CONCISE CRITIQUES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 1/4/1987. By Jim Page.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Figaro, e.g. (6): BARBER
7 Across: Supple (5): LITHE
12 Across: Network initials (3): CBS
15 Across: An S.S.R. (3): RUS
18 Across: Refrigerant (6): ETHANE
19 Across: Fauntleroy (5): ERROL
20 Across: Sensory organ (4): PALP
21 Across: Choose (3): OPT
22 Across: "The Maine Woods" (12): THOREAUGOING
24 Across: Busy as ___ (4): ABEE
25 Across: Ecol. or anat. (3): SCI
26 Across: Big tops (5): TENTS
27 Across: Sunbathing goals (4): TANS
28 Across: "Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" (9): STOWEICAL
30 Across: Wave on a mer (4): ONDE
31 Across: Glut (4): SATE
32 Across: Crook's caper (5): HEIST
34 Across: Brooder's perch (5): ROOST
35 Across: Frightened horse (6): REARER
37 Across: Roving (6): ERRANT
39 Across: Uprights (7): SPINETS
41 Across: Cpl.'s boss (3): SGT
42 Across: "Das Rheingold" role (4): ERDA
43 Across: Panay people (3): ATI
44 Across: Like a cat of the 40's (3): HEP
47 Across: Kiln (4): OAST
50 Across: Song and pun followers (5): STERS
52 Across: Makes a précis of (6): RECAPS
56 Across: An oleoresin (5): ELEMI
58 Across: Having a gloriole (6): HALOED
60 Across: Pay close attention (4): HEED
62 Across: ___ Aviv (3): TEL
63 Across: First Egyptian king (5): MENES
64 Across: Bitter (5): ACERB
65 Across: Part of E.E.C. (3): EUR
66 Across: Ski resort in Utah (4): ALTA
67 Across: "Olympia" artist (5): MANET
68 Across: "Metaphysics of Morals" (9): KANTRIVED
71 Across: Brooklyn institute (5): PRATT
72 Across: Claire and Balin (4): INAS
73 Across: Author Hecht (3): BEN
74 Across: January, in Cádiz (5): ENERO
75 Across: A Hall of fame (5): ANNIE
76 Across: "___ that I loved Caesar less . . . ": Shak. (3): NOT
77 Across: Cantrell from Sydney (4): LANA
78 Across: Spat (6): GAITER
79 Across: Luggage lugger (5): TOTER
80 Across: Jackets once worn by seamen (6): GREGOS
82 Across: Soviet missiles (5): SARKS
84 Across: Ball escort, e.g. (4): DATE
86 Across: "___ Amatoria," Ovid work (3): ARS
87 Across: Have creditors (3): OWE
88 Across: Diamond from Brooklyn (4): NEIL
89 Across: Speech pauses (3): ERS
91 Across: Stat producers (7): COPIERS
95 Across: Gloss (6): VENEER
98 Across: Old Turkish coins (6): ASPERS
102 Across: "The cowl does not make ___" (5): AMONK
103 Across: J. R. (5): EWING
105 Across: Actress Gwyn (4): NELL
107 Across: Sign, in a way: Abbr. (4): INIT
108 Across: "As It Was" (9): LODGEICAL
110 Across: Play part (4): ACTI
111 Across: Garden pest (5): SCALE
112 Across: Antiquity, to Poe (3): ELD
113 Across: Royal house: 1461-85 (4): YORK
114 Across: "Three Comrades" (12): REMARQUEABLE
117 Across: S.D. governor: 1965-69 (3): BOE
118 Across: Loser to S. Grant (4): ELEE
119 Across: Dispatch boat (5): AVISO
120 Across: The ___, Steele periodical (6): TATLER
121 Across: L.I., e.g. (3): SND
122 Across: Gram. case (3): DAT
123 Across: What glaziers take with their work (5): PANES
124 Across: Grani and Bayard (6): STEEDS

Down Answers

1 Down: Roulette player, e.g. (6): BETTOR
2 Down: Pallas ___ (6): ATHENE
3 Down: Fleming of films (6): RHONDA
4 Down: Swaps goods (7): BARTERS
5 Down: Chemical endings (4): ENES
6 Down: Memorable American caricaturist (3): REA
7 Down: Emissary (6): LEGATE
8 Down: He has pressing problems (6): IRONER
9 Down: Baseball's Speaker (4): TRIS
10 Down: Dearie kin (3): HON
11 Down: Taina ___, Finnish actress (3): ELG
12 Down: John and Sebastian (6): CABOTS
13 Down: Trumpeted (4): BLEW
14 Down: "Spandau: The Secret Diaries" (9): SPEERITED
15 Down: Gat (6): ROSCOE
16 Down: Ventilating shaft in a mine (6): UPCAST
17 Down: Long-legged birds (6): STILTS
20 Down: Foxboro pros, for short (4): PATS
23 Down: Hagen from Gottingen (3): UTA
28 Down: Hindu's stringed instrument (5): SITAR
29 Down: Kind of column (5): IONIC
31 Down: Sp. miss (4): SRTA
32 Down: "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" (13): HARTEBREAKING
33 Down: Over, as an oater (5): ENDED
36 Down: He has I trouble (6): EGOIST
38 Down: Saint-Tropez, e.g. (6): RESORT
40 Down: Kitchen device (5): PARER
44 Down: Working on a jumper (7): HEMMING
45 Down: Mother of Richard the Lion-Hearted (7): ELEANOR
46 Down: Winged (7): PENNATE
48 Down: Upset (6): SHAKEN
49 Down: Widespread S.A. people (7): TACANAS
51 Down: Deviated from a course (7): SHEERED
53 Down: Home of the Falcons (7): ATLANTA
54 Down: More insignificant (7): PETTIER
55 Down: Roofers or critics (7): SLATERS
57 Down: Noted photographic authority (4): MEES
59 Down: Nimoy, to friends (3): LEN
61 Down: Author Welty (6): EUDORA
66 Down: Cartoonist Peter (4): ARNO
69 Down: Isolate, old style (6): INISLE
70 Down: Examine carefully (3): VET
71 Down: Bath dads (6): PATERS
73 Down: More ignoble (5): BASER
77 Down: "Stieglitz: A Memoir-Biography" (9): LOWEKEYED
78 Down: Unschooled (5): GREEN
81 Down: Auctioneer's call (5): GOING
83 Down: Smithy's block (5): ANVIL
85 Down: Greenish blue (4): TEAL
90 Down: Pointed (7): SPICATE
91 Down: Namesakes of a Hebrew leader (6): CALEBS
92 Down: U.S.S.R. river (6): OMOLON
93 Down: Like a field pea (6): PODDED
94 Down: Arcane (6): SECRET
96 Down: Crate eggs, e.g. (6): ENCASE
97 Down: Some rockets, for short (6): RETROS
99 Down: Permit (6): ENABLE
100 Down: Ran in a small stream (6): RILLED
101 Down: Some are bum (6): STEERS
104 Down: Trawler's track (4): WAKE
106 Down: Alc. beverage (3): LIQ
109 Down: Kansas city (4): IOLA
110 Down: Gemayel of Lebanon (4): AMIN
111 Down: Congressman's prize (4): SEAT
114 Down: Shoot the breeze (3): RAP
115 Down: Lehár work (3): EVA
116 Down: Guidonian notes (3): UTS

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