DISPOSSESSED - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 136 clues). Published 8/17/1997. By Cathy Millhauser.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Mailing supply (6)
- LABELS
- 7 Across: Leaves of metal (5)
- FOILS
- 12 Across: Coped (7)
- MANAGED
- 19 Across: A Musketeer (6)
- ARAMIS
- 20 Across: Cliched movie ending (6)
- SUNSET
- 21 Across: Better (7)
- IMPROVE
- 22 Across: Most ghastly (6)
- PALEST
- 23 Across: Hose-wielding serf, perhaps? (14)
- THELORDSPRAYER
- 25 Across: Slangy acumen (6)
- SMARTS
- 26 Across: 1977 film killer (4)
- ORCA
- 27 Across: "The Clan of the Cave Bear" author (4)
- AUEL
- 28 Across: Charlotte's web site (4)
- BARN
- 29 Across: Developmental period (3)
- AGE
- 30 Across: Trumpeter Ziggy (5)
- ELMAN
- 31 Across: Rabin's successor (5)
- PERES
- 33 Across: Fact about unladylike habits? (15)
- WOMENSWEARDAILY
- 37 Across: Chow (4)
- EATS
- 41 Across: Cries akin to "Shucks!" (3)
- AWS
- 42 Across: Clingmans Dome locale: Abbr. (4)
- TENN
- 43 Across: T or F, e.g.: Abbr. (3)
- ANS
- 44 Across: Overhauled (6)
- REDONE
- 46 Across: Charleston dancer (7)
- FLAPPER
- 49 Across: "This means ___!" (3)
- WAR
- 51 Across: Expert witness at a trial (7)
- CORONER
- 52 Across: Samplers (7)
- TESTERS
- 53 Across: Ones peeking at rams and ewes? (13)
- SHEPHERDSPIES
- 56 Across: Winter Palace dweller, once (4)
- TSAR
- 57 Across: Loser to Braddock, 1935 (4)
- BAER
- 58 Across: Emollient source (4)
- ALOE
- 59 Across: Rent (4)
- TORE
- 60 Across: Famed Chicago boat? (13)
- MRSOLEARYSCOW
- 65 Across: Invitation word (4)
- COME
- 69 Across: "Help!" in France (4)
- AMOI
- 70 Across: Pilgrim's pronoun (4)
- THEE
- 71 Across: Blood: Prefix (4)
- HEMA
- 75 Across: Long-winded oration of Andrew, e.g.? (13)
- APOSTLESCREED
- 78 Across: Heavenly host (7)
- CHERUBS
- 81 Across: Bureaucratic stuff (7)
- REDTAPE
- 82 Across: John Dos Passos trilogy (3)
- USA
- 83 Across: Pass in some bowls (7)
- LATERAL
- 84 Across: Yak in the pulpit (6)
- PREACH
- 85 Across: Qt. couple (3)
- PTS
- 87 Across: More than chuckle (4)
- ROAR
- 89 Across: The Nittany Lions: Abbr. (3)
- PSU
- 90 Across: Early pulpit (4)
- AMBO
- 91 Across: Stifling of a happy bird? (15)
- WHISTLERSMOTHER
- 96 Across: Hotfoot it (5)
- SCOOT
- 98 Across: Refreshing spot (5)
- OASIS
- 99 Across: Get nosy (3)
- PRY
- 100 Across: Vacation sites (4)
- SPAS
- 104 Across: Ancient Roman wheel (4)
- ROTA
- 105 Across: Lt. Kojak (4)
- THEO
- 106 Across: Prefix with -graph (6)
- SEISMO
- 109 Across: Seedy place? (14)
- AROOMOFONESOWN
- 112 Across: Live, as a game ball (6)
- INPLAY
- 113 Across: Pen (7)
- CONFINE
- 114 Across: Habituates (6)
- INURES
- 115 Across: The Green Wave (6)
- TULANE
- 116 Across: Popular Christmas gift (7)
- SWEATER
- 117 Across: Like Batman (5)
- CAPED
- 118 Across: Volcano, e.g. (6)
- SPEWER
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Napkin holders (4)
- LAPS
