BUREAUCRATICALLY SPEAKING - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 2/12/1995. By Alex & Victoria Black.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Liquor shop order (4)
- CASE
- 5 Across: Apple variety (5)
- ADAMS
- 10 Across: Carson predecessor (4)
- PAAR
- 14 Across: Bag, in dialect (4)
- POKE
- 18 Across: One of the Bowls (4)
- HULA
- 19 Across: Exemplary (5)
- MODEL
- 20 Across: "_____ when?" (5)
- SINCE
- 21 Across: Final notice (4)
- OBIT
- 22 Across: Nest eggs, for short (4)
- IRAS
- 23 Across: Softly (5)
- PIANO
- 24 Across: Kind of dish (5)
- PETRI
- 25 Across: Give the slip to (4)
- LOSE
- 26 Across: Potholes (20)
- PAVEMENTDEFICIENCIES
- 30 Across: Makes one (6)
- MERGES
- 31 Across: Grays (4)
- AGES
- 32 Across: Wine holder (3)
- VAT
- 33 Across: Claims (7)
- ALLEGES
- 36 Across: Part of the familia (3)
- TIO
- 37 Across: Addition to a letter (7)
- CEDILLA
- 41 Across: First name in hotelkeeping (5)
- LEONA
- 42 Across: Manicurist (14)
- NAILTECHNICIAN
- 46 Across: Projecting angle (4)
- CANT
- 47 Across: Lasso parts (6)
- NOOSES
- 49 Across: Iota (4)
- WHIT
- 50 Across: Thunder Bay locale: Abbr. (3)
- ONT
- 51 Across: Schoenberg's "_____ to Napoleon" (3)
- ODE
- 52 Across: Engross (5)
- RIVET
- 53 Across: Exfoliate (4)
- PEEL
- 54 Across: Idiosyncrasy (4)
- KINK
- 56 Across: Parachute attacks (18)
- VERTICALINSERTIONS
- 61 Across: Store fodder (6)
- ENSILE
- 62 Across: Sushi offering (3)
- EEL
- 63 Across: Shaky start? (6)
- SEISMO
- 67 Across: Wristwatch (18)
- PERSONALTIMECENTER
- 74 Across: Ornery fellow (4)
- CUSS
- 76 Across: Heart-to-heart (4)
- CHAT
- 77 Across: Indispensable (5)
- VITAL
- 78 Across: Literary initials (3)
- RLS
- 79 Across: What "+" means: Abbr. (3)
- POS
- 80 Across: "Easy to Be Hard" musical (4)
- HAIR
- 81 Across: Webster, for one (6)
- ORATOR
- 83 Across: Roman ethicist (4)
- CATO
- 84 Across: Utility bill (14)
- ENERGYDOCUMENT
- 88 Across: Timekeeper, of sorts (5)
- BATON
- 89 Across: Encroachments (7)
- INROADS
- 90 Across: _____ Brainard, the Absent-Minded Professor (3)
- NED
- 91 Across: Intellectualizes (7)
- REASONS
- 93 Across: Bus depot abbr. (3)
- ARR
- 94 Across: Belt (4)
- SWIG
- 96 Across: Detects (6)
- SMELLS
- 98 Across: Dust (20)
- AIRBORNEPARTICULATES
- 105 Across: Hatcher of "Lois & Clark" (4)
- TERI
- 106 Across: False front (5)
- GUISE
- 107 Across: Hearing enabled (5)
- EARED
- 108 Across: Plant pod (4)
- BOLL
- 109 Across: Cereal choice (4)
- BRAN
- 110 Across: Over (5)
- ENDED
- 111 Across: Admiral Byrd book (5)
- ALONE
- 112 Across: 1967 folk album (4)
- ARLO
- 113 Across: Something to break into (4)
- SONG
- 114 Across: Opposite of alway (4)
- NEER
- 115 Across: Nudges (5)
- PESTS
- 116 Across: Individual figure (4)
- STAT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Minimum wager (4)
- CHIP
- 2 Down: Goddess of gentle winds (4)
- AURA
- 3 Down: Tito, e.g. (4)
- SLAV
