TRIPLE PLAYS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 8/13/1989. By Nancy W. Atkinson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Tiny Tim's problem (8): LAMENESS
9 Across: Water wheel (5): NORIA
14 Across: Hornbills (5): TOCKS
19 Across: Subject to slow disintegration (8): ERODIBLE
20 Across: Cheddar colorer, sometimes (6): ANATTO
22 Across: To shine, in Sedan (5): LUIRE
23 Across: Cross Word Puzzle (21): COUNTRYRACEPERFECTBOX
26 Across: Filmdom terrier (4): ASTA
27 Across: ___-de-boeuf (4): OEIL
28 Across: Like J. Fred Muggs (6): SIMIAN
29 Across: Hindu's camel (4): OONT
30 Across: ___ Speedwagon (rock group) (3): REO
31 Across: Toothed bars (7): RATCHES
33 Across: Suppresses (7): STIFLES
35 Across: Encircled (6): RINGED
39 Across: Stratum (5): LAYER
40 Across: Cabbage (5): MOOLA
41 Across: Perfumes (8): ESSENCES
43 Across: Slice of bacon (6): RASHER
45 Across: Again and again (5): OFTEN
49 Across: "Welcome ___," Altman film (4): TOLA
50 Across: DeSoto or Hudson (3): CAR
51 Across: Aleutian island (4): ATTU
53 Across: Divagate (4): ROVE
54 Across: This covers the world (5): ATLAS
57 Across: French condiment (3): SEL
59 Across: Scottish cap (3): TAM
61 Across: What we "so proudly" did (6): HAILED
63 Across: Fannie or Ginnie follower (3): MAE
64 Across: Essay (7): ATTEMPT
66 Across: Gate-crasher's nemesis (7): BOUNCER
68 Across: Cross Word Puzzle (21): EXAMINERFORWORDHEADED
73 Across: To find, to a fra (7): TROVARE
74 Across: Crusty entrees (7): POTPIES
75 Across: Had a hero (3): ATE
76 Across: Dance in 3/4 time (6): MINUET
77 Across: P.I. (3): TEC
78 Across: Rating number (3): TEN
79 Across: Poem's chapter (5): CANTO
81 Across: Foreshadow (4): OMEN
82 Across: G.I.'s need (4): AMMO
85 Across: Lisper's hurdle (3): ESS
87 Across: Carbon particles (4): SOOT
89 Across: Anchorage (5): BERTH
91 Across: In the thick of (6): AMIDST
93 Across: What to pay, at times (8): RESPECTS
97 Across: W.W. II hero Murphy (5): AUDIE
99 Across: "___ and Sane Fourth": Masson (5): ASAFE
101 Across: Grommet (6): EYELET
102 Across: Like zebras (7): STRIPED
105 Across: Writer of ridicule (7): IRONIST
107 Across: Prior, to Prior (3): ERE
108 Across: Yak (4): CHIN
109 Across: Man in the van (6): LEADER
111 Across: Noah's eldest (4): SHEM
113 Across: Lagomorph (4): HARE
114 Across: Cross Word Puzzle (21): REFERENCESOFHONOROVER
118 Across: Key (5): ISLET
119 Across: Dispatched to Attica (6): SENTUP
120 Across: " . . . you are ___": Epictetus (8): NOTALONE
121 Across: Noblemen (5): PEERS
122 Across: Young bulls, in Yorkshire (5): STOTS
123 Across: Woven together (8): ENTWINED

Down Answers

1 Down: Smiley's creator (7): LECARRE
2 Down: Middle of a Stein line (7): AROSEIS
3 Down: Sheepskins (7): MOUTONS
4 Down: Actress Purviance (4): EDNA
5 Down: Wit or pick preceder (3): NIT
6 Down: Mediterranean entrant (4): EBRO
7 Down: Craftier (5): SLYER
8 Down: Ongoing entertainment (7): SERIALS
9 Down: Engine encl. (3): NAC
10 Down: Cross Word Puzzle (21): ONESHEARTPROCESSOROUT
11 Down: Weapons for Lafitte (7): RAPIERS
12 Down: Sundries (5): ITEMS
13 Down: Longfellow's bell town (4): ATRI
14 Down: What a hosp. should provide (3): TLC
15 Down: Oscar winner: 1985 (11): OUTOFAFRICA
16 Down: Welsh onion (5): CIBOL
17 Down: Dane's dollar (5): KRONE
18 Down: Fourth canonical hours (5): SEXTS
21 Down: In some respect (7): OFASORT
24 Down: Claudia ___ Johnson (4): ALTA
25 Down: Within: Comb. form (4): ENTO
32 Down: Author McFadden (4): CYRA
34 Down: A U.N. arm (3): ILO
36 Down: Wooden clog (4): GETA
37 Down: Musician Brian's family (4): ENOS
38 Down: Deg. for a legal eagle (3): DCL
40 Down: Lincoln Ctr. attraction (3): MET
42 Down: Island also called Rapa Nui (6): EASTER
44 Down: Gammon (3): HAM
46 Down: El Greco became one (7): TOLEDAN
47 Down: Orator Edward (7): EVERETT
48 Down: Whom irate ones raise (3): NED
50 Down: Indicator of pitch (4): CLEF
52 Down: No sirrees (5): UHUHS
54 Down: Spirit, to the Sun King (3): AME
55 Down: April 15 (7): TAXTIME
56 Down: Student, hopefully (7): LEARNER
58 Down: Raison d'___ (4): ETRE
60 Down: Elem. number (4): ATWT
62 Down: One, in Ayr (3): ANE
64 Down: Spaniard's yearly income (5): ANATA
65 Down: Act listless (4): MOPE
66 Down: French cheese district (4): BRIE
67 Down: H. C. Andersen's birthplace (6): ODENSE
69 Down: Sir Edmund P. Hillary, e.g. (11): MOUNTAINEER
70 Down: "___ Gotta Be Me," 1967 song (3): IVE
71 Down: Makes a choice (4): OPTS
72 Down: ___ gratias (3): DEO
76 Down: Canaille (3): MOB
77 Down: Hundred-___ shot (3): TOI
79 Down: Apograph (4): COPY
80 Down: To ___ (precisely) (4): ATEE
83 Down: Some also-rans at Belmont (7): MAIDENS
84 Down: Curie title (3): MME
86 Down: Jazzman Kenton (4): STAN
88 Down: Suffix with verb or herb (3): OSE
90 Down: Wagoner's command (3): HUP
92 Down: "Who ___ call Himself a man": Cummings (7): DARESTO
93 Down: Glowed anew (7): RESHONE
94 Down: Cinema's Little (7): CLEAVON
95 Down: Earthy; worldly (7): TERRENE
96 Down: Headed the committee (7): STEERED
98 Down: Mark for removal (4): DELE
100 Down: Garibaldi, e.g. (4): FISH
102 Down: Cash substitute (5): SCRIP
103 Down: "___ Foolish Things . . . ": 1935 song (5): THESE
104 Down: Winchester, for one (5): RIFLE
105 Down: Face card? (5): IDENT
106 Down: Dovetail wedge (5): TENON
110 Down: Dice throw (4): ACES
112 Down: Colleague of suffragette Stanton (4): MOTT
113 Down: Hindu spring festival (4): HOLI
115 Down: Some coll. linemen (3): RTS
116 Down: Hearths: Abbr. (3): FPS
117 Down: Like sushi (3): RAW

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