FRACTURED PHRASES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/30/1988. By Charles M. Deber.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Scoundrel (3)
- CAD
- 4 Across: Angels' headgear (5)
- HALOS
- 9 Across: ___ as the eye can see (5)
- ASFAR
- 14 Across: Fixed or frozen follower (5)
- ASSET
- 19 Across: Fabulist George (3)
- ADE
- 20 Across: Two-line verse (5)
- EPODE
- 21 Across: Beach (5)
- SHORE
- 22 Across: Weather, to a poet (5)
- CLIME
- 23 Across: Israeli airport (3)
- LOD
- 24 Across: Tailor trousers (5)
- ALTER
- 25 Across: Pauline's problem (5)
- PERIL
- 26 Across: Exhausts (5)
- TIRES
- 27 Across: Silkworm (3)
- ERI
- 28 Across: Routines (4)
- RUTS
- 29 Across: Frauds (5)
- SCAMS
- 30 Across: Inclination (6)
- ASCENT
- 31 Across: Get lost, after four (16)
- BECO MESEPARATED
- 35 Across: They may justify means (4)
- ENDS
- 36 Across: Danish county (3)
- AMT
- 37 Across: Appraise (4)
- RATE
- 38 Across: Sputtered, as an engine (7)
- STALLED
- 40 Across: In particular (7)
- NOTABLY
- 43 Across: L.B.J. beagle (3)
- HER
- 45 Across: Diamond and Lagerlöf (6)
- SELMAS
- 48 Across: W. S. Porter (6)
- OHENRY
- 49 Across: Mata ___ (4)
- HARI
- 50 Across: Devour, after five (9)
- TEARI NTO
- 53 Across: Penn and Tell, for short (3)
- WMS
- 54 Across: Famed marbles (5)
- ELGIN
- 56 Across: Map (4)
- PLAN
- 58 Across: Selves (4)
- EGOS
- 59 Across: Max and Buddy (5)
- BAERS
- 60 Across: Parboils (6)
- SCALDS
- 62 Across: Newman and Revere (5)
- PAULS
- 63 Across: Bullfrog's sound (5)
- CROAK
- 66 Across: Right to the jaw, after four (9)
- UPPE RCUT
- 68 Across: "Dames ___," 1968 musical (5)
- ATSEA
- 69 Across: Double features (5)
- CHINS
- 70 Across: "Mikrokosmos" composer (6)
- BARTOK
- 71 Across: Stadium sounds (5)
- ROARS
- 73 Across: That, in Toulouse (4)
- CELA
- 74 Across: Closefisted (4)
- NEAR
- 75 Across: Slightest (5)
- LEAST
- 76 Across: French vineyard (3)
- CRU
- 79 Across: Broiled entree, after three (9)
- LAM BCHOP
- 83 Across: Land contract (4)
- DEED
- 85 Across: Frightens (6)
- SCARES
- 87 Across: Eroded, as a river (6)
- SENILE
- 88 Across: America's Uncle (3)
- SAM
- 89 Across: Warehouse function (7)
- STORAGE
- 90 Across: "Alice Doesn't Live Here ___" (7)
- ANYMORE
- 94 Across: West African country (4)
- TOGO
- 96 Across: "Tin ___," 1987 film (3)
- MEN
- 97 Across: Osiris's wife (4)
- ISIS
- 100 Across: Specialization, after eleven (16)
- DIVISIONOFL ABOR
- 105 Across: Christie's Miss ___ (6)
- MARPLE
- 107 Across: Novelist Sinclair (5)
- UPTON
- 108 Across: On one's toes (4)
- ATIP
- 109 Across: Before, to the Bard (3)
- ERE
- 110 Across: An Astaire (5)
- ADELE
- 111 Across: Shoe plate (5)
- CLEAT
- 112 Across: Actress Verdugo (5)
- ELENA
- 113 Across: Kurosawa movie: 1985 (3)
- RAN
- 114 Across: Frenzied (5)
- MANIC
- 115 Across: Lasagna or linguine (5)
- PASTA
- 116 Across: Flax fabric (5)
- LINEN
- 117 Across: 1 or 66, e.g. (3)
- RTE
