NOT FOR DUFFERS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/19/1985. By Jeanette K. Brill.

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Across Answers

1 Across: David, for one (4): CAMP
5 Across: Fountain drinks (5): SODAS
10 Across: Lead weight (5): PLUMB
15 Across: Cole adherent (4): SLAW
19 Across: Leigh Hunt hero (4): ABOU
20 Across: ___ State Theater, Sarasota (5): ASOLO
21 Across: Middle Eastern liquor (5): RAKEE
22 Across: Forum wear (4): TOGA
23 Across: Golfer figuring his score? (10): TEETOTALER
25 Across: Tournament time? (10): OPENSEASON
27 Across: Resembling a tepee (8): TENTLIKE
28 Across: Lianas (5): VINES
30 Across: Word with scout or show (6): TALENT
31 Across: Actress ___ May Oliver (4): EDNA
32 Across: Compete with (5): RIVAL
33 Across: Spin in a roleo (4): BIRL
34 Across: Evening party (6): SOIREE
37 Across: French legislative body (5): SENAT
38 Across: Material for a fur coat (8): SEALSKIN
42 Across: Anent (4): INRE
43 Across: Lindbergh's guest on the links? (12): THELONEEAGLE
46 Across: Federal agcy.: 1933–36 (3): NRA
47 Across: Polynesian native of N.Z. (5): MAORI
49 Across: Levin or Gershwin (3): IRA
50 Across: Yalie (3): ELI
51 Across: Durable wood (3): OAK
52 Across: Beard grown by an oats farmer (3): AWN
53 Across: What golfers strive for? (13): PAREXCELLENCE
60 Across: B–F connection (3): CDE
61 Across: Units of electrical current (7): AMPERES
63 Across: Revoke, in law (5): ADEEM
64 Across: Peeled rice (6): HUSKED
66 Across: Happen (5): OCCUR
67 Across: Vilify (5): SMEAR
68 Across: Modern Italian novelist Giuseppe ___ (5): BERTO
69 Across: December figures (6): SANTAS
71 Across: Checks (5): STEMS
72 Across: Mead wrote about them (7): SAMOANS
74 Across: Put duds on (3): TOG
75 Across: Golfer's favorite cookie? (13): CHOCOLATECHIP
78 Across: Joker (3): WAG
80 Across: Hole-in-___ (3): ONE
81 Across: Needlefish (3): GAR
82 Across: Motorist's org. (3): AAA
83 Across: Lyric poem (5): EPODE
85 Across: "Bei ___ Bist Du Schoen" (3): MIR
86 Across: Golfer's lament? (12): BYEBYEBIRDIE
92 Across: Churn up (4): ROIL
93 Across: Eclairs, etc. (8): PASTRIES
95 Across: Meal finishers, often (5): MINTS
96 Across: Chemical compounds (6): AMIDES
98 Across: Tills the soil (4): HOES
99 Across: Lead-pipe ___ (5): CINCH
100 Across: Hosea in the Douay Bible (4): OSEE
101 Across: Legal petition (6): APPEAL
104 Across: India's official language (5): HINDI
105 Across: Skilled craftsmen (8): ARTISANS
109 Across: Golfer's aspiration? (10): FLUIDDRIVE
111 Across: What single golfers try to avoid? (10): TENDERTRAP
113 Across: Kin: Abbr. (4): RELS
114 Across: Kind of kitchen (5): EATIN
115 Across: Stage direction (5): ENTER
116 Across: Tibetan monk (4): LAMA
117 Across: Certain biog. sketch (4): OBIT
118 Across: Resided (5): DWELT
119 Across: Beloved ones (5): DEARS
120 Across: Norse mythical giant (4): YMER

Down Answers

1 Down: Suffragette from Ripon (4): CATT
2 Down: Busy as ___ (4): ABEE
3 Down: One of the Truk Islands (4): MOEN
4 Down: A golfer at home? (8): PUTTERER
5 Down: Glossy fabric (7): SATINET
6 Down: Japanese port (5): OSAKA
7 Down: He crashed with a Ford (4): DOLE
8 Down: October drink (3): ALE
9 Down: Actor Paul from Brooklyn (7): SORVINO
10 Down: Rotate the hand, in a way (7): PRONATE
11 Down: Revers (5): LAPEL
12 Down: Music makers, informally (4): UKES
13 Down: They can't join the L.P.G.A. (3): MEN
14 Down: Coarse (7): BESTIAL
15 Down: Delays by evasion (6): STALLS
16 Down: Mislay (4): LOSE
17 Down: Stravinsky ballet (4): AGON
18 Down: " . . . I shall not ___" (4): WANT
24 Down: Ye ___ gift shoppe (4): OLDE
26 Down: Ark. city near Memphis (5): EARLE
29 Down: Lendl of tennis (4): IVAN
32 Down: Take it easy (5): RELAX
33 Down: Shamir's predecessor (5): BEGIN
34 Down: Basic igneous rock (4): SIMA
35 Down: Iowa city (5): ONAWA
36 Down: Golf-club salesmen? (11): IRONMONGERS
37 Down: Ancient Chinese (5): SERES
38 Down: Hawthorne's birthplace (5): SALEM
39 Down: What a superstitious golfer might do? (11): KNOCKONWOOD
40 Down: Moslem decree (5): IRADE
41 Down: In the buff (5): NAKED
44 Down: Personnel chief (5): HIRER
45 Down: Specialized fisherman (5): EELER
48 Down: Creeping S.A. plant (6): IPECAC
54 Down: In ___ (hurrying) (5): ARUSH
55 Down: Deloul or hageen (5): CAMEL
56 Down: Tomato blight (5): EDEMA
57 Down: Minimum (5): LEAST
58 Down: Lab sci. prefix (5): CHEMI
59 Down: Gunther's "Inside ___" (6): EUROPE
62 Down: For every hund. (3): PCT
65 Down: RR depot (3): STA
67 Down: Bedtime ___ (5): STORY
68 Down: Adherent of a 19th-century religion (5): BAHAI
69 Down: Jazz dance (5): STOMP
70 Down: District sacred to the Muses (5): AONIA
71 Down: Eschars (5): SCABS
72 Down: Large quantity (5): SCADS
73 Down: Berlin's "___ Salome . . . " (5): SADIE
76 Down: Gulae (5): OGEES
77 Down: Marl, e.g. (5): EARTH
79 Down: Sets (4): GELS
84 Down: Sacerdotal (8): PRIESTLY
86 Down: Wide (5): BROAD
87 Down: Produced, as revenue (7): YIELDED
88 Down: Lofty (7): EMINENT
89 Down: Put under obligation (4): BIND
90 Down: Abetted (7): INCITED
91 Down: Paschal times (7): EASTERS
94 Down: Believer in one God (6): THEIST
97 Down: Golda (4): MEIR
99 Down: Kind of servant (5): CIVIL
100 Down: Fiat (5): ORDER
101 Down: Hair style (4): AFRO
102 Down: Commoner (4): PLEB
103 Down: Hungarian sheep dog (4): PULI
104 Down: "The ___ Report," 1976 book (4): HITE
105 Down: Theatrical org. (4): ANTA
106 Down: Khachaturian (4): ARAM
107 Down: Appellative (4): NAME
108 Down: Box (4): SPAR
110 Down: Uncooked (3): RAW
112 Down: Compass dir. (3): ENE

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