ALMA MATER

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23170 clues~30-60 minBy Yael Gani5/8/1977

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Takes exception (6 letters)
7 Across: Cotillion (4 letters)
11 Across: Wagner heroine (6 letters)
17 Across: City in Siberia (4 letters)
21 Across: Orbit point (6 letters)
22 Across: Away from the wind (4 letters)
23 Across: Cry out (6 letters)
24 Across: Horse or color (4 letters)
25 Across: House plant with yellow-striped leaves (18 letters)
28 Across: Bismarck (4 letters)
29 Across: Flight formation: Abbr. (3 letters)
30 Across: Acid found in yeast (6 letters)
31 Across: Japanese zither (4 letters)
32 Across: Take a stab at (3 letters)
34 Across: Here, to Hadrian (3 letters)
35 Across: Jewish matron's wig (7 letters)
37 Across: Comics like Chaplin, for short (6 letters)
39 Across: Old rifle pin (4 letters)
40 Across: Comics character (3 letters)
41 Across: Hwys. (4 letters)
42 Across: Vermilion (3 letters)
43 Across: V.P. under Hayes (7 letters)
45 Across: Actor with Mary Tyler Moore (5 letters)
47 Across: Fair share (3 letters)
50 Across: Gingersnap (6 letters)
53 Across: Slopes race (6 letters)
56 Across: Kind of mate (4 letters)
57 Across: Sandburg poem (11 letters)
59 Across: Roman mother's robe (5 letters)
60 Across: Fledermaus (3 letters)
61 Across: Hors d'oeuvre (6 letters)
62 Across: Heavenly headgear (5 letters)
64 Across: Mrs. Bede's boy (4 letters)
65 Across: Well-informed (7 letters)
67 Across: Lout; brute (5 letters)
70 Across: Landlady, in León (5 letters)
73 Across: Alfonso's queen (3 letters)
74 Across: Beanpole (5 letters)
75 Across: Algonquian (3 letters)
76 Across: Threw hard (6 letters)
77 Across: Sophie Tucker (23 letters)
87 Across: Mickey or Annie (6 letters)
88 Across: Dovekie (3 letters)
89 Across: Massey (5 letters)
90 Across: Edge of a garment (3 letters)
93 Across: Outer ___ (5 letters)
94 Across: "Wait ___ Dark" (5 letters)
96 Across: Brisbane bay (7 letters)
98 Across: Bouquet (4 letters)
100 Across: Cold-cuts stores (5 letters)
102 Across: Make invalid (6 letters)
104 Across: Success (3 letters)
105 Across: Eastern instrument (5 letters)
107 Across: Legendary author (11 letters)
110 Across: Conrad heroine (4 letters)
111 Across: Group with a common culture (6 letters)
113 Across: Power-failure period (6 letters)
114 Across: "Touch ___ the Cat" (3 letters)
115 Across: Tumbrels (5 letters)
116 Across: Lost flier (7 letters)
118 Across: Pfc.'s, etc. (3 letters)
120 Across: Troupe's trip (4 letters)
121 Across: Her, in Hannover (3 letters)
123 Across: Pelagic bird (4 letters)
124 Across: Dreyfus-trial site (6 letters)
127 Across: Carpenter's leavings (7 letters)
130 Across: Presently (3 letters)
131 Across: Playing marble (3 letters)
132 Across: Game fish (4 letters)
133 Across: Peregrines (6 letters)
135 Across: Alphabetic trio (3 letters)
136 Across: Mon. follower (4 letters)
138 Across: Request in Ibsen's "Ghosts" (18 letters)
142 Across: King Olav's capital (4 letters)
143 Across: Compliment (6 letters)
144 Across: Recondite (4 letters)
145 Across: Call it a day (6 letters)
146 Across: Fuse (4 letters)
147 Across: Depleted (6 letters)
148 Across: College studies (4 letters)
