SOBRIQUETS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 3/2/1986. By Barbara Lunder Gillis.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Puzzle bird (3)
- MOA
- 4 Across: Arabic letters (3)
- ZAS
- 7 Across: Carson or Griffin (4)
- HOST
- 11 Across: Burn ___ in one's pocket (5)
- AHOLE
- 16 Across: Parvenu (7)
- UPSTART
- 18 Across: Mag. contents (4)
- AMMO
- 19 Across: Tebaldi or Scotto (6)
- RENATA
- 21 Across: Pasta dish (7)
- LASAGNE
- 22 Across: Pinch (5)
- TWEAK
- 23 Across: Rosie's family (7)
- OGRADYS
- 24 Across: Bismarck (17)
- THEIRONCHANCELLOR
- 27 Across: Singer Sumac (3)
- YMA
- 28 Across: Fiber for carpets (5)
- ISTLE
- 29 Across: Zwei follower (4)
- DREI
- 30 Across: Lumps (5)
- KNOBS
- 31 Across: Start of a C. Moore poem (4)
- TWAS
- 32 Across: Place for nonconformists (7)
- BOHEMIA
- 35 Across: Shields on insects' heads (6)
- CLYPEI
- 37 Across: Piedmontese city (4)
- ASTI
- 41 Across: ___ Nui (Easter Island) (4)
- RAPA
- 42 Across: Caroline Islands group (5)
- PALAU
- 45 Across: Special edition (5)
- EXTRA
- 48 Across: Boosters' calls (4)
- RAHS
- 49 Across: Valley (4)
- GLEN
- 50 Across: Soap substitute (5)
- AMOLE
- 51 Across: Western resort (5)
- TAHOE
- 52 Across: Menotti heroine (6)
- AMELIA
- 54 Across: Distress signal (3)
- SOS
- 56 Across: Do not rush in dressing (5)
- PREEN
- 58 Across: Capital of Manche (4)
- STLO
- 59 Across: Place of torment (7)
- GEHENNA
- 61 Across: Confronted (5)
- FACED
- 63 Across: Sarlak (3)
- YAK
- 65 Across: Poulard (3)
- HEN
- 66 Across: Kind of salt (5)
- ATTIC
- 67 Across: "Dum ___, spero," S.C. motto (5)
- SPIRO
- 68 Across: Rousseau novel (5)
- EMILE
- 70 Across: Summit (3)
- CAP
- 72 Across: Sugary suffix (3)
- OSE
- 73 Across: He has taking ways (5)
- THIEF
- 74 Across: Site of the Alcazar (7)
- SEVILLE
- 77 Across: Coleridge's "sacred river" (4)
- ALPH
- 79 Across: Pith helmet (5)
- TOPEE
- 81 Across: Barnabas and Brendan: Abbr. (3)
- STS
- 83 Across: Café ___ (6)
- AULAIT
- 84 Across: Spanish rulers (5)
- REYES
- 86 Across: Odd notion (5)
- FREAK
- 88 Across: Sort of wort (4)
- HERB
- 90 Across: K–P connection (4)
- LMNO
- 91 Across: Flycatcher (5)
- PEWEE
- 92 Across: Former part of a lira (5)
- SOLDO
- 93 Across: Organic compound (4)
- ENOL
- 94 Across: Begin (4)
- OPEN
- 95 Across: Founder of Dogpatch (6)
- ALCAPP
- 97 Across: Played for time (7)
- STALLED
- 100 Across: Rest on one's ___ (4)
- OARS
- 102 Across: Layers (5)
- TIERS
- 105 Across: Oculus mundi (4)
- OPAL
- 106 Across: Epopees (5)
- EPICS
- 111 Across: Capek classic (3)
- RUR
- 112 Across: Napoleon I (17)
- THELITTLECORPORAL
- 115 Across: Platitudes (7)
- CLICHES
- 117 Across: Kin of firkins (5)
- PAILS
- 118 Across: Profane (7)
- VIOLATE
- 119 Across: Indian language family (6)
- SIOUAN
- 120 Across: An accipiter (4)
