CASTAWAYS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 11/8/1992. By Nancy Scandrett Ross.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Flower from the Vosges (4)
SAAR
5 Across: Recondite (4)
DEEP
9 Across: Alphabetical segment (5)
CDEFG
14 Across: Father of Wm. (4)
CHAS
18 Across: Farewell (5)
CONGE
19 Across: Kind of history (4)
ORAL
20 Across: Bizarre (5)
OUTRE
21 Across: Moss or Gary (4)
HART
22 Across: Hummable pieces (5)
TUNES
23 Across: Hindu deity (4)
SIVA
24 Across: MAY (10)
EDNAOLIVER
26 Across: SCOTT (10)
FRANCISKEY
28 Across: Campus V.I.P. (4)
DEAN
29 Across: Novelist Karmel (5)
ILONA
30 Across: Blackberry drupelets (5)
ACINI
31 Across: Fraternity letters (4)
PSIS
33 Across: Patella (7)
KNEECAP
35 Across: A president of 14 Down (7)
ALLENDE
37 Across: O.T. book (4)
DEUT
38 Across: Rams' dams (4)
EWES
39 Across: Arrest (3)
NAB
40 Across: Surrey town famed for chickens (7)
DORKING
42 Across: To be, in Aix (4)
ETRE
43 Across: Kandinsky's output (3)
ART
46 Across: Shea section (4)
TIER
48 Across: Banking abbr. (3)
SAV
49 Across: Ike's opponent (5)
ADLAI
51 Across: "Death be not ___ . . . ": Donne (5)
PROUD
53 Across: Rusty-gate sound (6)
SCROOP
56 Across: Like a bishop's headdress (6)
MITRAL
58 Across: Mutter complaints (7)
GRUMBLE
60 Across: Fourth of a pint (4)
GILL
61 Across: Equip with weapons, once (5)
ENARM
62 Across: Master of a Dublin domicile (7)
HIMSELF
63 Across: Japanese drama (3)
NOH
65 Across: GABRIEL (13)
DANTEROSSETTI
69 Across: Prepare flax (3)
RET
70 Across: Cook's herb (7)
OREGANO
72 Across: Investment in the U.S. (5)
TBOND
73 Across: "___ may look on a king": Heywood (4)
ACAT
75 Across: Whole number (7)
INTEGER
76 Across: Hindu sect members (6)
JAINAS
77 Across: Felt (6)
SENSED
80 Across: Lehmann of opera (5)
LOTTE
81 Across: Lament (5)
MOURN
83 Across: Beer-party cask (3)
KEG
85 Across: Corset bone (4)
STAY
86 Across: Common contraction (3)
TIS
87 Across: Barbecue locale (4)
YARD
88 Across: Bee participant (7)
SPELLER
92 Across: Compass pt. (3)
ESE
93 Across: Kind of shot (4)
LONG
94 Across: Fermata (4)
HOLD
95 Across: Developed gradually (7)
EVOLVED
97 Across: Form a new structure (7)
REGROUP
101 Across: ___ qua non (4)
SINE
102 Across: An evangelist's first name (5)
AIMEE
103 Across: With full force (5)
AMAIN
104 Across: Congers (4)
EELS
106 Across: JAY (10)
ALANLERNER
111 Across: CAROL (10)
JOYCEOATES
113 Across: Shopper stopper (4)
SALE
114 Across: Ascended (5)
RISEN
115 Across: To ___ (precisely) (4)
ATEE
116 Across: Bolt together (5)
ELOPE
117 Across: Always (4)
EVER
118 Across: Lavender and frangipani (5)
ODORS
119 Across: Flock's cousin (4)
HERD
120 Across: Landlords' take (5)
RENTS
121 Across: Back talk (4)
SASS
122 Across: Healthy, in Madrid (4)
SANO

Down Answers

1 Down: Become disillusioned (4)
SOUR
2 Down: MARIA (15)
ANNAALBERGHETTI
3 Down: Bureau, in Brest (6)
AGENCE
4 Down: Abrogate (7)
RESCIND
5 Down: Police files (8)
DOSSIERS
6 Down: Estrada of "CHiPs" (4)
ERIK
7 Down: This has a soffit (4)
EAVE
8 Down: Infant's recreation area (7)
PLAYPEN
9 Down: Prepare copy jointly (6)
COEDIT
10 Down: Ranch guests (5)
DUDES
11 Down: Sicilian smoker (4)
ETNA
12 Down: LLOYD (11)
FRANKWRIGHT
13 Down: Soil: Comb. form (3)
GEO
14 Down: Where Viña del Mar is (5)
CHILE
15 Down: Actress in "Brewster's Millions" (5)
HAVOC
16 Down: Kemper, in Kansas City (5)
ARENA
17 Down: Thong (5)
STRAP
18 Down: Wall Street doc. (3)
CTF
25 Down: These sometimes come in a pack (4)
LIES
27 Down: China lead-in (4)
INDO
32 Down: RAY (13)
SUGARROBINSON
34 Down: Hillary Clinton, ___ Rodham (3)
NEE
35 Down: Numbat's tidbits (4)
ANTS
36 Down: Secular (4)
LAIC
37 Down: Prophesy (6)
DIVINE
38 Down: Letter from Greece (3)
ETA
41 Down: Himalayan peak (5)
KAMET
42 Down: Building annex (3)
ELL
43 Down: Shaw title starter (4)
ARMS
44 Down: LOUIS (15)
ROBERTSTEVENSON
45 Down: Ball-gown fabric (5)
TULLE
47 Down: Hugh Capet was one (3)
ROI
50 Down: Dark blue fruit (6)
DAMSON
51 Down: Abrasive rock (6)
PUMICE
52 Down: Dexterous (4)
DEFT
54 Down: Caducity (6)
OLDAGE
55 Down: Sycamore (5)
PLANE
57 Down: Someone not to catch (6)
TARTAR
59 Down: Sopranos Hunter and Shane (5)
RITAS
63 Down: Short fiber (4)
NOIL
64 Down: "To be ___ . . . " (5)
ORNOT
66 Down: VINCENT (11)
NORMANPEALE
67 Down: Wound (6)
SNAKED
68 Down: One of the Fords (5)
EDSEL
71 Down: Obtains (4)
GETS
74 Down: Arith. solution (3)
ANS
76 Down: "Oklahoma!" role (3)
JUD
78 Down: Facility (4)
EASE
79 Down: Colored (4)
DYED
82 Down: Assn. (3)
ORG
84 Down: Millet subject (8)
GLEANERS
87 Down: "___ for Me," Lawford film (3)
YOU
89 Down: " . . . every prospect ___": Heber (7)
PLEASES
90 Down: Apt anagram for vile (4)
EVIL
91 Down: Actor Cesar's family (7)
ROMEROS
93 Down: Like an anchoress (4)
LONE
94 Down: Greets the villain (6)
HISSES
96 Down: City near Barcelona (6)
LERIDA
97 Down: Asian prince (5)
RAJAH
98 Down: Indulge in cabotinage (5)
EMOTE
99 Down: More joyous (5)
GAYER
100 Down: Prepared potatoes, in a way (5)
RICED
101 Down: Emulated Epimenides (5)
SLEPT
105 Down: View from Windsor Castle (4)
ETON
107 Down: Crater contents (4)
LAVA
108 Down: City in S France (4)
ALES
109 Down: Architect Saarinen (4)
EERO
110 Down: M.D.'s associates (3)
RNS
112 Down: Poetic preposition (3)
OER

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