MIDDLE-NAME MADNESS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/24/1988. By Joel D. Lafargue.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Leave out (4)
- OMIT
- 5 Across: Nero's successor (5)
- GALBA
- 10 Across: Place (5)
- STEAD
- 15 Across: "The ___-Rig": Burns (3)
- LEA
- 18 Across: Whence Columbus sailed (5)
- PALOS
- 20 Across: Book by André Maurois (5)
- ARIEL
- 21 Across: Seats splitter? (5)
- AISLE
- 22 Across: Ancient (3)
- OLD
- 23 Across: Line of cliffs (5)
- SCARP
- 24 Across: Orozco work (5)
- MURAL
- 25 Across: Break time, for some (5)
- TENAM
- 26 Across: Aitch preceder (3)
- GEE
- 27 Across: Actress-turned-adjutant? (18)
- ROSEMARYAIDEDECAMP
- 31 Across: Confirmed (7)
- BOREOUT
- 34 Across: Hamartiologist's topic (3)
- SIN
- 35 Across: Rats! (6)
- DARNIT
- 36 Across: Nostalgic singer? (18)
- FRANKIEMEMORYLAINE
- 42 Across: Endures (5)
- LASTS
- 43 Across: Lay ___ (flatter) (4)
- ITON
- 44 Across: Marine flier (3)
- ERN
- 45 Across: Counterfeiter's nemesis (4)
- TMAN
- 49 Across: City in S France (4)
- ALES
- 50 Across: Large parrot (5)
- MACAW
- 52 Across: Terrible (4)
- DIRE
- 54 Across: Author of "Hard Cash" (5)
- READE
- 55 Across: Koppel or Turner (3)
- TED
- 56 Across: Allotheist, e.g. (5)
- PAGAN
- 57 Across: Where Fez is (7)
- MOROCCO
- 59 Across: Like steak tartare (3)
- RAW
- 60 Across: Singer with medical training? (18)
- EARTHAFIRSTAIDKITT
- 63 Across: Smelting residue (6)
- SCORIA
- 66 Across: "___ Blue?": 1929 song (3)
- AMI
- 67 Across: Della and Pee Wee (6)
- REESES
- 68 Across: Actor who comes for breakfast? (18)
- KEVINCANADIANBACON
- 75 Across: Peak in 30 Down (3)
- IDA
- 76 Across: American songbird (7)
- TANAGER
- 77 Across: Some tests (5)
- ORALS
- 78 Across: Top bowling score for Brutus (3)
- CCC
- 81 Across: Hari et al. (5)
- MATAS
- 83 Across: Fateful date (4)
- IDES
- 84 Across: "Für ___," Beethoven opus (5)
- ELISE
- 85 Across: Mitchell estate (4)
- TARA
- 86 Across: Going before: Abbr. (4)
- PREC
- 87 Across: Relig. title (3)
- STE
- 88 Across: ___ Bator (4)
- ULAN
- 89 Across: Raring to go (5)
- EAGER
- 90 Across: Balanced actor? (18)
- HOWARDONANEVENKEEL
- 96 Across: Part of a buttercup (6)
- ACHENE
- 99 Across: Break bread (3)
- EAT
- 100 Across: On in years (7)
- ELDERLY
- 101 Across: TV star who cleaned up his act? (18)
- FREDWASHERANDDRYER
- 107 Across: Pro ___ (for the time being) (3)
- TEM
- 108 Across: Hungarian hero (5)
- ARPAD
- 109 Across: Kind of nest (5)
- MARES
- 110 Across: Main artery (5)
- AORTA
- 114 Across: Author LeShan (3)
- EDA
- 115 Across: Celebrate Alumni Day (5)
- REUNE
- 116 Across: Francis of the N.H.L. (5)
- EMILE
- 117 Across: Board members? (5)
- ROOKS
- 118 Across: With 95 Down, a Tarzan (3)
- RON
- 119 Across: Terror (5)
- DREAD
- 120 Across: Deceives (5)
- DUPES
- 121 Across: Kidnapped (4)
- TOOK
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Harvest goddess (3)
- OPS
- 2 Down: Singer Davis (3)
- MAC
- 3 Down: Dockers' org. (3)
