SCI-FI/FANTASIES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 9/17/1989. By John M. Samson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Milady (5)
- MADAM
- 6 Across: Author Rivabella (4)
- OMAR
- 10 Across: Epic (4)
- SAGA
- 14 Across: Avow (5)
- SWEAR
- 19 Across: Berries (5)
- ACINI
- 20 Across: Divergence (9)
- VARIATION
- 22 Across: Roo's mom (5)
- KANGA
- 23 Across: Wells sequel to "Jude the Obscure"? (15)
- THEINVISIBLEMAN
- 25 Across: Garret (5)
- ATTIC
- 26 Across: Genet play, with "The" (5)
- MAIDS
- 27 Across: Bribed (5)
- OILED
- 28 Across: "Storm" novelist (6)
- STEELE
- 29 Across: Winged fruit of the maple (6)
- SAMARA
- 32 Across: Pianist Peterson (5)
- OSCAR
- 33 Across: Trilled like a grasshopper (7)
- CHIRRED
- 34 Across: Old French coin (5)
- OBOLE
- 35 Across: City on the Songka River (5)
- HANOI
- 37 Across: Drawing rooms (6)
- SALONS
- 39 Across: E. E. Smith cousin of "I Am a Camera"? (12)
- FIRSTLENSMAN
- 42 Across: Manhandle (7)
- ROUGHUP
- 45 Across: Bustle (3)
- ADD
- 46 Across: S. C. river (6)
- SANTEE
- 47 Across: Throw out (5)
- EVICT
- 49 Across: Holm or key (4)
- ISLE
- 51 Across: Fissure (4)
- RENT
- 53 Across: Doggone! (4)
- DRAT
- 54 Across: Sprightly (5)
- BRISK
- 55 Across: Rose's enemy (5)
- APHID
- 56 Across: Sacred (4)
- HOLY
- 58 Across: Hollandaise, e.g. (5)
- SAUCE
- 59 Across: Zealous (6)
- ARDENT
- 60 Across: Ende book that's hard to put down? (19)
- THENEVERENDINGSTORY
- 65 Across: Robots (6)
- DROIDS
- 66 Across: Fronton basket (5)
- CESTA
- 67 Across: Vidi, in English (4)
- ISAW
- 68 Across: Marilyn who was Carmen (5)
- HORNE
- 69 Across: Rivera of stage fame (5)
- CHITA
- 70 Across: Beau Brummell (4)
- DUDE
- 72 Across: Lille's department (4)
- NORD
- 76 Across: Slovene or Slovak (4)
- SLAV
- 77 Across: John Ridd's Lorna (5)
- DOONE
- 78 Across: Cable company (6)
- ROPERY
- 80 Across: Resort of SW France (3)
- PAU
- 81 Across: Idle hours (7)
- LEISURE
- 83 Across: Tolkien book about the World Trade Center? (12)
- THETWOTOWERS
- 86 Across: Bedouins (6)
- NOMADS
- 88 Across: N. Y. city (5)
- OLEAN
- 89 Across: Danube tributary (5)
- SIRET
- 90 Across: Singular (7)
- SPECIAL
- 93 Across: Walking, on the Rue Royale (5)
- APIED
- 95 Across: Of the number six (6)
- SENARY
- 96 Across: Nocturnal mammals (6)
- TAPIRS
- 97 Across: Novelist Jong (5)
- ERICA
- 98 Across: "Now I ___ down . . . " (5)
- LAYME
- 100 Across: Brick building (5)
- ADOBE
- 101 Across: Pohl book about Arsenio Hall? (15)
- BLACKSTARRISING
- 106 Across: Befuddle (5)
- ADDLE
- 107 Across: Intrudes (9)
- IMPOSESON
- 108 Across: Actress Shire (5)
- TALIA
- 109 Across: King salmons (5)
- TYEES
- 110 Across: Wilbur or Nemerov (4)
- POET
- 111 Across: Eleanora of "Cenere" (4)
- DUSE
- 112 Across: Resin used in adhesives (5)
- EPOXY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Frame within a frame (3)
- MAT
