IN HONOR OF 80-ACROSS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 5/18/1997. By Frances Hansen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Like some appliances (4): ACDC
5 Across: Cremona name (5): AMATI
10 Across: Spite (6): MALICE
16 Across: Halloween get-up (3): HAG
19 Across: Inveigh (against) (4): RAIL
20 Across: Actor Alain (5): DELON
21 Across: 50's-70's Dodgers manager Walt (6): ALSTON
22 Across: Slip (3): ERR
23 Across: 1936 film (17): MRDEEDSGOESTOTOWN
26 Across: Where Maracana Stadium is (3): RIO
27 Across: "La Navarraise" heroine (5): ANITA
28 Across: Wheezy chest sounds (5): RALES
29 Across: Nursery rhyme character who "fell fast asleep" (6): BOPEEP
31 Across: Daiquiri flavor (6): BANANA
33 Across: ___ clock (self-winding timepiece) (5): ATMOS
34 Across: Fiasco (7): DEBACLE
35 Across: Emergency supply (5): SERUM
36 Across: Of the upper hipbone (5): ILIAC
37 Across: Started eating (6): FELLTO
38 Across: City on the North Platte (6): CASPER
40 Across: "It Happened One Night" star (10): CLARKGABLE
42 Across: Printemps month (3): MAI
45 Across: Prayer word (3): AVE
46 Across: Waiting area for the Robert E. Lee (5): LEVEE
48 Across: One of a Latin trio (4): AMAS
49 Across: Ursula Andress's birthplace (4): BERN
50 Across: Get better, so to speak (4): MEND
52 Across: "Meet John Doe" star (10): GARYCOOPER
56 Across: P.C. Wren's Beau (5): GESTE
57 Across: Rank below abbess (8): PRIORESS
59 Across: Kind of space (5): OUTER
60 Across: Name in Keats's "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer" (6): CORTEZ
61 Across: 3-2, e.g. (5): COUNT
62 Across: Some poker payments (5): CHITS
63 Across: Faineance (5): SLOTH
64 Across: Home for Heidi (6): CHALET
66 Across: Plow part (5): BLADE
67 Across: Abel, for one (8): SHEPHERD
70 Across: Put an edge on (5): HONED
71 Across: "You Can't Take It With You" star (10): JEANARTHUR
73 Across: 1958 Pulitzer author (4): AGEE
74 Across: British royal, informally (4): ANDY
75 Across: Former Eur. airline (4): BOAC
76 Across: Alternative to Corinthian (5): IONIC
78 Across: Inexperienced (3): RAW
79 Across: Ref's decision (3): TKO
80 Across: Born May 18, 1897, he directed all the films named in this puzzle (10): FRANKCAPRA
84 Across: Wheedle (6): CAJOLE
86 Across: 60's series set in post-Civil War (6): LAREDO
88 Across: Appropriate (5): ALLOT
89 Across: Spread out (5): ROOMY
90 Across: St. ___, first American links locale (7): ANDREWS
92 Across: Pakistan's chief river (5): INDUS
93 Across: Odalisques serve them (6): HAREMS
95 Across: Contradicts (6): BELIES
96 Across: Respected one (5): DOYEN
97 Across: Barbecue offering (5): KABOB
98 Across: One of Princess Yasmin's names (3): AGA
99 Across: 1946 film (17): ITSAWONDERFULLIFE
105 Across: Private eye (3): TEC
106 Across: Tennis doubles player (6): NETMAN
107 Across: Utters (5): EMITS
108 Across: Like some votes (4): ORAL
109 Across: St. Agnes's ___ (January 20) (3): EVE
110 Across: Salad start (6): GREENS
111 Across: Ballet ___ (5): RUSSE
112 Across: Like a 103-Down, maybe (4): WAXY

Down Answers

1 Down: Usher's offering (3): ARM
2 Down: "Wheels" (3): CAR
3 Down: Served the purpose (3): DID
4 Down: Make a killing (7): CLEANUP
5 Down: Contribute during preparation (5): ADDIN
6 Down: Famous party giver (5): MESTA
7 Down: Marine ___ (4): ALGA
8 Down: Moreover (3): TOO
9 Down: Physics topic (7): INERTIA
10 Down: Griffith TV role (7): MATLOCK
11 Down: Fugard's "A Lesson From ___" (5): ALOES
12 Down: W.W. II transports: Abbr. (4): LSTS
13 Down: Four-time Japanese P.M. (3): ITO
14 Down: Sounds from the lea (8): COWBELLS
15 Down: Make heroic (7): ENNOBLE
16 Down: 1951 film (17): HERECOMESTHEGROOM
17 Down: Posthumous Plath book (5): ARIEL
18 Down: Fumble (5): GROPE
24 Down: Nail polish (6): ENAMEL
25 Down: Island next to Leyte (5): SAMAR
30 Down: You can stand this! (3): PAT
31 Down: Oregonian (6): BEAVER
32 Down: 1944 film (17): ARSENICANDOLDLACE
33 Down: Part of a tennis court (5): ALLEY
34 Down: Except (5): DEBAR
35 Down: Rascal (5): SCAMP
36 Down: Their work goes down the tubes (5): ICERS
37 Down: Hall-of-___ (5): FAMER
39 Down: Shopping street in London's West End (6): REGENT
41 Down: Shows surprise (5): GAPES
43 Down: Puccini's "Vissi d'___" (4): ARTE
44 Down: Don Juan's mother (4): INEZ
47 Down: Like Asia's reaches (4): VAST
49 Down: Woman's wide lace collar (6): BERTHA
51 Down: Pianist-actor Wilson (6): DOOLEY
53 Down: "Over There" composer (5): COHAN
54 Down: Louise de la Ramee's pen name (5): OUIDA
55 Down: The Water Rat's friend (5): OTTER
56 Down: Sticky stuff (4): GOOP
58 Down: Reconsidered (4): RUED
60 Down: Father (6): CLERIC
62 Down: Typewriter sound (5): CLACK
63 Down: Snub, in a way (4): SHUN
64 Down: Chin (4): CHAT
65 Down: It means "Out of my way!" (4): HONK
66 Down: Game of chance (5): BEANO
67 Down: Young hog (5): SHOAT
68 Down: Dominions (6): REALMS
69 Down: Hero of 1898 (5): DEWEY
71 Down: Steinbeck family (5): JOADS
72 Down: Early weather satellite (5): TIROS
75 Down: Plymouth Colony leader (8): BREWSTER
77 Down: Character actor J. ___ Naish (6): CARROL
80 Down: Emancipation (7): FREEING
81 Down: Western backdrops (7): CANYONS
82 Down: Caller on Miss Mullens, in Longfellow (5): ALDEN
83 Down: Sack (7): PLUNDER
85 Down: Guy in the street (7): JOEBLOW
87 Down: TV actress Meyers (3): ARI
90 Down: Moderate (5): ABATE
91 Down: Beersheba's locale (5): NEGEV
92 Down: Grant Wood, notably (5): IOWAN
93 Down: Knife handles (5): HAFTS
94 Down: Wrong (5): ABUSE
96 Down: Title for Kiri Te Kanawa (4): DAME
97 Down: Rap duo ___ Kross (4): KRIS
100 Down: Bernadette, e.g.: Abbr. (3): STE
101 Down: Six-foot runner? (3): EMU
102 Down: George's brother (3): IRA
103 Down: Certain letter (3): FAX
104 Down: Nevada county seat (3): ELY

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