SOUNDS OF THE PAST - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 12/13/1998. By Richard Silvestri.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Clog kin (5)
- SABOT
- 6 Across: Come clean (6)
- FESSUP
- 12 Across: Diner bottle (6)
- CATSUP
- 18 Across: Harangue (6)
- BERATE
- 19 Across: Carol opening (6)
- ADESTE
- 20 Across: Property receiver (7)
- ALIENEE
- 22 Across: Cook on the screen (6)
- ELISHA
- 23 Across: "Three's Company" co-star (6)
- RITTER
- 24 Across: Harder to plow, perhaps (7)
- ROOTIER
- 25 Across: Finish last in a renting contest? (10)
- LEASELEAST
- 27 Across: Luster on display? (10)
- SHINESHOWN
- 29 Across: This side of (5)
- UNDER
- 30 Across: Plunge suddenly (5)
- SWOOP
- 32 Across: Thirst quenchers (4)
- ADES
- 33 Across: Genealogy word (3)
- NEE
- 34 Across: Deseeders (4)
- GINS
- 35 Across: Spider-Man creator Lee (4)
- STAN
- 36 Across: Have relevance (5)
- APPLY
- 38 Across: Fools (5)
- ASSES
- 40 Across: Top gun (3)
- ACE
- 41 Across: A nephew of Donald's (4)
- HUEY
- 42 Across: Beat (5)
- PULSE
- 43 Across: Commodities exchange area (3)
- PIT
- 44 Across: 1899 warrior (4)
- BOER
- 45 Across: Dodge (4)
- RUSE
- 46 Across: Breastwork (7)
- PARAPET
- 50 Across: Took wing (6)
- SOARED
- 53 Across: Panel of tiresome people? (9)
- BOREBOARD
- 56 Across: Manchurian border river (4)
- YALU
- 57 Across: Collegiate starter (5)
- INTER
- 58 Across: Seeger of song (4)
- PETE
- 59 Across: Witch's place (5)
- ENDOR
- 60 Across: Team number (4)
- STAT
- 61 Across: Put away (4)
- STOW
- 62 Across: Brand of sauce (4)
- RAGU
- 63 Across: One of the wealthy (4)
- HAVE
- 64 Across: Jackson 5 member (4)
- TITO
- 65 Across: Bough (4)
- LIMB
- 66 Across: Sound off (5)
- OPINE
- 68 Across: Mane area (4)
- NAPE
- 69 Across: Chairperson? (5)
- CANER
- 70 Across: Abu Dhabi bigwig (4)
- EMIR
- 71 Across: Ship perfume? (9)
- SENDSCENT
- 73 Across: Many chords (6)
- TRIADS
- 74 Across: Rally (7)
- RECOVER
- 76 Across: Bob in the Olympics (4)
- SLED
- 77 Across: "The Grapes of Wrath" name (4)
- JOAD
- 78 Across: Alliance for Progress grp. (3)
- OAS
- 79 Across: Sound of a step (5)
- TREAD
- 81 Across: Rein in (4)
- CURB
- 82 Across: It ends in Oct. (3)
- DST
- 85 Across: U.S. Open champ, 1985-87 (5)
- LENDL
- 88 Across: Roger Rabbit et al. (5)
- TOONS
- 89 Across: Suffers (4)
- AILS
- 90 Across: Builder's choice (4)
- SITE
- 91 Across: Profitable extraction (3)
- ORE
- 92 Across: Sectional (4)
- SOFA
- 93 Across: Recipe verb (5)
- SAUTE
- 95 Across: Orbital point (5)
- APSIS
- 96 Across: Bridge-support combine? (10)
- TRUSSTRUST
- 100 Across: Payoffs to chart makers? (10)
- GRAPHGRAFT
- 102 Across: Nominal (7)
- TITULAR
- 103 Across: Self-important sort (6)
- TINGOD
- 105 Across: Fit for farming (6)
- ARABLE
- 106 Across: Another (7)
- ONEMORE
- 107 Across: Undivided (6)
- ENTIRE
- 108 Across: Stirred up (6)
- ROILED
- 109 Across: Searches blindly (6)
