"E, I, E, I, O" - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/21/1991. By Virginia Yates.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Mecca trek (4)
HADJ
5 Across: "Ars gratia ___" (5)
ARTIS
10 Across: Farmer's field: Abbr. (5)
AGRIC
15 Across: Kin of cock-and-bull stories (4)
FIBS
19 Across: Actress McClurg (4)
EDIE
20 Across: Jazz clarinetist Jimmie ___ (5)
NOONE
21 Across: Plain (5)
CLEAR
22 Across: Hornswoggle (4)
ROOK
23 Across: Chauvinism in the fold? (10)
NOEWETURNS
25 Across: Goat on a bender? (10)
TOOTENANNY
27 Across: Occur (5)
EXIST
28 Across: Gogol's "___ Bulba" (5)
TARAS
30 Across: Appearance (6)
VISAGE
31 Across: Bother (7)
AFFLICT
34 Across: Lab tube (5)
PIPET
35 Across: Heat, at times (4)
RACE
36 Across: Culpabilities (6)
GUILTS
37 Across: English composer and family (5)
ARNES
38 Across: Mediterranean flower (8)
MUSKROSE
42 Across: Provence city (5)
ARLES
43 Across: Wild hogs' quartets? (9)
BOARSOMES
45 Across: Barker of the movies (3)
LEX
46 Across: Related (4)
TOLD
47 Across: Profess (4)
AVOW
49 Across: Lived (4)
WERE
50 Across: Year in the reign of Louis XII (4)
MDVI
51 Across: Trick ending (3)
ERY
52 Across: Formal 1 Down parties? (9)
FOWLBALLS
56 Across: A Koblenz river (5)
MOSEL
57 Across: Where boards are formed (7)
SAWMILL
60 Across: Helm position (4)
ALEE
61 Across: Rayon maker's solvent (7)
ACETONE
63 Across: "La Tulipe ___": Dumas (5)
NOIRE
64 Across: Acclaim (5)
ECLAT
65 Across: Xanthippe, e.g. (5)
SHREW
66 Across: Flippers (7)
PADDLES
68 Across: Anonymous Richards (4)
ROES
69 Across: Clobber (7)
SHELLAC
71 Across: Finish (5)
OMEGA
72 Across: Stable fables? (9)
PONYTALES
74 Across: British medical org. (3)
NHS
76 Across: Irish river (4)
NORE
77 Across: Thunderstruck (4)
AWED
79 Across: Kind of resort (4)
LAST
80 Across: Minn. neighbor (4)
NDAK
81 Across: Snooker stick (3)
CUE
82 Across: Cousin of a Cotswold? (9)
SHEEPSKIN
86 Across: Siepi, Hines et al. (5)
BASSI
87 Across: Cop making a collar (8)
ARRESTER
90 Across: Subleased (5)
RELET
91 Across: Out-of-the-way (6)
REMOTE
92 Across: Pouter's look (4)
MOUE
93 Across: Song of praise (5)
PAEAN
94 Across: Extended a subscription (7)
RENEWED
95 Across: Apathetic (6)
TORPID
98 Across: Ganef's job (5)
HEIST
99 Across: Judges' seats (5)
BANCS
100 Across: Nothing but bovines? (10)
WHOLLYCOWS
102 Across: Lagomorph exes? (10)
SPLITHARES
107 Across: ___ many words (4)
INSO
108 Across: TV dragon (5)
OLLIE
109 Across: Earthen pot (5)
CRUSE
110 Across: Winter wind in Hawaii (4)
KONA
111 Across: Like Paul Pry (4)
NOSY
112 Across: Deeds of paladins (5)
FEATS
113 Across: A Simpson (5)
HOMER
114 Across: Gurge (4)
EDDY

