BRIEF STATE-MENTS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 5/23/1993. By Alfio Micci.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Swindle (3)
- GYP
- 4 Across: High-ranking Muslim woman (5)
- BEGUM
- 9 Across: Lively dance (5)
- STOMP
- 14 Across: Footless (4)
- APOD
- 18 Across: Puccini's "___ Angelica" (4)
- SUOR
- 19 Across: Rebelled (5)
- AROSE
- 20 Across: Province in NE China, old style (5)
- HOPEH
- 21 Across: Venomous lizard (4)
- GILA
- 22 Across: American playwright (10)
- TNWILLIAMS
- 24 Across: "The ___," 1851 tune (10)
- ARTRAVELER
- 26 Across: Emptied the hold (8)
- UNLOADED
- 27 Across: Uses a shaker (5)
- SALTS
- 29 Across: Err at bridge (6)
- RENEGE
- 30 Across: Reformer Jacob ___ (4)
- RIIS
- 31 Across: Moon valley (5)
- RILLE
- 32 Across: In a ___ (strapped) (4)
- BIND
- 33 Across: Southwest lake or river (6)
- SABINE
- 36 Across: "Pagliacci" role (5)
- CANIO
- 37 Across: Errata (8)
- MISTAKES
- 41 Across: Alpine feature (5)
- ARETE
- 42 Across: Forum garb (4)
- TOGA
- 43 Across: "___ Poppa?" 1970 Segal film (6)
- WHERES
- 45 Across: Jabber (3)
- YAP
- 46 Across: Waiter's burden (4)
- TRAY
- 47 Across: Remove type (4)
- DELE
- 48 Across: "Vissi d'___," Puccini aria (4)
- ARTE
- 49 Across: Dali work, e.g. (4)
- OBRA
- 50 Across: ___ de vie (3)
- EAU
- 51 Across: Sousa composition (11)
- WAPOSTMARCH
- 55 Across: "Come Rain . . . " composer (5)
- ARLEN
- 56 Across: Hollanders (8)
- DUTCHMEN
- 58 Across: Like Mom's kitchen (5)
- HOMEY
- 59 Across: Deceptions (6)
- FRAUDS
- 60 Across: Worth or Bordoni (5)
- IRENE
- 61 Across: Ryan's daughter (5)
- TATUM
- 62 Across: Actress Hasso (5)
- SIGNE
- 63 Across: Suits (6)
- BEFITS
- 65 Across: Jay's folks (5)
- LENOS
- 66 Across: Conflict (8)
- STRUGGLE
- 69 Across: Grads (5)
- ALUMS
- 70 Across: A 1924 hit tune (11)
- CAHEREICOME
- 72 Across: Mortar beater (3)
- RAB
- 73 Across: Cabbage's kin (4)
- KALE
- 74 Across: Passenger (4)
- FARE
- 75 Across: "Mighty ___ Rose" (4)
- LAKA
- 76 Across: Dash designators (4)
- DAHS
- 77 Across: Ike's command (3)
- ETO
- 78 Across: Used a chisel (6)
- GOUGED
- 80 Across: Clinton's hometown (4)
- HOPE
- 81 Across: "Twelfth Night" clown (5)
- FESTE
- 82 Across: Prepare for an opening (8)
- REHEARSE
- 84 Across: Waken (5)
- ROUSE
- 86 Across: Alarm (6)
- TOCSIN
- 87 Across: Captain Hook's sidekick (4)
- SMEE
- 88 Across: Vanquish (5)
- WORST
- 89 Across: Arias (4)
- SOLI
- 90 Across: Pronouncement (6)
- DICTUM
- 93 Across: Namely (5)
- TOWIT
- 94 Across: Emulated an ecdysiast (8)
- STRIPPED
- 98 Across: Popular spuds (10)
- IDPOTATOES
- 100 Across: Berlin musical: 1940 (10)
- LAPURCHASE
- 102 Across: Nureyev specialty (4)
- LEAP
- 103 Across: "Gymnopédies" composer (5)
- SATIE
- 104 Across: Bring out (5)
- EDUCE
- 105 Across: Blast or plasm lead-in (4)
- ECTO
- 106 Across: Maid (4)
- LASS
- 107 Across: Head lock? (5)
- TRESS
- 108 Across: Gives a rating (5)
