HO, HO, HO - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (25x25 grid, 190 clues). Published 12/19/1993. By John M. Samson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Tv excerpts (5): CLIPS
6 Across: Adjective for an elf (5): SHORT
11 Across: Ate like a bird (6): PECKED
17 Across: Grated cheese (6): ROMANO
23 Across: Rousseau or Matisse (5): HENRI
24 Across: Copier requirement (5): TONER
25 Across: Darting ballet movement (6): ELANCE
26 Across: Writer Wylie (6): ELINOR
27 Across: Landed (5): ACRED
28 Across: Woolly, maybe (5): OVINE
29 Across: The emu, for one (6): RATITE
30 Across: Sampled (6): TASTED
31 Across: 1969 Anthony Quinn film (20): THESECRETOFSANTAVITTORIA
35 Across: Pale aqua (4): NILE
36 Across: Lament (4): WAIL
37 Across: "The ___ Love" (Gershwin tune) (4): MANI
38 Across: The Flintstones' "snorkasaurus" (4): DINO
40 Across: Foretells (8): PRESAGES
44 Across: Black suit (6): SPADES
46 Across: Longfellow poem (9): SANTAFILOMENA
51 Across: Wined and dined (7): REGALED
52 Across: James Farmer grp. (4): CORE
53 Across: Be doctor to (4): HEAL
55 Across: Toyed with (5): LEDON
56 Across: One way to be taken (5): ABACK
57 Across: Any Louis from I to XVIII (3): ROI
58 Across: Closefitting (4): SNUG
60 Across: Patois (5): ARGOT
61 Across: William Gaines founded it in 1953 (3): MAD
62 Across: Long-running NBC soap (8): SANTABARBARA
67 Across: Forbearing (7): PATIENT
70 Across: Actress Sue ___ Langdon (3): ANE
71 Across: Roosters, in a way (6): ALARMS
72 Across: Rosie's bolt (5): RIVET
73 Across: Like the ankylosaur (7): ARMORED
76 Across: "Mazel ___!" (3): TOV
79 Across: Jagger's band, with "the" (6): STONES
80 Across: Site of a 1975 "Thrilla" (6): MANILA
81 Across: Stadium level (4): TIER
82 Across: Japan's largest lake (3): OMI
83 Across: French world (5): MONDE
84 Across: Peyote (6): MESCAL
85 Across: Early-blooming, in old poetry (5): RATHE
89 Across: Reply for Miss O'Hanlon (25): YESVIRGINIATHEREISASANTACLAUS
96 Across: Slowpoke (5): SNAIL
97 Across: Scroogelike, in a way (6): SNEERY
98 Across: Nucleus of officers (5): CADRE
99 Across: "Great Expectations" hero (3): PIP
100 Across: Nudnik (4): PEST
103 Across: Ten through ace (6): HONORS
104 Across: Waco university (6): BAYLOR
105 Across: Piggery (3): STY
106 Across: ___ kill (doll up) (7): DRESSTO
109 Across: Abdominal ailment (5): ILEUS
110 Across: Zoom and fisheye (6): LENSES
111 Across: Grig (3): EEL
112 Across: Parvenu (7): UPSTART
114 Across: Beethoven's Sixth (8): PASTORAL
116 Across: Legend locale? (3): MAP
119 Across: Shake like ___ (5): ALEAF
122 Across: Splinter group (4): SECT
123 Across: Popular card game (3): UNO
124 Across: Sultan Said, e.g. (5): OMANI
126 Across: Washer cycle (5): RINSE
127 Across: One of the five W's (4): WHEN
129 Across: City in northern Brazil (4): SANTAREM
130 Across: Baked holiday treat (7): SANTACOOKIE
132 Across: "26 Miles" island (9): SANTACATALINA
135 Across: Call to a waitress (6): OHMISS
137 Across: Embassies (8): MISSIONS
138 Across: Piccadilly Circus statue (4): EROS
139 Across: Ancient temple (4): NAOS
140 Across: "So that's what you mean" (4): ISEE
141 Across: "Miracle Mile" star (4): AGAR
144 Across: Train in a song by 74-Down (20): ATCHISONTOPEKAANDSANTAFE
155 Across: Hidden (6): BURIED
157 Across: John Wayne film set in Africa (6): HATARI
158 Across: Wolf herring (5): DORAB
159 Across: Elite Navy group (5): SEALS
160 Across: Sports racquet (6): CROSSE
161 Across: Peaceful (6): IRENIC
162 Across: "All kidding ___ ..." (5): ASIDE
163 Across: Radiuses' partners (5): ULNAS
164 Across: Sank a sinker (6): DUNKED
165 Across: Nobelist Mother (6): TERESA
166 Across: Netherworld (5): SHEOL
167 Across: "Beetle Bailey" intellect (5): PLATO

