BIDDING WITH THE BARD - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 11/24/1985. By Caroline G. Fitzgerald.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Oh! in Oschatz (3): ACH
4 Across: Nimble (5): ALERT
9 Across: Expectant father, often (5): PACER
14 Across: Third Reich police (7): GESTAPO
21 Across: Hind (3): ROE
22 Across: Salk target (5): POLIO
23 Across: A poplar (5): ALAMO
24 Across: Hamlet or Romeo (7): AVENGER
25 Across: North: bids a minor suit (15): ILLCALLFORCLUBS
28 Across: Pitcher and catcher (7): BATTERY
29 Across: Llama's relative (6): ALPACA
30 Across: Asian festival (3): TET
31 Across: Matter-of-fact (3): DRY
32 Across: Kwa language (3): EDO
33 Across: Plow man John (5): DEERE
34 Across: Petitioned (4): SUED
36 Across: It precedes upsilon (3): TAU
37 Across: Cause (6): EFFECT
42 Across: Dullard, in spades (4): NERD
43 Across: East: challenges North's bid (18): ILLDOUBLEYOURFOLLY
48 Across: Abstract being (3): ENS
49 Across: Twelve or thirteen tricks (4): SLAM
50 Across: Rink org. (3): NSA
51 Across: These run high (3): ELS
52 Across: Hoof sound (4): CLOP
53 Across: Chimney sweep's target (4): SOOT
54 Across: Junior runs these for Mom (7): ERRANDS
57 Across: Increase the bid (5): RAISE
58 Across: South: see 57 Across (15): ILLMOVEYOURSUIT
64 Across: Alan Alexander and family (6): MILNES
65 Across: Half of MVI (4): DIII
66 Across: Bristling (5): ERECT
67 Across: Like some veal (7): BREADED
70 Across: ___ the finish (4): INAT
71 Across: Utters (6): STATES
74 Across: Pack (4): TOTE
75 Across: Bikini part (3): BRA
78 Across: West: bids a major suit (23): OURHEARTSSHOULDBEASGOOD
85 Across: Codex contents: Abbr. (3): MSS
86 Across: Real, as a diamond (4): TRUE
87 Across: Dominion (6): EMPIRE
88 Across: Latvia's capital (4): RIGA
89 Across: Golden State N.B.A. player (7): WARRIOR
92 Across: Sights in the Southwest (5): MESAS
95 Across: Particular (4): ITEM
96 Across: Mud volcanoes (6): SALSES
100 Across: North: a jump bid (15): NOMAKEITTWOMORE
104 Across: Like a cliché (5): TRITE
105 Across: City of Lebanon or Libya (7): TRIPOLI
107 Across: Scold (4): RATE
108 Across: Newspaper sect. (4): ROTO
109 Across: Summer mo. (3): AUG
110 Across: Grasshopper's critic (3): ANT
112 Across: Goad (4): BAIT
113 Across: Knight from Conn. (3): TED
116 Across: East: passes (18): ISHOULDNOTBIDAGAIN
122 Across: Porto ___, Benin's capital (4): NOVO
123 Across: Merrill-Styne hit (6): PEOPLE
124 Across: "Frae morn to ___ . . . " (3): EEN
125 Across: Dash (4): ELAN
126 Across: Canary's cousin (5): SERIN
127 Across: Bill (3): TAB
129 Across: Besides (3): AND
130 Across: Org. for some drivers (3): PGA
131 Across: Burnt ___ (6): SIENNA
132 Across: ___ Virginia Woolf (7): ADELINE
136 Across: South: asks that the bid be recorded (15): MARKOURCONTRACT
140 Across: Some electricians (7): WIREMEN
141 Across: More unfriendly (5): ICIER
142 Across: Blake of "Shuffle Along" (5): EUBIE
143 Across: Kiki of rock fame (3): DEE
144 Across: Manage (7): STEWARD
145 Across: Color again (5): REDYE
146 Across: Tap problems (5): DRIPS
147 Across: Kind of lot or job (3): ODD

