OXYMORONS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 8/11/1985. By Peter G. Snow.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Dramatist Hart (4)
- MOSS
- 5 Across: Fudd or Gantry (5)
- ELMER
- 10 Across: Crop (3)
- MAW
- 13 Across: Patrimony (6)
- ESTATE
- 19 Across: Island in the Taiwan Strait (4)
- AMOY
- 20 Across: Roulette relative (5)
- BOULE
- 21 Across: "Chances ___": Mathis hit (3)
- ARE
- 22 Across: Placed at intervals (6)
- SPACED
- 23 Across: Thunder in the library? (14)
- SOUNDOFSILENCE
- 26 Across: Just missed a birdie (6)
- PARRED
- 27 Across: Winter wear (8)
- TOPCOATS
- 28 Across: Urged (on) (5)
- EGGED
- 29 Across: Highway (6)
- ARTERY
- 30 Across: Elects (4)
- OPTS
- 31 Across: Like some seals (5)
- EARED
- 32 Across: Soprano Petina (4)
- IRRA
- 33 Across: Runs off (6)
- ELOPES
- 36 Across: Photographer Adams (5)
- ANSEL
- 37 Across: Activity in an attic (7)
- STORING
- 41 Across: Motorized bike (5)
- MOPED
- 42 Across: Juliet's phrase for parting (11)
- SWEETSORROW
- 45 Across: Litigation appellation (3)
- DOE
- 46 Across: Don of the P.G.A. (4)
- BIES
- 47 Across: Confidence game (4)
- SCAM
- 48 Across: Victory symbols (4)
- VEES
- 49 Across: Heap (4)
- PILE
- 50 Across: White-tailed eagle (3)
- ERN
- 51 Across: Bird and Hagman (6)
- LARRYS
- 53 Across: Color or novelist (4)
- SAND
- 54 Across: Conspiracies (5)
- PLOTS
- 55 Across: Closed anew (8)
- RESEALED
- 57 Across: Photo finish (5)
- MATTE
- 59 Across: Beard type (6)
- GOATEE
- 60 Across: Use a joint rudely (5)
- ELBOW
- 61 Across: Laissez follower (5)
- FAIRE
- 62 Across: Conduits (5)
- MAINS
- 63 Across: Diacritical mark (6)
- MACRON
- 65 Across: Layer of skin (5)
- DERMA
- 66 Across: Apparatus on some ships (8)
- CAPSTANS
- 69 Across: Transgression (5)
- ERROR
- 70 Across: Stew (4)
- FRET
- 71 Across: Zoroastrian (6)
- PARSEE
- 73 Across: Wine container (3)
- VAT
- 74 Across: Deuce topper (4)
- TREY
- 75 Across: Alum (4)
- GRAD
- 76 Across: Calendar abbr. (4)
- TUES
- 77 Across: Sugar source (4)
- CANE
- 78 Across: Blab to the cops (3)
- RAT
- 79 Across: What days do in fall (11)
- GROWSHORTER
- 83 Across: Gopak or hopak (5)
- DANCE
- 84 Across: Cached grain (7)
- ENSILED
- 86 Across: Of a region (5)
- AREAL
- 87 Across: Enjoyed a siesta (6)
- RESTED
- 88 Across: Aloha, in Milano (4)
- CIAO
- 89 Across: Lend ___ (hearken) (5)
- ANEAR
- 90 Across: Afflicts (4)
- AILS
- 91 Across: Resources (6)
- ASSETS
- 94 Across: "The Saga of King Olaf" composer (5)
- ELGAR
- 95 Across: Hems in (8)
- ENCLOSES
- 99 Across: Design (6)
- CREATE
- 100 Across: Role for a B.Ed. candidate (14)
- STUDENTTEACHER
- 102 Across: Cajoling one (6)
- COAXER
- 103 Across: Half sole (3)
- TAP
- 104 Across: Explosives ingredient (5)
- NITER
- 105 Across: Some kind of nut (4)
- KOLA
- 106 Across: Late bloomers (6)
- ASTERS
- 107 Across: Forage plant (3)
- ERS
- 108 Across: Gary Cooper role (5)
- DEEDS
- 109 Across: Oriental legumes (4)
