ALTAR-ATIONS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/2/1985. By Joy L. Wouk.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Avoid formal nuptials (5)
- ELOPE
- 6 Across: Château story (5)
- ETAGE
- 11 Across: Embarrass (5)
- ABASH
- 16 Across: Poke (3)
- JAB
- 19 Across: Unit of capacitance (5)
- FARAD
- 20 Across: Ancient stringed instrument (5)
- NEBEL
- 21 Across: Malory's "___ d'Arthur" (5)
- MORTE
- 22 Across: Gone by (3)
- AGO
- 23 Across: J. M. Barrie opus (17)
- THELITTLEMINISTER
- 26 Across: Mover's need (3)
- VAN
- 27 Across: Incipient grads (3)
- SRS
- 28 Across: Groups in coops (6)
- BROODS
- 29 Across: Old English letter (3)
- EDH
- 30 Across: He abdicated for love (6)
- EDWARD
- 32 Across: A rival of Babylonia (4)
- ELAM
- 33 Across: Musical syllables (4)
- TRAS
- 35 Across: Where cows browse (3)
- LEA
- 36 Across: Carson McCullers opus (21)
- THEMEMBEROFTHEWEDDING
- 46 Across: Hound's sound (4)
- YELP
- 47 Across: Golden or Walden (4)
- POND
- 48 Across: Suffix with Brooklyn or Israel (3)
- ITE
- 49 Across: Excessive sentimentality (3)
- GOO
- 50 Across: " . . . Shrew" musical (10)
- KISSMEKATE
- 54 Across: Place (3)
- PUT
- 55 Across: Lugged a thug to the jug (5)
- RANIN
- 57 Across: Baseball stat. (3)
- ERA
- 58 Across: International aid org.: 1943–47 (5)
- UNRRA
- 59 Across: Rumanian city (4)
- IASI
- 61 Across: Traveler's need (6)
- VALISE
- 62 Across: Pusher's activity (9)
- ADDICTING
- 64 Across: Self-defense system (6)
- KARATE
- 65 Across: Evelyn Waugh opus (19)
- BRIDESHEADREVISITED
- 69 Across: Vampires (6)
- LAMIAS
- 70 Across: Tend to move (toward) (9)
- GRAVITATE
- 71 Across: Furniture wheel (6)
- CASTER
- 72 Across: Mine, in Metz (4)
- AMOI
- 74 Across: "Ad ___ per aspera," Kansas motto (5)
- ASTRA
- 75 Across: Handle clumsily (3)
- PAW
- 78 Across: Tequila, e.g. (5)
- LICOR
- 79 Across: Japanese woman diver (3)
- AMA
- 80 Across: Rarity, to J. R. Lowell (10)
- ADAYINJUNE
- 82 Across: Bambi's aunt (3)
- ENA
- 83 Across: Hippie's home (3)
- PAD
- 84 Across: "___ your pardon!" (4)
- IBEG
- 85 Across: Thessalian mountain (4)
- OSSA
- 86 Across: Poe opus, with "The" (21)
- FALLOFTHEHOUSEOFUSHER
- 94 Across: Altar on high (3)
- ARA
- 95 Across: "Middletown" co-author (4)
- LYND
- 96 Across: Climbing, twining stem (4)
- BINE
- 97 Across: Australian marsupial (6)
- WOMBAT
- 100 Across: Opp. of masculine (3)
- FEM
- 101 Across: Cozy; familiar (6)
- HOMISH
- 104 Across: Woolf's "___ Dalloway" (3)
- MRS
- 107 Across: Nest-egg acct. (3)
- IRA
- 108 Across: Browning opus (17)
- THERINGANDTHEBOOK
- 112 Across: Where to find cattails (3)
- FEN
- 113 Across: Rose-colored dye (5)
- EOSIN
- 114 Across: Humiliate (5)
- ABASE
- 115 Across: Lout (5)
- LOOBY
- 116 Across: England's Isle of ___ (3)
- ELY
- 117 Across: Hit hard (5)
- SMOTE
- 118 Across: Daisy cutter's relative (5)
- LINER
- 119 Across: Prenuptial events (5)
- DATES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Newts (4)
