LAXICOGRAPHY - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/15/1994. By Charles M. Deber.

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Across Answers

1 Across: He was Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather'' (4)
CAAN
5 Across: Swanky (4)
POSH
9 Across: Tuscany town (5)
SIENA
14 Across: Vâclav Havel's home (5)
PRAHA
19 Across: Official language of Pakistan (4)
URDU
20 Across: Site of Hickam Air Force Base (4)
OAHU
21 Across: In command (5)
ONTOP
22 Across: Kidney-related (5)
RENAL
23 Across: Lazy person's racquet sport? (9)
BEDMINTON
25 Across: Physician in "Jurassic Park''? (11)
PTERODOCTYL
27 Across: Was emphatic (8)
ASSERTED
28 Across: _____-Litovsk Treaty, 1918 (5)
BREST
29 Across: Ewes look up to him (5)
ARIES
30 Across: Precipitate (4)
RAIN
31 Across: Winglike (4)
ALAR
32 Across: Attacked (5)
HADAT
34 Across: Poolside shelter (6)
CABANA
37 Across: _____ Wars (Rome-Carthage conflicts) (5)
PUNIC
39 Across: Sheer fabric (7)
BATISTE
43 Across: Mine entrance (4)
ADIT
44 Across: "You put up the tent, I'll get the wood''? (10)
CAMPROMISE
48 Across: January, in Juârez (5)
ENERO
49 Across: Parallel to (4)
LIKE
50 Across: Gun moll's gun (3)
GAT
51 Across: Still-life subject (4)
PEAR
53 Across: Bearded animals (4)
GNUS
54 Across: Malcolm X profiler (3)
LEE
55 Across: Believer in plant parenthood? (13)
CHRYSANTHEMOM
61 Across: Angle or pod preceder (3)
TRI
62 Across: Night sky marvels (7)
AURORAE
64 Across: More put-out (5)
SORER
65 Across: Pier support (6)
GABION
67 Across: Eau de Paris (5)
SEINE
68 Across: Up (5)
ASTIR
69 Across: Hospital supply (5)
SERUM
70 Across: Sierra _____ (6)
MADRES
72 Across: Porter's "_____ Kick Out of You'' (5)
IGETA
73 Across: Lunatics (7)
CRAZIES
76 Across: Exchanged words (3)
IDO
77 Across: Expert on students' rash behavior? (13)
DORMATOLOGIST
81 Across: Important D.C. lobby (3)
NRA
82 Across: Take five (4)
DOZE
84 Across: Flash Gordon serial site (4)
MARS
85 Across: Doublet (3)
TWO
86 Across: Card catalogue abbr. (4)
ETAL
87 Across: Departments (5)
AREAS
89 Across: Workplace for a short order cook? (10)
RESTAURUNT
94 Across: Org. with a mission (4)
NASA
95 Across: Feeling (7)
SENSATE
97 Across: Russian skater Rodnina (5)
IRINA
98 Across: Pitched (6)
ROLLED
100 Across: Harvard, Brown, Princeton, etc. (5)
IVIES
102 Across: Epochs (4)
ERAS
103 Across: Ms. Lollobrigida (4)
GINA
104 Across: Perseus's mother (5)
DANAE
106 Across: Del _____ of the 50's Phillies (5)
ENNIS
108 Across: Marks off (8)
DEMERITS
112 Across: Fruit that's hard as a rock? (11)
POMEGRANITE
114 Across: Early meat eater? (9)
CROMIGNON
115 Across: Bearing (5)
POISE
116 Across: Standout performances (5)
SOLOS
117 Across: Wave maker (4)
TIDE
118 Across: Pop singer Brickell (4)
EDIE
119 Across: Outfit (5)
DRESS
120 Across: Ain't polite? (5)
ARENT
121 Across: Dashed (4)
SPED
122 Across: Major employer in Hawaii (4)
DOLE

