HOORAY FOR LOVE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 144 clues). Published 2/14/1993. By Alex F. Black.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Nonsense (6): PIFFLE
7 Across: Prosperity (4): WEAL
11 Across: Tennis stratagem (3): LOB
14 Across: This may lead to lead (4): ADIT
18 Across: Reserves for future use (6): STORES
19 Across: Cape fox (4): ASSE
20 Across: Zhivago's love (4): LARA
21 Across: Put on board (4): LADE
22 Across: "Love ___ ," 1952 film (16): ISBETTERTHANEVER
25 Across: Lascivious look (4): LEER
26 Across: Brat's rebuttal (4): SASS
27 Across: Estuary (3): ARM
28 Across: Grenoble's department (5): ISERE
29 Across: Robin's companion (6): BATMAN
31 Across: ___ deck (ducks) (7): HITSTHE
34 Across: Copperfield's first wife (4): DORA
36 Across: Students' ponies (5): TROTS
37 Across: "Love ___": Prov. 10:12 (15): COVERETHALLSINS
41 Across: Crescent-shaped figure (4): LUNE
42 Across: Rosaceous plant (5): AVENS
43 Across: Deg. for a thespian (3): BDA
44 Across: Heating vessels (5): ETNAS
46 Across: Clark's girlfriend (4): LOIS
47 Across: Lovelorn person's problem (4): ACHE
50 Across: U.S.N. officer (3): CPO
53 Across: Put back (7): RESTORE
57 Across: Strasbourg's river (3): ILL
58 Across: "Love ___": Gershwin (12): ISHERETOSTAY
61 Across: "Sweet Swan of ___!": Jonson (4): AVON
62 Across: Skid (8): FISHTAIL
64 Across: Authenticator (6): NOTARY
65 Across: Nigerian group (5): EFIKS
66 Across: Statute (3): ACT
67 Across: Ecol. watchdog (3): EPA
69 Across: Jackie's second (3): ARI
70 Across: "You ___ Love," 1927 song (3): ARE
71 Across: Embarrass (5): ABASH
74 Across: African fish (6): ANABAS
76 Across: Authorizes (8): EMPOWERS
81 Across: Business association (4): FIRM
82 Across: " . . . Love ___": Dickinson (12): ISALLTHEREIS
84 Across: Old hand (3): VET
85 Across: Treaty site: 1925 (7): LOCARNO
87 Across: It's love-love at the start (3): SET
88 Across: Omaha Beach craft (4): LSTS
89 Across: Love seat, e.g. (4): SOFA
90 Across: Clarinetist Jimmie ___ (5): NOONE
92 Across: "___ in Love?": 1952 song (3): AMI
94 Across: Aweigh (5): ATRIP
95 Across: Yucatec (4): MAYA
97 Across: "Love __": Song of Solomon (15): ISSTRONGASDEATH
103 Across: Medieval underclass (5): SERFS
104 Across: Civil-rights org. (4): ACLU
105 Across: A Romance language (7): ITALIAN
106 Across: Nullify (6): NEGATE
108 Across: Havens for bactrians? (5): OASES
110 Across: Light, in Lugo (3): LUZ
111 Across: Christiania, today (4): OSLO
115 Across: Auricular (4): OTIC
116 Across: "Love ___": Jerome K. Jerome (16): ISLIKETHEMEASLES
120 Across: Dijon dream (4): REVE
121 Across: Tatum's dad (4): RYAN
122 Across: Mrs. Sprat's no-no (4): LEAN
123 Across: Mergers (6): UNIONS
124 Across: Very, in Versailles (4): TRES
125 Across: Bungle (3): ERR
126 Across: Mlle., in Málaga (4): SRTA
127 Across: Coin for 126 Across (6): PESETA

