PLAYING THE ANGLES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 9/4/1994. By Wayne Robert Williams.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Blurred (7)
- SMUDGED
- 8 Across: Straighten, as the legs (7)
- UNCROSS
- 15 Across: Of a minor domain (5)
- DUCAL
- 20 Across: Cassava dish (7)
- TAPIOCA
- 21 Across: Little Warsaw, e.g. (7)
- POLONIA
- 22 Across: Missouri tributary (5)
- OSAGE
- 23 Across: Extra effort (15)
- ELBOWGREASE
- 25 Across: Hereditary factors (5)
- GENES
- 26 Across: Barrels (4)
- ALOT
- 27 Across: Wizened (4)
- SERE
- 28 Across: Prefix with meter or motor (4)
- TELE
- 29 Across: Senior (6)
- OLDEST
- 30 Across: Author profiled in "Shadowlands" (5)
- LEWIS
- 32 Across: River of Amiens (5)
- SOMME
- 34 Across: Botanical suffix (5)
- ACEAE
- 36 Across: Moola (4)
- GELT
- 38 Across: Baths (3)
- SPA
- 39 Across: Dum-dum (10)
- KNUCKLEHEAD
- 44 Across: Like Coast Guard rescues (6)
- AIRSEA
- 46 Across: 1953 Ricardo Montalban western (8)
- SOMBRERO
- 48 Across: Country singer Steve (5)
- EARLE
- 49 Across: Excuse (7)
- PRETEXT
- 51 Across: Welcome uncivilly (3)
- BOO
- 52 Across: Show excitement (8)
- ENTHUSES
- 54 Across: _____ Fail (ancient crowning stone) (3)
- LIA
- 55 Across: Medicinal doses (9)
- TEASPOONS
- 59 Across: Gorge (7)
- OVEREAT
- 60 Across: Ex-superpower (4)
- USSR
- 62 Across: Blackthorn (4)
- SLOE
- 63 Across: Easily imposed upon (4)
- MEEK
- 65 Across: South American monkey (3)
- SAI
- 66 Across: Thin layer (5)
- SHEET
- 68 Across: Changing pitch (9)
- CURVEBALL
- 71 Across: Editor's marks (5)
- DELES
- 75 Across: Steve Martin song "King _____" (3)
- TUT
- 77 Across: Not a neatnik (4)
- SLOB
- 78 Across: Cigarette substances (4)
- TARS
- 80 Across: Invitation notation (4)
- RSVP
- 81 Across: Another finisher (7)
- ALSORAN
- 85 Across: Amplify (9)
- ELABORATE
- 88 Across: Osaka O.K. (3)
- HAI
- 89 Across: Funnel-shaped flowers (8)
- PETUNIAS
- 91 Across: Mod ending (3)
- ULE
- 92 Across: Piano composition (7)
- BALLADE
- 94 Across: Perform (5)
- ENACT
- 95 Across: Lacking support (8)
- FOOTLESS
- 99 Across: Laundry stinker (6)
- DIAPER
- 100 Across: Square element (10)
- RIGHTANGLE
- 102 Across: Dance in France (3)
- BAL
- 103 Across: Appropriate (4)
- TAKE
- 104 Across: Playwright Ayckbourn et al. (5)
- ALANS
- 105 Across: Desert lilies (5)
- SEGOS
- 107 Across: Car style (5)
- SEDAN
- 110 Across: Murder, e.g. (6)
- FELONY
- 114 Across: TV host John (4)
- TESH
- 116 Across: Singer James (4)
- ETTA
- 118 Across: Columnist Bombeck (4)
- ERMA
- 119 Across: Cutting out (5)
- AXING
- 120 Across: Monopolize (15)
- CORNERTHEMARKET
- 123 Across: Himalayan kingdom (5)
- NEPAL
- 124 Across: Make unnecessary (7)
- OBVIATE
- 125 Across: "The Doctor in Spite of Himself" dramatist (7)
- MOLIERE
- 126 Across: Tea treat (5)
- SCONE
- 127 Across: Kind of diving (7)
- DEEPSEA
- 128 Across: "The End of the World" singer Davis (7)
- SKEETER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Unbelievable bargain (5)
- STEAL
