BIBLICAL SCIONS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 2/18/1990. By Jeanette K. Brill.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Tick, e.g. (6)
- ACARID
- 7 Across: Succinct (5)
- TERSE
- 12 Across: Til (6)
- SESAME
- 18 Across: Pertaining to the nostrils (6)
- NARINE
- 19 Across: Nonterrestrial (5)
- ALIEN
- 20 Across: Wild asses of central Asia (7)
- ONAGERS
- 22 Across: Anna Mary Robertson (12)
- GRANDMAMOSES
- 24 Across: A 1914 Oriole who took wing (8)
- BABERUTH
- 26 Across: Lubricate (3)
- OIL
- 27 Across: Caught sight of (6)
- ESPIED
- 28 Across: Certain trucks (5)
- SEMIS
- 29 Across: Buck's mate (3)
- DOE
- 30 Across: ___ ha-Shanah (Jewish New Year) (4)
- ROSH
- 32 Across: Brave who really could hammer (10)
- HENRYAARON
- 34 Across: Connors or Wallace (4)
- MIKE
- 35 Across: Epithet of Athena (4)
- ALEA
- 36 Across: Lesions (5)
- SORES
- 37 Across: Young tag-on (4)
- STER
- 38 Across: Subdued (5)
- MUTED
- 39 Across: Scorch (4)
- SEAR
- 40 Across: Angered (4)
- IRED
- 41 Across: Even (4)
- TIED
- 42 Across: Woodpeckers (6)
- BORERS
- 43 Across: Propelled a randan (5)
- OARED
- 45 Across: Jet-engine housing (3)
- POD
- 46 Across: Type of pinafore (4)
- TIER
- 47 Across: Open grating (6)
- GRILLE
- 50 Across: Jonathan Winters, e.g. (8)
- COMEDIAN
- 53 Across: Husband of Jezebel (4)
- AHAB
- 57 Across: Jack or Julie (6)
- LONDON
- 58 Across: Heddle's place (4)
- LOOM
- 59 Across: Naso of Rome (4)
- OVID
- 60 Across: Mythical beast (4)
- YALE
- 61 Across: Obloquy (5)
- ABUSE
- 62 Across: Singer-song writer ("Piano Man") (9)
- BILLYJOEL
- 64 Across: Miguel de ___, Spanish composer (5)
- FALLA
- 65 Across: A memorable Mostel (4)
- ZERO
- 66 Across: Garb for Lakmé (4)
- SARI
- 67 Across: Canning equipment (4)
- JARS
- 68 Across: Kin of pine martens (6)
- SABLES
- 69 Across: Düsseldorf donkey (4)
- ESEL
- 70 Across: Prepares for later use, as a meal (8)
- PRECOOKS
- 72 Across: Stop (6)
- ARREST
- 73 Across: One-eyed god (4)
- ODIN
- 75 Across: That ship (3)
- SHE
- 76 Across: Doctrine (5)
- DOGMA
- 78 Across: N.M.U. member (6)
- SEAMAN
- 81 Across: Island off Ireland (4)
- ARAN
- 83 Across: Iron-containing pigment (4)
- HEME
- 84 Across: "___ Copy," TV program (4)
- HARD
- 88 Across: Crazy Legs Hirsch (5)
- ELROY
- 89 Across: Dross (4)
- SLAG
- 90 Across: Errand boy: Slang (5)
- GOFER
- 91 Across: "Sting like ___": Ali (4)
- ABEE
- 92 Across: Claim on a property (4)
- LIEN
- 93 Across: Actor in "Hold Back the Dawn" (10)
- WALTERABEL
- 95 Across: Grain for Vassar (4)
- MALT
- 96 Across: Kind of dye (3)
- AZO
- 97 Across: 1957 Nobelist in Literature (5)
- CAMUS
- 98 Across: Shadows, to Jeanne (6)
- OMBRES
- 100 Across: Bishopric (3)
- SEE
- 101 Across: Lyricist-collaborator with Burt Bacharach (8)
- HALDAVID
- 103 Across: U.S. novelist-poet (12)
- ROBERTNATHAN
- 106 Across: Conceal (7)
- SECRETE
- 107 Across: Soul (5)
- ANIMA
- 108 Across: Quiescent (6)
- ATREST
- 109 Across: Broke up a shutout (6)
- SCORED
