SPACES AND PLACES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 6/23/1985. By Louis Sabin.

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Across Answers

1 Across: On ___ (working well) (7)
THEBEAM
8 Across: Hines of the 88 (5)
FATHA
13 Across: Twain's Tom Canty (6)
PAUPER
19 Across: Mad scramble (7)
RATRACE
20 Across: Home of Odysseus (6)
ITHACA
22 Across: Chafe (6)
ABRADE
23 Across: Hilton Head Island sights (7)
ESTATES
24 Across: Titanic's resting place (13)
NORTHATLANTIC
26 Across: A relative (3)
THE
27 Across: Sked letters (3)
ETA
28 Across: Once, in Dundee (4)
ANES
29 Across: Outer limits (4)
RIMS
30 Across: "With ___ by his side . . . ": Shak. (3)
ATE
31 Across: Aix-en-___ (8)
PROVENCE
33 Across: Entertainer Falana (4)
LOLA
34 Across: Classical contest (4)
AGON
35 Across: Cougars (5)
PUMAS
38 Across: Pilate's "Look!" (4)
ECCE
39 Across: Jutlander (4)
DANE
40 Across: Express contempt (5)
SNORT
41 Across: Botanist's angle (4)
AXIL
42 Across: Commedia dell'___ (4)
ARTE
43 Across: Early invaders of Europe (4)
HUNS
44 Across: Convivial (4)
BOON
45 Across: Garden of the Gods site (8)
COLORADO
47 Across: Wyo. sidekick (4)
PARD
48 Across: At. no. 92 (7)
URANIUM
51 Across: Okla. city (7)
ARDMORE
52 Across: Mathematical quantity (9)
PARAMETER
54 Across: Memorabilia (3)
ANA
55 Across: Fishbowl occupant (3)
IDE
56 Across: Klondike hopeful (9)
GOLDMINER
57 Across: Bind (4)
KNIT
58 Across: Velvety fabric (5)
PANNE
61 Across: Hawks (9)
MILITANTS
62 Across: "Twelfth Night" clown (5)
FESTE
63 Across: Mars: Comb. form (4)
AREO
64 Across: Sponges (9)
PARASITES
65 Across: Half a sawbuck (3)
FIN
66 Across: Hoad of tennis (3)
LEW
67 Across: Cognomens (9)
LASTNAMES
68 Across: Ukranian city (7)
POLTAVA
72 Across: Retaliate (7)
PAYBACK
74 Across: River of Hesse (4)
EDER
75 Across: Prescriptions (8)
FORMULAE
76 Across: Leakage (4)
DOZE
77 Across: Teens, e.g. (4)
AGES
78 Across: Role for Roz (4)
MAME
79 Across: King mackerel (4)
CERO
80 Across: Londoner's "billycock" (5)
DERBY
82 Across: Woodpile word (4)
CORD
83 Across: Add spirits (4)
LACE
84 Across: Crocheter's measure (5)
SKEIN
85 Across: Nev. city (4)
ELKO
86 Across: Spore clusters (4)
SORI
87 Across: An aim of education (8)
LITERACY
89 Across: Hebrides sobriquet (3)
MAC
90 Across: Canterbury's county (4)
KENT
91 Across: TV's Anderson (4)
LONI
92 Across: Chipper or chopper (3)
AXE
93 Across: Sumac of Peru (3)
YMA
96 Across: What Lie once led (13)
UNITEDNATIONS
99 Across: Base figures (7)
NONCOMS
101 Across: Eye part (6)
RETINA
102 Across: Scrubs (6)
ERASES
103 Across: Trespass (7)
INTRUDE
104 Across: Root word (6)
ETYMON
105 Across: Excellence or valor (5)
ARETE
106 Across: Sennacherib's empire (7)
ASSYRIA

Down Answers

1 Down: Waste compensation (4)
TRET
2 Down: Mark's predecessor (4)
HASH
3 Down: Room finisher (4)
ETTE
4 Down: Bandeau, for short (3)
BRA
5 Down: Van Gogh's "The Potato ___" (6)
EATERS
6 Down: Chemist's comb. form (5)
ACETO
7 Down: National park in 45 Across (9)
MESAVERDE
8 Down: Back, in a way (7)
FINANCE
9 Down: In a trice (6)
ATONCE
10 Down: ___-card monte (5)
THREE
11 Down: Skimmers or sailors (4)
HATS
12 Down: Drat, Dresden style (3)
ACH
13 Down: Majorca's capital (5)
PALMA
14 Down: Down with, in Dijon (4)
ABAS
15 Down: Cafe vessel (3)
URN
16 Down: Chile-Argentina natives (11)
PATAGONIANS
17 Down: Publisher's employee (6)
EDITOR
18 Down: Late (6)
RECENT
21 Down: ___ rod (6)
AARONS
25 Down: Favus (4)
TILE
31 Down: Southwestern steed (8)
PALOMINO
32 Down: Outside: Comb. form (4)
ECTO
33 Down: Battlefield "plants" (9)
LANDMINES
34 Down: Erelong (4)
ANON
35 Down: S.A. rodent (4)
PACA
36 Down: Partner of a maritus (4)
UXOR
37 Down: Like a claro (4)
MILD
39 Down: Brain envelope (9)
DURAMATER
40 Down: Tower (4)
SOAR
42 Down: Swiss river (4)
AARE
43 Down: Depressions (9)
HARDTIMES
44 Down: ___ Rabbit (4)
BRER
46 Down: Conquered a cayuse (4)
RODE
47 Down: Fenced in (9)
PALISADED
48 Down: Shoshoneans (4)
UTES
49 Down: Dyne or erg (4)
UNIT
50 Down: Tal triumph (4)
MATE
52 Down: She wrote "Memories of a Star" (9)
POLANEGRI
53 Down: Tolkien creatures (4)
ENTS
56 Down: Belted (4)
GIRT
57 Down: Foster "Home" (8)
KENTUCKY
58 Down: Oyster's feeler (4)
PALP
59 Down: ___ rug (4)
AREA
60 Down: Tweed could be bought here (11)
NEWYDRKCITY
61 Down: Pretense (4)
MASK
62 Down: Cannes display (4)
FILM
64 Down: Lead the pack (4)
PACE
65 Down: Masters' warning (4)
FORE
67 Down: Not industrious (4)
LAZY
68 Down: Former Baltic Sea duchy (9)
POMERANIA
69 Down: Sheltered on the Sargasso (4)
ALEE
70 Down: Diverse: Comb. form (4)
VARI
71 Down: Lots of time (4)
AEON
73 Down: A Rockefeller nickname (4)
BOBO
75 Down: Cliff feature (4)
FACE
77 Down: Trunk lines? (6)
AORTAE
78 Down: "Desserte" artist (7)
MATISSE
80 Down: Retiring (6)
DEMURE
81 Down: Kite (6)
ELANET
82 Down: Direct a helmsman (4)
CONN
83 Down: Old World finch (6)
LINNET
84 Down: Detects (6)
SCENTS
86 Down: One of the Maxwells (5)
SEDAN
87 Down: Relaxed (5)
LOOSE
88 Down: Neural conductors (5)
AXONS
90 Down: Las Vegas pastime (4)
KENO
91 Down: "Billy ___," 1963 film (4)
LIAR
93 Down: "I Wanna Be ___ Man," Beatles song (4)
YOUR
94 Down: 2501, to Cato (4)
MMDI
95 Down: On the Java (4)
ASEA
97 Down: Actor Holt: 1918–73 (3)
TIM
98 Down: Glee note (3)
TRA
100 Down: Have a bawl (3)
CRY

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