TRICKSTERS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 156 clues). Published 10/27/1985. By William Lutwiniak.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Ella's forte (4): SCAT
5 Across: Exhorts (5): URGES
10 Across: Celebratory (4): GALA
14 Across: Cicatrix (4): SCAR
18 Across: Alley Oop's companion (4): OOLA
19 Across: Del ___, town in Colo. (5): NORTE
20 Across: TV role for Shirley Booth (5): HAZEL
21 Across: Private eye (6): SHAMUS
23 Across: Halloween visitors (16): WRAITHSANDDEMONS
26 Across: Fairbanks's river (6): TANANA
27 Across: "Casablanca" pianist (3): SAM
28 Across: Ornamental herb (5): HOSTA
29 Across: Singer from Birmingham (6): ODETTA
30 Across: Men of Matrah (6): OMANIS
31 Across: Indian tobacco (7): LOBELIA
33 Across: Job Jim Farley held: Abbr. (3): PMG
34 Across: Halloween visitors (10): HOBGOBLINS
36 Across: Meat cut (4): LOIN
37 Across: "I cannot tell ___" (4): ALIE
38 Across: "___ Shook Up": Presley hit (3): ALL
39 Across: With 92, 99 and 117 Across, Scottish frights (22): GHOULIESANDGHOSTIESAND
50 Across: Cornucopia's contents (6): PLENTY
51 Across: Bonkers (4): LOCO
52 Across: Strong snuff (6): RAPPEE
53 Across: Heartburn causer, to an M.D. (4): ACOR
54 Across: Precedes (5): LEADS
55 Across: Ruinations (5): BANES
56 Across: Dairy-case grouping (5): OLEOS
57 Across: Winter cap (5): TUQUE
58 Across: Respecting (4): INRE
59 Across: Painters, e.g. (5): ROPES
60 Across: Potash source (5): SUINT
61 Across: Andes denizen (6): VICUNA
62 Across: Tampa's time (3): EST
63 Across: River isles (4): AITS
64 Across: Raja, for one (5): HINDU
65 Across: Form of bigotry (6): AGEISM
66 Across: Halloween visitors (19): BANSHEESANDSPECTERS
72 Across: Of the nostrils (6): NARINE
74 Across: Fliers: Abbr. (5): CIRCS
75 Across: ___-do-well (4): NEER
76 Across: Belief (3): ISM
79 Across: Soap plants (6): AMOLES
80 Across: Misdeed (5): LAPSE
81 Across: Former German coin (5): TALER
83 Across: Place for Zeno (4): STOA
84 Across: Polynesian images of ancestors (5): TIKIS
85 Across: Shape: Comb. form (5): MORPH
86 Across: Cum grano ___ (5): SALIS
87 Across: Scoops up water in a boat (5): BAILS
88 Across: Arabian Sea gulf (4): ADEN
89 Across: Door crosspiece (6): LINTEL
90 Across: Big leaguers (4): PROS
91 Across: Dialect (6): PATOIS
92 Across: See 39 Across (22): LONGLEGGETYBEASTIESAND
96 Across: Hosiery shade (3): ASH
97 Across: Porsena (4): LARS
98 Across: Man of ken (4): SEER
99 Across: See 39 Across (10): THINGSTHAT
106 Across: Orel's river (3): OKA
107 Across: Victors in 1066 (7): NORMANS
110 Across: Emulate John McGraw (6): MANAGE
111 Across: Punk for lighting (6): AMADOU
113 Across: Column foundation (5): SOCLE
114 Across: ___ de vie (brandy) (3): EAU
116 Across: Cossack chief (6): ATAMAN
117 Across: See 39 Across (16): GOBUMPINTHENIGHT
120 Across: Forty followers (6): NINERS
121 Across: City on the Rhône (5): ARLES
122 Across: Monk parrots (5): LOROS
123 Across: Bo or ti (4): TREE
124 Across: Wimp's cousin (4): NERD
125 Across: Tape holder (4): REEL
126 Across: Aquarian totes (5): EWERS
127 Across: Cassatt medium (4): OILS

