OH PSHAW! - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 174 clues). Published 10/18/1992. By Grace M. Gordon.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Updike title word (6)
- RABBIT
- 7 Across: Mast support (4)
- STAY
- 11 Across: Lunar New Year in Vietnam (3)
- TET
- 14 Across: Protozoan (6)
- AMOEBA
- 20 Across: " . . . nature's copy's not ___": Shak. (6)
- ETERNE
- 21 Across: River in NE England (4)
- OUSE
- 22 Across: Mouthward (4)
- ORAD
- 24 Across: Birthplace of 99 Across (6)
- DUBLIN
- 25 Across: Swindle (6)
- FLEECE
- 26 Across: ___ Stoker, Dracula's creator (4)
- BRAM
- 27 Across: Desire to eat chalk, clay, etc. (4)
- PICA
- 28 Across: Thais, e.g. (6)
- ASIANS
- 29 Across: Center the cross hairs (3)
- AIM
- 30 Across: Start of a quote (13)
- THEFICKLENESS
- 33 Across: Cobblers' aids (5)
- LASTS
- 36 Across: Treasure State capital (6)
- HELENA
- 38 Across: "Le Roi d'Ys" composer (4)
- LALO
- 39 Across: Part of the job, for 136 Across (3)
- TLC
- 42 Across: Quote: Part II (17)
- OFTHEWOMENILOVEIS
- 46 Across: Dostoyevsky's "The ___" (5)
- IDIOT
- 48 Across: Send money (4)
- WIRE
- 49 Across: Hwy. (3)
- RTE
- 50 Across: The Red Baron, e.g. (3)
- ACE
- 51 Across: Sprain applications (7)
- ARNICAS
- 53 Across: Mesozoic or Cenozoic (3)
- ERA
- 54 Across: Western range (7)
- SIERRAS
- 58 Across: Interlaken's river (4)
- AARE
- 61 Across: Donovan's agcy. (3)
- OSS
- 62 Across: Morning deposit (3)
- DEW
- 63 Across: Quote: Part III (17)
- ONLYEQUALLEDBYTHE
- 67 Across: Drag (3)
- LUG
- 68 Across: Gogol's "Taras ___" (5)
- BULBA
- 69 Across: Relating to thread (5)
- FILAR
- 70 Across: Dickens, sometimes (3)
- BOZ
- 73 Across: Word with book or load (4)
- CASE
- 76 Across: "Greetings" org. (3)
- SSS
- 79 Across: Dockworkers' org. (3)
- ILA
- 80 Across: Bristly (5)
- SETAL
- 81 Across: Word with star or stone (4)
- LODE
- 82 Across: Movie dog (4)
- ASTA
- 83 Across: Source of the quote, with "The" (11)
- PHILANDERER
- 86 Across: Lulu (4)
- ONER
- 87 Across: Penultimate Hebrew letter (4)
- SHIN
- 88 Across: Refrain syllables (5)
- TRALA
- 89 Across: Hindu god (3)
- DEV
- 90 Across: Coll. award (3)
- DEG
- 92 Across: Firebug (4)
- PYRO
- 93 Across: Understanding (3)
- KEN
- 94 Across: Dervish movement (5)
- WHIRL
- 95 Across: "The ultimate aphrodisiac" (5)
- POWER
- 97 Across: McClellan adversary (3)
- LEE
- 99 Across: Author of the quote (17)
- GEORGEBERNARDSHAW
- 104 Across: Rearward (3)
- AFT
- 107 Across: Anonymous Richard (3)
- ROE
- 108 Across: A TV Ricky (4)
- DESI
- 109 Across: Orchestrate anew (7)
- RESCORE
- 110 Across: Scand. land (3)
- NOR
- 111 Across: Flub (7)
- BLUNDER
- 115 Across: ___ Canals (3)
- SOO
- 117 Across: Cinnabar or galena (3)
- ORE
- 118 Across: "Le ___ Goriot": Balzac (4)
- PERE
- 119 Across: In the doldrums (5)
- MOPEY
- 120 Across: Quote: Part IV (17)
- INFERNALCONSTANCY
- 127 Across: "High ___": Anderson (3)
- TOR
- 128 Across: "___ mio dulce ardor," Gluck aria (4)
- ODEL
- 129 Across: Tocsins (6)
- ALERTS
- 130 Across: ___ Park, Colo. town (5)
- ESTES
- 131 Across: Quote: Part V (13)
- OFTHEWOMENWHO
- 136 Across: E.R. personnel (3)
- RNS
- 137 Across: Pavarotti's paese (6)
- ITALIA
- 139 Across: Sinn Fein homeland (4)
- ERIN
- 140 Across: Author of "Jake's Thing" (4)
- AMIS
- 142 Across: Dramatic devices (6)
- ASIDES
- 146 Across: Go at full speed (6)
- CAREER
- 147 Across: Laundry residue (4)
- LINT
- 148 Across: Easily handled, as a ship (4)
- YARE
- 149 Across: End of the quote (6)
- LOVEME
- 150 Across: Mad (6)
- INSANE
- 151 Across: ___ volente (3)
- DEO
- 152 Across: Dirk of yore (4)
- SNEE
- 153 Across: Place of nether darkness (6)
- EREBUS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: N.H.L. whistler (3)
