OH PSHAW!

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23174 clues~30-60 minBy Grace M. Gordon10/18/1992

New to crosswords? Learn how to play

Classic newspaper crossword from the archive. About our puzzle library.

Today's Daily Crossword

Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Updike title word (6 letters)
7 Across: Mast support (4 letters)
11 Across: Lunar New Year in Vietnam (3 letters)
14 Across: Protozoan (6 letters)
20 Across: " . . . nature's copy's not ___": Shak. (6 letters)
21 Across: River in NE England (4 letters)
22 Across: Mouthward (4 letters)
24 Across: Birthplace of 99 Across (6 letters)
25 Across: Swindle (6 letters)
26 Across: ___ Stoker, Dracula's creator (4 letters)
27 Across: Desire to eat chalk, clay, etc. (4 letters)
28 Across: Thais, e.g. (6 letters)
29 Across: Center the cross hairs (3 letters)
30 Across: Start of a quote (13 letters)
33 Across: Cobblers' aids (5 letters)
36 Across: Treasure State capital (6 letters)
38 Across: "Le Roi d'Ys" composer (4 letters)
39 Across: Part of the job, for 136 Across (3 letters)
42 Across: Quote: Part II (17 letters)
46 Across: Dostoyevsky's "The ___" (5 letters)
48 Across: Send money (4 letters)
49 Across: Hwy. (3 letters)
50 Across: The Red Baron, e.g. (3 letters)
51 Across: Sprain applications (7 letters)
53 Across: Mesozoic or Cenozoic (3 letters)
54 Across: Western range (7 letters)
58 Across: Interlaken's river (4 letters)
61 Across: Donovan's agcy. (3 letters)
62 Across: Morning deposit (3 letters)
63 Across: Quote: Part III (17 letters)
67 Across: Drag (3 letters)
68 Across: Gogol's "Taras ___" (5 letters)
69 Across: Relating to thread (5 letters)
70 Across: Dickens, sometimes (3 letters)
73 Across: Word with book or load (4 letters)
76 Across: "Greetings" org. (3 letters)
79 Across: Dockworkers' org. (3 letters)
80 Across: Bristly (5 letters)
81 Across: Word with star or stone (4 letters)
82 Across: Movie dog (4 letters)
83 Across: Source of the quote, with "The" (11 letters)
86 Across: Lulu (4 letters)
87 Across: Penultimate Hebrew letter (4 letters)
88 Across: Refrain syllables (5 letters)
89 Across: Hindu god (3 letters)
90 Across: Coll. award (3 letters)
92 Across: Firebug (4 letters)
93 Across: Understanding (3 letters)
94 Across: Dervish movement (5 letters)
95 Across: "The ultimate aphrodisiac" (5 letters)
97 Across: McClellan adversary (3 letters)
99 Across: Author of the quote (17 letters)
104 Across: Rearward (3 letters)
107 Across: Anonymous Richard (3 letters)
108 Across: A TV Ricky (4 letters)
109 Across: Orchestrate anew (7 letters)
110 Across: Scand. land (3 letters)
111 Across: Flub (7 letters)
115 Across: ___ Canals (3 letters)
117 Across: Cinnabar or galena (3 letters)
118 Across: "Le ___ Goriot": Balzac (4 letters)
119 Across: In the doldrums (5 letters)
120 Across: Quote: Part IV (17 letters)
127 Across: "High ___": Anderson (3 letters)
128 Across: "___ mio dulce ardor," Gluck aria (4 letters)
129 Across: Tocsins (6 letters)
130 Across: ___ Park, Colo. town (5 letters)
131 Across: Quote: Part V (13 letters)
136 Across: E.R. personnel (3 letters)
137 Across: Pavarotti's paese (6 letters)
139 Across: Sinn Fein homeland (4 letters)
140 Across: Author of "Jake's Thing" (4 letters)
142 Across: Dramatic devices (6 letters)
146 Across: Go at full speed (6 letters)
147 Across: Laundry residue (4 letters)
148 Across: Easily handled, as a ship (4 letters)
149 Across: End of the quote (6 letters)
150 Across: Mad (6 letters)
151 Across: ___ volente (3 letters)
152 Across: Dirk of yore (4 letters)
153 Across: Place of nether darkness (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: N.H.L. whistler (3 letters)
