WILD WORDPLAY - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 8/25/1991. By Joel D. Lafargue.

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Across Answers

1 Across: ___ Drive, near Salerno (6): AMALFI
7 Across: Pure ___ driven snow (5): ASTHE
12 Across: Frenzied (5): MANIC
17 Across: Lots of sailors? (4): GOBS
21 Across: Get back (6): REGAIN
22 Across: Purplish red (5): MUREX
23 Across: Mennonite group (5): AMISH
24 Across: Director Kazan (4): ELIA
25 Across: Batman? (12): COUNTDRACULA
27 Across: Book that's full of meaning? (10): DICTIONARY
29 Across: Loot (4): SWAG
30 Across: "And the mome ___ outgrabe": Carroll (5): RATHS
31 Across: "My Ántonia" character (5): MAREK
33 Across: Pays out (6): SPENDS
34 Across: Lennon's widow (3): ONO
35 Across: ___ a rail (6): THINAS
37 Across: Sting operators? (4): BEES
38 Across: Comic Gilliam (3): STU
41 Across: Lesser of two ___ (5): EVILS
43 Across: Fin units (4): ONES
44 Across: Tin men? (8): SOLDIERS
48 Across: Some guards (7): LINEMEN
50 Across: ___ dive (throw a fight) (5): TAKEA
52 Across: Hereditary factor (4): GENE
53 Across: Go cruising, in a way (4): SAIL
54 Across: Pluto, to Cleo (6): OSIRIS
55 Across: Poetry buff? (11): METERREADER
57 Across: This may be a little Scottish (3): SMA
58 Across: HIJKLMNO? (5): WATER
59 Across: Correspond (5): TALLY
60 Across: Word to a refusenik (4): NYET
61 Across: He wrote "The Chosen" (5): POTOK
63 Across: Epic finishes? (4): ENES
64 Across: Playwright Howe (4): TINA
65 Across: Style of pinafore (4): TIER
66 Across: Author of "A Serendipiter's Journey" (6): TALESE
67 Across: Word after see and before Sea (3): RED
68 Across: Canines on the Concorde? (10): JETSETTERS
72 Across: Chose chow (7): ORDERED
73 Across: It has an eye, but it sees not (6): NEEDLE
75 Across: Synthetic fiber (5): ARNEL
76 Across: Meager (6): SPARSE
77 Across: Pretense (7): CHARADE
79 Across: Material for mending a broken heart? (10): TICKERTAPE
81 Across: Family drs. (3): GPS
84 Across: Ceremonial prayer (6): LITANY
85 Across: Baum barker (4): TOTO
87 Across: Seafood choice (4): EELS
88 Across: "The Morning Watch" writer (4): AGEE
89 Across: Makes emends? (5): EDITS
90 Across: "If I ___," Beatles song (4): FELL
91 Across: Roman ruins site in France (5): ARLES
93 Across: ___ Public (average person) (5): JOHNQ
94 Across: Touse or towse (3): ADO
95 Across: Rogers's rye? (11): GINGERBREAD
98 Across: Bush's chief of staff (6): SUNUNU
99 Across: ___ cava (cor part) (4): VENA
101 Across: Former Met diva (4): ALDA
102 Across: Sphere to fear when pooling? (5): EIGHT
103 Across: He has estrange feeling? (7): ALIENEE
104 Across: Tangles up (8): ENSNARLS
106 Across: Maine river (4): SACO
107 Across: Decide against the diner (5): EATIN
109 Across: Oregon or Santa Fe: Abbr. (3): TRL
110 Across: Broadway musical: 1982 (4): NINE
111 Across: Snips once more (6): RECUTS
113 Across: It's all in Rhine's mind (3): ESP
114 Across: Pac-Man's home (6): ARCADE
117 Across: Sharpens (5): WHETS
118 Across: Goddess who knew her oats (5): CERES
120 Across: Lone Star sch. (4): UTEP
124 Across: Clip joint? (10): BARBERSHOP
126 Across: Work of a biased composer? (12): PARTIALSCORE
129 Across: S. Grant beat him (4): ELEE
130 Across: Pass over (5): ELIDE
131 Across: This is silly! (5): INANE
132 Across: Taiwan brew (6): OOLONG
133 Across: Close the eyes, in falconry (4): SEEL
134 Across: Stunned (5): DAZED
135 Across: Hilaire Germain Edgar ___ (5): DEGAS
136 Across: Hutch items (6): PLATES

