FRAIDYCAT! - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 12/15/1985. By Bert H. Kruse.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Poe's "The ___ Cat" (5)
- BLACK
- 6 Across: Bric-a-___ (4)
- BRAC
- 10 Across: Judicial attire (5)
- ROBES
- 15 Across: Atlantic route (7)
- SEALANE
- 17 Across: Rushing sound (6)
- SWOOSH
- 19 Across: Portuguese wine city (6)
- OPORTO
- 21 Across: Fear of thinking (14)
- PHRONEMOPHOBIA
- 23 Across: Remained (6)
- STAYED
- 24 Across: Tantrum (4)
- RAGE
- 25 Across: More tricky (6)
- WILIER
- 26 Across: Lots and lots of lots (5)
- ACRES
- 28 Across: Due follower (3)
- TRE
- 29 Across: "___ Got a Secret" (3)
- IVE
- 30 Across: Encircle (4)
- GIRT
- 31 Across: Porticoes (5)
- STOAS
- 32 Across: At that time (4)
- THEN
- 33 Across: Exam (4)
- TEST
- 35 Across: ___ Islands, off New Guinea (4)
- AROE
- 36 Across: Stick (5)
- CLING
- 37 Across: Golfer Julius (5)
- BOROS
- 38 Across: Lovers of beauty (8)
- ESTHETES
- 40 Across: Folded part (5)
- PLICA
- 41 Across: Rest (6)
- REPOSE
- 42 Across: Breathing sound (4)
- RALE
- 43 Across: Radar image (4)
- BLIP
- 44 Across: Sharpen a pencil (5)
- RETIP
- 45 Across: Place in proximity (6)
- APPOSE
- 48 Across: Heart cherries (5)
- GEANS
- 49 Across: Flamboyance (7)
- PANACHE
- 51 Across: Minute (5)
- TEENY
- 52 Across: One of the Dryads (5)
- ERATO
- 53 Across: Bevels or whines (5)
- CANTS
- 54 Across: Ethiopian river (3)
- OMO
- 56 Across: Tale start (4)
- ONCE
- 57 Across: Fear of public places (11)
- AGORAPHOBIA
- 59 Across: Oriental bishop (4)
- ABBA
- 60 Across: Moccasin (3)
- PAC
- 61 Across: Item Polonius hid behind (5)
- ARRAS
- 62 Across: Deals with a discus (5)
- HURLS
- 63 Across: Handbill (5)
- FLIER
- 64 Across: Sailors' opposites (7)
- LANDMEN
- 66 Across: Mercutio's friend (5)
- ROMEO
- 67 Across: Monks (6)
- FRIARS
- 68 Across: Galsworthy novel (5)
- TOLET
- 69 Across: Construction piece (4)
- IBAR
- 70 Across: Dash (4)
- ELAN
- 71 Across: Omitted (6)
- ELIDED
- 73 Across: The Flying Scotsman, e.g. (5)
- TRAIN
- 75 Across: Abstruse (8)
- ESOTERIC
- 79 Across: Pollster or cowboy (5)
- ROPER
- 80 Across: Lobster claw (5)
- CHELA
- 81 Across: Counterfeit (4)
- FAKE
- 82 Across: Actress Merrill (4)
- DINA
- 83 Across: Fall cries (4)
- RAHS
- 84 Across: Seethes (5)
- BOILS
- 85 Across: Arnaz (4)
- DESI
- 86 Across: "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?" (3)
- SIE
- 87 Across: Excitement (3)
- ADO
- 88 Across: Reproduction (5)
- CLONE
- 89 Across: Indian symbols (6)
- TOTEMS
- 91 Across: Alveoli (4)
- PITS
- 92 Across: Leg bones (6)
- TIBIAE
- 94 Across: Fear of ridicule (14)
- KATAGELOPHOBIA
- 97 Across: Negatively charged particles (6)
- ANIONS
- 98 Across: Customs (6)
- USAGES
- 99 Across: Kind of performance (7)
- STELLAR
