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Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 2/16/1986. By Warren W. Reich.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Uhlan's weapon (5): LANCE
6 Across: Unsubstantial (5): FRAIL
11 Across: Sacred river in "Kubla Khan" (4): ALPH
15 Across: 200 milligrams (5): CARAT
20 Across: Well nigh (5): ABOUT
21 Across: Exceed (5): OUTDO
22 Across: Stertor (5): SNORE
23 Across: Rare violin (5): AMATI
24 Across: Iron countries (11): DROPCURTAIN
26 Across: Upon a time (11): ONCEREMOVED
28 Across: The Flintstones' pet (4): DINO
29 Across: Stone: Comb. form (5): PETRO
30 Across: Borgia potion (6): POISON
31 Across: Canada's Lévesque (4): RENE
32 Across: Forcemeat (5): FARCE
34 Across: Tony Curtis TV role: 1975–76 (5): MCCOY
37 Across: Kind of effect (4): SIDE
39 Across: Madison or Monroe: Abbr. (3): JAS
42 Across: Encumber (4): LOAD
43 Across: Emanations (5): AURAS
45 Across: "A Touch of C," 1973 film (7): CUTLASS
50 Across: Qty. (3): AMT
51 Across: Emergency signal (3): SOS
52 Across: ___-Japanese War (4): SINO
54 Across: Extreme degree (3): NTH
56 Across: Capacitate (6): ENABLE
57 Across: Tailless horse (12): FORGOTTENMAN
60 Across: ___-Magnon (3): CRO
61 Across: Biblical pillar pusher (6): SAMSON
62 Across: Norse goddess (4): FRIA
63 Across: Kind of stick or shot (4): SLAP
64 Across: Merit (4): EARN
66 Across: Sunday seats (4): PEWS
67 Across: Tali (6): ANKLES
70 Across: "A Mess to Garcia" (12): AGELESSPROSE
76 Across: Avant-gardist (3): NEO
77 Across: They, en France (5): ELLES
79 Across: "Washington ___ here" (5): SLEPT
80 Across: Shankar's instrument (5): SITAR
81 Across: Military V.I.P. (3): CDR
82 Across: Egyptian judge of the dead (6): OSIRIS
84 Across: Nutty ___ fruitcake (3): ASA
85 Across: Overwhelm (6): DELUGE
87 Across: Unit of heat: Abbr. (3): BTU
89 Across: Web-footed animal (5): OTTER
91 Across: Gallup specialties (5): POLLS
94 Across: Decaying: Comb. form (5): SAPRO
95 Across: Nonsense (3): ROT
96 Across: Three square a day (12): TAKEOUTMEALS
99 Across: Bum tippers (6): STIFFS
102 Across: Sacred chests (4): ARKS
104 Across: ___ Mawddwy, peak in Wales (4): ARAN
105 Across: Commando action (4): RAID
107 Across: Date in the near future (4): MMII
108 Across: Covert (6): VEILED
111 Across: Unit of work (3): ERG
112 Across: Ping shears (12): INVISIBLEINK
116 Across: Verdi opera (6): ERNANI
117 Across: "___ Rosenkavalier" (3): DER
118 Across: Grizzle (4): ROAN
119 Across: Reine's mate (3): ROI
120 Across: Rachel Jackson, ___ Donelson (3): NEE
121 Across: "Old Tray" (7): DOGGONE
123 Across: Frenzied (5): RABID
125 Across: Pigeonhole locale (4): DESK
126 Across: Canine examiner's deg. (3): DDS
127 Across: Loupe (4): LENS
129 Across: Unit of flow (5): CUSEC
131 Across: Trod the boards (5): ACTED
133 Across: "Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto (4): ALAS
137 Across: Fix (6): REPAIR
139 Across: Practical-book category (5): HOWTO
141 Across: Disney's inventive mouse (4): AMOS
145 Across: "Beyond the Blue" (11): LOSTHORIZON
147 Across: Bobo (11): MISSINGLINK
149 Across: Object of some searches (5): TITLE
150 Across: Tile filler (5): GROUT
151 Across: Synthetic fiber (5): ORLON
152 Across: Page or LuPone (5): PATTI
153 Across: Tear-jerker (5): ONION
154 Across: Longings (4): YENS
155 Across: Astray (5): WRONG
156 Across: Delay action (5): SITON

