FIRST-NAME GAME - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 10/28/1990. By Peter Swift.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Sailor, e.g. (3)
- HAT
- 4 Across: Flirt with (4)
- MASH
- 8 Across: Packs down lightly (5)
- TAMPS
- 13 Across: Lister, e.g. (4)
- PLOW
- 17 Across: Tucked in (4)
- ABED
- 19 Across: Writer Calderon (4)
- ERMA
- 20 Across: Brand new (6)
- UNUSED
- 22 Across: Shankar, the sitarist (4)
- RAVI
- 23 Across: Dramatist de Vega (4)
- LOPE
- 24 Across: Mine, in Marne (4)
- AMOI
- 25 Across: Egypt's second president (6)
- NASSER
- 26 Across: Black cat, to some (4)
- OMEN
- 27 Across: Wine dregs (21)
- TREVINOGRANTSTRASBERG
- 31 Across: Pittsburgh athlete (7)
- STEELER
- 32 Across: Reno-to-Las Vegas dir. (3)
- SSE
- 33 Across: English royal family (7)
- STUARTS
- 34 Across: Misplace (4)
- LOSE
- 35 Across: Southern constellation (5)
- HYDRA
- 39 Across: Command to Fido (3)
- SIT
- 40 Across: Where the Miami flows (4)
- OHIO
- 43 Across: Shipshape (4)
- TRIM
- 46 Across: ___ over (collapses) (5)
- KEELS
- 48 Across: Some salad days (5)
- TEENS
- 52 Across: Low-cut shoes (5)
- PUMPS
- 54 Across: Ticket-booth sign (3)
- SRO
- 55 Across: Hiked, in a way (6)
- RAISED
- 57 Across: Word with jack or stick (4)
- SLAP
- 58 Across: Housebreaks (6)
- TRAINS
- 60 Across: One of the Near Islands (4)
- ATTU
- 62 Across: Penny dreadful or shilling shocker (5)
- NOVEL
- 64 Across: A marzo date (3)
- IDI
- 65 Across: Clear (3)
- NET
- 66 Across: Certain tides (5)
- NEAPS
- 68 Across: Greek letter (3)
- ETA
- 69 Across: This, to Caesar (3)
- HIC
- 70 Across: Fishes (21)
- BOLGERMILLANDBRADBURY
- 77 Across: Choler (3)
- IRE
- 78 Across: Brazil's ___ Branco (3)
- RIO
- 79 Across: Africa's largest city (5)
- CAIRO
- 80 Across: ___ de la Cité (3)
- ILE
- 81 Across: Year Claudius I died (3)
- LIV
- 82 Across: Bon vivant (5)
- SPORT
- 85 Across: Atop (4)
- UPON
- 86 Across: Western squatter (6)
- NESTER
- 90 Across: Annealing oven (4)
- LEER
- 92 Across: Most crafty (6)
- SLIEST
- 94 Across: A.L. member (3)
- VET
- 96 Across: Narrow groove (5)
- STRIA
- 97 Across: R. Wilbur's "Walking to ___" (5)
- SLEEP
- 99 Across: Cartoonist Dean (5)
- ABNER
- 100 Across: ___ Blair (George Orwell) (4)
- ERIC
- 102 Across: ___-froid (calmness) (4)
- SANG
- 103 Across: Supporting (3)
- PRO
- 105 Across: Guys (5)
- STAYS
- 107 Across: Tear apart (4)
- RIVE
- 109 Across: Fun and games (7)
- PASTIME
- 113 Across: Basinger of films (3)
- KIM
- 115 Across: Fence in (7)
- ENCLOSE
- 119 Across: Linear measures (21)
- STEIGERCAMERONSERLING
- 124 Across: Water body east of the Caspian (4)
- ARAL
- 125 Across: Cringe (6)
- GROVEL
- 126 Across: Space (4)
- ROOM
- 127 Across: A Phillies' manager: 1987 (4)
- ELIA
- 128 Across: Egg-shaped fruit (4)
- LIME
- 129 Across: Lofty (6)
- AERIAL
- 130 Across: Poet Lazarus (4)
- EMMA
- 131 Across: Lyricist Evans (4)
- REDD
