LET IT SNOW . . . - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 168 clues). Published 12/20/1987. By John M. Samson.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Edible pod (4): SNOWPEA
5 Across: Astronomer Brahe (5): TYCHO
10 Across: Like Joe Greene (4): MEAN
14 Across: Accumulate rapidly (5): SNOWBALL
19 Across: Dupe (4): GULL
20 Across: Kind of duck or grass (6): BAHAMA
22 Across: Corkwood (5): BALSA
23 Across: Capital of ancient Ethiopia (5): MEROE
24 Across: Richard Roberts's father (4): ORAL
25 Across: Keglers make them (6): SPARES
26 Across: Throw forth (5): ERUPT
27 Across: Japanese P.M.: 1978-80 (5): OHIRA
28 Across: Gallimaufries (5): OLIOS
30 Across: Monkeyshine (5): PRANK
31 Across: Inc. relative (3): LTD
32 Across: Demeaned (6): ABASED
33 Across: Watchful ones (9): SENTINELS
35 Across: Hawkins and Thompson (6): SADIES
38 Across: Closet articles (6): LINENS
39 Across: City NW of Arnhem (3): EDE
40 Across: ___ Salaam, capital of Tanzania (5): DARES
41 Across: Nicolás, e.g. (3): SAN
42 Across: Drag (4): HAUL
44 Across: Like the tropics (5): SNOWLESS
45 Across: Himalayan hulk (14): ABOMINABLESNOWMAN
52 Across: Backslides (6): LAPSES
55 Across: Korean seaport (5): PUSAN
57 Across: Boat in "Jaws" (4): ORCA
58 Across: Toy that made a comeback? (4): YOYO
59 Across: Moonfish (5): OPAHS
60 Across: Attain (5): REACH
61 Across: Pules (5): CRIES
63 Across: Heads-up (5): SMART
64 Across: Field game (4): POLO
65 Across: Sawfly's saw (5): SERRA
66 Across: Double-edged dagger (4): KRIS
67 Across: Penitent (6): ATONER
68 Across: Selective (8): ECLECTIC
70 Across: She sang "Poetry Man" (7): PHOEBESNOW
73 Across: Chilled dessert (6): MOUSSE
74 Across: Psyched-up (5): READY
75 Across: Oola's Alley (3): OOP
76 Across: Unsheathed (5): DRAWN
78 Across: Do a tinker's job (6): REPAIR
81 Across: Mary Mapes Dodge poem (7): SNOWFLAKES
85 Across: Petalous ornaments (8): ROSETTES
89 Across: Make feasible (6): ENABLE
90 Across: Towering (4): AIRY
91 Across: Isotopes (5): ATOMS
93 Across: Wagnerian solo, to Wagner (4): ARIE
94 Across: Wends (5): SORBS
95 Across: "Jude the Obscure" novelist (5): HARDY
97 Across: Take flight to unite (5): ELOPE
98 Across: Aphrodite's mother (5): DIONE
99 Across: Pres. Carter's birthday (4): OCTI
100 Across: Devitalizes (4): SAPS
101 Across: Jacopo Peri work (5): OPERA
102 Across: Defeat decisively (6): SNOWUNDER
103 Across: Yuletide gift from Berlin (14): WHITECHRISTMAS
107 Across: Some museum unveilings (5): NUDES
109 Across: Billionth: Comb. form (4): NANO
110 Across: Orinoco tributary (3): ARO
111 Across: Chewing leaf (5): BETEL
112 Across: Watering place (3): SPA
115 Across: Whittier poem (6): SNOWBOUND
119 Across: Crusader Carry (6): NATION
122 Across: ___ grises (confidential agents) (9): EMINENCES
124 Across: ___ Christi (6): CORPUS
125 Across: Pound sound (3): ARF
126 Across: Matriculate (5): ENROL
128 Across: Mends argyles (5): DARNS
129 Across: ___ poley: Var. (5): ROLEY
130 Across: Principled (5): MORAL
132 Across: Request to a mystery guest (6): SIGNIN
134 Across: Silent actor (4): MIME
135 Across: Peerless (5): ALONE
136 Across: Fumble for (5): GROPE
137 Across: Allergic symptom (6): SNEEZE
138 Across: "My People" author (4): EBAN
139 Across: Stoops (5): BENDS
140 Across: Numerous (4): MANY
141 Across: Start (5): ONSET
142 Across: Headway (4): DENT

