INTERLOPERS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 2/5/1989. By Virginia L. Yates.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Prepares one's wild oats (4): SOWS
5 Across: Wood sorrels (4): OCAS
9 Across: Master beginner (4): TASK
13 Across: Coincide (5): AGREE
18 Across: Nerd (4): TWIT
19 Across: ___ snuff (O.K.) (4): UPTO
20 Across: ___ Vista, city S of San Diego (5): CHULA
21 Across: He wrote "Advise and Consent": 1959 (5): DRURY
22 Across: "___ Want for Christmas . . . " (4): ALLI
23 Across: Cauda (4): TAIL
24 Across: Two-walled fortification (5): REDAN
25 Across: Stupid (5): DENSE
26 Across: Excitement over a national park? (16): YELLOWSTONEFEVER
30 Across: Summers along the Seine (4): ETES
31 Across: Donatello specialty (6): STATUE
32 Across: British noble family (5): EDENS
33 Across: Wheat bristle (3): AWN
35 Across: Check (3): TAB
37 Across: ___-dieu (kneeling bench) (4): PRIE
38 Across: Charwoman's utensil (7): DUSTPAN
42 Across: Member of the fold (4): LAMB
46 Across: Watergate evidence? (10): REDHOTTAPE
50 Across: Kind of therapy (5): CHEMO
51 Across: Unusual bloke (4): ONER
52 Across: Kálmán operetta (4): SARI
53 Across: One of a nautical trio (4): NINA
55 Across: "The Haj" author (4): URIS
56 Across: "Hasta luego!" (5): ADIOS
58 Across: Sugar daddy? (15): GOLDDIGGERSMINE
63 Across: Tusked cetaceans (8): NARWHALS
65 Across: "___ kleine Nachtmusik": Mozart (4): EINE
66 Across: Wires (6): CABLES
67 Across: Spanish baby boys (5): NENES
68 Across: Eng. start-up (3): IGN
69 Across: Chestnut's kin (5): BEECH
71 Across: Blind ___ (6): ASABAT
74 Across: Malarial malady (4): AGUE
75 Across: Sci-fi automatons (8): ANDROIDS
79 Across: Pei's winning work? (15): BLUERIBBONPRINT
83 Across: Of gold (5): AURIC
84 Across: Pro ___ (shared equally) (4): RATA
85 Across: Emulate Julia Child (4): COOK
86 Across: College sports org. (4): NCAA
88 Across: Hindu god (4): SIVA
89 Across: Coast or tower preceder (5): IVORY
91 Across: Attar for 12 Down? (10): ROSEBUDOIL
95 Across: Wax-covered cheese (4): EDAM
96 Across: Like a trillium's leaves (7): SESSILE
98 Across: ___-poly (4): ROLY
99 Across: Author Buscaglia (3): LEO
101 Across: Resort of a sort (3): SPA
102 Across: Man in a lodge (5): MASON
104 Across: Cochise, for one (6): APACHE
109 Across: Beige (4): ECRU
112 Across: Under-the-counter ne'er-do-wells? (16): BLACKMARKETSHEEP
117 Across: Gasconades (5): BRAGS
119 Across: Extricate (5): UNTIE
120 Across: Hip (4): ONTO
121 Across: Cinders of comics (4): ELLA
122 Across: Idaho senator: 1907-40 (5): BORAH
123 Across: Like Redford (5): BLOND
124 Across: Rise high (4): SOAR
125 Across: Writer Waugh (4): ALEC
126 Across: Hair-raising (5): SCARY
127 Across: Largest salt lake in Australia (4): EYRE
128 Across: With competence (4): ABLY
129 Across: "___ Fence Me In" (4): DONT

Down Answers

1 Down: Hangs in there (5): STAYS
2 Down: Little hooter (5): OWLET
3 Down: Author Cather (5): WILLA
4 Down: Avocet's kin (5): STILT
5 Down: Lasts longer than (8): OUTWEARS
6 Down: Ledger scanners, for short (4): CPAS
7 Down: Have ___ (tackle) (4): ATIT
8 Down: Without others (4): SOLO
9 Down: Sit at ___ of (be a disciple) (7): THEFEET
10 Down: "Age of Anxiety" poet (5): AUDEN
11 Down: Poles, Serbs, etc. (5): SLAVS
12 Down: Welles role (4): KANE
13 Down: Put two and two together (3): ADD
14 Down: Horticulturist's habitat? (15): GREENTHUMBHOUSE
15 Down: Litter's smallest (4): RUNT
16 Down: Old tongue (4): ERSE
17 Down: Some are private (4): EYES
20 Down: Attribute to (6): CREDIT
27 Down: Away (3): OUT
28 Down: Pianist Peter (4): NERO
29 Down: Author Santha Rama ___ (3): RAU
34 Down: Inst. at Ogden, Utah (3): WSC
36 Down: Darwin's ship (6): BEAGLE
37 Down: Esposito of the N.H.L. (4): PHIL
38 Down: Brighton sight (4): DENE
39 Down: Jeopardy (5): PERIL
40 Down: Ammonia derivative (5): AMINE
41 Down: Items to count (5): NOSES
42 Down: Credit union's offer (4): LOAN
43 Down: "___ partridge in a . . . " (4): ANDA
44 Down: She wrote "My Life": 1975 (4): MEIR
45 Down: Forest denizen's sweet? (15): BROWNBEARSSUGAR
47 Down: Rubbish (5): DROSS
48 Down: Pierre's seraph (4): ANGE
49 Down: Gilt, e.g. (3): PIG
54 Down: Moved in a curved course (5): ARCED
57 Down: Trim (5): SHEAR
59 Down: Condescend (5): DEIGN
60 Down: Uncover (5): DIGUP
61 Down: Kind of tube or circle (5): INNER
62 Down: Pelvic bones (5): SACRA
64 Down: Caper (5): ANTIC
69 Down: Place to get pesetas (5): BANCO
70 Down: Necessitate (6): ENTAIL
71 Down: Hillside dugouts (5): ABRIS
72 Down: Drudge (5): SLAVE
73 Down: Hatchbacks, e.g. (5): AUTOS
74 Down: NASA nods (4): AOKS
76 Down: Crocus or gladiolus (4): IRID
77 Down: Aprile Millo, for one (4): DIVA
78 Down: Hornswaggler's forte (4): SCAM
80 Down: Windbag (4): BORE
81 Down: Hobgoblin's word (3): BOO
82 Down: ___ 500 (event for Al Unser) (4): INDY
87 Down: Depending on luck (8): ALEATORY
90 Down: Kennel sound (3): YIP
92 Down: Hurler in Brooklyn: 1948-57 (7): ERSKINE
93 Down: Grew swiftly (6): BOOMED
94 Down: Ginglymus's neighbor (4): ULNA
97 Down: Pt. of Newfoundland (3): LAB
100 Down: Saturn's spouse (3): OPS
102 Down: Macho (5): MANLY
103 Down: John Lithgow, e.g. (5): ACTOR
105 Down: Winning (5): AHEAD
106 Down: Relative of a viola (5): CELLO
107 Down: Reddy or Moody (5): HELEN
108 Down: Solar-lunar time differential (5): EPACT
109 Down: Refluxes (4): EBBS
110 Down: "Lizard of the Nile," for short (4): CROC
111 Down: ___ avis (4): RARA
113 Down: Grease job (4): LUBE
114 Down: Sub ___ (secretly) (4): ROSA
115 Down: Pommel (4): KNOB
116 Down: Useful Latin abbr. (4): ETAL
118 Down: Retiring (3): SHY

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