SEEING STARS IN MOVIES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 11/15/1992. By Bette Sue Cohen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: "Jaws" fish (5): SHARK
6 Across: Role in Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" (5): MASHA
11 Across: ___ Heyerdahl (4): THOR
15 Across: Plan in detail (5): CHART
20 Across: Lofty nest (5): AERIE
21 Across: Chinese horns (5): OBOES
22 Across: Chaplin's widow (4): OONA
23 Across: Rabbit of filmdom (5): ROGER
24 Across: Ron's 1932 good luck piece? (12): SILVERDOLLAR
27 Across: Ben's 1961 island? (10): BLUEHAWAII
29 Across: Sign to delight angels (3): SRO
30 Across: Irritated (6): PEEVED
31 Across: Mild expletives (5): EGADS
33 Across: Exaggerate (6): OVERDO
34 Across: Aunt in "Oklahoma!" (5): ELLER
35 Across: Touches upon (5): ABUTS
36 Across: "___ I say . . . " (4): DOAS
37 Across: Kind of scene (3): MOB
40 Across: Fish eggs (3): ROE
41 Across: Kind of dive (5): CRASH
42 Across: Family branch (4): SEPT
43 Across: ___-la-la (3): TRA
46 Across: Bellicose Olympian (4): ARES
48 Across: Doris's 1937 diversion? (14): ADAYATTHERACES
52 Across: Producer Wallis (3): HAL
53 Across: Moved suddenly (6): DARTED
55 Across: Street show (5): RAREE
56 Across: Netman Camporese (4): OMAR
57 Across: Streisand role in "Hello, Dolly!" (4): LEVI
58 Across: "Tonight!" host: 1954-57 (5): ALLEN
59 Across: Playbill heading (4): ACTI
60 Across: Mother ___, U.S. saint (5): SETON
62 Across: City on the Po (5): TURIN
63 Across: First-aid contrivance (5): SLING
64 Across: Karen's 1934 nemesis? (11): THEBLACKCAT
67 Across: Teatime refreshment (5): SCONE
68 Across: Author Rand (3): AYN
69 Across: Peggy and Spike (4): LEES
70 Across: Opposite of aweather (4): ALEE
71 Across: Having a nap (6): RAISED
72 Across: Pasch (6): EASTER
75 Across: Drudgery (5): GRINS
76 Across: Money in Haiti (6): GOURDE
78 Across: Went by cab (6): TAXIED
80 Across: Author of "A Death in the Family" (4): AGEE
81 Across: Part of H.C.L. (4): COST
82 Across: Ralph Rackstraw, e.g. (3): TAR
85 Across: Granny Smith is one (5): APPLE
86 Across: Betty's 1985 evenings? (11): WHITENIGHTS
90 Across: Disgrace (5): SHAME
92 Across: World-weary (5): BORED
93 Across: Author Godden (5): RUMER
94 Across: Comedian Rudner (4): RITA
95 Across: Roomy film of 1967? (5): HOTEL
96 Across: Ran, as dye (4): BLED
97 Across: Window division (4): PANE
98 Across: What bindweeds do (5): TWINE
100 Across: A three-time A.L. M.V.P. (6): MANTLE
101 Across: Chi. trains (3): ELS
102 Across: Cleavon's 1979 indulgence? (14): ALITTLEROMANCE
106 Across: Enter (4): GOIN
107 Across: Uno + uno (3): DOS
108 Across: Stainers' containers (4): VATS
109 Across: Love, in Roma (5): AMORE
110 Across: Pindar work (3): ODE
112 Across: Morsel for Trigger (3): OAT
113 Across: Strip of wood (4): LATH
114 Across: Fence straddler (5): STILE
115 Across: Restrict (5): LIMIT
117 Across: Vessel for a hypodermic solution (6): AMPULE
120 Across: Not worth ___ of beans (5): AHILL
121 Across: Actress Rule (6): JANICE
122 Across: Org. founded in 1910 (3): BSA
125 Across: Neil's 1935 merchant? (10): DIAMONDJIM
127 Across: Martin's 1986 accident? (12): SHORTCIRCUIT
130 Across: "Over the Rainbow" songwriter (5): ARLEN
131 Across: Rhine tributary (4): AARE
132 Across: "___ Little, Love a Little," Presley film (5): LIVEA
133 Across: Actor in "The Deep" (5): NOLTE
134 Across: Soda jerk's brews (5): MALTS
135 Across: ___ Rabbit (4): BRER
136 Across: Tangle (5): SNARL
137 Across: Actress Burstyn (5): ELLEN

