THE ASSET TEST - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 2/17/1985. By John Greenman.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Maid of ___ (5)
- HONOR
- 6 Across: Mites (5)
- ACARI
- 11 Across: Walkway of a sort (4)
- STOA
- 15 Across: Mosel feeder (4)
- SAAR
- 19 Across: Cottonwood (5)
- ALAMO
- 20 Across: Largest of the Admiralties (5)
- MANUS
- 21 Across: Use steel wool (5)
- SCOUR
- 22 Across: Clam type (5)
- PISMO
- 23 Across: District attorney? (11)
- LEGALTENDER
- 25 Across: Niña, to Santa Maria? (11)
- PARTNERSHIP
- 27 Across: Vilification (7)
- SLANDER
- 28 Across: Mulligrubs (5)
- COLIC
- 29 Across: Company lover (6)
- MISERY
- 30 Across: "Grenada" songwriter (4)
- LARA
- 33 Across: Japanese vegetables (4)
- UDOS
- 34 Across: Amaryllis relative (4)
- ALOE
- 35 Across: Balderdash (5)
- HOOEY
- 37 Across: "Sail ___ Union": Longfellow (3)
- ONO
- 38 Across: Add-on for hip or tip (4)
- STER
- 39 Across: Broken transom's results? (10)
- OVERDRAFTS
- 41 Across: Angel's pet letters (3)
- SRO
- 44 Across: Separated (7)
- UNYOKED
- 46 Across: Deadlocks (5)
- DRAWS
- 47 Across: Yves's weapon (4)
- ARME
- 48 Across: Academic orgs. (4)
- PTAS
- 49 Across: Blackjack croupier (6)
- DEALER
- 50 Across: Sanctions (5)
- FIATS
- 51 Across: Baptismal acts (10)
- IMMERSIONS
- 53 Across: Kind of service (3)
- LIP
- 54 Across: Fettuccine, e.g. (5)
- PASTA
- 55 Across: "Lucky Jim" author (4)
- AMIS
- 56 Across: Tucson flora (5)
- CACTI
- 57 Across: Lorca play division (4)
- ACTO
- 59 Across: EKG output? (10)
- TICKERTAPE
- 61 Across: Fail suddenly, with "out" (4)
- CONK
- 62 Across: Group founded in 1908 (9)
- BOYSCOUTS
- 64 Across: Tinstones (4)
- ORES
- 65 Across: Architecture style (7)
- BAROQUE
- 68 Across: A founder of Dada (3)
- ARP
- 69 Across: Bread: Comb. form (4)
- ARTO
- 70 Across: Monsarrat's "The ___ Sea" (5)
- CRUEL
- 72 Across: Bend; arch (4)
- COPE
- 73 Across: Cry of repugnance (3)
- UGH
- 74 Across: Driver's cousin (7)
- BRASSIE
- 76 Across: Nonprofessional (4)
- LAIC
- 77 Across: Anatomical branch (9)
- ARTERIOLE
- 79 Across: Asian apparition (4)
- YETI
- 80 Across: In the immediate neighborhood? (10)
- ONTHEBLOCK
- 83 Across: Swizzle (4)
- STIR
- 84 Across: To love, in Lyon (5)
- AIMER
- 86 Across: ___ gras (goose liver) (4)
- FOIE
- 87 Across: Bathsheba's first spouse (5)
- URIAH
- 88 Across: Cause for R.E.L. (3)
- CSA
- 89 Across: Bias (10)
- PREPOSSESS
- 92 Across: Jazz solo cadenza (5)
- BREAK
- 93 Across: Lines on a map (6)
- ROUTES
- 96 Across: Molecule clusters (4)
- IONS
- 97 Across: Geologic comb. form (4)
- CENE
- 98 Across: Antas (5)
- PIERS
- 99 Across: Payment proof (7)
- RECEIPT
- 100 Across: Pantry pillager (3)
- ANT
- 101 Across: Frog and grasshopper? (10)
- GREENBACKS
- 103 Across: Pumpkin or melon (4)
- PEPO
- 104 Across: Cry of surprise (3)
- OHO
- 105 Across: Sch. officials (5)
- PRINS
- 106 Across: Yard's yardage (4)
- AREA
- 107 Across: Calamitous (4)
- DIRE
- 108 Across: Cinch (4)
- SNAP
- 109 Across: Roman villa feature (6)
- ATRIUM
- 112 Across: Gogol's "___ Bulba" (5)
- TARAS
- 114 Across: Press ___ (7)
- RELEASE
- 116 Across: Thanksgiving time? (11)
- GRACEPERIOD
- 118 Across: Invoice for a zoo purchase? (11)
- BUFFALOBILL
- 122 Across: Richard III, to Henry VII (5)
- RIVAL
- 123 Across: Chile con ___ (5)
- CARNE
- 124 Across: "___ of dreadful note": Macbeth (5)
- ADEED
- 125 Across: An Arnaz (5)
- LUCIE
- 126 Across: Home of Iowa State (4)
- AMES
- 127 Across: Heroine of a d'Erlanger opera (4)
- TESS
