MEMORABLE MOTHERS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 5/11/1980. By Vincent L. Osborne.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Cascades peak (6)
- SHASTA
- 7 Across: In a dudgeon (5)
- IRATE
- 12 Across: Jazz artist Zoot (4)
- SIMS
- 16 Across: As ___ kite (7)
- HIGHASA
- 18 Across: Ruark's "Poor ___" (6)
- NOMORE
- 20 Across: Portray (5)
- ENACT
- 22 Across: Tear gas, e.g. (8)
- IRRITANT
- 24 Across: Mother of Orestes (12)
- CLYTEMNESTRA
- 26 Across: Diamond of song (4)
- NEIL
- 27 Across: Astral phenomena (5)
- NOVAE
- 29 Across: Repeater requisite (4)
- AMMO
- 30 Across: Thummim's biblical companion (4)
- URIM
- 31 Across: Sops (8)
- PLACEBOS
- 34 Across: Smith or Jones, at times (5)
- ALIAS
- 35 Across: Uvula (4)
- LOBE
- 36 Across: Egyptian killer (3)
- ASP
- 38 Across: Cause of a suit (5)
- LIBEL
- 39 Across: Condign (4)
- JUST
- 40 Across: Ross and Macduff (6)
- THANES
- 42 Across: Site of Marina City (7)
- CHICAGO
- 44 Across: Touch on (4)
- ABUT
- 46 Across: Everglades denizen (5)
- EGRET
- 48 Across: Drift (5)
- TENOR
- 49 Across: City on the Rio Grande (6)
- LAREDO
- 51 Across: Conspicuous (7)
- SALIENT
- 55 Across: Mawkishness (5)
- SMARM
- 56 Across: Grinding powder (5)
- EMERY
- 57 Across: Aggregate (3)
- SUM
- 59 Across: Where Saul saw a witch (5)
- ENDOR
- 60 Across: Black or red follower (3)
- EYE
- 61 Across: Incite (5)
- EGGON
- 63 Across: Source of mohair (6)
- ANGORA
- 64 Across: These: Fr. (3)
- CES
- 67 Across: Mother of Louis XIV (13)
- ANNEOFAUSTRIA
- 70 Across: Mercator item (3)
- MAP
- 71 Across: ___ razor (philosophic rule) (6)
- OCCAMS
- 73 Across: Assay again (5)
- RETRY
- 74 Across: Unit of resistance (3)
- OHM
- 75 Across: Man from Shiraz (5)
- IRANI
- 76 Across: Ukr. or Lith. (3)
- SSR
- 77 Across: Tureen's companion (5)
- LADLE
- 79 Across: Toil (5)
- LABOR
- 84 Across: Enesco's homeland (7)
- RUMANIA
- 86 Across: Where Frontenac governed (6)
- CANADA
- 87 Across: Tilled land (5)
- ARADA
- 88 Across: Catches (5)
- LANDS
- 90 Across: ___ even keel (4)
- ONAN
- 91 Across: City on the Volga (7)
- SARATOV
- 93 Across: Predicament (6)
- PLIGHT
- 96 Across: Cowboy's sidekick (4)
- PARD
- 98 Across: Chiang ___, Mao's widow (5)
- CHING
- 100 Across: Charlemagne's domain: Abbr. (3)
- HRE
- 101 Across: Wrapper (4)
- ROBE
- 102 Across: As free as ___ (5)
- ABIRD
- 104 Across: Pacific pinnipeds (8)
- SEALIONS
- 106 Across: Puts in reserve (4)
- ICES
- 107 Across: Miracle site (4)
- CANA
- 108 Across: Single pers. (5)
- INDIV
- 109 Across: Hindu caste (4)
- AHIR
- 112 Across: Mother of Marie Antoinette (12)
- MARIATHERESA
- 115 Across: Flotation device (8)
- LIFEBELT
- 118 Across: Linda Lavin role (5)
- ALICE
- 119 Across: "___ 17" (6)
- STALAG
- 120 Across: U.S. research rocket (7)
- AEROBEE
- 121 Across: Cummerbund (4)
- SASH
- 122 Across: Comes alive (5)
- STIRS
- 123 Across: Dickeys for clergymen (6)