- SOYS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Sow chow (4)
- MAST
- 2 Down: "Typee" sequel (4)
- OMOO
- 3 Down: Rubaboo or skink (4)
- SOUP
- 4 Down: Elisions (8)
- SYNCOPES
- 5 Down: British term for foes' vessels (6)
- EBOATS
- 6 Down: Hits a fly (5)
- LOFTS
- 7 Down: Dishevel (4)
- MUSS
- 8 Down: Double this for a Hebrew song (3)
- ELI
- 9 Down: Free (7)
- RELEASE
- 10 Down: Beets, for short (7)
- MANGELS
- 11 Down: Like a rainbow (5)
- ARCED
- 12 Down: Henbit is one (4)
- WEED
- 13 Down: Cordage grasses (8)
- ESPARTOS
- 14 Down: Weaverbird (7)
- SPARROW
- 15 Down: Dental calculus (6)
- TARTAR
- 16 Down: Ten square chains (4)
- ACRE
- 17 Down: Golfer, before driving (4)
- TEER
- 18 Down: MacDonald's co-star (4)
- EDDY
- 24 Down: Stupefied (5)
- DOPED
- 25 Down: Everglades denizen (5)
- EGRET
- 31 Down: Sulla, to Marius (5)
- ENEMY
- 32 Down: " . . . the sky ___": Matt. 16:2 (5)
- ISRED
- 33 Down: Live coal (5)
- EMBER
- 34 Down: River to the Bay of Biscay (5)
- LOIRE
- 35 Down: Things ostensibly, but not actually, hidden (11)
- OPENSECRETS
- 36 Down: Genie or Clio (5)
- AWARD
- 38 Down: Retardate with an area of brilliance (11)
- IDIOTSAVANT
- 39 Down: Actor Nick from Omaha (5)
- NOLTE
- 40 Down: Foolish ones (5)
- GEESE
- 42 Down: Ship's propeller (5)
- SCREW
- 43 Down: Shaped like some leaves (5)
- OVATE
- 44 Down: Poet Sully-Prudhomme (4)
- RENE
- 47 Down: Arty party (5)
- SALON
- 49 Down: Factory (5)
- PLANT
- 51 Down: Kind of grind (5)
- LABOR
- 52 Down: Brisk (5)
- SMART
- 53 Down: Latigo, e.g. (5)
- STRAP
- 54 Down: Composure (5)
- POISE
- 56 Down: Crazylegs Hirsch of football (5)
- ELROY
- 58 Down: Goal (3)
- AIM
- 59 Down: Yawns (5)
- GAPES
- 61 Down: Nourishes (5)
- FEEDS
- 62 Down: Electronic device (5)
- MASER
- 63 Down: Concern of Spender or Spenser (5)
- METRE
- 64 Down: Island in the Firth of Clyde (5)
- ARRAN
- 65 Down: Dogfall, in wrestling (4)
- DRAW
- 66 Down: Heartless (5)
- CRUEL
- 67 Down: John ___ Garner (5)
- NANCE
- 68 Down: Mount (5)
- STEED
- 70 Down: ___ Baggins, a Tolkien hobbit (5)
- FRODO
- 72 Down: Perfume base (5)
- ATTAR
- 75 Down: Lubricators (8)
- GREASERS
- 77 Down: Choristers' garb (8)
- CASSOCKS
- 79 Down: Sparkle (7)
- GLITTER
- 80 Down: Certain phobias (7)
- HANGUPS
- 81 Down: One of Pan's companions (5)
- OREAD
- 82 Down: Type of collision (7)
- REAREND
- 83 Down: Donald Duck's cousin (5)
- DELLA
- 85 Down: Tool for Hillary (6)
- ICEAXE
- 87 Down: Kitchen utensils (6)
- RICERS
- 89 Down: Hitching post (5)
- ALTAR
- 90 Down: Chipped in one's chip (5)
- ANTED
- 91 Down: Medieval silken fabric (4)
- ACCA
- 92 Down: Signs loved by angels (4)
- SROS
- 93 Down: Source (4)
- SEAT
- 94 Down: Boiardo's patron (4)
- ESTE
- 95 Down: Major follower (4)
- ETTE
- 96 Down: Chick chaser (4)
- SHOO
- 97 Down: Hard to hold (4)
- EELY
- 98 Down: Mmes. in Madrid (4)
- SRAS
- 101 Down: Berliner's refusal (3)
- NIE
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