TIMES PAST - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 3/12/1995. By Charles M. Deber.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: '60s labor leader (5)
- HOFFA
- 6 Across: Aristotle treatise (6)
- ETHICS
- 12 Across: They're no gentlemen (4)
- CADS
- 16 Across: Filmmaker's special effects shot (5)
- MATTE
- 21 Across: TV comic Degeneres (5)
- ELLEN
- 22 Across: Fit to till (6)
- ARABLE
- 23 Across: Mule Sal's canal (4)
- ERIE
- 24 Across: Literature Nobelist Canetti (5)
- ELIAS
- 25 Across: Headline of #36,683 (Ju1y 1, 1958) (17)
- ALASKATOJOINUNION
- 28 Across: Explosive liquid (5)
- NITRO
- 29 Across: Motley (6)
- RAGTAG
- 30 Across: Nightclothes, informally (3)
- PJS
- 31 Across: Fragrant compound (5)
- ESTER
- 32 Across: Gym wear (6)
- SWEATS
- 33 Across: Controversial James Lovelock book (4)
- GAIA
- 35 Across: Marks left (5)
- SCARS
- 36 Across: Proust hero (5)
- SWANN
- 37 Across: Headline of #6,256 (Oct. 9, 1871) (14)
- FIRESINCHICAGO
- 43 Across: Holiday stamp (4)
- SEAL
- 44 Across: Language suffix (3)
- ISH
- 47 Across: Eared seals (7)
- OTARIES
- 48 Across: Proboscis (4)
- NOSE
- 49 Across: Be gracious to (5)
- THANK
- 50 Across: Ancient Chinese dynasty (3)
- CHI
- 51 Across: Sang like a crow (5)
- CAWED
- 52 Across: Bull: Prefix (4)
- TAUR
- 54 Across: It has many feet (4)
- POEM
- 55 Across: Assault (5)
- ONSET
- 57 Across: Headline of #31,545 (June 6, 1944) (16)
- ALLIEDARMIESLAND
- 62 Across: Slowpoke (5)
- SNAIL
- 63 Across: Part of L.A. (3)
- LOS
- 64 Across: "The Cocktail Party" playwright (5)
- ELIOT
- 65 Across: Roofer's concern (5)
- EAVES
- 66 Across: Alters (6)
- EMENDS
- 68 Across: They can be grand (5)
- SLAMS
- 69 Across: Where clothes spin (5)
- DRYER
- 70 Across: Ziegfeld, to pals (3)
- FLO
- 71 Across: Hootchie _____ (3)
- KOO
- 72 Across: Baseball historian Burns (3)
- KEN
- 75 Across: Vandals (4)
- HUNS
- 76 Across: Tiny openings (5)
- PORES
- 77 Across: Song sung singly (4)
- SOLO
- 78 Across: Variety show since 1975: Abbr. (3)
- SNL
- 79 Across: Uganda's Amin (3)
- IDI
- 80 Across: Dortmund dessert (3)
- EIS
- 81 Across: Pipe root (5)
- BRIAR
- 82 Across: Point count bidding pioneer (5)
- GOREN
- 83 Across: Socials (6)
- MIXERS
- 85 Across: Anthony or Elmo, e.g. (5)
- SAINT
- 86 Across: Dolphin sense (5)
- SONAR
- 87 Across: Alphabet trio (3)
- RST
- 90 Across: Mellow Mel (5)
- TORME
- 91 Across: Headline of #48,377 (Oct. 3, 1990) (16)
- TWOGERMANYSUNITE
- 95 Across: Party line (5)
- CONGA
- 96 Across: Iran's Bani-_____ (4)
- SADR
- 97 Across: Hardly trustworthy (4)
- OILY
- 98 Across: "All right" (5)
- ROGER
- 99 Across: Eight-time Norris Trophy winner (3)
- ORR
- 100 Across: Cooper's Bumppo (5)
- NATTY
- 102 Across: Box (4)
- SPAR
- 104 Across: Comic strip originally called "Li'l Folks" (7)
- PEANUTS
- 106 Across: Mao follower (3)
- TSE
- 107 Across: Swing around (4)
- SLUE
- 108 Across: Headline of #26,212 (Oct. 30, 1929) (14)
- STOCKSCOLLAPSE
- 111 Across: Biological bodies (5)
- SOMAS
- 113 Across: Unwilling (5)
- LOATH
- 114 Across: Hit obliquely, as a nail (4)
- TOED
- 115 Across: Stage actress Martin et al. (6)
- LEILAS
- 117 Across: Malaysian export (5)
- COPRA
- 118 Across: Comet's path in the sky (3)
- ARC
- 119 Across: Eras (6)
- EPOCHS
- 125 Across: "Ragged Dick" writer (5)
- ALGER
- 126 Across: Headline of #27,710 (Dec. 6, 1933) (17)
- PROHIBITIONREPEAL
- 129 Across: Kind of boom (5)
- SONIC
- 130 Across: "Beloved" author Morrison (4)
- TONI
- 131 Across: Actress Dorothy (6)
- LOUDON
- 132 Across: Olga's successor (5)
- NADIA
- 133 Across: CBS exec Laurence (5)
- TISCH
- 134 Across: Church part (4)
- APSE
- 135 Across: City on the Willamette (6)
- EUGENE
- 136 Across: With it (5)
