PROMISES, PROMISES - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 12/30/1990. By Nancy Scandrett Ross.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Dines late (4)
- SUPS
- 5 Across: Munch (5)
- CHAMP
- 10 Across: Tribulations (4)
- WOES
- 14 Across: Nedda's husband (5)
- CANIO
- 15 Across: Finery (7)
- REGALIA
- 18 Across: Fainéant (5)
- IDLER
- 20 Across: Errors at Wimbledon (6)
- FAULTS
- 21 Across: Pericles and Cicero (7)
- ORATORS
- 22 Across: Actress Piper (6)
- LAURIE
- 24 Across: Start of a verse (21)
- ALCOHOLWONTPASSMYLIPS
- 27 Across: Singer Laine et al. (5)
- CLEOS
- 28 Across: Stengel's wife (4)
- EDNA
- 29 Across: Composer ___ Hoffmann: Inits. (3)
- ETA
- 30 Across: Suitable (3)
- APT
- 31 Across: Deadeye and Rackstraw (4)
- TARS
- 32 Across: Bull fiddle (4)
- BASS
- 33 Across: "Lakmé," e.g. (5)
- OPERA
- 36 Across: City NW of Leipzig (5)
- HALLE
- 38 Across: Harrow's rival (4)
- ETON
- 40 Across: Institute in Brooklyn (5)
- PRATT
- 41 Across: Ross and Palmer (6)
- BETSYS
- 42 Across: Mil. address (3)
- APO
- 45 Across: Endings for lobby and palm (4)
- ISTS
- 47 Across: Pearl Mosque site (4)
- AGRA
- 48 Across: Japanese salad plant (3)
- UDO
- 49 Across: Verse: Part II (21)
- TOBACCOISPARTOFMYPAST
- 57 Across: ___ Bell (Emily Brontë) (5)
- ELLIS
- 58 Across: Shabby (4)
- MEAN
- 59 Across: The least bit (3)
- RAP
- 60 Across: Popular aperitif (3)
- KIR
- 61 Across: Greenish blue (4)
- TEAL
- 62 Across: Prospero's servant (5)
- ARIEL
- 64 Across: Cautious (5)
- CHARY
- 66 Across: Greek Juno (4)
- HERA
- 67 Across: Bowler or boater (3)
- HAT
- 68 Across: Neighbor of Md. (3)
- DEL
- 69 Across: Secular (4)
- LAIC
- 70 Across: Jeans fabric (5)
- DENIM
- 71 Across: Verse: Part III (21)
- EXERCISEWILLSHAPEMEUP
- 78 Across: "But is it ___?" (3)
- ART
- 79 Across: Composer Khachaturian (4)
- ARAM
- 80 Across: Bridge bid (4)
- SLAM
- 81 Across: Draft org. (3)
- SSS
- 82 Across: Nettles (6)
- GRATES
- 85 Across: Streetcars (5)
- TRAMS
- 86 Across: Command to Gabriel (4)
- BLOW
- 88 Across: Peep show (5)
- RAREE
- 89 Across: Euripides tragedy (5)
- MEDEA
- 90 Across: Twofold (4)
- DUAL
- 92 Across: Curly coiffure (4)
- AFRO
- 96 Across: Syr. neighbor (3)
- ISR
- 97 Across: Australian isl. (3)
- TAS
- 98 Across: Louis challenger (4)
- CONN
- 99 Across: J. F. Cooper subject (5)
- PILOT
- 100 Across: End of verse (21)
- THISDIETISTRULYMYLAST
- 107 Across: Strict (6)
- SEVERE
- 108 Across: Part of G.P.A. (7)
- AVERAGE
- 109 Across: Some women's fashions (6)
- ALINES
- 110 Across: Less well done (5)
- RARER
- 111 Across: Ancient chipped stones (7)
- EOLITHS
- 112 Across: Tam-tams (5)
- GONGS
- 113 Across: Ayers and Hoad (4)
- LEWS
- 114 Across: Loamy deposit (5)
- LOESS
- 115 Across: Pulitzer Prize playwright: 1953 (4)
- INGE
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Limoges item (6)
- SAUCER
- 2 Down: Let go (7)
