YULETIDE NINE - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 12/23/1990. By John M. Samson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Castile (4)
- SOAP
- 5 Across: Ontario tribesmen (5)
- CREES
- 10 Across: N.Y.C. river (6)
- HARLEM
- 16 Across: Piece of cake (5)
- CINCH
- 17 Across: Novelist Troyat (5)
- HENRI
- 18 Across: Birdman (7)
- AVIATOR
- 20 Across: CUPID (12)
- SAMCOOKESONG
- 22 Across: Hurdle (8)
- LEAPOVER
- 24 Across: Farrell's knee bend (4)
- PLIE
- 25 Across: Peter and a Wolfe (5)
- NEROS
- 26 Across: "The Perfect Fool" composer (5)
- HOLST
- 28 Across: Prime-time time (4)
- NINE
- 29 Across: Small "small" (3)
- LIL
- 30 Across: Canary's cousin (5)
- SERIN
- 31 Across: Label anew (5)
- RETAG
- 33 Across: Athenian vowel (3)
- ETA
- 34 Across: Asunder (5)
- APART
- 36 Across: Spruce (4)
- NEAT
- 38 Across: TV bee (4)
- MAYA
- 39 Across: Poor surfer (5)
- HODAD
- 41 Across: Voice (6)
- THROAT
- 43 Across: "Santa Claus Is Watching You" singer (7)
- STEVENS
- 45 Across: Indeed (6)
- VERILY
- 46 Across: Rats! (4)
- DRAT
- 48 Across: They were: Lat. (5)
- ERANT
- 49 Across: Tower of Bombay (5)
- MINAR
- 50 Across: Alluded (8)
- REFERRED
- 54 Across: Old age, of old (3)
- ELD
- 55 Across: VIXEN (8)
- BATTLEAX
- 58 Across: European capital (4)
- OSLO
- 59 Across: Oder tributary (6)
- NEISSE
- 61 Across: In holiday spirits (4)
- GALA
- 62 Across: Behold, to Brutus (4)
- ECCE
- 63 Across: Western lizard (3)
- UTA
- 64 Across: DANCER (9)
- TARANTIST
- 66 Across: Jacky (3)
- TAR
- 67 Across: Mild oath (4)
- GOSH
- 69 Across: Boston catcher (4)
- PENA
- 70 Across: Shelved (6)
- TABLED
- 72 Across: Convex moldings (4)
- TORI
- 73 Across: Transient things (8)
- EPHEMERA
- 75 Across: Marble (3)
- MIB
- 76 Across: Abstruse (8)
- ESOTERIC
- 78 Across: Ferric (5)
- IRONY
- 79 Across: Dr. Salk (5)
- JONAS
- 81 Across: John, in Cardiff (4)
- EVAN
- 82 Across: William Conrad role (6)
- CANNON
- 84 Across: Zingers (7)
- RETORTS
- 86 Across: Ham (6)
- EMOTER
- 90 Across: Swiss sledder (5)
- LUGER
- 91 Across: Bastes (4)
- SEWS
- 92 Across: Hang behind (4)
- DRAG
- 94 Across: Likely (5)
- PRONE
- 95 Across: "Artie" author (3)
- ADE
- 96 Across: Tape over (5)
- ERASE
- 98 Across: Soft-palate projection (5)
- UVULA
- 100 Across: Divinity deg. (3)
- STD
- 101 Across: Letter opener (4)
- SIRS
- 103 Across: White poplar (5)
- ABELE
- 105 Across: Useful (5)
- UTILE
- 106 Across: A sister of Europa (4)
- ASIA
- 107 Across: Nov. 11 honoree (8)
- STMARTIN
- 109 Across: DASHER (12)
- PARTOFACHURN
- 112 Across: Conspicuous (7)
- SALIENT
- 113 Across: Propose (5)
- OFFER
- 114 Across: Mold (5)
- SHAPE
- 115 Across: Where Virgil wrote the "Georgics" (6)
- NAPLES
- 116 Across: Rating symbols (5)
- STARS
- 117 Across: Focal points (4)
