MIDEAST MONKEYSHINES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 4/22/1990. By Maura B. Jacobson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: New Zealand native (5): MAORI
6 Across: J. F. Cooper subject (5): PILOT
11 Across: Off the mark (5): AMISS
16 Across: Out of breath (6): WINDED
17 Across: Namibia's game preserve (6): ETOSHA
19 Across: Grow together (7): ACCRETE
21 Across: ___ million (6): ONEINA
22 Across: Polluted waters at Port Said? (14): THESEWAGECANAL
24 Across: Draw forth (5): EDUCE
25 Across: Bedouin's workout? (15): ARABICEXERCISES
26 Across: Start of a Hardy title (3): FAR
27 Across: Lump of earth (4): CLOD
28 Across: Town near Steubenville, Ohio (5): ADENA
29 Across: Boot bottom (4): SOLE
30 Across: Corn or verse preceder (3): UNI
31 Across: TV's Donahue (4): PHIL
32 Across: Bu. or pk. (3): AMT
34 Across: To, to Burns (3): TAE
36 Across: East Indian sailor (6): LASCAR
38 Across: Yamamai's kin (3): ERI
39 Across: N.L. M.V.P.: 1952 (5): SAUER
42 Across: Pou ___ (vantage point) (3): STO
45 Across: Donne's geographical error? (14): OMANISANISLAND
49 Across: Fairy-tale sign-off (5): AFTER
51 Across: Certain lodge members (6): MASONS
52 Across: Apt. house, e.g. (5): CONDO
53 Across: Lasso (5): RIATA
54 Across: Methuselah's claim to fame (3): AGE
56 Across: Kindergartner (3): TOT
57 Across: Coal scuttle (3): HOD
58 Across: Alfonse's polite ami (6): GASTON
59 Across: Valentino? (21): AWOLFINSHEIKSCLOTHING
65 Across: He played Ashley (6): LESLIE
66 Across: Violinist Bull (3): OLE
67 Across: Moscow square (3): RED
68 Across: Toastmasters, for short (3): MCS
69 Across: Sierra Nevada resort (5): TAHOE
70 Across: Beersheba's region (5): NEGEV
72 Across: Be philanthropic (6): DONATE
74 Across: ___ Yisrael (Palestine) (5): ERETS
75 Across: Title for an aged Islamic rancher? (14): IMAMOLDCOWHAND
79 Across: Rembrandt's last name (3): RYN
80 Across: Bentsen, for one (5): TEXAN
82 Across: Function (3): USE
83 Across: Numbers each leaf or page (6): FOLIOS
85 Across: TV's Headroom (3): MAX
86 Across: Swift Atl. plane (3): SST
87 Across: Decant (4): POUR
89 Across: Cube root of eight (3): TWO
90 Across: Opposite of wax (4): WANE
93 Across: Cover story (5): ALIBI
97 Across: He wrote "The Gremlins" (4): DAHL
98 Across: Noted Indian diplomat (3): RAU
99 Across: Mideast mecca for stargazers? (15): ADENPLANETARIUM
103 Across: Trudges (5): SLOGS
105 Across: Persian Gulf diet observers? (14): KUWAITWATCHERS
106 Across: Orbital high point (6): APOGEE
107 Across: Voted in (7): ELECTED
108 Across: Tribute (6): HOMAGE
109 Across: Ind. hoopsters (6): PACERS
110 Across: Tire imprint (5): TREAD
111 Across: Natives of Ecbatana, e.g. (5): MEDES
112 Across: Some collars (5): ETONS

Down Answers

1 Down: Philippine island (8): MINDANAO
2 Down: Artery disorder (8): ANEURISM
3 Down: Of a verse form (4): ODIC
4 Down: Coty or Clair (4): RENE
5 Down: G. & S. princess (3): IDA
6 Down: Fuel for a lorry (6): PETROL
7 Down: "___ to Be You," 1924 song (5): ITHAD
8 Down: Leopold's codefendant (4): LOEB
9 Down: Bone: Comb. form (4): OSSI
10 Down: "___ in the Hat": Seuss (6): THECAT
11 Down: Needle-shaped (7): ACERATE
12 Down: DCL doubled (4): MCCC
13 Down: "Not for these ___/The song . . . ": Wordsworth (6): IRAISE
14 Down: Feeling, in Ferrara (5): SENSO
15 Down: Writer Germaine de ___ (5): STAEL
16 Down: Sad (6): WOEFUL
18 Down: Wonderstruck (4): AWED
19 Down: City on the Garonne (4): AGEN
20 Down: Ultimatum word (4): ELSE
23 Down: Tool for Bunyan (3): AXE
25 Down: Common Muslim name (3): ALI
27 Down: "Death on the Nile" author (8): CHRISTIE
31 Down: Ill. coal city (4): PANA
32 Down: Jackie's second (3): ARI
33 Down: Impish (11): MISCHIEVOUS
35 Down: Noah's landfall (6): ARARAT
37 Down: Where Arabian knights park their steeds? (8): CAMELLOT
38 Down: Nanny has three (3): ENS
39 Down: Saharan sights (5): SANDS
40 Down: Plus (3): AND
41 Down: Widmark's first film role (3): UDO
42 Down: Radio annoyance (6): STATIC
43 Down: Grand ___ (Western range) (6): TETONS
44 Down: Chimp's cousin (5): ORANG
46 Down: Presently (4): SOON
47 Down: Aardvark's diet (4): ANTS
48 Down: Peek (4): LOOK
50 Down: "Call me ___" (drowning Arab's cry?) (8): FISHMEAL
54 Down: Tired, in poesy (6): AWEARY
55 Down: A land of plenty (6): GOSHEN
58 Down: Terrible: Slang (8): GODAWFUL
59 Down: Do tailoring (5): ALTER
60 Down: Granada gala (6): FIESTA
61 Down: Navajo's home (5): HOGAN
62 Down: Sch. before jr. high (4): ELEM
63 Down: Gator's kin (4): CROC
64 Down: Comedian Jay (4): LENO
70 Down: Nope (3): NIX
71 Down: Estonian river (3): EMA
72 Down: A.E.S. defeater (3): DDE
73 Down: Son of Odin (4): THOR
76 Down: D-day craft (3): LST
77 Down: Four-fifths of the atmosphere (8): NITROGEN
78 Down: Matronly ladies (8): DOWAGERS
81 Down: Grand ___ Ruler (B.P.O.E. bigwig) (7): EXALTED
84 Down: Winos (6): SOUSES
85 Down: Threat (6): MENACE
86 Down: "Cheers," e.g. (6): SITCOM
87 Down: Brief respites (6): PAUSES
88 Down: Electrical unit (3): OHM
90 Down: "Finnegans ___": Joyce (4): WAKE
91 Down: No longer a minor (5): ADULT
92 Down: More trendy (5): NEWER
94 Down: De ___ ("Green Pastures" role) (4): LAWD
95 Down: Balin or Claire (3): INA
96 Down: Alcott girl (4): BETH
97 Down: Requiem (5): DIRGE
100 Down: Mideast bread (4): PITA
101 Down: Alas! (4): AHME
102 Down: Scan the print (4): READ
103 Down: Tiff (4): SPAT
104 Down: Like a crazy hombre (4): LOCO
106 Down: Rue Morgue murderer (3): APE

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