HOLLYWOOD BOUQUET - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 9/24/1989. By Irene Smullyan.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Nautical term (5): ABEAM
6 Across: Sleight of hand (5): MAGIC
11 Across: May or Charles (4): CAPE
15 Across: Pound, as in a mortar (4): BRAY
19 Across: Cruel master (6): LEGREE
21 Across: Mennonite (5): AMISH
22 Across: Capital of South Yemen (4): ADEN
23 Across: Carroll heroine (5): ALICE
24 Across: The indestructible Miss Bailey (17): PEARLYEVERLASTING
27 Across: Maillol's favorite subject (5): NUDES
28 Across: Terminus (3): END
29 Across: Lunatic of old (6): DEMENT
30 Across: King of the Amorites: Num. 21:21 (5): SIHON
31 Across: Tun (3): VAT
32 Across: Large European tree (3): LIN
33 Across: Devices for heating liquids (5): ETNAS
34 Across: Kind of mite or peak (6): WIDOWS
37 Across: Burrowing rodent (7): HAMSTER
42 Across: More underhanded (5): SLIER
43 Across: Party of a sort (4): FETE
44 Across: Monopolize (3): HOG
46 Across: Wading bird (6): AVOCET
47 Across: The lovable Mr. Holden (12): SWEETWILLIAM
50 Across: U.N. org. (3): ILO
51 Across: Eastern Church monasteries (6): LAURAS
52 Across: Scup (5): PORGY
53 Across: Swiss river (4): AARE
54 Across: Brouhaha (4): STIR
55 Across: QE1 or QE2 (5): LINER
56 Across: Like certain beaches (5): SURFY
57 Across: Fast (5): RAPID
59 Across: Fragment (5): PIECE
60 Across: Der ___ (Adenauer) (4): ALTE
61 Across: Russian communities (4): MIRS
62 Across: De Mille or Rhodes (5): CECIL
63 Across: Famous evolutionist (6): DARWIN
64 Across: Gentleman farmer's degree (3): MSA
65 Across: Mork in tatters (11): RAGGEDROBIN
68 Across: Flavoring substance (6): ORGEAT
69 Across: Bury (6): INHUME
71 Across: Capital of Seine-Maritime (5): ROUEN
72 Across: Set straight (6): ORIENT
73 Across: N.Y.'s geographic center (6): ONEIDA
74 Across: The irrepressible Midler (11): BOUNCINGBET
76 Across: High priest (3): ELI
79 Across: Dahl or Francis (6): ARLENE
80 Across: ___-et-un (gambling game) (5): VINGT
81 Across: Desiccated (4): ARID
82 Across: Foie ___ (table delicacy) (4): GRAS
83 Across: Part of a black suit (5): SPADE
84 Across: Indian princess (5): RANEE
85 Across: Do a framer's job (5): REMAT
87 Across: Icy (5): GELID
88 Across: So (4): THUS
89 Across: Ballad (4): SONG
90 Across: Broadcast (5): AIRED
91 Across: Fox or jackal (6): CANINE
92 Across: Poetic contraction (3): OER
93 Across: The adorable Miss Pickford (12): BLUEEYEDMARY
96 Across: Ancient Greek colony (6): AEOLIA
97 Across: Herb for McClanahan (3): RUE
98 Across: Bonnie one (4): LASS
99 Across: Common mosquito (5): AEDES
100 Across: Spread out (7): SPLAYED
101 Across: Envelope protecting a record (6): SLEEVE
103 Across: Nodded (5): ERRED
104 Across: "The pig was ___" (3): EAT
105 Across: ___ de Calais (3): PAS
106 Across: "Life is an ___ itself . . . ": O. W. Holmes Jr. (5): ENDIN
107 Across: Notorious mischief-maker (6): DENNIS
110 Across: Cousin of kvass (3): ALE
113 Across: Icy pinnacle (5): SERAC
116 Across: Miss Heming as a partner in crime (17): CONFEDERATEVIOLET
119 Across: Period (5): EPOCH
120 Across: Cordon ___ (top chef) (4): BLEU
121 Across: Edict in Odessa (5): UKASE
122 Across: One who sidesteps (6): EVADER
123 Across: Social attribute (4): TACT
124 Across: Hall, in Hamburg (4): SAAL
125 Across: A concern of Whittier (5): METER
126 Across: End of a Gertrude Stein quote (5): AROSE

