'SPLAY - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 8/14/1994. By Deborah Kathryn Trombley.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Ancient Yemen (5)
- SHEBA
- 6 Across: Domain (5)
- REALM
- 11 Across: Basic wage (5)
- SCALE
- 16 Across: Closes the gap? (5)
- DARNS
- 21 Across: Certain angler (5)
- EELER
- 22 Across: Mrs. Banks of "Father of the Bride" (5)
- ELLIE
- 23 Across: Red dye (5)
- EOSIN
- 24 Across: Prohibit (5)
- ESTOP
- 25 Across: House of the Seven Gables site (5)
- SALEM
- 26 Across: Imitate Crosby (5)
- CROON
- 27 Across: Scholia (5)
- NOTES
- 28 Across: Like caramel (5)
- CHEWY
- 29 Across: 'Smiler's goal? (11)
- SLAPSAROUND
- 31 Across: 'Smothering? (8)
- SKINCARE
- 33 Across: Pinfold residents (6)
- STRAYS
- 34 Across: Blond (4)
- FAIR
- 35 Across: Is forthcoming (7)
- OPENSUP
- 39 Across: Goggle boxes, so to speak (3)
- TVS
- 42 Across: Scudded (3)
- RAN
- 43 Across: Demesne (6)
- ESTATE
- 46 Across: Born (3)
- NEE
- 47 Across: Compass dir. (3)
- ENE
- 48 Across: Knolls (8)
- HILLOCKS
- 51 Across: Details handler (4)
- AIDE
- 52 Across: Like a rainbow (5)
- ARCED
- 54 Across: "Dreams and Projects" author (3)
- ARP
- 55 Across: Galahad's mother (6)
- ELAINE
- 56 Across: _____ spout (house part) (4)
- EAVE
- 58 Across: "Eight Days _____" (5)
- AWEEK
- 59 Across: Bikini part (3)
- BRA
- 60 Across: Stuck (to) (5)
- CLUNG
- 61 Across: 'Swine enthusiast? (9)
- SPORTSFAN
- 64 Across: Spain's _____ del Sol (5)
- COSTA
- 66 Across: Emilia's husband (4)
- IAGO
- 67 Across: Let out, perhaps (5)
- ALTER
- 69 Across: Like _____ of buffalo (5)
- AHERD
- 70 Across: Pierced (6)
- LANCED
- 71 Across: Mountain _____ (3)
- ASH
- 72 Across: Sweetheart, in Savoie (4)
- AMIE
- 73 Across: Sagacious (6)
- SHREWD
- 75 Across: Proofs (7)
- REREADS
- 76 Across: Dowers (7)
- TALENTS
- 79 Across: Unified (3)
- ONE
- 80 Across: Most dolorous (7)
- SADDEST
- 82 Across: Cleopatra's Needle, for one (7)
- OBELISK
- 84 Across: Running, but not getting anywhere (6)
- IDLING
- 87 Across: Catches (4)
- BAGS
- 88 Across: Uffizi contents (3)
- ART
- 91 Across: Pulitzer-winner composer George et al. (6)
- PERLES
- 92 Across: Parisians think of them (5)
- IDEES
- 93 Across: Up the bet (5)
- RAISE
- 95 Across: Part of a Civil War signature (4)
- ELEE
- 96 Across: Contemporary author Canin (5)
- ETHAN
- 97 Across: 'Slavish account? (9)
- SLUSHFUND
- 99 Across: Ancient Roman gown (5)
- STOLA
- 100 Across: Dale's favorite cowboy (3)
- ROY
- 101 Across: Lightens up? (5)
- PALES
- 103 Across: Stake (4)
- ANTE
- 104 Across: They can be mental (6)
- IMAGES
- 105 Across: "Hey _____!" (3)
- YOU
- 106 Across: City on the Rhone (5)
- ARLES
- 107 Across: Belted (4)
- GIRT
- 109 Across: Firm (8)
- RESOLUTE
- 111 Across: Diminutive suffixes (3)
- ETS
- 112 Across: Centennial State: Abbr. (3)
- COL
- 113 Across: Actor James (6)
- ARNESS
- 115 Across: Noted Warhol subject (3)
- MAO
- 116 Across: Tee neighbor (3)
- ESS
- 117 Across: Cabbie's query (7)
- WHERETO
- 119 Across: Verily (4)
- AMEN
- 120 Across: Tenure of John Paul II (6)
- PAPACY
- 123 Across: 'Slug off? (8)
- STOWAWAY
- 125 Across: 'Smart money? (11)
- SMALLCHANGE
- 130 Across: Onetime Clinton cause (5)
- NAFTA
- 133 Across: Ammonia compound (5)
- IMINE
- 134 Across: Ship's shipment (5)
- CARGO
- 135 Across: The Supremes' "_____ a Symphony" (5)
- IHEAR
- 136 Across: Nearby (5)
- ABOUT
- 137 Across: Twerps (5)
- NERDS
- 138 Across: Test (5)
- ASSAY
- 139 Across: Standards (5)