- UNLOOSE
- 3 Down: Cores (5)
- PITHS
- 4 Down: Middling (4)
- SOSO
- 5 Down: Throngs (6)
- CROWDS
- 6 Down: Cousins of hammerheads (6)
- HERONS
- 7 Down: Guam's capital (5)
- AGANA
- 8 Down: Marshal Dillon (4)
- MATT
- 9 Down: Drop heavily (4)
- PLOP
- 10 Down: One of the Flintstones (5)
- WILMA
- 11 Down: Anita or Alan of songdom (4)
- ODAY
- 12 Down: Jewish month (4)
- ELUL
- 13 Down: Soap operas (7)
- SERIALS
- 14 Down: Arum lily (5)
- CALLA
- 16 Down: "De ___," Seneca essay (3)
- IRA
- 17 Down: Postulate (6)
- ASSERT
- 19 Down: Like breeze-kissed water (6)
- RIPPLY
- 20 Down: Reality (4)
- FACT
- 23 Down: Adlai's running mate: 1956 (5)
- ESTES
- 25 Down: Camper's shelter (6)
- LEANTO
- 26 Down: Dep. (3)
- STA
- 32 Down: Greenish-yellow pear (4)
- BOSC
- 33 Down: E. Power Biggs's instrument (5)
- ORGAN
- 34 Down: Henry's last Catherine (4)
- PARR
- 35 Down: State of France (4)
- ETAT
- 36 Down: Lamarr of films (4)
- HEDY
- 37 Down: At the summit (4)
- ATOP
- 39 Down: Involuntary contractions (4)
- TICS
- 40 Down: Kind of bull (5)
- PAPAL
- 41 Down: Causing jolts (5)
- BUMPY
- 42 Down: " . . . the rat /That ___ malt" (6)
- ATETHE
- 43 Down: Knight's weapon (6)
- POLEAX
- 44 Down: Flattened at the poles (6)
- OBLATE
- 46 Down: Metaphor's cousin (6)
- SIMILE
- 50 Down: Trouble (3)
- AIL
- 51 Down: Comprehend (3)
- SEE
- 52 Down: Plants resembling spinach (6)
- ORACHS
- 53 Down: Remote (3)
- FAR
- 54 Down: Indehiscent fruits (6)
- AKENES
- 55 Down: Night's brightest star (6)
- SIRIUS
- 56 Down: Birds of passage (6)
- TRAMPS
- 62 Down: Mine entrances (5)
- ADITS
- 63 Down: Domicile: Abbr. (3)
- RES
- 64 Down: Soothes (5)
- CALMS
- 65 Down: Towel word (3)
- HIS
- 66 Down: The bottom line, to Blass (3)
- HEM
- 69 Down: Vicuña's cousin (5)
- LLAMA
- 70 Down: Salesman's car, frequently (4)
- DEMO
- 72 Down: Appraise (4)
- RATE
- 73 Down: Ontario Indian (4)
- CREE
- 74 Down: Guardian's concern (4)
- WARD
- 75 Down: Dies ___ (4)
- IRAE
- 76 Down: Role in "King Lear" (6)
- ALBANY
- 77 Down: Weary (4)
- PALL
- 82 Down: Southern dish (5)
- GRITS
- 83 Down: Bacon portion (6)
- RASHER
- 84 Down: Advent (7)
- ARRIVAL
- 85 Down: Seed coats (6)
- TESTAE
- 87 Down: Banshee's activity (7)
- WAILING
- 89 Down: Actress Clarke of old films (3)
- MAE
- 90 Down: Kneaded mixtures (6)
- DOUGHS
- 91 Down: Save (6)
- UNLESS
- 93 Down: Projecting rim (6)
- FLANGE
- 94 Down: American Beauties (5)
- ROSES
- 95 Down: Mel and Ed of baseball (4)
- OTTS
- 97 Down: Shea areas (5)
- TIERS
- 98 Down: Jalopy (5)
- CRATE
- 99 Down: Post used in air races (5)
- PYLON
- 101 Down: Parched (4)
- SERE
- 102 Down: Teen detective of fiction (4)
- DREW
- 103 Down: ___ Levi (Yves Montand) (3)
- IVO
- 104 Down: Market (4)
- SELL
- 105 Down: Chamber-music piece (4)
- TRIO
- 106 Down: O. Henry title word (4)
- MAGI
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