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Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 10/24/1982. By Frances Hansen.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Brubeck or Garroway (4)
DAVE
5 Across: "Horse Marines" captain (5)
JINKS
10 Across: Name for cowboy Bill (5)
PECOS
15 Across: Eskers (4)
OSAR
19 Across: Kaffiyeh cord (4)
AGAL
20 Across: One and all (5)
EVERY
21 Across: Mercer-Raksin song (5)
LAURA
22 Across: Tall follower (4)
TALE
23 Across: Chaste? (16)
YESBUTIRANFASTER
26 Across: Black (4)
EBON
27 Across: Hot under the collar (8)
INCENSED
28 Across: "Them" author (5)
OATES
29 Across: Set (6)
GELLED
31 Across: Legendary (7)
STORIED
32 Across: Register (5)
ENROL
33 Across: Swiss city (old spelling) (5)
BASLE
34 Across: Wee drop (3)
TOT
35 Across: Sugar: Prefix (5)
GLYCO
36 Across: Bone formation (7)
OSTOSIS
39 Across: Six-Day War winner (5)
DAYAN
42 Across: Weight? (11)
NOIMINARUSH
45 Across: Botanist Gray (3)
ASA
46 Across: Cupid (4)
EROS
47 Across: Telegraphic speed measure (4)
BAUD
48 Across: "The Censor" (4)
CATO
49 Across: "It's a ___ brecht moonlecht necht": Lauder (4)
BRAW
50 Across: "Who's on first?" questioner (3)
LOU
51 Across: Build? (11)
NOCREDITORS
55 Across: Sheepish complaint (5)
BLEAT
56 Across: Port (8)
LARBOARD
58 Across: Pay homage to (5)
ADORE
59 Across: Memorable comedian: 1890–1958 (6)
FRISCO
60 Across: Démodé (5)
PASSE
61 Across: First American to orbit the Earth (5)
GLENN
62 Across: Irish seaport (5)
SLIGO
63 Across: Rude bed (6)
PALLET
65 Across: "___ say . . . " (5)
DOASI
66 Across: "You said a ___!" (8)
MOUTHFUL
69 Across: Pile up (5)
AMASS
70 Across: So? (11)
ISTITCHABIT
72 Across: Singing syllable (3)
TRA
73 Across: Pedro's rock (4)
ROCA
74 Across: Where Greek met Greek (4)
STOA
75 Across: Toward the mouth (4)
ORAD
76 Across: Copper (4)
CENT
77 Across: One of the Three Stooges (3)
MOE
78 Across: Taut? (11)
IWASTUTORED
82 Across: U.S. artist-inventor (5)
MORSE
83 Across: Slightly aberrant (7)
ANORMAL
85 Across: Hocus-___ (5)
POCUS
86 Across: Writer Deighton (3)
LEN
87 Across: Kind of day for ducks (5)
RAINY
88 Across: Bombay bards (5)
BHATS
89 Across: Poet May and family (7)
SARTONS
93 Across: Jog the memory (6)
REMIND
95 Across: Actress Massey (5)
ILONA
96 Across: ___ away (hoard) (8)
SQUIRREL
97 Across: W.W. II losers (4)
AXIS
98 Across: Sleigh? (16)
IWOULDNTHURTAFLY
101 Across: Austen (4)
JANE
102 Across: Like windmills (5)
VANED
103 Across: Shinto temple gateway (5)
TORII
104 Across: Porter (4)
COLE
105 Across: Singer Ed from Boston (4)
AMES
106 Across: ___-Unis (5)
ETATS
107 Across: Meanly nasty (5)
SNIDE
108 Across: Drop or gas leader (4)
TEAR

Down Answers

1 Down: "When ___ Done," 1926 song (5)
DAYIS
2 Down: 007, for one (5)
AGENT
3 Down: Explorer da Gama (5)
VASCO
4 Down: Freestone peaches (8)
ELBERTAS
5 Down: Social butterflies (6)
JETSET
6 Down: Like old college buildings (5)
IVIED
7 Down: Jerk (4)
NERD
8 Down: Long-tailed ape (3)
KRA
9 Down: Roget entry (7)
SYNONYM
10 Down: Police unit (7)
PLATOON
11 Down: Atelier sight (5)
EASEL
12 Down: Snubs openly (4)
CUTS
13 Down: Bauxite, e.g. (3)
ORE
14 Down: Sea of weeds (8)
SARGASSO
15 Down: Verdi opera (6)
OTELLO
16 Down: Minx? (15)
SABLESARESOFTER
17 Down: Lily plant (4)
ALOE
18 Down: Rip up (4)
REND
24 Down: Kind of card or suit (5)
UNION
25 Down: Stuffed, in cookery (5)
FARCI
30 Down: O.T. book (4)
ESTH
32 Down: Strike out (5)
ELIDE
33 Down: Boxing events (5)
BOUTS
35 Down: Primitive dipper (5)
GOURD
37 Down: Newton or Stern (5)
ISAAC
38 Down: Took care of (5)
SAWTO
39 Down: Farmer's place (4)
DELL
40 Down: Former Venezuelan copper center (4)
AROA
41 Down: Wear? (15)
YOURPLACEORMINE
42 Down: Mother-of-pearl (5)
NACRE
43 Down: Squash type (5)
ACORN
44 Down: Steak order (4)
RARE
47 Down: Toot one's horn (5)
BOAST
49 Down: Mr. Christian's skipper (5)
BLIGH
51 Down: Aids in counting (5)
NOSES
52 Down: ___ Lama (5)
DALAI
53 Down: That is: Lat. (5)
IDEST
54 Down: Invigorating dose (5)
TONIC
55 Down: Actress May from Sweden (5)
BRITT
57 Down: Raft wood (5)
BALSA
59 Down: Amenable to change (5)
FLUID
61 Down: Reached (5)
GOTAT
62 Down: "The world is grown ___": Shak. (5)
SOBAD
63 Down: Toscanini's birthplace (5)
PARMA
64 Down: "___ for the Misbegotten" (5)
AMOON
65 Down: U.K. awards (4)
DSOS
66 Down: ___-nest (hoax) (5)
MARES
67 Down: Coffee makers (4)
URNS
68 Down: Like George Apley (4)
LATE
70 Down: "The Boot" of Europe (5)
ITALY
71 Down: Falconlike solar deity (5)
HORUS
74 Down: Graceful pool entrance (8)
SWANDIVE
76 Down: Catch (8)
CONTRACT
78 Down: Porter's "___ Love Again" (4)
IMIN
79 Down: Supports (7)
UPHOLDS
80 Down: ___ fro (5)
TOAND
81 Down: Navigators' instruments (7)
OCTANTS
82 Down: Kind of badge (5)
MERIT
84 Down: Musters (6)
RAISES
86 Down: Bonnie Annie of song (6)
LAURIE
88 Down: Cornflower (5)
BLUET
89 Down: Fish bait (5)
SQUID
90 Down: " . . . fame of friend ___": Riley (5)
ORFOE
91 Down: A wife in "Gianni Schicchi" (5)
NELLA
92 Down: More foxy (5)
SLYER
93 Down: Rani's mate (4)
RAJA
94 Down: Quiz (4)
EXAM
95 Down: Hebrides island (4)
IONA
96 Down: Indian title of respect (4)
SHRI
99 Down: ___ Tyler, English rebel (3)
WAT
100 Down: Style (3)
TON

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