JUST DESSERTS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 1/17/1988. By Warren W. Reich.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Conjugal (7): MARITAL
8 Across: Emulates Xanthippe (5): CARPS
13 Across: Kind of test (4): ACID
17 Across: Father of Goneril (4): LEAR
21 Across: Blackboard adjuncts (7): ERASERS
22 Across: Hebrew measures (5): OMERS
23 Across: Gherkin, for short (4): CUKE
24 Across: "God's Little ___": Caldwell (4): ACRE
25 Across: New York City sales? (13): APPLETURNOVER
27 Across: Slug the Magic Dragon? (9): CREAMPUFF
29 Across: Actress Claire (3): INA
30 Across: Map feature (5): INSET
31 Across: Start of a bray (3): HEE
32 Across: John or Jane (3): DOE
33 Across: I.R.S. person, perhaps (3): CPA
34 Across: Cuckoo (3): ANI
35 Across: Feast (6): REPAST
37 Across: Arrest (6): PULLIN
41 Across: Expression of surprise (3): HAH
43 Across: Photos of Rogers? (11): GINGERSNAPS
46 Across: Campaigned (3): RAN
47 Across: Bambi's aunt (3): ENA
48 Across: U.N. agency (3): ILO
49 Across: Nine: Comb. form (4): ENNE
50 Across: Kind of row or hop (5): HEDGE
51 Across: Compatriots (8): LANDSMEN
53 Across: Loony (4): LOCO
55 Across: Musical movement (5): LARGO
57 Across: Kind of citizen (6): SENIOR
59 Across: Spoil follower (5): SPORT
60 Across: Great 1912 Olympian (6): THORPE
62 Across: "The ___ Sack" (W.W. II cartoon) (3): SAD
63 Across: Composition for nine (5): NONET
65 Across: Kitty chip (4): ANTE
66 Across: Rings a tocsin (6): ALERTS
68 Across: Godiva identifies? (11): LADYFINGERS
73 Across: On this side: Prefix (3): CIS
74 Across: Grey's purple plant (4): SAGE
75 Across: Prior, to Prior (3): ERE
77 Across: Least prevalent (6): RAREST
78 Across: D-day beach (5): OMAHA
80 Across: Mocha-oolong mixture? (6): TOFFEE
82 Across: Heels' preceders (5): SOLES
83 Across: Musical interval (6): OCTAVE
85 Across: ___ cavae (large veins) (5): VENAE
86 Across: "The Grass Harp" author (6): CAPOTE
88 Across: Hosp. workers (3): RNS
89 Across: Is mendacious (4): LIES
91 Across: Religious sch. (3): SEM
92 Across: Unlikely state of a state? (11): BAKEDALASKA
95 Across: Finally (6): ATLAST
97 Across: Luth. or Meth. (4): PROT
99 Across: Character in "M*A*S*H" (5): RADAR
100 Across: ___ Glory (3): OLD
102 Across: Fall blooms (6): ASTERS
104 Across: Over 21 (5): ADULT
106 Across: Actress Wright (6): TERESA
109 Across: French cathedral city (5): REIMS
111 Across: E.P.A. concern (4): ECOL
112 Across: Rushed downward, as water (8): CASCADED
114 Across: Curtailed (5): PARED
116 Across: Back talk (4): SASS
118 Across: Org. for L.L.B.'s (3): ABA
119 Across: England has two of these (3): ENS
120 Across: ___ Gatos, Calif. (3): LOS
121 Across: Divorced burlesque man? (11): BANANASPLIT
123 Across: Low island (3): KEY
124 Across: To stand, in Stuttgart (6): STEHEN
126 Across: Mother of Minos (6): EUROPA
127 Across: Rubber tree (3): ULE
128 Across: Manipulate (3): USE
130 Across: Chemical suffix (3): ANE
131 Across: Linkletter (3): ART
132 Across: Town on the Tigris (5): AMARA
134 Across: Cagers' org. (3): NBA
135 Across: Small quartet? (9): PETITFOUR
139 Across: Jazz musician-shoemaker? (13): CHERRYCOBBLER
144 Across: Tart (4): SLUT
145 Across: French wave (4): ONDE
146 Across: "La ___ Vita" (5): DOLCE
147 Across: Coal miner (7): COLLIER
148 Across: Latka's vehicle on TV (4): TAXI
149 Across: March growth (4): REED
150 Across: Lamb product (5): ESSAY
151 Across: Elicits a "Gesundheit!" (7): SNEEZES

