PLEASE THINK TWICE! - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/1/1990. By Bert H. Kruse.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Playwright Racine (4)
- JEAN
- 5 Across: Jazz form (5)
- BEBOP
- 10 Across: Thank-you-___ (road bump) (4)
- MAAM
- 14 Across: Bellow (4)
- ROAR
- 18 Across: Farm unit (4)
- ACRE
- 19 Across: Meyerbeer product (5)
- OPERA
- 20 Across: "Kiss Me, Kate" co-writer Spewack (5)
- BELLA
- 21 Across: Castel Sant'___ at Napoli (4)
- ELMO
- 22 Across: National League nine (10)
- BUCCANEERS
- 24 Across: S.A. capital (10)
- EDIBLEBEAN
- 26 Across: Some Swiss paintings (5)
- KLEES
- 27 Across: Galsworthy novel (5)
- TOLET
- 29 Across: What R. Barr usually gets (6)
- LAUGHS
- 30 Across: Speaks tipsily (5)
- SLURS
- 31 Across: Eyelashes (5)
- CILIA
- 32 Across: Domino (4)
- MASK
- 33 Across: Counterfeit (4)
- SHAM
- 34 Across: Frenchman's girlfriend (4)
- AMIE
- 35 Across: Like Smetana's Marie (8)
- BARTERED
- 39 Across: British servicewomen in W.W. II (5)
- WAACS
- 40 Across: Great Lake (11)
- GAMEOFCARDS
- 43 Across: Yamamai's kin (3)
- ERI
- 44 Across: Wave, in Pau (4)
- ONDE
- 45 Across: Platform under a platform (4)
- SOLE
- 46 Across: Piques at their peaks (4)
- IRES
- 47 Across: Ancient Greek contest (4)
- AGON
- 48 Across: Remick or Marvin (3)
- LEE
- 49 Across: Super Bowl team: 1988 (11)
- SMALLHORSES
- 53 Across: Shun (5)
- EVADE
- 54 Across: Acted as a figurehead (7)
- FRONTED
- 56 Across: Blore and Porter (5)
- ERICS
- 57 Across: Hesitated (6)
- CRANED
- 58 Across: April 1 Abderites (5)
- FOOLS
- 59 Across: Spain's Louvre (5)
- PRADO
- 60 Across: Army honchos (5)
- BRASS
- 61 Across: Most perspicacious (6)
- SAGEST
- 63 Across: Oar fulcrum (5)
- THOLE
- 64 Across: Like the Sabbath (7)
- RESTFUL
- 67 Across: Turns rapidly, in Ayr (5)
- TIRLS
- 68 Across: Rodgers and Hammerstein classic (11)
- SOONERSTATE
- 71 Across: Capital of medieval Armenia (3)
- ANI
- 72 Across: Stuff to smelt (4)
- ORES
- 73 Across: Mickey to avoid (4)
- FINN
- 74 Across: Teen bane (4)
- ACNE
- 75 Across: Budge (4)
- STIR
- 76 Across: Galba's "Go!" (3)
- ITE
- 77 Across: Helen's abductor (11)
- CITYOFLIGHT
- 81 Across: Conductor Zubin ___ (5)
- MEHTA
- 82 Across: Forgives (8)
- CONDONES
- 84 Across: Dispute, in Durango (4)
- RINA
- 85 Across: Punchless punches (4)
- ADES
- 86 Across: Snake eyes at Reno (4)
- ONES
- 87 Across: Cryptesthetic people (5)
- SEERS
- 88 Across: Rose oil (5)
- ATTAR
- 90 Across: Sings, as to an infant (6)
- CROONS
- 93 Across: Apt anagram for notes (5)
- STENO
- 94 Across: Cather's "___ Lady" (5)
- ALOST
- 95 Across: Locks (10)
- HITMUSICAL
- 97 Across: Memorable humorous poet (10)
- ANTIQUECAR
- 102 Across: Pine (4)
- ACHE
- 103 Across: Valuable wood (5)
- EBONY
- 104 Across: Vienna's river, to Strauss (5)
- DONAU
- 105 Across: Learning (4)
- LORE
- 106 Across: "American Gothic" painter (4)
- WOOD
- 107 Across: Specks (4)
- DOTS
- 108 Across: Mothball (5)
- STORE
