OSCARS ACROSS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 3/22/1992. By Bernard Meren.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Triton (4): NEWT
5 Across: Meat on a stick (5): KABOB
10 Across: Word with stick or happy (4): SLAP
14 Across: Dull finish (3): ARD
17 Across: Jane Fonda's Oscar-winning role in "Klute" (4): BREE
18 Across: "___ Ben Jonson" (5): ORARE
19 Across: Burn ___ in one's pocket (5): AHOLE
20 Across: Opposite of apterous (4): ALAR
21 Across: "Cal's cabana" (10): CASABLANCA
23 Across: "Fly army aid" (10): MYFAIRLADY
25 Across: Shantung province port: Ger. (8): TSINGTAU
26 Across: Italian innkeeper (4): OSTE
27 Across: Huckster (5): ADMAN
28 Across: Puzzling problem (5): POSER
30 Across: Onset (5): START
32 Across: Bumper coating (6): CHROME
33 Across: Convict falsely and quickly (8): RAILROAD
37 Across: Calchas or Mopsus (4): SEER
39 Across: Playwrights' ploys (6): ASIDES
40 Across: LAX advisory (3): ETD
41 Across: Lustrous (6): GLOSSY
44 Across: Norma and Charlotte (4): RAES
46 Across: Headland (4): NESS
47 Across: "Heed that frog" (12): THEGODFATHER
51 Across: Building beam (4): IBAR
53 Across: Lesions (5): SORES
54 Across: Falls (7): AUTUMNS
56 Across: Tiny colonizers (4): ANTS
60 Across: Apt rhyme for gain (6): ATTAIN
62 Across: This sometimes needs a fix (3): PRE
63 Across: Hoar frost (4): RIME
64 Across: Sierra Nevada resort (5): TAHOE
66 Across: Penned (5): WROTE
67 Across: "___ the King's Men" (3): ALL
68 Across: Staff (3): MAN
69 Across: Parrots (5): APERS
70 Across: Best Actress: 1961 (5): LOREN
71 Across: Match (4): PAIR
73 Across: "Art thou a woman's ___ . . . ": Shak. (3): SON
74 Across: Surveying method (6): STADIA
75 Across: Russian refusal (4): NYET
76 Across: Bears witness (7): ATTESTS
78 Across: Graduate (5): SCALE
79 Across: Tortosa's river (4): EBRO
81 Across: "A ten P.M. threat" (12): THEAPARTMENT
85 Across: Ursine females, in Ávila (4): OSAS
89 Across: Siouan Indian (4): OTOE
91 Across: Higher part (6): UPSIDE
92 Across: Cartoonist Gardner ___ (3): REA
93 Across: Salad ingredient (6): RADISH
95 Across: Map abbr. (4): NLAT
97 Across: Meat carver's board (8): TRENCHER
100 Across: Warning signal of old (6): ALARUM
101 Across: Notions, in Nantes (5): IDEES
104 Across: As ___ (usually) (5): ARULE
105 Across: Name (5): NOMEN
106 Across: ___ California (4): BAJA
108 Across: Sculptor Jo ___: 1883-1952 (8): DAVIDSON
112 Across: "Yo, mangy wig" (10): GOINGMYWAY
114 Across: "Golden hart" (10): GRANDHOTEL
117 Across: Tolkien creatures (4): ENTS
118 Across: Western Indians (5): UTAHS
119 Across: Fiat (5): EDICT
120 Across: "Quo Vadis?" emperor (4): NERO
121 Across: Vane dir. (3): SSE
122 Across: Rulers whose day is done (4): DEYS
123 Across: Andrews and Carvey (5): DANAS
124 Across: Hit signs (4): SROS

Down Answers

1 Down: Johnny's here (3): NBC
2 Down: Stat for Jack Morris (3): ERA
3 Down: "It's Roy's tweeds" (13): WESTSIDESTORY
4 Down: Nap-raising plant (6): TEASEL
5 Down: Stadt on the Rhein (4): KOLN
6 Down: "He's ___ Picker": Berlin (4): ARAG
7 Down: Diet, in a way (4): BANT
8 Down: One of the San Juan Islands (5): ORCAS
9 Down: Lollapalooza (5): BEAUT
10 Down: Pettifogger (7): SHYSTER
11 Down: Golf shot (4): LOFT
12 Down: Pair on an angelus (4): ALAE
13 Down: Kennedy Library designer (3): PEI
14 Down: Thin silk fabric (7): ALAMODE
15 Down: Verdi's equivalent to Romeo (7): RADAMES
16 Down: Xerosis (7): DRYNESS
19 Down: Love, Italian style (5): AMORE
20 Down: Moon man #2 (6): ALDRIN
22 Down: Energy (4): BIRR
24 Down: Huzzahs' cousins (4): RAHS
28 Down: A past tense: Abbr. (4): PRET
29 Down: Curse (4): OATH
31 Down: Till now (5): ASYET
32 Down: Building in Bologna (4): CASA
34 Down: Weber State College site (5): OGDEN
35 Down: Landon and a TV alien (4): ALFS
36 Down: Quaid film: 1988 (3): DOA
38 Down: "Ma ran in" (7): RAINMAN
42 Down: Like a bright night (7): STARLIT
43 Down: "The Nerd" playwright (4): SHUE
45 Down: TV's Barnaby Jones (5): EBSEN
48 Down: Vandyke's relative (6): GOATEE
49 Down: Castro's home ground (7): ORIENTE
50 Down: Capek classic (3): RUR
52 Down: Drum beat (7): RATATAT
55 Down: Champagne-orange juice cocktails (7): MIMOSAS
57 Down: Firebomb material (6): NAPALM
58 Down: "Need truth here" (13): THEDEERHUNTER
59 Down: Spore clusters (4): SORI
60 Down: Bodkin (3): AWL
61 Down: Disney sci-fi film: 1982 (4): TRON
62 Down: "L.A. on top" (7): PLATOON
65 Down: Christie character (3): ESA
67 Down: Unrelated (5): APART
72 Down: Macerate (3): RET
73 Down: Flight unit (4): STEP
74 Down: Rocky rubble (5): SCREE
77 Down: "On the Beach" author (5): SHUTE
78 Down: Bani- ___ of Iran (4): SADR
80 Down: Austrian opera conductor: 1894-1981 (4): BOHM
82 Down: Security-exchange area (3): PIT
83 Down: Alice ___, noted portraitist (4): NEEL
84 Down: Darnel (4): TARE
85 Down: Mandarin and temple (7): ORANGES
86 Down: Carry Nation's targets (7): SALOONS
87 Down: Nudist (7): ADAMITE
88 Down: Irresistibelles (6): SIRENS
90 Down: ___cup (setting at a seder table) (7): ELIJAHS
94 Down: Chinese dynasty: 960-1279 (4): SUNG
96 Down: All in ___ work (5): ADAYS
98 Down: "Liquor is quicker" man (4): NASH
99 Down: Sings like Columbo (6): CROONS
102 Down: Trenchant (5): EDGED
103 Down: River in N India (5): SARDA
106 Down: Computer unit (4): BYTE
107 Down: Out of town (4): AWAY
109 Down: Nugatory (4): VAIN
110 Down: Machu Picchu native (4): INCA
111 Down: Insecticides (4): DDTS
113 Down: Goner's name (3): MUD
115 Down: Mancinelli's "___ e Leandro" (3): ERO
116 Down: ___ Alamos (3): LOS

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