- 128 Across: Regs. or dists. (5)
- TERRS
- 129 Across: Out of kilter (5)
- AMISS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Lyricist David (3)
- HAL
- 2 Down: Huzzah for Manolete (3)
- OLE
- 3 Down: Hialeah has-been (3)
- NAG
- 4 Down: Psalteria (5)
- OMASA
- 5 Down: Brötchen (4)
- ROLL
- 6 Down: Bettered (7)
- AMENDED
- 7 Down: Sincerity (6)
- CANDOR
- 8 Down: Range over 4,000 miles long (5)
- ANDES
- 9 Down: Penitent (4)
- RUER
- 10 Down: Nat. of Tel Aviv (3)
- ISR
- 11 Down: Conquered the Jungfrau (6)
- SCALED
- 12 Down: Column-base moldings (4)
- TORI
- 13 Down: Surpasses in bewitchery (9)
- OUTCHARMS
- 14 Down: Prince Valiant's son (3)
- ARN
- 15 Down: Milksop (5)
- SISSY
- 16 Down: U.S.T.A. champ: 1968 (4)
- ASHE
- 17 Down: Arab prince (4)
- AMIR
- 18 Down: Viscous (4)
- ROPY
- 21 Down: Bear trails (6)
- SPOORS
- 22 Down: Wields a crowbar (5)
- PRIES
- 24 Down: More tightly stretched (6)
- TAUTER
- 26 Down: Rialto ham (6)
- EMOTER
- 28 Down: Balls of yarn (5)
- CLEWS
- 30 Down: Boisterous (4)
- LOUD
- 31 Down: Novelist Tyler (4)
- ANNE
- 32 Down: King's ransom? (14)
- ROYALTYPAYMENT
- 34 Down: Archetype (6)
- AVATAR
- 36 Down: "All ___," 1931 song (4)
- OFME
- 38 Down: Beehive (4)
- SKEP
- 39 Down: Deliver encomiums (5)
- ORATE
- 40 Down: Flaxlike fibers (6)
- RAMIES
- 41 Down: Literary platitude? (14)
- STOCKQUOTATION
- 42 Down: Bombast (4)
- RANT
- 43 Down: Bone: Comb. form (4)
- OSSI
- 45 Down: Spicy stews (5)
- OLIOS
- 46 Down: Patens (5)
- DISKS
- 48 Down: Clavichord's successor (5)
- PIANO
- 50 Down: Ipso ___ (5)
- FACTO
- 51 Down: Incite (5)
- IMPEL
- 52 Down: Music arranger (6)
- SCORER
- 54 Down: Shoshonean (5)
- PIUTE
- 55 Down: Bernese Alps river (4)
- AARE
- 57 Down: Rhyme scheme (4)
- ABAB
- 58 Down: Ltr. writer (4)
- CORR
- 59 Down: Shinto temple gateway (5)
- TORII
- 60 Down: "___ of Evil," Welles film (5)
- TOUCH
- 61 Down: Author of "Krakatit" (5)
- CAPEK
- 63 Down: Part of F.C.R. (6)
- CASTRO
- 65 Down: Bungle (5)
- BOTCH
- 66 Down: Jamaican citrus fruit (4)
- UGLI
- 67 Down: Rather, in Rostock (4)
- EHER
- 70 Down: Dog genus (5)
- CANIS
- 71 Down: Ordination, e.g. (4)
- RITE
- 72 Down: Raven's remark (5)
- CROAK
- 75 Down: Leaks (5)
- SEEPS
- 76 Down: Untie (6)
- LOOSEN
- 77 Down: R. Spencer, to J. Valentine (5)
- ALIAS
- 78 Down: Offspring (5)
- ISSUE
- 81 Down: Calif.'s motto (6)
- EUREKA
- 82 Down: Rabbit and Fox (5)
- BRERS
- 84 Down: Upolu port (4)
- APIA
- 85 Down: What Mr. America pumps (4)
- IRON
- 86 Down: Windowlike openings (9)
- FENESTRAE
- 88 Down: Thespian James (4)
- COCO
- 90 Down: Economize (6)
- SCRIMP
- 91 Down: Spotted (4)
- SEEN
- 92 Down: Shades of blue and green (5)
- BICES
- 93 Down: Nullify (6)
- REPEAL
- 94 Down: Hebrew bushel (4)
- EPHA
- 95 Down: Word in early telegrams (4)
- STOP
- 98 Down: Strollers en masse (6)
- PARADE
- 99 Down: Scans again (7)
- REREADS
- 101 Down: Thin porridge (5)
- GRUEL
- 102 Down: Magnates (6)
- BARONS
- 103 Down: Filch (6)
- PILFER
- 105 Down: Compositors' units (5)
- PICAS
- 107 Down: Capitulate (5)
- DEFER
- 108 Down: Gland secretion (5)
- SEBUM
- 109 Down: City on the Jumna (4)
- AGRA
- 110 Down: Svelte (4)
- TRIM
- 111 Down: Critic's accolade (4)
- RAVE
- 113 Down: Broadcasts (4)
- AIRS
- 114 Down: Uncouth (4)
- RUDE
- 115 Down: Topsoil layers (4)
- SOLA
- 117 Down: External: Comb. form (3)
- ECT
- 118 Down: Lost weekend (3)
- BAT
- 119 Down: Here, in Hyères (3)
- ICI
- 120 Down: Fleur-de-___ (3)
- LIS
- 121 Down: Bandleader Elgart (3)
- LES
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