ALTERED STATES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 9/9/1984. By Richard Silvestri.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Uses a bolter (5)
SIFTS
6 Across: Mubarak's predecessor (5)
SADAT
11 Across: Travels fast (5)
POSTS
16 Across: ___ paribus (other things being equal) (7)
CETERIS
18 Across: Memorable shrine (5)
ALAMO
19 Across: Virgil, for one (7)
MANTUAN
21 Across: In general (7)
OVERALL
22 Across: Skin layer (5)
DERMA
23 Across: Phoenician goddess of fertility (7)
ASTARTE
24 Across: The Festive State? (9)
MERRYLAND
26 Across: The Moslem State? (11)
CALIPHORNIA
28 Across: Uses a rosary (5)
PRAYS
29 Across: Repulsive (4)
VILE
31 Across: Pelion's legendary supporter (4)
OSSA
32 Across: Hockey great (3)
ORR
33 Across: Morsel for Dobbin (3)
OAT
34 Across: The Motion State? (9)
KINETICUT
37 Across: Ocean eagles (5)
ERNES
39 Across: Scads (4)
SLEW
41 Across: ___ nutshell (3)
INA
42 Across: Astringent (5)
HARSH
43 Across: Sign of a hit (3)
SRO
44 Across: Suspended (4)
HUNG
46 Across: Punjabi princess (5)
RANEE
47 Across: Cardigan (7)
SWEATER
51 Across: Jog one's memory (6)
REMIND
54 Across: Closely packed (5)
DENSE
55 Across: RR stop (3)
STA
56 Across: Small valley (4)
DALE
57 Across: Ouzo ingredient (5)
ANISE
58 Across: Astronaut Sally (4)
RIDE
59 Across: Origami material (5)
PAPER
61 Across: Wedge or mashie (4)
IRON
62 Across: Swindle (4)
BILK
63 Across: History in verse (4)
SAGA
64 Across: Tonsorial request (4)
TRIM
65 Across: Roasting rod (4)
SPIT
66 Across: "It ___ laugh": Pinero (4)
ISTO
67 Across: Hold fast (5)
CLING
69 Across: Bearing (4)
MIEN
70 Across: Intimate (5)
CLOSE
71 Across: N.C. college (4)
ELON
72 Across: High in pitch (3)
ALT
73 Across: Start of a Dickens title (5)
ATALE
75 Across: Inclined (6)
LEANED
76 Across: Part of ESP (7)
SENSORY
78 Across: Fragrant (5)
OLENT
79 Across: Put on guard (4)
WARN
80 Across: Chemical suffix (3)
INE
81 Across: On the ball (5)
ALERT
82 Across: Resistance unit (3)
OHM
83 Across: "Pique ___," Tchaikovsky opera (4)
DAME
87 Across: Creator of 86 Down (5)
MILNE
90 Across: The Racquet State? (9)
TENNISSEE
92 Across: You, to Johann (3)
SIE
93 Across: Coin for Olaf (3)
ORE
94 Across: It is, in Bilbao (4)
ESTA
96 Across: Only (4)
SOLE
97 Across: With ardor (5)
HOTLY
99 Across: The Writer's State? (11)
PENCILVANIA
104 Across: The Clerical State? (9)
COLLARADO
106 Across: Glut (7)
ENGORGE
107 Across: Column style (5)
DORIC
109 Across: Previously (7)
EARLIER
110 Across: Leave the local (7)
DETRAIN
111 Across: Skip over (5)
ELIDE
112 Across: Multiform (7)
DIVERSE
113 Across: Martin ___, né Ramon Estevez (5)
SHEEN
114 Across: Tracking equipment (5)
RADAR
115 Across: Button for Earl Anthony (5)
RESET

Down Answers

1 Down: Existing apart (7)
SEVERAL
2 Down: Battologize (7)
ITERATE
3 Down: Charon's craft (5)
FERRY
4 Down: Cafeteria items (5)
TRAYS
5 Down: Fort ___, Okla. (4)
SILL
6 Down: Burden (6)
SADDLE
7 Down: Pub quaff (3)
ALE
8 Down: Jeanne ___ (4)
DARC
9 Down: Abbess (4)
AMMA
10 Down: Burns poem (8)
TOALOUSE
11 Down: Ali ___, famed brigand (5)
PASHA
12 Down: Aware of (4)
ONTO
13 Down: Pentagram (4)
STAR
14 Down: Set in operation (6)
TURNON
15 Down: Pope's "The Dunciad" is one (6)
SATIRE
16 Down: Non ___ mentis (6)
COMPOS
17 Down: Activity for Spartacus in 74 B.C. (7)
SLAVING
19 Down: Cartographic creations (4)
MAPS
20 Down: Approaches (5)
NEARS
25 Down: One of a nautical trio (4)
NINA
27 Down: Neck of land: Abbr. (4)
ISTH
30 Down: Natural-gas component (6)
ETHANE
34 Down: Benevolent (4)
KIND
35 Down: Fleming and Smith (4)
IANS
36 Down: Inch along (5)
CREEP
37 Down: Previous to, in poesy (3)
ERE
38 Down: The Highway State? (10)
ROADISLAND
40 Down: The Broom State? (10)
WHISKONSIN
43 Down: Apian gathering (5)
SWARM
45 Down: Maupassant's "___ Vie" (3)
UNE
46 Down: Fortification (5)
REDAN
47 Down: Mug (5)
STEIN
48 Down: Game fish (6)
TARPON
49 Down: Plaza brat of fiction (6)
ELOISE
50 Down: Leased (6)
RENTED
51 Down: Hydrophobia (6)
RABIES
52 Down: Maroon (6)
ENISLE
53 Down: "Il Penseroso" poet (6)
MILTON
54 Down: Numeral (5)
DIGIT
55 Down: Fling (5)
SPREE
58 Down: Driving competition (5)
RALLY
60 Down: With lance in hand (5)
ATILT
63 Down: Word with babe or head (5)
SCARE
68 Down: Early physician (5)
GALEN
69 Down: Religious insect? (6)
MANTIS
70 Down: Wax: Comb. form (3)
CER
74 Down: Darr or scray (4)
TERN
75 Down: Hobble (4)
LAME
77 Down: Dollar bill (3)
ONE
78 Down: Poisonous evergreen shrub (8)
OLEANDER
79 Down: Pivoted (7)
WHEELED
81 Down: "___ boy!" (4)
ATTA
82 Down: The former Christiania (4)
OSLO
84 Down: Frederick Austerlitz (7)
ASTAIRE
85 Down: Least sharp (7)
MILDEST
86 Down: Friend of Pooh (6)
EEYORE
87 Down: Sulked (5)
MOPED
88 Down: Castle and Rich (6)
IRENES
89 Down: Extent (6)
LENGTH
91 Down: World Cup sport (6)
SOCCER
94 Down: ___ marbles (5)
ELGIN
95 Down: Explorer Hedin (4)
SVEN
97 Down: Actor-singer Presnell (5)
HARVE
98 Down: Heraldic borders (5)
ORLES
100 Down: Center (4)
CORE
101 Down: Dies follower (4)
IRAE
102 Down: SE Kansas city (4)
IOLA
103 Down: Parched (4)
ARID
105 Down: Bed for Leo (4)
LAIR
108 Down: Peak in Crete (3)
IDA

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