Down Answers

1 Down: Bird of Baffin Bay (6): SNOWGOOSE
2 Down: Inverted a stitch (6): PURLED
3 Down: May or Malbin (6): ELAINE
4 Down: Apportion (5): ALLOT
5 Down: Recipe abbr. (3): TBS
6 Down: Chatterboxes (7): YAPPERS
7 Down: "Strangers and Brothers" novelist (13): CHARLESPERCYSNOW
8 Down: Plague (6): HARASS
9 Down: Foreboding (4): OMEN
10 Down: Gibson is one (7): MARTINI
11 Down: Avoid adroitly (5): ELUDE
12 Down: Cerastes (3): ASP
13 Down: Actor Pendleton (3): NAT
14 Down: Vehicle with runners (7): SNOWMOBILE
15 Down: "Borstal Boy" author (5): BEHAN
16 Down: Crop up (5): ARISE
17 Down: "Two Women" star (5): LOREN
18 Down: Shepherds (5): LEADS
21 Down: Queries (4): ASKS
22 Down: Hag (6): BELDAM
29 Down: Moves like a rattler (6): SIDLES
32 Down: Spurious wing (5): ALULA
34 Down: Dumfries denials (4): NAES
36 Down: " . . . unto us ___ is given" (4): ASON
37 Down: What Scrooge learned to do (5): SHARE
43 Down: "Sesame Street" teachings (4): ABCS
44 Down: Nonburrowing hare (11): SNOWSHOERABBIT
45 Down: Tin Pan Alley org. (5): ASCAP
46 Down: Ebenezer's exclamation (3): BAH
47 Down: Racket (5): NOISE
48 Down: Australian Alps range (11): SNOWYMOUNTAINS
49 Down: Soughs (5): MOANS
50 Down: Lew in "Holiday" (5): AYRES
51 Down: Our, to Père Noël (5): NOTRE
52 Down: Dramatist de Vega (4): LOPE
53 Down: Rev. (4): APOC
54 Down: Lose strength (4): PALL
56 Down: Pol. union of 1958 (3): UAR
60 Down: The real Lone Ranger (4): REID
61 Down: ___ de Chine (5): CREPE
62 Down: Kid (3): RIB
63 Down: Vt. ski resort (5): STOWE
65 Down: Gawk (5): STARE
66 Down: Off the wall (5): KOOKY
67 Down: Pile up (5): AMASS
69 Down: Does some wallboard work (5): CEILS
71 Down: Gray with age (5): HOARY
72 Down: Fragrant windflowers (13): SNOWDROPANEMONES
77 Down: Lateran's locale (4): ROME
78 Down: Seminate anew (5): RESOW
79 Down: Methuselah's father (5): ENOCH
80 Down: ___-colored (variegated) (5): PARTI
82 Down: An Iranian language (5): FARSI
83 Down: Cover (3): LID
84 Down: Garage goings-on (5): SALES
86 Down: Moved on foot (4): TROD
87 Down: "___ Nacht in Venedig": Strauss (4): EINE
88 Down: Soothsayer (4): SEER
92 Down: Rocky pinnacle (3): TOR
95 Down: Nobelist chemist: 1944 (4): HAHN
96 Down: Raggedy Ann wears one (5): APRON
97 Down: M.P.G.-rating org. (3): EPA
98 Down: Fenced, but not for fun (6): DUELED
100 Down: Gobs (5): SCADS
101 Down: Melville's second book (4): OMOO
102 Down: British statesman: 1864-1937 (4): SNOWDEN
104 Down: Bored ones (7): ENNUYES
105 Down: Despot's province (7): SATRAPY
106 Down: Paltry matter (6): TRIFLE
108 Down: Employ (7): UTILIZE
111 Down: Effie Klinker's creator (6): BERGEN
112 Down: Author (6): SCRIBE
113 Down: Author (6): PENMAN
114 Down: Concurrence (6): ASSENT
115 Down: Specially equipped railroad car (5): SNOWCRAB
116 Down: English mathematician: 1815-64 (5): BOOLE
117 Down: Acrylic fiber (5): ORLON
118 Down: Topple (5): UPEND
120 Down: A brother of Miriam (5): AARON
121 Down: Suffix for peaceful (4): NESS
123 Down: Christened (5): NAMED
127 Down: Child, in Cádiz (4): NINO
130 Down: Leo the Lion's co. (3): MGM
131 Down: "___ pro nobis" (3): ORA
133 Down: Trawl (3): NET

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