ALPHABETIC DOUBLE TALK - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 10/26/1986. By Bert H. Kruse.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Muscle action (5): SPASM
6 Across: Derisive cries (5): HAHAS
11 Across: Explosion noise (4): BANG
15 Across: Writer Earl ___ Biggers (4): DERR
19 Across: Land renamed Nova Scotia by the British (6): ACADIA
20 Across: Mulct (6): AMERCE
22 Across: Cupid (4): AMOR
23 Across: Foil's kin (4): EPEE
24 Across: Big bill, for short (13): SEVENTHLETTER
26 Across: Kind of neck (9): ROMANFIVE
28 Across: People, e.g. (4): ONES
29 Across: Plant shoots (5): CIONS
30 Across: Groom carefully (5): PREEN
32 Across: Spoken (6): VOICED
33 Across: Blushing (3): RED
34 Across: Deep-six, in a way (5): SHRED
35 Across: Sailing item (4): STAY
36 Across: Most contemptible (6): BASEST
37 Across: "Who's been sleeping in ___?" (5): MYBED
38 Across: Twain contemporary (5): HARTE
39 Across: Intended (5): AIMED
40 Across: Joseph Lash subject (7): ELEANOR
43 Across: English river (10): AHEADOFZED
45 Across: A famous Louis (3): JOE
48 Across: British noble name (6): LENNOX
49 Across: Good (5): VALID
51 Across: Conduct (4): MIEN
52 Across: Oxford U. area (4): QUAD
53 Across: Incited, with "on" (5): EGGED
54 Across: Godwin's "Adventures of ___ Williams" (5): CALEB
55 Across: Don Adams TV role (5): SMART
57 Across: Ballet ___ (5): RUSSE
58 Across: Early Briton (4): CELT
59 Across: Player who cuts the cards (4): PONE
60 Across: Empty (5): INANE
61 Across: Collections of rocks (6): SUITES
62 Across: Prefix for dent or color (3): TRI
63 Across: Actor's concern (10): PRECEDESAR
66 Across: Beneficial insect (6): MANTIS
67 Across: Big step (6): STRIDE
69 Across: Dido (5): ANTIC
70 Across: Early Mexican Indian (6): TOLTEC
71 Across: Barrie's "A Window in ___" (6): THRUMS
72 Across: Urban transit (10): FOLLOWSKAY
74 Across: Recede (3): EBB
77 Across: Bathhouse (6): CABANA
78 Across: Hurl fast (5): RIFLE
80 Across: Incursion (4): RAID
81 Across: Not fully shut (4): AJAR
82 Across: Lardy (5): OBESE
83 Across: Nairobi's republic (5): KENYA
84 Across: Budges (5): STIRS
86 Across: Musical music (5): SCORE
87 Across: "___ Sides Now," Joni Mitchell hit (4): BOTH
88 Across: Power (4): DINT
89 Across: Commands (5): FIATS
90 Across: Way (6): METHOD
91 Across: Bikini part (3): BRA
92 Across: Type of shirt (10): KINDOFBONE
95 Across: Rock star (7): MADONNA
96 Across: Ventures (5): RISKS
97 Across: Old TV program (5): RERUN
98 Across: Natural seeker (5): DICER
99 Across: Like beach attire (6): SCANTY
101 Across: Grampuses (4): ORCS
102 Across: Tough problem (5): POSER
103 Across: Petition (3): ASK
106 Across: Truckman (6): TEAMER
107 Across: Motif (5): THEME
109 Across: Yield (5): DEFER
110 Across: Oenochoe's cousin (4): OLPE
111 Across: Divorcee, for short (9): BEFOREWYE
113 Across: Actress Sandra (13): AFTERFRANKLIN
116 Across: Egyptian disk (4): ATEN
117 Across: Contents of some needles (4): SERA
118 Across: Shade (6): NUANCE
119 Across: Austrian state, to an Italian (6): TIROLO
120 Across: Bud, a Dickens heroine (4): ROSA
121 Across: Source (4): SEED
122 Across: Coasted, in a way (5): LUGED
123 Across: Tickle (5): ELATE

