FORGETTABLE PEOPLE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 162 clues). Published 2/13/1977. By Elmer Toro.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Without grounds (8): BASELESS
9 Across: Get (6): OBTAIN
15 Across: Merge: Abbr. (5): AMALG
20 Across: Of Zeus's daughter (8): ASTRAEAN
21 Across: In a while, old style (6): SOONLY
22 Across: Memory: Suffix (6): MNESIA
23 Across: Foe of a Hood (22): THESHERIFFOFNOTTINGHAM
26 Across: Conduit (5): SEWER
27 Across: Bee: Prefix (3): API
28 Across: Low sound (4): MOAN
29 Across: Lexington, Va., campus (3): WLU
30 Across: "___ La Douce" (4): IRMA
32 Across: Rogue work by Thomas Dekker (18): THEBELLMANOFLONDON
36 Across: Arid place (6): SAHARA
41 Across: Fish (3): EEL
42 Across: Halloween sound (3): BOO
43 Across: Middle, in law (5): MESNE
44 Across: Antonio (19): THEMERCHANTOFVENICE
51 Across: Mooed (5): LOWED
52 Across: Back (3): AID
53 Across: How, in Bonn (3): WIE
54 Across: Culbertson (3): ELY
55 Across: Nothing, in Spain (4): NADA
59 Across: Portent (4): OMEN
60 Across: Prank (5): ANTIC
62 Across: Go amiss (3): ERR
64 Across: Cat, at times (6): MEOWER
66 Across: James (21): THEMASTEROFBALLANTRAE
72 Across: Whole: Prefix (4): TOTI
73 Across: Accomplished (3): DID
74 Across: Write briefly (3): JOT
75 Across: Mexican weasel (5): TAYRA
76 Across: Light-fingered Mideasterner (17): THETHIEFOFBAGHDAD
83 Across: Quivery tree (5): ASPEN
86 Across: Audience (3): EAR
87 Across: Diminutive suffix (3): ULA
88 Across: Tear apart (4): RIVE
90 Across: German musician (21): THEPIEDPIPEROFHAMELIN
97 Across: ___ ficta (altered melody) (6): MUSICA
98 Across: Maglie of baseball (3): SAL
99 Across: ___ down (soft-pedaled) (5): TONED
100 Across: Mine well (4): SUMP
103 Across: Oslo name (4): OLAV
104 Across: ___-Magnon (3): CRO
107 Across: Inactive: Abbr. (3): RET
109 Across: French article (3): UNE
110 Across: High spot (5): AERIE
111 Across: Dr. Primrose (19): THEVICAROFWAKEFIELD
116 Across: Stock-buying words (5): ATPAR
120 Across: Underworld god (3): DIS
121 Across: Army branch: Abbr. (3): INF
122 Across: Tubby ones (6): FATSOS
123 Across: Figaro (18): THEBARBEROFSEVILLE
130 Across: William (4): TELL
131 Across: The same, in dosages (3): EAD
132 Across: Sky, in Nancy (4): CIEL
133 Across: " . . . to shining ___" (3): SEA
134 Across: Crowd, in Paris (5): TROIS
139 Across: Michael Henchard (22): THEMAYOROFCASTERBRIDGE
144 Across: Diners (6): EATERS
145 Across: ___ opposition (be uncontested) (6): MEETNO
146 Across: Continuation in time (8): DURATION
147 Across: African money units: Var. (5): EMOLS
148 Across: Elliot and Loch (6): NESSES
149 Across: Treacherous ones (8): SERPENTS

