PUN NAMES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 8/26/1990. By Norma Steinberg.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Caesar's partner (4): COCA
5 Across: Skelton's script-writing spouse (4): EDNA
9 Across: End of a G. Eliot title (5): FLOSS
14 Across: Soldat's hat (4): KEPI
18 Across: Di's spouse (4): CHAS
19 Across: Dry (4): ARID
20 Across: Emcee's opening word (6): LADIES
22 Across: Members of the peerage (6): BARONS
24 Across: French actress with chutzpah? (16): CATHERINEDENERVE
27 Across: Jane Wyatt role in "Star Trek IV" (6): AMANDA
28 Across: Record before showtime (7): PRETAPE
29 Across: Thwacks (5): LICKS
30 Across: ___ Gay, W.W. II bomber (5): ENOLA
32 Across: Potter, in "M*A*S*H" (3): COL
33 Across: Is human? (4): ERRS
34 Across: Sinuous (6): SLINKY
36 Across: Maurois or Malraux (5): ANDRE
37 Across: "Get lost!" (4): SHOO
38 Across: ___ standstill (3): ATA
40 Across: Singles (4): ONES
41 Across: Little charmer (5): CUTIE
42 Across: Shaven (5): SHORN
43 Across: Espionage agent (3): SPY
45 Across: Prying tool (5): LEVER
47 Across: "Crimes and Misdemeanors" director (5): ALLEN
48 Across: Street weapon (4): SHIV
49 Across: Buddy (3): PAL
50 Across: ___ seaman (4): ABLE
51 Across: Base runner's ploy (5): SLIDE
52 Across: Of G.B.S. (7): SHAVIAN
55 Across: Lovable evolutionist? (13): CHARLESDARLIN
59 Across: "But of course!" (9): NATURALLY
61 Across: Anagram for artisan (7): SINATRA
62 Across: Roofing of a sort (6): THATCH
64 Across: Camus essay (4): LETE
65 Across: Commit perjury (3): LIE
66 Across: He wrote "John Brown's Body" (5): BENET
67 Across: What 66 Across was (4): POET
68 Across: Integrity (5): HONOR
70 Across: Ghost of Christmas ___ (4): PAST
71 Across: Fearsome beasts (7): DRAGONS
73 Across: Strongman in a bar (7): BOUNCER
76 Across: Actress Lamarr (4): HEDY
79 Across: Internal obstruction (5): ILEUS
81 Across: Tidy, in Ayr (4): SNOD
82 Across: Scandinavian kings (5): OLAFS
85 Across: Governor of Guam (3): ADA
86 Across: Palaver (4): TALK
88 Across: Miss Kitty's business (6): SALOON
90 Across: Tartness (7): ACIDITY
92 Across: Turkey Day pie (9): MINCEMEAT
95 Across: Presidential Twinkle-Toes? (13): HERBERTHOOFER
97 Across: Matrons, in Madrid (7): SENORAS
98 Across: A pièce de résistance (5): ROAST
100 Across: Artificial: Abbr. (4): IMIT
101 Across: "___ the season . . . " (3): TIS
102 Across: Caddis or crewel (4): YARN
103 Across: Ballerina's rail (5): BARRE
104 Across: Pluto, to Plato (5): HADES
106 Across: Opposite of ant. (3): SYN
107 Across: One way to be in love (5): MADLY
109 Across: Bulwer-Lytton novel (5): LEILA
110 Across: Author of "The Counterfeiters" (4): GIDE
111 Across: Clairvoyance, for short (3): ESP
113 Across: Functions (4): USES
114 Across: Corneous; callous (5): HORNY
115 Across: Artist's purchase (6): CANVAS
117 Across: Dumbo's wings (4): EARS
120 Across: Novel by Kathleen Coyle (3): LIV
121 Across: Polite blokes (5): GENTS
122 Across: "En ___!" (5): GARDE
123 Across: Schleps (7): CARRIES
126 Across: Kimbrough and Post (6): EMILYS
128 Across: Muscular magazine editor? (16): HELENGURLEYBRAWN
131 Across: Calif. county (6): SONOMA
132 Across: Lacking a key (6): ATONAL
133 Across: Mother Hubbard's quest (4): BONE
134 Across: Neb. Indian (4): OTOE
135 Across: Asseverates (4): VOWS
136 Across: Fusty (5): STALE
137 Across: Brings to court (4): SUES
138 Across: Diminish (4): WANE

