QUOTATION MUTATIONS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 3/11/1990. By Robert H. Wolfe.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Singer Franklin (6)
- ARETHA
- 7 Across: Burghoff role (5)
- RADAR
- 12 Across: Swedish explorer Hedin (4)
- SVEN
- 16 Across: Arrow-poison tree (4)
- UPAS
- 20 Across: Lewd one (6)
- LECHER
- 21 Across: Act, in a way (5)
- EMOTE
- 22 Across: Wing: Comb. form (5)
- PTERO
- 23 Across: Part of TV (4)
- TELE
- 24 Across: Herb's promise for kids? (18)
- ACHICKENINEVERYTOT
- 27 Across: Kemo ___, Tonto's pal (4)
- SABE
- 28 Across: Acts dreamily (5)
- MOONS
- 29 Across: At ___ (free) (5)
- LARGE
- 30 Across: Takes forty winks (7)
- REPOSES
- 32 Across: Chew the ___ (ponder) (3)
- CUD
- 33 Across: Deficiency: Comb. form (4)
- OLIG
- 34 Across: NASA cart (3)
- LEM
- 35 Across: Dill of the Bible (4)
- ANET
- 36 Across: Honors (7)
- ESTEEMS
- 38 Across: Jim Lawrence's advice to teetotalers? (16)
- DONTGIVEUPTHENIP
- 44 Across: A ground for running (4)
- TURF
- 45 Across: Diseases of rye (6)
- ERGOTS
- 46 Across: Orient expresser (4)
- POLO
- 47 Across: Buffalo Bill (4)
- CODY
- 49 Across: Hope-Crosby title word, often (4)
- ROAD
- 52 Across: Tyke protector (3)
- BIB
- 54 Across: Encapsulate (6)
- ENCYST
- 57 Across: Sticky stuff (3)
- GOO
- 58 Across: Shield border (4)
- ORLE
- 59 Across: More demure (5)
- SHIER
- 63 Across: Tops (4)
- AONE
- 65 Across: Imitation gold leaf (6)
- ORMOLU
- 67 Across: Agitate (4)
- ROIL
- 68 Across: Bonkers (4)
- LOCO
- 69 Across: Covered (4)
- CLAD
- 70 Across: Heap of stones (5)
- SCREE
- 72 Across: Chang's counterpart (3)
- ENG
- 74 Across: All-purpose trk. (3)
- UTE
- 75 Across: Fillings after drillings (8)
- AMALGAMS
- 77 Across: What Ness put people under (6)
- ARREST
- 79 Across: Grandpa on "The Waltons" (4)
- GEER
- 81 Across: More osseous (6)
- BONIER
- 82 Across: Start of Julius's phrase for a carpenter? (9)
- ICOMEISAW
- 85 Across: Cradle tenders (6)
- MAMMAS
- 88 Across: ___-do-well (4)
- NEER
- 89 Across: Colima coverup (6)
- SERAPE
- 90 Across: Frightful (8)
- ALARMING
- 92 Across: Thai's neighbor (3)
- LAO
- 94 Across: Anil, e.g. (3)
- DYE
- 96 Across: One who bells the cat (5)
- DARER
- 97 Across: Legal claim (4)
- LIEN
- 98 Across: Radiate (4)
- EMIT
- 99 Across: Prefix with chord or meter (4)
- OCTA
- 101 Across: Cabot Cove's Jessica (6)
- ANGELA
- 103 Across: Cows, to Cowper (4)
- KINE
- 104 Across: Basketball defense (5)
- PRESS
- 105 Across: Apex (4)
- CUSP
- 106 Across: Hoopster Manute ___ (3)
- BOL
- 107 Across: Bacon products (6)
- ESSAYS
- 110 Across: Kind of bear (3)
- SHE
- 112 Across: Brain passage (4)
- ITER
- 113 Across: "The jig ___!" (4)
- ISUP
- 115 Across: Smell ___ (be suspicious) (4)
- ARAT
- 116 Across: Marina sights (6)
- YACHTS
- 121 Across: Burbot (4)
- LING
- 123 Across: Harry's phrase for a goalie's crease? (16)
- THEPUCKSTOPSHERE
- 128 Across: Certain summaries (7)
- SYLLABI
- 131 Across: Kind of surgeon (4)
- ORAL
- 132 Across: Libation station potation (3)
- ALE
- 133 Across: Strikes that please mine owners (4)
- ORES
- 134 Across: He wrote "The Brave Bulls" (3)
- LEA
- 135 Across: Partner of Old Lace (7)
- ARSENIC
- 137 Across: Mouth, to a zoologist (5)
- STOMA
- 140 Across: Actress Massey (5)
- ILONA
- 141 Across: Dinner for Spend A Buck (4)
- OATS
- 143 Across: René's words for a lurker? (18)
- ISLINKTHEREFOREIAM
- 146 Across: Soft cheese (4)
- BRIE
- 147 Across: Mixers' frozen assets (5)
- CUBES
- 148 Across: Tushingham and Moreno (5)
- RITAS
- 149 Across: "Bridget Loves ___" (6)
- BERNIE
- 150 Across: Koko's weaspon (4)
- SNEE
- 151 Across: New Zealand parrots (4)
- KEAS
