SUITING SOUND TO NONSENSE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 142 clues). Published 8/23/1981. By Arnold Moss.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Founder of Dogpatch (4): CAPP
5 Across: Nickname for Aqueduct Race Track (4): BIGA
9 Across: "¿Quién ___?" (4): SABE
13 Across: Scorch (4): SEAR
17 Across: Longfellow's bell town (4): ATRI
18 Across: Manila hemp (5): ABACA
20 Across: Houdini's real name (5): WEISS
22 Across: London's subway (4): TUBE
23 Across: French window (4): DOOR
24 Across: Shakespeare's tamed shrew (11): DOMESTICATE
26 Across: Norwegian river (4): OTRA
27 Across: Collision (6): IMPACT
29 Across: Actor Alan from N.Y.C. (5): ARKIN
30 Across: Guardians of a celestial throne (8): SERAPHIM
32 Across: Cockloft (5): ATTIC
34 Across: Growlers (5): BERGS
36 Across: Sea squirt (5): SALPA
37 Across: Nobelist in Literature: 1909 (8): LAGERLOF
40 Across: Lower or resign (5): DEMIT
42 Across: Climbing plants (6): LIANAS
45 Across: Mayan or Mundane (3): ERA
46 Across: Drink noisily (5): SLURP
48 Across: English county bordering Wales (5): SALOP
50 Across: Staring (5): AGAZE
51 Across: C.I.A. operatives (4): AGTS
53 Across: Kind of tide (4): NEAP
55 Across: Philippine mahogany (5): NARRA
57 Across: Ariosto's patron (4): ESTE
58 Across: Fuliginous (5): SOOTY
60 Across: "Romola" character (5): TESSA
62 Across: Robe for Calpurnia (5): STOLA
64 Across: Plural endings (3): IES
65 Across: On the way (7): ENROUTE
67 Across: Pungent (4): TART
69 Across: Influential acquaintance (7): CONTACT
71 Across: Indonesian island (4): ALOR
72 Across: Stoneworts (5): ALGAE
74 Across: "___ Perpetua," Idaho motto (4): ESTO
75 Across: Printer's dummy (7): PASTEUP
78 Across: Flanders of fiction (4): MOLL
79 Across: Seurat's technique (7): STIPPLE
83 Across: Father, in Arabia (3): ABU
84 Across: Hide the loot (5): STASH
87 Across: Upholstered couches (5): SOFAS
89 Across: Parts of pippins (5): CORES
90 Across: Glove leather (4): NAPA
92 Across: "Slammin' Sam" (5): SNEAD
94 Across: Betel (4): SIRI
95 Across: Starts' partners (4): FITS
96 Across: "Angélique" composer (5): IBERT
98 Across: Biblical witch's home (5): ENDOR
100 Across: "Like ___, all tears": Hamlet (5): NIOBE
103 Across: Lincoln note (3): VEE
104 Across: ___ blanches (6): CARTES
106 Across: Rental sign (5): TOLET
108 Across: Word game (8): ANAGRAMS
110 Across: Medicinal plant (5): SENNA
112 Across: Defeated narrowly, with "out" (5): NOSED
114 Across: Proboscis (5): SNOUT
115 Across: Indemnify, in law (8): PRESTATE
118 Across: Tonic water, e.g. (5): MIXER
120 Across: Evaluate (6): ASSESS
123 Across: Napoleon won here in 1796 (4): LODI
124 Across: Vaterland (11): GERMINATION
127 Across: Exchange membership (4): SEAT
128 Across: Cruising (4): ASEA
129 Across: Noted Cairene (5): SADAT
130 Across: Cuttlefish (5): SEPIA
131 Across: "La Douce" (4): IRMA
132 Across: Wide-awake (4): TERN
133 Across: ___ nostrum (4): MARE
134 Across: Some roulette bets (4): REDS
135 Across: Vice prin. (4): ASST

Down Answers

1 Down: Moslem judge (4): CADI
2 Down: Mighty mite (4): ATOM
3 Down: Decorous reptile (10): PROPAGATOR
4 Down: Henry Morgan was one (6): PIRATE
5 Down: " . . . ___ I be best": "Henry VI, Part III" (7): BADTILL
6 Down: Nigerian native (3): IBO
7 Down: Vasco da ___ (4): GAMA
8 Down: Bitter (5): ACERB
9 Down: Roundup rider (8): SWINGMAN
10 Down: Org. succeeded by the N.R.C. (3): AEC
11 Down: Prejudice (4): BIAS
12 Down: ___ Park, Colo. (5): ESTES
13 Down: Plumber's problem (8): STOPPAGE
14 Down: Young Burmese at home (10): EUTHANASIA
15 Down: Dugout (4): ABRI
16 Down: Quantity of paper (4): REAM
19 Down: Invited (5): ASKED
21 Down: Of certain ecological areas (5): SERAL
25 Down: Flags (5): TIRES
28 Down: Men in front of QB's (4): CTRS
31 Down: Ending for margin or Saturn (4): ALIA
33 Down: Use an analgesic (11): COUNTERPANE
35 Down: Lapham of literature (5): SILAS
37 Down: Broker's concern (5): LEASE
38 Down: Gaseous element (5): ARGON
39 Down: Manumit (4): FREE
41 Down: Basis for a civil suit (4): TORT
43 Down: Nahuatl (5): AZTEC
44 Down: "What thou ___, write in a book . . . " (5): SEEST
47 Down: Ziti, e.g. (5): PASTA
49 Down: Meetings of McEnroe and Borg (11): PROCESSIONS
52 Down: Ermine (5): STOAT
54 Down: Sacred song (5): PSALM
56 Down: Cather's "___ Lady" (5): ALOST
59 Down: Christmas-tides (5): YULES
61 Down: Rival of Sparta and Athens (5): ARGOS
63 Down: Huxley's "___ Hay" (5): ANTIC
66 Down: Ballyhoos (5): TOUTS
68 Down: Mythical man of brass (5): TALOS
70 Down: "On ___ Old Smokey" (5): TOPOF
73 Down: Puckish (5): ELFIN
75 Down: Kind of button (5): PANIC
76 Down: Addis ___ (5): ABABA
77 Down: Excellent material for furniture (10): SUPERSEDER
80 Down: Result of solitary sorrow (10): PRIVATEERS
81 Down: "___ Eat Cake," 1933 musical (5): LETEM
82 Down: Curves (5): ESSES
85 Down: Posted (4): SENT
86 Down: Wore (5): HADON
88 Down: Song for Horne (4): ARIA
91 Down: ___ well (8): ARTESIAN
93 Down: Rock-forming mineral (8): DOLOMITE
97 Down: Where Achilles sulked (4): TENT
99 Down: Pitch (5): RESIN
101 Down: Honduran exports (7): BANANAS
102 Down: Analysts' concerns (4): EGOS
105 Down: Obstructions (5): SNAGS
107 Down: Tower's territory (5): TEXAS
109 Down: Where Peter was great (6): RUSSIA
111 Down: " . . . ___ of snow-white horses" (5): ATEAM
113 Down: Inhibit (5): DETER
115 Down: City map (4): PLAT
116 Down: Rambler (4): ROSE
117 Down: Wagnerian earth goddess (4): ERDA
119 Down: Mellow (4): RIPE
121 Down: Yorty and Spade (4): SAMS
122 Down: Photo or thermo follower (4): STAT
125 Down: Vandalize (3): MAR
126 Down: Resembling: Suffix (3): OID

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