IT TAKES ALL KINDS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 2/7/1993. By Nancy Nicholson Joline.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Oppose (6): COMBAT
7 Across: Warm overcoats (7): ULSTERS
14 Across: Walks arrogantly (7): STRIDES
21 Across: Indolent (6): OTIOSE
22 Across: Cole Porter song; Nelson Eddy film, 1937 (7): ROSALIE
23 Across: Go before (7): PRECEDE
24 Across: Meddler in others' affairs (14): POLYPRAGMATIST
26 Across: Quebec city on the St. Lawrence (7): LACHINE
27 Across: Mosaic tiles (8): TESSERAE
28 Across: Ancient bucket-shaped vessel (6): SITULA
31 Across: City visited by Tarzan (4): OPAR
32 Across: Prom-night item (7): CORSAGE
36 Across: Spanish baby boys (5): NENES
37 Across: Prince Valiant's son (3): ARN
38 Across: "Le ___ de la Rose," Fokine ballet (7): SPECTRE
42 Across: One who has poor penmanship (11): CACOGRAPHER
45 Across: Novelist Rölvaag (3): OLE
48 Across: Yakutsk's river (4): LENA
49 Across: Knightwear (5): ARMOR
50 Across: Dir. of San Diego from L.A. (3): SSE
51 Across: Fiats (6): UKASES
53 Across: "Thou would'st still be ___ ": Moore (6): ADORED
56 Across: Some cuts of meat (6): ROUNDS
58 Across: Roadster (8): RUNABOUT
60 Across: One who hates marriage (10): MISOGAMIST
62 Across: A king of Judah (3): ASA
65 Across: Grable, to many W.W. II G.I.'s (5): PINUP
66 Across: "Semper fidelis" et al. (6): MOTTOS
67 Across: Sir Henry Irving, e.g. (5): ACTOR
69 Across: A way up in mil. service (3): OCS
70 Across: Harridan (3): HAG
73 Across: "The ___ Old Moon," 1927 song (4): SAME
76 Across: The law, to Mr. Bumble (3): ASS
77 Across: Coffee variety (5): MOCHA
78 Across: Govt. sponsor of opera, etc. (3): NEA
79 Across: Screenwriter Diamond (3): IAL
80 Across: Cager Frazier's nickname (5): CLYDE
82 Across: One who has an aversion to work (9): ERGOPHOBE
86 Across: Fresh (5): SASSY
88 Across: Outward appearance (3): AIR
89 Across: Utmost degree (3): NTH
92 Across: Divert (5): AMUSE
93 Across: Pinch (3): NAB
96 Across: Light submachine gun (4): STEN
97 Across: Highlands headgear (3): TAM
98 Across: Jefferson's bill (3): TWO
99 Across: Select, as a jury (5): PANEL
100 Across: Cracklings (6): SCRAPS
102 Across: Eldritch (5): EERIE
104 Across: Pismire (3): ANT
105 Across: Editor (10): DIASKEUAST
109 Across: Reduced to low status (8): DECLASSE
112 Across: Strands (6): SHORES
115 Across: Immature (6): UNRIPE
116 Across: Consecrate (6): ANOINT
117 Across: Tones on a scale (3): LAS
120 Across: Revile (5): ABUSE
121 Across: Mavourneen's home (4): ERIN
122 Across: Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du ___" (3): MAL
123 Across: One who likes dogs (11): CYNOPHILIST
126 Across: Implement for Poseidon (7): TRIDENT
129 Across: Epicede (3): ODE
131 Across: Sabers' less lethal kin (5): EPEES
132 Across: Emulates Mark Hopkins (7): TEACHES
134 Across: Buck or byte preceder (4): MEGA
136 Across: Flavoring agent (6): SESAME
138 Across: Mexican sandal (8): HUARACHE
143 Across: Raccoonlike mammals of S. America (7): OLINGOS
146 Across: One who designs flags (14): VEXILLOGRAPHER
150 Across: "Tancredi" composer (7): ROSSINI
151 Across: Redcoats, to Minutemen (7): ENEMIES
152 Across: Minn. range (6): MESABI
153 Across: ___ cordiale (7): ENTENTE
154 Across: Notwithstanding (7): DESPITE
155 Across: Places for schussing (6): SLOPES

