BREAKUPS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 164 clues). Published 3/13/1988. By Peter Swift.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Cheat (5)
- HOCUS
- 6 Across: Ski-slope features (5)
- TBARS
- 11 Across: Tapped lightly (6)
- DABBED
- 17 Across: Leaping insect (4)
- FLEA
- 21 Across: Disassembled (5)
- APART
- 22 Across: Do a greenhouse chore (5)
- REPOT
- 23 Across: Ancient marts (6)
- AGORAE
- 24 Across: Dear, sweet person (4)
- LAMB
- 25 Across: BIGAMY (11)
- LARGECARTER
- 27 Across: PLUMBING (11)
- FRUITCROSBY
- 29 Across: "Four Saints in ___": Stein (9)
- THREEACTS
- 30 Across: Worn-out (6)
- EFFETE
- 32 Across: Mitigates (5)
- EASES
- 33 Across: Keys (6)
- ISLETS
- 34 Across: Singer Osmond (5)
- MARIE
- 35 Across: Shepherds (7)
- PASTORS
- 37 Across: Nursery-rhyme opener (3)
- BAA
- 39 Across: U.S.N.A. grad (3)
- ENS
- 40 Across: Jacqueline's predecessor (5)
- MAMIE
- 41 Across: Elicits (6)
- EDUCES
- 43 Across: Rockweed, for one (4)
- ALGA
- 45 Across: GOBLET (12)
- SAILORPERMIT
- 47 Across: Advantage (3)
- USE
- 50 Across: Feels dizzy (5)
- REELS
- 52 Across: Foams (6)
- SPUMES
- 53 Across: Mountain nymph (5)
- OREAD
- 54 Across: Native of Zagreb (4)
- SLAV
- 55 Across: Dumas père's "The Black ___" (5)
- TULIP
- 56 Across: Proofreader's mark (5)
- CARET
- 57 Across: Faulty (5)
- AMISS
- 58 Across: Share equally (5)
- HALVE
- 59 Across: Sousaphone's kin (4)
- TUBA
- 60 Across: Like Death Valley (4)
- ARID
- 61 Across: Mont Pelvoux et al., to Henri (5)
- ALPES
- 62 Across: Swindler (6)
- CONMAN
- 63 Across: Alcove off a kitchen (7)
- DINETTE
- 65 Across: Joint (4)
- KNEE
- 66 Across: Impedimenta (7)
- BAGGAGE
- 67 Across: Color preceder (3)
- TRI
- 69 Across: HONESTY (13)
- SHARPENPIGPEN
- 73 Across: Beatty or Sparks (3)
- NED
- 74 Across: Anchorite (7)
- RECLUSE
- 77 Across: Jacob's first wife (4)
- LEAH
- 78 Across: Lighthouse room (7)
- LANTERN
- 81 Across: Green (6)
- UNRIPE
- 82 Across: Cobs and pens (5)
- SWANS
- 84 Across: Hogtie (4)
- BIND
- 85 Across: Spanish painter-etcher (4)
- GOYA
- 87 Across: Imperative and indicative (5)
- MOODS
- 88 Across: Famed insurrectionist Daniel (5)
- SHAYS
- 89 Across: Dull finish (5)
- MATTE
- 90 Across: Make uneasy (5)
- ABASH
- 92 Across: Papal name (4)
- PIUS
- 93 Across: Three-year-old stag (5)
- SPADE
- 94 Across: Trifle (6)
- PALTER
- 95 Across: Greek letter (5)
- DELTA
- 96 Across: Campus gp. (3)
- SRS
- 97 Across: GENERATED (12)
- WILDERRANKED
- 99 Across: Gossip (4)
- DIRT
- 100 Across: Panoplies (6)
- ARRAYS
- 101 Across: Upper reaches of space (5)
- ETHER
- 102 Across: Univ. degree (3)
- BSC
- 105 Across: Dawn goddess (3)
- EOS
- 106 Across: Abolitionist Tubman (7)
- HARRIET
- 109 Across: Fragrant perfume (5)
- ATTAR
- 110 Across: Moslem month: Var. (6)
- SAPHAR
- 112 Across: Anticipate (5)
- AWAIT
- 113 Across: Cousin of thereat (6)
- HEREIN
- 115 Across: Shoe part (9)
- INNERSOLE
- 118 Across: REARRANGES (11)
- RAISESTOVES
- 121 Across: IMPROPER (11)
- DEMONCOWBOY
- 123 Across: Author Gardner (4)
- ERLE
- 124 Across: Faculty (6)
- TALENT
- 125 Across: River through Tours (5)
- LOIRE
- 126 Across: Down-easter's home (5)
- MAINE
- 127 Across: Shambles (4)
- MESS
- 128 Across: Supernumeraries (6)
- EXTRAS
- 129 Across: Penetrate (5)
- ENTER
