GREEK SANDWICHES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 8/6/1989. By Kenneth Haxton.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Obstinate person (3): MULE
4 Across: Plagiarizes (5): CRIBS
9 Across: Nessus, for one (5): CENTAUR
14 Across: Red alga (4): AGAR
18 Across: Type of TV show (4): TALK
20 Across: Pillage; plunder (5): HARRY
21 Across: Black Sea port (5): ANAPA
22 Across: Eldest of the Pleiades (4): MAIA
23 Across: Rapid rise in prices or wages (10): ESCALATION
25 Across: Dormant future shoots (10): LATENTBUDS
27 Across: Wives of Fatima's descendants (8): SHARIFAS
28 Across: Automatic pistols (5): COLTS
30 Across: Formal avenue (5): ALLEE
31 Across: Eucharistic dish (5): PATEN
32 Across: Kipling's "Soldiers ___" (5): THREE
33 Across: Swiss river (4): AARE
35 Across: Bodies of writing (11): LITERATURES
37 Across: Greek sea goddess (8): AMPHITRITE
41 Across: Prokofiev's lupine trapper (5): PETER
42 Across: Okla. Siouans (4): OTOS
43 Across: Slyly sarcastic (5): SNIDE
44 Across: F.D.R. measure (3): NRA
45 Across: Actress Alicia (3): ANA
46 Across: Most ceraceous (6): WAXIEST
48 Across: Naval assents (4): AYES
49 Across: Bottom line (3): SUM
50 Across: Actress Talmadge (9): CONSTANCE
53 Across: Emulate Doré (4): ETCH
55 Across: Poet Hart ___ (5): CRANE
57 Across: Flower parts (4): PETALS
58 Across: Stomach acidity (4): ACOR
60 Across: Locales for Scott Hamilton (5): RINKS
61 Across: Great supply (9): ABUNDANCE
66 Across: Very strong bridge hands (9): POWERHOUSES
68 Across: Town in Ethiopia or Kenya (5): MURRI
69 Across: Type of estate (4): REAL
70 Across: ___ fixe (4): IDEE
71 Across: Turkish city (5): ADANA
72 Across: Put out a candle (4): SNUFF
74 Across: Conifers (9): PINETREES
79 Across: Animal and plant lives of regions (3): BIOTAS
80 Across: Scapegoat (4): BUTT
82 Across: Species of Mexican yuccas (6): ISOTES
84 Across: Soup or jacket preceder (3): PEA
85 Across: A.P. rival (3): UPI
86 Across: Uncle Milty (5): BERLE
87 Across: Greek goddess of victory (4): NIKE
88 Across: Terrier breed (5): CAIRN
90 Across: Amour-propre (8): SELFLOVE
92 Across: British general in the Seven Years War (11): RALPHABERCROMBY
95 Across: " . . . ___ perfumed sea": Poe (4): OERA
96 Across: Member of a Jewish sect (5): HASID
97 Across: Competitor (5): RIVAL
98 Across: Miss America accoutrement (5): TIARA
101 Across: "L'Heure Espagnole" composer (5): RAVEL
102 Across: Ester of acid from cork (8): SUBERATE
105 Across: ___ Highway System (10): INTERSTATE
108 Across: Origination of first life on earth (10): ARCHIGENESIS
110 Across: Causes (oneself) to go (4): BETAKES
111 Across: Item on an alley (5): TENPN
112 Across: Blow on the proboscis (5): NOSER
113 Across: Rheo or thermo follower (4): STAT
114 Across: Pushkin refusal (4): NYET
115 Across: Laurel and Musial (5): STANS
116 Across: Aquarium denizen (5): TETRA
117 Across: Amsterdam-to-Luxembourg dir. (3): SSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Sordini (4): MUTES
2 Down: Scold severely (4): LASH
3 Down: Sousa march (9): ELCAPITAN
4 Down: June beetle (6): CHAFER
5 Down: ___ Church, N.Z. sect (6): RATANA
6 Down: Eye part (4): IRIS
7 Down: Sis sibling (3): BRO
8 Down: Systems that turn motors in time with generators (8): SYNCHROS
9 Down: Streets, in Sonora (6): CALLES
10 Down: Growing out (5): ENATE
11 Down: Cole and Turner (4): NATS
12 Down: Brownish gray (3): TAUPE
13 Down: Sprinted (3): RAN
14 Down: Mystery writer Eric (6): AMBLER
15 Down: It was divided into three parts (4): GAUL
16 Down: Assistant (4): AIDE
17 Down: Make an incised mark (4): RASE
19 Down: Defense discipline (6): KARATE
24 Down: Liquid measure (5): LITER
26 Down: French pastry (5): TARTE
29 Down: Voltaire tragedy (6): ORESTE
32 Down: Private student (5): TUTEE
33 Down: Sand, to Chopin (4): AMIE
34 Down: Plant lice (4): APHIDS
35 Down: Comic Jay (4): LENO
36 Down: Poisonous (4): TOXIC
37 Down: Haphazardly (6): ANYHOW
38 Down: Irrational (6): INSANE
39 Down: Boles (6): TRUNKS
40 Down: Furniture designer (5): EAMES
41 Down: Moccasin (3): PAC
43 Down: Vanzetti's co-defendant (5): SACCO
46 Down: German woods (4): WALD
47 Down: Early Mohammedan converts at Medina (5): ANSAR
51 Down: Disdain (5): SPURN
52 Down: Disease with muscular spasms (5): TETANIA
54 Down: Type of root (3): TAP
55 Down: Condiment holder (5): CRUET
56 Down: Stair part (5): RISER
59 Down: Roi's mate (5): REINE
61 Down: Recording equipment (6): AUDIOTAPE
62 Down: Largest S.A. country, to inhabitants (6): BRASIL
63 Down: Lie snugly (6): NESTLE
64 Down: King of England and Denmark (5): CANUTE
65 Down: Brownie (3): ELF
67 Down: Site of one of the Seven Wonders (4): RHODES
68 Down: Miss.'s governor (5): MABUS
73 Down: Last stage (6): FINALPHASE
74 Down: Prodded (5): POKED
75 Down: Pompey's way (4): ITER
76 Down: Outer layers of cells of an embryo (9): EPIBLASTS
77 Down: Hair-raising (4): EERY
78 Down: Antonio or Francisco (3): SAN
80 Down: "To ___ not . . . ": Hamlet (4): BEOR
81 Down: Crab-eating mongoose (4): URVA
83 Down: Hissing (8): SIBILANT
86 Down: Indistinct (5): BLEAR
88 Down: Groups of 13 witches (5): COVEN
89 Down: Portuguese town in Minho province (6): AMARES
91 Down: Arden, for one (6): FOREST
92 Down: Prowls after prey (6): RAVENS
93 Down: Miss. delta town (6): CRUGER
94 Down: Spanish painter Lo Spagnoletto (6): RIBERA
96 Down: Fastener for a cloche (5): HATPN
98 Down: Lhasa native (4): TIBETAN
99 Down: Like a squid's discharge (4): INKY
100 Down: Fits to ___ (4): ATEE
101 Down: Punjabi potentate (4): RANA
102 Down: Easily split rock (4): SCHIST
103 Down: Pedro's aunts (4): TIAS
104 Down: Famous family of Ferrara (4): ESTE
106 Down: Kin of aves. (3): STS
107 Down: Vietnam offensive (3): TET
109 Down: Caviar (3): ROE

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