BORROWING FROM THE BARD - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 9/30/1990. By Nancy Nicholson Joline.

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Across Answers

1 Across: U. of New Mexico team (5): LOBOS
6 Across: Baby-care item (4): TALC
10 Across: Chevets (5): APSES
15 Across: Kind of case or flight (4): TEST
19 Across: "What's in ___?": Juliet (5): ANAME
20 Across: Pitcher Hershiser (4): OREL
21 Across: Numbers game (5): LOTTO
22 Across: Frogner Park locale (4): OSLO
23 Across: Actress Shire (5): TALIA
24 Across: Maginot, for one (4): LINE
25 Across: Barrie title from "Julius Caesar" (10): DEARBRUTUS
27 Across: Porter-Spewack title from "The Taming of the Shrew" (10): KISSMEKATE
29 Across: Major chaser (4): ETTE
30 Across: Copiers (5): APERS
31 Across: Part of Q.E.D. (4): ERAT
32 Across: Enl. men (3): GIS
33 Across: Roosevelt and Teasdale (5): SARAS
35 Across: W Texas city (6): ODESSA
36 Across: "O ___ Ben Jonson!" (4): RARE
38 Across: New Haven, City of ___ (4): ELMS
39 Across: "___ of the Mind," Shepard play (4): ALIE
40 Across: Does a diaskeuast's job (6): EMENDS
43 Across: McGinniss title from "Macbeth" (11): FATALVISION
48 Across: Latin American dances (6): SALSAS
51 Across: O'Neill play (3): ILE
53 Across: Vagus, e.g. (5): NERVE
54 Across: Belgian resort town (3): SPA
55 Across: Spanish liqueur (4): ANIS
56 Across: Gardener's tool (6): SHEARS
59 Across: Bring up (4): REAR
60 Across: Tossed off, as an exam (4): ACED
61 Across: "___ Shelter," Rolling Stones hit (5): GIMME
63 Across: Paderewski (6): IGNACE
65 Across: Capital of Turkey (6): ANKARA
67 Across: Memorable Israeli political leader (4): MEIR
68 Across: Forsyth title, with "The," from "Julius Caesar" (9): DOGSOFWAR
72 Across: Douglas Hyde's republic (4): EIRE
73 Across: George Eliot's weaver (6): MARNER
75 Across: Join a cause (6): ENLIST
76 Across: Type size (5): ELITE
78 Across: Netman Nastase (4): ILIE
79 Across: Bryce Canyon locale (4): UTAH
83 Across: More comfortable (6): EASIER
85 Across: "Remember ___ wife": Luke 17:32 (4): LOTS
86 Across: "___ 'em!" (3): SIC
87 Across: Actress Jones of "L.A. Law" (5): RENEE
89 Across: Lewis or Weems (3): TED
90 Across: Ekberg and Loos (6): ANITAS
92 Across: Maugham title from "Twelfth Night" (11): CAKESANDALE
96 Across: Pack fruit with the best on top (6): DEACON
98 Across: Clement (4): MILD
99 Across: This may be floppy (4): DISK
101 Across: Burbot (4): LING
102 Across: These are sometimes round (6): ROBINS
105 Across: "___ la vista" (5): HASTA
106 Across: Distress (3): AIL
107 Across: Sheet of ice asea (4): FLOE
111 Across: Moderate (5): ABATE
112 Across: Ten: Comb. form (4): DECI
113 Across: Christie title from "Twelfth Night" (10): SADCYPRESS
116 Across: Kingsley title from "Twelfth Night" (10): WESTWARDHO
118 Across: Lombok neighbor (4): BALI
119 Across: Miller's salesman (5): LOMAN
120 Across: Like the White Rabbit (4): LATE
121 Across: ___-Powell, Boy Scouts founder (5): BADEN
122 Across: Kind of rug (4): AREA
123 Across: Tradition (5): USAGE
124 Across: Lean-to (4): SHED
125 Across: Gather (5): AMASS
126 Across: Bath-towel word (4): HERS
127 Across: Hordeola (5): STYES