- ALERT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Learn via the grapevine (4)
- HEAR
- 2 Down: Stew (4)
- OLLA
- 3 Down: Ross national product (4)
- FLAG
- 4 Down: Song or slug follower (4)
- FEST
- 5 Down: "Puppy Love" singer, 1960 (4)
- ANKA
- 6 Down: Sup (3)
- EAT
- 7 Down: Capricorn, e.g. (6)
- TROPIC
- 8 Down: Palindromic Yemeni city (6)
- HAJJAH
- 9 Down: Nigerian people (4)
- IBOS
- 10 Down: Year in Ptolemy's life (3)
- CLI
- 11 Down: Iroquoian Indians (7)
- SENECAS
- 12 Down: Il _____ di gravita (6)
- CENTRO
- 13 Down: Bygone Dodge (5)
- ARIES
- 14 Down: New Look designer (4)
- DIOR
- 15 Down: D.C. V.I.P. (3)
- SEN
- 16 Down: Headline of #40,721 (July 21, 1969) (13)
- MENWALKONMOON
- 17 Down: Highly unusual (5)
- ALIEN
- 18 Down: Headline of #19,806 (April 16, 1912) (12)
- TITANICSINKS
- 19 Down: Not bland (4)
- TART
- 20 Down: Those, in Tegucigalpa (4)
- ESOS
- 26 Down: Texas A&M player (5)
- AGGIE
- 27 Down: Grammarian's topic (5)
- USAGE
- 32 Down: Ugly Duckling, actually (4)
- SWAN
- 34 Down: Reply: Abbr. (3)
- ANS
- 35 Down: It may be tied (5)
- SCORE
- 36 Down: Tuxedo junction (4)
- SEAM
- 37 Down: The "f" in f-stop (5)
- FOCAL
- 38 Down: _____-Turkish War, 1911-12 (5)
- ITALO
- 39 Down: Singer Lou (5)
- RAWLS
- 40 Down: "..._____ saw Elba" (4)
- EREI
- 41 Down: Up-down connector (4)
- SIDE
- 42 Down: Eskimo people (5)
- INUIT
- 43 Down: Wood stock sites (5)
- SHEDS
- 45 Down: Author Sidney (7)
- SHELDON
- 46 Down: Diamond datum (3)
- HIT
- 49 Down: Color tester (5)
- TONER
- 52 Down: Cuts away (5)
- TRIMS
- 53 Down: "My Michael" writer _____ Oz (4)
- AMOS
- 54 Down: Smooths the way (5)
- PAVES
- 56 Down: Not, to a Scot (3)
- NAE
- 58 Down: "Cannonball Run" co-star (7)
- DELUISE
- 59 Down: Mathematician Turing et al. (5)
- ALANS
- 60 Down: Put teeth into (7)
- SERRATE
- 61 Down: Productive hen (5)
- LAYER
- 62 Down: They've got the goods (7)
- SELLERS
- 67 Down: Monetary unit of Peru (3)
- SOL
- 68 Down: Headline of #4,110 (Nov. 25, 1864) (13)
- SHERMANSMARCH
- 69 Down: "What's _____?" (5)
- DOING
- 70 Down: Brief incursion (5)
- FORAY
- 72 Down: Kipling youth (3)
- KIM
- 73 Down: Copyholders? (7)
- EDITORS
- 74 Down: Headline of #42,566 (Aug. 9, 1974) (12)
- NIXONRESIGNS
- 76 Down: Rap sheet info (5)
- PRIOR
- 77 Down: Any lad (5)
- SONNY
- 81 Down: Off-color (5)
- BAWDY
- 82 Down: Ideal (4)
- GOAL
- 84 Down: Energy unit (3)
- ERG
- 85 Down: Washington _____ (5)
- STATE
- 86 Down: Brat's look (5)
- SMIRK
- 87 Down: Equip (5)
- RIGUP
- 88 Down: Proofreading marks (5)
- STETS
- 89 Down: To the point (5)
- TERSE
- 92 Down: European freshwater fish (5)
- ROACH
- 93 Down: Caspian tributary (4)
- URAL
- 94 Down: Pop singer Hendryx (4)
- NONA
- 95 Down: Rustic house (3)
- COT
- 96 Down: Actor Erwin et al. (4)
- STUS
- 101 Down: "Woe is me!" (4)
- ALAS
- 102 Down: "First _____ see..." (5)
- STARI
- 103 Down: Drink (7)
- POTABLE
- 104 Down: "Israfel" writer (3)
- POE
- 105 Down: Senior Mormon (5)
- ELDER
- 108 Down: Meryl Streep's 1982 title role (6)
- SOPHIE
- 109 Down: Comfortable gait (6)
- STRIDE
- 110 Down: Caterpillar's quarters (6)
- COCOON
- 112 Down: Type of acid (5)
- OLEIC
- 113 Down: Grebes' cousins (5)
- LOONS
- 115 Down: Z-like (4)
- LAST
- 116 Down: "The Time Machine" people (4)
- ELOI
- 117 Down: Cut short (4)
- CROP
- 118 Down: Give _____ (pull) (4)
- ATUG
- 120 Down: Catcher Tony (4)
- PENA
- 121 Down: Solitaire item (4)
- OPAL
- 122 Down: Turn over (4)
- CEDE
- 123 Down: Bangs, e.g. (4)
- HAIR
- 124 Down: Chair support (4)
- SLAT
- 126 Down: Educ. grp. (3)
- PTA
- 127 Down: Cash alternative (3)
- IOU
- 128 Down: From N.M. to N.D (3)
- NNE
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