Down Answers

1 Down: Gilts (4): SOWS
2 Down: Reef buildup (5): CORAL
3 Down: Crockett's last stand (5): ALAMO
4 Down: Randy's rink partner (3): TAI
5 Down: In an impious way (8): UNHOLILY
6 Down: "Semiramide" composer (7): ROSSINI
7 Down: Persona non ___ (5): GRATA
8 Down: Sight from Taormina (4): ETNA
9 Down: But, to Brutus (3): SED
10 Down: Plucky (4): GAME
11 Down: Quicksilver (5): AZOTH
12 Down: Slow, to Solti (5): LENTO
13 Down: Kentucky Derby runner-up: 1942 (5): ALSAB
14 Down: Walk clumsily (7): SHAMBLE
15 Down: Sight at Buzzards Bay (5): CANAL
16 Down: "I never met ___ didn't like": Will Rogers (5): AMANI
17 Down: Altercation (5): RUNIN
20 Down: Played it safe (6): HEDGED
21 Down: Fink (7): STOOLIE
22 Down: Effrontery (4): SASS
24 Down: On ___ (at loggerheads) (7): THEOUTS
25 Down: Masquerade wear (7): DOMINOS
32 Down: Monroe was one (6): BLONDE
33 Down: Loci (6): PLACES
35 Down: Early winner at Saratoga (5): GATES
37 Down: Unisonally (5): ASONE
39 Down: Secluded valleys (5): GLENS
40 Down: Emotionally shattered (11): HEARTBROKEN
41 Down: Pass, as time (6): ELAPSE
42 Down: Basis (7): GROUNDS
43 Down: Compounds used for bromides (6): HALIDS
44 Down: Unfold (6): OPENUP
45 Down: Make out (4): SPOT
46 Down: Sci-fi craft (6): SAUCER
47 Down: Gain (11): ACQUISITION
48 Down: Some are proper (5): NOUNS
49 Down: Imagine (5): DREAM
50 Down: Ballet exercise (4): PLIE
55 Down: The pair (4): BOTH
57 Down: Blake subject (5): TIGER
59 Down: Bullish times (5): RISES
60 Down: Because (5): SINCE
61 Down: Man of the Haus (5): VATER
63 Down: Meara and Jackson (5): ANNES
64 Down: In unkind style (7): HARSHLY
67 Down: Not in the pink (6): AILING
68 Down: Card game (6): ECARTE
69 Down: Bit of toasted bread (6): SIPPET
70 Down: Join up (6): ENLIST
71 Down: Franklin notes (4): CEES
72 Down: Seaport of Brazil (5): NATAL
73 Down: ___ yellow E (a dye) (5): AMIDO
77 Down: Reliable (5): SOLID
78 Down: Large-scale (4): MASS
80 Down: Protracted (4): LONG
81 Down: "___-Boom-De-Ré" (6): TARARA
82 Down: At ___ (puzzled) (5): ALOSS
83 Down: Cloth of India (6): SATARA
85 Down: Strength (5): MIGHT
86 Down: Assert oneself (7): SPEAKUP
87 Down: Diamond figures (7): BASEMEN
89 Down: Lets up (7): LESSENS
91 Down: Nonpareil (8): PEERLESS
93 Down: Slow person (7): LAGGARD
94 Down: Flourishes (6): BLOOMS
95 Down: Weather-map line (7): ISOCHOR
99 Down: D.C. agent (4): TMAN
100 Down: ___ hand (humbly) (5): HATIN
101 Down: Empty (5): INANE
102 Down: Identifier (5): NAMER
103 Down: Object of Sarah's jealousy (5): HAGAR
104 Down: Luigi's love (5): AMORE
105 Down: Postpone (5): TABLE
107 Down: ___ Dame (5): NOTRE
108 Down: Pola of the silents (5): NEGRI
109 Down: Arid region of Africa (5): SAHEL
112 Down: Go one-on-one (4): DUEL
113 Down: TV woe (4): SNOW
115 Down: All-purpose vehicles, for short (4): UTES
118 Down: O'Neill play (3): ILE
119 Down: "Quincy" co-star (3): ITO

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