START MAKING TARTS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 12/6/1987. By Ernst Theimer.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: CUTTING (8)
- LASHINGS
- 9 Across: Incensed (5)
- IRATE
- 14 Across: Gushes (6)
- SPOUTS
- 20 Across: An S.S.R. language (8)
- ESTONIAN
- 21 Across: Calyx leaf (5)
- SEPAL
- 22 Across: Caddoan Indian (6)
- PAWNEE
- 23 Across: Pertinent part of the "Gloria Patri" (21)
- ASITWASINTHEBEGINNING
- 26 Across: Halloween option (5)
- TREAT
- 27 Across: Popular drink (4)
- COLA
- 28 Across: Duel memento (4)
- SCAR
- 29 Across: Middling (4)
- SOSO
- 30 Across: Causes resentment (7)
- RANKLES
- 32 Across: Waste allowance (4)
- TRET
- 34 Across: Brandish (5)
- WIELD
- 38 Across: NAUTICAL CHAIN (3)
- YET
- 39 Across: Venerable (4)
- HOAR
- 42 Across: Make effervescent (6)
- AERATE
- 47 Across: Wagnerian goddess (4)
- ERDA
- 48 Across: GAZE FIXEDLY (5)
- TARES
- 50 Across: Ark numbers (4)
- TWOS
- 52 Across: Roof edges (5)
- EAVES
- 53 Across: SHINY METAL PLATES (8)
- PANGLESS
- 55 Across: Decorated (7)
- ADORNED
- 58 Across: Binds (4)
- TIES
- 59 Across: Nap-producing plants (7)
- TEASELS
- 60 Across: Odes and such (5)
- POESY
- 61 Across: Shine (7)
- RADIATE
- 63 Across: GLUTINOUS SUBSTANCE (7)
- ELATING
- 65 Across: Changed the hue (8)
- RETINTED
- 66 Across: State positively (6)
- ASSERT
- 70 Across: Resistance to change (7)
- INERTIA
- 73 Across: Some moths (6)
- EGGERS
- 74 Across: Inexpensive tires (8)
- RETREADS
- 76 Across: Item (7)
- ARTICLE
- 78 Across: Foot lever (7)
- TREADLE
- 79 Across: Fashions (5)
- MODES
- 81 Across: Mercenary (7)
- HESSIAN
- 86 Across: Partners of haws (4)
- HEES
- 87 Across: Domesticates (7)
- ENTAMES
- 89 Across: Important court action (8)
- TESTCASE
- 90 Across: Vacant (5)
- UNLET
- 92 Across: Buffalo's county (4)
- ERIE
- 93 Across: Recoils (5)
- SHIES
- 95 Across: WISE (4)
- AGES
- 96 Across: Like a clarinet (6)
- REEDED
- 98 Across: Atlanta arena (4)
- OMNI
- 100 Across: HAVE DINNER (3)
- UPS
- 101 Across: Celebes oxen (5)
- ANOAS
- 102 Across: Globule (4)
- DROP
- 104 Across: HASTEN (7)
- CAMPERS
- 107 Across: Crime boss (4)
- CAPO
- 111 Across: Goddess of discord (4)
- ERIS
- 113 Across: Jannings or Ludwig (4)
- EMIL
- 114 Across: Giant grass (5)
- OTATE
- 118 Across: Pertinent words from La Fontaine's "Fables" (21)
- ONEMUSTCONSIDERTHEEND
- 123 Across: FRIGHTENS (6)
- CARESS
- 124 Across: Atka native (5)
- ALEUT
- 125 Across: Hotel fee (8)
- ROOMRATE
- 126 Across: Wrong (6)
- ASTRAY
- 127 Across: Slightly daft (5)
- LOOPY
- 128 Across: Autobahnen (8)
- STRASSEN
Down Answers
- 1 Down: TAVERN QUAFF (3)
- LEA
- 2 Down: RUSSIAN NEWS SERVICE (4)
- ASST
- 3 Down: Mix (4)
- STIR
- 4 Down: Table d'___ (4)
- HOTE
- 5 Down: To the center (6)