Down Answers

1 Down: Mont Blanc, e.g. (4): ALPE
2 Down: "I've ___ to London . . . " (4): BEEN
3 Down: Mild expletive (4): EGAD
4 Down: Airport abbr. (3): ARR
5 Down: Pinochle play (4): MELD
6 Down: Expert (5): MAVEN
7 Down: Verily (4): AMEN
8 Down: Encircled (4): GIRT
9 Down: St. John or St. Thomas (3): ISL
10 Down: Bonos' baby (8): CHASTITY
11 Down: Members of a medieval sect (7): CATHARI
12 Down: Juan's goodbye (5): ADIOS
13 Down: Writer Robert ___ Warren (4): PENN
14 Down: Siamese twin (3): ENG
15 Down: Popeye's nemesis (5): BLUTO
16 Down: Divest (3): RID
17 Down: The Red Baron, e.g. (3): ACE
18 Down: Permissive word (3): YES
20 Down: Ocelli (7): EYELETS
23 Down: Crown of flowers (6): ANADEM
25 Down: Eastern potentate (4): EMIR
26 Down: Tendon (5): SINEW
31 Down: Curriculum ___ (5): VITAE
33 Down: Poetic tribute (5): ELEGY
34 Down: Bizarre (5): WEIRD
35 Down: Tomlinson shooting the rapids (14): WHITEWATERLILY
36 Down: Seek (7): SOLICIT
37 Down: Subject of Tennyson's "In Memoriam" (6): HALLAM
38 Down: Serves (6): AVAILS
39 Down: Hardy friend at Pikes Peak (14): MOUNTAINLAUREL
40 Down: Pebbly rubble (5): SCREE
41 Down: Speed (4): TEAR
42 Down: Gurth, in "Ivanhoe" (4): SERF
43 Down: Thresh (5): FLAIL
45 Down: Bridge whiz (5): GOREN
47 Down: Euphorbia (6): SPURGE
48 Down: An anagram for sower (5): WORSE
49 Down: Poor man's mink (5): LAPIN
54 Down: Circe, e.g. (5): SIREN
56 Down: Ess (5): SIGMA
57 Down: Violin precursor (5): REBEC
58 Down: Small seeds of grapes (5): ACINI
59 Down: Debra of Hollywood (5): PAGET
61 Down: Bea Arthur role (5): MAUDE
62 Down: Dracula, for one (5): COUNT
63 Down: Sere (5): DRIED
65 Down: Lorelei's river (5): RHINE
66 Down: Bee sound (5): DRONE
67 Down: Stendahl's "Le ___ et le noir" (5): ROUGE
68 Down: Satellite's path (5): ORBIT
70 Down: Lacks (5): NEEDS
72 Down: Sweet Rosie (6): OGRADY
73 Down: Eurydice's beloved (7): ORPHEUS
74 Down: Jag (5): BINGE
75 Down: Designator (5): NAMER
77 Down: Singer Kazan (6): LAINIE
78 Down: "Ding-Dong! the Witch ___" (6): ISDEAD
79 Down: Actress in "The Maltese Falcon" (5): ASTOR
80 Down: Windmill parts (5): VANES
82 Down: Columbus's hometown (5): GENOA
84 Down: Awaken (5): ROUSE
85 Down: Frosty (5): RIMED
86 Down: Ages (4): ERAS
87 Down: Manxman, e.g. (4): GAEL
89 Down: Croats and Czechs (5): SLAVS
90 Down: Postscript (8): ADDENDUM
91 Down: Kind of audience (7): CAPTIVE
93 Down: Etiolate (6): BLEACH
94 Down: Quantity alongside a barn (7): YARDFUL
95 Down: Spooky (5): EERIE
100 Down: Rational (4): SANE
102 Down: Excess of solar over lunar year (5): EPACT
103 Down: Nine: Comb. form (5): ENNEA
104 Down: Diarize (5): ENTER
106 Down: ___ weed, rangeland plant (4): EOLA
107 Down: Mild expletive (4): DRAT
108 Down: Leisure (4): EASE
109 Down: Hindu god (4): SIVA
110 Down: Actor ___ Ray (4): ALDO
111 Down: Residue (4): LEES
112 Down: Raison d'___ (4): ETRE
113 Down: Beauty-parlor service (3): SET
114 Down: Govt. agency (3): EPA
115 Down: Fabled big bird (3): ROC
116 Down: Network initials (3): CBS
117 Down: Monogram of a musical Duke (3): EKE
118 Down: Means of propulsion (3): OAR

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