LABOR DAY LARGESS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 9/2/1990. By Frances Hansen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Lille's department (4): NORD
5 Across: Cause distaste (5): REPEL
10 Across: English estate feature (4): MAZE
14 Across: Arnaz, Sr. or Jr. (4): DESI
18 Across: Thine, in 1 Across (4): ATOI
19 Across: Miss ___, J. R.'s mother (5): ELLIE
20 Across: Sans assistance (5): ALONE
22 Across: Bow out gracefully (4): EXIT
23 Across: Baker's largess (10): TONSOFBUNS
25 Across: Madison Ave. worker's largess (10): SCADSOFADS
27 Across: Hurdle, in a way (8): LEAPFROG
28 Across: Shankar's medium (5): SITAR
30 Across: The "Soviet Riviera" (6): CRIMEA
31 Across: Once again (4): ANEW
32 Across: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (5): LENIN
33 Across: Blanch (4): PALE
34 Across: What a choir requires (5): ALTOS
36 Across: Alberta tourist center (5): BANFF
37 Across: Fondled (8): CARESSED
41 Across: Gator's cousin (4): CROC
42 Across: Assembly worker's largess (12): HEAPSOFJEEPS
45 Across: Medieval French poem (3): LAI
46 Across: "Portnoy's Complaint" author (4): ROTH
47 Across: Yalie (3): ELI
48 Across: Pacino and Hirt (3): ALS
49 Across: Zilch (4): ZERO
50 Across: Org. founded in Bogotá: 1948 (3): OAS
51 Across: Roofer's largess (12): PILESOFTILES
57 Across: Temple or Rice 11 (4): OWLS
58 Across: Divided proportionately (8): PRORATED
60 Across: Mrs. Ethan Frome (5): ZEENA
61 Across: Silverweed (5): TANSY
63 Across: Sacked (5): FIRED
64 Across: Victoria ___ (5): FALLS
65 Across: He played to the balcony (5): ROMEO
66 Across: Bees do it (5): SWARM
67 Across: Ah Sin's creator (5): HARTE
68 Across: Set one's goal toward (8): AIMEDFOR
71 Across: Lt. Cable's love (4): LIAT
72 Across: Reaper's largess (12): STACKSOFFLAX
75 Across: Singer Sumac (3): YMA
76 Across: Pilaster (4): ANTA
77 Across: "A Chorus Line" finale (3): ONE
78 Across: Welsh-rabbit brew (3): ALE
79 Across: Gist of the matter (4): MEAT
80 Across: Slave Turner (3): NAT
81 Across: Washerwoman's largess (12): FLOODSOFSUDS
87 Across: Beards grown by some farmers (4): AWNS
88 Across: Gladstone's political rival (8): DISRAELI
90 Across: Rich cake (5): TORTE
91 Across: Ankles (5): TARSI
93 Across: Part of a Racine product (4): ACTE
94 Across: Conclusion (5): FINIS
95 Across: Roast, in Reims (4): ROTI
96 Across: " . . . 'tis no sin for ___ labor . . . ": Shak. (6): AMANTO
99 Across: Purim celebrates his destruction (5): HAMAN
100 Across: Set free (8): RELEASED
104 Across: Garment worker's largess (10): BAGSOFRAGS
106 Across: Corn farmer's largess (10): GOBSOFCOBS
108 Across: Memorable basso Pinza (4): EZIO
109 Across: Largest book size (5): FOLIO
110 Across: Of a Great Lake (5): ERIAN
111 Across: Owlish comment (4): HOOT
112 Across: Silas Marner's apparatus (4): LOOM
113 Across: Beethoven's birthplace (4): BONN
114 Across: Certain orgs. (5): SYSTS
115 Across: ___ of Court, British bar group (4): INNS

Down Answers

1 Down: Part of N.R.A. (4): NATL
2 Down: Kiowa's cousin (4): OTOE
3 Down: Columnist Barrett (4): RONA
4 Down: Expedition (8): DISPATCH
5 Down: Stimulate the memory (7): REFRESH
6 Down: Jostle rudely (5): ELBOW
7 Down: Nag (4): PLUG
8 Down: German article (3): EIN
9 Down: Diminishes (7): LESSENS
10 Down: Lap dog's opposite number (7): MASTIFF
11 Down: Northern highway (5): ALCAN
12 Down: Lot's refuge city (4): ZOAR
13 Down: He may be tight (3): END
14 Down: Throws down the gauntlet (6): DEFIES
15 Down: Quiz (4): EXAM
16 Down: Kind of car at the bar (4): SIDE
17 Down: "___ boy!" (4): ITSA
21 Down: Steep slope (6): ESCARP
24 Down: ___ consequence (trivial) (4): OFNO
26 Down: Heraldry bands (5): ORLES
29 Down: Dope (4): INFO
32 Down: "___ Lazuli," Yeats poem (5): LAPIS
33 Down: Bel ___ (mild cheese) (5): PAESE
34 Down: Bellowing (5): AROAR
35 Down: Electrician's largess (11): LOTSOFWATTS
36 Down: Did a cotton-pickin' job (5): BALED
37 Down: Naos (5): CELLA
38 Down: Nurseryman's largess (11): SLEWSOFYEWS
39 Down: Betimes (5): EARLY
40 Down: "Vaya con ___," 1953 hit (4): DIOS
41 Down: Riding whip (4): CROP
43 Down: Fished for congers (5): EELED
44 Down: Certain Hindu ascetics (5): JAINS
49 Down: Like hospital areas (5): ZONED
51 Down: Young salmon (4): PARR
52 Down: Shopping-list notations (5): ITEMS
53 Down: ___ Ike of comics (5): OZARK
54 Down: Hat materials (5): FELTS
55 Down: Complete: Comb. form (5): TELEO
56 Down: Plant aperture (5): STOMA
59 Down: Lariat (5): RIATA
62 Down: Wall St. acronym (4): AMEX
64 Down: Confronted (5): FACED
65 Down: Rubbed the wrong way (5): RILED
66 Down: Biblical mount (5): SINAI
67 Down: Vietnamese capital (5): HANOI
68 Down: "A flea and a fly in ___" (5): AFLUE
69 Down: Man from Muscat (5): OMANI
70 Down: Pied Piper's entourage (4): RATS
71 Down: Touch down (4): LAND
73 Down: Mont. county (5): TOOLE
74 Down: Observes Lent (5): FASTS
79 Down: Popular Mexican music (8): MARIACHI
81 Down: Ipso ___ (5): FACTO
82 Down: Excused from duty (6): LETOFF
83 Down: Secretary of State: 1929-33 (7): STIMSON
84 Down: Eugene O'Neill's daughter (4): OONA
85 Down: Adornments for some surreys (7): FRINGES
86 Down: Runners (7): STOLONS
89 Down: Kidnapper's demand (6): RANSOM
92 Down: Crown of Osiris (4): ATEF
94 Down: Oliver's wicked tutor (5): FAGIN
95 Down: Continued in a musical-chairs game (5): RESAT
96 Down: The third man (4): ABEL
97 Down: Author de la Roche (4): MAZO
98 Down: Exchange premium (4): AGIO
99 Down: Heavenly headgear (4): HALO
100 Down: Baseball stats (4): RBIS
101 Down: Presently (4): SOON
102 Down: Black, poetically (4): EBON
103 Down: N.Y. times (4): DSTS
105 Down: Alcoholic Roy (3): ROB
107 Down: Kid ___, jazz trombonist (3): ORY

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