LITERARY ANATOMY - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/5/1986. By Joy L. Wouk.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Do a tailoring job (5): ALTER
6 Across: Cpl.'s boss (3): SGT
9 Across: Robsart or Carter (3): AMY
12 Across: A Belmont bet (5): PLACE
17 Across: Patronage solicitor (6): TOUTER
19 Across: Professor's milieu (8): ACADEMIA
21 Across: Helicopter part (5): ROTOR
22 Across: Golf-ball cover gum (6): BALATA
23 Across: Hemingway opus, with "A" (14): FAREWELLTOARMS
25 Across: Expanse east of N.A. (3): ATL
26 Across: Collect condensed gas on a surface (6): ADSORB
28 Across: An Oakley (5): ANNIE
29 Across: Japanese assembly (4): DIET
30 Across: Wilder opus (17): THESKINOFOURTEETH
34 Across: Permitted (5): LICIT
35 Across: Some coll. linemen (3): RTS
36 Across: Swiss poet-philosopher: 1821–81 (5): AMIEL
41 Across: Presidential selections (7): CABINET
44 Across: Haggard opus (3): SHE
46 Across: Rudimentary stem of a seedling (8): CAULICLE
49 Across: Antler parts (6): PRONGS
50 Across: Butler opus, with "The" (13): WAYOFALLFLESH
53 Across: A bad way to run (4): AMOK
54 Across: Lower Rhine branch (4): WAAL
56 Across: Spree (5): BINGE
57 Across: "___ Freischütz," von Weber opera (3): DER
58 Across: Become prevalent (5): SETIN
60 Across: Fovea (3): PIT
61 Across: Kind of capital (4): RISK
62 Across: My, in Metz (3): MES
65 Across: Greene opus (19): THEHEARTOFTHEMATTER
71 Across: ___ Tin Tin (3): RIN
72 Across: Encircle (4): GIRD
73 Across: Eur. republic (3): IRE
74 Across: Biblical spy (5): CALEB
76 Across: What epigones do (3): APE
79 Across: Town near Sevilla (5): OSUNA
81 Across: Lapel clutcher (4): PEST
82 Across: Taboo word (4): NONO
83 Across: Jean Webster book (13): DADDYLONGLEGS
87 Across: Sport of a sort (6): ODDITY
89 Across: Winter vehicles (8): ICEBOATS
90 Across: H.S. subject (3): LAT
91 Across: Pitched woo (7): SPOONED
92 Across: "Tanglewood ___" (5): TALES
93 Across: Bk. parts (3): PGS
95 Across: On the ___ (not in use) (5): SHELF
96 Across: Hawthorne story (17): THEGREATSTONEFACE
105 Across: Portico in Athens (4): STOA
109 Across: "___ in Portugal," 1953 song (5): APRIL
110 Across: Escapes artfully (6): ELUDES
111 Across: State off. (3): GOV
112 Across: Caroline Miller novel: 1934 (14): LAMBINHISBOSOM
115 Across: "___ for Comedy," Behrman play (6): NOTIME
117 Across: In the least (5): ATALL
118 Across: Early Christian missionaries (8): APOSTLES
119 Across: Burr, at times (6): DUELER
120 Across: Emerald, e.g. (5): BERYL
121 Across: Layer (3): HEN
122 Across: Gp. established at Bogotá: 1948 (3): OAS
123 Across: Weight allowances (5): TRETS

Down Answers

1 Down: In the box, at Shea (5): ATBAT
2 Down: Unwilling (5): LOATH
3 Down: Veil fabric (5): TULLE
4 Down: Greek letter (3): ETA
5 Down: Capturing again (8): RETAKING
6 Down: Boa (5): SCARF
7 Down: "Anna Christie" star (5): GARBO
8 Down: An insecticide, for short (3): TDE
9 Down: Catkins (6): AMENTS
10 Down: Pooh's creator (5): MILNE
11 Down: "Whiffenpoof" singer (5): YALIE
12 Down: Con's opponent (3): PRO
13 Down: Cargo (4): LOAD
14 Down: Longfellow town (4): ATRI
15 Down: Arrive (4): COME
16 Down: Once, once (4): ERST
18 Down: Rudimentary roots (7): RADICES
19 Down: In progress (5): AFOOT
20 Down: William ___ Gladstone (5): EWART
24 Down: Asian holiday (3): TET
27 Down: Fit of pique (4): SNIT
31 Down: More furtive (8): SLINKIER
32 Down: Chemistry Nobelist: 1934 (4): UREY
33 Down: Equal share for two (4): HALF
37 Down: Wire measure (3): MIL
38 Down: Froze (4): ICED
39 Down: Different (4): ELSE
40 Down: Glass oven (4): LEHR
41 Down: I.R.S. experts (4): CPAS
42 Down: Medieval helmet (5): ARMET
43 Down: Fair structure (5): BOOTH
44 Down: Antimosquito activity (8): SWATTING
45 Down: Film computer (3): HAL
46 Down: Diseased parts of wood (7): CANKERS
47 Down: H.S. subject (3): ALG
48 Down: Moslem scholars (5): ULEMA
51 Down: R.I.P. item (4): OBIT
52 Down: Most questionable (8): FISHIEST
54 Down: New Deal agcy. (3): WPA
55 Down: Spraying devices (7): AIRGUNS
59 Down: British med. coverage (3): NHI
61 Down: P.O. service (3): RFD
63 Down: List ending: Abbr. (3): ETC
64 Down: Tie (8): STANDOFF
66 Down: ___ Gay, W.W. II plane (5): ENOLA
67 Down: Kind of exam (4): ORAL
68 Down: Encountered (3): MET
69 Down: Convey to a distance: Var. (5): ELOIN
70 Down: French income (5): RENTE
75 Down: Red Sox pitcher (4): BOYD
76 Down: Mine entrance (4): ADIT
77 Down: S.A. rodent (4): PACA
78 Down: Biographer Leon (4): EDEL
80 Down: Barfly (3): SOT
81 Down: Links org. (3): PGA
84 Down: Letters for Whitty or Hess (3): DBE
85 Down: Wolverine's former coach (4): YOST
86 Down: Famous lioness (4): ELSA
87 Down: Allowing for modification (7): OPENEND
88 Down: Gives sparingly (8): DOLESOUT
91 Down: Did a blacksmith's job (4): SHOD
93 Down: Newgate, e.g. (6): PRISON
94 Down: They wrote "O'Neill" (5): GELBS
95 Down: Partly fermented grape juices (5): STUMS
97 Down: Chinese dynasty (3): HAN
98 Down: Hebrew dry measure (5): EPHAH
99 Down: Beef (5): GRIPE
100 Down: Famed electrician-inventor (5): TESLA
101 Down: Blackthorns (5): SLOES
102 Down: Spry (5): AGILE
103 Down: Heavenly body (5): COMET
104 Down: Tinker's partner (5): EVERS
105 Down: Thick piece (4): SLAB
106 Down: London gallery (4): TATE
107 Down: Literary first name (4): OMAR
108 Down: With competence (4): ABLY
113 Down: Indisposed (3): ILL
114 Down: Winnebago member (3): OTO
116 Down: Pre-1959 Haw. (3): TER

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