OPPOSITES ATTRACT - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 11/22/1992. By Charles M. Deber.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Half: Prefix (4): HEMI
5 Across: Marble (5): AGATE
10 Across: J. Irving hero (4): GARP
14 Across: "___ of robins . . . " (5): ANEST
19 Across: "Good Earth"-ling (4): OLAN
20 Across: Garfunkel's ex-partner (5): SIMON
21 Across: Jewish month (4): ADAR
22 Across: Customs (5): MORES
23 Across: Paintings to Ethel? (10): WATERSOILS
25 Across: Pleven or Lévesque (4): RENE
26 Across: Like draft beer (5): ONTAP
27 Across: Begged (9): ENTREATED
28 Across: Chess pieces to Alan and Larry? (11): KINGSQUEENS
30 Across: Gibe at (4): TWIT
31 Across: Water frozen in the Weser (3): EIS
32 Across: Miscues (4): ERRS
33 Across: Its motto is "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity" (3): FBI
35 Across: Summer wear to Shelley and Huey? (11): LONGSSHORTS
40 Across: It's now C.I.S. (4): USSR
44 Across: Imprest (4): LOAN
46 Across: Casts about (5): SEEKS
47 Across: Green ice cream (9): PISTACHIO
49 Across: Legal document (5): TITLE
50 Across: N.Y.-to-Boston dir. (3): ENE
51 Across: Prior to, to Prior (3): ERE
52 Across: Whisky drinks (5): SHOTS
53 Across: Aged: Lat. abbr. (3): AET
54 Across: Circus performers to Thornton and Billy? (13): WILDERSTAMERS
60 Across: Field role (3): RAE
61 Across: Coarse quality (9): GROSSNESS
63 Across: Ultimate degree (3): NTH
64 Across: Is important (7): MATTERS
66 Across: Ga. city (5): MACON
67 Across: Fluffy scarf (3): BOA
68 Across: Former Winter Palace residents (5): CZARS
69 Across: Let ___ (stet) (7): ITSTAND
71 Across: Gilt (3): SOW
72 Across: Speculative people (9): THEORISTS
76 Across: Kindled (3): LIT
77 Across: Purchasing agents to Peter? (13): SELLERSBUYERS
80 Across: Park Chung ___, S. Korean President: 1963-79 (3): HEE
81 Across: Curling or hurling (5): SPORT
83 Across: "___ Got a Secret" (3): IVE
84 Across: Air-press. unit (3): ATM
85 Across: In debt (5): OWING
87 Across: Open to contravention (9): OPPOSABLE
90 Across: Rose essence (5): ATTAR
92 Across: Dandies (4): FOPS
93 Across: Shopper's homemade aid (4): LIST
94 Across: Polished shoes to Claude? (11): RAINSSHINES
97 Across: Suffix with malt (3): OSE
98 Across: Book by Ciardi (4): ASIF
100 Across: Good moods (3): UPS
101 Across: Convinced (4): SOLD
103 Across: Apartments to Becky's kin? (11): SHARPSFLATS
108 Across: Doris Duke and Barbara Hutton (9): HEIRESSES
113 Across: Place for a grill (5): PATIO
114 Across: Shreds of threads (4): LINT
115 Across: Singles to female singles? (10): MISSESHITS
116 Across: Change (5): ALTER
117 Across: Lough ___, in Eire (4): ERNE
118 Across: Rush-hour rarities on buses (5): SEATS
119 Across: Coup d'___ (4): ETAT
120 Across: Chivy or chevy (5): TEASE
121 Across: Letter opener (4): DEAR
122 Across: Sherman Act target (5): TRUST
123 Across: Conv. attendees (4): DELS

Down Answers

1 Down: Gordie of hockey (4): HOWE
2 Down: Zest (4): ELAN
3 Down: Cinema-TV detective Helm (4): MATT
4 Down: Type of guidance, in aerospace (8): INERTIAL
5 Down: Attack (6): ASSAIL
6 Down: Padua frescoes, e.g. (7): GIOTTOS
7 Down: Sand, to Chopin (4): AMIE
8 Down: Related (4): TOLD
9 Down: Minnesota twins (3): ENS
10 Down: Gaudy (6): GARISH
11 Down: Arabian gulf (4): ADEN
12 Down: Hit the bell (4): RANG
13 Down: Fixes beforehand (7): PRESETS
14 Down: Louis L'___, Sackett creator (5): AMOUR
15 Down: Paragon (8): NONESUCH
16 Down: Art Deco designer (4): ERTE
17 Down: Actress Young (4): SEAN
18 Down: Recipe amts. (4): TSPS
24 Down: VCR setting (3): REW
28 Down: Lip service? (4): KISS
29 Down: P-U connection (4): QRST
31 Down: Glacial ridge (5): ESKER
33 Down: Circular (5): FLIER
34 Down: Toys to Timothy? (11): BOTTOMSTOPS
36 Down: Food, shelter, etc. (5): NEEDS
37 Down: Chromosome contents (5): GENES
38 Down: Winfrey of TV (5): OPRAH
39 Down: African's rawhide thong (4): RIEM
41 Down: Destroyers to Dinah and Eddie? (11): SHORESSHIPS
42 Down: Shankar's companion (5): SITAR
43 Down: Thorny bunch (5): ROSES
45 Down: Brokaw specialties (9): NEWSCASTS
48 Down: "Her eyes ___ Twilight fair": Wordsworth (9): ASSTARSOF
49 Down: License plate (3): TAG
51 Down: Sundance Kid's girl (4): ETTA
55 Down: ___ ear and . . . (5): INONE
56 Down: Ivan of tennis (5): LENDL
57 Down: Kilimanjaro sight (5): SNOWS
58 Down: Letters in Einstein's famous quotation (5): EMCEE
59 Down: Kind of clam (5): RAZOR
62 Down: Didn't lose at musical chairs (3): SAT
65 Down: Quang ___, city in Vietnam (3): TRI
67 Down: Use a gimlet (4): BORE
69 Down: "E ___ dell'anima," Verdi aria (5): ILSOL
70 Down: Hedren of "The Birds" (5): TIPPI
71 Down: A natural at Reno (5): SEVEN
72 Down: ___ -frutti (5): TUTTI
73 Down: Rosten's Kaplan (5): HYMAN
74 Down: Jittery (5): TENSE
75 Down: Div. or sect. (3): SEG
78 Down: Caron role (4): LILI
79 Down: Rome's ___ of Caracalla (5): BATHS
82 Down: Traffic circles in New England (8): ROTARIES
86 Down: Comeuppance place (8): WOODSHED
88 Down: Ben Canaan and Onassis (4): ARIS
89 Down: At sea (7): BAFFLED
90 Down: Kin of daboias (4): ASPS
91 Down: Strives against (7): RESISTS
95 Down: Gold-rush mill owner (6): SUTTER
96 Down: Most tender (6): SOREST
99 Down: Seed of a sort (5): SPORE
102 Down: Brown of renown (3): LES
103 Down: Tiff (4): SPAT
104 Down: Irwin of golf (4): HALE
105 Down: "___ girl!" (4): ATTA
106 Down: Milano money (4): LIRE
107 Down: Karenina or Christie (4): ANNA
108 Down: Yesterday, to Yves (4): HIER
109 Down: Seesaw sitter in a rhyme (4): ESAU
110 Down: Venue (4): SITE
111 Down: Common abbr. (4): ETAL
112 Down: Concordes (4): SSTS
115 Down: Ariz. zone (3): MST

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