EPITAPH FOR AN INVENTOR - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 6/25/1995. By Frances Hansen.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Check (6)
- IMPEDE
- 7 Across: Fast time (7)
- RAMADAN
- 14 Across: Baked desserts (6)
- CRISPS
- 20 Across: Put through a strainer (6)
- SIEVED
- 21 Across: It's much thanked in March (7)
- ACADEMY
- 22 Across: Jinx (6)
- HOODOO
- 23 Across: Start of the epitaph (21)
- HERELIESTHEFAMOUSWATT
- 26 Across: Seventh-inning ritual (7)
- STRETCH
- 27 Across: Type of whale (3)
- SEI
- 28 Across: These can be lucky (6)
- BREAKS
- 29 Across: Overly (3)
- TOO
- 30 Across: One with a pitchfork (5)
- SATAN
- 32 Across: Nevada town (3)
- ELY
- 33 Across: Start of a well-known hymn (6)
- NEARER
- 37 Across: Painter of waterlilies (5)
- MONET
- 38 Across: Symbol of electric flux (3)
- PSI
- 39 Across: Obtain (4)
- REAP
- 43 Across: Down-home entertainment (4)
- OPRY
- 44 Across: Late great Grant (4)
- CARY
- 45 Across: "_____ oui!" (certainly): Fr. (4)
- MAIS
- 46 Across: Gottfried's sister, in opera (4)
- ELSA
- 47 Across: More of the epitaph (21)
- SOMEWHEREABOUTTHISLOT
- 53 Across: Tiverton river (3)
- EXE
- 54 Across: Pumped-up body (4)
- HULK
- 55 Across: Rough, as a road (5)
- RUTTY
- 56 Across: Simon and Diamond (5)
- NEILS
- 57 Across: Stare at (7)
- EYEBALL
- 59 Across: Beaut (6)
- DOOZIE
- 61 Across: Ally of "St. Elmo's Fire" (6)
- SHEEDY
- 62 Across: Sites for bookcases (7)
- ALCOVES
- 64 Across: Having chairs, maybe (7)
- ENDOWED
- 66 Across: Skullcap (6)
- BEANIE
- 69 Across: How to draw an egg (6)
- OVALLY
- 71 Across: Behan's "_____ Boy" (7)
- BORSTAL
- 75 Across: Violinist Mischa (5)
- ELMAN
- 76 Across: Connaught county seat (5)
- SLIGO
- 77 Across: Japanese sandal (4)
- ZORI
- 78 Across: Coded matter (3)
- RNA
- 79 Across: More of the epitaph (21)
- AMONGTHESEPATIENTDEAD
- 84 Across: Hospital supplies (4)
- SERA
- 85 Across: Be held in esteem (4)
- RATE
- 86 Across: Forbes profilees (4)
- CEOS
- 87 Across: Years ago (4)
- ONCE
- 88 Across: "_____ bien!" (4)
- TRES
- 89 Across: Pacino and Gore (3)
- ALS
- 90 Across: Boxer with a 90-9 career record (5)
- DURAN
- 92 Across: Wasn't serious (6)
- JESTED
- 94 Across: Puppeteer Baird (3)
- BIL
- 95 Across: Steven of Aerosmith (5)
- TYLER
- 96 Across: Half a sawbuck (3)
- FIN
- 97 Across: Aware of (6)
- WISETO
- 100 Across: Cricket sides (3)
- ONS
- 101 Across: Move (7)
- MIGRATE
- 105 Across: End of the epitaph (21)
- WHOKNOWSWATTLIESAHEAD
- 110 Across: Less fleshy (6)
- BONIER
- 111 Across: Regrouping tactic (7)
- TIMEOUT
- 112 Across: 1992 Wimbledon winner (6)
- AGASSI
- 113 Across: Takes it easy (6)
- COASTS
- 114 Across: Computer memory (7)
- STORAGE
- 115 Across: Hardy novel locale, usually (6)
- WESSEX
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Kabibble of Kay Kyser's band (3)
- ISH
- 2 Down: Architect _____ van der Rohe (4)
- MIES
- 3 Down: Natty (4)
- PERT
- 4 Down: At all (4)
- EVER