- EFTS
- 2 Down: Bert of "leonine" fame (4)
- LAHR
- 3 Down: Pyrite and galena (4)
- ORES
- 4 Down: Chum (3)
- PAL
- 5 Down: Safe, as some mushrooms (6)
- EDIBLE
- 6 Down: Inter, as a Pharaoh (6)
- ENTOMB
- 7 Down: End: Comb. form (4)
- TELO
- 8 Down: Retired (4)
- ABED
- 9 Down: Engagement gift (8)
- GEMSTONE
- 10 Down: A descendant of Aaron (3)
- ELI
- 11 Down: Halfway between bow and stern (9)
- AMIDSHIPS
- 12 Down: Nonsense! (4)
- BOSH
- 13 Down: Skill (3)
- ART
- 14 Down: Addison's partner (6)
- STEELE
- 15 Down: Kept control over (6)
- HERDED
- 16 Down: Sumatran neighbor (4)
- JAVA
- 17 Down: Chinese gelatin (4)
- AGAR
- 18 Down: Uniting force (4)
- BOND
- 24 Down: Mine vehicle (4)
- TRAM
- 25 Down: Spruce (4)
- NEAT
- 31 Down: Handful of cotton (3)
- WAD
- 32 Down: Napoleons I and III: Abbr. (4)
- EMPS
- 34 Down: Country address: Abbr. (3)
- RFD
- 36 Down: Tad (4)
- TYKE
- 37 Down: "Next of skin" (4)
- HEIR
- 38 Down: Lohengrin's love (4)
- ELSA
- 39 Down: Eastern Church bishop (6)
- EPARCH
- 40 Down: Take turns (6)
- ROTATE
- 41 Down: Needle case (4)
- ETUI
- 42 Down: Rainy (3)
- WET
- 43 Down: Light (6)
- IGNITE
- 44 Down: Bruited (6)
- NOISED
- 45 Down: Part of "G.W.T.W." (4)
- GONE
- 51 Down: Less clear (7)
- MUDDIER
- 52 Down: Make beloved (6)
- ENDEAR
- 53 Down: ___ Kringle (5)
- KRISS
- 55 Down: N.J. river or bay (7)
- RARITAN
- 56 Down: Winged ant (5)
- ALATE
- 59 Down: Madagascan lemur (5)
- INDRI
- 60 Down: Taj Mahal site (4)
- AGRA
- 61 Down: Biographer of artists: 1511–74 (6)
- VASARI
- 62 Down: "We ___ please" (5)
- AIMTO
- 63 Down: Othello's betrayer (4)
- IAGO
- 64 Down: "Gunsmoke" role (5)
- KITTY
- 65 Down: Nantyglo and ___, Wales (6)
- BLAINA
- 66 Down: Scaramouch (6)
- RASCAL
- 67 Down: Gets around (6)
- EVADES
- 68 Down: Appearance (6)
- VISAGE
- 71 Down: Music symbol (4)
- CLEF
- 72 Down: Eastern nurse (4)
- AMAH
- 73 Down: Small, rich cupcake (9)
- MADELEINE
- 75 Down: Door sign (4)
- PUSH
- 76 Down: Handle, to Henri (4)
- ANSE
- 77 Down: Tear's partner (4)
- WEAR
- 79 Down: Fitting (3)
- APT
- 80 Down: Largest Arab emirate (8)
- ABUDHABI
- 81 Down: He loved Carmen (4)
- JOSE
- 84 Down: Charged atom (3)
- ION
- 87 Down: Sci. room (3)
- LAB
- 88 Down: Emulates Bryan (6)
- ORATES
- 89 Down: Understand thoroughly (6)
- FATHOM
- 90 Down: Song of praise (4)
- HYMN
- 91 Down: ___ dictum (6)
- OBITER
- 92 Down: Dace or plaice (4)
- FISH
- 93 Down: Not in anyone's possession (6)
- UNHELD
- 97 Down: Man and ___ (4)
- WIFE
- 98 Down: Turgenev's birthplace (4)
- OREL
- 99 Down: "___ happy returns!" (4)
- MANY
- 100 Down: Glass material (4)
- FRIT
- 102 Down: Judah's second son (4)
- ONAN
- 103 Down: Gds. (4)
- MDSE
- 104 Down: Debatable (4)
- MOOT
- 105 Down: Peignoir (4)
- ROBE
- 106 Down: ""The ___ the limit!" (4)
- SKYS
- 109 Down: That, in Toledo (3)
- ESO
- 110 Down: "For Me and My ___," 1917 song (3)
- GAL
- 111 Down: Scarf (3)
- BOA
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