CELEBRITY HILARITY - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 6/25/1989. By Jeanette K. Brill.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Turkish title of respect (4): AGHA
5 Across: Israeli seaport (4): ACRE
9 Across: Watch part (4): STEM
13 Across: Moist (4): DAMP
17 Across: Gravy container (4): BOAT
18 Across: Archibald ___ (Cary Grant) (5): LEACH
20 Across: "___ Grows in Brooklyn" (5): ATREE
21 Across: Jannings or Ludwig (4): EMIL
22 Across: The President and his supporters? (10): BUSHLEAGUE
24 Across: Actress Sally's home construction? (10): FIELDSTONE
26 Across: Bacall stage vehicle: 1970 (8): APPLAUSE
27 Across: Abzug or Spewack (5): BELLA
29 Across: Greek island in the Aegean Sea (6): ICARIA
30 Across: Major follower (4): ETTE
31 Across: Benedict or Matthew (6): ARNOLD
32 Across: Dernier ___ (last word) (3): CRI
33 Across: Profundity (5): DEPTH
36 Across: Omni, for one (5): ARENA
37 Across: Future benedict (6): FIANCE
40 Across: View amorously (4): OGLE
41 Across: Boston Celtic fans' favorite pastime? (12): BIRDWATCHING
45 Across: Actress Gardner (3): AVA
47 Across: Noteworthy periods of time (4): ERAS
48 Across: Therefore (4): ERGO
49 Across: Home of a certain terrier (4): AIRE
50 Across: Former silver coin of Spain (4): REAL
51 Across: Juan Carlos, e.g. (3): REY
52 Across: Tennis player Margaret's recreation area? (9): COURTYARD
56 Across: Ridge or rib (5): COSTA
57 Across: Cowboy hats (8): STETSONS
60 Across: Share equally (5): HALVE
61 Across: Former First Family of Egypt (6): SADATS
62 Across: Capacious (5): ROOMY
63 Across: Clearance sale, in Caen (5): SOLDE
64 Across: Kitchen gadget (5): PARER
65 Across: Walk cautiously (6): TIPTOE
67 Across: Layer (5): STRIA
68 Across: City or game (8): LACROSSE
71 Across: E.T., e.g. (5): ALIEN
72 Across: Actor-dancer as composer? (9): TUNESMITH
74 Across: S.E.C. member (3): ALA
75 Across: Where Anna Leonowens taught (4): SIAM
76 Across: Scrutinize carefully (4): SCAN
78 Across: Stake of a sort (4): ANTE
79 Across: Daminozide (4): ALAR
80 Across: Tanning agent (3): SUN
81 Across: Cafe pianist on tour? (12): SHORTCIRCUIT
85 Across: Church part (4): NAVE
86 Across: Contemporary (6): MODERN
88 Across: TV backdrops (5): OLEOS
89 Across: Lost color (5): FADED
90 Across: Inst. at Troy, N.Y. (3): RPI
91 Across: Resources (6): ASSETS
93 Across: Chard (4): BEET
95 Across: Attack (6): ASSAIL
98 Across: ___ Tshombe, Congolese statesman (5): MOISE
99 Across: Unsportsmanlike loser (8): SOREHEAD
103 Across: First Chief Justice afoot? (10): JAYWALKING
105 Across: Dinah's vacation? (10): SHORELEAVE
107 Across: "Judith" composer (4): ARNE
108 Across: Rose-colored dye (5): EOSIN
109 Across: Expressing purpose (5): TELIC
110 Across: Mech.-eng. degree (4): MSEM
111 Across: What arroz is (4): RICE
112 Across: Campus org. (4): ROTC
113 Across: Author of "Miss Lonelyhearts" (4): WEST
114 Across: Relating to aircraft (4): AERO

Down Answers

1 Down: Israel's Eban (4): ABBA
2 Down: Increase in value (4): GOUP
3 Down: Hinged fastener (4): HASP
4 Down: Decathlon participants (8): ATHLETES
5 Down: Alaskan native (5): ALEUT
6 Down: Desist (5): CEASE
7 Down: Furor (4): RAGE
8 Down: Shield, in Savoie (3): ECU
9 Down: Yet (5): STILL
10 Down: "Don't ___ on me" (5): TREAD
11 Down: Lamprey (3): EEL
12 Down: Kind of ball or lodge (8): MEDICINE
13 Down: Confine (6): DETAIN
14 Down: "Porgi ___," Mozart aria (4): AMOR
15 Down: Type of skirt (4): MINI
16 Down: Entreaty (4): PLEA
19 Down: Language of the Old Testament (6): HEBREW
20 Down: Drifting about (6): AFLOAT
23 Down: Plaster backing (4): LATH
25 Down: Scrawny animal (5): SCRAG
28 Down: Danish composer: 1860-1939 (4): ENNA
31 Down: Zeal (5): ARDOR
33 Down: Activists (5): DOERS
34 Down: Wading bird (5): EGRET
35 Down: Golfer's musical instrument? (11): PLAYERPIANO
36 Down: Watchful guardian (5): ARGUS
37 Down: Santa Lucia, e.g. (3): FIR
38 Down: Comedian's favorite diet food? (11): CAESARSALAD
39 Down: President of U.N. General Assembly: 1948-49 (5): EVATT
41 Down: Look well on (6): BECOME
42 Down: Literary device (5): IRONY
43 Down: Sculpt (5): CARVE
44 Down: Screen (4): HIDE
46 Down: Welladay! (4): ALAS
50 Down: Copland composition (5): RODEO
53 Down: Spine (5): THORN
54 Down: Cantab's rival (5): YALIE
55 Down: Actors Robert and Alan (5): ALDAS
56 Down: Songstress Vikki (4): CARR
58 Down: Freud's "___ und Tabu" (5): TOTEM
59 Down: Anon (4): SOON
61 Down: Perfumed bag (6): SACHET
63 Down: Hinder growth (5): STUNT
64 Down: Singer Page (5): PATTI
65 Down: Soviet wire service (4): TASS
66 Down: Troy (5): ILIUM
67 Down: Deneb is one (4): STAR
68 Down: "Peanuts" character (5): LINUS
69 Down: Drudge (5): SLAVE
70 Down: Like cups and pitchers (5): EARED
73 Down: Egyptian cottons (5): MACOS
76 Down: Marked by greater intensity (8): SHRILLER
77 Down: Swindle (3): CON
79 Down: Execration (8): ANATHEMA
81 Down: A dark brown (5): SEPIA
82 Down: Assure payment of a promissory note (6): COSIGN
83 Down: Sights on the Seine (4): ILES
84 Down: Examine again (6): RETEST
87 Down: A participant in a bill-of-exchange transaction (6): DRAWEE
89 Down: Sense (4): FEEL
91 Down: Love-in-___ (garden plant) (5): AMIST
92 Down: Kind of boom (5): SONIC
93 Down: "___ Godunov," Pushkin play (5): BORIS
94 Down: Upright (5): ERECT
95 Down: Slightly open (4): AJAR
96 Down: Patola (4): SARI
97 Down: Adjust for sound and sight (4): SYNC
99 Down: A flatfish (4): SOLE
100 Down: Bed of roses (4): EASE
101 Down: Affirm (4): AVER
102 Down: Item sent to a D.J. (4): DEMO
104 Down: Chinese statesman Wellington ___ (3): KOO
106 Down: Cut down (3): HEW

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