BY GEORGE! - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 3/24/1996. By J. K. Brill.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Video session (6)
- TAPING
- 7 Across: Identified (5)
- NAMED
- 12 Across: Pitcher, of sorts (5)
- ADMAN
- 17 Across: Bore (4)
- DRAG
- 21 Across: Kitchen gadget (6)
- OPENER
- 22 Across: Ancient Greek coins (5)
- OBOLI
- 23 Across: It flows into Lyons (5)
- SAONE
- 24 Across: European state (4)
- EIRE
- 25 Across: Gershwin folk opera (12)
- PORGYANDBESS
- 27 Across: What can be said of a Gershwin tune? (10)
- SWONDERFUL
- 29 Across: Gaelic (4)
- ERSE
- 30 Across: Knob (4)
- NODE
- 31 Across: Twit (5)
- TAUNT
- 33 Across: Slew (5)
- RAFTS
- 34 Across: Itinerary abbr. (3)
- RTE
- 35 Across: Most attractive (6)
- CUTEST
- 37 Across: Charitable giving (4)
- ALMS
- 38 Across: Culture lead-in (4)
- AGRI
- 40 Across: Like shoes (5)
- SOLED
- 41 Across: Typeface imitative of handwriting (5)
- RONDE
- 43 Across: Tyke's transport (8)
- STROLLER
- 47 Across: California city (7)
- SOLEDAD
- 50 Across: Two-step, for one (5)
- DANCE
- 51 Across: Kind of stage, in human development (5)
- FETAL
- 52 Across: Before, to Byron (3)
- ERE
- 53 Across: Shorebird (6)
- PLOVER
- 54 Across: 1925 Gershwin premiere (11)
- CONCERTOINF
- 56 Across: Jot (4)
- ATOM
- 57 Across: Ol' Man, e.g. (5)
- RIVER
- 58 Across: Gymnastic equipment (5)
- HORSE
- 59 Across: Directional suffix (3)
- ERN
- 60 Across: Belle's partner in film (4)
- BETE
- 61 Across: Affirm (4)
- AVER
- 62 Across: Language of Iran (5)
- FARSI
- 63 Across: Arrives impolitely, with "in" (6)
- BARGES
- 66 Across: Jackie's predecessor (5)
- MAMIE
- 67 Across: Rocket's deviation (3)
- YAW
- 68 Across: Song from Gershwin's "Girl Crazy" (11)
- BUTNOTFORME
- 70 Across: Cut into three (7)
- TRISECT
- 72 Across: Some are red (6)
- ALERTS
- 74 Across: Baseball's Preacher (3)
- ROE
- 75 Across: Yalta's locale (6)
- CRIMEA
- 76 Across: Unhand (7)
- RELEASE
- 78 Across: Song from Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" (11)
- THEMANILOVE
- 82 Across: "My mama done___me" (song lyric) (3)
- TOL
- 85 Across: Called on (5)
- ASKED
- 86 Across: Phobias (6)
- DREADS
- 88 Across: Shade of green (5)
- OLIVE
- 89 Across: Tournament org. (4)
- NCAA
- 90 Across: You might have to eat this person's words (4)
- ICER
- 91 Across: "___now..." (3)
- ACT
- 92 Across: Repent (5)
- ATONE
- 93 Across: British P.M. during Nixon's Presidency (5)
- HEATH
- 94 Across: American paters (4)
- DADS
- 95 Across: Gershwin satire on politics (11)
- OFTHEEISING
- 99 Across: Pen name (6)
- PARKER
- 100 Across: Prefix with dermis (3)
- EPI
- 101 Across: Subway riders (5)
- FARES
- 102 Across: Writer Jong (5)
- ERICA
- 103 Across: They make cameos (7)
- CARVERS
- 104 Across: Drawn (8)
- RENDERED
- 106 Across: Use a lever (5)
- PRISE
- 107 Across: Full of idle talk (5)
- GASSY
- 108 Across: Bounce (4)
- OUST
- 109 Across: Cruise ship freebies (4)
- LEIS
- 110 Across: 007 foe (6)
- SMERSH
- 112 Across: It's a waste (3)
- ASH
- 115 Across: Piano's opposite (5)
- FORTE
- 118 Across: Having better sense (5)
- SANER
- 119 Across: Pulitzer author Buchanan (4)
- EDNA
- 120 Across: Feminine name suffix (4)
- ELLA
- 121 Across: Another song from Gershwin's "Girl Crazy" (10)
- IGOTRHYTHM
- 124 Across: Gershwin song in a 1924 Astaire musical (12)
- OHLADYBEGOOD
- 128 Across: Palindromically-named magazine (4)
- ELLE
- 129 Across: Lariat (5)
- REATA
- 130 Across: "___Ben Jonson!" (5)
- ORARE
- 131 Across: Use as support (6)
- LEANON
- 132 Across: Oats (4)
- FEED
- 133 Across: Audited a class (5)
- SATIN
- 134 Across: Republic of 1836 (5)
- TEXAS
