BRAVING THE ELEMENTS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 176 clues). Published 7/1/1990. By John Greenman.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Rudimentary (5): BASAL
6 Across: Sacred choral piece (5): MOTET
11 Across: Scrooge's invectives (4): BAHS
15 Across: Scalawags (6): SCAMPS
21 Across: January, in Juárez (5): ENERO
22 Across: Massenet's forte (5): OPERA
23 Across: Petroleum-cartel inits. (4): OPEC
24 Across: Shoulder-to-elbow bones (6): HUMERI
25 Across: SILVER (16): LONERANGERSHORSE
28 Across: Rubbed with rubber (6): ERASED
29 Across: Sinker (5): DONUT
30 Across: Inn's descendant (5): MOTEL
31 Across: Robert Burns's one (3): ANE
33 Across: Leaking radiator's sound (4): SISS
34 Across: Self-important person (3): ASS
36 Across: Nipa palm (4): ATAP
38 Across: Escorted anew (5): RELED
40 Across: Convert into cipher (6): ENCODE
42 Across: Ferrigno and Rawls (4): LOUS
44 Across: Two-toed sloth (4): UNAU
46 Across: Put down (3): LAY
47 Across: Vega or Rigel (4): STAR
48 Across: Preceders of xi's (3): NUS
51 Across: KRYPTON (15): SUPERMANSPLANET
56 Across: Discernment (7): INSIGHT
58 Across: ___ of iniquity (3): DEN
59 Across: Brewer's need (4): HOPS
60 Across: Bireme gear (4): OARS
62 Across: Depend (on) (4): RELY
63 Across: Collapsed, with "in" (5): CAVED
66 Across: Oriental units of weight (5): TAELS
68 Across: Ring up (5): PHONE
70 Across: Greek goddesses of the seasons (5): HORAE
71 Across: Petri-dish contents (4): AGAR
72 Across: Ciro ___, 17th-century Italian painter (5): FERRI
73 Across: Bagellike roll (5): BIALY
74 Across: Mortise's partner (5): TENON
75 Across: Hero of "Giants in the Earth" (3): PER
76 Across: Classify (4): SORT
77 Across: Intones (6): CHANTS
79 Across: Woe (5): GRIEF
80 Across: Undefiled (8): PRISTINE
82 Across: Pointillist's prop (5): EASEL
83 Across: Printing-machine operators (8): PRESSMEN
86 Across: Simone's school (5): ECOLE
87 Across: Undeveloped state (6): EMBRYO
88 Across: Bloody Mary's daughter (4): LIAT
89 Across: Apt anagram of aye (3): YEA
90 Across: Swizzles (5): STIRS
91 Across: La ___, Milano's opera house (5): SCALA
92 Across: Concede (5): GRANT
94 Across: Raison d'___ (4): ETRE
95 Across: Holmes's creator (5): DOYLE
96 Across: Where Hercules slew the Hydra (5): LERNA
97 Across: Service club (5): LIONS
98 Across: Moral nature (5): ETHOS
99 Across: Mil. truant (4): AWOL
100 Across: Dish list (4): MENU
101 Across: Ear: Comb. form (4): AURI
102 Across: Cariou or Deighton (3): LEN
103 Across: Maligns (7): DEFAMES
105 Across: NEON (15): SIGNILLUMINATOR
113 Across: Celestial sphere (3): ORB
114 Across: One of Manhattan's rivers (4): EAST
116 Across: To's companion (3): FRO
117 Across: Getz or Kenton (4): STAN
118 Across: Positive (4): SURE
119 Across: Ef, e.g. (6): LETTER
121 Across: ___ cum laude (5): SUMMA
124 Across: Painting and poetry, e.g. (4): ARTS
126 Across: Oomph (3): PEP
127 Across: Dutch or French follower (4): DOOR
128 Across: Catch in the act (3): NAB
130 Across: University in Oxford, Ohio (5): MIAMI
132 Across: Civil War general (5): MEADE
134 Across: Like a solarium (6): SUNLIT
136 Across: IRON (16): NUMBEREDGOLFCLUB
141 Across: Mustard-family vegetable (6): RADISH
142 Across: Cannel (4): COAL
143 Across: Cove (5): INLET
144 Across: Take flight to unite (5): ELOPE
145 Across: One of the Furies (6): ALECTO
146 Across: Brontë's Jane (4): EYRE
147 Across: Idyllic spots (5): EDENS
148 Across: Actress Spacek (5): SISSY

