FAUNAE BUSINESS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/9/1988. By Nancy Nicholson Joline.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Ornamental stud (5)
- AGLET
- 6 Across: Betel palm (5)
- ARECA
- 11 Across: Designates (4)
- TABS
- 15 Across: Painter Benjamin (4)
- WEST
- 19 Across: More cunning (5)
- SLIER
- 20 Across: Ancient Greek populace (5)
- DEMOS
- 21 Across: Willow (4)
- ITEA
- 22 Across: First Chinese dynasty (4)
- HSIA
- 23 Across: A work by barnyard collaborators? (16)
- COCKANDBULLSTORY
- 26 Across: Agenda component (4)
- ITEM
- 27 Across: Pay dirt (3)
- ORE
- 28 Across: City in S France (4)
- ALES
- 29 Across: Giraffe's kin (5)
- OKAPI
- 30 Across: Suffragist Lucy (5)
- STONE
- 31 Across: King Mark's castle (8)
- TINTAGEL
- 34 Across: Female swan (3)
- PEN
- 35 Across: Steno's need (7)
- NOTEPAD
- 37 Across: Strut (6)
- SASHAY
- 38 Across: Apian darners? (10)
- SEWINGBEES
- 40 Across: Melampus, for one (4)
- SEER
- 41 Across: Sheet of stamps (4)
- PANE
- 44 Across: ___ Paulo, Brazil (3)
- SAO
- 45 Across: Manor or tutor ending (3)
- IAL
- 46 Across: Nicaraguan rebel (6)
- CONTRA
- 48 Across: Keeps in office (8)
- REELECTS
- 53 Across: In a frenzied state (4)
- AMOK
- 57 Across: Leftist clupeids? (11)
- REDHERRINGS
- 60 Across: Exclamation of relief (4)
- PHEW
- 61 Across: Greediness (8)
- RAPACITY
- 63 Across: A main street in Roma (5)
- CORSO
- 64 Across: Kipling's ___ Khan (5)
- SHERE
- 65 Across: Portable lodge of a certain shape (5)
- ATENT
- 66 Across: Famed conductor (5)
- MEHTA
- 68 Across: ___ show (spectacle) (5)
- RAREE
- 69 Across: Wheel spokes (5)
- RUNGS
- 70 Across: Flower stalk (5)
- SCAPE
- 72 Across: Pyromaniac (8)
- ARSONIST
- 75 Across: ___ code (4)
- AREA
- 76 Across: Lagomorph from Llangollen? (11)
- WELSHRABBIT
- 79 Across: Congou and hyson (4)
- TEAS
- 80 Across: Glass gardens (8)
- TERRARIA
- 82 Across: "Two ___ People," 1938 tune (6)
- SLEEPY
- 83 Across: " . . . ___ of little faith?": Matt. 8:26 (3)
- OYE
- 84 Across: Some hosts, for short (3)
- MCS
- 87 Across: Grouts (4)
- OATS
- 88 Across: Poem by Byron (4)
- LARA
- 92 Across: Equine political demand? (10)
- HORSEPOWER
- 95 Across: Howard and Russell (6)
- BAKERS
- 97 Across: Long-legged shorebirds (7)
- AVOCETS
- 99 Across: Joplin work (3)
- RAG
- 100 Across: Callas's style of singing (8)
- BELCANTO
- 102 Across: A king of Crete (5)
- MINOS
- 103 Across: Disagreeable task (5)
- CHORE
- 105 Across: ___ Nostra (4)
- COSA
- 106 Across: Twitching (3)
- TIC
- 107 Across: N.L. batting champ: 1966 (4)
- ALOU
- 108 Across: Canine dental visit? (16)
- HOUNDSTOOTHCHECK
- 112 Across: Stigma (4)
- SLUR
- 113 Across: Entreat (4)
- URGE
- 114 Across: Stale (5)
- TRITE
- 115 Across: "Ici on ___ français" (5)
- PARLE
- 116 Across: Spanish painter (4)
- SERT
- 117 Across: Editor's notation (4)
- STET
- 118 Across: Follower of sixth (5)
- SENSE
- 119 Across: Ledger item (5)
- ASSET