- RABATS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Tibia's locale (4)
- SHIN
- 2 Down: Engage (4)
- HIRE
- 3 Down: Mother of Nero (9)
- AGRIPPINA
- 4 Down: Grifter's accomplice (5)
- SHILL
- 5 Down: Work on a doily (3)
- TAT
- 6 Down: Third king of Judah (3)
- ASA
- 7 Down: Machu Picchu residents (5)
- INCAS
- 8 Down: Lead, perhaps (4)
- ROLE
- 9 Down: Chip's sister (3)
- AMY
- 10 Down: Bottom lines (6)
- TOTALS
- 11 Down: Hermit (7)
- EREMITE
- 12 Down: Diocese (3)
- SEE
- 13 Down: Setting apart (10)
- INSULATING
- 14 Down: A Mother's Day honoree (6)
- MATRON
- 15 Down: Skilled penman (6)
- SCRIBE
- 17 Down: Mother of Elizabeth I (10)
- ANNEBOLEYN
- 19 Down: Madame Bovary (4)
- EMMA
- 21 Down: Subdues a shrew (5)
- TAMES
- 23 Down: "___ or not . . . " (4)
- TOBE
- 25 Down: Cosa ___ (6)
- NOSTRA
- 28 Down: Hit song of 1958 (6)
- VOLARE
- 32 Down: Cry wolf (5)
- ALARM
- 33 Down: Short smoke: Slang (3)
- CIG
- 34 Down: Hudson or DeSoto (4)
- AUTO
- 36 Down: Treads the boards (4)
- ACTS
- 37 Down: Man on the Ark (4)
- SHEM
- 39 Down: Mother of Liza Minnelli (11)
- JUDYGARLAND
- 41 Down: Mother of Constantine the Great (6)
- HELENA
- 43 Down: Heart (3)
- COR
- 45 Down: Deprived (6)
- BEREFT
- 47 Down: Loser to R.M.N. in 1972 (3)
- GSM
- 50 Down: Desert potentates (6)
- AMEERS
- 52 Down: Neighbor of old Palestine (4)
- EDOM
- 53 Down: Nick Charles's wife (4)
- NORA
- 54 Down: Springe, e.g. (4)
- TRAP
- 57 Down: Plea at sea (3)
- SOS
- 58 Down: Immeasurable (6)
- UNTOLD
- 60 Down: Metaphysical being (3)
- ENS
- 62 Down: S.A. country (6)
- GUYANA
- 63 Down: Scope (3)
- AIM
- 64 Down: Cordage fiber (4)
- COIR
- 65 Down: Color of raw silk (4)
- ECRU
- 66 Down: Con game (4)
- SCAM
- 67 Down: Mother of Mohammed (6)
- AMINAH
- 68 Down: "___ the ramparts . . . " (3)
- OER
- 69 Down: Mother of Romulus and Remus (10)
- RHEASILVIA
- 72 Down: Aspirin, e.g. (10)
- ANALGESICS
- 76 Down: Blue (3)
- SAD
- 78 Down: Emulated Ted Shawn (6)
- DANCED
- 79 Down: Handel opus (5)
- LARGO
- 80 Down: Parseghian (3)
- ARA
- 81 Down: Mother of Solomon (9)
- BATHSHEBA
- 82 Down: Scent (4)
- ODOR
- 83 Down: Laudatory review (4)
- RAVE
- 85 Down: Whole (6)
- INTACT
- 86 Down: Lanyard (4)
- CORD
- 89 Down: Small harpsichords (7)
- SPINETS
- 92 Down: Cuckoo (3)
- ANI
- 93 Down: ___ facie (5)
- PRIMA
- 94 Down: Certain trains (6)
- LOCALS
- 95 Down: Where the Tagus flows (6)
- IBERIA
- 97 Down: Reputed terminal peak (6)
- ARARAT
- 99 Down: Ave! (4)
- HAIL
- 103 Down: Debunkers' words (4)
- BAHS
- 104 Down: Navigation hazards (5)
- SNAGS
- 105 Down: Mogul (5)
- NABOB
- 108 Down: Munich's river (4)
- ISAR
- 110 Down: "___ a Song Go . . . " (4)
- ILET
- 111 Down: Mailmen's tours: Abbr. (4)
- RTES
- 113 Down: "Shropshire Lad" monogram (3)
- AEH
- 114 Down: Wallach (3)
- ELI
- 116 Down: Chemin de ___ (3)
- FER
- 117 Down: Pitcher's stat (3)
- ERA
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