- 2 Down: Alas, to Arndt (3)
- ACH
- 3 Down: Cutting tool (3)
- DIE
- 4 Down: Aesopian characters (7)
- ANIMALS
- 5 Down: Mosque turrets (8)
- MINARETS
- 6 Down: "Amores" poet (4)
- OVID
- 7 Down: Bulk (4)
- MASS
- 8 Down: "Exodus" hero (3)
- ARI
- 9 Down: Part of a cell (8)
- RIBOSOME
- 10 Down: Roman burial stone (5)
- STELA
- 11 Down: Marksmen (6)
- AIMERS
- 12 Down: Prod (4)
- GOAD
- 13 Down: "___ Veronica," Wells book (3)
- ANN
- 14 Down: Activity in which camels may be executed (7)
- SKATING
- 15 Down: Adams book about the Nautilus? (13)
- WATERSHIPDOWN
- 16 Down: Program in (5)
- ENTER
- 17 Down: Nimble (5)
- AGILE
- 18 Down: Rushed (5)
- RACED
- 21 Down: Ballerina Alonso (6)
- ALICIA
- 24 Down: ___ Dolorosa (3)
- VIA
- 28 Down: Whoop (5)
- SHOUT
- 29 Down: Up to now (5)
- SOFAR
- 30 Down: Tolerate (5)
- ABIDE
- 31 Down: City SW of Buenos Aires (5)
- MORDN
- 32 Down: Assault (5)
- ONSET
- 33 Down: Clepsydra, e.g. (5)
- CLOCK
- 35 Down: Shakespearean drama (6)
- HENRYV
- 36 Down: Stage org. (4)
- ANTA
- 38 Down: Gone up (6)
- ARISEN
- 40 Down: Scoops for soups (6)
- LADLES
- 41 Down: Chilean poet (6)
- NERUDA
- 43 Down: End of a Poe title (5)
- USHER
- 44 Down: "Historia naturalis" author (5)
- PLINY
- 48 Down: " I conquered," to Caesar (4)
- VICI
- 50 Down: S.C. summer time (3)
- EDT
- 52 Down: Lem novel about Mike Tyson? (13)
- THEINVINCIBLE
- 54 Down: Danza'a "Taxi" role (5)
- BANTA
- 55 Down: "Thou ___ lady": Kingsley (4)
- ARTA
- 57 Down: Wave on la mer (4)
- ONDE
- 58 Down: Sonnet unit (6)
- SESTET
- 59 Down: Postulate (6)
- ASSERT
- 60 Down: King in "Peer Gynt" (5)
- TROLL
- 61 Down: Dike, Eunomia and Irene (5)
- HORAE
- 62 Down: Parroted (6)
- ECHOED
- 63 Down: Hold back (4)
- REIN
- 64 Down: Judge, in Judges (6)
- GIDEON
- 65 Down: Some A.L. batters (3)
- DHS
- 69 Down: Gift for a 35th anniversary (5)
- CORAL
- 70 Down: Fussed over (5)
- DOTED
- 71 Down: Meat packers' union (4)
- UPWA
- 73 Down: "Werther," for one (5)
- OPERA
- 74 Down: Less manifold (5)
- RARER
- 75 Down: Rhodes of Polo Grounds fame (5)
- DUSTY
- 77 Down: "La Dame aux camélias" playwright (5)
- DUMAS
- 78 Down: Discharged (8)
- RELEASED
- 79 Down: El Capitan locale (8)
- YOSEMITE
- 82 Down: Evening gatherings (7)
- SOIREES
- 84 Down: Cry to the hounds (6)
- HOICKS
- 85 Down: Winter apple (7)
- WINESAP
- 87 Down: Wrap of Juárez (6)
- SARAPE
- 90 Down: Country, to Nietzsche (5)
- STAAT
- 91 Down: Rice field (5)
- PADDY
- 92 Down: Lyric poem (5)
- EPODE
- 94 Down: Embroidery loop (5)
- PICOT
- 95 Down: ___ Darya, U.S.S.R. river (3)
- SYR
- 97 Down: Author Wortman (4)
- ELMO
- 98 Down: Vientiane locale (4)
- LAOS
- 99 Down: "Comus" composer (4)
- ARNE
- 101 Down: Marceau character (3)
- BIP
- 102 Down: Nashville col. (3)
- TSU
- 103 Down: U.N. agency (3)
- ILO
- 104 Down: Veto (3)
- NIX
- 105 Down: Author Talese (3)
- GAY
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