BLOWING HOT AND COLD - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 7/19/1992. By Kevin Boyle.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Keen (5)
- SHARP
- 6 Across: Thrashes (4)
- TANS
- 10 Across: Half: Comb. form (4)
- HEMI
- 14 Across: Booze (5)
- HOOCH
- 19 Across: Central (5)
- POLAR
- 20 Across: Cold confections (4)
- ICES
- 21 Across: Persia today (4)
- IRAN
- 22 Across: Maxwell and Oakland (5)
- AUTOS
- 23 Across: HOT (21)
- TUBHEADCORNERCOMBSHOT
- 27 Across: Mrs., in Ávila (3)
- SRA
- 28 Across: Applies heat to damp clothes (5)
- DRIES
- 29 Across: Poppins, in Beijing (4)
- AMAH
- 30 Across: Vain: Ger. (5)
- EITEL
- 31 Across: Is solicitous (5)
- CARES
- 32 Across: "Less ___ Zero," Bret Ellis novel (4)
- THAN
- 33 Across: Roscoe (3)
- GAT
- 34 Across: COLD (21)
- CASHWARSHOULDERTURKEY
- 43 Across: Stonecrop-family plants (6)
- ORPINS
- 44 Across: Police-report inits (3)
- AKA
- 45 Across: ___ Lanka (3)
- SRI
- 46 Across: Have an ___ the ground (5)
- EARTO
- 47 Across: A Dumas (4)
- PERE
- 48 Across: Ancient seat of Irish kings (4)
- TARA
- 50 Across: Electees (3)
- INS
- 52 Across: Strip of land between rivers (4)
- DOAB
- 53 Across: HOT (21)
- STUFFTODDYWIRESPRINGS
- 60 Across: Unusual shoe width (3)
- EEE
- 61 Across: Teed off (4)
- IRED
- 62 Across: Foofaraws (4)
- ADOS
- 63 Across: Take another look (5)
- RESEE
- 64 Across: Her temple was at Philae (4)
- ISIS
- 65 Across: "Cold ___ Tree," Olive Burns novel (5)
- SASSY
- 67 Across: Fourth man (4)
- SETH
- 68 Across: Batting posture (6)
- STANCE
- 71 Across: Examine closely (4)
- SIFT
- 72 Across: Actor Baldwin (4)
- ALEC
- 73 Across: Certain A.L. batters (3)
- DHS
- 76 Across: COLD (21)
- CUTSSNAPCREAMFISHFEET
- 81 Across: Parisian's shelter (4)
- ABRI
- 82 Across: Petition (3)
- SUE
- 83 Across: Hired an atty. (4)
- RETD
- 84 Across: "Woe ___!" (4)
- ISME
- 85 Across: Establish radio communication (5)
- RAISE
- 87 Across: Center of a simple game (3)
- TAC
- 89 Across: High fashion (3)
- TON
- 90 Across: Surinamese pidgin language (6)
- SRANAN
- 92 Across: HOT (21)
- SEATAIRRODHOUSEPOTATO
- 97 Across: Poland China's enclosure (3)
- STY
- 98 Across: Furrow (4)
- SEAM
- 99 Across: Fruit pies (5)
- TARTS
- 100 Across: Extinct cousin of NATO (5)
- SEATO
- 103 Across: ___ impasse (4)
- ATAN
- 104 Across: Shinto shrine gateway (5)
- TORII
- 105 Across: Bug's relative (3)
- TAP
- 108 Across: COLD (21)
- COMFORTDUCKFRONTFRAME
- 112 Across: Celestial Hunter (5)
- ORION
- 113 Across: Bombs, etc. (4)
- AMMO
- 114 Across: Fulminate (4)
- RAGE
- 115 Across: Boccaccio's "The ___ Heart" (5)
- EATEN
- 116 Across: Whittles (5)
- PARES
- 117 Across: Carriage (4)
- MIEN
- 118 Across: Followed slavishly (4)
- APED
- 119 Across: Brings up baby (5)
- REARS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Balt. and N.Y.C. (4)
- SPTS
- 2 Down: Compline or sext (4)
- HOUR
- 3 Down: Provençal troubadour's love song (4)
- ALBA
- 4 Down: Pep-rally cry (3)