- 2 Down: "My Dinner with Andre" director Louis (5)
- MALLE
- 3 Down: 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival hit (11)
- UPBAROUNDTHEBEND
- 4 Down: Most underhanded (8)
- DIRTIEST
- 5 Down: Sticky stuff (3)
- GOO
- 6 Down: Old French coins (4)
- ECUS
- 7 Down: Gertrude and Ophelia, e.g. (5)
- DANES
- 8 Down: Fast-paced (7)
- UPTEMPO
- 9 Down: Japanese drama (3)
- NOH
- 10 Down: One of baseball's Boyers (5)
- CLETE
- 11 Down: Kimono (4)
- ROBE
- 12 Down: Unusually narrow, in a way (7)
- ONELANE
- 13 Down: No-show job (8)
- SINECURE
- 14 Down: Blue (3)
- SAD
- 15 Down: Fairway description (11)
- DOGLEGLEFT
- 16 Down: Played for a fool (4)
- USED
- 17 Down: Bamboo stalk (4)
- CANE
- 18 Down: Years and years (4)
- AGES
- 19 Down: For fear that (4)
- LEST
- 24 Down: Refuse (5)
- DROSS
- 29 Down: Light-colored wood (3)
- OAK
- 31 Down: Ice fall (5)
- SLEET
- 33 Down: Dance in 4/4 time (5)
- MAMBO
- 35 Down: Bargain model: Prefix (5)
- ECONO
- 37 Down: Takes to the limit (5)
- TAXES
- 39 Down: Danish change (6)
- KRONER
- 40 Down: Former Canadian P.M. Wilfrid (7)
- LAURIER
- 41 Down: Highland tongue (4)
- ERSE
- 42 Down: Dog dogger (4)
- FLEA
- 43 Down: Experiment (4)
- TEST
- 44 Down: Top-notch (5)
- APLUS
- 45 Down: Relative of 41 Down (5)
- IRISH
- 47 Down: Aussie flyer (9)
- BOOMERANG
- 50 Down: Drying powder (4)
- TALC
- 53 Down: Boob tubes (3)
- TVS
- 56 Down: Old French coins (4)
- SOUS
- 57 Down: Celebrated hostess Mesta (5)
- PERLE
- 58 Down: Former Pac. pact (5)
- SEATO
- 61 Down: Prepare tabloid pictures (7)
- RETOUCH
- 64 Down: Trunk bulge (4)
- KNAR
- 67 Down: Petrify (11)
- TURNTOSTONE
- 69 Down: Architectural spiral (6)
- VOLUTE
- 70 Down: Snatch (4)
- GRAB
- 72 Down: Leslie Caron film, with "The" (11)
- LSHAPEDROOM
- 73 Down: Duck (5)
- EVADE
- 74 Down: Peeping Tom (5)
- SPIER
- 76 Down: _____ chi (meditative exercise) (3)
- TAI
- 79 Down: German city (5)
- STADT
- 81 Down: Mimic (4)
- APER
- 82 Down: Film maker Riefenstahl (4)
- LENI
- 83 Down: Unaccompanied (4)
- STAG
- 84 Down: U.S.-Mex.-Can. concordat (5)
- NAFTA
- 86 Down: Wide receiver Don (5)
- BEEBE
- 87 Down: Inventor Howe (5)
- ELIAS
- 90 Down: Coming (8)
- SOONTOBE
- 93 Down: Pelee Island location (8)
- LAKEERIE
- 96 Down: Not down a break, in tennis (7)
- ONSERVE
- 97 Down: Herbal quaff (7)
- SAGETEA
- 98 Down: One of the deadly sins (5)
- SLOTH
- 101 Down: Shifty (3)
- SLY
- 105 Down: Skating gold medalist John et al. (5)
- SHEAS
- 106 Down: Parts of pipes (5)
- STEMS
- 108 Down: "That's _____" (5)
- AMORE
- 109 Down: First to spot a comet, usually (5)
- NAMER
- 110 Down: Strikes out (4)
- FANS
- 111 Down: Head honcho (4)
- EXEC
- 112 Down: Contemporary of Tu Fu (4)
- LIPO
- 113 Down: Son of Judah (4)
- ONAN
- 115 Down: Slight person (4)
- SNIP
- 117 Down: One way to run (4)
- AMOK
- 120 Down: Atlantic food fish (3)
- COD
- 121 Down: 66, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
- RTE
- 122 Down: Staffordshire product (3)
- ALE
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