SAYING THE ALPHABET - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 7/30/1995. By Charles M. Deber.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Davos denizens (5)
- SWISS
- 6 Across: Profess (4)
- AVER
- 10 Across: Environs of 1-Across (4)
- ALPS
- 14 Across: Seasons (5)
- SALTS
- 19 Across: Appropriate (5)
- COOPT
- 20 Across: Poet laureate Nahum (4)
- TATE
- 21 Across: Butterflies (4)
- FEAR
- 22 Across: March (5)
- TROOP
- 23 Across: BBBB (10)
- HONEYBUNCH
- 25 Across: EEEE (10)
- FACILITATE
- 27 Across: "I was at my girlfriend's," e.g. (5)
- ALIBI
- 28 Across: In flight (5)
- ALOFT
- 30 Across: Straight (6)
- ALINED
- 31 Across: Turn to twilight (6)
- DARKEN
- 34 Across: One, of a kind (5)
- LONER
- 36 Across: Graf _____ (4)
- SPEE
- 37 Across: Ring shouts (4)
- OLES
- 38 Across: TTTT (11)
- GOLFGADGETS
- 42 Across: Common dog's name (4)
- SPOT
- 46 Across: "Dear old _____" (3)
- DAD
- 47 Across: Clouds (6)
- BEDIMS
- 48 Across: Actress Gilbert of "Roseanne" (4)
- SARA
- 49 Across: Fur piece (5)
- STOLE
- 50 Across: Certain postings (5)
- 52 Across: Captain's heading (3)
- ENE
- 53 Across: 1969 Medicine Nobelist Salvador _____ (5)
- LURIA
- 55 Across: Scene of vice (3)
- DEN
- 56 Across: Comportment (7)
- CONDUCT
- 58 Across: Stadium parking lot activity (8)
- SCALPING
- 61 Across: Game item (3)
- DIE
- 62 Across: Caribou and elk (5)
- DEERS
- 63 Across: Let slip (6)
- FORGOT
- 64 Across: Gift (6)
- TALENT
- 66 Across: Addis _____ (5)
- ABABA
- 67 Across: QQQQ (7)
- LINEUPS
- 68 Across: Niacin and others (5)
- ACIDS
- 69 Across: Early round (6)
- PRELIM
- 70 Across: Greets the day (6)
- ARISES
- 71 Across: Pinch pennies (5)
- SKIMP
- 72 Across: Member of the crew (3)
- OAR
- 73 Across: Beef, venison et al. (8)
- REDMEATS
- 75 Across: Settled (7)
- PEOPLED
- 78 Across: Batter's stat (3)
- RBI
- 79 Across: R2D2, for one (5)
- DROID
- 80 Across: Bridge builder's deg. (3)
- BCE
- 82 Across: Boeing customer (5)
- USAIR
- 83 Across: Salon offerings (5)
- TINTS
- 85 Across: _____ about (approximately) (4)
- ONOR
- 87 Across: It's over from Dover (6)
- CALAIS
- 89 Across: Start of many movements' names (3)
- NEO
- 90 Across: Michener genre (4)
- SAGA
- 91 Across: IIIII (11)
- IMAGEMAKERS
- 93 Across: Medical suffix (4)
- ITIS
- 94 Across: Ballad subject, maybe (4)
- LASS
- 96 Across: Truth _____ (5)
- SERUM
- 97 Across: Catches, in a way (6)
- LASSOS
- 99 Across: Kickback, of a sort (6)
- RECOIL
- 102 Across: Overseas friend (5)
- AMIGO
- 104 Across: Boot (5)
- EVICT
- 106 Across: OOOO (10)
- ISINDEBTED
- 108 Across: UUUU (10)
- MANIPULATE
- 113 Across: First name in makeup (5)
- ESTEE
- 114 Across: Maison follower (4)
- ETTE
- 115 Across: Deco illustrator (4)
- ERTE
- 116 Across: Midmorning (5)
- TENAM
- 117 Across: Misses (5)
- NEEDS
- 118 Across: Easter supplies (4)
- DYES
- 119 Across: Was attractive (4)
