HOMONYMIC SEXTET - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 160 clues). Published 1/20/1985. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Rivera the painter (5): DIEGO
6 Across: Detent (4): PAWL
10 Across: Gaiters (5): SPATS
15 Across: Languishes (5): WILTS
20 Across: Reference aid (5): INDEX
21 Across: Palmer the golfer (5): ARNIE
22 Across: Prorate, in a way (5): ALLOT
23 Across: The Gem State (5): IDAHO
24 Across: Start of the sextet (23): ALWAYSCONTINUALLYOREVER
28 Across: Hiding place (4): LAIR
29 Across: La Douce et al. (5): IRMAS
30 Across: Projecting window (5): ORIEL
31 Across: Change the title (6): RENAME
32 Across: Def., maybe (3): SYN
33 Across: Hitler's father (5): ALOIS
34 Across: Saline (5): BRINY
35 Across: Gene the golfer (7): LITTLER
36 Across: Intelligence (4): NEWS
37 Across: Theda the siren (4): BARA
38 Across: Long, detailed account (4): SAGA
39 Across: Second of the sextet (23): SUFFIXDENOTINGRECIPIENT
50 Across: Noted netman (5): ARIAS
51 Across: Rams' dams (4): EWES
52 Across: TV staple (5): RERUN
53 Across: Emulate a marmot (4): GNAW
54 Across: Bombast (4): RANT
55 Across: Ending with myth or poet (4): ICAL
57 Across: Took part at a conference (5): SATIN
58 Across: Graham of the gridiron fame (4): OTTO
59 Across: Third of the sextet (23): UNDEVELOPEDBUDOFAPOTATO
66 Across: Jan. and Feb. (3): MOS
67 Across: Windmill sails (4): AWES
68 Across: Beam (6): GIRDER
69 Across: U.S.S.R. river (6): ANADYR
70 Across: Seed coating (5): TESTA
72 Across: Goner's name (3): MUD
73 Across: Mather product (5): TRACT
76 Across: Interrupt (6): DERAIL
80 Across: Ate or drunk (6): DOWNED
83 Across: ___ strut (plane part) (4): OLEO
84 Across: Worth: Abbr. (3): VAL
87 Across: Fourth of the sextet (23): ANEXCLAMATIONOFSURPRISE
92 Across: Punjabi queen (4): RANI
93 Across: Resist (5): FIGHT
94 Across: Side (4): TEAM
95 Across: Indo-European (4): ARYA
96 Across: Counterfeiter-catcher (4): TMAN
97 Across: Shaw the bandsman (5): ARTIE
98 Across: Wilbur or Merrill (4): POET
100 Across: Difficulty (5): RIGOR
101 Across: Fifth of the sextet (23): SINGULARORPLURALPRONOUN
107 Across: Indistinguishable (4): SAME
108 Across: First woman director of the U.S. Mint (4): ROSS
109 Across: Murdoch the writer (4): IRIS
110 Across: Avail (7): BEOFUSE
114 Across: Validate (5): PROVE
116 Across: Creation of Archilochus (5): EPODE
117 Across: Loop loopers (3): ELS
120 Across: Busy (6): ATWORK
121 Across: Musical offering (5): PIECE
122 Across: Restaurant list (5): CARTE
123 Across: Meas. of area (4): SQIN
124 Across: Last of the sextet (23): THEREASONPURPOSEORCAUSE
128 Across: U. of Mo. athlete (5): TIGER
129 Across: External (5): OUTER
130 Across: Poseidon's realm (5): OCEAN
131 Across: Springy (5): AGILE
132 Across: The Bruce's men (5): SCOTS
133 Across: Shoplifted (5): STOLE
134 Across: Had effect (4): TOLD
135 Across: Pot-valiant one, possibly (5): TOPER

