5)
- ATPAR
- 2 Down: Peter of "Casablanca" (5)
- LORRE
- 3 Down: Boxer's beverage? (10)
- FRUITPUNCH
- 4 Down: Blyth (3)
- ANN
- 5 Down: Hard blows (7)
- THWACKS
- 6 Down: U.S. slalom greats (6)
- MAHRES
- 7 Down: First sign (5)
- ARIES
- 8 Down: Siestas (4)
- NAPS
- 9 Down: Zermatt sight (3)
- ALP
- 10 Down: Like Stanley Kowalski (7)
- BOORISH
- 11 Down: Make use of (5)
- AVAIL
- 12 Down: Mexican Indian (4)
- TECA
- 13 Down: Dead letter (3)
- EDH
- 14 Down: Bluestocking (6)
- PEDANT
- 15 Down: G.I.'s dog tag (5)
- IDENT
- 16 Down: Psychiatrist's supper? (10)
- EGGNOODLES
- 17 Down: Bingo device (4)
- CAGE
- 18 Down: Whilom (4)
- ERST
- 24 Down: Old card games (7)
- ECARTES
- 26 Down: He has "I" trouble (6)
- EGOIST
- 29 Down: Muzzle (5)
- SNOUT
- 33 Down: Deliverance (6)
- RESCUE
- 35 Down: Padre's pastry? (13)
- ANGELFOODCAKE
- 36 Down: ___ Mink, Hawaii's first Congresswoman (5)
- PATSY
- 38 Down: Certain legumes (4)
- SOYS
- 39 Down: Poppycock (4)
- BUNK
- 41 Down: Explanatory phrase (5)
- IDEST
- 42 Down: Penates' partner (5)
- LARES
- 43 Down: White Russian ruler (4)
- TSAR
- 44 Down: Petrocelli of Red Sox fame (4)
- RICO
- 45 Down: Resign (5)
- DEMIT
- 46 Down: Beethoven's last symphony (5)
- NINTH
- 47 Down: Not aweather (4)
- ALEE
- 49 Down: Tibeto-Burman group (4)
- LOLO
- 51 Down: J. S. Copley's forte (3)
- ART
- 53 Down: Bark cloth (4)
- TAPA
- 55 Down: Circle segment (3)
- ARC
- 60 Down: Concerning (4)
- ASTO
- 62 Down: Astringent (5)
- ACERB
- 63 Down: Fashion (3)
- TON
- 64 Down: Cut off, in a way (5)
- ISLED
- 65 Down: Novelist's need (4)
- PLOT
- 66 Down: River triangle (5)
- DELTA
- 67 Down: Court star (5)
- ARIAS
- 68 Down: Critic's snack? (10)
- KNOCKWURST
- 69 Down: Message from the pen (4)
- OINK
- 70 Down: Lunar New Year in Vietnam (3)
- TET
- 73 Down: Klammer's arena (6)
- SLOPES
- 74 Down: Electrician's repast? (10)
- LIGHTLUNCH
- 75 Down: Curare's cousin (4)
- INEE
- 76 Down: Four: Comb. form (4)
- TETR
- 78 Down: Hog plums (5)
- AMRAS
- 79 Down: Gist (4)
- MEAT
- 80 Down: Cleanse of oil (4)
- BRAN
- 81 Down: Battery type (7)
- DRYCELL
- 83 Down: Heartsore (6)
- ACHING
- 85 Down: Not sotto voce (5)
- ALOUD
- 89 Down: Golden intangible (7)
- SILENCE
- 90 Down: Belafonte's forte (7)
- CALYPSO
- 92 Down: Like the Cheshire Cat (6)
- GRINNY
- 94 Down: Previous (6)
- FORMER
- 96 Down: Out of control (5)
- ARIOT
- 97 Down: Smart one (5)
- BRAIN
- 98 Down: Unfinished (5)
- CRUDE
- 99 Down: Contend (5)
- ARGUE
- 100 Down: Nebulous (5)
- WISPY
- 101 Down: H.S. junior's exam (4)
- PSAT
- 102 Down: Norwegian river (4)
- OTRA
- 103 Down: He kicked to conquer (4)
- PELE
- 105 Down: Tennis term (4)
- ADIN
- 108 Down: Lost weekend (3)
- BAT
- 109 Down: Young plant (3)
- SET
- 111 Down: Adherent (3)
- IST
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