- HUBS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Suchlike (7)
- SIMILAR
- 2 Down: Third of thrice (4)
- ONCE
- 3 Down: French explorer in Colonial America (3)
- ACO
- 4 Down: Modern medium (5)
- PHONE
- 5 Down: Dijon darlings (7)
- CHERIES
- 6 Down: Resound (8)
- RESONATE
- 7 Down: One of Eve's grandsons (4)
- ENOS
- 8 Down: White-tailed bird (3)
- ERN
- 9 Down: Deep breath (4)
- SIGH
- 10 Down: COMET (7)
- HALLEYS
- 11 Down: Parsees' sacred writings (6)
- AVESTA
- 12 Down: Cowboy's rope (5)
- RIATA
- 13 Down: Pomeranian's place (3)
- LAP
- 14 Down: Lord Wimsey's alma mater (4)
- ETON
- 15 Down: DONNER (popular variant of Donder) (13)
- MOVIEDIRECTOR
- 16 Down: Islamic leader (6)
- CALIPH
- 19 Down: Charter car (6)
- RENTAL
- 20 Down: Panel strip (5)
- SPLAT
- 21 Down: "Sunny" composer (4)
- KERN
- 23 Down: Psyched up (5)
- READY
- 27 Down: Praying figure (5)
- ORANT
- 30 Down: Brenda of comics (5)
- STARR
- 32 Down: Belgian port (5)
- GHENT
- 35 Down: Copland ballet (5)
- RODEO
- 37 Down: Missionaries of Charity founder (6)
- TERESA
- 38 Down: Remedy (4)
- MEND
- 40 Down: Pontifical cape (5)
- ORALE
- 42 Down: Lake in a cirque (4)
- TARN
- 44 Down: RUDOLPH (9)
- VALENTINO
- 45 Down: Biography (4)
- VITA
- 47 Down: Wobbling (7)
- TEETERY
- 49 Down: Kind of cross (7)
- MALTESE
- 50 Down: Roulette bet (5)
- ROUGE
- 51 Down: Bar, to a barrister (5)
- ESTOP
- 52 Down: BLITZEN (13)
- FLASHINGERMAN
- 53 Down: An aunt of Princess Beatrice (5)
- DIANA
- 55 Down: Swiss canton (former spelling) (5)
- BASLE
- 56 Down: Mites (5)
- ACARI
- 57 Down: Adapted to the desert (5)
- XERIC
- 60 Down: Mme., in Madrid (3)
- SRA
- 61 Down: Male cat (3)
- GIB
- 65 Down: Garment for Geraint (6)
- TABARD
- 68 Down: City in the Ruhr region (5)
- HERNE
- 69 Down: Keystone State's eponym (4)
- PENN
- 71 Down: "Pacific" bird (4)
- DOVE
- 72 Down: Substance (5)
- TENOR
- 74 Down: "Santa Claus" star (5)
- MOORE
- 75 Down: Epigrams (4)
- MOTS
- 77 Down: Super Bowl XVIII site (5)
- TAMPA
- 79 Down: Pink Panther, e.g. (5)
- JEWEL
- 80 Down: PRANCER (8)
- STRUTTER
- 82 Down: Caliber (5)
- CLASS
- 83 Down: I.R.S. inquiries (6)
- AUDITS
- 84 Down: Bristles (7)
- RESENTS
- 85 Down: Deliverers (7)
- SAVIORS
- 87 Down: Even choices (7)
- TOSSUPS
- 88 Down: Plenary (6)
- ENTIRE
- 89 Down: Fortification (5)
- REDAN
- 91 Down: E Texas river (6)
- SABINE
- 93 Down: Abyss (4)
- GULF
- 97 Down: Badgerlike mammal (5)
- RATEL
- 99 Down: Trammel of a sort (5)
- LEASH
- 102 Down: Reception room (4)
- SALA
- 104 Down: Heroic verse (4)
- EPOS
- 105 Down: City in SE Turkey (4)
- URFA
- 106 Down: Husband of Jezebel (4)
- AHAB
- 108 Down: Torn or Taylor (3)
- RIP
- 110 Down: Sternward (3)
- AFT
- 111 Down: Philosopher ___ Hsi (3)
- CHU
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