COMPANION PIECE - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 166 clues). Published 8/28/1988. By Mary Virginia Orna.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Contained (4)
- HELD
- 5 Across: Summon (4)
- CALL
- 9 Across: Flicka's footstep (4)
- CLOP
- 13 Across: Mount ___, Greek monastic district (5)
- ATHOS
- 18 Across: Heathen (5)
- PAGAN
- 19 Across: Melville novel set in Tahiti (4)
- OMOO
- 20 Across: Creator of "Little Iodine" (5)
- HATLO
- 22 Across: Rumba relative (6)
- CHACHA
- 24 Across: Director-dramatist (23)
- INGMARBERGMANTONCHEKHOV
- 28 Across: Cato's "to be" (4)
- ESSE
- 29 Across: Osprey's relative (4)
- ERNE
- 30 Across: Azimuth (3)
- ARC
- 31 Across: Bernard ___ Haar, Dutch poet (3)
- TER
- 32 Across: "Call Me Madam" prototype (5)
- MESTA
- 33 Across: Also (3)
- TOO
- 34 Across: Home-school orgs. (4)
- PTAS
- 35 Across: Francis, for one (4)
- MULE
- 36 Across: Epicedia, e.g. (4)
- ODES
- 38 Across: Rival of 87 Across (7)
- AMNERIS
- 40 Across: Teredo (5)
- BORER
- 41 Across: Berlin products (5)
- TUNES
- 43 Across: Collar (3)
- NAB
- 46 Across: "The ___," Brando's first film (3)
- MEN
- 47 Across: Stomata (5)
- PORES
- 48 Across: Actor-hero Murphy (5)
- AUDIE
- 49 Across: Pop (4)
- SODA
- 50 Across: Author-clergyman (23)
- LOUISAMAYALCOTTONMATHER
- 56 Across: Granny Smith, e.g. (5)
- APPLE
- 57 Across: "___ Bitsy Spider," children's song (4)
- ITSY
- 58 Across: New Zealand beetle grubs (5)
- HUHUS
- 59 Across: System practiced by Jackson (6)
- SPOILS
- 60 Across: Huff (3)
- PET
- 61 Across: Fable, e.g. (4)
- TALE
- 63 Across: Mindanao municipality (4)
- MATI
- 64 Across: Pilaster (4)
- ANTA
- 65 Across: Mark Antony's bodyguard (4)
- EROS
- 67 Across: Decline (4)
- WANE
- 69 Across: Certain berths (6)
- UPPERS
- 72 Across: Expert (3)
- ACE
- 73 Across: Australian-American singers (23)
- LANACANTRELLAFITZGERALD
- 80 Across: Essay (3)
- TRY
- 81 Across: Oise cathedral town (6)
- SENLIS
- 82 Across: Lothian slope (4)
- BRAE
- 83 Across: Market town of Normandy (4)
- STLO
- 84 Across: Sculptor Nadelman (4)
- ELIE
- 86 Across: Metal containers (4)
- TINS
- 87 Across: Radamès's beloved (4)
- AIDA
- 89 Across: "The ___ Dance Kid" (3)
- TAP
- 90 Across: Loath (6)
- AVERSE
- 92 Across: East Coast fish delicacy (5)
- SCROD
- 94 Across: West Coast naturalist (4)
- MUIR
- 96 Across: Former N.Y.C. mayor (5)
- BEAME
- 98 Across: Presidentertainer (23)
- JAMESBUCHANANETTEFABRAY
- 102 Across: Rehan and Huxtable (4)
- ADAS
- 103 Across: On the ball (5)
- SHARP
- 104 Across: Adores, with "upon" (5)
- DOTES
- 105 Across: W.W. II scene of action (3)
- ETO
- 106 Across: King, in Castilla (3)
- REY
- 107 Across: Fuses (5)
- MELTS
- 108 Across: Gods for Galba (5)
- LARES
- 109 Across: Tenuous (7)
- SLENDER
- 113 Across: Actress Louise (4)
- TINA
- 114 Across: Stens and Brens (4)
- ARMS
- 115 Across: Author Bagnold (4)
- ENID
- 116 Across: Diminutive suffix (3)
- ULE
- 117 Across: Calcined (5)
- ASHED
- 120 Across: Society-page word (3)
- NEE
- 123 Across: Actress O'Connor (3)
- UNA
- 124 Across: Where Farsi is spoken (4)
- IRAN
- 125 Across: Actor Pickens (4)
- SLIM
- 126 Across: Bridge champrima donna (23)
- CHARLESHGORENATATEBALDI
- 131 Across: Macadamized (6)
- TARRED
- 132 Across: Stendhal protagonist (5)
- SOREL
- 133 Across: A son of Adam (4)
- SETH
- 134 Across: Cookie pan (5)
- SHEET
- 135 Across: Transmission parts (5)
- GEARS
- 136 Across: Auction (4)
- SELL
- 137 Across: Affirmatives (4)
- PROS
- 138 Across: Cry said with a sigh (4)
