RHYMES OF THE CENTURIES (Hard Clues) - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (25x25 grid, 190 clues). Published 4/18/1999. By Frank Longo.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Fierce tribesmen (7): MAUMAUS
8 Across: Town near the geographical center of California (8): LOSBANOS
16 Across: Hip-hop repertoire (8): RAPSONGS
24 Across: Best Original Screenplay nominee of 1984 (7): ELNORTE
25 Across: Flawless (8): INERRANT
26 Across: Unpredictable (8): ALEATORY
27 Across: 11TH CENTURY: Olaf Haraldsson defeated... (25): WESTMINSTERABBEYCOMPLETED
30 Across: Old shows (7): SILENTS
31 Across: One of the Dodecanese Islands (4): SIMI
32 Across: Actuate (6): SPURON
33 Across: Air France fleet member (3): SST
36 Across: Actor Williamson (5): NICOL
37 Across: Like a violin concerto by Bach (3): INE
40 Across: Three coins in la fontana? (4): LIRE
42 Across: Minnesota city (5): EDINA
43 Across: 12TH CENTURY: Notre Dame erected... (20): THOMASABECKETELECTED
48 Across: Fliers, often (3): ADS
50 Across: Milne character (6): EEYORE
51 Across: A.L. M.V.P., 1951, 1954 and 1955 (5): BERRA
52 Across: Marathoner Pippig (3): UTA
53 Across: First name of Pope Alexander VII (5): FABIO
55 Across: Demesne (5): REALM
56 Across: 13TH CENTURY: "Tristan und Isolde" penned... (19): CRUSADESCOMETOANEND
62 Across: Belief (3): ISM
63 Across: It may be on the line (4): HOOK
64 Across: "___ first!" (3): YOU
65 Across: Certain laundry load (6): WHITES
66 Across: 14TH CENTURY: Tamerlane fights... (13): CHAUCERWRITES
73 Across: Allowance (7): STIPEND
77 Across: Attends Exeter, e.g. (5): PREPS
78 Across: Effort (4): DINT
79 Across: Holding (6): TENURE
80 Across: Shot contents (4): SERA
84 Across: Wasn't serious (6): JESTED
87 Across: 15TH CENTURY: Columbus ship chartered... (17): JOANOFARCMARTYRED
90 Across: Bravura (5): ECLAT
91 Across: Longtime Missouri Sen. ___ Symington (3): STU
93 Across: ___ tree (3): UPA
94 Across: Classified offering (3): APT
95 Across: Lana's first (5): ARTIE
96 Across: 16TH CENTURY: Russia war-torn... (17): SHAKESPEAREISBORN
102 Across: Cathedral of Notre Dame locale (6): AMIENS
103 Across: Certain (4): SOME
104 Across: Gung-ho about (6): KEENON
105 Across: Robert Fulghum's "It Was on Fire When ___ Down on It" (4): ILAY
106 Across: Japanese conquest of W.W. II (5): BURMA
108 Across: Polish place (7): TOENAIL
109 Across: 17TH CENTURY: "The Night Watch" painted... (13): TERESASAINTED
114 Across: Gum arabic source (6): ACACIA
118 Across: Sonny (3): LAD
120 Across: Director Ferrara (4): ABEL
121 Across: ___ Lady (3): OUR
122 Across: 18TH CENTURY: Yale University founded... (19): HANDELSMUSICSOUNDED
130 Across: Three-time British Open winner (5): FALDO
132 Across: Roll up (5): AMASS
133 Across: Generations (3): EON
134 Across: Corps core (5): CADRE
135 Across: Actress, subject of the biography "Hollywood Comet" (6): HARLOW
136 Across: "Un ___ di" (Puccini aria) (3): BEL
137 Across: 19TH CENTURY: Simón Bolivar conquers... (20): GEORGEIIIGOESBONKERS
143 Across: ___-wip (5): REDDI
146 Across: Beach sight (4): TERN
147 Across: Bad mark (3): DEE
148 Across: ___-al-Arab waterway (5): SHATT
149 Across: Kind of job (3): DAY
150 Across: Quercitol source (6): ACORNS
152 Across: Order against the Jedi, in "Star Wars" (4): SITH
154 Across: Singing parts (7): STANZAS
156 Across: 20TH CENTURY: Two World Wars take place... (25): ASTRONAUTSROCKETEDTOSPACE
164 Across: Gifts that grow on you? (8): CHIAPETS
165 Across: Base for shingles (8): TARPAPER
166 Across: Some Christians (7): UNIATES
167 Across: Part of the Ottoman Empire until 1829 (8): CYCLADES
168 Across: Lycurgus and Lysander (8): SPARTANS
169 Across: Aromatherapy product (7): SEASALT