- 5 Down: Kind of key (6)
- DELETE
- 6 Down: Life support? (6)
- EDITOR
- 7 Down: Multitude of occurences (4)
- RASH
- 8 Down: Take steps (3)
- ACT
- 9 Down: _____-jongg (3)
- MAH
- 10 Down: Carol starter (6)
- ADESTE
- 11 Down: Master (6)
- DEFEAT
- 12 Down: With full force (5)
- AMAIN
- 13 Down: Falstaff's rascally crony (3)
- NYM
- 14 Down: Ill-natured (8)
- CHURLISH
- 15 Down: Football's Grier (5)
- ROSEY
- 16 Down: "Bridges of Madison County" setting (4)
- IOWA
- 17 Down: Neighbor of 16-Down: Abbr. (4)
- SDAK
- 18 Down: Big winnings (4)
- POTS
- 19 Down: Boozehound (3)
- SOT
- 24 Down: "Apocalypse Postponed" essayist (3)
- ECO
- 25 Down: Tub's problem (7)
- OBESITY
- 30 Down: Teed off (4)
- SORE
- 31 Down: Novelist Seton (4)
- ANYA
- 33 Down: "Long time _____!" (5)
- NOSEE
- 34 Down: Adhesive (5)
- EPOXY
- 35 Down: Paris' Musée de l'_____ (5)
- ARMEE
- 36 Down: Jewish _____ (3)
- RYE
- 37 Down: The "M" in M-1 rifle (4)
- MARK
- 38 Down: Encouraged, in a way (6)
- PATTED
- 39 Down: Tries again to make rain (7)
- RESEEDS
- 40 Down: "Dallas" Miss (5)
- ELLIE
- 41 Down: _____ as the hills (5)
- ASOLD
- 42 Down: Sucker (5)
- PATSY
- 44 Down: Food wrapping, informally (5)
- CELLO
- 45 Down: Rebel (6)
- MUTINY
- 48 Down: Good beating (7)
- WHALING
- 49 Down: Actor Tom of "Amadeus" (5)
- HULCE
- 50 Down: Buddy (3)
- BRO
- 51 Down: European blackbird (5)
- OUZEL
- 52 Down: Be left (7)
- INHERIT
- 58 Down: Bats (7)
- BANANAS
- 59 Down: Work out (6)
- DEVISE
- 60 Down: Lake of the Ozarks tributary (5)
- OSAGE
- 61 Down: Avowed (5)
- SWORN
- 63 Down: Triptych side panels (6)
- VOLETS
- 65 Down: Cousins of musettes (5)
- OBOES
- 66 Down: Half of a Disney duo (5)
- BEAST
- 67 Down: Inventor Sperry (5)
- ELMER
- 68 Down: Dean Martin subject (5)
- AMORE
- 70 Down: Truncate (3)
- LOP
- 72 Down: E.C. Bentley detective (5)
- TRENT
- 73 Down: Within _____ of (near) (5)
- ANACE
- 74 Down: Filled a hold (5)
- LADED
- 76 Down: Hardly intellectual (7)
- SHALLOW
- 77 Down: Site of King David's royal residence (4)
- ZION
- 80 Down: Rats (8)
- TRAITORS
- 81 Down: Farm unit (4)
- ACRE
- 82 Down: Well up (4)
- TEAR
- 83 Down: Some fashion tips (3)
- DOS
- 90 Down: Go-getter (6)
- DYNAMO
- 91 Down: Lough Erne location (6)
- ULSTER
- 92 Down: Common card-table project (6)
- JIGSAW
- 93 Down: Incense (6)
- ENRAGE
- 94 Down: "John Brown's Body" poet (5)
- BENET
- 95 Down: Namely (5)
- TOWIT
- 96 Down: "For shame!" (3)
- FIE
- 97 Down: Owl's question? (4)
- WHOO
- 98 Down: Gaels of college athletics (4)
- IONA
- 99 Down: Nordica products (4)
- SKIS
- 101 Down: Little bit (4)
- MITE
- 102 Down: Puzzle solvers' cries (4)
- AHAS
- 103 Down: 1994 title role for Shirley MacLaine (4)
- TESS
- 104 Down: Facility (4)
- EASE
- 105 Down: Pugilists' org. (3)
- WBC
- 106 Down: Relatives of aves. (3)
- STS
- 107 Down: Shelley's "_____ Skylark" (3)
- TOA
- 108 Down: Schlep (3)
- LUG
- 109 Down: Fort _____, N.J. (3)
- DIX
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