PLAYING A WEIGHTING GAME - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 1/10/1988. By Dale O. Burgener.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Cousteau's gear (5): SCUBA
6 Across: A 1492 discovery (4): CUBA
10 Across: Fokker's foe (4): SPAD
14 Across: ___ Day, Apr. 14 (5): PANAM
19 Across: A Gene Kelly discovery (5): CARON
20 Across: Collections of reminiscences (4): ANAS
21 Across: S. American monkey (4): TITI
22 Across: Overhead (5): ABOVE
23 Across: Humiliate (5): ABASE
24 Across: Some Cong. members (4): LIBS
25 Across: Anatomical cavity: Comb. form (4): ANTR
26 Across: Relish (5): SAVOR
27 Across: Start of a rhyming quip (21): PALSWHOSEEMYDIETSFAIL
31 Across: Lanchester from London (4): ELSA
32 Across: Threatening phrase (6): ORELSE
33 Across: Recipients (9): ACCEPTERS
34 Across: Last river to cross? (4): STYX
35 Across: Young or old follower (4): STER
37 Across: The way, in China (3): TAO
38 Across: Some are smart (6): ALECKS
42 Across: Spur (4): GOAD
43 Across: ___ corps (8): ESPRITDE
48 Across: Second line of quip (14): SAYZIPYOURLIPS
52 Across: Long-gone Venezuelan (6): OTOMAC
53 Across: Region (4): AREA
54 Across: Unctuous (4): OILY
55 Across: Lardaceous (5): FATTY
57 Across: Source of poi (4): TARO
58 Across: Echoed others' words (8): PARROTED
60 Across: Player for Al Davis (6): RAIDER
62 Across: Cogitative group (5): PANEL
63 Across: Man., e.g. (3): ISL
64 Across: Marks of omission (5): DELES
65 Across: Raises (3): UPS
67 Across: Uninteresting (5): VAPID
71 Across: Number one for Nicklaus (6): DRIVER
73 Across: Bits and pieces (8): SMITHERS
78 Across: "___ go bragh" (4): ERIN
79 Across: Sotto-voce remark (5): ASIDE
80 Across: Writer O'Faoláin (4): SEAN
81 Across: "Eri tu . . . " is one (4): ARIA
82 Across: Motley crowd (6): RAGTAG
84 Across: Third line of quip (14): FORTHINNERHIPS
88 Across: " . . . ___ power corrupts . . . ": Lord Acton (8): ABSOLUTE
90 Across: God waited on by the Graces (4): EROS
91 Across: Thigh armor (6): TASSES
92 Across: Healer at Valhalla (3): EIR
93 Across: Zola's "The ___-Shop (4): DRAM
94 Across: Trim (4): PARE
96 Across: Dock area (9): WATERSIDE
101 Across: Official emissary (6): LEGATE
103 Across: Slight (4): SNUB
107 Across: Last line of quip (21): IDRATHERBLAMETHESCALE
110 Across: Musical form (5): SUITE
111 Across: Bristle (4): SETA
112 Across: Pay the pot (4): ANTE
113 Across: Dispatch (5): HASTE
114 Across: She created the Moffats (5): ESTES
115 Across: N.M. resort town (4): TAOS
116 Across: Pop singer DiMucci (4): DION
117 Across: Separated (5): APART
118 Across: Dental compound (5): STENT
119 Across: Goofs (4): ERRS
120 Across: ___, zwei, drei (4): EINS
121 Across: Football Hall of Famer (5): HALAS

Down Answers

1 Down: Flower stalk (5): SCAPE
2 Down: Conspiratorial group (5): CABAL
3 Down: Asia-Europe dividers (5): URALS
4 Down: ___ nova, Brazilian dance (5): BOSSA
5 Down: One more time (4): ANEW
6 Down: Thermal unit (6): CALORY
7 Down: Suitable for men or women (6): UNISEX
8 Down: Noisy confusion (5): BABEL
9 Down: Taxing person (8): ASSESSOR
10 Down: Whalebone device (4): STAY
11 Down: Poet to whom much is ode? (6): PINDAR
12 Down: Tall story (5): ATTIC
13 Down: Points the way (7): DIRECTS
14 Down: Key to the world (8): PASSPORT
15 Down: Sternward (5): ABAFT
16 Down: Exceptionally bright stars (5): NOVAE
17 Down: Parisian's property (5): AVOIR
18 Down: European blackbirds (5): MERLS
28 Down: "In" places (8): HOTSPOTS
29 Down: Bismuth or bullion (5): METAL
30 Down: Three-legged stand (6): TEAPOY
34 Down: Glide along a piste (3): SKI
36 Down: Inspiring instructor (7): EDIFIER
38 Down: Kin of P.D.Q. (4): ASAP
39 Down: Dr. Z.'s love (4): LARA
40 Down: Sidewalk superintendent (4): EYER
41 Down: Boris of Bulgaria (4): CZAR
42 Down: ___ Fawkes Day, Nov. 5 in England (3): GUY
43 Down: Bolardo's patron (4): ESTE
44 Down: Jot (4): IOTA
45 Down: Coffee-hating Fed. agt.? (4): TMAN
46 Down: Bell the cat (4): DARE
47 Down: Branch of biol. (4): ECOL
49 Down: Earnings-price ratios (6): YIELDS
50 Down: "Too soon ___, too late smart" (3): OLD
51 Down: Tablets (4): PADS
56 Down: Author of "Mr. Citizen" (6): TRUMAN
59 Down: Sci-fi suffix for human (3): OID
60 Down: Devoted apostle (7): REVERER
61 Down: "Cakes and ___": Maugham (3): ALE
62 Down: Attention-getting sound (3): PST
64 Down: Caper (4): DIDO
66 Down: Maine symbol (8): PINETREE
67 Down: Miles or Vague (4): VERA
68 Down: Swift, graceful horse (4): ARAB
69 Down: Group in a farrow (4): PIGS
70 Down: "___ each life some rain . . . " (4): INTO
72 Down: Widespread (4): RIFE
73 Down: One in a hundred, in D.C. (3): SEN
74 Down: Triumphant interjections (4): HAHS
75 Down: Mythical pome pitcher (4): ERIS
76 Down: Mature (4): RIPE
77 Down: Lip (4): SASS
79 Down: Shaky (6): AGUISH
80 Down: A sib (3): SIS
83 Down: Most wide-awake (8): ALERTEST
85 Down: Singing syllables (5): TRALA
86 Down: Like Mom's pies (8): HOMEMADE
87 Down: "Norma ___," Field flick (3): RAE
89 Down: Italian seaport (7): TRIESTE
93 Down: Borrower (6): DEBTOR
94 Down: G. C. Scott role (6): PATTON
95 Down: ___ of America (Boston) (6): ATHENS
96 Down: ___ up (catches on) (5): WISES
97 Down: Scorched (5): ADUST
98 Down: Hackneyed (5): TRITE
99 Down: Boccaccio's "The ___ Heart" (5): EATEN
100 Down: Gloomy, to Keats (5): DREAR
102 Down: Guardian spirits (5): GENII
103 Down: ___ Flow, British naval base (5): SCAPA
104 Down: Helmet's nosepiece (5): NASAL
105 Down: Ne plus ___ (5): ULTRA
106 Down: Some sugar sources (5): BEETS
108 Down: Colleen (4): LASS
109 Down: Former Iranian ruler (4): SHAH

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