Down Answers

1 Down: Letters on a U.S.S.R. player's jersey (4): CCCP
2 Down: Chicago's airport (5): OHARE
3 Down: Prepare fare for an affair (5): CATER
4 Down: Obsolescent receptacle? (7): ASHTRAY
5 Down: O.K. Corral shootout participant (4): EARP
6 Down: Helps with the dishes (5): DRIES
7 Down: "Winter of Artifice" writer (3): NIN
8 Down: Author ___ Virginia Woolf (7): ADELINE
9 Down: Speckles (6): FLECKS
10 Down: Tall and thin (5): LANKY
11 Down: Parabases (4): ODES
12 Down: Pinero's title (3): SIR
13 Down: Tarkington opus (9): SEVENTEEN
14 Down: ___ Sutra (4): KAMA
15 Down: Pitcher's stat. (3): ERA
16 Down: Leader in Mexican outerwear? (11): PONCHOVILLA
17 Down: Like some sports (6): INDOOR
21 Down: Sondheim's "___ the Clowns" (6): SENDIN
22 Down: Bundle of cotton (4): BALE
23 Down: Arty party (5): SALON
25 Down: Vane point (4): EAST
26 Down: Roadside stop (5): DINER
31 Down: Miner's delight (3): ORE
35 Down: Adored (5): LOVED
36 Down: "___ Lang Syne" (4): AULD
37 Down: God riding a bull called Nandi (5): SHIVA
39 Down: Red Deer's locale (7): ALBERTA
41 Down: Assure victory (6): CLINCH
42 Down: Stock item (5): SHARE
43 Down: Master, in Madras (5): SAHIB
44 Down: Kind of geometry (5): PLANE
46 Down: Joy Adamson's pet (4): ELSA
47 Down: Got off (4): ALIT
48 Down: Close (4): SHUT
49 Down: Pts. of a jigsaw puzzle (3): PCS
50 Down: Change (5): ALTER
51 Down: Thin board (4): SLAT
52 Down: Area for a taffrail (5): STERN
53 Down: Baba and Pasha (4): ALIS
54 Down: Gorbachev's refusal (4): NYET
56 Down: Travis or Quaid (5): RANDY
57 Down: Expiate (5): ATONE
58 Down: Indian monkey (6): RHESUS
60 Down: Not sotto voce (5): ALOUD
63 Down: Hang out with (6): HOBNOB
67 Down: Sprightly dance (5): POLKA
69 Down: Clarinetist Jimmy of jazz fame (5): NOONE
70 Down: Madrid museum (5): PRADO
72 Down: "___ Goat-Boy": Barth (5): GILES
74 Down: Apache chief (7): COCHISE
75 Down: Prufrock's creator (5): ELIOT
76 Down: Easter entrees (4): HAMS
77 Down: Mrs. Kovacs (4): EDIE
78 Down: Actor from Asti? (11): DANNYDEVINO
80 Down: "Beau Geste" locale (6): SAHARA
81 Down: Kind (4): SORT
83 Down: Number for Hawaii (5): FIFTY
84 Down: Toklas's companion (5): STEIN
86 Down: Ex-quarterback Bradshaw (5): TERRY
87 Down: T. Mann's "___ and His Dog" (4): AMAN
89 Down: ___-majesté (4): LESE
90 Down: "Ma, He's Making Eyes ___," 1921 song (4): ATME
91 Down: Jan.-to-Jan. periods (3): YRS
93 Down: Embers (5): COALS
94 Down: Lionel output (9): TRAINSETS
96 Down: "___ cockhorse . . . " (5): RIDEA
99 Down: Parisian airport (4): ORLY
103 Down: German cannon's name (6): BERTHA
104 Down: Indian religion (5): HINDU
105 Down: Duly and truly, e.g. (7): ADVERBS
106 Down: Nickname Piaf had (7): SPARROW
107 Down: Slip-ons (5): MULES
108 Down: Sci-fi master (6): ASIMOV
109 Down: Nol of Cambodia (3): LON
110 Down: Mouthwash (6): GARGLE
112 Down: Montenegrin, e.g. (4): SERB
114 Down: "For ___ jolly . . . " (4): HESA
115 Down: Sight from Buzzards Bay (5): CANAL
116 Down: Setting (5): SCENE
118 Down: Lariat (5): RIATA
119 Down: Attach, as a button (5): SEWON
121 Down: Places for workouts (4): GYMS
122 Down: Actress Rowlands (4): GENA
124 Down: Yes votes (4): AYES
125 Down: Koko's weapon (4): SNEE
127 Down: Moo (3): LOW
129 Down: Salt pillar's husband (3): LOT
130 Down: Singer Rawls (3): LOU

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