- GROPES
- 110 Across: Become whole again (6)
- REHEAL
- 111 Across: Two of Henry's six (5)
- ANNES
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Containing element #34 (7)
- SELENIC
- 2 Down: Daughter of Minos (7)
- ARIADNE
- 3 Down: Chorus section (6)
- BASSES
- 4 Down: Significant person? (5)
- OTHER
- 5 Down: Shade of blue (4)
- TEAL
- 6 Down: Remote (7)
- FARAWAY
- 7 Down: Inventor of the stock ticker (6)
- EDISON
- 8 Down: Scrap (5)
- SETTO
- 9 Down: J.F.K. arrival (3)
- SST
- 10 Down: Western tribe (4)
- UTES
- 11 Down: As the case may be (7)
- PERHAPS
- 12 Down: 1974 Oscar winner (6)
- CARNEY
- 13 Down: Bitter drug (5)
- ALOES
- 14 Down: Castilian kinsmen (4)
- TIOS
- 15 Down: Genesis son (4)
- SETH
- 16 Down: Workers' protectors (6)
- UNIONS
- 17 Down: Little fellow (6)
- PEEWEE
- 18 Down: Source of caviar (6)
- BELUGA
- 21 Down: Sea flock (5)
- ERNES
- 26 Down: C4H8O2, e.g. (5)
- ESTER
- 28 Down: Groundless (4)
- IDLE
- 31 Down: VCR button (5)
- PAUSE
- 35 Down: Sought damages (4)
- SUED
- 37 Down: Annapolis frosh (5)
- PLEBE
- 38 Down: Go public with (3)
- AIR
- 39 Down: Remain sober? (9)
- STAYSTAID
- 41 Down: Groundbreaking person (4)
- HOER
- 42 Down: Like Galahad (4)
- PURE
- 43 Down: Sky pilot (5)
- PADRE
- 44 Down: Group of beer drinkers? (9)
- BREWBROOD
- 45 Down: On the portly side (6)
- ROTUND
- 46 Down: Put to the test (5)
- PROVE
- 47 Down: Ornamental film (6)
- PATINA
- 48 Down: On a high (6)
- ELATED
- 49 Down: After-class aides (6)
- TUTORS
- 50 Down: St. Louis Browns Hall-of-Famer (6)
- SISLER
- 51 Down: In installments (6)
- ONTIME
- 52 Down: Kind of clock (6)
- ATOMIC
- 53 Down: Get one's feet wet (5)
- BEGIN
- 54 Down: Present (6)
- ONHAND
- 55 Down: Go with the flow (5)
- ADAPT
- 58 Down: Origami supply (5)
- PAPER
- 62 Down: Tournament flora (5)
- ROSES
- 67 Down: City in the Ruhr (5)
- ESSEN
- 68 Down: Can't do without (4)
- NEED
- 69 Down: Grumbler (4)
- CRAB
- 72 Down: Phylum subdivision (5)
- CLASS
- 73 Down: Rocky peaks (4)
- TORS
- 75 Down: Batman after Michael (3)
- VAL
- 77 Down: Dixie drink (5)
- JULEP
- 79 Down: Hot and sour soup ingredient (4)
- TOFU
- 80 Down: Oven pan (7)
- ROASTER
- 81 Down: Stronghold (7)
- CITADEL
- 82 Down: Put out of commission (7)
- DISABLE
- 83 Down: Represses (7)
- STIFLES
- 84 Down: No longer green (6)
- TESTED
- 85 Down: Numbers game (5)
- LOTTO
- 86 Down: Astray (6)
- ERRING
- 87 Down: Like "it" (6)
- NEUTER
- 88 Down: Australia's ___ Strait (6)
- TORRES
- 89 Down: Sky lights (6)
- AURORA
- 90 Down: Turn badly? (6)
- SPRAIN
- 92 Down: It may be blank (5)
- STARE
- 94 Down: Longhorn's rival (5)
- AGGIE
- 95 Down: Soil sci. (5)
- AGRON
- 97 Down: Japanese sport (4)
- SUMO
- 98 Down: Hardly haute cuisine (4)
- SLOP
- 99 Down: Point at the dinner table? (4)
- TINE
- 101 Down: ___-kiri (4)
- HARA
- 104 Down: Nonacademic degree (3)
- NTH
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