DELIBERATIONS RE ORATIONS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 11/3/1985. By Wilson McBeath.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Expresses a viewpoint (6)
- OPINES
- 7 Across: Rice dish (5)
- PILAF
- 12 Across: City north of Dallas (5)
- PLANO
- 17 Across: Expression of regret (7)
- APOLOGY
- 18 Across: A resin (5)
- ELEMI
- 19 Across: Take a plunge again (6)
- REDIVE
- 21 Across: Shakespeare's admonition to voters? (21)
- TALKERSARENOGOODDOERS
- 25 Across: Former comedian Olsen (3)
- OLE
- 26 Across: Baltic people (5)
- LETTS
- 27 Across: Eat noisily (5)
- SLURP
- 28 Across: James ___ Garfield (5)
- ABRAM
- 29 Across: Pleasant (4)
- NICE
- 31 Across: Dakota Indian (5)
- TETON
- 33 Across: Grain disease (5)
- ERGOT
- 35 Across: Comfort (4)
- EASE
- 36 Across: Related on the mother's side (5)
- ENATE
- 38 Across: Frenzied (5)
- MANIC
- 40 Across: Double curves (5)
- ESSES
- 42 Across: Minuscule (3)
- WEE
- 43 Across: Tax statement (6)
- RETURN
- 45 Across: Sudanese town (6)
- RASHAD
- 47 Across: Cities in Devonshire and Calif. (7)
- EXETERS
- 49 Across: "Dies ___" (4)
- IRAE
- 51 Across: Pastures (4)
- LEAS
- 52 Across: Classification (5)
- GRADE
- 53 Across: Soho fleabag (4)
- DOSS
- 56 Across: A.L. or N.L. official (3)
- UMP
- 58 Across: Drive forward (5)
- IMPEL
- 60 Across: Present (6)
- SUBMIT
- 64 Across: ___-Locka, Fla. (3)
- OPA
- 65 Across: Some combos (5)
- TRIOS
- 67 Across: Mad dog, e.g. (5)
- BITER
- 69 Across: Partner of desist (5)
- CEASE
- 70 Across: With 119 Across, Dionysius's advice to politicians? (21)
- LETYOURSPEECHBEBETTER
- 74 Across: Hunter on high (5)
- ORION
- 75 Across: Nosing's locale (5)
- STAIR
- 76 Across: Divide (5)
- SEVER
- 77 Across: Forage plant (3)
- ERS
- 78 Across: Extended (6)
- RANGED
- 80 Across: Fish (5)
- ANGLE
- 82 Across: ___ generis (unique) (3)
- SUI
- 83 Across: Words of understanding (4)
- ISEE
- 84 Across: "___ thee, Kate, 'twas burnt . . . ": Shak. (5)
- ITELL
- 86 Across: Kind of tree (4)
- HALL
- 88 Across: Site of Vance A.F.B. (4)
- ENID
- 90 Across: Silly (7)
- ASININE
- 93 Across: Rural crossings (6)
- STILES
- 95 Across: Broadway hit of 1972 (6)
- GREASE
- 99 Across: Rather or Rowan (3)
- DAN
- 100 Across: Municipal (5)
- CIVIC
- 102 Across: Recess (5)
- NICHE
- 104 Across: Evergreen shrub (5)
- SALAL
- 105 Across: Sandy's remarks (4)
- ARFS
- 107 Across: TV and radio (5)
- MEDIA
- 109 Across: Broadcast (5)
- STREW
- 111 Across: Reside (4)
- LIVE
- 112 Across: Part of a sunflower (5)
- PALEA
- 114 Across: Parasite (5)
- LEECH
- 116 Across: Famed Swiss mathematician (5)
- EULER
- 118 Across: Highland sobriquet (3)
- MAC
- 119 Across: See 70 Across (21)
- THANSILENCEORBESILENT
- 123 Across: Incense spice (6)
- STACTE
- 124 Across: A "State Fair" star: 1945 (5)
- CRAIN
- 125 Across: Rues (7)
- REPENTS
- 126 Across: Upper space (5)
- ETHER
- 127 Across: Group just below marquises (5)