Down Answers

1 Down: Where the conga originated (4)
CUBA
2 Down: Lover of Aphrodite (4)
ARES
3 Down: Supplements (4)
ADDS
4 Down: List in detail (8)
NUMERATE
5 Down: Ottawa chief (7)
PONTIAC
6 Down: Grainy (5)
OATEN
7 Down: Did blacksmith's work (4)
SHOD
8 Down: Marauder (3)
HUN
9 Down: Voice from on high (7)
SOPRANO
10 Down: Provisional (7)
INTERIM
11 Down: Dijon dog days (4)
ETES
12 Down: Arctic (5)
NORTH
13 Down: Address abbr. (3)
APO
14 Down: Apportion, as costs (7)
PRORATE
15 Down: Not ad-libbing (8)
RECITING
16 Down: Up-front amount (4)
ANTE
17 Down: _____ office (old Hollywood code group) (4)
HAYS
18 Down: Aggregate (3)
ALL
24 Down: Land on the Caspian (4)
IRAN
26 Down: Some MOMA works (4)
DADA
28 Down: Obfuscate (4)
BLUR
31 Down: Datebook listings: Abbr. (5)
APPTS
33 Down: Crosswise, nautically (5)
ABEAM
34 Down: Greenhouse bloom (5)
CALLA
35 Down: So long (5)
ADIEU
36 Down: 13 motorcycles? (11)
BIKERSDOZEN
38 Down: Hard-to-read writing (6)
CIPHER
40 Down: Doting on shiny coins? (11)
SENTIMINTAL
41 Down: Cape Cod resort (5)
TRURO
42 Down: Red dye (5)
EOSIN
45 Down: Go along (with) (5)
AGREE
46 Down: Tennyson's "The _____ Queen'' (3)
MAY
47 Down: Geomancer (4)
SEER
52 Down: TV western star of the 50's (6)
ROGERS
55 Down: Yowled (5)
CRIED
56 Down: Victorian taxi (6)
HANSOM
57 Down: Holding (5)
ASSET
58 Down: "___ worry . . ." (5)
NOTTO
59 Down: Balloon, perhaps (5)
TRIAL
60 Down: French Revolutionist Jean Paul (5)
MARAT
63 Down: Opposite of neath (3)
OER
66 Down: _____ Sawyer of the comics (3)
BUZ
68 Down: 1992 Wimbledon champ (6)
AGASSI
69 Down: Heir or heiress (5)
SCION
70 Down: Kind of touch (5)
MIDAS
71 Down: Idolize (5)
ADORE
72 Down: Hungarian patriot Nagy (4)
IMRE
74 Down: Wipe off (5)
ERASE
75 Down: First course, maybe (5)
SALAD
78 Down: Street show (5)
RAREE
79 Down: Others, on the Orinoco (5)
OTRAS
80 Down: D.C. campus (3)
GWU
83 Down: Facility (8)
EASINESS
86 Down: Blew up (8)
ENLARGED
88 Down: Goths and Vandals (7)
SAVAGES
90 Down: 1776 battle site (7)
TRENTON
91 Down: Most open (7)
AIRIEST
92 Down: Merkel and O'Connor (4)
UNAS
93 Down: Cut slightly (7)
TRIMMED
96 Down: Level (4)
TIER
99 Down: "The _____ Love'' (Al Jolson tune) (4)
ONEI
101 Down: Mister, down south (5)
SENOR
103 Down: Sparkly collectible (5)
GEODE
104 Down: Way out (4)
DOOR
105 Down: Chere woman (4)
AMIE
107 Down: Where Moses rafted (4)
NILE
108 Down: Faucet fault (4)
DRIP
109 Down: _____-China (4)
INDO
110 Down: Sweat (over) (4)
TOIL
111 Down: Snick-or-_____ (4)
SNEE
112 Down: Mail-order abbr. (3)
PPD
113 Down: Botanist Gray (3)
ASA
114 Down: Coppers: Abbr. (3)
CTS

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