ALMA MATER - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 170 clues). Published 5/8/1977. By Yael Gani.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Takes exception (6): DEMURS
7 Across: Cotillion (4): BALL
11 Across: Wagner heroine (6): ISOLDE
17 Across: City in Siberia (4): OMSK
21 Across: Orbit point (6): APOGEE
22 Across: Away from the wind (4): ALEE
23 Across: Cry out (6): SCREAM
24 Across: Horse or color (4): ROAN
25 Across: House plant with yellow-striped leaves (18): MOTHERINLAWSTONGUE
28 Across: Bismarck (4): OTTO
29 Across: Flight formation: Abbr. (3): ECH
30 Across: Acid found in yeast (6): NIACIN
31 Across: Japanese zither (4): KOTO
32 Across: Take a stab at (3): TRY
34 Across: Here, to Hadrian (3): HIC
35 Across: Jewish matron's wig (7): SHEITEL
37 Across: Comics like Chaplin, for short (6): SERIOS
39 Across: Old rifle pin (4): TIGE
40 Across: Comics character (3): EEK
41 Across: Hwys. (4): RTES
42 Across: Vermilion (3): RED
43 Across: V.P. under Hayes (7): WHEELER
45 Across: Actor with Mary Tyler Moore (5): ASNER
47 Across: Fair share (3): DUE
50 Across: Gingersnap (6): COOKIE
53 Across: Slopes race (6): SLALOM
56 Across: Kind of mate (4): TEAM
57 Across: Sandburg poem (11): GYPSYMOTHER
59 Across: Roman mother's robe (5): STOLA
60 Across: Fledermaus (3): BAT
61 Across: Hors d'oeuvre (6): CANAPE
62 Across: Heavenly headgear (5): HALOS
64 Across: Mrs. Bede's boy (4): ADAM
65 Across: Well-informed (7): ERUDITE
67 Across: Lout; brute (5): YAHOO
70 Across: Landlady, in León (5): DUENA
73 Across: Alfonso's queen (3): ENA
74 Across: Beanpole (5): SCRAG
75 Across: Algonquian (3): SAC
76 Across: Threw hard (6): PEGGED
77 Across: Sophie Tucker (23): THELASTOFTHEREDHOTMAMAS
87 Across: Mickey or Annie (6): ROONEY
88 Across: Dovekie (3): AUK
89 Across: Massey (5): ILONA
90 Across: Edge of a garment (3): HEM
93 Across: Outer ___ (5): SPACE
94 Across: "Wait ___ Dark" (5): UNTIL
96 Across: Brisbane bay (7): MORETON
98 Across: Bouquet (4): ODOR
100 Across: Cold-cuts stores (5): DELIS
102 Across: Make invalid (6): NEGATE
104 Across: Success (3): HIT
105 Across: Eastern instrument (5): SITAR
107 Across: Legendary author (11): MOTHERGOOSE
110 Across: Conrad heroine (4): LENA
111 Across: Group with a common culture (6): ETHNOS
113 Across: Power-failure period (6): OUTAGE
114 Across: "Touch ___ the Cat" (3): NOT
115 Across: Tumbrels (5): CARTS
116 Across: Lost flier (7): EARHART
118 Across: Pfc.'s, etc. (3): GIS
120 Across: Troupe's trip (4): TOUR
121 Across: Her, in Hannover (3): IHR
123 Across: Pelagic bird (4): ERNE
124 Across: Dreyfus-trial site (6): RENNES
127 Across: Carpenter's leavings (7): SAWDUST
130 Across: Presently (3): NOW
131 Across: Playing marble (3): MIG
132 Across: Game fish (4): CERO
133 Across: Peregrines (6): ALIENS
135 Across: Alphabetic trio (3): STU
136 Across: Mon. follower (4): TUES
138 Across: Request in Ibsen's "Ghosts" (18): MOTHERGIVEMETHESUN
142 Across: King Olav's capital (4): OSLO
143 Across: Compliment (6): PRAISE
144 Across: Recondite (4): DEEP
145 Across: Call it a day (6): RETIRE
146 Across: Fuse (4): WELD
147 Across: Depleted (6): SAPPED
148 Across: College studies (4): ARTS
149 Across: Nobelist for peace: 1931 (6): ADDAMS