- EARLS
- 128 Across: Hard rains (6)
- SLEETS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Having a milky iridescence (7)
- OPALINE
- 2 Down: Skunk (7)
- POLECAT
- 3 Down: Kind, unkindly (3)
- ILK
- 4 Down: Coward or carol (4)
- NOEL
- 5 Down: Heronlike bird (5)
- EGRET
- 6 Down: Complex of schools (6)
- SYSTEM
- 7 Down: A classified advertisement (8)
- PERSONAL
- 8 Down: O'Neill play (3)
- ILE
- 9 Down: Loupe (4)
- LENS
- 10 Down: Soap plant (5)
- AMOLE
- 11 Down: Computed (7)
- FIGURED
- 12 Down: Future groom, possibly (8)
- PROPOSER
- 13 Down: Guided (3)
- LED
- 14 Down: Po feeder (4)
- ADDA
- 15 Down: Queen changed into stone (5)
- NIOBE
- 16 Down: Intimidate (7)
- OVERAWE
- 17 Down: Who's sorry now? (6)
- ATONER
- 20 Down: Blackboard adjunct (6)
- ERASER
- 22 Down: Perfume (5)
- ATTAR
- 23 Down: Assns. (4)
- ORGS
- 24 Down: Pochards (5)
- SMEES
- 30 Down: Decorative cases (5)
- ETUIS
- 32 Down: Person of Japanese descent (5)
- NISEI
- 34 Down: "Yellow Rose" place (5)
- TEXAS
- 37 Down: Go astray (3)
- ERR
- 39 Down: Steward (11)
- CHAMBERLAIN
- 41 Down: Siren or rake (7)
- SEDUCER
- 44 Down: Pleasant Island, today (5)
- NAURU
- 46 Down: Savory jelly (5)
- ASPIC
- 48 Down: Month after Kislev (5)
- TEBET
- 50 Down: Arab princes (5)
- EMIRS
- 52 Down: Church lands (6)
- GLEBES
- 53 Down: Anguish (5)
- DOLOR
- 54 Down: Horse or light follower (5)
- OPERA
- 55 Down: Duchesse, e.g. (5)
- SATIN
- 57 Down: Kind of card (6)
- POSTAL
- 59 Down: Old English letters (4)
- ETHS
- 61 Down: Karpov's triumphs (5)
- MATES
- 62 Down: Grenoble's river (5)
- ISERE
- 63 Down: Pithy (5)
- TERSE
- 65 Down: Pertaining to linguistic sounds (7)
- TONETIC
- 66 Down: Team of horses (4)
- SPAN
- 68 Down: Ziegfeld creation (5)
- REVUE
- 71 Down: Hindu philosopher (5)
- YOGIN
- 72 Down: Figure for Sumners (5)
- EIGHT
- 73 Down: "His acts ___ seven ages": Shak. (5)
- BEING
- 79 Down: Popular fabric (5)
- DENIM
- 81 Down: ___ Bell (Emily Brontë) (5)
- ELLIS
- 83 Down: Perfect (5)
- IDEAL
- 85 Down: Earth-mover (8)
- LEVELLER
- 87 Down: Reading desks (8)
- LECTERNS
- 89 Down: Revenue agcy. (3)
- IRS
- 90 Down: Conform (5)
- ADAPT
- 91 Down: Caldwell and Vaughan (6)
- SARAHS
- 92 Down: Distend (7)
- INFLATE
- 93 Down: Branch of knowledge (7)
- SCIENCE
- 94 Down: Hercules'-club, e.g. (5)
- SHRUB
- 96 Down: Nutriment (7)
- ALIMENT
- 97 Down: Learned men (7)
- SAVANTS
- 98 Down: Votes in (6)
- ELECTS
- 101 Down: ___ fixe (4)
- IDEE
- 103 Down: Selective fishermen (6)
- EELERS
- 106 Down: French legislature (5)
- SENAT
- 108 Down: Capital of Ghana (5)
- ACCRA
- 110 Down: City on the Rhine (5)
- WESEL
- 113 Down: He wrote "The Nazarene" (4)
- ASCH
- 115 Down: Parliament cry (4)
- HEAR
- 117 Down: Auspicious (4)
- RIPE
- 120 Down: Suffix for Israel (3)
- ITE
- 121 Down: Naphtha, for one (3)
- OIL
- 122 Down: Golfer Elder (3)
- LEE
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