Down Answers

1 Down: ___ canto (3): BEL
2 Down: Upward: Comb. form (3): ANO
3 Down: Sentences (7): SENDSUP
4 Down: Mars: Comb. form (4): AREO
5 Down: Doone of fiction (5): LORNA
6 Down: Super Bowl M.V.P.: 1990 (7): MONTANA
7 Down: Aperture: Abbr. (3): OPG
8 Down: Rain cats and dogs (4): TEEM
9 Down: Boo-boo (5): ERROR
10 Down: Sapor (5): TASTE
11 Down: Kind of algebra (7): BOOLEAN
12 Down: Eliot's cruellest mo. (3): APR
13 Down: "___ Rebel," 1962 tune (4): HESA
14 Down: Bergman's "___ From a Marriage" (6): SCENES
15 Down: TV spy film of 1980 (3): SHE
16 Down: Computer-display pointers (7): CURSORS
17 Down: " . . . the way of a man with ___": Proverbs (5): AMAID
18 Down: MERCURY (15): MESSENGEROFMYTH
19 Down: Fraternity V.I.P. (4): PRES
20 Down: Caesar or Luckman (3): SID
26 Down: "___ in New York," 1935 song (6): AUTUMN
27 Down: Greece, to Greeks (6): HELLAS
32 Down: Full (6): ENTIRE
34 Down: Hirt and Jolson (3): ALS
35 Down: Trifle (3): SOU
37 Down: Roast or roaster (3): PAN
39 Down: Henna, e.g. (3): DYE
41 Down: Preserves (4): CANS
43 Down: Passover feast (5): SEDER
45 Down: End of a Poe title (5): USHER
49 Down: Prussian cavalryman (5): UHLAN
50 Down: Eye problem (4): STYE
52 Down: Rubicund (3): RED
53 Down: COPPER (9): POLICEMAN
54 Down: Disks for a deejay (3): LPS
55 Down: Adz and awl (5): TOOLS
57 Down: Perfume additives (6): IRONES
61 Down: Word with body and way (3): ANY
63 Down: "Li'l Abner" cartoonist (4): CAPP
64 Down: Ripening device (4): AGER
65 Down: PLATINUM (15): VARIETYOFBLONDE
66 Down: Coat with an alloy of tin and lead (5): TERNE
67 Down: Funnyman Johnson (4): ARTE
68 Down: Covered with evergreens (5): PINEY
69 Down: IODINE (9): HATLOGIRL
70 Down: Knock over a joint (5): HEIST
72 Down: Discomfits (5): FOILS
73 Down: Iraqi port (5): BASRA
74 Down: Doctor (5): TREAT
76 Down: Squirrel away (5): STORE
78 Down: "¿___ usted español?" (5): HABLA
79 Down: Beams (5): GRINS
81 Down: Herb of the lily family (6): SCILLA
83 Down: Blueprint (4): PLAN
84 Down: A first name in architecture (4): EERO
85 Down: Dundee denials (4): NAES
87 Down: Oysters' hues (5): ECRUS
90 Down: Seed planter (5): SOWER
91 Down: E.M.K. is one (3): SEN
93 Down: Muddies the waters (5): ROILS
94 Down: Lab burners (5): ETNAS
95 Down: Pedestal part (4): DADO
96 Down: Diminish (6): LESSEN
97 Down: Sand's "Elle et ___" (3): LUI
98 Down: "Frae morn to ___ . . . ": Burns (3): EEN
100 Down: Headcheese, e.g. (4): MEAT
101 Down: Social disintegration (6): ANOMIE
102 Down: Archway element (6): LINTEL
104 Down: Maker of verses (7): METRIST
106 Down: Conditions (3): IFS
107 Down: Grouse (7): GRUMBLE
108 Down: Thespian Hagen (3): UTA
109 Down: Woodchucks (7): MARMOTS
110 Down: Black gums (7): TUPELOS
111 Down: Bismuth, e.g. (3): ORE
112 Down: Corded fabric (3): REP
115 Down: Hypnotic state (6): TRANCE
120 Down: Borne by the wind (5): EOLIC
122 Down: Singer Osmond (5): MARIE
123 Down: Better (5): AMEND
125 Down: Strongboxes (5): SAFES
127 Down: Double (4): DUAL
129 Down: Keep afloat (4): BUOY
131 Down: Inactive (4): IDLE
133 Down: When Yazdegerd III died (4): DCLI
134 Down: Mme., in Madrid (3): SRA
135 Down: However, for short (3): THO
137 Down: Deface (3): MAR
138 Down: Four-star off. (3): GEN
139 Down: Periods of prosperity (3): UPS
140 Down: Turhan ___, 40's film actor (3): BEY

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