PARTICIPIAL PUNS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 8/10/1986. By Louis Sabin.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: W Afr. republic (3)
- LIB
- 4 Across: Awed chap (5)
- GAPER
- 9 Across: W.W. I plane (4)
- SPAD
- 13 Across: Applies (4)
- USES
- 17 Across: Maui or Molokai (4)
- ISLE
- 19 Across: Where Black Bears study (5)
- ORONO
- 20 Across: Audience response (4)
- HAND
- 21 Across: ___ nous (5)
- ENTRE
- 22 Across: Kindergarten hazards? (15)
- STUMBLINGBLOCKS
- 25 Across: Exhaust, as strength (5)
- DRAIN
- 26 Across: Taurus cluster (8)
- PLEIADES
- 27 Across: Nautical home (5)
- BERTH
- 28 Across: Pullulated (6)
- TEEMED
- 29 Across: Puts in order (7)
- SETTLES
- 30 Across: Inclinations (5)
- BENTS
- 31 Across: Plat anew (5)
- REMAP
- 32 Across: Louganis score (3)
- TEN
- 33 Across: Bald eagle's cousin (4)
- ERNE
- 34 Across: Greene or Shatner (8)
- CANADIAN
- 37 Across: "My Name Is ___ Lev": Potok (5)
- ASHER
- 40 Across: Wee picnicker, after tasting spilled rye? (9)
- FLYINGANT
- 42 Across: Blue Eagle monogram (3)
- NRA
- 43 Across: Winter headwear (5)
- HOODS
- 44 Across: Golfer Peete (3)
- CAL
- 45 Across: Blame (4)
- ONUS
- 46 Across: Composer of "Happy Days Are Here Again" (4)
- AGER
- 47 Across: Wing that can't fly (3)
- ELL
- 48 Across: Haylift? (10)
- RIDINGCROP
- 52 Across: Hasso of films (5)
- SIGNE
- 53 Across: Calm (8)
- MODERATE
- 56 Across: "Stormy Weather" composer (5)
- ARLEN
- 57 Across: Dress fabric (6)
- MADRAS
- 58 Across: Reflection (5)
- IMAGE
- 59 Across: Manifest (5)
- PLAIN
- 60 Across: Brief role (5)
- CAMEO
- 61 Across: Loses control (6)
- PANICS
- 63 Across: ___ mind (considered) (5)
- HADIN
- 64 Across: Kind of Congressman (8)
- LAMEDUCK
- 67 Across: Perspective (5)
- ANGLE
- 68 Across: Buck going out with doe? (10)
- DATINGGAME
- 70 Across: Teacher's org. (3)
- NEA
- 71 Across: Cry of alarm (4)
- YIPE
- 72 Across: Filly's brother (4)
- COLT
- 73 Across: Elec. unit (3)
- AMP
- 74 Across: Passover feast (5)
- SEDER
- 76 Across: U.N. member (3)
- USA
- 77 Across: Don Juan's prize? (9)
- LOVINGCUP
- 81 Across: "Rinaldo" poet (5)
- TASSO
- 82 Across: Favorite boutique? (8)
- PETSTORE
- 85 Across: Young or Hale (4)
- ALAN
- 86 Across: Where to see olas (3)
- MAR
- 87 Across: Salad days (5)
- TEENS
- 88 Across: Horace, e.g. (5)
- ODIST
- 89 Across: Golfer Willie or Jimmy (7)
- TURNESA
- 93 Across: Unwilling (6)
- AVERSE
- 95 Across: Fire starter (5)
- FLINT
- 96 Across: Holes in space? (8)
- AIRVENTS
- 97 Across: Thierry's topper (5)
- BERET
- 98 Across: Crowds of typographers? (15)
- PRINTINGPRESSES
- 100 Across: Singer Ross (5)
- LANNY
- 101 Across: Roof section (4)
- EAVE
- 102 Across: Scandinavian (5)
- NORSE
- 103 Across: Bulrush (4)
- TULE
- 104 Across: Over and above (4)
- ELSE
- 105 Across: Zees' forerunners (4)
- WYES
