NUTTY NUGGETS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/26/1988. By Dale O. Burgener.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Holdups at sea? (5): MASTS
6 Across: Young salmon (4): PARR
10 Across: Messy mass (4): GLOB
14 Across: Push-button predecessors (5): DIALS
19 Across: Make trouble (5): ACTUP
20 Across: Sun-tan lotion ingredient (4): ALOE
21 Across: N.Y. college (4): IONA
22 Across: Fisher in a whirl? (5): EDDIE
23 Across: Soprano Mitchell (5): LEONA
24 Across: It goes "oom" but not "pah, pah" (4): TUBA
25 Across: Took a powder (4): FLED
26 Across: "___ her to heaven": Shak. (5): LEAVE
27 Across: Unemployed renter? (10): IDLEROOMER
29 Across: Lassie or Elsie? (10): TAILBEARER
31 Across: Serpentine dagger (4): KRIS
32 Across: Little Red Book author (3): MAO
34 Across: Subject of a sedimental journey (4): SILT
35 Across: Flopsy and Mopsy (7): RABBITS
39 Across: Resort near Lake Louise (5): BANFF
41 Across: Honey-loving deer at the rear? (7): BEEHIND
46 Across: Roman officials (6): EDILES
47 Across: One excited by Dukakis? (7): DEMAGOG
49 Across: Steve's flop (6): BRODIE
50 Across: Haymaker (5): DAZER
51 Across: Bug (4): RILE
52 Across: Leonine lingo (4): ROAR
54 Across: Manner of expression (5): STYLE
55 Across: My gosh, it's molding! (4): OGEE
56 Across: Concerning wrongdoing? (5): RESIN
57 Across: World lifter (5): ATLAS
59 Across: Cinder chaser (4): ELLA
60 Across: Wimbledon forecaster? (10): NETPROPHET
62 Across: Subject of sommeliers' argument? (10): BESTCELLAR
64 Across: All-purpose vehicle (3): UTE
65 Across: Savings for a rainy day (3): IRA
66 Across: What some maids have? (10): GOODMANORS
73 Across: Berlin's Christmas-eve dream? (10): WHITENIGHT
80 Across: ___ dixit (4): IPSE
81 Across: Emulate an ecdysiast (5): STRIP
82 Across: Unusual peep show? (5): RAREE
83 Across: Obscure (4): BLUR
84 Across: Happen again (5): RECUR
86 Across: Official stamp (4): SEAL
87 Across: Currier's colleague (4): IVES
88 Across: Sordid (5): SEAMY
89 Across: Copied painstakingly (6): TRACED
91 Across: David in the valley of Elah (7): SLINGER
93 Across: "O, ___ when we cry . . . ": U.S. Navy Hymn (6): HEARUS
94 Across: Twitch of a rabbit's nose? (7): HARETIC
96 Across: Originator of the phlogiston theory (5): STAHL
97 Across: Most serene (7): CALMEST
98 Across: Sheepskin morocco (4): ROAN
100 Across: Elev. (3): HGT
101 Across: HBO, e.g. (4): CATV
102 Across: Computer bug's danger? (10): SPIDERBYTE
107 Across: The good doctor? (10): WARDHEALER
113 Across: A Chad neighbor (5): LIBYA
114 Across: Italian seaport (4): BARI
115 Across: Operatic prince (4): IGOR
116 Across: Medic who monkeys around? (5): DRAPE
117 Across: Upright (5): ONEND
118 Across: Cake decorator (4): ICER
119 Across: Nearly gone goose (4): NENE
120 Across: Saucy charmer (5): GAMIN
121 Across: Necessary evils (5): TAXES
122 Across: Supplements, with "out" (4): EKES
123 Across: Turns right (4): GEES
124 Across: Choose (5): ELECT

Down Answers

1 Down: W African country (4): MALI
2 Down: Made a hole-in-one (4): ACED
3 Down: Versatile plane, for short (4): STOL
4 Down: Styne song (4): TUNE
5 Down: More animated (8): SPARKIER
6 Down: Jargon (6): PATOIS
7 Down: Grads (5): ALUMS
8 Down: Toga (4): ROBE
9 Down: Venus de Milo's concern? (10): REARMAMENT
10 Down: Mugger's forte? (10): GIFTOFGRAB
11 Down: Poet Ridge (4): LOLA
12 Down: "___ so near . . . ": Job 41:16 (5): ONEIS
13 Down: Thoughtless remark? (6): BADLIB
14 Down: Censors (8): DELETERS
15 Down: Thought (4): IDEA
16 Down: Jewish month (4): ADAR
17 Down: "No evil deed ___ on" (4): LIVE
18 Down: Divination is his vocation (4): SEER
28 Down: Scraps of a sort (4): ORTS
30 Down: Blister (4): BLEB
33 Down: Actress Alicia (3): ANA
35 Down: Odilon ___, French painter (5): REDON
36 Down: Era of commercials? (5): ADAGE
37 Down: "Carmen" composer (5): BIZET
38 Down: TV censor's signal (5): BLEEP
39 Down: Prove false (5): BELIE
40 Down: U.S. composer who's on his toes? (5): FOOTE
42 Down: Long-running TV program (5): HOTEL
43 Down: Romantic interlude (5): IDYLL
44 Down: Tot's favorite, after "choklit" (5): NILLA
45 Down: Dr., spelled out? (5): DEEAR
47 Down: Bubble and squeak is one (4): DISH
48 Down: Molls and dolls (4): GALS
51 Down: Feels contrite (7): REPENTS
53 Down: Ostriches, e.g. (7): RATITES
56 Down: Rosters (5): ROTAS
58 Down: Rock debris (5): SCREE
61 Down: Jamaican export (3): RUM
63 Down: Suffix with nectar (3): EAN
66 Down: Circumference (5): GIRTH
67 Down: The works, to Cato (5): OPERA
68 Down: Wild writer? (5): OSCAR
69 Down: Two-spot (5): DEUCE
70 Down: Mined matter (4): ORES
71 Down: Iranian coins (5): RIALS
72 Down: What a bad will might do? (10): SPLITHEIRS
73 Down: Part of Orville's machine? (10): WRIGHTWING
74 Down: German river (5): HAVEL
75 Down: Cockney employer? (4): IRER
76 Down: Girder (5): IBEAM
77 Down: Angry look (5): GLARE
78 Down: Soil component (5): HUMUS
79 Down: Lovers' meetings (5): TRYST
85 Down: Make-overs (8): RETREADS
88 Down: Ravel preventer (8): SELVEDGE
90 Down: Designing man (4): DIOR
92 Down: Shrew (3): NAG
93 Down: "Greater love ___ no man . . . " (4): HATH
95 Down: Hack (6): CABBIE
97 Down: Nuclei of experts (6): CADRES
99 Down: N.Y. destination in a song (5): NYACK
101 Down: Hag (5): CRONE
102 Down: One-armed bandit (4): SLOT
103 Down: ___ colada (4): PINA
104 Down: Wild goat (4): IBEX
105 Down: Unit of force (4): DYNE
106 Down: What Kilmer couldn't make (4): TREE
108 Down: Pulitzer Prize author (4): AGEE
109 Down: Huge Russian lake (4): ARAL
110 Down: Gold cloth (4): LAME
111 Down: "Beowulf" is one (4): EPIC
112 Down: Budget item (4): RENT

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