NON COMPOSER MENTIS - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 3/21/1976. By Arnold Moss.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Noted whaler and family (5): AHABS
6 Across: "Bell Song" singer (5): LAKME
11 Across: ___ Raton (4): BOCA
15 Across: White poplar (5): ABELE
20 Across: Ward off (5): REPEL
21 Across: Skull part (5): INION
22 Across: Kind of cake or cut (5): SHORT
24 Across: Consumers' spearhead (5): NADER
25 Across: World aid org. (5): UNRRA
26 Across: Hangs fire (5): PENDS
27 Across: Sadat (5): ANWAR
28 Across: Yields (5): CEDES
29 Across: Witch's ride (11): BROOMHANDEL
31 Across: Carved walrus teeth, etc. (10): ESKIMOZART
33 Across: Senior, in Paris (4): AINE
34 Across: Adherent (3): IST
35 Across: M.D.'s org. (3): AMA
38 Across: Cob's mate (3): PEN
39 Across: G.I.'s rating (3): PTE
40 Across: " . . . knits up the ___ care" (15): RAVELLDSLEAVEOF
49 Across: Dodges (6): EVADES
53 Across: Lost too much weight (10): OVERDIETED
54 Across: Edison name (4): ALVA
55 Across: Where Niamey is (5): NIGER
56 Across: "___ Camera" (4): IAMA
58 Across: Israeli port (5): EILAT
59 Across: Eskimo boat (5): UMIAK
60 Across: Suburbia site (13): CHOPINGCENTER
64 Across: April 15 org. (3): IRS
65 Across: Outpouring (5): SPATE
66 Across: Sports org. (3): AAU
67 Across: Animal for March (4): LION
68 Across: Coal product (3): TAR
69 Across: Beverage (3): ALE
70 Across: Costumed (6): GUISED
71 Across: Mlle., in Rio (4): SRTA
73 Across: Shot up (4): GREW
75 Across: Jai alai item (5): CESTA
77 Across: John Dickson ___ (4): CARR
78 Across: Child's game (11): HAYDNGOSEEK
81 Across: Yiddish theater star (11): MAHLERPICON
86 Across: Blockhead (4): DOLT
87 Across: Nigerian town (5): YASHI
89 Across: ___ Fein (4): SINN
90 Across: Singing group, in Spain (4): CORO
91 Across: Swift's forte (6): SATIRE
94 Across: Mustangs' campus (3): SMU
95 Across: "___ no use!" (3): ITS
97 Across: Anne and Geneviève: Abbr. (4): STES
99 Across: Darrow, for one: Abbr. (3): ATT
100 Across: Growing out (5): ENATE
101 Across: I stand: Lat. (3): STO
102 Across: Noted N.Y. theater byway (13): SCHUBERTALLEY
105 Across: Waxy acid (5): CERIN
106 Across: "___ luck!" (5): TOUGH
108 Across: Minotaur's den (4): MAZE
109 Across: Belgian city (5): LIEGE
110 Across: Roman 154 (4): CLIV
111 Across: Empire symbols (10): BRITTENIAS
114 Across: French impressionist (6): SEURAT
115 Across: Like square dancers at times (15): OFFENBACHTOBACH
117 Across: Monk's title (3): DOM
118 Across: Yalie (3): ELI
119 Across: On the ___ (hiding) (3): LAM
120 Across: Turf (3): SOD
121 Across: Gospel writer (4): MARK
125 Across: Barber's bid to child (10): DOHOLSTILL
132 Across: Abuzz (11): BIZETASABEE
136 Across: West Point, etc.: Abbr. (5): ACADS
137 Across: "Prufrock" author (5): ELIOT
139 Across: Change one's ___ (5): IMAGE
140 Across: Nerve-cell process (5): AXONE
141 Across: Miss. river (5): YAZOO
142 Across: "___, in thy orisons . . . " (5): NYMPH
143 Across: Venice street (5): CANAL
144 Across: Writer Gore (5): VIDAL
145 Across: Isaac (5): STERN
146 Across: Church part (4): APSE
147 Across: " . . . would ___ as sweet" (5): SMELL
148 Across: Divinations (5): OMENS