Down Answers

1 Down: Game items (4): BATS
2 Down: Netman Arthur (4): ASHE
3 Down: Confusion (4): STEW
4 Down: Gaelic (4): ERSE
5 Down: Comedian Bert (4): LAHR
6 Down: Shoe width (3): EEE
7 Down: Divine stage name (5): SARAH
8 Down: Marsh bird (5): SNIPE
9 Down: Order of monks: Abbr. (3): OSF
10 Down: Small spurt in the economy (7): BOOMLET
11 Down: A hard act ___ (8): TOFOLLOW
12 Down: Part of Vietnam (5): ANNAM
13 Down: Miss Massey (5): ILONA
14 Down: Gotham time initials (3): NYT
15 Down: Make void (5): ANNUL
16 Down: Elizabeth's sister (3): MEG
17 Down: Bathed in sunlight (6): ASHINE
18 Down: Old French coins (6): LIARDS
19 Down: Smoked ham (6): GAMMON
22 Down: Flowering plant (7): MILFOIL
24 Down: Little lie (3): FIB
25 Down: End of a countdown (6): TWOONE
31 Down: Chemical suffix (3): ANE
32 Down: Feather's partner (3): TAR
33 Down: Poetic word (3): EEN
34 Down: Direction: Abbr. (3): NBE
35 Down: Cockney residence (3): OME
36 Down: Normandy town (4): STLO
37 Down: Assam native (4): AHOM
38 Down: U.S. archeologist (6): HEWETT
39 Down: Egyptian king known as Ikhnaton (11): AMENHOTEPIV
40 Down: Buttons or Grange (3): RED
45 Down: Biblical town (4): CANA
46 Down: S.R.O. shows (4): HITS
47 Down: Mine passage (4): ADIT
48 Down: Feudal estate (4): FIEF
49 Down: Certain word (4): VERB
50 Down: Curved molding (4): CYMA
55 Down: "I would ___" (warn against) (11): NOTADVISEIT
56 Down: Askew (4): AWRY
57 Down: Before John (4): DEAR
58 Down: Tract (4): AREA
60 Down: Friend, in Paris (4): AMIE
61 Down: Give up (4): CEDE
63 Down: Potentate (4): RAJA
65 Down: Involve (6): ENTAIL
67 Down: Of a cultural group (6): ETHNIC
68 Down: Region of Morocco (3): RIF
69 Down: Aroma, British style (5): ODOUR
70 Down: Cabin ingredient (3): LOG
71 Down: Religious degree (3): LTH
77 Down: Kennedy (3): TED
78 Down: Arnold (3): HAP
79 Down: Rainbow (4): IRIS
80 Down: Ziegfeld (3): FLO
81 Down: Astern, old style (4): BAFT
82 Down: Scott (4): DRED
83 Down: Air: Prefix (4): ATMO
84 Down: Synagogue (4): SHUL
85 Down: Old African coin (4): PESA
89 Down: Habituates (6): ENURES
91 Down: Apiece (4): EACH
92 Down: Paris play area (4): PARC
93 Down: Ancient philosophy center (4): ELEA
94 Down: ___ Hoek, African city (4): HOUW
95 Down: Miss Held (4): ANNA
96 Down: Submissive (4): MEEK
101 Down: Venus de ___ (4): MILO
102 Down: People on foot: Abbr. (4): PEDS
105 Down: Evergreens (7): REDBAYS
106 Down: City in Spain (6): OVIEDO
108 Down: Makes three out of one (8): TRISECTS
110 Down: Esthetic degree (3): AFA
111 Down: Musical syllable (3): TRA
112 Down: Neighbor of Syr. (3): ISR
113 Down: Narrow-road feature (7): ONELANE
114 Down: R. E. Lees et al.: Abbr. (3): FFV
115 Down: Letter F, in Spain (3): EFE
116 Down: Lawyer: Abbr. (3): ATT
117 Down: On ___ (ready for golf) (6): THETEE
118 Down: N.Y.C. suburb (6): PELHAM
119 Down: Capable of (6): ABLETO
124 Down: Elevates (5): REARS
125 Down: Southern river (5): OCOEE
126 Down: Shrill flutes (5): FIFES
127 Down: Adherent (3): IST
128 Down: English city (5): LEEDS
129 Down: Jack of early films (5): LARUE
134 Down: Kind of door (4): TRAP
135 Down: Ceremony (4): RITE
136 Down: Norse god (4): ODIN
137 Down: "___ Rhythm" (4): IGOT
138 Down: Wash. people (4): SENS
140 Down: Brooks of films (3): MEL
141 Down: San Clemente initials (3): RMN
142 Down: Sea plea (3): SOS
143 Down: Shivery sound (3): BRR

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