- NORMS
- 140 Across: Chutzpah (5)
- NERVE
- 141 Across: "Swell" (5)
- GREAT
- 142 Across: Words between Friends (5)
- THEES
- 143 Across: Graylag or specklebelly (5)
- GOOSE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Mtg. of Congress (4)
- SESS
- 2 Down: Make whole (4)
- HEAL
- 3 Down: Singer Fitzgerald (4)
- ELLA
- 4 Down: Warning sounds (5)
- BEEPS
- 5 Down: Eagle flier (9)
- ARMSTRONG
- 6 Down: Start a Model T again (7)
- RECRANK
- 7 Down: One of the Jetsons (5)
- ELROY
- 8 Down: Burns poem "To _____" (6)
- ALOUSE
- 9 Down: Symbol of St. Mark (4)
- LION
- 10 Down: Patch (4)
- MEND
- 11 Down: Having esthesia (7)
- SENSATE
- 12 Down: The _____ Monster (6)
- COOKIE
- 13 Down: Up and around (5)
- ASTIR
- 14 Down: Claim (4)
- LIEN
- 15 Down: Settle snugly (8)
- ENSCONCE
- 16 Down: Ordained (7)
- DECREED
- 17 Down: Visibly frightened (5)
- ASHEN
- 18 Down: Map abbr. (3)
- RTE
- 19 Down: Immediately (3)
- NOW
- 20 Down: Bond, for one (3)
- SPY
- 30 Down: _____ to the finish (5)
- ARACE
- 32 Down: Sneak _____ (5)
- APEEK
- 34 Down: Rage (3)
- FAD
- 36 Down: 'Scornful book? (14)
- SEARSCATALOGUE
- 37 Down: Not G, PG, R or X (7)
- UNRATED
- 38 Down: Life (3)
- PEP
- 39 Down: Spook house? (6)
- THECIA
- 40 Down: Country homes (6)
- VILLAS
- 41 Down: 'Shah's palace? (14)
- SLAUGHTERHOUSE
- 44 Down: Relishes (6)
- SAVORS
- 45 Down: Row (4)
- TIER
- 49 Down: Prefix with type (4)
- LINO
- 50 Down: Sonnet's end (6)
- SESTET
- 52 Down: Kind of ceremony (6)
- AWARDS
- 53 Down: Tear (4)
- REND
- 57 Down: Siamang, e.g. (3)
- APE
- 58 Down: "_____ Good Men" (4)
- AFEW
- 59 Down: "Treasure Island" captain Billy (5)
- BONES
- 62 Down: Besmirch (7)
- TARNISH
- 63 Down: Polish (5)
- SHEEN
- 64 Down: Burdens (5)
- CARES
- 65 Down: Blurbs (3)
- ADS
- 67 Down: Make _____ of (muddle) (5)
- AMESS
- 68 Down: 7.92 inches (4)
- LINK
- 70 Down: Overhang (5)
- LEDGE
- 72 Down: Tabloid cover topic, maybe (5)
- ALIEN
- 74 Down: Golfer's goals (5)
- HOLES
- 75 Down: Vitamin amts. (4)
- RDAS
- 77 Down: Mollify (5)
- ALLAY
- 78 Down: Moves furtively (6)
- SIDLES
- 81 Down: Patient one (6)
- ABIDER
- 82 Down: Unsealed, in poesy (3)
- OPE
- 83 Down: Affiance (7)
- BETROTH
- 85 Down: _____ ex machina (4)
- DEUS
- 86 Down: Lowly laborers, in slang (6)
- GRUNTS
- 89 Down: Fills a vacancy (6)
- RELETS
- 90 Down: Ribs (6)
- TEASES
- 92 Down: Key (4)
- ISLE
- 94 Down: Colony member (3)
- ANT
- 95 Down: Collective abbr. (4)
- ETAL
- 98 Down: Diet (4)
- FARE
- 99 Down: Some amorousness (9)
- SMOOCHING
- 101 Down: Prefix with type (5)
- PROTO
- 102 Down: Permissive (8)
- ALLOWING
- 104 Down: Spanish composer Albeniz (5)
- ISAAC
- 105 Down: Ground hemlock (3)
- YEW
- 106 Down: Cellophane substitute (7)
- ACETATE
- 107 Down: Most griseous (7)
- GREYEST
- 108 Down: Auberge (3)
- INN
- 110 Down: Puts to good use (7)
- EMPLOYS
- 113 Down: Actress Blake (6)
- AMANDA
- 114 Down: Uncrowded (6)
- SPARSE
- 118 Down: Queue after Q (5)
- RSTUV
- 119 Down: Hawn film "Bird on _____" (5)
- AWIRE
- 121 Down: Spirogyras (5)
- ALGAE
- 122 Down: Bumpkin (5)
- YAHOO
- 124 Down: New World abbr. (4)
- AMER
- 125 Down: Specialty of 3 Down (4)
- SCAT
- 126 Down: Pound (4)
- MASH
- 127 Down: "Camelot" co-star (4)
- NERO
- 128 Down: Herds of humpbacks (4)
- GAMS
- 129 Down: Celtic tongue (4)
- ERSE
- 130 Down: Actress Grey (3)
- NAN
- 131 Down: Basketball's Saperstein (3)
- ABE
- 132 Down: In favor of (3)
- FOR
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