149 Across: Nobelist for peace: 1931 (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Matrons (5 letters)
2 Down: Era (5 letters)
3 Down: Dena Dietrich, in a TV ad (12 letters)
4 Down: Cry of disgust (3 letters)
5 Down: Record again (7 letters)
6 Down: Set of games (6 letters)
7 Down: Judge's bench (4 letters)
8 Down: "___ calm . . . " (5 letters)
9 Down: Not quite a ringer (6 letters)
10 Down: Ayres (3 letters)
11 Down: "The world ___ much with us" (5 letters)
12 Down: Glaswegians (5 letters)
13 Down: Whether ___ (4 letters)
14 Down: Journey part (3 letters)
15 Down: Darling, in Dundee (6 letters)
16 Down: Comes forth (7 letters)
17 Down: Granada gold (3 letters)
18 Down: Bonanza (10 letters)
19 Down: French composer (5 letters)
20 Down: Rap (5 letters)
26 Down: Suffix with part (3 letters)
27 Down: "Scram!" (6 letters)
33 Down: Shouts (5 letters)
36 Down: Agenda unit (4 letters)
38 Down: Present with approval: Abbr. (4 letters)
39 Down: Diamond in ___ (8 letters)
43 Down: Brandished (7 letters)
44 Down: "Fine women ___ crazy salad": Yeats (4 letters)
45 Down: Optimally (6 letters)
46 Down: Examine (6 letters)
47 Down: Unit of force (4 letters)
48 Down: ___ tree (cornered) (3 letters)
49 Down: Catch sight of (4 letters)
51 Down: Roman emperor (4 letters)
52 Down: Nepalese native (3 letters)
54 Down: Buck heroine (4 letters)
55 Down: Michael Learned role (4 letters)
57 Down: "Roscoe" (3 letters)
58 Down: Ebullient (6 letters)
61 Down: Havanas (6 letters)
63 Down: Lily (4 letters)
66 Down: Arabic letter (3 letters)
68 Down: "I told you so!" (3 letters)
69 Down: Great quantity (5 letters)
71 Down: Clear (3 letters)
72 Down: Esteem (6 letters)
76 Down: Oriental capital (6 letters)
78 Down: Placebo (3 letters)
79 Down: Amphibian (4 letters)
80 Down: Again (8 letters)
81 Down: Try to ascertain (7 letters)
82 Down: Pothole (3 letters)
83 Down: Cakes' partner (3 letters)
84 Down: U.S.S.R., to Muscovites (12 letters)
85 Down: Consecrate (6 letters)
86 Down: Seasonal roles for Dads (6 letters)
90 Down: Flexible tube (4 letters)
91 Down: Revise (4 letters)
92 Down: U.S. painter (10 letters)
94 Down: Relative of H.U.D. (4 letters)
95 Down: Jaworsky (4 letters)
96 Down: Topgallant (4 letters)
97 Down: Native: Suffix (3 letters)
99 Down: Punjab potentate (4 letters)
101 Down: Re. of "Ma Bell" (3 letters)
103 Down: Sticky stuff (3 letters)
106 Down: Composer Ned (5 letters)
108 Down: Holiday drink (6 letters)
109 Down: Check (4 letters)
110 Down: Extol (4 letters)
112 Down: Pip-squeaks (7 letters)
115 Down: Shelter for Jerseys (7 letters)
117 Down: Sweater wool (6 letters)
119 Down: Shea ace (6 letters)
120 Down: Hindu scripture (6 letters)
121 Down: Under guidance (5 letters)
122 Down: Mom's bailiwick (5 letters)
124 Down: Della from Detroit (5 letters)
125 Down: Goofed (5 letters)
126 Down: Rain icy particles (5 letters)
127 Down: Episcopacy (3 letters)
128 Down: ___ und Drang (5 letters)
129 Down: Berlin products (5 letters)
132 Down: One of the Carters (4 letters)
134 Down: Demons (4 letters)
137 Down: Turf (3 letters)
139 Down: Faucet (3 letters)
140 Down: Lupino (3 letters)
141 Down: Airport abbr. (3 letters)

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