Down Answers

1 Down: Layer (3)
HEN
2 Down: Flap (3)
ADO
3 Down: Sine ___ (indefinitely) (3)
DIE
4 Down: Like a diadem (8)
JEWELLED
5 Down: Monkeyshines (6)
ANTICS
6 Down: Drive out of bed (5)
ROUST
7 Down: Suit for Belli (4)
TORT
8 Down: "Holiday ___," 1942 film (3)
INN
9 Down: It has a tercet (7)
SESTINA
10 Down: Hepburn or Hepburn (7)
ACTRESS
11 Down: Crow (5)
GLOAT
12 Down: Classic cars (4)
REOS
13 Down: "Ten thousand saw ___ a glance": Wordsworth (3)
IAT
14 Down: Hazard on Mont Blanc (8)
CREVASSE
15 Down: Former U.A.W. head (6)
FRASER
16 Down: Mull Island neighbor (4)
IONA
17 Down: Sound made by Big Ben (4)
BONG
18 Down: Kind of terrier (4)
SKYE
24 Down: Off ramps (5)
EXITS
26 Down: Result of a shaver's flub (4)
NICK
29 Down: Takeoff specialist (4)
APER
31 Down: Mocha stone (5)
AGATE
32 Down: Dithers (6)
FURORS
33 Down: Colt on the loose? (12)
FILLYANDERER
34 Down: Kind of car (5)
PROWL
35 Down: Contrite one (4)
RUER
37 Down: "Life Is Just ___ of Cherries" (5)
ABOWL
38 Down: Fr. titles (4)
MMES
39 Down: Barnyard crone? (12)
OLDSOWANDSOW
40 Down: Number of Little Foys (5)
SEVEN
41 Down: Pearl Buck's "The ___": 1936 (5)
EXILE
44 Down: Little hooter (5)
OWLET
47 Down: Like London in 1666 (5)
AFIRE
48 Down: Field rodents (5)
VOLES
50 Down: Bates ___ ("Psycho" locale) (5)
MOTEL
53 Down: It's sometimes saved (5)
BACON
54 Down: Mr. Oop (5)
ALLEY
55 Down: Slightest (5)
LEAST
56 Down: Blackbird (4)
MERL
58 Down: Chunk, in Chelsea (5)
WODGE
59 Down: Uris's "___ 18" (4)
MILA
61 Down: Lenten symbol (5)
ASHES
62 Down: Coffer (5)
CHEST
64 Down: Subject to planation (5)
ERODE
66 Down: Siouan Indian (5)
PONCA
67 Down: ___-propre (self-esteem) (5)
AMOUR
69 Down: Bias (5)
SLANT
70 Down: Virtuous (6)
CHASTE
72 Down: Squint (4)
PEER
73 Down: Outlander (5)
ALIEN
75 Down: Schussed (5)
SKIED
77 Down: "___ History": Toynbee (8)
ASTUDYOF
78 Down: Word heard on a roller coaster (4)
WHEE
80 Down: Praenomen sharer (8)
NAMESAKE
83 Down: Panegyrics (7)
PRAISES
84 Down: Homophone for seize (4)
SEES
85 Down: Kaffee ___ (7)
KLATSCH
86 Down: Put on the sidelines (5)
BENCH
88 Down: Take on (6)
EMPLOY
89 Down: Kind of bank (4)
SOIL
91 Down: Tenant (6)
RENTER
93 Down: Lapwing (5)
PEWIT
94 Down: Poker ploy (5)
RAISE
95 Down: Castor, e.g. (4)
TWIN
96 Down: Exclamation of dismay (4)
OHNO
97 Down: Writer Macdonald (4)
ROSS
98 Down: Salutation to a señor (4)
HOLA
99 Down: French statesman: 1872-1950 (4)
BLUM
101 Down: Key, in Cannes (3)
CLE
103 Down: P.G.A. tourer (3)
PRO
104 Down: Angler's need (3)
ROD
105 Down: Type of table (3)
END
106 Down: Right to decide (3)
SAY

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