- REF
- 2 Down: Pt. of A. & P. (3)
- ATL
- 3 Down: Buzzer (3)
- BEE
- 4 Down: Respire (7)
- BREATHE
- 5 Down: Engrave (6)
- INCISE
- 6 Down: Pullulate (4)
- TEEM
- 7 Down: Julie Andrews film: 1981 (3)
- SOB
- 8 Down: Diamondback or hawkbill (6)
- TURTLE
- 9 Down: " . . . even ___ gathereth her chickens . . . ": Matt. 23:37 (6)
- ASAHEN
- 10 Down: Man from Sana (6)
- YEMENI
- 11 Down: Masai Mara antelope (4)
- TOPI
- 12 Down: Famous redhead (4)
- ERIC
- 13 Down: Paraphernalia (6)
- TACKLE
- 14 Down: Hersey town (5)
- ADANO
- 15 Down: Parnassus figure (4)
- MUSE
- 16 Down: Eastern accessories (4)
- OBIS
- 17 Down: Like a bungee jumper's cord (7)
- ELASTIC
- 18 Down: Crib of a sort (3)
- BIN
- 19 Down: Ques. opposite (3)
- ANS
- 23 Down: ___ Lama (5)
- DALAI
- 31 Down: Part song (4)
- FALA
- 32 Down: Steber role (4)
- ELSA
- 33 Down: Made a bovine sound (5)
- LOWED
- 34 Down: Full of zeal (5)
- AFIRE
- 35 Down: Proverbial backbreaker (5)
- STRAW
- 36 Down: Hailey best seller: 1965 (5)
- HOTEL
- 37 Down: Hard abrasive (5)
- EMERY
- 40 Down: Mauna ___ (3)
- LOA
- 41 Down: Pts. of dollars (3)
- CTS
- 43 Down: Twists (6)
- WRINGS
- 44 Down: Orange-shipping city in Fla. (5)
- OCALA
- 45 Down: ___ scaloppine (4)
- VEAL
- 46 Down: Tchr. (5)
- INSTR
- 47 Down: Kind of antenna (4)
- DISH
- 52 Down: Part of H.R.H. (5)
- ROYAL
- 54 Down: Trifle (3)
- SOU
- 55 Down: C.S.A. man (3)
- REB
- 56 Down: Eagle on high (6)
- AQUILA
- 57 Down: Roman dictator: 82-79 B.C. (5)
- SULLA
- 59 Down: Advert (5)
- REFER
- 60 Down: Worked on galleys (6)
- EDITED
- 64 Down: Desert (7)
- ABANDON
- 65 Down: Din (5)
- BLARE
- 66 Down: "___ and Ivory," 1982 hit song (5)
- EBONY
- 67 Down: Like Miniver Cheevy (4)
- LEAN
- 71 Down: Silesian river (4)
- ODER
- 72 Down: Broadway's Tevye (4)
- ZERO
- 73 Down: Tun (4)
- CASK
- 74 Down: Wimbledon champ: 1975 (4)
- ASHE
- 75 Down: Con artfully (5)
- STING
- 77 Down: Garnish unit (5)
- SPRIG
- 78 Down: Was altruistic (6)
- SHARED
- 80 Down: Stringent (6)
- SEVERE
- 81 Down: Canter's cousin (4)
- LOPE
- 84 Down: "___ Seeing You," 1938 song (5)
- ILLBE
- 85 Down: ___ flask (thermos prototype) (5)
- DEWAR
- 88 Down: Cube root of 27 (5)
- THREE
- 91 Down: Angry looks (6)
- GLARES
- 94 Down: One of the Allens (5)
- WOODY
- 95 Down: Abbot's right-hand man (5)
- PRIOR
- 96 Down: Parts of a mi. (3)
- RDS
- 98 Down: Ram's mate (3)
- EWE
- 100 Down: He fought Joe Gans (4)
- ERNE
- 101 Down: Start of motto of N.C. (4)
- ESSE
- 102 Down: Skedaddle (5)
- SCOOT
- 103 Down: Tooters (5)
- HORNS
- 104 Down: Concerning (5)
- ANENT
- 105 Down: Word with meat or feed (5)
- FORCE
- 106 Down: Playing cards (5)
- TREYS
- 111 Down: N.Y.C. subway syst. (3)
- BMT
- 112 Down: Trevanian's "The ___ Sanction" (3)
- LOO
- 113 Down: Tumults (7)
- UPROARS
- 114 Down: First American female astronaut (4)
- RIDE
- 116 Down: Judah's second son: Gen. 38:4 (4)
- ONAN
- 118 Down: Kind of resistance (7)
- PASSIVE
- 121 Down: Banister terminus (5)
- NEWEL
- 122 Down: Rococo (6)
- FLORID
- 123 Down: Berlin hit: 1925 (6)
- ALWAYS
- 124 Down: New York Governor: 1932-42 (6)
- LEHMAN
- 125 Down: To believe, in Bretagne (6)
- CROIRE
- 126 Down: Type of muscle (6)
- TENSOR
- 128 Down: Chicago terminal (5)
- OHARE
- 132 Down: Dog's bane (4)
- FLEA
- 133 Down: ___ Shan, central Asian range (4)
- TIEN
- 134 Down: Golconda (4)
- MINE
- 135 Down: Inner: Comb. form (4)
- ENTO
- 136 Down: Chest sound (4)
- RALE
- 137 Down: Here, to Henri (3)
- ICI
- 138 Down: Whip (3)
- TAN
- 141 Down: Bishopric (3)
- SEE
- 143 Down: Society newcomer (3)
- DEB
- 144 Down: Rhea's cousin (3)
- EMU
- 145 Down: His or her: Fr. (3)
- SES
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