SPELLBOUND - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 5/12/1991. By Randolph Ross.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Muammar el-___ of Libya (7): QADDAFI
8 Across: Sheer; utter (5): STARK
13 Across: Hula hoops, once (5): CRAZE
18 Across: Idealists (8): UTOPIANS
20 Across: Like a diorama (6): THREED
22 Across: Actress Veronica from Philadelphia (5): HAMEL
23 Across: Gunslinger's forte (8): FASTDRAW
24 Across: Week, in Mexico (6): SEMANA
25 Across: Love, in Roma (5): AMORE
26 Across: Powerful explosive (3): TNT
27 Across: Fabulous finale (5): MORAL
29 Across: Mikhail of ballet (11): BARYSHNIKOV
31 Across: Colorless: Comb. form (4): LEUC
32 Across: George's lyricist (3): IRA
34 Across: European wooden shoes (6): SABOTS
35 Across: Egyptian king (11): TUTANKHAMEN
39 Across: Conjunction (3): NOR
40 Across: W. Webster's gp. (3): CIA
43 Across: Pyrite and pitchblende (4): ORES
44 Across: Actress Beulah: 1892-1981 (5): BONDI
46 Across: Where Jeanne d'Arc triumphed: 1429 (7): ORLEANS
49 Across: Mid East ladies' rooms (4): ODAS
50 Across: Common code (5): MORSE
52 Across: Author Feodor (10): DOSTOEVSKI
55 Across: Film director Akira (8): KUROSAWA
57 Across: Corresponded (5): WROTE
59 Across: Cereal fruit (6): RAISIN
60 Across: Low digit (3): TOE
61 Across: Touched down (4): ALIT
62 Across: Host of the 1992 summer Olympics (5): SPAIN
63 Across: Cousin of Tony and Oscar (4): EMMY
66 Across: Philosopher Friedrich (9): NIETZSCHE
71 Across: Catch (4): SNAG
72 Across: They're bitten and banged (5): NAILS
74 Across: Anglo-Saxon money of account (4): ORAE
75 Across: Co-star of "Rocky III" (3): MRT
77 Across: Type of minnow (6): CUTLIP
78 Across: Texas footballer (5): OILER
80 Across: Deng ___, Chinese leader (8): XIAOPING
85 Across: Zbigniew of Carter's Administration (10): BRZEZINSKI
87 Across: Squash variety (5): ACORN
89 Across: Myanmar group (4): SGAU
90 Across: " . . . fears that I may ___ be": Keats (7): CEASETO
91 Across: Sergeant's "___ were!" (5): ASYOU
93 Across: ___'acte (intermission) (4): ENTR
94 Across: Librarian's admonition (3): SSH
95 Across: Recipe amt. (3): TSP
97 Across: Philosophical writer Charles Louis de Secondat (11): MONTESQUIEU
101 Across: Dormant (6): ASLEEP
104 Across: Ltd., in the U.S.A. (3): INC
105 Across: Tennyson poem (4): MAUD
106 Across: Philosopher-theologian Soren (11): KIERKEGAARD
110 Across: "Se ___ español" (5): HABLA
112 Across: Wilde was one (3): WIT
115 Across: As a friend: Fr. (5): ENAMI
116 Across: English cloth measure, once used for tax purposes (6): ALNAGE
118 Across: Chief artery (8): MAINLINE
120 Across: Shore bird (5): EGRET
121 Across: Assented (6): YESSED
122 Across: Example (8): INSTANCE
123 Across: Awaits action (5): PENDS
124 Across: Namesakes of Actress Cannon (5): DYANS
125 Across: Poet Omar (7): KHAYYAM

Down Answers

1 Down: Egyptian village (4): QUFT
2 Down: ___ impasse (4): ATAN
3 Down: Biblical verb (4): DOST
4 Down: Agr. is one at D.C. (3): DPT
5 Down: Medics' assistants (6): AIDMEN
6 Down: King of Egypt: 1936-52 (6): FAROUK
7 Down: Graft, in a way (6): INARCH
8 Down: Wall and Fleet: Abbr. (3): STS
9 Down: "And ___ played on" (7): THEBAND
10 Down: "Aeneid" starter (4): ARMA
11 Down: Nurtures (5): REARS
12 Down: Nairobi native (6): KENYAN
13 Down: Intone (5): CHANT
14 Down: Harold of "Ghostbusters" (5): RAMIS
15 Down: In a frenzy (4): AMOK
16 Down: Zilch (4): ZERO
17 Down: Alt. (4): ELEV
19 Down: Namibia, once: Abbr. (3): SWA
21 Down: German submarine film: 1981 (7): DASBOOT
28 Down: Fancy wheels (5): LIMOS
30 Down: Atrocities (7): HORRORS
31 Down: Rodeo rope (5): LASSO
33 Down: Continue, as a subscription (5): RENEW
35 Down: Accepted (4): TOOK
36 Down: Language of Pakistan (4): URDU
37 Down: Eye drop (4): TEAR
38 Down: Canyon mouth (4): ABRA
40 Down: Chinese cinnamon (6): CASSIA
41 Down: Pressman's activity (6): INKING
42 Down: A ___ apple (4): ASIN
45 Down: Rock stars, to some (5): IDOLS
47 Down: ___ a conclusion (prejudges) (7): LEAPSTO
48 Down: French spa (5): EVIAN
50 Down: Leader before Hua (3): MAO
51 Down: Author Wister (4): OWEN
53 Down: Of the ear (4): OTIC
54 Down: Eve's third (4): SETH
56 Down: Make conventional (7): STYLIZE
58 Down: Wooden ship without an upper deck (5): RAZEE
63 Down: Hardens (6): ENURES
64 Down: Passover staple (6): MATZAH
65 Down: "And ___ to go . . . ": Frost (5): MILES
67 Down: Perfect test scores (4): IOOS
68 Down: Actor Estrada (4): ERIK
69 Down: Shire of "Godfather III" (5): TALIA
70 Down: Arabian prince (4): EMIR
73 Down: Kind of bug (7): SPITTLE
76 Down: Film by 55 Across (3): RAN
77 Down: Common lab tests (4): CBCS
79 Down: Synthetic material (5): RAYON
80 Down: Delete (4): XOUT
81 Down: False: Comb. form (5): PSEUD
82 Down: Fire: Comb. form (4): IGNI
83 Down: Hoopster Archibald (4): NATE
84 Down: Teacher, in India (4): GURU
86 Down: Small bunch of flowers (7): NOSEGAY
88 Down: Seashell often used as a horn (5): CONCH
92 Down: Little bit (7): SMIDGEN
96 Down: Rang (6): PEALED
98 Down: Enclose a waterway (6): EMBANK
99 Down: N.A. Indian language (6): SALISH
100 Down: Amounts (6): QUANTA
101 Down: Carrying a weapon (5): ARMED
102 Down: Playlets (5): SKITS
103 Down: Li'l Abner's mother (5): PANSY
106 Down: Retain (4): KEEP
107 Down: "Picnic" playwright (4): INGE
108 Down: Generate profits (4): EARN
109 Down: Tabula ___ (4): RASA
111 Down: "___ Blue?": 1929 song (3): AMI
112 Down: Vinous (4): WINY
113 Down: Peruvian native (4): INCA
114 Down: Rain cats and dogs (4): TEEM
117 Down: Begley and Bradley (3): EDS
119 Down: Minstrel's song (3): LAY

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