WORLD WAR TRUE! - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 162 clues). Published 5/7/1995. By Bob Klahn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Actor Cage (7)
- NICOLAS
- 8 Across: Mosaic piece (7)
- TESSERA
- 15 Across: Belabors (7)
- HARPSON
- 22 Across: "Hubba-hubba!" to Henri (7)
- OOHLALA
- 23 Across: Accepted as payment (7)
- HONORED
- 24 Across: Poe poem set in a "ghoul-haunted woodland" (7)
- ULALUME
- 25 Across: Put out (7)
- STEAMED
- 26 Across: Ran out (7)
- ELAPSED
- 27 Across: To the extent that (7)
- SOFARAS
- 28 Across: The German troops' marching song was adapted from _____ (23)
- HARVARDSFIGHTFIGHTFIGHT
- 31 Across: Purposive (5)
- TELIC
- 32 Across: Miss-named (3)
- NEE
- 33 Across: Rose hip and Red Zinger, e.g. (4)
- TEAS
- 34 Across: Chekhov's "Uncle _____" (5)
- VANYA
- 39 Across: Goddess of night (3)
- NOX
- 40 Across: Province of Latium (4)
- ROMA
- 44 Across: '60s satellite series (4)
- ESSA
- 47 Across: Lock horns with (6)
- OPPOSE
- 49 Across: Poison antidotes (7)
- EMETICS
- 52 Across: Bedroom community (5)
- EXURB
- 56 Across: Hitler's blitzkreig theory was based on the _____ (23)
- WORKOFABRITISHHISTORIAN
- 62 Across: "_____ go, into the..." (5)
- OFFWE
- 63 Across: Switch (4)
- LASH
- 64 Across: _____ Miss (3)
- OLE
- 65 Across: Bara contemporary (5)
- NEGRI
- 66 Across: Gaping opening (3)
- MAW
- 69 Across: Ruins (6)
- UNDOES
- 71 Across: Field marshal Rommel (5)
- ERWIN
- 73 Across: Play by e.e. cummings (3)
- HIM
- 74 Across: Author Robbe-Grillet et al. (6)
- ALAINS
- 77 Across: Puts away (4)
- EATS
- 79 Across: Common Market money (4)
- ECUS
- 80 Across: Page of music (5)
- PATTI
- 82 Across: The first non-British to receive Britain's Dickin Medal for Gallantry was a _____ (23)
- CARRIERPIGEONNAMEDGIJOE
- 87 Across: Din (5)
- BABEL
- 88 Across: Glamour competitor (4)
- ELLE
- 89 Across: Hooks up (4)
- WEDS
- 90 Across: Leaning (6)
- ASLANT
- 91 Across: Solecize (3)
- ERR
- 92 Across: Model's makeup, often (5)
- BALSA
- 94 Across: One who neatens a bed (6)
- WEEDER
- 97 Across: Ottoman V.I.P. (3)
- BEY
- 98 Across: Quarter back (5)
- TAILS
- 101 Across: Letter from Athens (3)
- ETA
- 102 Across: Red letters (4)
- USSR
- 104 Across: Author James and others (5)
- AGEES
- 107 Across: Negotiations leading to the surrender of German troops in Italy _____ (23)
- HADTHECODENAMECROSSWORD
- 114 Across: Plenty angry (5)
- FEDUP
- 115 Across: "CHiPs" chap (7)
- ESTRADA
- 116 Across: Capital on the Tanshui River (6)
- TAIPEI
- 117 Across: Okinawan seaport (4)
- NAHA
- 120 Across: Blue hue (4)
- CYAN
- 121 Across: White pages abbr. (3)
- RES
- 124 Across: 1976 Beach Boys tune (5)
- ITSOK
- 125 Across: Refuges (4)
- ARKS
- 129 Across: "Prince _____" ("Aladdin" song) (3)
- ALI
- 131 Across: Pretend to be (5)
- ACTAS
- 133 Across: The BBC promoted V-for-Victory in musical Morse code by frequenty broadcasting _____ (23)
- BEETHOVENSFIFTHSYMPHONY
- 145 Across: Pennsylvania Railroad city (7)
- ALTOONA
- 146 Across: Flower petals, collectively (7)
- COROLLA
- 147 Across: '60s TV western (7)
- LARAMIE
- 148 Across: French auto (7)
- CITROEN
- 149 Across: Biblical liar (7)
- ANANIAS
- 150 Across: Blue books? (7)
- EROTICA
- 151 Across: Here and there, to Pierre (7)
- ICIETLA
- 152 Across: Nerve impulse point (7)
- SYNAPSE
- 153 Across: Fishermen's patron (7)
- STPETER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Raid the refigerator (4)
- NOSH
- 2 Down: Tiniest bit (4)
- IOTA
- 3 Down: Oscar winner as Loretta Castorini (4)
- CHER
- 4 Down: One of five Norwegian kings (4)
- OLAV
- 5 Down: Priest of the East (4)
- LAMA
- 6 Down: Argus-eyed (5)
- ALERT
- 7 Down: Turn blue? (6)
- SADDEN