- ILA
- 4 Down: Hard rains (8)
- TORRENTS
- 5 Down: Reproductive cell (6)
- GAMETE
- 6 Down: Cuckoopint (4)
- ARUM
- 7 Down: Calabrian coin (4)
- LIRA
- 8 Down: Smokey, for one (4)
- BEAR
- 9 Down: "Little Women" actress: 1949 (7)
- ALLYSON
- 10 Down: Very smooth (6)
- SATINY
- 11 Down: Even (4)
- TIED
- 12 Down: Slave of old (4)
- ESNE
- 13 Down: Fictional lamp owner (7)
- ALADDIN
- 14 Down: Reduce in dignity (6)
- DEMEAN
- 15 Down: Boston landing spot (5)
- LOGAN
- 16 Down: Fragrant resin (5)
- ELEMI
- 17 Down: Skillful (5)
- ADEPT
- 19 Down: Frightens (6)
- SPOOKS
- 28 Down: ___ generis (3)
- SUI
- 29 Down: Cause of inflation? (3)
- AIR
- 30 Down: Where Suda Bay is (5)
- CRETE
- 31 Down: Musical term (5)
- BFLAT
- 32 Down: Cape for John Paul II (5)
- ORALE
- 33 Down: Brought down the house, abroad (5)
- RASED
- 37 Down: ___ Torrance, marshal in "The Rifleman" (5)
- MICAH
- 38 Down: Mythical flier (5)
- ETANA
- 39 Down: Part of a barn (3)
- MOW
- 40 Down: Dormouse (5)
- LEROT
- 41 Down: Betel palm (5)
- ARECA
- 46 Down: Famed teammate of Mantle (5)
- MARIS
- 47 Down: "___ With Judy," 1948 film (5)
- ADATE
- 48 Down: Tritons (5)
- NEWTS
- 50 Down: Gourd-shaped rattle (6)
- MARACA
- 51 Down: Actor's rep. (3)
- AGT
- 52 Down: Andrea ___ (5)
- DORIA
- 53 Down: That 4/15 org. (3)
- IRS
- 54 Down: Cowboy shindigs (6)
- RODEOS
- 56 Down: Emulates Wyeth (6)
- PAINTS
- 57 Down: Mythical Norse giant (5)
- MIMIR
- 58 Down: Social group (6)
- CIRCLE
- 60 Down: Silkworm (3)
- ERI
- 61 Down: Backs a dicer (5)
- FADES
- 62 Down: Barbie's boyfriend (3)
- KEN
- 63 Down: Be sparing (5)
- SKIMP
- 64 Down: ___ of Lebanon (5)
- CEDAR
- 65 Down: Rounded (5)
- OVATE
- 69 Down: One of the Pointer Sisters (5)
- ANITA
- 70 Down: Horowitz contemporary (5)
- NADER
- 71 Down: ID datum (3)
- AGE
- 72 Down: Ryan of mound fame (5)
- NOLAN
- 73 Down: Sea water (5)
- BRINE
- 74 Down: ___ in apple (3)
- AAS
- 78 Down: N.B.A. player (5)
- CAGER
- 79 Down: Angler's basket (5)
- CREEL
- 80 Down: Are her songs Simon-ized? (5)
- CARLY
- 82 Down: Agonized (5)
- ACHED
- 84 Down: Guido's high note (3)
- ELA
- 85 Down: Become settled (8)
- TAKEROOT
- 87 Down: One under oath (7)
- SWEARER
- 88 Down: Feral (7)
- UNTAMED
- 89 Down: Make beloved (6)
- ENDEAR
- 91 Down: Straight ahead (6)
- ONWARD
- 92 Down: Conveyed legally, as an estate (6)
- DEEDED
- 93 Down: River blade (3)
- OAR
- 94 Down: They're often metered (6)
- VERSES
- 95 Down: See 118 Across (3)
- ELY
- 96 Down: Miller's "___ the Fall" (5)
- AFTER
- 97 Down: Can you believe this? (5)
- CREDO
- 98 Down: Dolph Lundgren role (5)
- HEMAN
- 102 Down: Mold overflow (4)
- SPUE
- 103 Down: Mandlikova of tennis (4)
- HANA
- 104 Down: Whale in a 1966 film (4)
- NAMU
- 105 Down: Twerp's cousin (4)
- DRIP
- 106 Down: Strike order? (4)
- DELE
- 111 Down: Friend of Milne's Tigger (3)
- ROO
- 112 Down: Part of Ali's rec. (3)
- TKO
- 113 Down: Invite (3)
- ASK
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