- 152 Across: About (5)
- ANENT
- 153 Across: Old lemons (6)
- EDSELS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Thin silk for hoods (7)
- ALAMODE
- 2 Down: Change a shade (7)
- RECOLOR
- 3 Down: Parrot's activity (7)
- ECHOING
- 4 Down: " . . . men have found a ___ love": Chesterton (7)
- THINGTO
- 5 Down: TV's Ramsey et al. (4)
- HECS
- 6 Down: Ham saver (3)
- ARK
- 7 Down: Dub over (6)
- RENAME
- 8 Down: Arabian commander (4)
- AMIR
- 9 Down: Tintinnabular sound (4)
- DONG
- 10 Down: To ___(exactly) (4)
- ATEE
- 11 Down: Race a motor (3)
- REV
- 12 Down: Astringent (7)
- STYPTIC
- 13 Down: Presidential power (4)
- VETO
- 14 Down: Notched, as a leaf (5)
- EROSE
- 15 Down: Horace's good news for a student? (14)
- NOTESTYOUNGMAN
- 16 Down: Old musical syllables (3)
- UTS
- 17 Down: France's wish for Marcel à la Neville? (15)
- PEACEFOROURMIME
- 18 Down: M. Jackson offering (5)
- ALBUM
- 19 Down: Uses a gin (5)
- SEEDS
- 22 Down: Gloat (5)
- PREEN
- 25 Down: Everest stat. (4)
- ELEV
- 26 Down: One with eagle eyes (4)
- ERNE
- 31 Down: A memorable Erwin (3)
- STU
- 34 Down: Actress in "Signore e Signori" (4)
- LISI
- 35 Down: Hailing call (4)
- AHOY
- 37 Down: Fielder's boot (5)
- ERROR
- 39 Down: Most of the U.K. (4)
- GTBR
- 40 Down: Topple (5)
- UPEND
- 41 Down: Corn bread (4)
- PONE
- 42 Down: Forte of a good hosp. (3)
- TLC
- 43 Down: Kind of stick (4)
- POGO
- 48 Down: Bush rival in 1988 (4)
- DOLE
- 50 Down: Anagram for tail (4)
- ALIT
- 51 Down: Galley mark (4)
- DELE
- 53 Down: Gilead's lack (4)
- BALM
- 55 Down: More contrite (7)
- SORRIER
- 56 Down: Kilmer opus (5)
- TREES
- 59 Down: Hunk (4)
- SLAB
- 60 Down: "Ecce ___," Titian painting (4)
- HOMO
- 61 Down: George's retail-failure admission (15)
- ICANNOTSELLATIE
- 62 Down: Isole ___ (isles off Sicily) (5)
- EOLIE
- 64 Down: Saharan stopover (5)
- OASIS
- 66 Down: Cartouche (4)
- MESA
- 69 Down: T.R.'s advice to a strong mason? (14)
- CARRYABIGBRICK
- 70 Down: Winged fruits of elms (7)
- SAMARAS
- 71 Down: "One small ___ for a man . . . " (Neil's short order?) (5)
- CREPE
- 73 Down: Tackle (4)
- GEAR
- 76 Down: Opposite of hawed (4)
- GEED
- 78 Down: Justin Kaplan subject (5)
- TWAIN
- 80 Down: Species of wheat (5)
- EMMER
- 83 Down: Grant (4)
- CEDE
- 84 Down: Papal vestment (5)
- ORALE
- 86 Down: Flavoring for a Cannes cordial (4)
- ANIS
- 87 Down: Some NCO's (4)
- SGTS
- 91 Down: Sediment (4)
- LEES
- 92 Down: Places (4)
- LOCI
- 93 Down: ___ above (better) (4)
- ACUT
- 95 Down: Author-lecturer Mills (4)
- ENOS
- 97 Down: Site of knights' fights (5)
- LISTS
- 100 Down: A certain fool (5)
- APRIL
- 102 Down: Flood (4)
- GLUT
- 103 Down: A tippy canoe? (4)
- KYAK
- 104 Down: Pod denizens (4)
- PEAS
- 108 Down: Author Bellow (4)
- SAUL
- 109 Down: Cometic path (3)
- ARC
- 111 Down: Hoopla (4)
- HYPE
- 114 Down: Impostors (7)
- PHONIES
- 117 Down: Wraths (7)
- CHOLERS
- 118 Down: Juliet or Cordelia (7)
- HEROINE
- 119 Down: Shipbuilding peg (7)
- TRENAIL
- 120 Down: Tropical, herbaceous plants (7)
- SESAMES
- 122 Down: U.S. flight org. (3)
- NAA
- 124 Down: Actresses Moran and Gray (5)
- ERINS
- 125 Down: Lobo group (4)
- PACK
- 126 Down: Most domestic (6)
- TAMEST
- 127 Down: Minn.'s St. ___ College (4)
- OLAF
- 128 Down: Messy ones (5)
- SLOBS
- 129 Down: Pine (5)
- YEARN
- 130 Down: Progeny (5)
- ISSUE
- 136 Down: Exile isle (4)
- ELBA
- 137 Down: Leg part (4)
- SHIN
- 138 Down: Mal de ___ (4)
- TETE
- 139 Down: Algerian port (4)
- ORAN
- 140 Down: Angered (4)
- IRED
- 142 Down: Bishopric (3)
- SEE
- 144 Down: Between, in Bologna (3)
- TRA
- 145 Down: Eng. title (3)
- OBE
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