- 118 Across: Chest: Comb. form (5)
- STETH
- 119 Across: Skills, in Sevilla (5)
- ARTES
- 120 Across: Untidy (5)
- MESSY
- 121 Across: Word of assent (3)
- YES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Son of Jephunneh (5)
- CALEB
- 2 Down: Cherish (5)
- ADORE
- 3 Down: Commemorates (9)
- DEDICATES
- 4 Down: Disappointments, after four (12)
- HEAR TBREAKS
- 5 Down: " . . . and pulled out ___" (5)
- APLUM
- 6 Down: Numbers game (7)
- LOTTERY
- 7 Down: Black Sea port (6)
- ODESSA
- 8 Down: Sun. talk (3)
- SER
- 9 Down: Humane org. (5)
- ASPCA
- 10 Down: Shaves a sheep (6)
- SHEARS
- 11 Down: Style (6)
- FORMAT
- 12 Down: Beard of grain (6)
- ARISTA
- 13 Down: R.C., e.g. (3)
- REL
- 14 Down: Play parts (4)
- ACTS
- 15 Down: Deli specialties, after seven (12)
- SLICEDM EATS
- 16 Down: Sea songstress (5)
- SIREN
- 17 Down: Correct a text (5)
- EMEND
- 18 Down: Exams (5)
- TESTS
- 29 Down: Hitler's architect (5)
- SPEER
- 30 Down: Freud contemporary (5)
- ADLER
- 32 Down: Arabian sultanate (4)
- OMAN
- 33 Down: Frome or Allen (5)
- ETHAN
- 34 Down: Lioness or Lanchester (4)
- ELSA
- 39 Down: Yalie (3)
- ELI
- 40 Down: At this point in time (3)
- NOW
- 41 Down: German physicist (3)
- OHM
- 42 Down: Baseball's Sparky (4)
- LYLE
- 44 Down: Parachute strings, after four (9)
- RIPC ORDS
- 46 Down: Breed of cattle (5)
- ANGUS
- 47 Down: Fur piece (5)
- STOLE
- 49 Down: Certain U.S. resident (7)
- HISPANO
- 50 Down: Baby powder (4)
- TALC
- 51 Down: Lasted (7)
- ENDURED
- 52 Down: Mount in Tasmania (4)
- OSSA
- 55 Down: Dig (4)
- GRUB
- 57 Down: Wagtail's cousin (4)
- LARK
- 59 Down: Dessert, after four (12)
- BANA NASPLIT
- 60 Down: Caterpillar's hair (4)
- SETA
- 61 Down: Greek portico (4)
- STOA
- 62 Down: Leave, after seven (12)
- PARTCOM PANY
- 63 Down: Half of DCC (4)
- CCCL
- 64 Down: American ostriches (5)
- RHEAS
- 65 Down: Tin Man's plea in Oz film (5)
- OILME
- 67 Down: Type of school (4)
- PREP
- 72 Down: Prof. rank (4)
- ASST
- 75 Down: Dud (5)
- LEMON
- 76 Down: Thanksgiving fruit (9)
- CRANBERRY
- 77 Down: ___ U.S. Pat. Off. (3)
- REG
- 78 Down: Employ (3)
- USE
- 80 Down: Coal container (3)
- BIN
- 81 Down: Bonnie's beau (5)
- CLYDE
- 82 Down: Half: Comb. form (4)
- HEMI
- 84 Down: City in Ohio (5)
- EATON
- 86 Down: Length times width, e.g. (4)
- AREA
- 89 Down: Melts (7)
- SOFTENS
- 91 Down: Like a small egg (6)
- OVULAR
- 92 Down: Most mature (6)
- RIPEST
- 93 Down: The press is the fourth one (6)
- ESTATE
- 95 Down: Net minder (6)
- GOALIE
- 97 Down: Mohammed descendants (5)
- IMAMS
- 98 Down: Former Egyptian president (5)
- SADAT
- 99 Down: Dunne or Castle (5)
- IRENE
- 101 Down: Tiny amounts (5)
- IOTAS
- 102 Down: Queues (5)
- LINES
- 103 Down: Speechify (5)
- ORATE
- 104 Down: Descartes and Lévesque (5)
- RENES
- 106 Down: Walesa (4)
- LECH
- 111 Down: Nos. man (3)
- CPA
- 112 Down: Shade tree (3)
- ELM
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