- 130 Across: Meara and Sexton (5)
- ANNES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Lame (4)
- HALT
- 2 Down: Red-fleshed fish (4)
- OPAH
- 3 Down: GIGANTIC (17)
- CARRIAGELUDICROUS
- 4 Down: Exhorts (5)
- URGES
- 5 Down: Founder of "The Tatler" (6)
- STEELE
- 6 Down: Land areas (6)
- TRACTS
- 7 Down: Parks and Wheeler (5)
- BERTS
- 8 Down: Co-ops, e.g. (4)
- APTS
- 9 Down: Hind (3)
- ROE
- 10 Down: Creek (9)
- STREAMLET
- 11 Down: More zany (7)
- DAFFIER
- 12 Down: Correspond (5)
- AGREE
- 13 Down: Match (4)
- BOUT
- 14 Down: A soft cheese (4)
- BRIE
- 15 Down: Break bread (3)
- EAT
- 16 Down: Calendar abbr. (3)
- DEC
- 17 Down: Parade tableaux (6)
- FLOATS
- 18 Down: Catch, in a way (5)
- LASSO
- 19 Down: Shade of red (5)
- EMBER
- 20 Down: Vorago (5)
- ABYSS
- 26 Down: City on the Orne (4)
- CAEN
- 28 Down: Adjust a timepiece (5)
- RESET
- 31 Down: Chills, in Cuernavaca (5)
- FRIOS
- 34 Down: Mutilated (6)
- MAIMED
- 35 Down: Cougars (5)
- PUMAS
- 36 Down: Kind of rain (4)
- ACID
- 37 Down: Starr of football (4)
- BART
- 38 Down: Alaskan native (5)
- ALEUT
- 40 Down: Sir Gerald du ___ of stage (7)
- MAURIER
- 41 Down: Macabre (5)
- EERIE
- 42 Down: Align (5)
- DRESS
- 44 Down: Defendant's defense, sometimes (5)
- ALIBI
- 45 Down: Lacedaemon (6)
- SPARTA
- 46 Down: Commune near Naples (6)
- POMPEI
- 47 Down: LIVELIHOOD (17)
- ULLMANNYALIEROBIN
- 48 Down: Excoriate (6)
- SAVAGE
- 49 Down: Made uniform (6)
- EVENED
- 51 Down: Arch (4)
- SPAN
- 52 Down: Denounce emphatically (6)
- SCATHE
- 54 Down: Squealed to the cops (4)
- SANG
- 57 Down: Hebrew alphabet (5)
- ALEPH
- 58 Down: Grunter (3)
- HOG
- 61 Down: Old Indian coins (5)
- ANNAS
- 62 Down: Slope (4)
- CANT
- 64 Down: Being (4)
- ESSE
- 65 Down: Wails (5)
- KEENS
- 66 Down: Binge (6)
- BENDER
- 67 Down: Concocts, with "up" (6)
- TRUMPS
- 68 Down: "La Grande Illusion" director (6)
- RENOIR
- 70 Down: Links star Gary (6)
- PLAYER
- 71 Down: Showy splendor (7)
- GLITTER
- 72 Down: Fought for breath (6)
- PANTED
- 75 Down: Covers (4)
- LIDS
- 76 Down: Hikes (3)
- UPS
- 79 Down: Expletive (4)
- EGAD
- 80 Down: Clothed, in a way (5)
- ROBED
- 82 Down: Legally questionable (5)
- SHADY
- 83 Down: Crosses a ford (5)
- WADES
- 84 Down: One who thwarts (6)
- BALKER
- 86 Down: Tex. athlete (5)
- ASTRO
- 88 Down: Slapping sound (5)
- SPLAT
- 89 Down: Treat roughly (9)
- MANHANDLE
- 91 Down: Pillboxes (4)
- HATS
- 93 Down: Dam's mate (4)
- SIRE
- 94 Down: Singer Page (5)
- PATTI
- 97 Down: Emulate Styron (5)
- WRITE
- 98 Down: Additional tryouts (7)
- RETESTS
- 100 Down: Stems (6)
- ARISES
- 102 Down: Pennant (6)
- BANNER
- 103 Down: Wall St. term (4)
- SPEC
- 104 Down: Color intensity (6)
- CHROMA
- 106 Down: Zenana (5)
- HAREM
- 107 Down: Mindful (5)
- AWARE
- 108 Down: Marsh birds (5)
- RAILS
- 109 Down: Sports center (5)
- ARENA
- 110 Down: Barracks sound (5)
- SNORE
- 111 Down: Lake Nasser dam (5)
- ASWAN
- 113 Down: Victoria ___, Gothic novelist (4)
- HOLT
- 114 Down: Constantly (4)
- EVER
- 115 Down: Simulate: Abbr. (4)
- IMIT
- 116 Down: Sequestered (4)
- LONE
- 117 Down: Sometimes they're private (4)
- EYES
- 119 Down: ___ Anne de Beaupré, Que. (3)
- STE
- 120 Down: Make rigorous demands on (3)
- TAX
- 122 Down: Long period (3)
- EON
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