- 2 Down: Composer Khachaturian (4)
- ARAM
- 3 Down: Back talk, to one prophet? (10)
- BALAAMSASS
- 4 Down: Crop up (6)
- EMERGE
- 5 Down: Conversation starter (6)
- LISTEN
- 6 Down: J.F.K. jet set (4)
- SSTS
- 7 Down: 1995 cop on the spot (7)
- FUHRMAN
- 8 Down: Like some garages (6)
- ONECAR
- 9 Down: Montreal, for one (6)
- ISLAND
- 10 Down: Guitar designer Fender (3)
- LEO
- 11 Down: Buckle up (7)
- STRAPIN
- 12 Down: Stephen King title (6)
- MISERY
- 13 Down: Capacious (5)
- AMPLE
- 14 Down: Member-supported org. (3)
- NPR
- 15 Down: Abu Dhabi denizen (4)
- ARAB
- 16 Down: "Naked Maja" painter (4)
- GOYA
- 17 Down: By any chance (4)
- EVER
- 18 Down: Laura or Bruce of film (4)
- DERN
- 20 Down: Hot (6)
- STOLEN
- 24 Down: Political debates, often (5)
- DUELS
- 30 Down: Washstand toppers (5)
- EWERS
- 32 Down: Palmists, e.g. (5)
- SEERS
- 33 Down: Go with the wind (4)
- WAFT
- 34 Down: Certain fledgling (5)
- OWLET
- 35 Down: Suffix with hoop (4)
- STER
- 36 Down: Modern Maturity grp. (4)
- AARP
- 38 Down: Emulate Mia (5)
- ADOPT
- 39 Down: Thomas Mann's "___ Kroger" (5)
- TONIO
- 40 Down: Mean grin (5)
- SNEER
- 44 Down: Event for those who know the ropes (5)
- RODEO
- 45 Down: Irish offshoot (4)
- ERSE
- 47 Down: Span. coin: Abbr. (3)
- PTA
- 48 Down: Short wave? (4)
- PERM
- 49 Down: Coaster rider's cry (4)
- WHEE
- 50 Down: Makes bubbly (7)
- AERATES
- 51 Down: Swamp critter (4)
- CROC
- 53 Down: ___ law (ancient code) (5)
- SALIC
- 54 Down: Worked with alfalfa (5)
- HAYED
- 55 Down: Additionally (4)
- ELSE
- 57 Down: Hecklers' chorus (4)
- BOOS
- 61 Down: Nobel-winning Bunche (5)
- RALPH
- 62 Down: Captain Hook's sidekick (4)
- SMEE
- 63 Down: Ostrich cousin (4)
- RHEA
- 64 Down: Sharpen (4)
- WHET
- 65 Down: Kvetch (4)
- CARP
- 66 Down: Kind of hat or house (5)
- OPERA
- 67 Down: Web user's need (5)
- MODEM
- 68 Down: Cornerstone abbr. (5)
- ESTAB
- 72 Down: Afore (3)
- ERE
- 73 Down: Irish side dish? (10)
- MURPHYSLAW
- 74 Down: Humble (5)
- ABASE
- 76 Down: Guadalajara lunch (5)
- TACOS
- 77 Down: "Tom Thumb" star Tamblyn, 1958 (4)
- RUSS
- 78 Down: Kind (5)
- CLASS
- 79 Down: Ruin (4)
- HARM
- 80 Down: Cast aspersions on (4)
- SLUR
- 85 Down: It's a snap (5)
- PHOTO
- 86 Down: Huge (7)
- TITANIC
- 87 Down: Mended (7)
- RESEWED
- 88 Down: ___ Hound (Canis Major) (6)
- ORIONS
- 91 Down: Low-frequency speaker (6)
- WOOFER
- 92 Down: Tallies (6)
- TOTSUP
- 93 Down: Pakistani city (6)
- LAHORE
- 94 Down: Unfold (6)
- OPENUP
- 95 Down: Big hit (6)
- TRIPLE
- 97 Down: Hag (5)
- CRONE
- 100 Down: Bursae (4)
- SACS
- 101 Down: Fore-and-after's fore (4)
- PROW
- 102 Down: Tops (4)
- AONE
- 103 Down: Remote location (4)
- SOFA
- 106 Down: Rests (4)
- SITS
- 107 Down: Silver hair (4)
- MANE
- 108 Down: ___ and terminer (4)
- OYER
- 110 Down: Weimar "with" (3)
- MIT
- 111 Down: Spanish queen until 1931 (3)
- ENA
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