OCCUPATIONAL ODDITIES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 6/14/1992. By Bert H. Kruse.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Goldie of movies (4): HAWN
5 Across: Malayan craft (4): PROA
9 Across: Gynt's mother (3): ASE
12 Across: One ___ (child's game) (4): OCAT
16 Across: Additional (5): OTHER
18 Across: Wheel of fortune (8): ROULETTE
20 Across: Lake Maggiore town (6): STRESA
22 Across: Plumber's major job? (14): WHITEHOUSELEAK
24 Across: On time (6): PROMPT
25 Across: Court call (3): LET
26 Across: Down Under sea mile (4): NAUT
27 Across: McKellen and Fleming (4): IANS
28 Across: Cassin and Clair (5): RENES
29 Across: Prisoners (7): INMATES
31 Across: "___ Triplex," famous R.L.S. essay (3): AES
32 Across: Actor in "Odd Man Out" (5): MASON
33 Across: Tearful mother (5): NIOBE
34 Across: Drama critics' baseball delights? (11): TRIPLEPLAYS
39 Across: Famed inventor's monogram (3): TAE
42 Across: Attires (5): GARBS
43 Across: "A Chorus Line" finale (3): ONE
44 Across: Kind of comb or bear (5): HONEY
45 Across: Year in Henry VII's reign (3): MDV
46 Across: Bess Truman, ___ Wallace (3): NEE
47 Across: Milk, in Metz (4): LAIT
49 Across: Collapsed, with "in" (5): CAVED
50 Across: Jackknife, e.g. (4): DIVE
51 Across: Divorce lawyer's suit? (10): PILLOWCASE
54 Across: Poison (5): TOXIN
55 Across: Degree for a future C.E.O. (3): BBA
58 Across: Birds that utter booming notes (4): EMUS
59 Across: Took off like a rabbit (5): HARED
60 Across: Mysost or pecorino (6): CHEESE
61 Across: Rescue (7): RECLAIM
63 Across: Ways (5): MODES
64 Across: Whisky-barrel worker (7): CHARRER
65 Across: Shocked (6): AGHAST
66 Across: Demi or Dudley (5): MOORE
67 Across: In a jiffy (4): SOON
68 Across: Dated student org. (3): SDS
69 Across: Western capital (5): BOISE
70 Across: Broker's Swiss shares selection? (10): ALPENSTOCK
72 Across: Meara or Murray (4): ANNE
73 Across: Palm Springs mayor and family (5): BONOS
75 Across: Aaron or Greenberg of baseball (4): HANK
76 Across: "H. M. Pulham, ___": Marquand (3): ESQ
79 Across: Bridge no-no, for short (3): NIG
80 Across: Boom variety (5): SONIC
81 Across: Eternally, in poesy (3): EER
82 Across: Arctic surname (5): CLAUS
84 Across: ___ Mahal (3): TAJ
85 Across: Psychiatrist's favorite veggie? (11): COUCHPOTATO
89 Across: Survival (5): RELIC
90 Across: "The Flowering Peach" playwright (5): ODETS
92 Across: Common Great Lakes cargo (3): ORE
93 Across: Phony medicine (7): PLACEBO
95 Across: Jungle vine (5): LIANE
96 Across: Do the sights (4): TOUR
98 Across: Old English court (4): LEET
99 Across: Browning's "___ Vogler" (3): ABT
100 Across: Comedienne Pearl (6): MINNIE
101 Across: Modiste's notable outfit for a stripper? (14): STRINGENSEMBLE
105 Across: Early people of Mexico (6): AZTECS
106 Across: Can (8): PRESERVE
107 Across: Measure (5): RULER
108 Across: Annie Oakley (4): PASS
109 Across: In the dumps (3): SAD
110 Across: Like certain maidens (4): FAIR
111 Across: Spreads alfalfa (4): TEDS

Down Answers

1 Down: Kind of success or monkey (7): HOWLING
2 Down: Aristophanes was one (8): ATHENIAN
3 Down: Actor James ___ (8): WHITMORE
4 Down: Fishermen's profit? (3): NET
5 Down: Swann's creator (6): PROUST
6 Down: Swamp (4): ROUT
7 Down: The end of joy and humor (3): OUS
8 Down: Brew (3): ALE
9 Down: Military command (6): ATEASE
10 Down: Ollie's pal (4): STAN
11 Down: Screams in the comics (4): EEKS
12 Down: Home of the Black Bears (5): ORONO
13 Down: Mortar men's get-togethers? (12): CEMENTMIXERS
14 Down: Kin of daboias (4): ASPS
15 Down: Use a shuttle (3): TAT
17 Down: Revenues, in Rennes (6): RENTES
19 Down: One of the Saarinens (5): ELIEL
20 Down: Zapped, as bugs (7): SPRAYED
21 Down: Remindful of Rapunzel (6): TRESSY
23 Down: Own, to Burns (3): HAE
30 Down: Title Liszt held (4): ABBE
31 Down: Wou-wou (3): APE
32 Down: Leonine locks (4): MANE
35 Down: Stirs up (5): ROILS
36 Down: Obsessed by (4): INTO
37 Down: Stages (6): PHASES
38 Down: "I ___ a lass . . . ": Wither (5): LOVED
40 Down: Counseled (7): ADVISED
41 Down: Textile-machine devices (7): EVENERS
47 Down: Restrict (5): LIMIT
48 Down: Styptic (4): ALUM
49 Down: Tip (6): CAREEN
50 Down: Activist (4): DOER
51 Down: Kind of porridge (5): PEASE
52 Down: Cries of glee (6): WHOOPS
53 Down: Core, as of a regiment (5): CADRE
54 Down: Express gratitude (5): THANK
55 Down: Its capital is Brussels (7): BRABANT
56 Down: Shade of rose (7): BEGONIA
57 Down: Carpenters' affliction? (12): ACHINGJOINTS
60 Down: As close as possible (5): CHOCK
62 Down: Emit an intense beam (4): LASE
63 Down: Australian lizard (6): MOLOCH
64 Down: Garden raider, for short (4): COON
66 Down: Frenzied (5): MANIC
67 Down: Square one (5): START
71 Down: Actor Farrell (4): SHEA
73 Down: Attire for neonates (7): BOOTEES
74 Down: Burden (4): ONUS
76 Down: An interest of 39 Across (4): ELEC
77 Down: Fit to be marketed (8): SALEABLE
78 Down: Equivocated (8): QUIBBLED
80 Down: Picturesque (6): SCENIC
81 Down: Hiver's opposite (3): ETE
82 Down: Famed Ore. lake (6): CRATER
83 Down: Sea ducks (7): SCOTERS
86 Down: Handled the tea (6): POURED
87 Down: Aromatic root (5): ORRIS
88 Down: Early April game (6): OPENER
91 Down: Horatio and Claudius, e.g. (5): DANES
94 Down: "___ Misérables" (3): LES
95 Down: Entertainer Minnelli (4): LIZA
96 Down: Cooking amts. (4): TSPS
97 Down: Skagerrak feeder (4): OTRA
98 Down: Jacob's third son (4): LEVI
100 Down: Puss (3): MAP
102 Down: Ship-shaped table utensil (3): NEF
103 Down: Irish sweetheart (3): GRA
104 Down: Wife of Theban god Amen-Ra (3): MUT

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