KNOCK, KNOCK - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 8/19/1984. By Mary Cee Whitten.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Succulent plant (4): ALOE
5 Across: Bravo and Mayo (4): RIOS
9 Across: Novel thread (4): PLOT
13 Across: Goad (4): PROD
17 Across: Delivers a diatribe (5): RANTS
19 Across: One of the deadly sins (4): ENVY
20 Across: Venetian resort (4): LIDO
21 Across: Papal garment (5): ORALE
22 Across: Get-together problem of some joints (10): KNOCKKNEES
24 Across: Mississippi who? (10): ANDMRSIPPY
26 Across: "My Gal ___" (3): SAL
27 Across: Cowboy cinema (5): OATER
28 Across: Binders (4): TIES
29 Across: Steam-bath sounds (6): HISSES
30 Across: They publish lists (5): DEANS
32 Across: "___ in a name?" (5): WHATS
34 Across: He charges in Mexico City (4): TORO
35 Across: Remington of TV (6): STEELE
37 Across: Steeps (5): SOAKS
38 Across: Paraclete's activity (6): AIDING
40 Across: Finish lines (5): WIRES
41 Across: Brooklyn's debt to Eden (4): TREE
42 Across: "Sprite-ly" creatures (5): ELVES
43 Across: Expression of surprise (3): OHO
46 Across: Calydon sire (4): ARES
47 Across: No way to run (4): AMOK
49 Across: Bronze, pewter, etc. (6): ALLOYS
51 Across: Mite that might blight (4): ATOM
52 Across: Owner of Alice's workplace (3): MEL
53 Across: "Crest-fallen" Russians (5): CZARS
54 Across: First name of The Good Gray Poet (4): WALT
55 Across: Brahmanic precept (5): SUTRA
56 Across: Fanciful speculation (8): IDEOLOGY
58 Across: Famed English surgeon: 19th century (5): PAGET
59 Across: Not al fresco (6): INDOOR
60 Across: Elizabeth II's consort (6): PHILIP
61 Across: U.N. arm (3): ILO
62 Across: Attack (6): ASSAIL
64 Across: Act mannerly (6): BEHAVE
66 Across: Parts of the St. Lawrence Seaway (5): LOCKS
68 Across: Cobra's nemesis (8): MONGOOSE
71 Across: Sentient (5): AWARE
72 Across: Sufficient, to FitzGerald (4): ENOW
73 Across: Defeatists; traitors (5): BOLOS
74 Across: White Sox bailiwick (3): CHI
75 Across: Antony's approval (4): BENE
76 Across: Mosaic components (6): SMALTI
78 Across: Loti contemporary (4): ANET
79 Across: Lose traction (4): SKID
80 Across: Guggenheim display (3): ART
81 Across: Dagwood's dog (5): DAISY
82 Across: Lacey protrayer ___ Daly (4): TYNE
84 Across: Londoner's saltpeter (5): NITRE
85 Across: Move forward like a conqueror (6): STRIDE
87 Across: Like some deals (5): SHADY
88 Across: Swinger's plea (6): HIGHER
89 Across: Ages upon ages (4): EONS
90 Across: Ray follows this (5): GAMMA
91 Across: Trimming for milady (5): RUCHE
92 Across: Agreement (6): ASSENT
95 Across: Goodfellow, Tex., is one (4): BASE
96 Across: Electra, to Menelaus (5): NIECE
98 Across: Genetic unit (3): DNA
101 Across: Iran who? (10): UPTHESTEPS
103 Across: Criticizes Grant's works (10): KNOCKSWOOD
105 Across: Dissolute men (5): ROUES
106 Across: Sheltered, at sea (4): ALEE
107 Across: "I could ___ horse!" (4): EATA
108 Across: Gunwale pin (5): THOLE
109 Across: "Ma—He's Making Eyes ___," 1921 song (4): ATME
110 Across: Spitballs, e.g. (4): WADS
111 Across: Memo p.d.q. (4): ASAP
112 Across: Algerian seaport (4): ORAN

Down Answers

1 Down: Enclosures in temples (4): ARKS
2 Down: Turner or Cantrell (4): LANA
3 Down: Tuscaloosa who? (16): ONOLDERELEPHANTS
4 Down: Catchall abbr. (3): ETC
5 Down: Landlords' incomes (5): RENTS
6 Down: Arrow poison (4): INEE
7 Down: Plies compulsively (9): OVERWORKS
8 Down: Method: Abbr. (3): SYS
9 Down: Intertwines (6): PLAITS
10 Down: Sights in parades (5): LINES
11 Down: Consideration at the Big A (4): ODDS
12 Down: Kite of the P.G.A. (3): TOM
13 Down: Attica, for one (6): PRISON
14 Down: Séance sounds (4): RAPS
15 Down: Greek flask (4): OLPE
16 Down: Ottoman heads, once (4): DEYS
18 Down: Toasts (6): SKOALS
21 Down: A son of Nut (6): OSIRIS
23 Down: "Louisiana Hayride" author (4): KANE
25 Down: ___ scholar (6): RHODES
28 Down: Tia Juana who? (15): TAKEAWALKWITHME
31 Down: Wide shoe sizes (4): EEES
33 Down: "Some ___ meat . . . ": Burns (3): HAE
34 Down: Huntsman's call (4): TIVY
35 Down: Pundit (5): SWAMI
36 Down: Ready for the bunk (5): TIRED
37 Down: Tulsa who? (11): STORYPLEASE
38 Down: Io who? (11): ALOTTAMONEY
39 Down: Hoover who? (16): GOTTOLOCKTHEDOOR
42 Down: Parisian magazine (4): ELLE
44 Down: Boundary: Comb. form (4): HORO
45 Down: Tentmaker of yore (4): OMAR
47 Down: Amino acids source (5): AZOLE
48 Down: Epiphany trio (4): MAGI
50 Down: Portuguese port (5): LAGOS
51 Down: Video complement (5): AUDIO
53 Down: Battle of Plassey hero (5): CLIVE
55 Down: Hosiery problems (5): SNAGS
57 Down: Chicago's plane place (5): OHARE
58 Down: Ornamental loop (5): PICOT
59 Down: "A House ___ a Home": Adler (5): ISNOT
63 Down: Flatfish (4): SOLE
64 Down: ___ au rhum (4): BABA
65 Down: Pitcher (4): EWER
67 Down: "It's ___ a Paper Moon," 1932 song (4): ONLY
69 Down: "Rocky" actress (5): SHIRE
70 Down: Stuffing for quilts (5): EIDER
73 Down: Kerchiefs (9): BANDANNAS
76 Down: New Orleans eleven (6): SAINTS
77 Down: U.S.N.A. students (4): MIDS
79 Down: Forlorn sound (4): SIGH
81 Down: Hive occupants (6): DRONES
83 Down: Sweet spud (3): YAM
84 Down: Most pleasant (6): NICEST
86 Down: Giggle (6): TEEHEE
87 Down: Yaks back, like a brat (6): SASSES
88 Down: Charge of the Widow Douglas (4): HUCK
90 Down: Was open-mouthed (5): GAPED
91 Down: Newsy digest (5): RECAP
92 Down: Nimbus (4): AURA
93 Down: Abomination to Lady Macbeth (4): SPOT
94 Down: Grape by-product (4): STUM
95 Down: Early Hungarian king (4): BELA
97 Down: Whit or bit (4): IOTA
99 Down: Vincent Lopez's theme song (4): NOLA
100 Down: Arabian gulf (4): ADEN
102 Down: Junior's shooter (3): TAW
103 Down: Predatory parrot (3): KEA
104 Down: Abbott's first baseman (3): WHO

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