- 8 Down: Bernard Malamud Pulitzer winner, 1967 (8)
- THEFIXER
- 9 Down: Wind-borne (5)
- EOLIC
- 10 Down: Catch (4)
- SNAG
- 11 Down: Year in school: Abbr. (4)
- SOPH
- 12 Down: Once, once (4)
- ERST
- 13 Down: Wreck of the Hesperus cause (4)
- REEF
- 14 Down: Mix with, as seasonings (5)
- ADDIN
- 15 Down: Sudden silences (6)
- HUSHES
- 16 Down: Gobs (4)
- ALOT
- 17 Down: Disreputable people, for short (4)
- RAFF
- 18 Down: Pigtail (5)
- PLAIT
- 19 Down: Groundswell (5)
- SURGE
- 20 Down: D-Day beachhead (5)
- OMAHA
- 21 Down: They're for the birds (5)
- NESTS
- 29 Down: Cautionary sign (3)
- SLO
- 30 Down: "I didn't know that!" (3)
- GEE
- 34 Down: Profession (3)
- VOW
- 35 Down: V-mail address (3)
- APO
- 36 Down: "All Things Considered" network (3)
- NPR
- 37 Down: Julian's stepmother (4)
- YOKO
- 38 Down: Starting (4)
- ASOF
- 40 Down: Try, try again? (7)
- RETASTE
- 41 Down: Safety elevator inventor (4)
- OTIS
- 42 Down: _____-Mokwa ("Hiawatha" bear) (5)
- MISHE
- 43 Down: "Oh!" de Cologne (3)
- ACH
- 45 Down: Clique (3)
- SET
- 46 Down: Nerve impulse conduit (4)
- AXON
- 48 Down: Pour forth (6)
- EFFUSE
- 50 Down: Rental checks? (8)
- MILEAGES
- 51 Down: "The Price Is Right" display (8)
- SHOWCASE
- 53 Down: Scottish actress Mary (3)
- URE
- 54 Down: Part of a combination (8)
- RIGHTJAB
- 55 Down: Figaro in "The Barber of Seville" (8)
- BARITONE
- 57 Down: Bristle (3)
- AWN
- 58 Down: Nap sack? (3)
- BED
- 59 Down: Pelvis part (5)
- ILIUM
- 60 Down: Brains (5)
- SENSE
- 61 Down: Overabundance (7)
- NIMIETY
- 66 Down: King Duncan's killer (7)
- MACBETH
- 67 Down: Title poem of a Poe book (8)
- ALAARAAF
- 68 Down: Marrier in haste, maybe (8)
- WARBRIDE
- 70 Down: Amorous glance: Fr. (8)
- OEILLADE
- 72 Down: Depicted (8)
- RENDERED
- 75 Down: High dudgeon (3)
- IRE
- 76 Down: Zilch (3)
- NIL
- 78 Down: Foment (3)
- SOW
- 80 Down: Some movie ratings (3)
- PGS
- 81 Down: Languish (3)
- AIL
- 83 Down: Old fiddle (5)
- REBEC
- 84 Down: Dialogue writer (5)
- PLATO
- 85 Down: Anchor, perhaps (7)
- NEWSMAN
- 86 Down: "_____ Thou Now O Soul" (Whitman poem) (6)
- DAREST
- 93 Down: Unc's mate (5)
- AUNTY
- 95 Down: Patriotic org. (3)
- DAR
- 96 Down: Maniacal leader (3)
- EGO
- 99 Down: Former Ford (3)
- LTD
- 100 Down: Opposite of seek (4)
- SHUN
- 103 Down: Hall and Oates' "_____ Smile" (4)
- SARA
- 105 Down: Morales of "La Bamba" (4)
- ESAI
- 106 Down: "M*A*S*H" Emmy winner (4)
- SWIT
- 108 Down: Fuel efficiency rater: Abbr. (3)
- EPA
- 109 Down: Helpful PC key (3)
- ESC
- 110 Down: Clichéd climax of a movie thriller (8)
- CARCHASE
- 111 Down: Photo _____ (3)
- OPS
- 112 Down: Stutz Bearcat contemporary (3)
- REO
- 113 Down: Cartoonist Browne (3)
- DIK
- 118 Down: Morro Castle site (6)
- HAVANA
- 119 Down: Brighton brew (3)
- ALE
- 122 Down: Visitors from afar (3)
- ETS
- 123 Down: "Eight Men Out" director John (6)
- SAYLES
- 125 Down: They're to be counted on (5)
- ABACI
- 126 Down: Collector's item (5)
- RELIC
- 127 Down: "Look Homeward, Angel" dramatist _____ Frings (5)
- KETTI
- 128 Down: Accumulation (5)
- STORE
- 130 Down: Kon-Tiki worshipers (5)
- INCAS
- 131 Down: Oversized library volume (5)
- ATLAS
- 132 Down: Like some bombs (5)
- SMART
- 134 Down: Laugh and a half (4)
- HOOT
- 135 Down: Scott Turow book (4)
- ONEL
- 136 Down: Company co-founded by Akio Morita (4)
- SONY
- 137 Down: Ollie's biggest friend (4)
- FRAN
- 138 Down: Hebrides island (4)
- IONA
- 139 Down: Impertinent (4)
- FLIP
- 140 Down: Plaything (4)
- PROP
- 141 Down: "I have seen war...I _____ war": F.D.R. (4)
- HATE
- 142 Down: Strike out (4)
- OMIT
- 143 Down: Congenial (4)
- NICE
- 144 Down: 1945, for one (4)
- YEAR
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