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Some neckwear (6)
- ASCOTS
- 2 Down: Nimbi (7)
- GLORIAS
- 3 Down: Freedom (7)
- LICENSE
- 4 Down: "___ and Meek," comic strip (3)
- EEK
- 5 Down: Refrain syllable (3)
- TRA
- 6 Down: Confound (5)
- ADDLE
- 7 Down: Shays or Tyler (5)
- REBEL
- 8 Down: Cassowaries' cousins (4)
- EMUS
- 9 Down: Mountain pass (3)
- COL
- 10 Down: Slanting (6)
- ASLOPE
- 11 Down: Oberon's spouse (7)
- TITANIA
- 12 Down: On a pinnacle (4)
- ATOP
- 13 Down: Vitus ___, Danish navigator (6)
- BERING
- 14 Down: Affirmation (3)
- SAY
- 15 Down: Plastered pachyderm? (13)
- WHITEELEPHANT
- 16 Down: Bars, legally (6)
- ESTOPS
- 17 Down: Home of St. Catherine (5)
- SIENA
- 18 Down: Emulated Petruchio (5)
- TAMED
- 24 Down: Former Hungarian prime minister (4)
- NAGY
- 25 Down: Twists (5)
- SKEWS
- 30 Down: Bargain (5)
- STEAL
- 32 Down: Tea, in Tours (3)
- THE
- 33 Down: Rhine feeder (3)
- AAR
- 36 Down: Some of Tony's kin (5)
- OBIES
- 38 Down: Withered (4)
- SERE
- 39 Down: Norse Fates (5)
- NORNS
- 41 Down: Wilbur or Merrill (4)
- POET
- 42 Down: Judge Hardy's offspring (4)
- ANDY
- 43 Down: Utmost (3)
- NTH
- 46 Down: Dernier ___ (3)
- CRI
- 47 Down: Toxophilites (7)
- ARCHERS
- 49 Down: Kind of trip (3)
- EGO
- 50 Down: Marilyn's "Bus Stop" role (6)
- CHERIE
- 51 Down: Opera's Stratas (6)
- TERESA
- 52 Down: Bonbons (6)
- SWEETS
- 53 Down: Ark's landfall (6)
- ARARAT
- 54 Down: Actor once called The Hunk (6)
- MATURE
- 55 Down: Kitchen item (6)
- OPENER
- 56 Down: Marsupial motel? (13)
- KANGAROOCOURT
- 58 Down: Deteriorate (3)
- ROT
- 59 Down: Author Levin (3)
- IRA
- 62 Down: Parts of dols. (3)
- CTS
- 64 Down: Hit-show warning (3)
- SRO
- 66 Down: Joad and Kettle (3)
- MAS
- 67 Down: Williams athlete (3)
- EPH
- 70 Down: A whale (3)
- SEI
- 71 Down: Hold tightly (5)
- CLAMP
- 72 Down: Incite (4)
- ABET
- 73 Down: Saws with the grain (4)
- RIPS
- 74 Down: Hampshire's home (3)
- STY
- 76 Down: Snatch forcibly (5)
- WREST
- 77 Down: Indonesian island (4)
- ALOR
- 78 Down: "___ Clown," Porter tune (3)
- BEA
- 81 Down: A Dr. Kildare portrayer (5)
- AYRES
- 85 Down: Diadem for Di (7)
- CORONET
- 86 Down: Turf (5)
- SWARD
- 88 Down: Fond du ___, Wis. (3)
- LAC
- 89 Down: Alias (3)
- AKA
- 90 Down: Tenants (7)
- RENTERS
- 91 Down: A, e.g. (7)
- ARTICLE
- 92 Down: Integrity, English style (6)
- HONOUR
- 93 Down: Accompany (6)
- ESCORT
- 94 Down: Rids the body of (6)
- EGESTS
- 95 Down: Mediocre (4)
- BLAH
- 96 Down: Concavity of a joint (6)
- SOCKET
- 97 Down: Accumulate (5)
- AMASS
- 98 Down: Dulls ender (5)
- VILLE
- 100 Down: Kipling poem (5)
- BOOTS
- 101 Down: A Lauder (5)
- ESTEE
- 104 Down: Vast (4)
- HUGE
- 105 Down: Soldo or solidus (4)
- COIN
- 108 Down: Bohemian martyr (3)
- HUS
- 109 Down: Due follower (3)
- TRE
- 110 Down: He checks the bks. (3)
- CPA
- 111 Down: Expressions of surprise (3)
- HAS
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