- ERNE
- 121 Across: Landed (7)
- ESTATED
- 122 Across: Groups of windjammers (5)
- CREWS
- 123 Across: Cattail (4)
- REED
- 124 Across: Legal matter (3)
- RES
- 125 Across: Forage plant (3)
- ERS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Prefix with fold or level (5)
- MULTI
- 2 Down: Brilliantly colored fish (5)
- OPAHS
- 3 Down: Resource (5)
- ASSET
- 4 Down: Capital of Croatia (6)
- ZAGREB
- 5 Down: Cartoonist Peter (4)
- ARNO
- 6 Down: Marie Henri Beyle's pseudonym (8)
- STENDHAL
- 7 Down: Michener book: 1959 (6)
- HAWAII
- 8 Down: Augury (4)
- OMEN
- 9 Down: Fishing boat (5)
- SMACK
- 10 Down: Item in a vecturist's collection (5)
- TOKEN
- 11 Down: Fleet of ships (6)
- ARGOSY
- 12 Down: Title for Hans (4)
- HERR
- 13 Down: "___ Clear Day" (3)
- ONA
- 14 Down: Nightingale (15)
- LADYWITHTHELAMP
- 15 Down: Word origins (5)
- ETYMA
- 17 Down: Shadow (4)
- TAIL
- 20 Down: A king and a Gray (4)
- ASAS
- 22 Down: Kent (13)
- THEMANOFSTEEL
- 23 Down: Sinatra (10)
- OLBLUEEYES
- 25 Down: Brunch treats (6)
- CREPES
- 26 Down: Scene (6)
- LOCALE
- 31 Down: Kind of ranger or leaguer (5)
- TEXAS
- 33 Down: Sunday player (8)
- ORGANIST
- 34 Down: Tropical tree (3)
- APA
- 36 Down: Favorite (3)
- PET
- 37 Down: Berlin's "He's ___ Picker" (4)
- ARAG
- 38 Down: Ditto (4)
- SAME
- 39 Down: Smith (15)
- THEHAPPYWARRIOR
- 40 Down: Cay (5)
- ISLET
- 43 Down: Electrical units (7)
- AMPERES
- 44 Down: Tarzan (13)
- LORDOFTHEAPES
- 46 Down: Starlet's goal (4)
- ROLE
- 47 Down: Long time (4)
- AEON
- 53 Down: Division word (4)
- INTO
- 55 Down: Fool (7)
- SAPHEAD
- 57 Down: Identifiable (8)
- NAMEABLE
- 60 Down: Reilly (10)
- ACEOFSPIES
- 62 Down: Twice LI (3)
- CII
- 64 Down: Zairian province (4)
- KIVU
- 69 Down: He wrote "The Christian Hero": 1735 (5)
- LILLO
- 70 Down: Nag (4)
- CARP
- 71 Down: Sheltered at sea (4)
- ALEE
- 75 Down: What a tourist may drop (4)
- LINE
- 76 Down: Scholar's collar (4)
- ETON
- 78 Down: "Time wounds all ___" (5)
- HEELS
- 80 Down: Drive (6)
- PROPEL
- 82 Down: Battle of Hastings site (6)
- SENLAC
- 85 Down: Whipstitch (3)
- SEC
- 87 Down: Birthplace of Hippocrates (3)
- KOS
- 89 Down: Command to Fido (8)
- ROLLOVER
- 96 Down: Maxwell Anderson's "Barefoot in ___" (6)
- ATHENS
- 98 Down: Rang (6)
- TOLLED
- 99 Down: Stations (6)
- DEPOTS
- 100 Down: Grampuses (4)
- ORCS
- 101 Down: Courtly (5)
- AULIC
- 103 Down: More auspicious (5)
- RIPER
- 104 Down: Etiquette boo-boo (5)
- STARE
- 107 Down: Negri of silents (4)
- POLA
- 108 Down: Furious (5)
- IRATE
- 109 Down: Supply food (5)
- CATER
- 110 Down: Monoskis (5)
- SLEDS
- 112 Down: Spring in Alaska (4)
- THAW
- 113 Down: Part of a harrow (4)
- TINE
- 114 Down: Levitate (4)
- RISE
- 116 Down: Shuffleboard instrument (3)
- CUE
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