Down Answers

1 Down: Matrons (5): DAMES
2 Down: Era (5): EPOCH
3 Down: Dena Dietrich, in a TV ad (12): MOTHERNATURE
4 Down: Cry of disgust (3): UGH
5 Down: Record again (7): REENTER
6 Down: Set of games (6): SERIES
7 Down: Judge's bench (4): BANC
8 Down: "___ calm . . . " (5): ALLIS
9 Down: Not quite a ringer (6): LEANER
10 Down: Ayres (3): LEW
11 Down: "The world ___ much with us" (5): ISTOO
12 Down: Glaswegians (5): SCOTS
13 Down: Whether ___ (4): ORNO
14 Down: Journey part (3): LEG
15 Down: Darling, in Dundee (6): DAUTIE
16 Down: Comes forth (7): EMERGES
17 Down: Granada gold (3): ORO
18 Down: Bonanza (10): MOTHERLODE
19 Down: French composer (5): SATIE
20 Down: Rap (5): KNOCK
26 Down: Suffix with part (3): IAL
27 Down: "Scram!" (6): SKIDOO
33 Down: Shouts (5): YELLS
36 Down: Agenda unit (4): ITEM
38 Down: Present with approval: Abbr. (4): RECM
39 Down: Diamond in ___ (8): THEROUGH
43 Down: Brandished (7): WIELDED
44 Down: "Fine women ___ crazy salad": Yeats (4): EATA
45 Down: Optimally (6): ATBEST
46 Down: Examine (6): SEARCH
47 Down: Unit of force (4): DYNE
48 Down: ___ tree (cornered) (3): UPA
49 Down: Catch sight of (4): ESPY
51 Down: Roman emperor (4): OTHO
52 Down: Nepalese native (3): KHA
54 Down: Buck heroine (4): OLAN
55 Down: Michael Learned role (4): MAMA
57 Down: "Roscoe" (3): GAT
58 Down: Ebullient (6): YEASTY
61 Down: Havanas (6): CIGARS
63 Down: Lily (4): SEGO
66 Down: Arabic letter (3): DAL
68 Down: "I told you so!" (3): HAH
69 Down: Great quantity (5): OCEAN
71 Down: Clear (3): NET
72 Down: Esteem (6): ADMIRE
76 Down: Oriental capital (6): PEKING
78 Down: Placebo (3): SOP
79 Down: Amphibian (4): TOAD
80 Down: Again (8): ONCEMORE
81 Down: Try to ascertain (7): FEELOUT
82 Down: Pothole (3): RUT
83 Down: Cakes' partner (3): ALE
84 Down: U.S.S.R., to Muscovites (12): MOTHERRUSSIA
85 Down: Consecrate (6): ANOINT
86 Down: Seasonal roles for Dads (6): SANTAS
90 Down: Flexible tube (4): HOSE
91 Down: Revise (4): EDIT
92 Down: U.S. painter (10): MOTHERWELL
94 Down: Relative of H.U.D. (4): USHA
95 Down: Jaworsky (4): LEON
96 Down: Topgallant (4): MAST
97 Down: Native: Suffix (3): OTE
99 Down: Punjab potentate (4): RANA
101 Down: Re. of "Ma Bell" (3): ITT
103 Down: Sticky stuff (3): GOO
106 Down: Composer Ned (5): ROREM
108 Down: Holiday drink (6): EGGNOG
109 Down: Check (4): REIN
110 Down: Extol (4): LAUD
112 Down: Pip-squeaks (7): SHRIMPS
115 Down: Shelter for Jerseys (7): COWSHED
117 Down: Sweater wool (6): ANGORA
119 Down: Shea ace (6): SEAVER
120 Down: Hindu scripture (6): TANTRA
121 Down: Under guidance (5): INTOW
122 Down: Mom's bailiwick (5): HOUSE
124 Down: Della from Detroit (5): REESE
125 Down: Goofed (5): ERRED
126 Down: Rain icy particles (5): SLEET
127 Down: Episcopacy (3): SEE
128 Down: ___ und Drang (5): STURM
129 Down: Berlin products (5): TUNES
132 Down: One of the Carters (4): CHIP
134 Down: Demons (4): IMPS
137 Down: Turf (3): SOD
139 Down: Faucet (3): TAP
140 Down: Lupino (3): IDA
141 Down: Airport abbr. (3): ETD

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