FOLLOWING ORDERS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 1/17/1999. By Cathy Millhauser.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Where Hawthorne wrote "The Scarlet Letter" (5): SALEM
6 Across: Verve (4): ELAN
10 Across: Crackers (4): BATS
14 Across: Bacillus shapes (4): RODS
18 Across: Blazing (5): AFIRE
19 Across: Food fish, in scientific names (5): SOLEA
21 Across: "My Brother ___" (Grateful Dead song) (4): ESAU
22 Across: The wrong stuff (4): EVIL
23 Across: Pecking order? (11): KISSMEQUICK
25 Across: Money order? (9): GIMMEFIVE
27 Across: Dynamo's pivot (6): STATOR
28 Across: Team coached by Bud Grant for 17 years (7): VIKINGS
30 Across: Coordinated, in a way (6): ALINED
31 Across: Function (4): ROLE
33 Across: Rare sports result (3): TIE
34 Across: Bad reception? (7): ICINESS
35 Across: Alphabetical order? (15): MINDYOURPSANDQS
42 Across: Litmus is one kind (4): TEST
43 Across: On the main (4): ASEA
44 Across: Red shade (6): CERISE
45 Across: Disconnected (5): UNDID
47 Across: Skewer (4): STAB
48 Across: Che cohort (5): FIDEL
49 Across: Reverent (5): PIOUS
50 Across: Abbr. concerning the holy or "potholy" (3): STS
53 Across: Difficult position (7): HOTSEAT
55 Across: Batting order? (13): SOCKITTOMENOW
59 Across: Waxed (4): GREW
61 Across: Split (4): RENT
62 Across: Dozer's spot (4): SOFA
63 Across: Cry at an old-fashioned battle (6): CHARGE
67 Across: Tick off (7): INCENSE
70 Across: Headed north, by Northwest (6): FLEWUP
72 Across: Interlaken's river (4): AARE
73 Across: Snowfall (4): COAT
74 Across: Agitate (4): RILE
76 Across: Back order? (13): STEPTOTHEREAR
82 Across: Sagebrush State native (7): NEVADAN
87 Across: Kind of cozy (3): TEA
88 Across: Bubbling on the stove (5): ABOIL
89 Across: Tree thicket (5): COPSE
91 Across: Moth with translucent spots on its wings (4): LUNA
92 Across: Red flag (5): ALERT
93 Across: It's deadly for Bardot (6): FATALE
95 Across: Skip (4): OMIT
96 Across: Aura (4): HALO
98 Across: Benedictine order? (15): MAKEMINEADOUBLE
102 Across: They hold cones (7): RETINAE
104 Across: Had a cone (3): ATE
105 Across: Not orig. (4): IMIT
106 Across: Regard (6): ESTEEM
107 Across: Neighbor of the larynx (7): TRACHEA
110 Across: Impresario (6): STAGER
115 Across: Side order? (9): STANDBYME
117 Across: Suborder? (11): HOLDTHEMAYO
119 Across: Poop out (4): TIRE
120 Across: It's often on the house (4): LOAN
121 Across: Pioneer in calculus (5): EULER
122 Across: Levels (5): RAZES
123 Across: Returned MS holder (4): SASE
124 Across: Many ages (4): EONS
125 Across: Encouraging (4): ROSY
126 Across: Squirreled supply (5): STASH

Down Answers

1 Down: New York merchant Horace (4): SAKS
2 Down: Throw ___ (go ballistic) (4): AFIT
3 Down: One of the Simpsons (4): LISA
4 Down: Word with while (4): ERST
5 Down: Computer buyer's concern (6): MEMORY
6 Down: Atty.'s title (3): ESQ
7 Down: Like some vents (8): LOUVERED
8 Down: Et ___ (4): ALII
9 Down: Guitar part (4): NECK
10 Down: Implored (6): BEGGED
11 Down: One way to buy an item (4): ASIS
12 Down: McDonald's lid? (3): TAM
13 Down: Tree with tiny red berries (5): SUMAC
14 Down: Cultivated (7): REFINED
15 Down: Cheviots and merinos (6): OVINES
16 Down: Strip (of) (6): DIVEST
17 Down: One-way transports? (5): SLEDS
20 Down: Japanese pooches (6): AKITAS
24 Down: Switch suffix (4): EROO
26 Down: Antidemocratic belief (7): ELITISM
29 Down: Mozart's age, when he wrote his Fifth Symphony (4): NINE
32 Down: DuPont brand (6): LUCITE
34 Down: "The fault, dear Brutus, ___ in our stars" (5): ISNOT
35 Down: Beer-brewing mixture (4): MASH
36 Down: Analogy words (4): ISTO
37 Down: Shipshape (4): NEAT
38 Down: Cotton ball applications (4): DABS
39 Down: P.M. counterpart (4): PRES
40 Down: Countryside cylinder (4): SILO
41 Down: Proverbial loser (7): QUITTER
46 Down: Decimal starter (3): DUO
48 Down: Meter reading, maybe (4): FARE
49 Down: Wrestling falls (4): PINS
50 Down: Serial killer? (4): SNOW
51 Down: Protein source (4): TOFU
52 Down: Pull a switch (4): SWAP
54 Down: Word with drop or roll (3): EGG
56 Down: El Greco's homeland (5): CRETE
57 Down: Football Hall-of-Famer Strong (3): KEN
58 Down: Suffix with computer (3): ESE
60 Down: Glen Campbell title city (7): WICHITA
63 Down: Shed (4): CAST
64 Down: Crime motivation (4): HATE
65 Down: Suburbia, e.g. (4): AREA
66 Down: Public image, for short (3): REP
68 Down: Winter air (4): NOEL
69 Down: Eclipse, for one (3): CAR
70 Down: Make tracks (4): FLEE
71 Down: O.T. book (3): LEV
75 Down: Line of clothing (6): INSEAM
77 Down: Equipped à la raptors (7): TALONED
78 Down: U.K. award (3): OBE
79 Down: Melodious Mel (5): TORME
80 Down: Opera opener (4): ACTI
81 Down: Horse color (4): ROAN
83 Down: Big baseball surname (4): ALOU
84 Down: Half-witted (4): DUMB
85 Down: Dye source (4): ANIL
86 Down: Hoopster Archibald (4): NATE
90 Down: Cluster in Taurus (8): PLEIADES
92 Down: Property recipient, at law (7): ALIENEE
93 Down: Greek salad ingredient (4): FETA
94 Down: Old Hollywood star with a mustache (6): AMECHE
96 Down: Hearth goddess (6): HESTIA
97 Down: Essential oils (6): ATTARS
99 Down: Black and Valentine (6): KARENS
100 Down: Rooftop fixture (4): DISH
101 Down: Water rompers (6): OTTERS
102 Down: Leans (on) (5): RESTS
103 Down: Stroll (5): AMBLE
107 Down: Certain Fed (4): TMAN
108 Down: Time (4): HOUR
109 Down: Cockney greeting (4): ELLO
111 Down: Latin learner's verb (4): AMAT
112 Down: One of the five chief cities of the Philistines (4): GAZA
113 Down: Regards (4): EYES
114 Down: Hebrew "beginning" (4): ROSH
116 Down: ___-hoo (3): YOO
118 Down: Venture (3): TRY

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