- INWARD
- 6 Down: Dwarf-cattle breed (5)
- NIATA
- 7 Down: Methane or helium (3)
- GAS
- 8 Down: Laughs disrespectfully (8)
- SNICKERS
- 9 Down: Cordage fiber (5)
- ISTLE
- 10 Down: Old story newly told (6)
- REHASH
- 11 Down: Wou-wou, e.g. (3)
- APE
- 12 Down: PIERCE (4)
- TABS
- 13 Down: Negative particle (8)
- ELECTRON
- 14 Down: SEEK TO ATTAIN (6)
- SPIREA
- 15 Down: Cooking utensil (3)
- PAN
- 16 Down: PLANTED (4)
- OWNS
- 17 Down: Mussel genus (4)
- UNIO
- 18 Down: ACTRESS ANNA ___ (4)
- TENS
- 19 Down: Utah state flower (4)
- SEGO
- 24 Down: Nick from Omaha (5)
- NOLTE
- 25 Down: Needlefish (3)
- GAR
- 31 Down: Province of Mozambique (6)
- NYASSA
- 33 Down: NICE HOT TIME (3)
- TEE
- 34 Down: Sobbed (4)
- WEPT
- 35 Down: Dies ___ (4)
- IRAE
- 36 Down: Writer Ferber (4)
- EDNA
- 37 Down: DROSS (4)
- LAGS
- 40 Down: EXPLORER DE ___ (4)
- OTOS
- 41 Down: Distorted (4)
- AWRY
- 43 Down: AU ___ POTATOES (6)
- RATING
- 44 Down: Fly a plane (6)
- AVIATE
- 45 Down: Wobble (6)
- TEETER
- 46 Down: TAXED: DIAL. (6)
- ESSEDS
- 48 Down: Warning device (8)
- TELLTALE
- 49 Down: Rhone tributary (5)
- SAONE
- 51 Down: DANISH WEIGHTS (4)
- SERE
- 54 Down: Look askance (6)
- LEERED
- 56 Down: Humiliate (7)
- DEGRADE
- 57 Down: Sine die (8)
- DATELESS
- 60 Down: Fasten (3)
- PIN
- 62 Down: Assimilate (6)
- DIGEST
- 64 Down: "My country ___ . . . " (3)
- TIS
- 65 Down: A GERSHWIN (3)
- RAI
- 66 Down: Garfield's follower (6)
- ARTHUR
- 67 Down: Placid (6)
- SERENE
- 68 Down: Addison's co-author (6)
- STEELE
- 69 Down: Rubbed out (6)
- ERASED
- 71 Down: Lock (5)
- TRESS
- 72 Down: POSE (3)
- ITS
- 75 Down: PARADISE (4)
- DENE
- 77 Down: Photographer's word (6)
- CHEESE
- 79 Down: Mangle (4)
- MAIM
- 80 Down: ALASKAN CITY (4)
- OMEN
- 82 Down: Peruse (4)
- SCAN
- 83 Down: Shakespearean villain (4)
- IAGO
- 84 Down: On the briny (4)
- ASEA
- 85 Down: Headland (4)
- NESS
- 88 Down: Figurative (8)
- TROPICAL
- 89 Down: GRAPHIC-ARTS TOOL (8)
- TIPPLERS
- 91 Down: Spread hay (3)
- TED
- 94 Down: Damp and hot (5)
- HUMID
- 97 Down: Stylish (6)
- DRESSY
- 99 Down: Frosts, as a windshield (6)
- ICESUP
- 101 Down: Respiratory disorder (6)
- ASTHMA
- 103 Down: ROCKY PEAK (3)
- ORT
- 105 Down: Friendship (5)
- AMITY
- 106 Down: Helicopter part (5)
- ROTOR
- 107 Down: Comedienne Imogene (4)
- COCA
- 108 Down: CAPITAL OF YEMEN (4)
- ANAS
- 109 Down: Saucy (4)
- PERT
- 110 Down: CITY OF SEVEN HILLS (4)
- OMER
- 112 Down: Alone (4)
- SOLO
- 115 Down: EARLY IRISH TENANT (4)
- AERS
- 116 Down: Oolong and pekoe (4)
- TEAS
- 117 Down: Grafted, in heraldry (4)
- ENTE
- 119 Down: EUR. COUNTRY (3)
- USA
- 120 Down: SINGLE (3)
- NEO
- 121 Down: Decay (3)
- ROT
- 122 Down: Study (3)
- DEN
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