- 106 Across: Asa and Thomas (5)
- GRAYS
- 107 Across: Gormandize (3)
- EAT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Speech defects (5)
- LISPS
- 2 Down: Weaver's fiber (5)
- ISTLE
- 3 Down: Plant with four-lobed flowers (5)
- BLUET
- 4 Down: Kind of mean (6)
- GOLDEN
- 5 Down: Zodiacal sign (5)
- ARIES
- 6 Down: Lyrical Lily (4)
- PONS
- 7 Down: Siamese twin (3)
- ENG
- 8 Down: Highway ___ (7)
- ROBBERY
- 9 Down: Abbreviate (7)
- SHORTEN
- 10 Down: Covenants (5)
- PACTS
- 11 Down: Egyptian key of life (4)
- ANKH
- 12 Down: Shingle letters (3)
- DDS
- 13 Down: Illiterate (6)
- UNREAD
- 14 Down: Post office? (15)
- STAMPINGGROUNDS
- 15 Down: N.Y. canal (4)
- ERIE
- 16 Down: Convey (4)
- SEND
- 18 Down: Shed (7)
- EMITTED
- 21 Down: Plant problem (5)
- EDEMA
- 23 Down: Plantation crew (6)
- BALERS
- 24 Down: ___-Lenape (Delaware Indians) (5)
- LENNI
- 28 Down: Jamboree units (5)
- TENTS
- 30 Down: Lawyer Melvin (5)
- BELLI
- 31 Down: Hoisted, as a flag (5)
- RANUP
- 34 Down: Decree (5)
- CANON
- 35 Down: N.B.A. site (5)
- ARENA
- 36 Down: Breathing passages (5)
- NARES
- 37 Down: Attention-getter (4)
- AHEM
- 38 Down: Han of "Star Wars" (4)
- SOLO
- 39 Down: Wrestlers' methods? (15)
- HOLDINGPATTERNS
- 40 Down: Diminish (4)
- FADE
- 41 Down: Bridge master (5)
- GOREN
- 44 Down: Refer to (4)
- CITE
- 46 Down: Played the paraclete (5)
- AIDED
- 48 Down: Shipment to a paper mill (4)
- RAGS
- 49 Down: Nita of the silents (5)
- NALDI
- 50 Down: Silo filler (5)
- GRAIN
- 51 Down: What limpets do (5)
- CLING
- 52 Down: Ditto (4)
- SAME
- 54 Down: Rousseau boy (5)
- EMILE
- 55 Down: Event for Atalanta (4)
- RACE
- 57 Down: Ball role (4)
- MAME
- 59 Down: A Reagan daughter (5)
- PATTI
- 60 Down: Something to break (4)
- CAMP
- 61 Down: Settle accounts (5)
- PAYUP
- 62 Down: Aromatic herb (5)
- ANISE
- 63 Down: Split (5)
- HALVE
- 64 Down: Mine gear (4)
- LAMP
- 65 Down: So-so grades (4)
- CEES
- 66 Down: N.Z. shrub or tree (4)
- KARO
- 68 Down: Swinging things (5)
- DOORS
- 69 Down: All bones (5)
- GAUNT
- 72 Down: Reasonable facsimile? (5)
- CLONE
- 74 Down: Antithesis of surfeit (6)
- STARVE
- 75 Down: Serious (7)
- EARNEST
- 78 Down: Author Gordimer and singer Conner (7)
- NADINES
- 79 Down: Flash (5)
- GLINT
- 80 Down: Studio department (7)
- CASTING
- 83 Down: Tranquil (6)
- SERENE
- 84 Down: Snappish (5)
- TESTY
- 86 Down: Guillemots (6)
- MURRES
- 88 Down: Oil source (5)
- OLIVE
- 89 Down: Half crocked (5)
- TIPSY
- 90 Down: Follow (5)
- ENSUE
- 91 Down: Inscribed pillar (5)
- STELA
- 92 Down: Resource (5)
- ASSET
- 93 Down: Fit (4)
- ABLE
- 94 Down: Meat order (4)
- VEAL
- 95 Down: Melee (4)
- FRAY
- 96 Down: Site of Shah Jahan's memorial (4)
- AGRA
- 98 Down: Pepe Le ___ of cartoons (3)
- PEW
- 99 Down: Easter preceder (3)
- NOR
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