CHANGELINGS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 166 clues). Published 4/13/1986. By Norma Steinberg.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Linguine, e.g. (5): PASTA
6 Across: Singer LaBelle (5): PATTI
11 Across: Stabilizing device (4): GYRO
15 Across: Reno–Carson City dir. (3): SSE
18 Across: Parisian's property (5): AVOIR
19 Across: Walking ___ (elated) (5): ONAIR
20 Across: What a happy G.I. may do (4): REUP
21 Across: Man between Tyler and Taylor (4): POLK
23 Across: Scrappy novelist? (12): NORMANMAULER
26 Across: Foreign patriot? (10): ETHANALIEN
29 Across: ___ Nubbles, Dickens lad (3): KIT
30 Across: Spoliation (6): RAPINE
31 Across: Hardy's "___ of Blue Eyes" (5): APAIR
33 Across: ___ whose time has come (6): ANIDEA
34 Across: What a QB wishes to gain (3): YDS
35 Across: Salt's cry (5): AVAST
36 Across: These may lead to gold (5): ADITS
37 Across: Plain (7): EVIDENT
38 Across: Getz of music (4): STAN
39 Across: Carrot's kin (5): ANISE
40 Across: Sordor (4): LEES
41 Across: Waggish (4): ARCH
44 Across: Thoughtful philosopher? (14): JOHNSTUARTMULL
49 Across: Half sole (3): TAP
52 Across: Grain-shipping Calif. city (6): DELANO
54 Across: Slackens (5): EASES
55 Across: Bear, in Brest (4): OURS
56 Across: One of the Leewards (4): SABA
57 Across: Start of an Odets title (5): AWAKE
58 Across: Former queen of Jordan (4): ALIA
59 Across: Ancient Greek colony (5): IONIA
61 Across: Curses (5): BANES
62 Across: Grimaces (5): MOUES
63 Across: Irate Simon character? (10): FELIXANGER
66 Across: Emeralds and aquamarines (6): BERYLS
67 Across: It might not be in sight (3): END
68 Across: Prunes (5): THINS
70 Across: Slip-ons (5): MULES
71 Across: Daughterly or sonly (6): FILIAL
72 Across: Eastern leaders (6): EMEERS
74 Across: Berlin tune (5): MARIE
75 Across: Lee Krasner, e.g. (6): ARTIST
76 Across: Political exile (6): EMIGRE
77 Across: Holy book (5): KORAN
78 Across: Win by ___ (5): ANOSE
79 Across: Binet-test scores (3): IQS
82 Across: Sycophant (6): SPONGE
83 Across: Athletic movie star? (10): JOCKLEMMON
85 Across: Empty spaces (5): VACUA
87 Across: Mallards' milieus (5): PONDS
88 Across: Ex–Miss America M.C. (5): PARKS
89 Across: R.I.P. notice (4): OBIT
90 Across: Gravelly ridge (5): ESKER
91 Across: ___-deucy (4): ACEY
92 Across: Stare (4): GAZE
93 Across: Author of "Deathtrap" (5): LEVIN
95 Across: Most desiccated (6): DRIEST
96 Across: "___ will be done . . . " (3): THY
97 Across: Undersized flower girl? (14): ELIZATOOLITTLE
101 Across: Bread: Comb. form (4): ARTO
102 Across: Panty-hose mishap (4): SNAG
103 Across: "Duino Elegies" poet (5): RILKE
104 Across: ___ impasse (4): ATAN
106 Across: Pooh's creator (7): AAMILNE
109 Across: Greek city-state (5): POLIS
110 Across: ( or ), for short (5): PAREN
112 Across: Bill's possible future (3): ACT
115 Across: Inactive (6): STATIC
116 Across: Knight vs. knight (5): JOUST
117 Across: Cruel one (6): SADIST
118 Across: TV's "Murder, ___ Wrote" (3): SHE
119 Across: Leader of red cows? (10): MOOTSETUNG
121 Across: Scourge of humor? (12): ATTILATHEPUN
124 Across: A tense: Abbr. (4): PRET
125 Across: Part of a foot (4): INCH
126 Across: Actor in "The Winslow Boy": 1948 (5): DONAT
127 Across: Choice (5): ELECT
128 Across: April 15 group (3): IRS
129 Across: Perceives (4): SEES
130 Across: Enough, for Caesar (5): SATIS
131 Across: Otters' cousins (5): MINKS

