Yes, it's not discounted completly like an illegal elemnt usually is. 1A with -3's is pretty close to zero points though.
Right.
I'm not outraged with 85 with a 1A. That program looks even better than when I saw it at Skate America (again, the axel error nonwithstanding) last year. He usually scores 10+ on his Axel, especially since it's done in the second half, so he would've been in the 95 range (as he was in SkAm) if he didn't make that error.
ETA: He earned 11.49 points on the 3A at Skate America last year....so he lost a ton of points.