- DREW
- 120 Across: Block (5)
- ESTOP
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Educ. edifice (3)
- SCH
- 2 Down: It may be pitched (3)
- WOO
- 3 Down: One of Plato's "Dialogues" (3)
- ION
- 4 Down: Lectures (6)
- SPEAKS
- 5 Down: Phraseology (5)
- STYLE
- 6 Down: "Three men in _____" (4)
- ATUB
- 7 Down: Bean flavoring (8)
- VANILLIN
- 8 Down: Nonspecific abbr. (3)
- ETC
- 9 Down: Shifts a portrait (7)
- REHANGS
- 10 Down: Yields (7)
- AFFORDS
- 11 Down: Green piece (4)
- LEAF
- 12 Down: Tontine, e.g. (4)
- PACT
- 13 Down: _____ Lanka (3)
- SRI
- 14 Down: Steps over a fence (5)
- STILE
- 15 Down: Most showy (7)
- ARTIEST
- 16 Down: It could be a credit to anyone (4)
- LOAN
- 17 Down: Shopping aid (4)
- TOTE
- 18 Down: Scurried (4)
- SPED
- 24 Down: All-nighter (5)
- BINGE
- 26 Down: Pool exercise (4)
- LAPS
- 29 Down: Kirkconnell, in ballad (3)
- LEA
- 31 Down: Numerical prefix (5)
- DODEC
- 32 Down: "13 Days to Glory"subject (5)
- ALAMO
- 33 Down: CCCC (12)
- REDANDBERING
- 35 Down: "All _____," (1984 comedy) (4)
- OFME
- 36 Down: "First see..." (5)
- STARI
- 39 Down: "The Country Girl" dramatist (5)
- ODETS
- 40 Down: Races (7)
- GALLOPS
- 41 Down: Goes ballistic (6)
- ERUPTS
- 43 Down: PPPP (12)
- PODDEDPLANTS
- 44 Down: Liquid fats (6)
- OLEINS
- 45 Down: Something to believe in (5)
- TENET
- 47 Down: JJJJ (9)
- BLUEBIRDS
- 49 Down: YYYY (9)
- SAGACIOUS
- 51 Down: Nonpareil (5)
- IDEAL
- 54 Down: Type of value (6)
- INTAKE
- 57 Down: Floyd of the Grand Ole Opry (6)
- CRAMER
- 58 Down: Actress Braga (5)
- SONIA
- 59 Down: Flood point (5)
- CREST
- 60 Down: Feverish fits (5)
- AGUES
- 63 Down: Andiron (7)
- FIREDOG
- 65 Down: Walks awkwardly (5)
- LIMPS
- 66 Down: Sheba's locale (6)
- ARABIA
- 67 Down: Thin layer (6)
- LAMINA
- 69 Down: They receive many calls (5)
- PORTS
- 71 Down: Lance (5)
- SPEAR
- 74 Down: Sentences (5)
- DOOMS
- 76 Down: Children's song refrain (5)
- EIEIO
- 77 Down: Refuse (5)
- DROSS
- 80 Down: Azerbaijan's capital (4)
- BAKU
- 81 Down: Hall-of-Fame Pirate (8)
- CLEMENTE
- 84 Down: Like eagles (7)
- TALONED
- 86 Down: Abides (7)
- RESIDES
- 87 Down: Was deflected (7)
- CAROMED
- 88 Down: Long Island airport town (5)
- ISLIP
- 91 Down: Skye, e.g. (4)
- ISLE
- 92 Down: One of the March sisters (3)
- MEG
- 93 Down: Carpet fibers (6)
- ISTLES
- 95 Down: Attaches (5)
- AIDES
- 98 Down: More than serious (5)
- ACUTE
- 99 Down: Opposite of tout (4)
- RIEN
- 100 Down: To be: Lat. (4)
- ESSE
- 101 Down: Commend, as for honors (4)
- CITE
- 102 Down: Court sort, for short (4)
- ATTY
- 103 Down: Apportion (4)
- METE
- 105 Down: Prospect (4)
- VIEW
- 107 Down: Sleep on it (3)
- BED
- 109 Down: Flightboard abbr. (3)
- ARR
- 110 Down: Model Aesop character (3)
- ANT
- 111 Down: _____ Te Ching (3)
- TAO
- 112 Down: Sovereign ruler: Abbr. (3)
- EMP
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