Down Answers

1 Down: Egyptian Christian church member (4): COPT
2 Down: Pawnee's friend (4): OTOE
3 Down: Some units of length (4): MILS
4 Down: "___ Town," 1938 Tracy film (4): BOYS
5 Down: Mien (6): ASPECT
6 Down: Reign of ___: 1793-94 (6): TERROR
7 Down: Impulses (5): URGES
8 Down: Actor Herbert from Prague (3): LOM
9 Down: Fed. agency concerned with retirees (3): SSA
10 Down: Use a shuttle (3): TAT
11 Down: Site of ancient Olympics (4): ELIS
12 Down: Insurrection (6): RISING
13 Down: Hunting dogs (7): SETTERS
14 Down: Tom Hanks film: 1984 (6): SPLASH
15 Down: Musical syllable (3): TRA
16 Down: Kind of room (3): REC
17 Down: Venous fluid for Aphrodite (5): ICHOR
18 Down: One who excels at table conversation (13): DEIPNOSOPHIST
19 Down: Actress Purviance (4): EDNA
20 Down: Sight attachment (4): SEER
25 Down: Rhine feeder (4): AARE
29 Down: Actresses Merkel and O'Connor (4): UNAS
30 Down: Pariah (5): LEPER
33 Down: Start of a Hemingway title (6): ACROSS
34 Down: Breadth; scope (5): GAMUT
35 Down: Campaign issue in '92 (4): ECON
37 Down: MacArthur hailed from here (8): ARKANSAS
38 Down: Kind of dunk (4): SLAM
39 Down: Foot: Comb. form (4): PEDI
40 Down: Sonny Shroyer role on TV (4): ENOS
41 Down: Rebounded (7): CAROMED
43 Down: City in central Neb. (3): ORD
44 Down: A Shriver (6): EUNICE
46 Down: Romanian monetary unit (3): LEU
47 Down: Triple this for a wine (3): EST
49 Down: Songlike (6): ARIOSE
52 Down: ___ Simbel, Egypt (3): ABU
54 Down: Psyche component (3): EGO
55 Down: Kind of bank (4): DATA
57 Down: Leroy Paige, familiarly (7): SATCHEL
59 Down: "___ my word!" (4): UPON
61 Down: Map abbr. (3): MTS
63 Down: London's ___ Square (4): SOHO
64 Down: Breed of horse (4): ARAB
67 Down: Quantities (7): AMOUNTS
68 Down: Thicket (5): COPSE
71 Down: Peer Gynt's mother (4): AASE
72 Down: She wrote "Three Weeks" (4): GLYN
73 Down: Ailurophobe's word (4): SCAT
74 Down: Former queen of Jordan (4): ALIA
75 Down: One who studies ants (13): MYRMECOLOGIST
81 Down: Spellbind (8): ENTRANCE
83 Down: ___ Nui (Easter Island) (4): RAPA
84 Down: Role for E. Zimbalist Jr. (4): GMAN
85 Down: Box (6): ENCASE
87 Down: Certain (7): ASSURED
90 Down: Like some roads or plots (6): TWISTY
91 Down: Straddlers (4): HOES
94 Down: "___ gratia artis" (3): ARS
95 Down: Capital of Azerbaijan (4): BAKU
100 Down: Nicaraguan's nap (6): SIESTA
101 Down: Female swan (3): PEN
103 Down: Bush or Taft (3): ELI
105 Down: Member of a Middle Eastern sect (5): DRUSE
106 Down: Million chaser (4): AIRE
107 Down: What teetotums do (4): SPIN
108 Down: Kind of caterpillar (4): TENT
109 Down: Lamb's mother (3): DAM
110 Down: Spanish queen: 1906-31 (3): ENA
111 Down: Leap, like some lovers (5): ELOPE
113 Down: Falstaff's princely pal (3): HAL
114 Down: R.I.P. notice (4): OBIT
118 Down: Gibraltar tourist attractions (4): APES
119 Down: Bundled, as grain (7): SHEAVED
124 Down: Highlands monster, familiarly (6): NESSIE
125 Down: A daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta (6): ISMENE
126 Down: Ruffian (4): THUG
127 Down: Provides new weapons (6): REARMS
128 Down: Site of Beersheba (6): ISRAEL
130 Down: Saint-Saëns's "___ Macabre" (5): DANSE
133 Down: Elected (5): CHOSE
134 Down: "Utopia" author (4): MORE
135 Down: N.C. college (4): ELON
137 Down: Love-letter letters (4): EXES
139 Down: Lhasa ___ (Tibetan dog) (4): APSO
140 Down: Fellow (4): CHAP
141 Down: "H.M.S. Pinafore" lass (4): HEBE
142 Down: Discordia (4): ERIS
144 Down: "The ___ Game," 1977 play (3): GIN
145 Down: Neighbor of Que. (3): ONT
147 Down: Poe's "The ___ of the Perverse" (3): IMP
148 Down: One-fifth of CCLX (3): LII
149 Down: "___ It Be," Beatles song (3): LET

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