2 Down: Pt. of A. & P. (3 letters)
3 Down: Buzzer (3 letters)
4 Down: Respire (7 letters)
5 Down: Engrave (6 letters)
6 Down: Pullulate (4 letters)
7 Down: Julie Andrews film: 1981 (3 letters)
8 Down: Diamondback or hawkbill (6 letters)
9 Down: " . . . even ___ gathereth her chickens . . . ": Matt. 23:37 (6 letters)
10 Down: Man from Sana (6 letters)
11 Down: Masai Mara antelope (4 letters)
12 Down: Famous redhead (4 letters)
13 Down: Paraphernalia (6 letters)
14 Down: Hersey town (5 letters)
15 Down: Parnassus figure (4 letters)
16 Down: Eastern accessories (4 letters)
17 Down: Like a bungee jumper's cord (7 letters)
18 Down: Crib of a sort (3 letters)
19 Down: Ques. opposite (3 letters)
23 Down: ___ Lama (5 letters)
31 Down: Part song (4 letters)
32 Down: Steber role (4 letters)
33 Down: Made a bovine sound (5 letters)
34 Down: Full of zeal (5 letters)
35 Down: Proverbial backbreaker (5 letters)
36 Down: Hailey best seller: 1965 (5 letters)
37 Down: Hard abrasive (5 letters)
40 Down: Mauna ___ (3 letters)
41 Down: Pts. of dollars (3 letters)
43 Down: Twists (6 letters)
44 Down: Orange-shipping city in Fla. (5 letters)
45 Down: ___ scaloppine (4 letters)
46 Down: Tchr. (5 letters)
47 Down: Kind of antenna (4 letters)
52 Down: Part of H.R.H. (5 letters)
54 Down: Trifle (3 letters)
55 Down: C.S.A. man (3 letters)
56 Down: Eagle on high (6 letters)
57 Down: Roman dictator: 82-79 B.C. (5 letters)
59 Down: Advert (5 letters)
60 Down: Worked on galleys (6 letters)
64 Down: Desert (7 letters)
65 Down: Din (5 letters)
66 Down: "___ and Ivory," 1982 hit song (5 letters)
67 Down: Like Miniver Cheevy (4 letters)
71 Down: Silesian river (4 letters)
72 Down: Broadway's Tevye (4 letters)
73 Down: Tun (4 letters)
74 Down: Wimbledon champ: 1975 (4 letters)
75 Down: Con artfully (5 letters)
77 Down: Garnish unit (5 letters)
78 Down: Was altruistic (6 letters)
80 Down: Stringent (6 letters)
81 Down: Canter's cousin (4 letters)
84 Down: "___ Seeing You," 1938 song (5 letters)
85 Down: ___ flask (thermos prototype) (5 letters)
88 Down: Cube root of 27 (5 letters)
91 Down: Angry looks (6 letters)
94 Down: One of the Allens (5 letters)
95 Down: Abbot's right-hand man (5 letters)
96 Down: Parts of a mi. (3 letters)
98 Down: Ram's mate (3 letters)
100 Down: He fought Joe Gans (4 letters)
101 Down: Start of motto of N.C. (4 letters)
102 Down: Skedaddle (5 letters)
103 Down: Tooters (5 letters)
104 Down: Concerning (5 letters)
105 Down: Word with meat or feed (5 letters)
106 Down: Playing cards (5 letters)
111 Down: N.Y.C. subway syst. (3 letters)
112 Down: Trevanian's "The ___ Sanction" (3 letters)
113 Down: Tumults (7 letters)
114 Down: First American female astronaut (4 letters)
116 Down: Judah's second son: Gen. 38:4 (4 letters)
118 Down: Kind of resistance (7 letters)
121 Down: Banister terminus (5 letters)
122 Down: Rococo (6 letters)
123 Down: Berlin hit: 1925 (6 letters)
124 Down: New York Governor: 1932-42 (6 letters)
125 Down: To believe, in Bretagne (6 letters)
126 Down: Type of muscle (6 letters)
128 Down: Chicago terminal (5 letters)
132 Down: Dog's bane (4 letters)
133 Down: ___ Shan, central Asian range (4 letters)
134 Down: Golconda (4 letters)
135 Down: Inner: Comb. form (4 letters)
136 Down: Chest sound (4 letters)
137 Down: Here, to Henri (3 letters)
138 Down: Whip (3 letters)
141 Down: Bishopric (3 letters)
143 Down: Society newcomer (3 letters)
144 Down: Rhea's cousin (3 letters)
145 Down: His or her: Fr. (3 letters)

More Hard Puzzles

Friday Crossword — January 2, 1976~25 min Friday Crossword — January 9, 1976~25 min Friday Crossword — January 16, 1976~25 min

Browse all hard puzzles →

View answers and solutions for this puzzle →