OCCUPATIONAL ASSOCIATION - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/14/1984. By Barbara Lunder Gillis.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Likewise (5)
DITTO
6 Across: Solicits (4)
ASKS
10 Across: Prods (4)
JABS
14 Across: Stint (5)
CHORE
19 Across: Habitual (5)
USUAL
20 Across: Comedy act (4)
SKIT
21 Across: Dark (4)
EBON
22 Across: Washed (5)
LAVED
23 Across: Shade tree (5)
MAPLE
24 Across: Dig (4)
MINE
25 Across: Saarinen (4)
EERO
26 Across: Declaim (5)
ORATE
27 Across: Mason (15)
BRICKSANDMORTAR
30 Across: Woody or Steve (5)
ALLEN
31 Across: Unit of metrical time (4)
MORA
32 Across: "Maggie ___," Beatles song (3)
MAE
33 Across: Grab (4)
TAKE
35 Across: Lawyer (13)
TRIALANDERROR
41 Across: Figured fabric (6)
DAMASK
45 Across: Laborer (4)
PEON
46 Across: Performed (3)
DID
47 Across: Lloyd or Philip (5)
NOLAN
49 Across: Buck's mate (3)
DOE
50 Across: Philanthropist Pratt (5)
ENOCH
52 Across: Fortas, for one (3)
ABE
53 Across: Teacher (11)
SHOWANDTELL
56 Across: Rake (8)
LOTHARIO
58 Across: ___ Carlo Menotti (4)
GIAN
59 Across: Carbonated drink (7)
SODAPOP
60 Across: Essay (3)
TRY
61 Across: " . . . incense-breathing ___": T. Gray (4)
MORN
62 Across: Dor or thrips (6)
INSECT
64 Across: Liberal follower (4)
ARTS
65 Across: Love, in Lecce (5)
AMORE
66 Across: Steinbeck's wayward vehicle (3)
BUS
67 Across: Saw (5)
ADAGE
69 Across: Custom (4)
MODE
71 Across: Stellar (6)
ASTRAL
73 Across: Famed marionette maker: 1882–1942 (4)
SARG
74 Across: ___ Grande (3)
RIO
77 Across: Japanese warrior (7)
SAMURAI
79 Across: Grade (4)
RATE
80 Across: Historical site on the Hudson (8)
HYDEPARK
82 Across: Restaurateur (11)
WINEANDDINE
84 Across: Ballet step (3)
PAS
85 Across: Hearsay (5)
RUMOR
86 Across: Cuckoo (3)
ANI
87 Across: Jewish month (5)
NISAN
88 Across: Preserve (3)
CAN
89 Across: Capital of Yemen (4)
SANA
90 Across: Awns (6)
BEARDS
92 Across: Pilot (13)
HIGHANDMIGHTY
98 Across: Salt Lake City team (4)
UTES
100 Across: Caroline Islands' group (3)
YAP
101 Across: Town in Galilee (4)
CANA
102 Across: Fox hunter's cry (5)
HALLO
105 Across: Author (15)
CHAPTERANDVERSE
113 Across: "The ___ Me": C. O. Skinner (5)
APEIN
114 Across: Attire for Tattered Tom (4)
RAGS
115 Across: Auburn and La Salle (4)
CARS
116 Across: Cheer (5)
ELATE
117 Across: Old Chinese weight (5)
LIANG
118 Across: Japanese aborigine (4)
AINU
119 Across: Monster (4)
OGRE
120 Across: Revers (5)
LAPEL
121 Across: Sharp teeth (5)
FANGS
122 Across: Stuffy (4)
PRIM
123 Across: Ottoman rulers of yore (4)
DEYS
124 Across: Crackles (5)
SNAPS

Down Answers

1 Down: Bell predecessor (4)
DUMB
2 Down: Munich's river (4)
ISAR
3 Down: Brazilian people (4)
TUPI
4 Down: Soft mineral (4)
TALC
5 Down: Lena feeder (6)
OLEKMA
6 Down: Capital of Eritrea (6)
ASMARA
7 Down: Model (12)
SKINANDBONES
8 Down: Class (4)
KIND
9 Down: Checked (7)
STEMMED
10 Down: "Boo bird" (6)
JEERER
11 Down: Incite (4)
ABET
12 Down: Adriatic wind (4)
BORA
13 Down: Stable sound (5)
SNORT
14 Down: Spy (14)
CLOAKANDDAGGER
15 Down: River in New York (6)
HARLEM
16 Down: Shape of an abalone shell (4)
OVAL
17 Down: Plexus (4)
RETE
18 Down: London hero (4)
EDEN
28 Down: Hurok or Helios (3)
SOL
29 Down: Gig item (3)
OAR
34 Down: Hersey town (5)
ADANO
35 Down: Purport (5)
TENOR
36 Down: Radiciferous (5)
ROOTY
37 Down: Narrow margin (4)
INCH
38 Down: Stamping tool (3)
DIE
39 Down: "A linen stock ___ leg . . . ": Shak. (5)
ONONE
40 Down: Quarrel (3)
ROW
42 Down: Expert (5)
ADEPT
43 Down: Musical features (5)
SOLOS
44 Down: Seaweed (4)
KELP
45 Down: Stone (4)
PELT
48 Down: "The ___ of Pompeii" (8)
LASTDAYS
51 Down: Carpenter (14)
HAMMERANDTONGS
52 Down: Blitz events (8)
AIRRAIDS
53 Down: Wavy (7)
SINUATE
54 Down: Kin of a rumble (6)
HASSLE
55 Down: The common vetch (4)
TARE
57 Down: Aussie marsupial (3)
ROO
58 Down: Noted mystic poet: 1883–1931 (6)
GIBRAN
63 Down: Banker (12)
CASHANDCARRY
65 Down: Together, to Tosti (4)
ADUE
68 Down: Dull suffix (3)
ARD
69 Down: Site of Loring A.F.B. (5)
MAINE
70 Down: "___ vincit amor" (5)
OMNIA
72 Down: Lopez from Dallas (5)
TRINI
74 Down: ___ Gan, city near Tel Aviv (5)
RAMAT
75 Down: Satiric twist (5)
IRONY
76 Down: Gumbo (4)
OKRA
77 Down: Mop (4)
SWAB
78 Down: Aromatic herb (5)
ANISE
81 Down: Thrust (4)
PUSH
83 Down: Morse-code signal (3)
DAH
84 Down: Ridicule (3)
PAN
88 Down: Type of cottage (7)
CAPECOD
91 Down: Decision (6)
RULING
93 Down: Plasterboard part (6)
GYPSUM
94 Down: Castor or pillbox (3)
HAT
95 Down: Clergymen's houses (6)
MANSES
96 Down: Ill. neighbor (3)
IND
97 Down: Judicial tools (6)
GAVELS
99 Down: Set-to (5)
SCRAP
102 Down: Moiety (4)
HALF
103 Down: Capital of Western Samoa (4)
APIA
104 Down: Spare (4)
LEAN
106 Down: ___ of the dog (4)
HAIR
107 Down: Hindu god of fire (4)
AGNI
108 Down: Fume (4)
RAGE
109 Down: Dash (4)
ELAN
110 Down: S. Pacific island (4)
RAPA
111 Down: Gait (4)
STEP
112 Down: Congers (4)
EELS

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