WHAT A NICE PICNIC! - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 3/8/1998. By Richard Silvestri.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Backside (4)
- DUFF
- 5 Across: Chaff (5)
- DROSS
- 10 Across: Fluff up (5)
- TEASE
- 15 Across: Alum, for one (4)
- SALT
- 19 Across: First name in daredeviltry (4)
- EVEL
- 20 Across: Fixed the pilot (5)
- RELIT
- 21 Across: Mix, in a way (5)
- ALLOY
- 22 Across: Mixed bag (4)
- OLIO
- 23 Across: Part of a girl's magazine dealing with makeup? (10)
- BEAUTYPAGE
- 25 Across: Attempt to irritate? (10)
- GALLEFFORT
- 27 Across: Kind of sauce: Var. (7)
- TARTARE
- 28 Across: Treasure State capital (6)
- HELENA
- 30 Across: Straight (6)
- HETERO
- 31 Across: Sing in a full, happy voice (5)
- TROLL
- 33 Across: Await judgment (4)
- PEND
- 34 Across: Fowl place (4)
- COTE
- 35 Across: Tops in quality (6)
- FINEST
- 38 Across: On the horizon (5)
- AHEAD
- 40 Across: Goldbrick (8)
- MALINGER
- 44 Across: Maker of the game Pong (5)
- ATARI
- 45 Across: Cinematographer Nykvist (4)
- SVEN
- 46 Across: Got up (6)
- SCALED
- 48 Across: 1969 Peace Prize grp. (3)
- ILO
- 49 Across: "___ Bell" (Stephen Foster song) (4)
- KATY
- 50 Across: Go parasailing (4)
- SOAR
- 51 Across: Has a bug (4)
- AILS
- 52 Across: E.T.S. offering (4)
- PSAT
- 53 Across: Connecticut Bulldog (3)
- ELI
- 54 Across: Sleeves of a sports jacket? (11)
- SERGEATARMS
- 58 Across: Milk, in combinations (5)
- LACTO
- 59 Across: Dorm companion (8)
- ROOMMATE
- 61 Across: Former West African capital (5)
- LAGOS
- 62 Across: Infer (6)
- GATHER
- 63 Across: Epitome of hardness (5)
- NAILS
- 64 Across: Garfield's middle name (5)
- ABRAM
- 65 Across: Grow past the hour (5)
- LATEN
- 66 Across: Shampooing aftermath (6)
- SNARLS
- 68 Across: Utter impulsively (5)
- BLURT
- 69 Across: Kitchen cloths (8)
- DISHRAGS
- 72 Across: Beautiful Berry (5)
- HALLE
- 73 Across: Little one bypasses the altar? (11)
- PYGMYELOPES
- 75 Across: Script ending (3)
- URE
- 76 Across: Audio effect (4)
- ECHO
- 77 Across: Appealing (4)
- CUTE
- 78 Across: Sale caveat (4)
- ASIS
- 79 Across: Winter Palace resident (4)
- CZAR
- 80 Across: Afore (3)
- ERE
- 81 Across: Kitchen gadgets (6)
- CORERS
- 83 Across: Slide in sleet (4)
- SKID
- 84 Across: Swell top (5)
- CREST
- 85 Across: Religious knights (8)
- TEMPLARS
- 87 Across: Eucharistic plate (5)
- PATEN
- 89 Across: Help for a mountaineer (6)
- SHERPA
- 90 Across: "Phooey!" (4)
- RATS
- 91 Across: Jam session feature (4)
- SOLO
- 92 Across: Used stickum (5)
- GLUED
- 94 Across: Put forward (6)
- ASSERT
- 97 Across: Emulate Isamu Noguchi (6)
- SCULPT
- 99 Across: Side by side (7)
- ABREAST
- 103 Across: Grange lacrosse team? (10)
- TENFARMERS
- 105 Across: Philly champion? (10)
- PENNWINNER
- 107 Across: Member of the Winnebago nation (4)
- OTOE
- 108 Across: Like "The X-Files" (5)
- EERIE
- 109 Across: Stowe character (5)
- ELIZA
- 110 Across: Court defense (4)
- ZONE
- 111 Across: Bryn ___ College (4)
- MAWR