- ALAS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Horse-drawn vehicle (6)
- HANSOM
- 2 Down: Goads (6)
- EGGSON
- 3 Down: Halt (4)
- LAME
- 4 Down: Genetic initials (3)
- DNA
- 5 Down: Snakes often charmed (6)
- COBRAS
- 6 Down: Last words (5)
- AMENS
- 7 Down: Body of knowledge (4)
- LORE
- 8 Down: Birler's need (3)
- LOG
- 9 Down: Silent-film star of "Forever Amber" (23)
- CHARLESCHAPLINDADARNELL
- 10 Down: Picador (6)
- LANCER
- 11 Down: N.L. home-run champ: 1942 (3)
- OTT
- 12 Down: Scheme (4)
- PLOT
- 13 Down: Sigh in Stuttgart (3)
- ACH
- 14 Down: School compositions (6)
- THEMES
- 15 Down: Cods' relatives (5)
- HAKES
- 16 Down: Baron of "Der Rosenkavalier" (4)
- OCHS
- 17 Down: Jigger (4)
- SHOT
- 18 Down: Buonarroti masterpiece (5)
- PIETA
- 21 Down: Undivided (3)
- ONE
- 23 Down: Hawaiian beverage (3)
- AVA
- 25 Down: Where rhodopsin abounds (6)
- RETINA
- 26 Down: French operatic baritone: 1848-1923 (6)
- MAUREL
- 27 Down: Author of "Hatter's Castle" (6)
- CRONIN
- 34 Down: Factory-adjusted (6)
- PRESET
- 35 Down: Vicious eel (5)
- MORAY
- 37 Down: Musicologist Taylor (5)
- DEEMS
- 39 Down: Nobelist von Behring: 1901 (4)
- EMIL
- 40 Down: "___ Town," 1938 Rooney film (4)
- BOYS
- 41 Down: Nobel Peace Prize winner: 1984 (4)
- TUTU
- 42 Down: Japanese veggies (4)
- UDOS
- 43 Down: Kind of ball game (5)
- NOHIT
- 44 Down: Journalist St. Johns (5)
- ADELA
- 45 Down: Bistros (4)
- BARS
- 47 Down: Exclusive rights (7)
- PATENTS
- 48 Down: Hitchcock's "To Catch ___" (6)
- ATHIEF
- 49 Down: Seedy blueberries (7)
- STONERS
- 50 Down: Jacket part (5)
- LAPEL
- 51 Down: "Rienzi" or "Jenufa" (5)
- OPERA
- 52 Down: Author Sinclair (5)
- UPTON
- 53 Down: Where to see "The Last Supper" (5)
- MILAN
- 54 Down: Go beyond (7)
- OUTPASS
- 55 Down: Rapidly (5)
- APACE
- 62 Down: Not at home (4)
- AWAY
- 63 Down: Panel divider (7)
- MULLION
- 66 Down: Lampoons (7)
- SATIRES
- 68 Down: " . . . ___ I saw Elba" (3)
- ERE
- 70 Down: Kid (3)
- RIB
- 71 Down: Difficulties (7)
- STRAITS
- 72 Down: Describing some cheeses (4)
- AGED
- 74 Down: Salad green (5)
- CRESS
- 75 Down: Tangle; snare (6)
- ENTRAP
- 76 Down: Where the Lomami flows (5)
- ZAIRE
- 77 Down: Essential oil (5)
- ATTAR
- 78 Down: Vicuña's relative (5)
- LLAMA
- 79 Down: A companion of Doc (5)
- DOPEY
- 84 Down: Dodge (5)
- EVADE
- 85 Down: SAC commander: 1948-61 (5)
- LEMAY
- 88 Down: Let up (6)
- ABATED
- 90 Down: Slightly open (4)
- AJAR
- 91 Down: TV's Barnaby Jones (5)
- EBSEN
- 92 Down: Scram! (4)
- SCAT
- 93 Down: Judges' suites: Abbr. (4)
- CHRS
- 94 Down: Apportions (5)
- METES
- 95 Down: Shoshoneans (4)
- UTES
- 97 Down: "Psychic Warfare . . . " author (4)
- EBON
- 99 Down: Prussian cavalrymen (6)
- UHLANS
- 100 Down: Mailer or Lear (6)
- NORMAN
- 101 Down: Civet, e.g. (6)
- FELINE
- 107 Down: Bette from Paterson, N.J. (6)
- MIDLER
- 108 Down: Greek wreath component (6)
- LAUREL
- 109 Down: Scythe shafts (6)
- SNATHS
- 110 Down: "David and Lisa" star (6)
- DULLEA
- 111 Down: Omits (6)
- ELIDES
- 112 Down: Absolve (5)
- REMIT
- 113 Down: Word with cotta or firma (5)
- TERRA
- 115 Down: Muse or Dryad (5)
- ERATO
- 117 Down: Statute (3)
- ACT
- 118 Down: Pile (4)
- SHAG
- 119 Down: Lagomorph (4)
- HARE
- 121 Down: Inquiring interjections (3)
- EHS
- 122 Down: Selves (4)
- EGOS
- 124 Down: Journey, for Juvenal (4)
- ITER
- 125 Down: Comedian Mort (4)
- SAHL
- 127 Down: Ames and Begley (3)
- EDS
- 128 Down: Pay dirt (3)
- ORE
- 129 Down: Uraeus (3)
- ASP
- 130 Down: Youth org. (3)
- BSA
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