- 110 Across: Part of a potpourri (5)
- PETAL
- 111 Across: Carolina river (6)
- PEEDEE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Certain cats and goats (7)
- ANGORAS
- 2 Down: Covered cart (7)
- CARIOLE
- 3 Down: U.S.S.R. inland body of water (7)
- ARALSEA
- 4 Down: ___ Tin Tin (3)
- RIN
- 5 Down: State adjoining Ill. (3)
- IND
- 6 Down: Administrative division of Greece (4)
- DEME
- 7 Down: Interfered (8)
- TAMPERED
- 8 Down: Carried away, as property (7)
- ELOINED
- 9 Down: Perron parts (6)
- RISERS
- 10 Down: Down at the heels (5)
- SEEDY
- 11 Down: Naval off. (3)
- ENS
- 12 Down: Grew serious, with "up" (7)
- SOBERED
- 13 Down: Captivate (6)
- ENAMOR
- 14 Down: Antipolio pioneer (5)
- SABIN
- 15 Down: Ripens (4)
- AGES
- 16 Down: Matelot's milieu (3)
- MER
- 17 Down: Scholarly (7)
- ERUDITE
- 21 Down: O'Neill's Yank, e.g. (6)
- STOKER
- 23 Down: On land (6)
- ASHORE
- 25 Down: Listens to (5)
- HEEDS
- 28 Down: Glut (4)
- SATE
- 31 Down: Netman from D.C. (13)
- HAROLDSOLOMON
- 33 Down: Stage device (5)
- ASIDE
- 34 Down: F. ___, Oscar winner in 1984 (13)
- MURRAYABRAHAM
- 36 Down: Mud eel (5)
- SIREN
- 38 Down: Country singer Bandy (3)
- MOE
- 41 Down: Former Yankee pitcher (9)
- TOMMYJOHN
- 42 Down: Tie (4)
- BIND
- 44 Down: Medicinal plant (4)
- ALOE
- 45 Down: Game in "The Color of Money" (4)
- POOL
- 46 Down: What a Manx cat lacks (4)
- TAIL
- 47 Down: Take panes with one's work (5)
- GLAZE
- 48 Down: Judges' garb (5)
- ROBES
- 49 Down: Habituate (5)
- INURE
- 50 Down: Mulligrubs (5)
- COLIC
- 51 Down: Spots for slots (5)
- DOORS
- 52 Down: Type of grape (4)
- IVES
- 54 Down: Handel's birthplace (5)
- HALLE
- 55 Down: "Deutschland über ___" (5)
- ALLES
- 56 Down: A sixth-day creation (5)
- BEAST
- 58 Down: Cambio in Calabria (4)
- LIRE
- 62 Down: Rembrandt's "___ and Cottage" (4)
- BARN
- 63 Down: Hunky-dory; copacetic (4)
- JAKE
- 64 Down: Sow and hoe (4)
- FARM
- 66 Down: Gyre (4)
- SPIN
- 68 Down: More discerning (5)
- SAGER
- 71 Down: River or Indian (5)
- OSAGE
- 74 Down: Forsyth's "The ___ of the Jackal" (3)
- DAY
- 76 Down: Postponement (8)
- DEFERRAL
- 77 Down: Breakfast fare (6)
- OMELET
- 78 Down: Hebrew word in the Psalms (5)
- SELAH
- 79 Down: Doolittle and namesakes (6)
- ELIZAS
- 80 Down: Small interstices (7)
- AREOLES
- 81 Down: Referred (to) (7)
- ALLUDED
- 82 Down: Deserters (4)
- RATS
- 83 Down: Dutch painter: 1638-1709 (7)
- HOBBEMA
- 85 Down: Disconcerted (7)
- ABASHED
- 86 Down: Let go (7)
- RELEASE
- 87 Down: Relaxing of international tensions (7)
- DETENTE
- 89 Down: Heavy silk fabric in the Middle Ages (6)
- SAMITE
- 90 Down: Opening maneuver to gain advantage (6)
- GAMBIT
- 93 Down: Show indecision (5)
- WAVER
- 94 Down: ABC's Arledge (5)
- ROONE
- 97 Down: Dear, in Italy (4)
- CARO
- 99 Down: Shot or dragon preceder (4)
- SNAP
- 102 Down: Caesar's 700 (3)
- DCC
- 103 Down: Reverse of par (3)
- RAP
- 104 Down: Olympic brat (3)
- ATE
- 105 Down: Uno, due, ___ (3)
- TRE
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