Down Answers

1 Down: Ruckus (5): SCENE
2 Down: Did a road job (5): PAVED
3 Down: Fruity quaffs (4): ADES
4 Down: Deadly act (3): SIN
5 Down: Lucifer's place (8): MATCHBOX
6 Down: Equipped like an angel (6): HALOED
7 Down: Edit (5): AMEND
8 Down: Extinct Argentinians (4): HETS
9 Down: Skill (3): ART
10 Down: " . . . above this ___ sway": Shak. (8): SCEPTRED
11 Down: Au naturel (4): BARE
12 Down: A king of Judah (4): AMON
13 Down: ___ de plume (3): NOM
14 Down: Basis of a grievance (8): GRAVAMEN
15 Down: Dared (6): DEFIED
16 Down: Certain films (5): EPICS
17 Down: Face an embankment (5): REVET
18 Down: Water plant (4): REED
19 Down: Lyre's relative (4): ASOR
21 Down: Printers' nightmares (6): ERRATA
25 Down: Personnel manager (5): HIRER
27 Down: Edged (5): NOSED
31 Down: Ogled (4): EYED
34 Down: Church council (5): SYNOD
35 Down: Hindu term of respect (5): SAHIB
36 Down: Composer of "L'Arlésienne" (5): BIZET
37 Down: Zola's portraitist (5): MANET
38 Down: Philip Nolan's creator (4): HALE
39 Down: Burning (5): AFIRE
40 Down: Choice (5): ELECT
41 Down: French artist: 1881–1955 (5): LEGER
42 Down: Honey maker (11): ENGLISHBETA
44 Down: Its capital is Muscat (4): OMAN
45 Down: Supreme Court name (11): JUSTICEJOHN
46 Down: Refreshment sites (5): OASES
47 Down: Boston Gazette editor-patriot: 1732–1803 (4): EDES
49 Down: Carter Sec. of State (5): VANCE
50 Down: Sheltered at sea (4): ALEE
52 Down: Precisely (5): QUITE
54 Down: Some Yalies (5): COEDS
55 Down: Lymnaeid (5): SNAIL
56 Down: O'Neill's "___ Millions" (5): MARCO
57 Down: Small (5): RUNTY
59 Down: ___ volta (musical direction) (5): PRIMA
60 Down: Agave fiber (5): ISTLE
61 Down: Variety of bar (5): SALAD
63 Down: Clip (5): PRUNE
64 Down: Bananas (5): DAFFY
65 Down: Col. Tibbets's mother (5): ENOLA
66 Down: Hopis or trumpeter fish (5): MOKIS
68 Down: Potboilers, e.g. (5): TRASH
70 Down: Despots (5): TSARS
71 Down: Biblical mountain (5): TABOR
73 Down: Court order (4): WRIT
75 Down: Cut of beef (5): BARON
76 Down: Netherlands city (5): BREDA
77 Down: Lee or lrvin (4): COBB
78 Down: Rips (5): RENDS
79 Down: Division word (4): INTO
81 Down: Globe employee (5): ACTOR
83 Down: Tightly curled (5): KINKY
84 Down: Skull cavity (5): SINUS
85 Down: Seized, in poesy (4): TAEN
86 Down: Passover feast (5): SEDER
88 Down: Trouble (8): DISTRESS
89 Down: Strong (8): FORCEFUL
90 Down: Grow thin (8): MACERATE
92 Down: Pittsburgh's home-run king (5): KINER
93 Down: Splitting tool (4): FROE
94 Down: Comedian Shelley (6): BERMAN
95 Down: Skinflint (5): MISER
96 Down: H. H. Jackson heroine (6): RAMONA
98 Down: Took off a tile (6): DOFFED
99 Down: Look after (5): SEETO
100 Down: Dining spots (5): CAFES
102 Down: Nez ___ Indians (5): PERCE
103 Down: Mete (5): ALLOT
104 Down: Barrel spigot (5): SPILE
105 Down: Gambling game (4): KENO
106 Down: Ski-slope item (4): TBAR
107 Down: British spare (4): TYRE
108 Down: Main (4): HEAD
109 Down: ___ Xiaoping, China's paramount leader (4): DENG
110 Down: Pods often pickled (4): OKRA
112 Down: Minuscule (3): WEE
114 Down: Greek letter (3): TAU
115 Down: No game, in bridge (3): NIL

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