Down Answers

1 Down: Tunes in (5): DIALS
2 Down: Dental construct (5): INLAY
3 Down: Olympic star Moses (5): EDWIN
4 Down: Paraphernalia (4): GEAR
5 Down: Chemical prefix (3): OXY
6 Down: Foretoken (7): PROMISE
7 Down: Karenina and Pavlova (5): ANNAS
8 Down: Gatherers at Will's Coffee-House: 18th century (4): WITS
9 Down: Luau décor (3): LEI
10 Down: Lizard (7): SAURIAN
11 Down: Manifest (5): PLAIN
12 Down: Large playing marble (5): ALLEY
13 Down: Kind of call (4): TOLL
14 Down: Hampshire's home (3): STY
15 Down: Bug (7): WIRETAP
16 Down: Dog tag, e.g. (5): IDENT
17 Down: Vichy quisling (5): LAVAL
18 Down: Motif (5): THEME
19 Down: More painful (5): SORER
21 Down: TV's "Three's ___" (6): ACROWD
25 Down: Tripoli, e.g. (5): SILEX
26 Down: Kathleen the writer (6): NORRIS
27 Down: Source (6): ORIGIN
33 Down: Flavoring for a Cannes cordial (4): ANIS
34 Down: Let up (4): BATE
35 Down: Gap (6): LACUNA
37 Down: Crooked limb (6): BOWLEG
38 Down: Type feature (5): SERIF
39 Down: Old ___, rotten borough of yore (5): SARUM
40 Down: Sky: Comb. form (5): URANO
41 Down: Talent scouts' delights (5): FINDS
42 Down: Clotho, e.g. (4): FATE
43 Down: A tide (4): NEAP
44 Down: Rank (5): GRADE
45 Down: Comeback (6): RETORT
46 Down: "___ Woman," Ray Charles hit (5): IGOTA
47 Down: Toward the center (5): ENTAD
48 Down: Spruce (5): NATTY
49 Down: ___ three (several) (5): TWOOR
55 Down: Miquelon and Oléron (4): ILES
56 Down: Outlay (4): COST
57 Down: Unexpected (6): SUDDEN
60 Down: Oracular (5): VATIC
61 Down: Blackwell the pitcher (5): EWELL
62 Down: Chucklehead (6): DIMWIT
63 Down: Walter the conductor (5): BRUNO
64 Down: Pack leader (5): PACER
65 Down: Successful (5): ONTOP
71 Down: Slowly, in music (6): ADAGIO
74 Down: Ponselle the singer (4): ROSA
75 Down: Styptic substance (4): ALUM
76 Down: Board game (5): DARTS
77 Down: As a friend: Fr. (5): ENAMI
78 Down: Joseph the historian (5): RENAN
79 Down: Lumberman's activity (5): AXING
81 Down: What allo- means (5): OTHER
82 Down: Indulgent ones (6): DOTERS
84 Down: Where Spica is (5): VIRGO
85 Down: Pay-___-go (5): ASYOU
86 Down: Get the word (5): LEARN
88 Down: Triangular building (6): AFRAME
89 Down: Topper for Cosmo G. Lang (5): MITRE
90 Down: Greek cheese (4): FETA
91 Down: Colton-Randolph play: 1922 (4): RAIN
97 Down: Where the Tanana flows (6): ALASKA
98 Down: Killdeer (6): PLOVER
99 Down: River to The Wash (4): OUSE
100 Down: What Waller told to go (4): ROSE
102 Down: Sharks having vigorish (7): USURERS
103 Down: Obtain (7): PROCURE
104 Down: Visually recognize speech (7): LIPREAD
105 Down: An object of Bohr's research (6): PROTON
106 Down: Allonge (5): RIDER
110 Down: Quilt stuffing (5): BATTS
111 Down: Of morality (5): ETHIC
112 Down: Village on the Susquehanna (5): OWEGO
113 Down: Pierre's woodland (5): FORET
114 Down: Spotted equine (5): PINTO
115 Down: Drive back (5): REPEL
116 Down: Prop for E. Hopper (5): EASEL
117 Down: Fit out (5): EQUIP
118 Down: Cotton thread (5): LISLE
119 Down: Nasty look (5): SNEER
121 Down: Sulky look (4): POUT
122 Down: James the actor (4): COCO
123 Down: Starch from a gomuti (4): SAGO
125 Down: Help! (3): SOS
126 Down: Crock (3): POT
127 Down: Grimalkin (3): CAT

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