AFFAIRS OF STATE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/17/1987. By Mary Virginia Orna.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Lycurgus's last letter (5): OMEGA
6 Across: Word with energy or system (5): SOLAR
11 Across: N.Y.C. flics (4): COPS
15 Across: Rurik ruler (4): TSAR
19 Across: Open-weave fabrics (5): LENOS
20 Across: Kind of acid (5): AMINO
21 Across: A father-in-law of Esau (4): ANAH
22 Across: Mediterranean seaport (4): ACRE
23 Across: Crooked (5): ATILT
24 Across: "Revenge of the ___" (5): NERDS
25 Across: Paul Bunyan's hound dog (4): NERO
26 Across: Rail (4): SORA
27 Across: Canio's wife (5): NEDDA
28 Across: Taper a timber (5): SNAPE
29 Across: Stupid (9): NITWITTED
31 Across: Contemporary of Ngaio and Agatha (4): ERLE
33 Across: Tantamount (5): EQUAL
35 Across: Mimieux of Hollywood (6): YVETTE
36 Across: Pa.'s state flower (14): MOUNTAINLAUREL
41 Across: Game with stakes and forfeits (3): LOO
42 Across: "The Neon Wilderness" author (6): ALGREN
43 Across: Chilean Indian (5): AUCAN
44 Across: Token, perhaps (7): CARFARE
48 Across: "Fiesque" composer (4): LALO
49 Across: Second: Comb. form (6): DEUTER
51 Across: Bootlicker (5): TOADY
53 Across: City near Jerusalem (3): LOD
54 Across: Hot (4): AVID
55 Across: Egad or dang (4): OATH
56 Across: Like some tissues (6): TWOPLY
58 Across: Gilead's lack (4): BALM
59 Across: Neighbor of Eur. (3): AFR
60 Across: Fresh air (5): OZONE
61 Across: Meadowsweet (6): SPIREA
63 Across: State flower of Tex. (10): BLUEBONNET
69 Across: Alaska's state fish (10): KINGSALMON
71 Across: Order at Fenway Park (6): LINEUP
72 Across: Professes (5): AVOWS
74 Across: Doing poorly (3): ILL
75 Across: Theatrical award (4): OBIE
76 Across: Chasten (6): PUNISH
78 Across: Rajah's helpmate (4): RANI
80 Across: Clerical title, in Caen (4): ABBE
84 Across: "___ y Plata," Mont.'s motto (3): ORO
85 Across: Sum (5): TOTAL
86 Across: Finsteraarhorn feature (6): ICECAP
88 Across: Look closely (4): PEER
89 Across: Set of teeth (7): DENTURE
91 Across: Muscle fiber (5): STRIA
92 Across: "The Valachi ___" (6): PAPERS
94 Across: Mel of baseball (3): OTT
95 Across: Kan.'s state song (14): HOMEONTHERANGE
98 Across: Where the Sèvre Nantaise flows (6): POITOU
101 Across: Riyadh residents (5): ARABS
102 Across: Orenburg's river (4): URAL
103 Across: Kind of overcoat or cape (9): INVERNESS
105 Across: Log huts in Sverdlovsk (5): ISBAS
108 Across: Bandleader Ray ___ (5): NOBLE
112 Across: Austrian statesman (4): RAAB
113 Across: Proportion words (4): ISTO
114 Across: Respond (5): REACT
115 Across: More irritated (5): SORER
116 Across: Singer Simone (4): NINA
117 Across: Govt. tecs (4): TMEN
118 Across: Apostle to the Slavs (5): CYRIL
119 Across: Man of Manchuria, e.g. (5): ASIAN
120 Across: Run ___ (frolic) (4): ARIG
121 Across: Urges (4): YENS
122 Across: Wiesbaden is its capital (5): HESSE
123 Across: Cornmeal porridges (5): SAMPS

Down Answers

1 Down: Radio actor Soule (4): OLAN
2 Down: Measure (4): METE
3 Down: Character from "The Mabinogion" (4): ENID
4 Down: Neb.'s state flower (9): GOLDENROD
5 Down: Phoenician goddess (7): ASTARTE
6 Down: Nisei offspring (6): SANSEI
7 Down: Sign (4): OMEN
8 Down: Lucre, in Livorno (4): LIRA
9 Down: Tolstoy's "War ___" (8): ANDPEACE
10 Down: S.D.'s state mineral (10): ROSEQUARTZ
11 Down: Punic War battle site (6): CANNAE
12 Down: "Lazarus Laughed" playwright (6): ONEILL
13 Down: Role (4): PART
14 Down: Minn.'s state flower (17): SHOWYLADYSSLIPPER
15 Down: Delaney's "A ___ Honey" (7): TASTEOF
16 Down: Author of "The Abbot" (5): SCOTT
17 Down: Court decree (5): ARRET
18 Down: "Hard Cash" author (5): READE
30 Down: Scrimshaw's medium (5): IVORY
32 Down: Ark.'s nickname (17): LANDOFOPPORTUNITY
34 Down: Museum piece, sometimes (3): URN
36 Down: Actress Powers (4): MALA
37 Down: King of Norway (4): OLAV
38 Down: Jamaican citrus fruit (4): UGLI
39 Down: Of seamen or ships: Abbr. (4): NAUT
40 Down: Leatherback turtle (4): LUTH
44 Down: Golfer Peete (3): CAL
45 Down: Frighten (5): ALARM
46 Down: Loggers' jamboree (5): ROLEO
47 Down: He wrote "Philosopher's Quest" (5): EDMAN
50 Down: Merit (4): EARN
51 Down: Author Morrison (4): TONI
52 Down: Word with shop or sea (4): OPEN
57 Down: Chinese cooking pans (4): WOKS
58 Down: Puppeteer Baird (3): BIL
59 Down: Father, in Arabia (3): ABU
60 Down: Neb. Indians (4): OTOS
62 Down: "___ Joey" (3): PAL
63 Down: Kin (5): BLOOD
64 Down: Cuba ___, rum drink (5): LIBRE
65 Down: Debs's delight (5): UNION
66 Down: Opposite of AAA (3): EEE
67 Down: Barrie canine (4): NANA
68 Down: Nefarious (4): EVIL
70 Down: "___ body . . . ": Burns (4): GINA
73 Down: N.H.'s state tree (10): WHITEBIRCH
77 Down: Indian language (3): UTE
78 Down: Check (4): REIN
79 Down: "What though care killed ___ . . . ": Shak. (4): ACAT
80 Down: Idaho's state horse (9): APPALOOSA
81 Down: Has attachment (4): BEEN
82 Down: Floe (4): BERG
83 Down: Gaelic (4): ERSE
85 Down: Don (5): TUTOR
87 Down: Squint (8): CROSSEYE
90 Down: Popular carryall (7): TOTEBAG
91 Down: Wee, in Ayr (3): SMA
93 Down: Tex. bay or river (7): ARANSAS
95 Down: Expedite (6): HASTEN
96 Down: Bean and Welles (6): ORSONS
97 Down: Shake a leg (6): HUSTLE
98 Down: German city on the Elbe (5): PIRNA
99 Down: Walking ___ (elated) (5): ONAIR
100 Down: Grand duke of Moscow: 1328-41 (5): IVANI
104 Down: Short story by Saki (4): ESME
106 Down: Challenges for Retton (4): BARS
107 Down: Handel's "___ and Galatea" (4): ACIS
109 Down: Edge (4): BRIM
110 Down: Saltate (4): LEAP
111 Down: Pelagic predators (4): ERNS

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