- RAH
- 5 Down: Before the crowing starts (7)
- PREDAWN
- 6 Down: More like Felix Unger (6)
- TIDIER
- 7 Down: Passageway (6)
- ACCESS
- 8 Down: Modernists (4)
- NEOS
- 9 Down: Georgia, once: Abbr. (3)
- SSR
- 10 Down: Wintry (6)
- HIEMAL
- 11 Down: What gofers run (7)
- ERRANDS
- 12 Down: ___ number (speed ratio) (4)
- MACH
- 13 Down: She rescued Odysseus at sea (3)
- INO
- 14 Down: Regular (7)
- HABITUE
- 15 Down: Winkle out (4)
- OUST
- 16 Down: Will-___-wisp (4)
- OTHE
- 17 Down: Not friendly (4)
- COOL
- 18 Down: He defeated T.E.D. (3)
- HST
- 24 Down: Rich tapestry (5)
- ARRAS
- 25 Down: Aztec or Toltec (5)
- NAHUA
- 26 Down: Gist (4)
- MEAT
- 31 Down: Cardinal (5)
- CHIEF
- 32 Down: Fermented Furmints (5)
- TOKAY
- 33 Down: Beams (5)
- GRINS
- 34 Down: Thicket (5)
- COPSE
- 35 Down: Aggregate of good qualities (5)
- ARETE
- 36 Down: Waste metal (5)
- SPRUE
- 37 Down: Kind of rock or candy (4)
- HARD
- 38 Down: Hurons' cousins (5)
- ERIES
- 39 Down: Mustard-family plant (6)
- RADISH
- 40 Down: Dane's monetary unit (5)
- KRONE
- 41 Down: Story in un bâtiment (5)
- ETAGE
- 42 Down: British hooligans (4)
- YOBS
- 48 Down: Drives nails obliquely (4)
- TOES
- 49 Down: Do sums (3)
- ADD
- 51 Down: Toots (6)
- SPREES
- 54 Down: Exchequers (5)
- FISCS
- 55 Down: Coin for Cato (6)
- TRIENS
- 56 Down: Cause want (5)
- WASTE
- 57 Down: Parts of psyches (3)
- IDS
- 58 Down: Singer Acuff (3)
- ROY
- 59 Down: Express nausea (5)
- RETCH
- 64 Down: Persevere (6)
- INSIST
- 65 Down: "___ semper tyrannis" (3)
- SIC
- 66 Down: The Dark Cont. (3)
- AFR
- 67 Down: Went home feet first (4)
- SLID
- 68 Down: Isolated rocks (5)
- SCARS
- 69 Down: Roman trumpets (5)
- TUBAE
- 70 Down: Kin of peristyles (5)
- ATRIA
- 71 Down: Shoot (5)
- SPEAR
- 72 Down: At the tail (3)
- AFT
- 73 Down: Russian river (5)
- DESNA
- 74 Down: Blood: Comb. form (5)
- HEMAT
- 75 Down: Shorthand pro (5)
- STENO
- 77 Down: Gene from Tioga, Tex. (5)
- AUTRY
- 78 Down: "___ of One's Own": Woolf (5)
- AROOM
- 79 Down: Dish list (4)
- MENU
- 80 Down: Orders (5)
- FIATS
- 86 Down: Towns in Conn. and Md. (7)
- EASTONS
- 88 Down: Ensemble (7)
- COSTUME
- 89 Down: ___ -you-ma'am (pothole) (5)
- THANK
- 90 Down: Nautical spar (5)
- SPRIT
- 91 Down: Aquatic animalcule (7)
- ROTIFER
- 93 Down: "Take ___ Leave It," old radio show (4)
- ITOR
- 94 Down: Package deceptively (6)
- DEACON
- 95 Down: Butt of jokes (6)
- STOOGE
- 96 Down: Deserved (6)
- EARNED
- 100 Down: Carolina rail (4)
- SORA
- 101 Down: Arabian bigwig (4)
- EMIR
- 102 Down: "___ to the public weal": Shak. (4)
- AFOE
- 103 Down: Gazelle of 66 Down (4)
- ADMI
- 104 Down: Football play (4)
- TRAP
- 105 Down: British bye-bye (4)
- TATA
- 106 Down: Part of N.A. (4)
- AMER
- 107 Down: Corrals (4)
- PENS
- 108 Down: Collar maker (3)
- COP
- 109 Down: This has a pompom (3)
- TAM
- 110 Down: ___ Angelico (3)
- FRA
- 111 Down: Actress ___ Dawn Chong (3)
- RAE
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