WISECRACKS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 9/10/1995. By David J. Kahn.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Card game with four jokers (7): CANASTA
8 Across: Lovebird's phone question (6): MISSME
14 Across: Spinning (6): AWHIRL
20 Across: '70s tennis star from Spain (7): ORANTES
21 Across: All the same (6): ATTHAT
22 Across: Short-skirted garment (6): COATEE
23 Across: White or gray mineral (7): LEUCITE
24 Across: Longhorns (6): STEERS
25 Across: Ivanhoe's love (6): ROWENA
26 Across: _____ Alamos (3): LOS
27 Across: Part of a shuffle and three steps (3): CHA
28 Across: Monopoly landings: Abbr. (3): RRS
29 Across: Subsidy (3): AID
30 Across: Dallas player, for short (3): MAV
31 Across: Spring _____ (5): ALEAK
33 Across: What Lola did in "Damn Yankees"? (14): GAVEAHARDYTIME
38 Across: Rehearse stand-up comedy? (15): READYTHERIOTACT
41 Across: Dry up (5): WIZEN
42 Across: Feeling unworthy (7): ASHAMED
43 Across: Swell on el oceano (3): OLA
44 Across: Pulled a lever, maybe (5): VOTED
45 Across: Small number (3): FEW
48 Across: Milk cow (8): HOLSTEIN
50 Across: Janis Joplin, to her fans (5): PEARL
52 Across: Believer of spirits in plants (7): ANIMIST
54 Across: Ad _____ (3): HOC
55 Across: Old infantry soldier (7): PIKEMAN
59 Across: Friction (6): STRIFE
60 Across: Took notice (5): SATUP
62 Across: Precious (3): HON
63 Across: "Chances _____" (3): ARE
64 Across: October alternative (5): TREAT
65 Across: Model (4): POSE
66 Across: Big hand? (4): ACES
68 Across: "Missing" locale (5): CHILE
70 Across: Command ending (3): EER
71 Across: Annoy (3): VEX
72 Across: Kind of copy (5): XEROX
74 Across: Ready to spring (6): COILED
75 Across: House transactions (7): RESALES
78 Across: Pencil partner (3): PAD
79 Across: Sensible (7): PRUDENT
80 Across: Hugo play "_____ s'amuse" (5): LEROI
82 Across: Exhibitor's place (8): PAVILION
84 Across: Old car make (3): REO
85 Across: Comedy writer Pat _____ (5): PROFT
87 Across: Capek play (3): RUR
89 Across: Protective sheet for artwork (7): ACETATE
91 Across: Kind of stream (5): TROUT
92 Across: How to use excess cotton or silk? (15): MAKEANIGHTYOFIT
97 Across: Attracted to the wrong men? (14): HEADYOVERHEELS
99 Across: "Do I _____ Waltz?" (5): HEARA
100 Across: 4-point Scrabble tiles (3): EFS
101 Across: Marching cadence word (3): HUP
102 Across: Neighbor of Ger. (3): AUS
103 Across: With 16-Down, old TV show (3): HEE
105 Across: Together: Prefix (3): COM
106 Across: Math figures (6): RATIOS
108 Across: Bolivar and Legree (6): SIMONS
111 Across: Resembling a birthstone (7): OPALINE
113 Across: Texas wildcat (6): OCELOT
114 Across: Peevish (6): INAPET
115 Across: Colosseum officials (7): AEDILES
116 Across: Actor Jacobi et al. (6): DEREKS
117 Across: Picked up on (6): SENSED
118 Across: Finisher of a sort (7): DESSERT

Down Answers

1 Down: Word with white or dog (6): COLLAR
2 Down: Botanical space (6): AREOLE
3 Down: Queasy feeling (6): NAUSEA
4 Down: Mandela's polit. party (3): ANC
5 Down: Work period in a glue factory? (11): STICKYSHIFT
6 Down: Ninth Hebrew letter (4): TETH
7 Down: Not landbound (4): ASEA
8 Down: "No _____!" (Spanish boxer's cry) (3): MAS
9 Down: Communications corp. (3): ITT
10 Down: Auto option (6): STEREO
11 Down: Subsidiary of 9-Down (8): SHERATON
12 Down: Bring together (7): MARSHAL
13 Down: S.A.T. company (3): ETS
14 Down: Pungent (5): ACRID
15 Down: Angst-filled movie? (9): WOODYWORK
16 Down: See 103-Across (3): HAW
17 Down: One way to reduce taxes (7): ITEMIZE
18 Down: Like Saigon, today (7): RENAMED
19 Down: Raise, in a way (6): LEAVEN
29 Down: Know-how (3): ART
32 Down: Oklahoma town (3): ADA
33 Down: Beauties (4): GEMS
34 Down: Franklin et al. (7): ARETHAS
35 Down: High-tech communication (8): VIDEOTEX
36 Down: Put _____ on (limit) (4): ACAP
37 Down: Boxer's quest (5): TITLE
39 Down: More than that (5): THOSE
40 Down: Sentry's cry (4): HALT
44 Down: Full of oneself (4): VAIN
45 Down: "Step on it!" (6): FASTER
46 Down: Menu item (6): ENTREE
47 Down: Electricians (6): WIRERS
49 Down: Hosp. area (3): ICU
51 Down: Narrative poetry (4): EPOS
53 Down: Frank's third (3): MIA
56 Down: 1980 Pulitzer novelist (6): MAILER
57 Down: Longtime "What's My Line" name (6): ARLENE
58 Down: Must (6): NEEDTO
60 Down: Either of two A.L. teams (3): SOX
61 Down: Minesweeping device (8): PARAVANE
62 Down: Spell (3): HEX
65 Down: Devalued currency (4): PESO
67 Down: Legal add-on (7): CODICIL
68 Down: Local politicians? (11): COUNTYHEADS
69 Down: Camouflaged (3): HID
71 Down: Green, in heraldry (4): VERT
73 Down: Car-emissions agcy. (3): EPA
74 Down: European in the news (5): CROAT
76 Down: Vocally (5): ALOUD
77 Down: Trick Sandy Koufax pitch? (9): LEFTYHOOK
79 Down: Core (4): PITH
81 Down: Latin hymn word (4): IRAE
82 Down: Like the Mesozoic Era (8): PREHUMAN
83 Down: Mr. Diamond (4): LEGS
85 Down: Introduction (7): PREFACE
86 Down: Friars Club member, often (7): ROASTER
88 Down: Lira:Italy::karbovanet:_____ (7): UKRAINE
90 Down: Classified ad inits. (3): EOE
91 Down: This may be spared (6): THEROD
92 Down: Sports award (3): MVP
93 Down: Descriptive of some fables (6): AESOPS
94 Down: Uncomplicated (6): FACILE
95 Down: Homemaker, sometimes (6): IRONER
96 Down: Least feral (6): TAMEST
98 Down: Removes (5): OUSTS
103 Down: '50s Davis Cup player (4): HOAD
104 Down: Abbe de l'_____ (sign language pioneer) (4): EPEE
107 Down: Seine sight (3): ILE
108 Down: Family member (3): SIS
109 Down: Society page word (3): NEE
110 Down: Car size abbr. (3): STD
112 Down: Flower on a French shield (3): LIS

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