- 135 Across: Named a la Spenser (6)
- YCLEPT
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Sot (5)
- TOPER
- 2 Down: To the left (5)
- APORT
- 3 Down: By itself (5)
- PERSE
- 4 Down: 1953 Pulitzer dramatist (4)
- INGE
- 5 Down: Marshal in Napoleon's army (3)
- NEY
- 6 Down: Like some sugar (8)
- GRANULAR
- 7 Down: Erred through oversight (6)
- NODDED
- 8 Down: Religious men (5)
- ABBES
- 9 Down: 1994 skiing gold medalist (3)
- MOE
- 10 Down: Noisy transports (3)
- ELS
- 11 Down: Outdo (8)
- DISTANCE
- 12 Down: Postulate (6)
- ASSUME
- 13 Down: Eighth word of "The Star-Spangled Banner" (5)
- DAWNS
- 14 Down: Debatable (4)
- MOOT
- 15 Down: Massachusetts cape (3)
- ANN
- 16 Down: TV's "___and Stacey" (3)
- NED
- 17 Down: Wreck (6)
- DERAIL
- 18 Down: Songwriter's starting point, maybe (4)
- RIFF
- 19 Down: In___ (stymied) (4)
- ARUT
- 20 Down: Sets (4)
- GELS
- 26 Down: Big-name (5)
- NOTED
- 28 Down: Children's author Le Cain (5)
- ERROL
- 32 Down: tree in a thicket (5)
- ALDER
- 35 Down: Secret device (5)
- CODER
- 36 Down: Kind of visa (7)
- TRANSIT
- 38 Down: Envelope abbr. (4)
- ATTN
- 39 Down: Match for Seles (4)
- GRAF
- 40 Down: Cleave (5)
- SEVER
- 42 Down: Previously (4)
- ONCE
- 43 Down: Fishing net (5)
- SEINE
- 44 Down: Title song from a 1933 Gershwin musical (12)
- LETEMEATCAKE
- 45 Down: Like Ovid's "The Art of Love" (6)
- EROTIC
- 46 Down: Have a second session (6)
- REMEET
- 47 Down: Flower display (5)
- SPRAY
- 48 Down: Three-time A.L. batting champ (5)
- OLIVA
- 49 Down: Gershwin ballad from "The Goldwyn Follies" (12)
- LOVEWALKEDIN
- 50 Down: Prefix with lateral (5)
- DORSO
- 51 Down: Progress steadily (5)
- FORGE
- 54 Down: Hikers' woes (5)
- CORNS
- 55 Down: Office time (4)
- TERM
- 56 Down: Demean (5)
- ABASE
- 58 Down: Protected from the sun (6)
- HATTED
- 62 Down: Fitch and muskrat (4)
- FURS
- 63 Down: Good times (5)
- BOOMS
- 64 Down: Field (4)
- AREA
- 65 Down: Tried hard (6)
- STROVE
- 66 Down: The silent type (4)
- MIME
- 68 Down: Droplet (4)
- BEAD
- 69 Down: Mr. Rogers (4)
- FRED
- 71 Down: Split (4)
- RIVE
- 73 Down: Unwanted looks (5)
- LEERS
- 75 Down: Stick (5)
- CLING
- 76 Down: Wall Street villain (6)
- RAIDER
- 77 Down: Getaway (6)
- ESCAPE
- 78 Down: Some schools (5)
- TECHS
- 79 Down: Milton's "immortal___" (4)
- HATE
- 80 Down: Takes in (7)
- NOTICES
- 81 Down: A Massey (5)
- ILONA
- 83 Down: Many a John Wayne film (5)
- OATER
- 84 Down: "The Wizard of Oz" actor and family (5)
- LAHRS
- 87 Down: Made the grade (5)
- RATED
- 89 Down: Hardly shy (5)
- NERVY
- 92 Down: With defects and all (4)
- ASIS
- 93 Down: Unsparing (5)
- HARSH
- 95 Down: Trireme gear (4)
- OARS
- 96 Down: Stew (4)
- FRET
- 97 Down: Chilling (5)
- EERIE
- 98 Down: Perfume ingredient (8)
- IRISROOT
- 99 Down: Somewhat (8)
- PASSABLY
- 101 Down: Eis's counterpart (5)
- FEUER
- 103 Down: Ferris wheel operator (5)
- CARNY
- 105 Down: Like some lines (6)
- DOTTED
- 106 Down: Copyist (6)
- PENMAN
- 107 Down: Actress Barbara Bel___ (6)
- GEDDES
- 109 Down: "Chicago Hope" actress (5)
- LAHTI
- 111 Down: Half a famous comedy duo (5)
- MEARA
- 112 Down: By oneself (5)
- ALONE
- 113 Down: Fore-and-after (5)
- SLOOP
- 114 Down: Was without, briefly (5)
- HADNT
- 115 Down: Feudal estate (4)
- FIEF
- 116 Down: Get a load of (4)
- OGLE
- 117 Down: Position to fill (4)
- ROLE
- 118 Down: R.B.I. or E.R.A. (4)
- STAT
- 120 Down: Even, to Yvonne (4)
- EGAL
- 122 Down: Many mins. (3)
- HRS
- 123 Down: Verily (3)
- YEA
- 125 Down: Otto I's domain: Abbr. (3)
- HRE
- 126 Down: Calif. touchdown site (3)
- LAX
- 127 Down: Intl. trading assn. (3)
- EEC
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