- 4 Down: Right of passage (8)
- EASEMENT
- 5 Down: It comes as a shock (6)
- AMPERE
- 6 Down: Activities (6)
- DOINGS
- 7 Down: Early TV's "_____ With Judy" (5)
- ADATE
- 8 Down: Repairs (5)
- MENDS
- 9 Down: Gin flavoring (4)
- SLOE
- 10 Down: Slice (5)
- PIECE
- 11 Down: Pro's foes (5)
- ANTIS
- 12 Down: Port north of Haifa (4)
- ACRE
- 13 Down: Create the wheel? (8)
- REINVENT
- 14 Down: Tactful (7)
- POLITIC
- 15 Down: Penetrating wind (4)
- OBOE
- 16 Down: 1930 hit "The _____ Waltz" (4)
- KISS
- 17 Down: It starts in juin (3)
- ETE
- 20 Down: Tap (6)
- SPIGOT
- 27 Down: Prefix with dose (4)
- MEGA
- 28 Down: Goes belly up (5)
- FAILS
- 29 Down: Muslim judge (4)
- CADI
- 33 Down: Bookcase site (6)
- ALCOVE
- 34 Down: Heavy (6)
- LEADEN
- 35 Down: Hardly partygoers (6)
- LONERS
- 36 Down: Secure (3)
- TIE
- 37 Down: Kind of dog (5)
- CHILI
- 38 Down: Regulus' constellation, with "the" (4)
- LION
- 39 Down: Thin (4)
- LANK
- 40 Down: Hill dweller (3)
- ANT
- 42 Down: Author Behn (4)
- NOEL
- 43 Down: Spumante source (4)
- ASTI
- 44 Down: Juice server (4)
- EWER
- 45 Down: "Good night, _____" (old TV sign-off) (4)
- CHET
- 47 Down: Comparatively likable (5)
- NICER
- 48 Down: Follicles have them (3)
- OVA
- 52 Down: Vexes (5)
- RILES
- 53 Down: It gets a tanning (4)
- PELT
- 54 Down: Pay obeisance (5)
- KNEEL
- 55 Down: "The doctor _____" (4)
- ISIN
- 57 Down: Rewards for waiting (4)
- TIPS
- 58 Down: Without water (4)
- NEAT
- 59 Down: French preservative (3)
- SEL
- 60 Down: Sesame Street dweller (5)
- OSCAR
- 64 Down: Prefix with sphere (6)
- STRATO
- 65 Down: Overcoat material (6)
- MELTON
- 66 Down: Bean and others (6)
- ORSONS
- 68 Down: Bushels (5)
- SCADS
- 69 Down: Home to 19 Congressmen (4)
- OHIO
- 70 Down: Pusher's pursuer (4)
- NARC
- 71 Down: Sculptor Mestrovic (4)
- IVAN
- 72 Down: Fly catcher (4)
- MITT
- 73 Down: W.W. II area: Abbr. (3)
- ETO
- 74 Down: '40s boxer Billy (4)
- CONN
- 75 Down: Word with friendly or fee (4)
- USER
- 79 Down: Ieoh Ming _____ (3)
- PEI
- 80 Down: #1 on a table (8)
- HYDROGEN
- 81 Down: Physics particle (5)
- OMEGA
- 82 Down: Flushed (3)
- RED
- 83 Down: Winter melons: Var. (8)
- CASSABAS
- 85 Down: Brisk, as business (7)
- ROARING
- 86 Down: Uniforms (4)
- GARB
- 87 Down: Having a single foot (6)
- UNIPED
- 88 Down: _____ State (David Letterman's alma mater) (4)
- BALL
- 91 Down: Fresh (6)
- RECENT
- 92 Down: Escapes (6)
- ELUDES
- 94 Down: Nasty (5)
- SNIDE
- 95 Down: North Sea feeder (5)
- WESER
- 96 Down: Warmed-over (5)
- STALE
- 97 Down: Some Surrealist works (5)
- MIROS
- 98 Down: Pertaining to flight (4)
- AERO
- 99 Down: Neighbor of Armenia (4)
- IRAN
- 100 Down: Ancient writing (4)
- RUNE
- 101 Down: Come by (4)
- REAP
- 102 Down: Suit material, perhaps (4)
- TORT
- 103 Down: Miss Cinders of old comics (4)
- ELLA
- 104 Down: Groove (4)
- SLOT
- 105 Down: Cable net (3)
- TBS
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