Down Answers

1 Down: Gull's sound (3): MEW
2 Down: Ingredient in a black and tan (3): ALE
3 Down: Young ___ (3): UNS
4 Down: Zingers (4): MOTS
5 Down: Like some couples (8): ARMINARM
6 Down: Employ, in Exeter (7): UTILISE
7 Down: "Troades" tragedian (6): SENECA
8 Down: With 9-Down, shavers (6): LITTLE
9 Down: See 8-Down (4): ONES
10 Down: Indian weight (3): SER
11 Down: Support giver (3): BRA
12 Down: Sophisticated trader, for short (3): ARB
13 Down: Picks up (4): NABS
14 Down: House Speaker during Carter's Presidency (6): ONEILL
15 Down: Tree (6): STYMIE
16 Down: "Kanthapura" novelist (3): RAO
17 Down: Maundy money (4): ALMS
18 Down: Quickened, with "up" (6): PEPPED
19 Down: Response to a sneezer (5): SALUD
20 Down: "Liar Liar" actress Cheri (5): OTERI
21 Down: "Forget it!" (9): NOTONABET
22 Down: Mai tai ingredient (9): GRENADINE
23 Down: Charlie Chaplin's half-brother (3): SYD
28 Down: Kind of appeal (4): SNOB
29 Down: Prefix with polar (6): CIRCUM
33 Down: Of the spatial relationship of atoms in a molecule (6): STERIC
34 Down: "Gimme a break!" (6): SHEESH
35 Down: Japanese seaport of 300,000 (6): TOYAMA
37 Down: Swedish-based furniture chain (4): IKEA
38 Down: One who isn't in (4): NERD
39 Down: Peut-___ (perhaps): Fr. (4): ETRE
41 Down: "Rock" suffix (4): ETTE
44 Down: Chem. unit (3): MOL
45 Down: It has an eye on the tube (3): CBS
46 Down: Unhurried (4): EASY
47 Down: Have (3): EAT
49 Down: They may cover a lot of ground (4): SODS
53 Down: Khalid's successor (4): FAHD
54 Down: What makes a chef chief? (3): ANI
56 Down: Trust, e.g.: Abbr. (4): CORP
57 Down: Moves a shell (4): ROWS
58 Down: Neighbor of Russ. (3): UKR
59 Down: Spain's ___ Brava (5): COSTA
60 Down: Like some garments (5): OUTER
61 Down: One with a title (5): OWNER
63 Down: Observe (4): HEED
67 Down: Mental grasp (6): UPTAKE
68 Down: El Greco's birthplace (5): CRETE
69 Down: Oft-broken promise (3): IDO
70 Down: With 87-Down, Avenida Revolución locale (3): TIA
71 Down: Lassitude (5): ENNUI
72 Down: Cuts the nonsense (7): STOPSIT
74 Down: Pachacuti, for one (5): INCAN
75 Down: It may cause inflation (4): PUMP
76 Down: Part of Q.E.F. (4): ERAT
80 Down: The Mideast's ___ Desert (6): SYRIAN
81 Down: "Ziegfeld Follies" costume designer (4): ERTE
82 Down: Pull (in) (4): REIN
83 Down: Picnic coolers (4): ADES
84 Down: Jack beat him for the heavyweight title, 1919 (4): JESS
85 Down: Sympathetic response (4): ECHO
86 Down: Lambaste (4): SLAM
87 Down: See 70-Down (5): JUANA
88 Down: Lie (5): FABLE
89 Down: Singer Terrell (5): TAMMI
91 Down: Scharnhorst commander (4): SPEE
92 Down: Tiger Beat alternative (4): TEEN
97 Down: Toast (5): SKOAL
98 Down: Disquiets (5): ROILS
99 Down: Zhou ___ (5): ENLAI
100 Down: Blade (3): OAR
101 Down: Kvass ingredient (3): RYE
102 Down: Asia's ___ Sea (4): ARAL
106 Down: Toots (4): BABE
107 Down: Did something with (4): USED
108 Down: Binders? (4): TIES
110 Down: Down (3): SAD
111 Down: Struck, in a way (6): TOLLED
112 Down: Pulitzer winner Welty (6): EUDORA
113 Down: Nodding (6): DROWSY
114 Down: Jezebel's husband (4): AHAB
115 Down: Fearful of being shot (9): CAMERASHY
116 Down: Comprised of selected passages (9): ANALECTIC
117 Down: PC inserts (3): CDS
119 Down: When John VI's papacy began (4): DCCI
123 Down: Holy ___ (3): SEE
124 Down: Like some legal issues (4): MOOT
125 Down: Rioting (6): UNREST
126 Down: Came out with (4): SAID
127 Down: Comics dog (4): ODIE
128 Down: Push (4): URGE
129 Down: Orthodox leader? (3): NEO
130 Down: Chopin piece (8): FANTASIA
131 Down: Ham protector? (3): ARK
135 Down: 1994 Richard Preston best seller, with "The" (7): HOTZONE
137 Down: Showed one's hand, maybe (6): GINNED
138 Down: Processes grain (6): GRISTS
139 Down: Corner (6): ENTRAP
140 Down: Artificial flavor bases (6): ESTERS
141 Down: Relative of an alewife (4): SHAD
142 Down: Some South Africans (6): BANTUS
144 Down: Famed Miami country club (5): DORAL
145 Down: Words before hint or line (5): DROPA
151 Down: Fill (4): SATE
153 Down: Jewish wedding ring? (4): HORA
154 Down: "The Man I Married" actress (4): STEN
155 Down: Exercise options? (4): SPAS
156 Down: Duke's assn. (3): ACC
157 Down: Constitution preceder (3): USS
158 Down: It may be a lifesaver (3): CPR
159 Down: Kit ___ (3): KAT
160 Down: Waste watchers: Abbr. (3): EPA
161 Down: Loss leader? (3): ATA
162 Down: Drawer's frame (3): CEL
163 Down: Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum ___" (3): EST

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