- RANKS
- 109 Across: Rooter's shout (3)
- RAH
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Actor Moses ___ (4)
- GUNN
- 2 Down: Wail (4)
- YOWL
- 3 Down: Antecedence (8)
- PRIORITY
- 4 Down: Scottish fishing boat (6)
- BALDIE
- 5 Down: Certain Iroquoians (5)
- ERIES
- 6 Down: Prod (4)
- GOAD
- 7 Down: G.P.O. items (3)
- USM
- 8 Down: Sicilian port (7)
- MESSINA
- 9 Down: Superficial (7)
- SHALLOW
- 10 Down: Rich cake (5)
- TORTE
- 11 Down: Selects (4)
- OPTS
- 12 Down: Debussy subject (3)
- MER
- 13 Down: Rival of a Sadducee (8)
- PHARISEE
- 14 Down: Program list (6)
- AGENDA
- 15 Down: Carpet feature (4)
- PILE
- 16 Down: Actor Vidov (4)
- OLEG
- 17 Down: Bell the cat (4)
- DARE
- 18 Down: ___ Sutcliffe, early Beatle (3)
- STU
- 23 Down: "Mule Train" singer (5)
- LAINE
- 25 Down: Gives expression to (5)
- VENTS
- 28 Down: Receiver of "Fighter of the Century" award (3)
- ALI
- 31 Down: Has a real fit (5)
- RAGES
- 32 Down: Nativity (5)
- BIRTH
- 33 Down: Replete (5)
- SATED
- 34 Down: Pianist Claudio ___ (5)
- ARRAU
- 35 Down: A 1918 hit song (11)
- BEAUTIFULOH
- 36 Down: Punctuation mark (5)
- COLON
- 37 Down: Compassion (5)
- MERCY
- 38 Down: Makeup of fine lawns (11)
- KYBLUEGRASS
- 39 Down: Dog or Flop attachment (5)
- EARED
- 40 Down: Bridges (5)
- SPANS
- 42 Down: Fox's home (5)
- TEPEE
- 44 Down: Male seal's surrounders (5)
- HAREM
- 47 Down: Condemns (5)
- DAMNS
- 49 Down: Chimp's cousin (5)
- ORANG
- 51 Down: Excites (5)
- WHETS
- 52 Down: Title for Macbeth (5)
- THANE
- 53 Down: Go by car (5)
- MOTOR
- 54 Down: Divert (5)
- AMUSE
- 55 Down: Debate (5)
- ARGUE
- 57 Down: Start of a Dostoyevsky title (5)
- CRIME
- 59 Down: Terra follower (5)
- FIRMA
- 61 Down: Giggle (5)
- TEHEE
- 62 Down: Feed the furnace (5)
- STOKE
- 63 Down: Carroll or Josephine (5)
- BAKER
- 64 Down: Put on cloud nine (5)
- ELATE
- 65 Down: Sweater size (5)
- LARGE
- 66 Down: Sea or land chaser (5)
- SCAPE
- 67 Down: Actress Christine ___ (5)
- LAHTI
- 68 Down: Buddy of Hollywood (5)
- EBSEN
- 70 Down: Effect's partner (5)
- CAUSE
- 71 Down: "___ my yellow basket" (5)
- ILOST
- 74 Down: A spar (8)
- FOREMAST
- 76 Down: Do cryptography (8)
- DECIPHER
- 78 Down: Range (5)
- GAMUT
- 79 Down: Nods off (7)
- DROWSES
- 80 Down: Newman role: 1961 (7)
- HUSTLER
- 81 Down: Kind of acid (5)
- FOLIC
- 83 Down: Bars, at the bar (6)
- ESTOPS
- 85 Down: Mouth: Comb. form (3)
- ORI
- 86 Down: Toledo towers (6)
- TORRES
- 88 Down: "___ me!" (5)
- WOEIS
- 89 Down: In a mire (5)
- STUCK
- 90 Down: Pickle choice (4)
- DILL
- 91 Down: Notion (4)
- IDEA
- 92 Down: Acct.-bk. examiners (4)
- CPAS
- 93 Down: Kind of bag (4)
- TOTE
- 94 Down: Made yarn (4)
- SPUN
- 95 Down: S.A. rodent (4)
- PACA
- 96 Down: Lett's neighbor (4)
- ESTH
- 97 Down: ___ gratias (3)
- DEO
- 99 Down: Ralph Rackstraw, e.g. (3)
- TAR
- 101 Down: Nabokov book (3)
- ADA
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