Down Answers

1 Down: Hanky-___ (5): PANKY
2 Down: Steer clear of (5): AVOID
3 Down: Classes (5): SORTS
4 Down: Actor Holt: 1918–73 (3): TIM
5 Down: Biblical height (6): ARARAT
6 Down: Food fish (7): POMPANO
7 Down: Writer Nin (5): ANAIS
8 Down: Mock (5): TAUNT
9 Down: Favus (4): TILE
10 Down: Choler (3): IRE
11 Down: ___ Antilles (7): GREATER
12 Down: Abominable Snowmen (5): YETIS
13 Down: Essen's valley (4): RUHR
14 Down: Wilhelm's grandpa (3): OPA
15 Down: Servile, fawning person (7): SPANIEL
16 Down: Cubes, e.g. (6): SOLIDS
17 Down: Suppress, as a vowel (5): ELIDE
22 Down: Wail, Irish style (4): KEEN
24 Down: SW Indian (6): NAVAJO
25 Down: Forearm bone (6): RADIUS
27 Down: Objects contemplated during omphaloskepsis (6): NAVELS
28 Down: Actor Pendleton (3): NAT
32 Down: Galileo's birthplace (4): PISA
36 Down: Stake (4): ANTE
37 Down: Archeological site in India (5): ELURA
38 Down: Brandish (5): SHAKE
39 Down: Brazilian palm (5): ASSAI
41 Down: What there's "nothing like" (5): ADAME
42 Down: Conquered again (5): REWON
43 Down: Wealthy impressionist? (11): CLAUDEMONEY
45 Down: Saint ___, city in Ore. (6): HELENS
46 Down: Carpentry needs (5): NAILS
47 Down: Parts of chords (5): TONES
48 Down: Alaska's ___ Glacier (4): MUIR
49 Down: Country singer who's all heart? (11): TANYATICKER
50 Down: "___ for Adano" (5): ABELL
51 Down: Marino bomb (4): PASS
53 Down: Rainy-day stockpiles (8): NESTEGGS
56 Down: Dresses in Calcutta (5): SARIS
58 Down: Blazing (5): AFIRE
59 Down: Queued up (6): INLINE
60 Down: Gula (4): OGEE
61 Down: Theist, e.g. (8): BELIEVER
64 Down: ___ the spot (6): XMARKS
65 Down: Of the ear or air (5): AURAL
66 Down: Drill parts (4): BITS
69 Down: Now companion (4): HERE
71 Down: This might be cold (5): FRONT
73 Down: Mork's friend (5): MINDY
74 Down: Pseudo (4): MOCK
75 Down: Rub oil on (6): ANOINT
76 Down: Cycle (5): EPOCH
77 Down: Tae Han (5): KOREA
78 Down: Circuit (5): AMBIT
80 Down: Search (5): QUEST
81 Down: Family name of Pope Pius X (5): SARTO
82 Down: Young oyster (4): SPAT
83 Down: Music from New Orleans (4): JAZZ
84 Down: Capra creation (5): MOVIE
86 Down: Man of Manchuria (5): ASIAN
88 Down: Satchel of pitching fame (5): PAIGE
92 Down: Flash (6): GLANCE
93 Down: Humbert's beloved (6): LOLITA
94 Down: Order having teeth (4): ELKS
95 Down: Loathe (6): DETEST
97 Down: Wins support from (7): ENLISTS
98 Down: Depressions between waves (7): TROUGHS
99 Down: Medium for Motherwell (4): OILS
100 Down: Catchers at a rodeo (7): LARIATS
102 Down: Stand-in for Mama (6): SITTER
105 Down: Song of praise (6): ANTHEM
106 Down: Missile type: Abbr. (3): ASM
107 Down: On (4): ATOP
108 Down: Soprano Te Kanawa is one (5): MAORI
109 Down: City in Puerto Rico (5): PONCE
110 Down: Emulate Pollock (5): PAINT
111 Down: Ike's opponent (5): ADLAI
112 Down: Quaker in a grove (5): ASPEN
113 Down: Steak or Berry (5): CHUCK
114 Down: Yurts (5): TENTS
116 Down: Havoc or Lockhart (4): JUNE
117 Down: Greek walkway (4): STOA
120 Down: "My country, ___ of thee . . . " (3): TIS
122 Down: Grid scores (3): TDS
123 Down: Yalie (3): ELI

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