MADCAP MARRIAGES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 6/23/1991. By Victoria and Alex F. Black.

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Across Answers

1 Across: It verges on Virgo (3): LEO
4 Across: Skewed (4): ALOP
8 Across: Architectural recesses (5): APSES
13 Across: Decamped (4): FLED
17 Across: Portoferraio's island (4): ELBA
19 Across: Wife of King Latinus (5): AMATA
20 Across: Patch up a road (5): RETAR
21 Across: Vehicle for winter Olympics (4): LUGE
22 Across: She weds poet-gets lots of mail (16): EMILYPOSTMASTERS
25 Across: "God's Little ___" (4): ACRE
26 Across: Southern constellation (5): LEPUS
27 Across: Childish, in Chartres (6): PUERIL
28 Across: Like Brown's walls (5): IVIED
29 Across: More reasonable (7): SOBERER
32 Across: Joust standards (7): PENNONS
33 Across: Elopes (5): BOLTS
34 Across: The Red Cross needs it (6): PLASMA
35 Across: Heart part (5): AORTA
36 Across: "___ Crazy" (4): GIRL
37 Across: "___ the ramparts . . . " (3): OER
38 Across: She weds novelist—OPEC applauds (13): OLIVEOYLWELLS
43 Across: Ubiquitous abbr. (3): ETC
46 Across: Japanese foot covering (4): TABI
48 Across: Casino cash-collector (4): SLOT
49 Across: City in Uruguay (5): SALTO
50 Across: Spanish river (4): EBRO
51 Across: Gin (5): SNARE
53 Across: Atlas aid (5): INSET
56 Across: Wild guess (4): STAB
57 Across: Raise ___ (create a commotion) (4): CAIN
58 Across: A Morrow medium (5): RADIO
60 Across: Señorita's snack (5): NACHO
62 Across: Parts of soft palates (6): UVULAE
64 Across: Corolla petal (3): ALA
66 Across: She weds boxing champ—plays in fast lane (13): ANNEBOLEYNALI
70 Across: Dental deg. (3): LDS
71 Across: Alters a line (6): REHEMS
73 Across: Stairway post (5): NEWEL
74 Across: Huge star in Cygnus (5): DENEB
76 Across: Flightless birds (4): EMUS
77 Across: Consumer (4): USER
79 Across: Trite (5): STALE
82 Across: Bits of marginalia (5): STETS
85 Across: Observe carefully (4): NOTE
86 Across: Scurvy fighters (5): LIMES
88 Across: State founder (4): PENN
90 Across: Oratorio part (4): ARIA
91 Across: Echidna's morsel (3): ANT
92 Across: She weds ex-Surgeon General—elopes in roadster (13): MARYTUDORKOOP
96 Across: T-bill payout (3): INT
97 Across: Netman Camporese (4): OMAR
99 Across: Sandy tracts in England (5): DENES
100 Across: Like street talk (6): SLANGY
102 Across: Irritate (5): ANNOY
104 Across: Jams; pickles (7): SCRAPES
107 Across: Angler's casting plug (7): CHUGGER
108 Across: ___ lazuli (shade of blue) (5): LAPIS
109 Across: Upright and grand (6): PIANOS
110 Across: Aphorism (5): GNOME
111 Across: Arabian port (4): ADEN
112 Across: She weds former N.Y. mayor—turns down lights (16): JULIETTELOWBEAME
117 Across: The horror of Gomorrah (4): VICE
118 Across: Auguries (5): OMENS
119 Across: Bows out (5): EXITS
120 Across: Tug's tow (4): SCOW
121 Across: Broadhorns (4): ARKS
122 Across: Rib (5): TEASE
123 Across: Apple or pear (4): POME
124 Across: When the French fry? (3): ETE

Down Answers

1 Down: Noted ecdysiast (3): LEE
2 Down: "Spoon River" poet's monogram (3): ELM
3 Down: Kabuki costume adornment (3): OBI
4 Down: One cause of trysts (5): AMOUR
5 Down: Bonnie bairn (4): LASS
6 Down: Six-time N.L. home-run leader (3): OTT
7 Down: Cold wind from the Andes (7): PAMPERO
8 Down: Places for matériel (8): ARSENALS
9 Down: Kind of dollars (5): PETRO
10 Down: She knows roses (5): STEIN
11 Down: Wilson and Hines (5): EARLS
12 Down: Jrs.' elders (3): SRS
13 Down: Taste in general (6): FLAVOR
14 Down: She elopes with explorer—smooth running assured (17): LUCILLEBALLBERING
15 Down: Swamp stalker (5): EGRET
16 Down: G. Cooper role (5): DEEDS
18 Down: Everything, in Emden (5): ALLES
19 Down: These go to a higher court (7): APPEALS
23 Down: Desert, in Diamante (5): YERMO
24 Down: Unc's mate (5): AUNTY
28 Down: Relative of 15 Down (4): IBIS
29 Down: Dry cleaners' problems (5): SPOTS
30 Down: N.Y. city (5): OLEAN
31 Down: She weds actor—develops odd typing technique (17): BARBARAHUTTONPECK
32 Down: Yeats and Keats (5): POETS
35 Down: Conn. town (4): AVON
36 Down: Small sphere (7): GLOBULE
39 Down: Troy, to Homer (5): ILION
40 Down: Pallid (5): WASHY
41 Down: Singer John (5): ELTON
42 Down: Dirigible description: Abbr. (3): LTA
44 Down: Group of three (5): TRIAD
45 Down: Pine fruit (5): CONES
47 Down: George's collaborator (3): IRA
50 Down: Shield for Jeanne d'Arc (3): ECU
52 Down: Dutch treat (4): EDAM
54 Down: FitzGerald's rhyme for "thou" (4): ENOW
55 Down: Scheherazade's stock in trade (5): TALES
59 Down: Narrow-minded (7): INSULAR
61 Down: Tara native (4): CELT
63 Down: French oenophiles' delights (4): VINS
64 Down: Tarkington's "In the ___" (5): ARENA
65 Down: Dud (5): LEMON
67 Down: Scipio, to Hannibal (5): ENEMY
68 Down: Visorless cap (5): BERET
69 Down: Gland: Comb. form (5): ADENO
72 Down: Suffix for Canton (3): ESE
75 Down: Letter from Greece (3): ETA
78 Down: Novelist Haggard's title (3): SIR
80 Down: "___ moi le déluge" (5): APRES
81 Down: Coins in Tirana (4): LEKS
83 Down: Trace (5): TINGE
84 Down: Bacchus attendant (5): SATYR
87 Down: Khartoum residents (8): SUDANESE
89 Down: Absentees at airports (7): NOSHOWS
92 Down: Say Hey Willie (4): MAYS
93 Down: Boot camp's cousin (5): DEPOT
94 Down: Ragtime dance (7): ONESTEP
95 Down: Kind of line (5): PLUMB
98 Down: Monks, in Metz (6): MOINES
101 Down: Critic James and family (5): AGEES
102 Down: Wash. cape (5): ALAVA
103 Down: Lowest point (5): NADIR
104 Down: Froth (5): SPUME
105 Down: "Adriana Lecouvreur" composer (5): CILEA
106 Down: Belasco portrayer: 1940 (5): RAINS
107 Down: Runyon's $100 (5): CNOTE
110 Down: Brief gander (4): GLIM
112 Down: Little bit (3): JOT
113 Down: Outside: Comb. form (3): EXO
114 Down: Top gun (3): ACE
115 Down: Pithy saying (3): MOT
116 Down: Ram's dam (3): EWE

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