- 100 Across: Shoots the breeze (5)
- GASES
- 101 Across: Caresses (4)
- PETS
- 102 Across: Harden (5)
- STEEL
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Isn't naughty (7)
- BEHAVES
- 2 Down: Adjective for Alaska (7)
- LARGEST
- 3 Down: Drug plant (4)
- ALOE
- 4 Down: Fire (3)
- CAN
- 5 Down: Was versed in (4)
- KNEW
- 6 Down: Party pooper (4)
- BOOR
- 7 Down: Hijack (3)
- ROB
- 8 Down: Oriental, e.g. (7)
- ASIATIC
- 9 Down: Old Spanish dance (7)
- CHACONA
- 10 Down: Picardy sight (5)
- ROSES
- 11 Down: Chooses (4)
- OPTS
- 12 Down: Neckpiece (3)
- BOA
- 13 Down: Fear of blushing (13)
- ERYTHROPHOBIA
- 14 Down: Fine players (7)
- STEREOS
- 15 Down: Elf (6)
- SPRITE
- 16 Down: U.S.S.R. fugitive, e.g. (7)
- EMIGREE
- 17 Down: Skyline feature (5)
- SPIRE
- 18 Down: Hone (4)
- WHET
- 20 Down: Andersen's birthplace (6)
- ODENSE
- 22 Down: Mixtures (5)
- OLIOS
- 27 Down: Part of a lemon (3)
- RAG
- 31 Down: Scions (5)
- SLIPS
- 32 Down: Theme (5)
- TOPIC
- 34 Down: Sovereignty (6)
- THRONE
- 35 Down: Salt tree (4)
- ATLE
- 36 Down: Fear of going to bed (11)
- CLINOPHOBIA
- 37 Down: Greek letters (5)
- BETAS
- 39 Down: This does it (4)
- EASY
- 40 Down: Last word of Mont.'s motto (5)
- PLATA
- 41 Down: Designer de la ___ (5)
- RENTA
- 43 Down: Teddy and honey (5)
- BEARS
- 44 Down: Indian queens (5)
- RANIS
- 45 Down: On (4)
- ATOP
- 46 Down: Kind of colony (5)
- PENAL
- 47 Down: Fear of sin (13)
- PECCATIPHOBIA
- 48 Down: Punster's evocation (5)
- GROAN
- 49 Down: Picasso or Casals (5)
- PABLO
- 50 Down: Grate sight (5)
- EMBER
- 52 Down: Plume producer (5)
- EGRET
- 53 Down: Kitchen utensil (5)
- CORER
- 55 Down: What tholes hold (4)
- OARS
- 57 Down: Mailed (5)
- ARMED
- 58 Down: Mistake maker (5)
- HUMAN
- 59 Down: Made true (6)
- ALINED
- 61 Down: Freud colleague (5)
- ADLER
- 63 Down: Campus bunch (4)
- FRAT
- 65 Down: Protuberances (5)
- NODES
- 66 Down: Iranian money (5)
- RIALS
- 67 Down: Growler (4)
- FLOE
- 70 Down: "Engravers of the Arctic" (7)
- ESKIMOS
- 71 Down: Printing goofs (6)
- ERRATA
- 72 Down: Kind of zone (7)
- LOADING
- 73 Down: Ideate (7)
- THINKUP
- 74 Down: Unhand (7)
- RELEASE
- 75 Down: Prop for de Kooning (5)
- EASEL
- 76 Down: Funny (7)
- RISIBLE
- 77 Down: Monogram part (7)
- INITIAL
- 78 Down: Lyricist for Gershwin's "Swanee" (6)
- CAESAR
- 80 Down: Bill's companion (3)
- COO
- 81 Down: Honors, in a way (5)
- FETES
- 84 Down: Sampler verb (5)
- BLESS
- 85 Down: Palazzo Ducale resident (4)
- DOGE
- 88 Down: Sweet plant (4)
- CANE
- 89 Down: Labels (4)
- TAGS
- 90 Down: N.Y., L.A., S.F., etc. (4)
- SPTS
- 91 Down: Pope John Paul II, for one (4)
- POLE
- 93 Down: Cyclades isle (3)
- IOS
- 95 Down: Produce lace (3)
- TAT
- 96 Down: All ___ up (beside oneself) (3)
- HET
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