TIPSY TITLES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/23/1989. By Nancy N. Joline.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Kind of plan (8): AMERICAN
9 Across: Cloisonné component (6): ENAMEL
15 Across: "¿Quién ___?" (4): SABE
19 Across: Plant source of vitamin A (8): CAROTENE
20 Across: Lassie's family (7): CANIDAE
22 Across: Quahog (4): CLAM
23 Across: Unisex Shakespearean play? (16): TITUSANDROGYNOUS
25 Across: Aleutian island (4): ATTU
26 Across: Nautical direction (4): ALEE
27 Across: Vic's radio wife (4): SADE
28 Across: Zeus, to Cronus (3): SON
29 Across: Rooms at the top (7): GARRETS
31 Across: Transformed (6): REMADE
33 Across: Snack (4): NOSH
35 Across: Swiss river (4): AARE
36 Across: Souls (6): ANIMAS
40 Across: Eliot poem on the rewards of dieting? (12): THEWAISTBAND
44 Across: Waters the garden (5): HOSES
45 Across: Truth, in Confucianism (3): TAO
46 Across: Site of the patella (4): KNEE
47 Across: Pablo's uncle (3): TIO
48 Across: Country song from a Gershwin musical? (14): EMBRACEABLEEWE
54 Across: Kind of price (6): ASKING
56 Across: Actress Rehan (3): ADA
57 Across: "___ right with the world" (4): ALLS
58 Across: Diva Stevens (4): RISE
60 Across: Theater part (4): LOGE
61 Across: Pillages (8): DESPOILS
64 Across: Olympic event (4): LUGE
66 Across: At full speed (5): AMAIN
69 Across: Woolf work on the joy of housework? (15): ABROOMOFONESOWN
72 Across: Kepi part (5): VISOR
73 Across: "L' ___ c'est moi" (4): ETAT
74 Across: Norman and Walloon, e.g. (8): DIALECTS
78 Across: Traverse (4): SPAN
80 Across: Land in Eur. (4): AUST
82 Across: Bank claim (4): LIEN
83 Across: Scandinavian coin (3): ORE
84 Across: N.B.A. men (6): CAGERS
87 Across: Fitzgerald's tale for tots? (14): THELASTRACCOON
92 Across: Perseghian (3): ARA
93 Across: Fervor (4): HEAT
95 Across: City in Neb. (3): ORD
96 Across: "Ars gratia ___" (5): ARTIS
97 Across: Updike work on cooking wild game? (12): RABBITDELUXE
101 Across: ___ Pointe, Mich. (6): GROSSE
102 Across: Blessing (4): BOON
103 Across: City on the Oka (4): OREL
104 Across: Guides (6): STEERS
108 Across: Unbranded calf, to cowboys (7): LONGEAR
110 Across: Alma-___, U.S.S.R. city (3): ATA
112 Across: Chip in a chip (4): ANTE
113 Across: Cartoonist Soglow (4): OTTO
117 Across: Alan or Robert (4): ALDA
118 Across: Freed-Brown film musical re commuters? (16): SINGININTHETRAIN
122 Across: Match (4): PAIR
123 Across: Air: Comb. form (7): PNEUMAT
124 Across: Went over again (8): RETRACED
125 Across: Exam for a teen (4): PSAT
126 Across: Long-running show (6): GREASE
127 Across: "Hamlet" setting (8): ELSINORE

Down Answers

1 Down: Recorded proceedings (4): ACTA
2 Down: Knightwear (4): MAIL
3 Down: Famed artist-designer (4): ERTE
4 Down: Rake (4): ROUE
5 Down: Porter's "___ De-Lovely" (3): ITS
6 Down: Stops (6): CEASES
7 Down: Former Indochinese kingdom (5): ANNAM
8 Down: "I Pagliacci" wife (5): NEDDA
9 Down: Writer Umberto (3): ECO
10 Down: Emulates Xanthippe (4): NAGS
11 Down: "Tennis, ___?" (6): ANYONE
12 Down: Common bait (6): MINNOW
13 Down: Tokyo before 1868 (3): EDO
14 Down: Rowan and Martin's show (7): LAUGHIN
15 Down: Beetle or gem (6): SCARAB
16 Down: Change (10): ALTERATION
17 Down: Glutton's activity (9): BATTENING
18 Down: Cassowaries' kin (4): EMUS
21 Down: Conductor ___-Pekka Salonen (3): ESA
24 Down: Like some tape (3): RED
30 Down: Estimates (5): RATES
31 Down: Tabula ___ (4): RASA
32 Down: Relative of etc. (4): ETAL
34 Down: Tokyo drinks (5): SAKES
36 Down: Onward (5): AHEAD
37 Down: Words with guerre or plume (5): NOMDE
38 Down: Russian log huts (5): ISBAS
39 Down: Debussy's "La ___" (3): MER
41 Down: Straddler (3): HOE
42 Down: Word with biscuit or dog (3): SEA
43 Down: Venetian official of yore (4): DOGE
45 Down: Cookbook abbr. (3): TBS
49 Down: "Five Graves to ___," 1943 film (5): CAIRO
50 Down: Archeological site in India (6): ELLORA
51 Down: Part of a k a (4): ALSO
52 Down: Grain disease (5): ERGOT
53 Down: Vienna, to Strauss (4): WIEN
55 Down: Actor Kevin from St. Louis (5): KLINE
59 Down: Not so hard (6): EASIER
62 Down: "Common Sense" author (5): PAINE
63 Down: Dictionary abbr. (3): OBS
64 Down: Singer-actress Lenya (5): LOTTE
65 Down: Capital of the Bashkir Republic (3): UFA
67 Down: Flaherty South Seas film: 1926 (5): MOANA
68 Down: Pointed instrument (3): AWL
70 Down: Engage (4): MESH
71 Down: What diaskeuasts do (4): EDIT
72 Down: The life of a hobo (10): VAGABONDIA
75 Down: Mud hens (5): COOTS
76 Down: ___-Rivières, Quebec (5): TROIS
77 Down: Sixth follower (5): SENSE
78 Down: Cicatrix (4): SCAR
79 Down: Bowl-shaped antennas (9): PARABOLAS
81 Down: Absolute (5): UTTER
82 Down: Trip tripper, for short (3): LSD
85 Down: Lorelei's bailiwick (5): RHINE
86 Down: Between game and match (3): SET
88 Down: Bagel topper (3): LOX
89 Down: Hector's protector (4): ARES
90 Down: Lincoln and Maxwell (4): CARS
91 Down: ___-Magnon (3): CRO
94 Down: Worshipful (7): ADORING
98 Down: Oscar winner in 1951 (6): BOGART
99 Down: Doyle's "The Red-Headed ___" (6): LEAGUE
100 Down: Last syllable of a word (6): ULTIMA
101 Down: Hails (6): GREETS
105 Down: Japanese land unit (3): TAN
106 Down: ___ nous (5): ENTRE
107 Down: Lucy's TV pal (5): ETHEL
108 Down: Northern nomad (4): LAPP
109 Down: Horned viper (3): ASP
111 Down: Collections of sayings (4): ANAS
113 Down: Algerian port (4): ORAN
114 Down: Tex-Mex treat (4): TACO
115 Down: Opera-house feature (4): TIER
116 Down: Marcel's wave (4): ONDE
119 Down: Abner's father (3): NER
120 Down: Social follower (3): ITE
121 Down: Cycle starter (3): TRI

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