Down Answers

1 Down: ___ culpa (3): MEA
2 Down: Early Dadaist (3): ARP
3 Down: Chin (3): RAP
4 Down: Long Island town (5): ISLIP
5 Down: Adolescent (7): TEENAGE
6 Down: Greek city or river (4): ARTA
7 Down: Baton Rouge inst. (3): LSU
8 Down: Stevens or Boswell (6): CONNIE
9 Down: Book after Joel (4): AMOS
10 Down: Football play (7): REVERSE
11 Down: Dissimulates (8): PRETENDS
12 Down: The Ukraine, e.g. (3): SSR
13 Down: Entree (6): ACCESS
14 Down: Surgeon's instrument (5): CURET
15 Down: D.D.E.'s nickname (3): IKE
16 Down: Poker-faced (7): DEADPAN
17 Down: Spot for a boutonniere (5): LAPEL
18 Down: Old French coin (3): ECU
19 Down: Sandy's bark (3): ARF
20 Down: Ump's counterpart (3): REF
26 Down: Three-pointers in horseshoes (7): RINGERS
28 Down: Pitchers' places (6): MOUNDS
31 Down: Former British coins, for short (9): HAPENNIES
33 Down: Big surprise in an Easter basket? (15): CHOCOLATEMOUSSE
34 Down: "___ Christie": O'Neill (4): ANNA
36 Down: Errand boy (4): PAGE
38 Down: Dud calendar art? (15): LEMONCHEESECAKE
39 Down: Stagnation (7): INERTIA
40 Down: Edict of ___: 1598 (6): NANTES
41 Down: To the ___ (completely) (4): HILT
42 Down: Hawaiian farewells (6): ALOHAS
44 Down: Estuary (5): INLET
45 Down: Valerie Harper role (5): RHODA
46 Down: Street show (5): RAREE
51 Down: 2,240 pounds (7): LONGTON
52 Down: Baden-Baden is one (3): SPA
54 Down: ___ Trail (6): OREGON
56 Down: Fresh ___ (8 on the Beaufort scale) (4): GALE
58 Down: Particles in cyclotrons (4): IONS
61 Down: Mass-produced house (6): PREFAB
64 Down: Easy gait (4): TROT
67 Down: Bishopric (3): SEE
69 Down: Salivate (5): DROOL
70 Down: ___ Conference: 1945 (5): YALTA
71 Down: Absolves (5): FREES
72 Down: Certain sizes (6): SMALLS
76 Down: Moved back (7): RECEDED
79 Down: Operate a plane (6): AVIATE
81 Down: "___ of Flying": Jong (4): FEAR
82 Down: Junkyard offering (9): SPAREPART
84 Down: Govt. founded in 1861 (3): CSA
85 Down: Green (7): VERDANT
87 Down: Jewish month (4): ADAR
88 Down: Chest sound (4): RALE
90 Down: Disco light (6): STROBE
91 Down: Printers' quads (6): SPACES
93 Down: Actresses Jackson and Nelligan (5): KATES
94 Down: Producer-director Alexander (5): KORDA
96 Down: Taxi, in Torino (5): TASSI
98 Down: What 88 Across give (3): TLC
101 Down: Exhibit (7): DISPLAY
103 Down: Dispatch (4): SLAY
105 Down: Kind of scout (6): TALENT
107 Down: "Mens sana in corpore ___" (4): SANO
108 Down: Western Indians (8): ARAPAHOS
110 Down: "The ___ Animal": Thurber-Nugent (4): MALE
113 Down: Doomed (7): DONEFOR
115 Down: Certain paints (7): ENAMELS
117 Down: Razor's target (7): STUBBLE
121 Down: Spoken with a trill (6): BURRED
122 Down: Pleasure carriage (6): SURREY
125 Down: Voodoo country (5): HAITI
126 Down: ___ Cologne (5): EAUDE
129 Down: Precious fur (5): SABLE
133 Down: Ancient chest (4): ARCA
134 Down: When both hands are up (4): NOON
135 Down: L.A. time (3): PST
136 Down: Highest Guidonian note (3): ELA
137 Down: Black-tie garb (3): TUX
138 Down: ___-upmanship (3): ONE
139 Down: B–F connection (3): CDE
140 Down: Lab measurements (3): CCS
141 Down: ___ Walker, Boston anchorwoman (3): LIZ
142 Down: Oxford measure (3): EEE
143 Down: B.&O. et al. (3): RRS

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