FORMAL FUNNIES - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 162 clues). Published 6/1/1997. By Randolph Ross.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Stew (6): SEETHE
7 Across: Like tea (6): BREWED
13 Across: These might play into the wrong hands (8): MISDEALS
21 Across: Two-time Wimbledon winner Gibson (6): ALTHEA
22 Across: It goes "pssst!" (7): AEROSOL
24 Across: Positively planning (8): INTENTON
25 Across: Funnies romantic (14): WINIFREDWINKLE
27 Across: ___ of habit (8): CREATURE
28 Across: Penn name (4): SEAN
29 Across: Shade of purple (5): LILAC
30 Across: State of agitation (6): LATHER
32 Across: Award for Samuel Beckett (4): OBIE
33 Across: Features on some stationery (5): LOGOS
34 Across: Peak of NE Greece (6): MTOSSA
36 Across: Former service site (3): NAM
38 Across: Funnies flapper (13): ELIZABETHBOOP
43 Across: Shadowy places (9): PENUMBRAE
48 Across: Exceeded (7): RANOVER
49 Across: Like some vbs. (3): IRR
50 Across: Capital of Togo (4): LOME
51 Across: H.S. subject (3): ENG
52 Across: Baseball's Duren and Sandberg (5): RYNES
53 Across: Talk of the town? (6): PATOIS
56 Across: The Mustangs: Abbr. (3): SMU
57 Across: Mountain transport (4): TBAR
58 Across: Word repeated in "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" (4): ALAS
59 Across: Funnies flier (12): STEVENCANYON
62 Across: In ___ (beset by difficulties) (5): AHOLE
63 Across: Little one (3): TOT
64 Across: Spoilers (7): RUINERS
65 Across: Singer Billy Ray (5): CYRUS
66 Across: W.W. II Japanese aircraft (5): ZEROS
67 Across: "Far out!" (7): AWESOME
69 Across: New York Met tenor Alfredo (5): KRAUS
70 Across: Flavors (5): TANGS
71 Across: Another funnies flier (17): WOODROWWOODPECKER
78 Across: Tired of everything (5): HADIT
81 Across: "All ___" (1967 Temptations hit) (5): INEED
82 Across: University officials (7): RECTORS
86 Across: Emulate Romeo and Juliet (5): ELOPE
87 Across: Like some computer encoding systems (5): OCTAL
88 Across: They give you fits (7): TAILORS
92 Across: Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame architect (3): PEI
93 Across: Took steps (5): ACTED
94 Across: Funnies victim (12): CHARLESBROWN
96 Across: Strike out (4): DELE
97 Across: Mucho (4): LOTS
98 Across: Balmoral, e.g. (3): CAP
99 Across: Untrustworthy types (6): SNEAKS
100 Across: Like some keys (5): MINOR
101 Across: Midsummer ___ (June 23) (3): EVE
102 Across: Tree protuberance (4): KNUR
104 Across: Part of a drying-out period, maybe (3): DTS
105 Across: Loud voice from the "Iliad" (7): STENTOR
107 Across: 1960's Maoists (9): REDGUARDS
110 Across: Funnies fighter (13): JOSEPHPALOOKA
113 Across: ___ Lingus (3): AER
114 Across: Professor's prize (6): TENURE
116 Across: Ombrometers measure them (5): RAINS
117 Across: Carbon compound (4): ENOL
120 Across: Check, in a way (6): REREAD
122 Across: More or less, informally (5): SORTA
123 Across: "Things" (4): GEAR
127 Across: Vista (8): PANORAMA
129 Across: Big-eyed funnies character (14): BARNABASGOOGLE
133 Across: Like a Carreras concert (8): OPERATIC
134 Across: Holes in the head (7): SINUSES
135 Across: Coveted (6): ENVIED
136 Across: In peace (8): SERENELY
137 Across: Feeds a crowd (6): CATERS
138 Across: Actress Katharine et al. (6): ROSSES

