ASSIGNING SIGNS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 11/22/1987. By Bette Sue Cohen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: A VIRGO (5): LOREN
6 Across: TV role for Kate Jackson (6): AMANDA
12 Across: Confront (4): FACE
16 Across: Splotch (4): BLOB
20 Across: Soap substitute (5): AMOLE
21 Across: Shade of red (6): MAROON
22 Across: Robert Alda's son (4): ALAN
23 Across: Name in fashion (5): BEENE
24 Across: A SCORPIO (12): PABLOPICASSO
26 Across: A GEMINI (10): COLEPORTER
28 Across: R.W.R., e.g. (4): PRES
29 Across: Night sound (5): SNORE
30 Across: Statistic (5): DATUM
32 Across: Wickerwork material (6): RATTAN
33 Across: It's full of hot air (5): SAUNA
34 Across: Two-legged support (5): BIPOD
35 Across: Madcap (4): RASH
36 Across: D.C. group concerned with prices (3): FTC
39 Across: Hgt. (3): ALT
40 Across: ___ rima (verse form) (5): TERZA
42 Across: Jeeps (7): BANTAMS
45 Across: "Her eyes ___ of silent prayer": Tennyson (8): AREHOMES
48 Across: A SAGITTARIAN (9): LEEREMICK
51 Across: ___ glance (3): ATA
53 Across: Puerto follower (5): RICAN
54 Across: Contemptible person (4): TOAD
56 Across: Occupations (6): TRADES
57 Across: Vestige (4): DREG
58 Across: Word after iron or ethyl (5): OXIDE
59 Across: Fool (6): JESTER
61 Across: Grown old (4): AGED
62 Across: Pilsener (5): LAGER
63 Across: Quannet (4): FILE
64 Across: Brawl (5): MELEE
65 Across: Alleviated (5): EASED
67 Across: Bribery of sorts (6): PAYOLA
68 Across: Mo. when 127 Across was born (3): FEB
69 Across: A PISCES (11): EDWARDALBEE
71 Across: Long, hooded cloak (6): CAPOTE
72 Across: More insipid (6): DULLER
74 Across: Women's ___ (3): LIB
75 Across: Duty (6): TARIFF
76 Across: Upset the iron horse's course (6): DERAIL
77 Across: AN ARIES (11): DEANACHESON
81 Across: Where to become an off. (3): OCS
84 Across: Islands of the Bahamas (6): BIMINI
85 Across: Free, in Marseille (5): LIBRE
86 Across: Place for a buttonhole (5): LAPEL
87 Across: Four rows at the Palace (4): MNOP
88 Across: Like Harvard's walls (5): IVIED
89 Across: Bowery denizen (4): WINO
90 Across: Used a lighter (6): SAILED
92 Across: Metric unit (5): LITRE
93 Across: Lofty (4): TALL
94 Across: Singer Easton (6): SHEENA
96 Across: Snick's partner (4): SNEE
97 Across: Peace goddess (5): IRENE
98 Across: Photog's blowup (3): ENL
99 Across: A CANCER (9): HENRYVIII
101 Across: Took a poll (8): SURVEYED
104 Across: Certain madrileñas (7): SENORAS
107 Across: Make into law (5): ENACT
109 Across: ___ Dee, Carolina river (3): PEE
110 Across: No vote (3): NAY
111 Across: Emend a manuscript (4): EDIT
112 Across: Electronic navigational device (5): DORAN
114 Across: More uncommon (5): RARER
116 Across: Hitchcock's "Strangers on ___" (6): ATRAIN
119 Across: Pub game (5): DARTS
120 Across: Patron saint of France (5): DENIS
121 Across: ___ Hari (4): MATA
125 Across: A CAPRICORN (10): MAOTSETUNG
127 Across: AN AQUARIAN (12): THOMASEDISON
130 Across: Irish patriot (5): EMMET
131 Across: B'way group (4): ANTA
132 Across: Grand Tour site (6): EUROPE
133 Across: Extreme (5): ULTRA
134 Across: Close to (4): NEAR
135 Across: End of a hammerhead (4): PEEN
136 Across: He's no nudist (6): WEARER
137 Across: A LIBRA (5): ELIOT