- 109 Across: John L.'s widow (4)
- YOKO
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Elbow (3)
- JAB
- 2 Down: Old French coin (3)
- ECU
- 3 Down: Rainbow (3)
- ARC
- 4 Down: Jewelry item (8)
- NECKLACE
- 5 Down: Gaffe (5)
- BONER
- 6 Down: Dueling pieces (5)
- EPEES
- 7 Down: Honey bunch (4)
- BEES
- 8 Down: Neb.'s Governor (3)
- ORR
- 9 Down: Hobby (7)
- PASTIME
- 10 Down: Tragedy by Euripides (5)
- MEDEA
- 11 Down: Came to earth (4)
- ALIT
- 12 Down: Dalmatic's relative (3)
- ALB
- 13 Down: Wild ducks (8)
- MALLARDS
- 14 Down: Scold (6)
- REBUKE
- 15 Down: Actor Vidov (4)
- OLEG
- 16 Down: Oriental nana (4)
- AMAH
- 17 Down: Howard and Cey (4)
- RONS
- 20 Down: Faith (6)
- BELIEF
- 23 Down: Grads (5)
- ALUMS
- 25 Down: Cardinal points (5)
- EASTS
- 28 Down: Omnium-gatherum (4)
- OLIO
- 30 Down: World's longest river (12)
- SHADEOFGREEN
- 31 Down: Deloul, e.g. (5)
- CAMEL
- 32 Down: Kind of nest (5)
- MARES
- 33 Down: More reasonable (5)
- SANER
- 35 Down: Divulges (5)
- BARES
- 36 Down: Edward or Norman (12)
- REGANSFATHER
- 37 Down: Undermine (5)
- ERODE
- 38 Down: Emulated Duncan Hines (5)
- DINED
- 39 Down: Gobble (4)
- WOLF
- 40 Down: Prods (5)
- GOADS
- 41 Down: Root and branch (3)
- ALL
- 42 Down: Midwest whitefish (5)
- CISCO
- 45 Down: Sparling (5)
- SMELT
- 47 Down: Nautical cry (5)
- AVAST
- 49 Down: Noted German sculptor: c.1440-1533 (5)
- STOSS
- 50 Down: Fish-eating bird (5)
- HERON
- 51 Down: Papal garment (5)
- ORALE
- 52 Down: Bill attachment (5)
- RIDER
- 53 Down: Take out (5)
- ERASE
- 55 Down: Christmases (5)
- NOELS
- 57 Down: El Greco's birthplace (5)
- CRETE
- 59 Down: Rec. player (5)
- PHONO
- 60 Down: Dark-colored goose (5)
- BRANT
- 61 Down: Unexcitable (5)
- STOIC
- 62 Down: ___-surface missiles (5)
- AIRTO
- 63 Down: Awards named for Ms. Perry (5)
- TONYS
- 65 Down: Distinct parts (5)
- UNITS
- 66 Down: Money in Ankara (4)
- LIRA
- 68 Down: Developers' interests (5)
- SITES
- 69 Down: Grandiose tales (5)
- SAGAS
- 70 Down: Cluck of disapproval (3)
- TCH
- 73 Down: Used artifice (8)
- FINESSED
- 75 Down: Anagram for dyes et al. (8)
- SEDATELY
- 77 Down: Known, in Nantes (5)
- CONNU
- 78 Down: Without interference (6)
- FREELY
- 79 Down: Mortgage (4)
- LIEN
- 80 Down: Forays (7)
- INROADS
- 81 Down: Asian ornamental pine (5)
- MATSU
- 83 Down: Like a goner (6)
- DOOMED
- 87 Down: Watergate figure (5)
- STANS
- 88 Down: "___ needs a good memory": Quintilian (5)
- ALIAR
- 89 Down: Brimless hat (5)
- TOQUE
- 90 Down: Tobacco in the cheek (4)
- CHAW
- 91 Down: Carty of baseball (4)
- RICO
- 92 Down: Subject of a Keats tragedy (4)
- OTHO
- 93 Down: Glaswegian, e.g. (4)
- SCOT
- 94 Down: ___ time (never) (4)
- ATNO
- 96 Down: Nigerian native (3)
- IBO
- 98 Down: Carter's "Why ___ the Best?" (3)
- NOT
- 99 Down: Bill's partner (3)
- COO
- 100 Down: "Boner's ___," comic strip (3)
- ARK
- 101 Down: ___ Speedwagon, rock group (3)
- REO
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