| They rate high on the Beaufort scale | 36 |
| Stiff winds | 11 |
| Sea-lane hazards | 16 |
| Outbursts of laughter | 21 |
| Northers | 8 |
| Nor'easters | 15 |
| Nor'easter features | 23 |
| Mighty winds | 12 |
| Lots of laughter | 16 |
| Laughter sounds, perhaps | 24 |
| Large quantities of laughter | 28 |
| Hurricanes' little cousins | 30 |
| Fragrant marsh shrubs | 21 |
| Branch breakers | 15 |
| Big winds | 9 |
| Beaufort-scale readings | 23 |
| Beaufort scale measurements | 27 |
| Beaufort scale listings | 23 |
| Outbursts of hilarity | 21 |
| Music to a stand-up comic's ears | 36 |
| Laugh-track guffaws | 19 |
| Galileo ___ | 11 |
| Name on Pisa's airport | 26 |
| Telescope pioneer's last name | 33 |
| Science legend's last name | 30 |
| Pisa airport name | 17 |
| A last name in astronomy | 24 |
| Storied ball dropper | 20 |
| Pisa genius | 11 |
| Italian astronomer | 18 |
| Famous Pisan | 12 |
| "Father of Modern Science" | 36 |
| Telescope pioneer | 17 |
| Spacecraft to Jupiter | 21 |
| NASA probe launched in 1989 | 27 |
| Italian astronomer born in Pisa | 31 |
| He was branded a heretic for writing the "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" | 100 |
| First spacecraft to orbit Jupiter | 33 |
| Famous Italian astronomer | 25 |
| Famed advocate of Copernicanism | 31 |
| Early sunspot studier | 21 |
| Copernicus supporter | 20 |
| Copernicus successor | 20 |
| Copernican theorist | 19 |
| Classic Italian astronomer | 26 |
| Brahe contemporary | 18 |
| Astronomer exonerated by the Vatican in 1992 | 44 |
| 1600's stargazer | 20 |
| "Sidereus Nuncius" author | 35 |
| Moxie | 5 |
| Temerity | 8 |
| Some nerve | 10 |
| Chutzpa | 7 |
| Chutzpah, in the extreme | 24 |
| Brazen boldness | 15 |
| Some nerve! | 11 |
| Brazenness | 10 |
| Boldness to a fault | 19 |
| Unmitigated stuff | 17 |
| It may be unmitigated | 21 |
| Irritate big-time | 17 |
| A lot of nerve | 14 |
| Wormwood's companion | 24 |
| Unmitigated ___ | 15 |
| Rub sore | 8 |
| Really steam | 12 |
| Presumptuousness | 16 |
| Nerve, found in eight of the Across answers | 43 |
| Irritate greatly | 16 |
| Chutzpah in the extreme | 23 |
| Bitter substance | 16 |
| ___ bladder | 11 |
| More than annoyed | 17 |
| Transport for 2%? | 17 |
| Art thieves | 11 |
| Editor's error-detection print | 34 |
| Ship registration for an editor? | 32 |
| Printers' document | 22 |
| Pre-publication creation | 24 |
| Big name in wine | 16 |
| Winemaker Julio | 15 |
| Winemaker Ernest or Julio | 25 |
| Vintner Ernest or Julio | 23 |
| Vintner based in Modesto, California | 36 |
| Mondavi competitor | 18 |
| Modesto vintner | 15 |
| Modesto mogul | 13 |
| California wine name | 20 |
| Big name in California wines | 28 |
| Big name in California wine | 27 |
| Word form for French | 20 |
| Word element for France | 23 |
| Winery surname of fame | 22 |
| Winery in Modesto, Calif. | 25 |
| Winemaking giant | 16 |
| Wine-making family | 18 |
| Wine purveyors Julio and Ernest | 31 |
| Wine family name | 16 |
| Wine Country surname | 20 |
| Noted wine merchant | 19 |