Down Answers

1 Down: Oil island (5): ARUBA
2 Down: Matisse (5): HENRI
3 Down: ___ strings (5): APRON
4 Down: Semele's nurse (5): BEROE
5 Down: Grand or little (4): SLAM
6 Down: Enzyme (6): LIPASE
7 Down: Concerning (5): ANENT
8 Down: Ilk (4): KIND
9 Down: Music scale (4): MODE
10 Down: Subjugate (7): ENSLAVE
11 Down: Dan Beard org. (3): BSA
12 Down: Without: Ger. (4): OHNE
13 Down: Homecoming animals (4): COWS
14 Down: Mideast drink (4): ARAK
15 Down: Adriatic port (6): ANCONA
16 Down: Singer Joan (4): BAEZ
17 Down: Norse epic (4): EDDA
18 Down: Sly look (4): LEER
19 Down: Formerly, of old (4): ERST
23 Down: Donald Duck's nephews (8): TRIPLETS
30 Down: Producers' goals (4): HITS
32 Down: Reward (4): MEED
36 Down: Debussy's "La ___" (3): MER
37 Down: Birch's relative (5): ALDER
39 Down: Risk (5): PERIL
40 Down: "Pins and Needles" composer (4): ROME
41 Down: ___-garde (5): AVANT
42 Down: Year for Nero (3): LII
43 Down: Haircutters (8): DELILAHS
44 Down: Gaze (5): STARE
45 Down: Dracula-like (8): VAMPIRIC
46 Down: Inventor Howe (5): ELIAS
47 Down: Egg-shaped (5): OVATE
48 Down: Phonied (5): FAKED
49 Down: Turn into money (6): ENCASH
50 Down: Buddhist temple (6): VIHARA
51 Down: S. A. rodent: Var. (6): AGOUTY
52 Down: Airline abbr. (3): DEP
56 Down: Luzon native (6): IGOROT
57 Down: Teen-agers' woes (5): ACNES
59 Down: Seize illegally (5): USURP
61 Down: Trifle with (6): NIGGLE
62 Down: Thumb and carpet (5): TACKS
63 Down: "Able was I ___ . . . " (3): ERE
69 Down: One ___ time (3): ATA
70 Down: January stone (6): GARNET
72 Down: F.D.A.'s concern (8): ADDITIVE
74 Down: Mass. town (8): WEYMOUTH
76 Down: Friend of Pocahontas (5): SMITH
77 Down: Middle, to British (6): CENTRE
79 Down: Ex-Yankee Irv (5): NOREN
80 Down: ___-de-vie (3): EAU
82 Down: Read: Fr. (5): LISEZ
83 Down: Ship (6): COALER
84 Down: ___ y Gasset (6): ORTEGA
85 Down: "Hold it!" (6): NOTYET
88 Down: ___, haec, hoc (3): HIC
91 Down: Dry-plaster painting (5): SECCO
92 Down: Mischievous as ___ (5): ANELF
93 Down: Price list: Fr. (5): TARIF
94 Down: Zeno follower (5): STOIC
96 Down: Poison ___ (5): SUMAC
98 Down: Witches' town (5): SALEM
101 Down: Confine (8): STRAITEN
102 Down: Underworld (5): SHEOL
103 Down: Carousal (4): BASH
104 Down: N. Y. campus (3): LIU
107 Down: Drops, in pharmacy (3): GTT
111 Down: Containers: Abbr. (4): BBLS
112 Down: Knicks' org. (3): NBA
113 Down: Poetic beats (7): IAMBICS
114 Down: Bar item (4): SODA
116 Down: Half or Ozzie (6): NELSON
117 Down: "You don't say!" (6): DOTELL
120 Down: Actor George (5): SEGAL
121 Down: Proverb (5): MAXIM
122 Down: Habitation (5): ABODE
123 Down: French historian (5): RENAN
124 Down: Ship bottoms (5): KEELS
125 Down: Doris and Dennis (4): DAYS
126 Down: One ___ (4): OCAT
127 Down: Mist (4): HAZE
128 Down: In bad ___ (4): ODOR
129 Down: Novelist Ehrenburg (4): ILYA
130 Down: Flaccid (4): LIMP
131 Down: Cuts off (4): LOPS
133 Down: Moslem priest (4): IMAM
134 Down: Grey (4): ZANE
135 Down: Comedian Jimmy (4): SAVO
138 Down: Social event in Rouen (3): THE

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