Down Answers

1 Down: Aphorisms (4): SAWS
2 Down: Nobelist Wiesel (4): ELIE
3 Down: Pillar of heaven, to Pindar (4): ETNA
4 Down: Like a dime (4): THIN
5 Down: Nickname in magazine publishing (3): HEF
6 Down: Ring site (7): EARLOBE
7 Down: Spoiled bunch (6): BADLOT
8 Down: Work on a tough stain, e.g. (6): REWASH
9 Down: 10th-century explorer (4): ERIC
10 Down: Got the gold (3): WON
11 Down: Northern Amer. (3): ESK
12 Down: Cream serving (6): DOLLOP
13 Down: Big-eared funnies character (12): MICHAELMOUSE
14 Down: Memo starter (4): INRE
15 Down: Chest protector (7): STERNUM
16 Down: Raiding grp. (3): DEA
17 Down: Lay to rest (6): ENTOMB
18 Down: "Three men in ___" (4): ATUB
19 Down: Actress Petty (4): LORI
20 Down: Old-time dagger (4): SNEE
23 Down: Grazing sites (4): LEAS
26 Down: "The ___ Sanction" (1970's thriller) (5): EIGER
31 Down: Cookbook amt. (3): TSP
33 Down: Johns (4): LAVS
34 Down: Dunderheads (6): MORONS
35 Down: Doughnutlike (5): TORIC
37 Down: French soul (3): AME
38 Down: Typos (6): ERRATA
39 Down: Knock down (6): LAYLOW
40 Down: Natural (6): INNATE
41 Down: Writer Akins and others (4): ZOES
42 Down: Dirty fighter (5): BITER
44 Down: Proper words (5): NOUNS
45 Down: Like some Christians (6): REBORN
46 Down: Science fiction magazine since 1930 (6): ANALOG
47 Down: Way out (6): EGRESS
53 Down: Corral (3): PEN
54 Down: Penn., e.g. (3): AVE
55 Down: Anatomical prefix (5): SACRO
56 Down: Chocolate ___ (5): SYRUP
57 Down: Start of a how-to title (6): THEART
59 Down: Ring sport (4): SUMO
60 Down: Even (4): TIED
61 Down: Swimming great Diana (4): NYAD
62 Down: People of the Sun (6): AZTECS
64 Down: Based (in) (6): ROOTED
68 Down: Pilfers (6): SWIPES
69 Down: Pasted but good (3): KOD
72 Down: Funnies gumshoe (12): RICHARDTRACY
73 Down: Available (5): ONTAP
74 Down: Become tiresome (4): WEAR
75 Down: Places for drawings? (5): WELLS
76 Down: Brag (4): CROW
77 Down: "Show Boat" composer (4): KERN
78 Down: Medicine man (6): HEALER
79 Down: Breakfast place (6): ALCOVE
80 Down: Like Seurat paintings (6): DOTTED
83 Down: Inviting, as inspection (6): OPENTO
84 Down: Do a double take (6): RELOOK
85 Down: Club name since 1892 (6): SIERRA
87 Down: Come to mind (5): OCCUR
88 Down: Cause of jungle fever (6): TSETSE
89 Down: Lower (5): ABASE
90 Down: Ruffle (3): IRK
91 Down: "___ Amigos" (1973 western) (3): LOS
95 Down: "Star Wars" planet (5): ENDOR
96 Down: Classic Ferrari (4): DINO
100 Down: Where Alice worked (4): MELS
102 Down: Letter before ar (3): KUE
103 Down: Tell tales (7): NARRATE
105 Down: Barbecue pieces (5): SPITS
106 Down: Colorful bird (7): TANAGER
108 Down: In large supply (6): GALORE
109 Down: Date (3): SEE
110 Down: Like some Western law (6): JUDAIC
111 Down: Investigator (6): PROBER
112 Down: Plague (6): HARASS
115 Down: Collars (4): NABS
117 Down: Heroic poetry (4): EPOS
118 Down: Place to be picked up? (4): NAPE
119 Down: Lulu (4): ONER
121 Down: Disney's "___ and the Detectives" (4): EMIL
122 Down: Writer's Market abbr. (4): SASE
123 Down: Some execs (4): GOVS
124 Down: Sponsorship (4): EGIS
125 Down: Nautical heading (4): ALEE
126 Down: 1917 revolutionaries (4): REDS
128 Down: Kurasawa film (3): RAN
130 Down: Genetic stuff (3): RNA
131 Down: Loony bird (3): NUT
132 Down: One of the "virgins" of "Two Virgins" (3): ONO

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