Down Answers

1 Down: Soprano Sylvia ___ (4): SASS
2 Down: Legatee (4): HEIR
3 Down: A Guthrie (4): ARLO
4 Down: "6 Rms ___ Vu" (3): RIV
5 Down: Custodian (6): KEEPER
6 Down: Worked for Eileen Ford (7): MODELED
7 Down: Over (5): ABOVE
8 Down: Spanish composer: 1729-83 (5): SOLER
9 Down: Anna ___, memorable singer-actress (4): HELD
10 Down: Botanist Gray (3): ASA
11 Down: "___ in fiery floods . . . ": Shak. (7): TOBATHE
12 Down: Ships' cargo spaces (5): HOLDS
13 Down: Stigma (4): ONUS
14 Down: "Norma ___" (3): RAE
15 Down: Neckties (7): CRAVATS
16 Down: Actress in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (5): HOWES
17 Down: Seaweed product (4): AGAR
18 Down: Kate of "Atlantic City" (4): REID
19 Down: "Jolly ___," Hals painting (4): TRIO
25 Down: Insert cartridges again (6): RELOAD
26 Down: Sales incentive (6): REBATE
28 Down: Burt Reynolds film: 1978 (6): HOOPER
32 Down: Spurt (4): GUSH
35 Down: Craft, in Cádiz (4): ARTE
36 Down: Pour (6): DECANT
37 Down: ___ March hare (6): MADASA
38 Down: Via speech (6): ORALLY
39 Down: Irving's 1948 transportation? (13): BERLINEXPRESS
41 Down: Indian for whom a sea was named (5): CARIB
42 Down: Place of Mead studies (5): SAMOA
43 Down: Pete's 1955 insignia? (13): THEROSETATTOO
44 Down: Gorge (6): RAVINE
45 Down: Used a T square (6): ALINED
47 Down: "Nana" actress (4): STEN
49 Down: Tell, for one (6): ARCHER
50 Down: Director of "Breaking Away" (5): YATES
51 Down: Military org. (4): ROTC
54 Down: High-school subj. (3): ENG
57 Down: Clear (5): LUCID
59 Down: Fit to ___ (4): ATEE
60 Down: Part of 59 Across, sometimes (6): SCENEI
61 Down: Squeezed by (4): EKES
62 Down: Nicholas I or II (4): TSAR
65 Down: More spacious (6): LARGER
66 Down: Outsider (5): ALIEN
69 Down: Soul group (3): LTD
71 Down: Furrow (3): RUT
73 Down: Was out of sorts (5): AILED
74 Down: Spore (4): SEED
75 Down: Slalom obstacle (4): GATE
76 Down: Ill-___ (acquired improperly) (6): GOTTEN
77 Down: Greek peak (4): OSSA
78 Down: Designated (6): TABBED
79 Down: ___ Creed of "Rocky" (6): APOLLO
81 Down: Hutch display (5): CHINA
83 Down: Fielding novel (6): AMELIA
84 Down: Let up (6): RELENT
86 Down: Apparition (6): WRAITH
87 Down: Pursues (5): HUNTS
88 Down: "___ a man who wasn't there" (4): IMET
89 Down: Soot; smutch (5): GRIME
90 Down: ___ Na Na (3): SHA
91 Down: ___ Kong (4): HONG
97 Down: Typewriter part (6): PLATEN
98 Down: Sings lustily (6): TROLLS
99 Down: Had on (4): WORE
100 Down: Famed Florentine family (6): MEDICI
102 Down: Actor-singer Frankie and kin (7): AVALONS
103 Down: English religious reformer: 1485-1555 (7): LATIMER
104 Down: Actor Jannings (4): EMIL
105 Down: Like Judy Tenuta (7): COMICAL
111 Down: Everlasting, in poesy (6): ETERNE
113 Down: Director of "Network" (5): LUMET
114 Down: English county (5): SHIRE
115 Down: Grub (5): LARVA
116 Down: ___ alia (5): INTER
117 Down: TV's "___-12" (4): ADAM
118 Down: Star in Cetus (4): MIRA
119 Down: Grow tiresome (4): PALL
120 Down: Slightly open (4): AJAR
121 Down: Unite (4): JOIN
122 Down: Papal edict (4): BULL
123 Down: Location (4): SITE
124 Down: Solar disk (4): ATEN
126 Down: Smidgen (3): DAB
128 Down: Cambridge inst. for would-be attorneys (3): HLS
129 Down: Mountain pass (3): COL

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