Down Answers

1 Down: Potato pancake (5): LATKE
2 Down: Broadcasting (5): ONAIR
3 Down: Model-airplane material (5): BALSA
4 Down: Lunts' comedy title from "Twelfth Night" (13): OMISTRESSMINE
5 Down: Place to caulk (4): SEAM
6 Down: "The Two Towers" author (7): TOLKIEN
7 Down: Former president of Costa Rica (5): ARIAS
8 Down: Mardi Gras follower (4): LENT
9 Down: One of the Monty Python troupe (6): CLEESE
10 Down: Municipal-council member (8): ALDERMAN
11 Down: Writer of inferior verse (9): POETASTER
12 Down: Census figs. (5): STATS
13 Down: To be, in Brest (4): ETRE
14 Down: Kind of story (3): SOB
15 Down: Some head coverings (7): TOUPEES
16 Down: Met bass-baritone (5): ESTES
17 Down: Calumnies (5): SLURS
18 Down: Fiber from a jute (5): TOSSA
26 Down: Ulnae's neighbors (5): RADII
28 Down: Way out (6): EGRESS
34 Down: TV extraterrestrial (3): ALF
35 Down: Oldest street in L.A. (6): OLVERA
37 Down: M.D.'s org. (3): AMA
39 Down: Part of T.A.E. (4): ALVA
41 Down: Muralist Rivera (5): DIEGO
42 Down: Ade's "Fables in ___" (5): SLANG
44 Down: "All the Things You ___," 1939 song (3): ARE
45 Down: Betrayer; traitor (8): ISCARIOT
46 Down: Lehár specialty (8): OPERETTA
47 Down: Nothing, in Nicaragua (4): NADA
48 Down: Weaken (3): SAG
49 Down: Plantae's counterpart (8): ANIMALIA
50 Down: Edward Lear specialty (8): LIMERICK
52 Down: Undo (5): ERASE
57 Down: Lay doggo, in London (3): HID
58 Down: Teatime goody (5): SCONE
60 Down: Leach title from "Henry VIII" (13): AKILLINGFROST
62 Down: Palindromic word (3): ERE
64 Down: "Eroica" key (5): EFLAT
66 Down: Formerly named (3): NEE
69 Down: ___ up (got smart): Slang (5): WISED
70 Down: In reserve (5): ASIDE
71 Down: Hwy. (3): RTE
73 Down: Abbr. for a potpourri (4): MISC
74 Down: Dogpatch denizens, e.g. (6): RURALS
77 Down: Ar chaser (3): ESS
80 Down: Conduce (4): TEND
81 Down: What an ampersand means (3): AND
82 Down: Annoying situations (9): HEADACHES
84 Down: In a risqué manner (6): RACILY
88 Down: Omissions (8): ELISIONS
91 Down: Sine qua ___ (3): NON
93 Down: Issued (7): EMITTED
94 Down: Tendon (5): SINEW
95 Down: Erhard's therapy (3): EST
97 Down: De Larrocha and Markova (7): ALICIAS
100 Down: Algiers native quarter (6): KASBAH
102 Down: Singer Lou from Chicago (5): RAWLS
103 Down: West Indian fetish (5): OBEAH
104 Down: Sew loosely (5): BASTE
105 Down: Ibsen's Gabler (5): HEDDA
106 Down: Freud contemporary (5): ADLER
108 Down: Air Force Chief of Staff: 1961-65 (5): LEMAY
109 Down: Indian or orange (5): OSAGE
110 Down: Anglo-Saxon laborers (5): ESNES
112 Down: Tot (4): DRAM
114 Down: Bern's river (4): AARE
115 Down: ___ fours (4): PLUS
117 Down: Arab's outer garment (3): ABA

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