- 132 Across: Eucharistic rite (4)
- MASS
- 133 Across: John Herzfeld TV film: 1987 (5)
- DADDY
- 134 Across: Views (4)
- SEES
- 135 Across: Lawyer's thing (3)
- RES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Arrests (5)
- HALTS
- 2 Down: Cancel a bombing mission (5)
- ABORT
- 3 Down: Plains Indian shelter (5)
- TEPEE
- 4 Down: Most abject (7)
- MEANEST
- 5 Down: Weapons manufacturers (8)
- ARMORERS
- 6 Down: A portmanteau word (4)
- SMOG
- 7 Down: They are often split (5)
- HAIRS
- 8 Down: Heredity factors (21)
- TUNNEYKRUPAAUTRYKELLY
- 9 Down: Med.-sch. subject (4)
- ANAT
- 10 Down: Rumple (4)
- MUSS
- 11 Down: Attention getter (4)
- PSST
- 12 Down: Cryptesthetic people (5)
- SEERS
- 13 Down: Validates a will (8)
- PROBATES
- 14 Down: Debussy opus (5)
- LAMER
- 15 Down: Open (5)
- OVERT
- 16 Down: Paul McCartney band (5)
- WINGS
- 18 Down: Darkroom activity (10)
- DEVELOPING
- 21 Down: Victorian expletives (5)
- DRATS
- 28 Down: U.N. agency (3)
- ILO
- 29 Down: Ski wood (3)
- ASH
- 30 Down: Clubs, e.g. (4)
- SUIT
- 36 Down: Juno, to Cato (3)
- DEA
- 37 Down: Check (4)
- REIN
- 38 Down: Furthermore (4)
- ALSO
- 40 Down: Elect (3)
- OPT
- 41 Down: "Ben-___" (3)
- HUR
- 42 Down: Cohan's "___ Popular Man" (3)
- IMA
- 44 Down: Tabriz native (5)
- IRANI
- 45 Down: Auto court (5)
- MOTEL
- 47 Down: Cleave (5)
- SEVER
- 49 Down: Diplomat Root (5)
- ELIHU
- 50 Down: Rock bottom (5)
- NADIR
- 51 Down: Off-color (5)
- SPICY
- 53 Down: Scornful looks (6)
- SNEERS
- 56 Down: Keep in custody (6)
- DETAIN
- 59 Down: Runways (6)
- STRIPS
- 61 Down: Take a powder (4)
- TALC
- 63 Down: Scoops (6)
- LADLES
- 67 Down: Impertinent lass (4)
- SNIP
- 70 Down: Parts of wads (5)
- BILLS
- 71 Down: Mirador (5)
- ORIEL
- 72 Down: River quay (5)
- LEVEE
- 73 Down: Dough (5)
- MOOLA
- 74 Down: Flock (5)
- DROVE
- 75 Down: Boo-boo (5)
- BONER
- 76 Down: Author's "jackpot" (10)
- BESTSELLER
- 83 Down: Teases (4)
- RIBS
- 84 Down: Kind of caterpillar (4)
- TENT
- 87 Down: Singing syllable (3)
- TRA
- 88 Down: German article (3)
- EIN
- 89 Down: Scandal sheet (3)
- RAG
- 91 Down: Herpetologist's subject (8)
- REPTILES
- 93 Down: Celebes, e.g. (3)
- SEA
- 95 Down: Boring (8)
- TIRESOME
- 98 Down: Betsey ___ (Dickens character) (4)
- PRIG
- 101 Down: British movie theaters (7)
- CINEMAS
- 104 Down: End (5)
- OMEGA
- 106 Down: Title Pinero had (3)
- SIR
- 108 Down: TV adjunct (3)
- VCR
- 109 Down: Sacred song (5)
- PSALM
- 110 Down: Trajan's courtyards (5)
- ATRIA
- 111 Down: Furrows (5)
- SEAMS
- 112 Down: Misjudged (5)
- ERRED
- 114 Down: Traditional customs (5)
- MORES
- 116 Down: Edmonton hockey player (5)
- OILER
- 117 Down: Slyly sarcastic (5)
- SNIDE
- 118 Down: Kin of 21 Down (5)
- EGADS
- 120 Down: Actress Witherspoon (4)
- CORA
- 121 Down: Enthusiastic (4)
- AVID
- 122 Down: Fermented drink (4)
- MEAD
- 123 Down: Seward Peninsula city (4)
- NOME
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