Down Answers

1 Down: Star of "Shane" (4): LADD
2 Down: Hillside dugout (4): ABRI
3 Down: When both hands are up (4): NOON
4 Down: "It's not my ___ tea" (5): CUPOF
5 Down: Rel. of et al. (3): ETC
6 Down: Prognosticates (9): FORECASTS
7 Down: Furrowed (6): RUTTED
8 Down: Perfume oil: Var. (4): ATAR
9 Down: Jargon (5): IDIOM
10 Down: Chaney (3): LON
11 Down: Irritations (10): ANNOYANCES
12 Down: Places (4): LOCI
13 Down: Basketball defense (5): PRESS
14 Down: Like Alvin York (6): HEROIC
15 Down: Trippet (3): CAM
16 Down: Ovid topic (4): AMOR
17 Down: Kind of review (4): RAVE
18 Down: Egyptian symbol (4): ATEN
19 Down: Ocean motion (4): TIDE
22 Down: Profoundly lethargic state (5): SOPOR
25 Down: Harvest carrots (6): UPROOT
27 Down: Clothes (6): ENDUES
33 Down: "They ___ serve . . . " (4): ALSO
35 Down: Site of first miracle (4): CANA
36 Down: Wild-dog genus (4): CUON
38 Down: Where Vulcan forged (4): ETNA
39 Down: Israeli port (5): JAFFA
40 Down: " . . . 'tis like ___ in spring" (5): AMORN
41 Down: "Kong" (13): STRIKEOUTKING
44 Down: Traces (6): STRAPS
46 Down: Reader's aid (4): LAMP
47 Down: "Your own business!" (13): ABSENCEOFMIND
48 Down: Retarded (6): SLOWED
49 Down: Electric eye, for instance (6): SENSOR
52 Down: Anglers' woes (5): SNAGS
53 Down: Urge on (5): IMPEL
55 Down: Revolting (6): HORRID
58 Down: Vexes (5): GALLS
59 Down: Character in "Charley's Aunt" (3): ELA
65 Down: Greenbacks (5): NOTES
68 Down: Prufrock's creator (5): ELIOT
69 Down: Syriac script (5): SERTA
71 Down: Bounded (5): LEAPT
72 Down: ___ Downs (5): EPSOM
73 Down: Out of practice (5): STALE
74 Down: Spanish rooms (5): SALAS
75 Down: Vesuviate (5): ERUPT
78 Down: City once called New Archangel (5): SITKA
83 Down: Become boiling mad (6): SEERED
86 Down: Cleaner's target (5): GRIME
87 Down: Showed pluck (6): BRAVED
88 Down: Tauromachian (6): TORERO
90 Down: Noisy oil well (6): ROARER
92 Down: Pupa's predecessor (5): LARVA
93 Down: An anagram for nails (5): SLAIN
97 Down: Boorish (10): UNGRACIOUS
98 Down: Family mem. (3): SIS
100 Down: Punished financially (5): FINED
101 Down: Murderer in "Oliver Twist" (5): SIKES
103 Down: Scoria (4): SLAG
106 Down: Spielberg activity (9): DIRECTING
109 Down: Organic compound (4): ENOL
110 Down: Money, to Juan (6): DINERO
112 Down: Flag (4): IRIS
113 Down: Protuberance (4): NODE
114 Down: Faneuil Hall site (6): BOSTON
115 Down: Simile word (4): LIKE
122 Down: "___ is Eternal Delight": Blake (6): ENERGY
124 Down: Kind of offering (5): BURNT
125 Down: City on the Yukon (6): DAWSON
128 Down: Flèche (5): SPIRE
130 Down: Insect sound (5): CHIRR
132 Down: ___ Lama (5): DALAI
133 Down: Countertenor (4): ALTO
134 Down: Meat cut (4): LOIN
135 Down: Italian wine center (4): ASTI
136 Down: City named after a bishop (4): STLO
138 Down: Radio-guided bomb (4): AZON
140 Down: A Nobel Institute site (4): OSLO
142 Down: Catcher's item (4): MITT
143 Down: Aware of (4): ONTO
144 Down: Word with deep or dive (4): SKIN
146 Down: Poulard (3): HEN
147 Down: Part of a barn (3): MOW
148 Down: Some M.D.'s (3): GPS

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