Down Answers

1 Down: Purportedly psychic phenomena (4): PSIS
2 Down: Peggy Lee's "___ Good Day" (4): ITSA
3 Down: Watch pockets (4): FOBS
4 Down: Renews (8): FRESHENS
5 Down: Jenny Lou Carson's "___ Me Go, Lover" (3): LET
6 Down: Worldly goods (6): ESTATE
7 Down: Affection (6): WARMTH
8 Down: Superlative maker (3): EST
9 Down: "He is . . . ___ for the defenseless": Ingersoll (7): ASHIELD
10 Down: Yarn measures (4): LEAS
11 Down: Shirley's roomie (7): LAVERNE
12 Down: Norwegian coin (3): ORE
13 Down: Sharp remark (4): BARB
14 Down: "Love ___": Shak. (12): ALLTRUSTAFEW
15 Down: Subordinate deity (6): DAEMON
16 Down: Think (6): IDEATE
17 Down: Sets of three (5): TERNS
20 Down: "___ d'Yvetot," Ibert opera (5): LEROI
23 Down: Formerly, formerly (4): ERST
24 Down: Beatty and Rorem (4): NEDS
30 Down: Famous former weakling (5): ATLAS
32 Down: Govt. collection agency (3): IRS
33 Down: Nobelist in Chemistry: 1918 (5): HABER
35 Down: Off the beaten track (6): ASTRAY
37 Down: Islamic leader from the Golden St.? (5): CALIF
38 Down: Convex moldings (5): OVOLI
39 Down: Salome's septet (5): VEILS
40 Down: Milk: Comb. form (5): LACTO
45 Down: Duke of Elchingen (3): NEY
47 Down: Kind of S.D.I. weapon (4): ASAT
48 Down: Its symbol is X (3): CHI
49 Down: Sainted mother of Constantine (6): HELENA
51 Down: Dead Sea product (6): POTASH
52 Down: Glacial ridges (4): OSAR
54 Down: Egg: Comb. form (3): OVI
55 Down: Seoul G.I. (3): ROK
56 Down: Off. outranking 50 Across (3): ENS
58 Down: Restless yen (4): ITCH
59 Down: Make possible (6): ENABLE
60 Down: Testers (6): TRIERS
63 Down: "Love ___," 1965 film (12): HASMANYFACES
65 Down: Mischievous bowman (4): EROS
68 Down: Cronies (4): PALS
70 Down: Sacred bull (4): APIS
71 Down: Gompers's org. (3): AFL
72 Down: Double this for a Chilean river (3): BIO
73 Down: Bridge between electrodes (3): ARC
74 Down: Tone deafness (6): ASONIA
75 Down: Rose essence (5): ATTAR
77 Down: Choo Choo Coleman was one (3): MET
78 Down: Portuguese city (5): EVORA
79 Down: Get new equipment (5): REFIT
80 Down: Pathogenic bacterium, for short (5): STAPH
82 Down: Rescuer of Odysseus (3): INO
83 Down: Electronic eavesdropping (5): ELINT
86 Down: Friars' feisty fete (5): ROAST
89 Down: Narrowing of a corporeal passage (8): STENOSIS
91 Down: Snake mackerel (7): ESCOLAR
93 Down: Damper (7): MOISTER
94 Down: Okla. city (3): ADA
95 Down: One having a tryst (6): MEETER
96 Down: Greek (6): ARGIVE
98 Down: An anagram for nails (5): SLAIN
99 Down: Extended walrus tooth (4): TUSK
100 Down: Chief ore of lead (6): GALENA
101 Down: Styptic-pencil ingredient (4): ALUM
102 Down: Appraisal (6): SIZEUP
103 Down: Quick shot (5): SNORT
107 Down: Republic of Ireland (4): EIRE
109 Down: Some of the Apodes (4): EELS
112 Down: Blackthorn fruit (4): SLOE
113 Down: Christian equivalent of Ramadan (4): LENT
114 Down: Thessalian peak (4): OSSA
117 Down: Neighbor of Isr. (3): SYR
118 Down: Bowler or boater (3): HAT
119 Down: One, in Ayr (3): ANE

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