OPPOSITION UP FRONT - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 1/13/1985. By Jim Page.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Div. degrees (4): THBS
5 Across: Austrian chancellor: 1953–61 (4): RAAB
9 Across: Second son (4): ABEL
13 Across: Memorabilia (3): ANA
16 Across: Local-government areas in Queensland (6): SHIRES
18 Across: ___ facto (4): IPSO
19 Across: Its capital is Bamako (4): MALI
20 Across: Obsession (3): TIC
21 Across: Like Shelley's "Adonais" (7): ELEGIAC
22 Across: Gate or door fastening (13): PUSHPULLLATCH
25 Across: Opposite of Tag (5): NACHT
26 Across: Shakes a leg (4): HIES
28 Across: Suffixes for auction or profit (4): EERS
29 Across: Tyke's bike (5): TRIKE
30 Across: Aviator Balbo (5): ITALO
31 Across: Wayside lodge (3): INN
32 Across: The wee hours, e.g. (3): AMS
33 Across: Swans, ducks, geese, etc. (7): ANSERES
35 Across: Testifiers (9): DEPONENTS
37 Across: Befogging atmosphere (6): MIASMA
39 Across: Blanc or Brooks (3): MEL
40 Across: Droplet on a petal (3): DEW
41 Across: Loc. of Bavaria (3): GER
42 Across: Judge's bench (4): BANC
43 Across: Arabian chief (3): AGA
45 Across: Springy dance (3): JIG
47 Across: "Mad dogs and Englishmen go ___ sun" (14): OUTINTHEMIDDAY
54 Across: Apr. 15 consultants (4): CPAS
56 Across: Byelorussia is one: Abbr. (3): SSR
57 Across: Aurora's Greek counterpart (3): EOS
58 Across: Globular stone (5): GEODE
59 Across: Having a veranda (7): PORCHED
62 Across: Starling's relative (4): MYNA
65 Across: Cornelia ___ Skinner (4): OTIS
67 Across: Scala from Liverpool (3): GIA
68 Across: Bruhn of ballet (4): ERIK
69 Across: Of a Roman official (11): PROCONSULAR
72 Across: Blue and Grey: 1861–65 (4): FOES
73 Across: Ethyl chaser (3): ENE
74 Across: Britisher's cry of surprise (4): ISAY
75 Across: Nutcracker's suite (4): NEST
76 Across: Corroborate (7): BEAROUT
78 Across: Left-hand page of a book (5): VERSO
80 Across: Beard's org. (3): BSA
82 Across: Former nuclear watchdog: Abbr. (3): AEC
84 Across: Williams and Lewis (4): TEDS
85 Across: Geographic rift in Christendom: 1054 (14): EASTWESTSCHISM
89 Across: Kickoff device (3): TEE
90 Across: Fr. rebels in the 1960's (3): OAS
91 Across: Letters from Greece (4): ETAS
92 Across: ___ Vegas (3): LAS
94 Across: A pronoun (3): HER
97 Across: S. African hill (3): KOP
99 Across: Lombard or Landis (6): CAROLE
101 Across: These go to blazes (9): FIREHOSES
104 Across: Made neat and tidy (7): GROOMED
106 Across: In medias ___ (3): RES
107 Across: "Barefaced" thing (3): LIE
108 Across: "Alice's Adventures . . . " character (5): ELSIE
109 Across: He married Pocahontas (5): ROLFE
110 Across: Norse god of war (4): ODIN
112 Across: Travail (4): PAIN
113 Across: British noble family (5): EDENS
114 Across: In the area where "The Fantasticks" is a hit (13): ONOFFBROADWAY
117 Across: Small, one-seeded fruits (7): ACHENES
119 Across: Indite (3): PEN
120 Across: City on the Oka (4): OREL
121 Across: Man's northern point (4): AYRE
122 Across: Bristle (6): SEERED
123 Across: Energy unit (3): ERG
124 Across: Like some hamburgers (4): RARE
125 Across: Comedian Foxx (4): REDD
126 Across: Kinski role (4): TESS

Down Answers

1 Down: Mass. summer resort, informally (7): THECAPE
2 Down: Card game (11): HIGHLOWJACK
3 Down: Englishman (6): BRITON
4 Down: Coral, for one (3): SEA
5 Down: Mellows (6): RIPENS
6 Down: A southern constellation (4): APUS
7 Down: Dullhead (3): ASS
8 Down: Gypsy (8): BOHEMIAN
9 Down: U.S.S.R.-China border river (4): AMUR
10 Down: Fir for Christmas (6): BALSAM
11 Down: Wing of a kind (3): ELL
12 Down: Gay songs (5): LILTS
13 Down: Raiment (6): ATTIRE
14 Down: Where to see Monticello (6): NICKEL
15 Down: Yearns (5): ACHES
16 Down: Criticized severely (6): SLATED
17 Down: Figure in the Army-McCarthy hearings (6): SCHINE
21 Down: Okla. city (4): ENID
23 Down: Heavily, to Mehta (7): PESANTE
24 Down: " . . . as dreams ___ on": Shak. (7): AREMADE
27 Down: Jazz preludes (6): INTROS
32 Down: Prefix for dextrous (4): AMBI
34 Down: Son of Caleb (4): NAAM
36 Down: Hatchery item (3): EGG
38 Down: Group groupers shun (6): SCHOOL
44 Down: Military-school demerits (4): GIGS
46 Down: Kabibble (3): ISH
48 Down: Leatherneck's org. (4): USMC
49 Down: Fort ___ Park, N.Y.C. (5): TRYON
50 Down: Founded: Abbr. (5): ESTAB
51 Down: Like some overzealous ideas (6): DOGOOD
52 Down: Leave-taking words (6): ADIEUS
53 Down: Uplift for some batters (5): YEAST
54 Down: Pupil covering (6): CORNEA
55 Down: Snoops (6): PRIERS
59 Down: Source of annoyance (5): PEEVE
60 Down: N.T. letters (3): EPS
61 Down: Slatterns (5): DRABS
63 Down: Windsock dir. (3): NNE
64 Down: Brazilian palm (5): ASSAI
66 Down: Wrath (3): IRE
70 Down: Starfish's victim (6): OYSTER
71 Down: Pueblos' enemies (4): UTES
72 Down: Some N.J. public officers (11): FREEHOLDERS
74 Down: Waterloo is here (4): IOWA
77 Down: Spenser character (3): ATE
79 Down: Journey interruption (7): STOPOFF
81 Down: Columbia River seaport (7): ASTORIA
83 Down: 953, to Livy (6): CMLIII
86 Down: Ending for an inchoative verb (4): ESCE
87 Down: Date container (8): CALENDAR
88 Down: Frat dwellings (4): HSES
89 Down: Poetic monogram (3): TSE
93 Down: Punta ___, Chile (6): ARENAS
95 Down: Ancient Jewish sect (7): ESSENES
96 Down: Checked (6): REINED
97 Down: Danish coins (6): KRONER
98 Down: Some of all the tea in China (6): OOLONG
100 Down: Idolator (6): ADORER
101 Down: Pillaged (6): FLAYED
102 Down: Giggler's sound (6): HEEHEE
103 Down: Mtg. (4): SESS
104 Down: Feel about blindly (5): GROPE
105 Down: " . . . two for tea,/Just ___ you . . . " (5): MEFOR
111 Down: He went down with a Ford (4): DOLE
112 Down: Cowboy's pal (4): PARD
115 Down: Bikini part (3): BRA
116 Down: Ex follower (3): WYE
118 Down: This, in Tours (3): CET

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