Down Answers

1 Down: Finn's neighbor (4): LAPP
2 Down: Sharif or Bradley (4): OMAR
3 Down: Mantle (4): ROBE
4 Down: Building extensions (4): ELLS
5 Down: Prefix with Impressionism (3): NEO
6 Down: A mile ___ (7): AMINUTE
7 Down: City in Ga. (5): MACON
8 Down: Mountain in Turkey (6): ARARAT
9 Down: Reporter's asset? (4): NOSE
10 Down: ___ Passos (3): DOS
11 Down: Subject to electrolytic action (7): ANODIZE
12 Down: Ipso ___ (5): FACTO
13 Down: Orally (5): ALOUD
14 Down: Storm preceder (4): CALM
15 Down: Opp. of WSW (3): ENE
16 Down: Big ___ (W.W. I cannon) (6): BERTHA
17 Down: Native of Riga (4): LETT
18 Down: A first-floor apartment (4): ONEA
19 Down: Swiss canton (4): BERN
23 Down: Gasconade (5): BOAST
25 Down: Sacred song (5): PSALM
27 Down: Gambados (6): PRANKS
31 Down: Independently (5): APART
33 Down: Rhone feeder (5): SAONE
34 Down: Godden's "In This House of ___" (5): BREDE
35 Down: Tore (5): RACED
36 Down: Distant (6): FAROFF
37 Down: Ed Norton's wife (6): TRIXIE
38 Down: A LEO (13): CECILBDEMILLE
41 Down: Walking on air (6): ELATED
42 Down: Sojourned (5): BIDED
43 Down: A TAURUS (13): MARGOTFONTEYN
44 Down: TV's "Remington ___" (6): STEELE
46 Down: Angle, in geology (4): HADE
47 Down: Resembling a pillar (6): STELAR
49 Down: Key on some typewriters (5): ERASE
50 Down: "Dirty Dingus ___," 1970 film (5): MAGEE
52 Down: Taj Mahal site (4): AGRA
55 Down: To dare, in Dijon (4): OSER
57 Down: ___ Atonement (5): DAYOF
59 Down: Highly esteemed person (5): JEWEL
60 Down: Works on a chesterfield (7): RELINES
62 Down: Rabbit fur (5): LAPIN
64 Down: Year in Edward VI's reign (5): MDLII
66 Down: Eban of Israel (4): ABBA
67 Down: Word of mouth (5): PAROL
69 Down: Dik-dik's big cousin (5): ELAND
70 Down: Winglike (4): ALAR
71 Down: Boxed (5): CASED
73 Down: One of the archangels (5): URIEL
75 Down: Kin of wickiups (6): TEPEES
76 Down: Oriental royal councils (6): DIVANS
77 Down: Eatery (5): DINER
78 Down: "___ and Ivory," 1982 song (5): EBONY
79 Down: Facility for outpatients (6): CLINIC
80 Down: Sound (4): HALE
82 Down: Eye part (6): CORNEA
83 Down: Quick (6): SPEEDY
84 Down: Take the bait (4): BITE
85 Down: Mortgages (5): LIENS
87 Down: Bog (4): MIRE
89 Down: ___ germ (5): WHEAT
91 Down: Thai, e.g. (5): ASIAN
92 Down: Chopped ___ (5): LIVER
94 Down: Lourdes attraction (6): SHRINE
95 Down: Prevent (5): AVERT
100 Down: Agitated (7): INASTEW
102 Down: Insurgent (7): UPRISER
103 Down: A.F.B. in Tex. (5): REESE
105 Down: Less messy (6): NEATER
106 Down: Pindar was one (5): ODIST
108 Down: Seismograph recording (6): TREMOR
112 Down: Beatrice's adorer (5): DANTE
113 Down: Spleen, e.g. (5): ORGAN
115 Down: "Is man ___ or an angel?": Disraeli (5): ANAPE
116 Down: TV sitcom (4): AMEN
117 Down: What Kate became (4): TAME
118 Down: Italia's capital (4): ROMA
119 Down: Where to see sea oats (4): DUNE
120 Down: "___ Maar Seated," by 24 Across (4): DORA
121 Down: Quern (4): MILL
122 Down: ___ spumante (4): ASTI
123 Down: Cowfish (4): TORO
124 Down: Med. subject (4): ANAT
126 Down: Open a barrel (3): TAP
128 Down: Former capital of Annam (3): HUE
129 Down: Proper (3): DUE

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