SHAKESPEAREAN OLYMPICS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 11/25/1984. By Bert Rosenfield.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Takes measured steps (5): PACES
6 Across: Hussein's capital (5): AMMAN
11 Across: Yellowish green (4): NILE
15 Across: Import (5): SENSE
20 Across: Entrance courts (5): ATRIA
21 Across: Subject of an 1898 slogan (5): MAINE
22 Across: Kind of code (5): PENAL
23 Across: Oneness (5): UNITY
24 Across: "Macbeth" II, 3 (17): THISVAULTTOBRAGOF
27 Across: Consumer advocate (5): NADER
28 Across: Opposite of heter (3): HOM
29 Across: Depressed, in a way (6): OBLATE
30 Across: Oscar winner: 1961 (5): LOREN
31 Across: Esteem (6): ADMIRE
32 Across: Down Under ratite (4): EMEU
34 Across: Some ref. books (4): OEDS
35 Across: Fund-raiser's concern (5): QUOTA
36 Across: "___ nocent, docent" (4): QUAE
37 Across: Event for Alice (8): TEAPARTY
39 Across: With 33 Down, "Antony and Cleopatra" III, 8 (14): OURFORTUNELIES
44 Across: Endings for boff and plug (4): OLAS
45 Across: Barbecue accessories (5): SPITS
46 Across: A murid (3): RAT
47 Across: Port on Huon Gulf (3): LAE
48 Across: Author of "Topaze" (6): PAGNOL
51 Across: In der ___ (close by, in Bonn) (4): NAHE
52 Across: Blue dye (4): ANIL
54 Across: Call on the main (5): AVAST
56 Across: Perceptive (5): ACUTE
57 Across: "Cymbeline" IV, 2 (17): CANITBESIXMILEYET
61 Across: In Jabberwocky, they outgrabe (5): RATHS
62 Across: Hall-of-Famer Roush (3): EDD
63 Across: Reclined (4): LAIN
64 Across: Org. founded in 1890 (3): DAR
65 Across: Broadway opening (4): ACTI
66 Across: Blue Jay pitcher Dave (5): STIEB
68 Across: Foliage mo. (3): OCT
69 Across: U.S. power facility (3): TVA
71 Across: Battle site: 1914 (4): YSER
75 Across: Slapstick props (4): PIES
76 Across: "Romeo and Juliet" III, 5 (13): HURDLETHITHER
79 Across: Vasco da ___ (4): GAMA
80 Across: Mecca pilgrimage (4): HADJ
81 Across: Burro (3): ASS
82 Across: January hrs. in N.J. (3): EST
83 Across: Snipe's habitat (5): SHORE
84 Across: Newspaper item, for short (4): OBIT
85 Across: Severn tributary (3): USK
87 Across: A royal Stuart (4): ANNE
88 Across: Speakers' hesitations (3): ERS
89 Across: Composer-conductor Ray (5): NOBLE
90 Across: "Julius Caesar" I, 2 (17): SWIMTOYONDERPOINT
97 Across: Name of four U.S. counties (5): ADAIR
98 Across: Nelson's widow (5): HAPPY
99 Across: Odds' partners (4): ENDS
100 Across: Twisted (4): AWRY
101 Across: Choristers' vestments (6): COTTAS
102 Across: Bill Donovan's org. (3): OSS
103 Across: Printemps time (3): MAI
104 Across: Friends of Jacques (5): AMIES
106 Across: Musetta's pal (4): MIMI
107 Across: "Romeo and Juliet" V, 1 (14): THEREISTHYGOLD
112 Across: Play down (8): MINIMIZE
116 Across: Whilom (4): ERST
117 Across: Flying machines (5): AEROS
118 Across: Sheet of stamps (4): PANE
119 Across: Pickerel genus (4): ESOX
120 Across: Poilu, e.g. (6): SOLDAT
123 Across: Anatomical loops (5): ANSAE
124 Across: Albumin and globulin, sometimes (6): SERUMS
126 Across: Old Danish coin (3): ORA
127 Across: Bette Davis, for one (5): ARIES
128 Across: "Merchant of Venice" IV, 1 (17): RUNANDOVERTAKEHIM
131 Across: Rowdydow (5): MELEE
132 Across: King-size antelope (5): ELAND
133 Across: T. J. Jackson's boss (5): RELEE
134 Across: A Castle (5): IRENE
135 Across: Pickens and Summerville (5): SLIMS
136 Across: King of Saudi Arabia (4): FAHD
137 Across: Prunes, in Perth (5): SNEDS
138 Across: Lombardy's capital (5): MILAN