Down Answers

1 Down: Rainbows for Noah? (4): ARCS
2 Down: And now, a word from Morris (4): MEOW
3 Down: Pedro's 58 Across (4): AGUA
4 Down: K.D. of country music (4): LANG
5 Down: Healthy (3): FIT
6 Down: How herds of cattle arrive? (8): INDROVES
7 Down: Explosive mixture (6): AMATOL
8 Down: Of the kind mentioned (4): SUCH
9 Down: Reliable fund? (5): TRUST
10 Down: Loki raised her (3): HEL
11 Down: Testy person? (8): EXAMINER
12 Down: Curtain material (6): MADRAS
13 Down: Pierre's girlfriends (5): AMIES
14 Down: He comes in time (4): NICK
15 Down: Blue ribbon (3): IST
16 Down: Deceitful sculptor? (8): CHISELER
17 Down: Leader of 66 (7): GENESIS
18 Down: Buck character (4): OLAN
19 Down: Celtics' "33" (4): BIRD
20 Down: Simon does it (4): SAYS
26 Down: Pinched (5): RANIN
28 Down: Certain newspaper page (4): OPED
32 Down: Have ___ to the ground (5): ANEAR
36 Down: Mawkish (5): HOKEY
37 Down: TV's Denise Huxtable (5): BONET
38 Down: More dilatory (6): SLOWER
39 Down: Aromatic tea (6): TISANE
40 Down: Country club? (13): UNITEDNATIONS
41 Down: Mideast bigwig (4): EMIR
42 Down: Commemorative stones (6): STELAE
44 Down: Passover repast (5): SEDER
45 Down: Search party near the Oval Office? (13): EASTEREGGHUNT
46 Down: Cracked (6): RIMOSE
47 Down: Appeased thirst (6): SLAKED
49 Down: "___ Tu," 1932 song (4): ERES
51 Down: Pac. counterpart (3): ATL
52 Down: Memorable, melodic Marvin (4): GAYE
55 Down: Parson's place (5): MANSE
56 Down: Place apart (6): ENISLE
59 Down: Lord, for one (5): TITLE
61 Down: G.I.'s devil-dodger (5): PADRE
62 Down: Music to Manolete's ears (4): OLES
64 Down: Woman's one-piece undergarment (5): TEDDY
65 Down: Kirk's journey? (4): TREK
66 Down: Rich gear? (5): TRAPS
68 Down: Garb for a Stapleton? (5): JEANS
69 Down: Snitch (6): TATTLE
70 Down: Kingston group (4): TRIO
71 Down: Ref. book (3): ENC
72 Down: Lustrous gems (5): OPALS
74 Down: Part of Q.E.D. (4): ERAT
76 Down: Mount (5): STEED
77 Down: Chop chops (6): CLEAVE
78 Down: Occult (6): HIDDEN
80 Down: Tell about being tardy? (6): RELATE
82 Down: He does the write thing (6): PENNER
83 Down: Hollywood P.S.? (6): SEQUEL
85 Down: Sees to (5): TENDS
86 Down: First name of a star on the bars (4): OLGA
88 Down: Par excellence (4): AONE
90 Down: Maid, in France (5): FILLE
91 Down: Jargon (5): ARGOT
92 Down: Ruhr roe (3): REH
93 Down: Member of a French dozen (4): JUIN
95 Down: Collected, as votes (8): GARNERED
96 Down: Do a double take (5): REACT
97 Down: Canine's neighbor (8): BICUSPID
98 Down: Twaddle (8): SLIPSLOP
100 Down: Poe maiden (7): ANNABEL
103 Down: Befuddled (5): ATSEA
105 Down: Helper bringing a drink? (4): AIDE
106 Down: Leaked through (6): SEEPED
108 Down: Penthouses on peaks (6): AERIES
111 Down: ___ Island (5): RHODE
112 Down: Rawboned person (5): SCRAG
114 Down: Vigoda and Burrows (4): ABES
115 Down: Chest sound (4): RALE
116 Down: Native Canadian (4): CREE
117 Down: Crackerjack (4): WHIZ
119 Down: Mount ___, Colo. (4): ETNA
120 Down: Calif. campus (4): UCLA
121 Down: Bender (4): TOOT
122 Down: Bonebreaker's cousin (4): ERNE
123 Down: Certain board members? (4): PEGS
125 Down: Abductors of the 70's: Abbr. (3): SLA
127 Down: One, in Ayr (3): ANE
128 Down: Ball of fire? (3): SOL

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