- 112 Across: 52-Across and the like (5)
- EXAMS
- 113 Across: Electrical setup (5)
- RELAY
- 114 Across: Cap'n Hawks of "Show Boat" (4)
- ANDY
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Cause for Chapter 11 (4)
- DEBT
- 2 Down: Eye layer (4)
- UVEA
- 3 Down: Bugaboo (4)
- FEAR
- 4 Down: In a flap? (8)
- FLUTTERY
- 5 Down: Timber problem (6)
- DRYROT
- 6 Down: Force back (5)
- REPEL
- 7 Down: Pay stretcher (3)
- OLA
- 8 Down: Something to heave (4)
- SIGH
- 9 Down: Increase the slope of (7)
- STEEPEN
- 10 Down: Random bits (7)
- TAGENDS
- 11 Down: Veldt sight (5)
- ELAND
- 12 Down: ___ breve (4)
- ALLA
- 13 Down: Helios, to the Romans (3)
- SOL
- 14 Down: Mask features (8)
- EYEHOLES
- 15 Down: Tone down (6)
- SOFTEN
- 16 Down: Succulent plant (4)
- ALOE
- 17 Down: Penn Station initials (4)
- LIRR
- 18 Down: "Hold the Line" rock group (4)
- TOTO
- 24 Down: Ankles (5)
- TARSI
- 26 Down: Rank (5)
- FETID
- 29 Down: Gamboling spot (3)
- LEA
- 32 Down: Washing (6)
- LAVAGE
- 34 Down: Directs a hoedown (5)
- CALLS
- 35 Down: Phony (5)
- FAKER
- 36 Down: Author Calvino (5)
- ITALO
- 37 Down: Country's border? (11)
- NATIONALHEM
- 39 Down: At this point (4)
- HERE
- 40 Down: Hurts badly (5)
- MAIMS
- 41 Down: Army dog? (11)
- GISCHNAUZER
- 42 Down: Overjoy (5)
- ELATE
- 43 Down: Chopper part (5)
- ROTOR
- 45 Down: Out of ___ (grouchy) (5)
- SORTS
- 47 Down: Pool shot (5)
- CAROM
- 50 Down: Protection against tampering (5)
- SEALS
- 52 Down: Devonshire dad (5)
- PATER
- 54 Down: "Get ready for the camera!" (5)
- SMILE
- 55 Down: Collector's book (5)
- ALBUM
- 56 Down: Sojourn (5)
- TARRY
- 57 Down: Small type (5)
- AGATE
- 58 Down: Backing for plasterwork (5)
- LATHS
- 60 Down: One of the Thomases (5)
- MARLO
- 62 Down: Krypton and xenon (5)
- GASES
- 64 Down: Tattered Tom's creator (5)
- ALGER
- 65 Down: Fat or wax (5)
- LIPID
- 66 Down: Night cover (5)
- SHEET
- 67 Down: Button material (5)
- NACRE
- 68 Down: Bunches of bits (5)
- BYTES
- 69 Down: Plying with pills (6)
- DOSING
- 70 Down: Understand (5)
- GRASP
- 71 Down: Mattress brand (5)
- SERTA
- 73 Down: Sounds of contentment (5)
- PURRS
- 74 Down: Winnebago, e.g. (4)
- LAKE
- 77 Down: Vestibule item (8)
- COATTREE
- 79 Down: Sideboard (8)
- CREDENZA
- 81 Down: Bow on the screen (5)
- CLARA
- 82 Down: Married people (7)
- SPOUSES
- 83 Down: Cork (7)
- STOPPER
- 84 Down: 1920 Colette novel (5)
- CHERI
- 86 Down: Go for (6)
- PREFER
- 88 Down: The lot (3)
- ALL
- 89 Down: Tube, over here (6)
- SUBWAY
- 91 Down: Theater backdrop (5)
- SCRIM
- 93 Down: Caruso portrayer (5)
- LANZA
- 94 Down: Bit of physics (4)
- ATOM
- 95 Down: ___ precedent (4)
- SETA
- 96 Down: Cold powder (4)
- SNOW
- 97 Down: Antitoxins (4)
- SERA
- 98 Down: Prefix with com (4)
- TELE
- 100 Down: Before long (4)
- ANON
- 101 Down: Fax (4)
- SEND
- 102 Down: Yarborough component, perhaps (4)
- TREY
- 104 Down: O.A.S. member: Abbr. (3)
- MEX
- 106 Down: Nada (3)
- NIL
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