Down Answers

1 Down: ___ Lao (6): PATHET
2 Down: Kind of reception (6): ATHOME
3 Down: Its capital is Simferopol (6): CRIMEA
4 Down: Ice, in Eisenach (3): EIS
5 Down: Solomons battle site: 1942 (4): SAVO
6 Down: Charms (7): AMULETS
7 Down: Coryza or yaws (6): MALADY
8 Down: Musts for Garvey and Carter (5): MITTS
9 Down: A penny, at times (4): ANTE
10 Down: Modernist (3): NEO
11 Down: " . . . so very ___ God": Paget (6): NEARTO
12 Down: Engaged (6): INGEAR
13 Down: Town NE of Paris (4): LAON
14 Down: Brownie (3): ELF
15 Down: Sweet treat (6): SUNDAE
16 Down: Champlevé, e.g. (6): ENAMEL
17 Down: Breeding places (4): NIDI
18 Down: Team follower (4): STER
19 Down: Circuit court (4): EYRE
22 Down: Test prints (6): PROOFS
25 Down: Away from the mouth (6): ABORAL
26 Down: ___ out (spill the beans) (5): BLURT
31 Down: Tía or tante (4): AUNT
33 Down: See 39 Across (12): UPONTHISJUMP
35 Down: Peace's companion (5): QUIET
36 Down: Scruple (5): QUALM
38 Down: Fugard's "A Lesson from ___" (5): ALOES
39 Down: Snake: Comb. form (4): OPHI
40 Down: Relative of -tress (4): TRIX
41 Down: Faulkner's "As ___ Dying" (4): ILAY
42 Down: Alleviate (4): EASE
43 Down: Tartan pattern (4): SETT
45 Down: Did a floor job (6): SANDED
48 Down: Signatory flourish (6): PARAPH
49 Down: Wattle tree (6): ACACIA
50 Down: Torched out (6): GUTTED
51 Down: Lowest points (6): NADIRS
52 Down: Under present conditions (6): ASITIS
53 Down: Author Anaïs (3): NIN
54 Down: Insect's wing (3): ALA
55 Down: "Measure for Measure" V, 1 (12): VERYGOODTIME
57 Down: A constellation (5): CETUS
58 Down: Police record (7): BLOTTER
59 Down: Apiece (4): EACH
60 Down: "___ do all . . . ": Macbeth (5): IDARE
66 Down: Plumed headgear (5): SHAKO
67 Down: Whisky and coffee mélanges (6): BLENDS
69 Down: Spinose (6): THORNY
70 Down: Former Russian linear measure (5): VERST
72 Down: Halloween assemblage (6): SABBAT
73 Down: Iago's wife (6): EMILIA
74 Down: Figure-skating judges, e.g. (6): RATERS
77 Down: Feudal drudge (4): ESNE
78 Down: His and hers (6): THEIRS
86 Down: Gilt's abode (3): STY
87 Down: As well as (3): AND
89 Down: Biblical mother-in-law (5): NAOMI
90 Down: Kind of glass (4): SHOT
91 Down: B.C. neighbor (4): WASH
92 Down: ___ dixit (dictum) (4): IPSE
93 Down: Fermenting agent (5): YEAST
94 Down: Step ___ (hurry) (4): ONIT
95 Down: Beach toys (5): PAILS
96 Down: Had markers out (4): OWED
101 Down: An art form (6): CINEMA
103 Down: Steam up (4): MIST
104 Down: "It's ___ Night for Singing" (6): AGRAND
105 Down: Called from the byre (5): MOOED
106 Down: Records of a sort (7): MINUTES
108 Down: Turn in stamps (6): REDEEM
109 Down: Expunges (6): ERASES
110 Down: Hardhearted gal of song (6): HANNAH
111 Down: ___ no (iffy) (6): YESAND
112 Down: Defaced (6): MARRED
113 Down: Sunshine line (6): ISOHEL
114 Down: Vera of ballet (6): ZORINA
115 Down: Critical study (6): EXAMEN
118 Down: Shakespeare contemporary (5): PEELE
120 Down: Waterston and Donaldson (4): SAMS
121 Down: Turgenev's birthplace (4): OREL
122 Down: "___ Marlene" of W.W. II (4): LILI
123 Down: Assembly hall (4): AULA
124 Down: Explorer Hedin (4): SVEN
125 Down: Kind of milk (4): SKIM
128 Down: Mad. Sq. arbiter (3): REF
129 Down: Hosp. areas (3): ORS
130 Down: "___ tu," baritone favorite (3): ERI

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