KID STUFF - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 10/6/1985. By A. J. Santora.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Publicize (6): PLAYUP
7 Across: Llama's cousin (6): ALPACA
13 Across: Gallant (7): AMORIST
20 Across: Brewer from Toledo (6): TERESA
21 Across: Higher up (6): TALLER
22 Across: Crescent-shaped figure (7): LUNETTE
23 Across: More precious (6): DEARER
24 Across: Dr. Seuss book (14): MCELLIGOTSPOOL
26 Across: Donahue from N.Y.C. (4): TROY
28 Across: Oriental (7): EASTERN
29 Across: Port ___, scene of Allied landing on Guam (4): APRA
30 Across: Security (4): BAIL
33 Across: Annealing ovens (5): LEHRS
35 Across: Some newspaper ads (6): LEGALS
37 Across: Second shelf (8): ALTEREGO
39 Across: Fit (3): APT
42 Across: Existence, to Aquinas (4): ESSE
43 Across: Shaver (3): TAD
46 Across: Dr. Seuss's "___ Stole Christmas" (12): HOWTHEGRINCH
48 Across: Pinch (3): NIP
49 Across: Pitch (4): TONE
50 Across: "Esto Perpetua" state (5): IDAHO
51 Across: Raggedy (8): TATTERED
53 Across: This (girl), to Livy (4): HAEC
54 Across: African fox (4): ASSE
55 Across: Benefit (4): BOON
57 Across: Week's pay (5): WAGES
59 Across: Jane Austen heroine (4): EMMA
60 Across: Prickle (5): THORN
62 Across: Soak (5): STING
64 Across: Timorous (6): AFRAID
66 Across: Hand down to heirs (8): BEQUEATH
69 Across: Forage plant (3): ERS
70 Across: Projection (8): SALIENCE
72 Across: Some commuters' destinations (6): EXURBS
73 Across: Book about Ann Landers (5): EPPIE
75 Across: Chips in chips (5): ANTES
76 Across: Improvisation by Ella (4): SCAT
77 Across: Drink to (5): TOAST
79 Across: Gibb of songdom (4): ANDY
80 Across: Part of a Latin paradigm (4): AMAS
84 Across: Linden (4): TEIL
85 Across: Ordained (8): PRIESTED
88 Across: Locale for an airboat (5): SWAMP
89 Across: Underling of the 11th century (4): ESNE
90 Across: ___ Moines (3): DES
91 Across: Dr. Seuss story (12): THESHAPEOFME
94 Across: Summertime in N.Y.C. (3): DST
95 Across: Frances H. Burnett heroine (4): SARA
96 Across: Expanse (3): SEA
97 Across: "Ode on ___ Urn" (8): AGRECIAN
98 Across: Soricines (6): SHREWS
100 Across: Bess follower (5): MAMIE
102 Across: "Critique of Pure Reason" writer (4): KANT
103 Across: One of the Jackson 5 (4): TITO
105 Across: " . . . autumn turned to ___": Shak. (7): THERAMS
108 Across: Bone: Comb. form (4): OSTE
110 Across: Dr. Seuss's "I Can Lick 30 ___ Other Stories" (14): TIGERSTODAYAND
113 Across: Exercises (6): SITUPS
117 Across: Passivity (7): INERTIA
118 Across: What Pearl White did in films (6): EMOTED
119 Across: One of Willie Morris's roles (6): EDITOR
120 Across: Deposes (7): ATTESTS
121 Across: They do seeding (6): RATERS
122 Across: Bundle of energy (6): DYNAMO

Down Answers

1 Down: Relative of publ. (3): PTD
2 Down: Liberace (3): LEE
3 Down: Altar of the skies (3): ARA
4 Down: Dr. Seuss story (15): YERTLETHETURTLE
5 Down: Customer (4): USER
6 Down: He's conditionally loose from the calaboose (7): PAROLEE
7 Down: Air: Abbr. (3): ATM
8 Down: Football-factory employee (5): LACER
9 Down: Nice (8): PLEASANT
10 Down: Start of a Shakespearean title (4): ALLS
11 Down: Breton or Briton (4): CELT
12 Down: A moon of Uranus (5): ARIEL
13 Down: Next to (9): ALONGSIDE
14 Down: Egyptian ocean goddess (3): MUT
15 Down: Ad come-on (6): ONSALE
16 Down: Ribbed fabrics (5): REPPS
17 Down: "Believe ___ Not" (4): ITOR
18 Down: Zeno's porch (4): STOA
19 Down: Hill, to an Arab (3): TEL
25 Down: Dr. Seuss book (15): GREENEGGSANDHAM
27 Down: Peteman (4): YEGG
30 Down: State of Brazil (5): BAHIA
31 Down: Anglo-Saxon estates (5): ALODS
32 Down: First words of "A Tale of Two Cities" (5): ITWAS
34 Down: Dr. Seuss book (15): HORTONHEARSAWHO
36 Down: The ___ ("Orphan Annie" character) (3): ASP
38 Down: Pi follower (3): RHO
40 Down: Agt.'s cut (3): PCT
41 Down: A word to ___ (7): THEWISE
43 Down: With no exceptions (6): TOAMAN
44 Down: Weak (6): ANEMIC
45 Down: Thomas Beer's "The Mauve ___" (6): DECADE
47 Down: Singer Janis (3): IAN
49 Down: Dr. Seuss's "___ My Pocket" (15): THERESAWOCKETIN
52 Down: Dr. Seuss's "If I ___ The Circus" (3): RAN
55 Down: Rodomontade (5): BOAST
56 Down: Leftover scrap (3): ORT
58 Down: Piquant (5): SALTY
61 Down: Lang. at a yeshiva (3): HEB
62 Down: Rhyme royals (7): SEPTETS
63 Down: Kind of cycle (3): TRI
65 Down: Hamlet's cry of disgust (3): FIE
66 Down: Outdid (6): BESTED
67 Down: Overindulgence (6): EXCESS
68 Down: Picturesque (6): QUAINT
71 Down: Dr. Seuss's "Bartholomew ___ the Oobleck" (3): AND
74 Down: "___ Love You," 1934 song (3): PSI
78 Down: Herbert offerings (9): OPERETTAS
79 Down: D.D.E.'s opponent (3): AES
81 Down: Puzo subject (5): MAFIA
82 Down: Jordan town, once called Philadelphia (5): AMMAN
83 Down: Exhausted (5): SPENT
86 Down: Pronoun for a calico cat (3): SHE
87 Down: Mantle, to Maris (8): TEAMMATE
88 Down: Grasp (3): SEE
90 Down: Nabokov novel (3): DAR
92 Down: Money changing (4): AGIO
93 Down: Harassed a dribbler (7): PRESSED
95 Down: Causes for re-fusing (6): SHORTS
98 Down: Solid: Comb. form (5): STERE
99 Down: Passover feast (5): SEDER
101 Down: "Gunn" actor in 1967 (5): ASNER
103 Down: Color (4): TINT
104 Down: "___ Ideas," 1951 song (4): IGET
106 Down: Author Santha ___ Rau (4): RAMA
107 Down: ___ St. Lawrence (home of G.B.S.) (4): AYOT
109 Down: In order (4): TIDY
110 Down: Charo's aunt (3): TIA
111 Down: Command to Fido (3): SIT
112 Down: Canine examiner's deg. (3): DDS
114 Down: Western lizard (3): UTA
115 Down: A dog, for short (3): POM
116 Down: B'way sign (3): SRO

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