Down Answers

1 Down: She saved Theseus (7): ARIADNE
2 Down: Actress Dewhurst (7): COLLEEN
3 Down: Auxiliaries (7): HELPERS
4 Down: Swiftly (5): APACE
5 Down: Poet Ridge (4): LOLA
6 Down: Cubit (3): ELL
7 Down: Moroccan mountain range (3): RIF
8 Down: "A tutor who ___ the flute . . . " (6): TOOTED
9 Down: Covenant (4): PACT
10 Down: Tennis term (3): ALL
11 Down: Like a tail (6): CAUDAL
12 Down: Drench (6): EMBRUE
13 Down: Promising (4): ROSY
14 Down: Kaplan or Kotter (4): GABE
15 Down: Dodger (6): EVADER
16 Down: Enhance (6): SETOFF
17 Down: Wilbrand's discovery (3): TNT
18 Down: Generation (3): AGE
19 Down: By means of (3): PER
20 Down: Kid ___, jazz trombonist (3): ORY
26 Down: Bridge essential (4): CARD
27 Down: French painter Odilon ___ (5): REDON
34 Down: Severe critic (6): SLATER
35 Down: City SE of Stuttgart (3): ULM
36 Down: They pull skiers (5): TBARS
38 Down: ___ point (center of interest) (5): FOCAL
39 Down: Mrs. Irving Berlin (5): ELLIN
40 Down: Secretive (5): CLOSE
41 Down: Symbols (5): TYPES
43 Down: "The Man ___," 1924 song (5): ILOVE
44 Down: Addict (4): USER
45 Down: Busybody (5): YENTE
46 Down: Like Father William (3): OLD
47 Down: Initials on a warship (3): USS
49 Down: ___ Canals (3): SOO
53 Down: Lawful forger (5): SMITH
55 Down: Revives or recalls (6): RUBSUP
56 Down: Display (3): AIR
57 Down: Midway attractions (5): RIDES
58 Down: Characteristic style (5): IDIOM
59 Down: Comical blanket-lover (5): LINUS
60 Down: Equivocators (5): LIARS
61 Down: Previous to this (6): YESTER
62 Down: Bk. sizes (4): OCTS
63 Down: Western lizards (4): UTAS
64 Down: Kind of physician (4): META
68 Down: Under most favorable conditions (6): ATBEST
69 Down: Buck's mate (3): DOE
72 Down: Motor or meter leader (6): THERMO
73 Down: Billing time: Abbr. (3): EOM
75 Down: A librettist for Verdi (5): BOITO
76 Down: O.K.! (5): ROGER
77 Down: "There is Nothin' Like ___" (5): ADAME
79 Down: Needle case (5): ETWEE
80 Down: Macaws (4): ARAS
81 Down: Capek classic (3): RUR
82 Down: Lollypop flavor (4): LIME
83 Down: Three, to Hans (4): DREI
84 Down: Blacken (5): GRIME
90 Down: English architect Jones (5): INIGO
91 Down: Alley ___ pass, in basketball (3): OOP
93 Down: "Take the ___," Strayhorn hit (6): ATRAIN
94 Down: Rustic, to Milton (5): SWAIN
96 Down: Dismantle (5): STRIP
97 Down: Originated (5): AROSE
98 Down: Meteor or sphere leader (5): LITHO
99 Down: Deign (5): STOOP
101 Down: Novelist ___-Fournier (5): ALAIN
102 Down: Sort (4): KIND
103 Down: Teammate of Jo-Jo Moore (3): OTT
105 Down: Little boy (3): TAD
106 Down: Lead all the diamonds, e.g. (3): RUN
111 Down: City NNW of Pusan (5): TAEGU
112 Down: Bleat (3): BAA
113 Down: Waterspout (7): TORNADO
114 Down: Manifested (7): EVINCED
115 Down: Gave (7): DONATED
117 Down: Last syllable of a word (6): ULTIMA
118 Down: Hobber, in quoits (6): LEANER
119 Down: A-Q or K-J (6): TENACE
120 Down: Decrepit (6): BEDRID
121 Down: Looked fiercely (6): GLARED
122 Down: ___-do-well (4): NEER
126 Down: Scenes (5): SITES
128 Down: Yield (4): BEND
129 Down: Arabian chief (4): AMIR
130 Down: Tiny opening (4): PORE
131 Down: Bit (4): SNIP
132 Down: Exclamations of disgust (3): AWS
133 Down: Morse-code character (3): DIT
134 Down: Homophone for heir (3): ERE
135 Down: Actor Ayres (3): LEW
137 Down: Answer to a puzzle (3): KEY
138 Down: Mongrel (3): CUR
139 Down: Kimono sash (3): OBI

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