Down Answers

1 Down: Bat the breeze (4): CHAT
2 Down: Walesa of Warsaw (4): LECH
3 Down: As to (4): INRE
4 Down: Chief exec. (4): PRES
5 Down: December bell ringer (9): SIDEWALKSANTA
6 Down: Floored (7): STORIED
7 Down: Huts (6): HOVELS
8 Down: "Step ___!" (4): ONIT
9 Down: City west of Sparks (4): RENO
10 Down: Not kosher (4): TREF
11 Down: Spread throughout (7): PERVADE
12 Down: Galahad's mother (6): ELAINE
13 Down: Spiteful (7): CATTISH
14 Down: Make a bootee (4): KNIT
15 Down: Prefix used in "Ghostbusters" (4): ECTO
16 Down: Stag party? (4): DEER
17 Down: Market (6): RETAIL
18 Down: Wave on the Ebro (3): OLA
19 Down: "Prairie dog," for example (8): MISNOMER
20 Down: Opposed (4): ANTI
21 Down: "The First ___" (4): NOEL
22 Down: General Wingate (4): ORDE
32 Down: "Amos & Andres" star Nicolas (4): CAGE
33 Down: One of Niña's companions (6): SANTAMARIA
34 Down: Dictator Amin (3): IDI
39 Down: Vincent Lopez's theme song (4): NOLA
40 Down: Baby buggy (4): PRAM
41 Down: Singer McEntire (4): REBA
42 Down: "Zounds!" (4): EGAD
43 Down: Cul-de ___ (3): SAC
44 Down: Beats it (6): SCRAMS
45 Down: Standard & ___ (5): POORS
46 Down: Noted California race track (6): SANTAANITA
47 Down: Air duct (4): FLUE
48 Down: Mystery award (5): EDGAR
49 Down: Peter of Herman's Hermits (5): NOONE
50 Down: Pitched in? (5): ANTED
54 Down: Actress Getty (7): ESTELLE
59 Down: Annoying buzzer (4): GNAT
63 Down: Ulan ___ (5): BATOR
64 Down: "___ came a spider..." (5): ALONG
65 Down: "Amazing" magician (5): RANDI
66 Down: Deep brownish-green (5): BREEN
67 Down: Lobster claws (7): PINCERS
68 Down: Place where many flights originate (6): AVIARY
69 Down: Part of TNT (3): TRI
72 Down: Bacon slices (7): RASHERS
74 Down: See 144-Across (6): MERCER
75 Down: Sounded (4): ORAL
76 Down: North Pole exports (4): TOYS
77 Down: Straw in the wind (4): OMEN
78 Down: Discover rival (4): VISA
79 Down: Beams (6): SMILES
80 Down: Allocate (7): METEOUT
84 Down: To the ___ born (6): MANNER
86 Down: "Lights out" indicator (4): TAPS
87 Down: Twice quatre (4): HUIT
88 Down: Agriculture Secretary Mike (4): ESPY
90 Down: Big wheels (4): VIPS
91 Down: Seclude (7): ISOLATE
92 Down: "___ Stop Loving You" (5): ICANT
93 Down: Go-ahead (5): SAYSO
94 Down: Sherlock Holmes's love Irene ___ (5): ADLER
95 Down: City north of San Francisco (5): SANTAROSA
101 Down: Erwin of 50's TV (3): STU
102 Down: First-class (4): TOPS
103 Down: ___ ride (thumb) (6): HITCHA
104 Down: Twiggy brooms (6): BESOMS
106 Down: Yuletide salutation (5): DEARSANTA
107 Down: Museum artifact (5): RELIC
108 Down: Turgenev heroine (5): ELENA
110 Down: Bucolic byways (5): LANES
113 Down: Darned (4): SEWN
114 Down: Stickler (6): PURIST
115 Down: Relaxes (9): LOOSENSUP
116 Down: Deadly shark (4): MAKO
117 Down: Have ___ with (4): ANIN
118 Down: Sondheim's "The Worst ___ in London" (4): PIES
120 Down: Phone button (8): ASTERISK
121 Down: Trepidation (4): FEAR
125 Down: "Pardonnez- ___!" (3): MOI
128 Down: Irrational (7): NONSANE
129 Down: Los Angeles suburb (7): SANTAMONICA
130 Down: Capital of Equatorial Guineau, once (7): SANTAISABEL
131 Down: State workers' union: Abbr. (4): CSEA
133 Down: Well-heeled (6): LOADED
134 Down: Suffix with lobby or hobby (3): IST
136 Down: Japanese coats (6): HAORIS
137 Down: Nanki-Poo's father (6): MIKADO
141 Down: "Alphabet Song" start (4): ABCD
142 Down: Expert (4): GURU
143 Down: Elvis ___ Presley (4): ARON
145 Down: Gambler's marker (4): CHIT
146 Down: Lagomorph (4): HARE
147 Down: Brain passage (4): ITER
148 Down: Turkish rooms (4): ODAS
149 Down: Ritzy (4): POSH
150 Down: Sight from Sandusky (4): ERIE
151 Down: Name in paperback publishing (4): DELL
152 Down: Kind of winds (4): SANTAANA
153 Down: Fizzless (4): FLAT
154 Down: Old gas brand (4): ESSO
156 Down: Language ending (3): ESE

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