CAMOUFLAGE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 10/4/1992. By Randolph Ross.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Strains the brain (5)
RACKS
6 Across: Segovia's companion (6)
GUITAR
12 Across: Gerald Ford, by birth (6)
OMAHAN
18 Across: Peer (5)
EQUAL
19 Across: Amusements (8)
PASTIMES
21 Across: Notable Watergate figure (6)
RODINO
22 Across: Eritrea's urethane riches (14)
BURIEDTREASURE
24 Across: Believe; trust (6)
CREDIT
25 Across: Blue (3)
SAD
26 Across: Lucy lover (4)
DESI
27 Across: Produced milk (8)
LACTATED
29 Across: He wrote "The Sultan of Sulu" (3)
ADE
30 Across: Sinatra film: 1954 (8)
SUDDENLY
34 Across: Auguries (5)
OMENS
37 Across: Menace with reata (12)
VEILEDTHREAT
41 Across: ___ Bator, Mongolia (4)
ULAN
43 Across: Pile (3)
NAP
44 Across: Douse (7)
IMMERSE
45 Across: Ending for scant or pant (3)
IES
46 Across: Crandall and Webb (4)
DELS
47 Across: Pfc. superior (3)
CPL
48 Across: Arab garments (4)
ABAS
49 Across: P.D.Q. relative (4)
ASAP
51 Across: Some radio buffs (5)
CBERS
53 Across: Arias (4)
SOLI
54 Across: Act like Mrs. Mitty (3)
NAG
55 Across: Country lass (5)
WENCH
57 Across: Orange-red chalcedony (4)
SARD
58 Across: Beginning (6)
OUTSET
60 Across: More like Poe's midnight (8)
DREARIER
62 Across: Owing (6)
INDEBT
64 Across: New England eleven, familiarly (4)
PATS
65 Across: Owe a pony and a gun (15)
CONCEALEDWEAPON
68 Across: Elide (4)
OMIT
70 Across: Grammer of "Cheers" (6)
KELSEY
71 Across: Forsakes (8)
ABANDONS
75 Across: Dealt (6)
TRADED
77 Across: Word with miss or beer (4)
NEAR
78 Across: Italian card game (5)
SCOPA
79 Across: Tatami (3)
MAT
80 Across: Dame Myra (4)
HESS
81 Across: S-shaped curves (5)
OGEES
83 Across: A Bolger co-star in 1939 (4)
LAHR
84 Across: Skin (4)
PARE
85 Across: Lodge member (3)
ELK
86 Across: ___ Reekie (Edinburgh) (4)
AULD
87 Across: Author of "One Human Minute" (3)
LEM
88 Across: Core (7)
ESSENCE
91 Across: Verb ending (3)
OSE
92 Across: Trim a photo (4)
CROP
93 Across: Act I—"On a secret mission" (12)
COVERTACTION
95 Across: Grassy plant (5)
SEDGE
97 Across: Explosive (8)
VOLATILE
99 Across: ___ de deux (3)
PAS
100 Across: " . . . and take it for ___ worse": Cowley (8)
BETTEROR
102 Across: Organic compound (4)
ENOL
104 Across: Kimono sash (3)
OBI
107 Across: Webster or Clay (6)
ORATOR
109 Across: They span hybrid gestation (14)
COVEREDBRIDGES
114 Across: Italia's second largest city (6)
MILANO
115 Across: Of ancient writing (8)
HIERATIC
116 Across: Barton, e.g. (5)
NURSE
117 Across: Took off (6)
BOLTED
118 Across: Jim Varney role (6)
ERNEST
119 Across: Silly ones (5)
GEESE

Down Answers

1 Down: Lee's men (4)
REBS
2 Down: Shade of blue (4)
AQUA
3 Down: Coagulant (4)
CURD
4 Down: Winding of jazz fame (3)
KAI
5 Down: Luge lover (7)
SLEDDER
6 Down: Tawdry (6)
GARISH
7 Down: Application (3)
USE
8 Down: Ending for a niña's name (3)
ITA
9 Down: "___ the season . . . " (3)
TIS
10 Down: Gris-gris (6)
AMULET
11 Down: Stood for a second term (5)
RERAN
12 Down: Movie whale (4)
ORCA
13 Down: Dean and Downey (7)
MORTONS
14 Down: Revoke a legacy (5)
ADEEM
15 Down: Mexico's tourist expense (10)
HIDDENCOST
16 Down: A tickbird (3)
ANI
17 Down: Finisher in "Wayne's World" (3)
NOT
19 Down: A gal. has eight (3)
PTS
20 Down: This could be a challenge to find (13)
SECLUDEDBEACH
23 Down: He went to town (5)
DEEDS
28 Down: W. Harrison's successor (5)
TYLER
29 Down: Stout choices (4)
ALES
31 Down: Bathsheba's first mate (5)
URIAH
32 Down: Profound (4)
DEEP
33 Down: "___ Boot" (3)
DAS
35 Down: Capital of Campania (6)
NAPLES
36 Down: Gymnastics move (5)
SPLIT
37 Down: Article of food (5)
VIAND
38 Down: Imprison (5)
EMBAR
39 Down: P.R. man's concern (5)
IMAGE
40 Down: N.J. township (7)
TEANECK
42 Down: ___-ran (4)
ALSO
50 Down: Put this up or chase flies (13)
SCREENEDPORCH
51 Down: Box for oolong (5)
CADDY
52 Down: Cook up (4)
BREW
53 Down: Point of view (5)
STAND
55 Down: Corresponded (5)
WROTE
56 Down: Aachen article (3)
EIN
57 Down: Mock (5)
SNEER
59 Down: "Once ___ time . . . " (5)
UPONA
61 Down: Stomach churners (5)
ACIDS
62 Down: "Casablanca" heroine et al. (5)
ILSAS
63 Down: Cylindrical seat (7)
TABORET
66 Down: Protected, at sea (4)
ALEE
67 Down: Soft food for invalids (3)
PAP
68 Down: Blackmailer's words (6)
ORELSE
69 Down: Place to hobnob all night in disguise (10)
MASKEDBALL
72 Down: Muscat-eer? (5)
OMANI
73 Down: Stupor: Comb. form (5)
NARCO
74 Down: Painter of "The Feast of St. Nicholas" (5)
STEEN
75 Down: Kojak and a Huxtable (5)
THEOS
76 Down: Sullen (4)
DOUR
78 Down: Soft and crumbling, as bricks (5)
SAMEL
82 Down: Hand warmer (5)
GLOVE
83 Down: A tribe of Israel (4)
LEVI
84 Down: Favorites (4)
PETS
86 Down: Paint solvent (7)
ACETONE
87 Down: Auction unit (3)
LOT
89 Down: Flavor (5)
SAPOR
90 Down: Fish preparation (7)
SCALING
93 Down: George Washington ___ (6)
CARVER
94 Down: Prepare another draft (6)
REEDIT
96 Down: Reach (5)
GETAT
98 Down: He outranks the sarge (5)
LOOIE
101 Down: Walked on (4)
TROD
103 Down: G.E. subsidiary (3)
NBC
104 Down: Grimm character (4)
OGRE
105 Down: A First Lady of the 50's (4)
BESS
106 Down: "Uh huh" (4)
ISEE
107 Down: An arm of the U.S. exec. branch (3)
OMB
108 Down: A Hope-Crosby location (3)
RIO
110 Down: Directional ending (3)
ERN
111 Down: Actress Charlotte (3)
RAE
112 Down: U.F.O. crew (3)
ETS
113 Down: Required (3)
DUE

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