MUSICAL MENAGERIE - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 4/21/1985. By Edward Marchese.

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Across Answers

1 Across: N.R.A. man (3): FDR
4 Across: Preceder of cut or fire (5): CROSS
9 Across: Israeli dance (4): HORA
13 Across: Leading (5): AHEAD
18 Across: Middle Easterner (4): ARAB
20 Across: Virile (5): MACHO
21 Across: Primordial substance (4): YLEM
22 Across: Mother-of-pearl (5): NACRE
23 Across: Kern musical, with "The" (15): CATANDTHEFIDDLE
26 Across: Air or motor follower (5): DROME
27 Across: French school (5): ECOLE
28 Across: Henry was one (6): ORATOR
29 Across: Restrain legally (5): ESTOP
31 Across: Hit song from "The Firefly" (14): DONKEYSERENADE
34 Across: European blackbirds (6): OUSELS
38 Across: Rialto sign (3): SRO
39 Across: Appraise (4): RATE
40 Across: Word-for-word (7): LITERAL
41 Across: Sphere (3): ORB
44 Across: Former Syr.-Egypt. union (3): UAR
47 Across: Art stand (5): EASEL
49 Across: Pearl Mosque site (4): AGRA
50 Across: Lute-shaped marine creature (10): GUITARFISH
55 Across: Drudge (5): SLAVE
56 Across: Meat cut (4): LOIN
57 Across: Find out (5): LEARN
58 Across: Water pots of India (5): LOTAS
60 Across: Small sum (4): MITE
62 Across: Make picots (3): TAT
63 Across: Krupp steel city (5): ESSEN
64 Across: Author St. Johns et al. (6): ADELAS
66 Across: Believes in (6): TRUSTS
68 Across: Popular piano piece (15): KITTENONTHEKEYS
73 Across: Sadat's predecessor (6): NASSER
76 Across: "___ with flagons . . . ": Song of Solomon (6): STAYME
77 Across: Dog's role in "Peter Pan" (5): NURSE
81 Across: Veterans' org. (3): AVC
82 Across: Triangle ratio (4): SINE
85 Across: Fencing feint (5): APPEL
86 Across: Eminent (5): GREAT
87 Across: Biblical nation (4): MOAB
89 Across: Composer of "The Bohemian Girl" (5): BALFE
92 Across: Movie western (10): HORSEOPERA
94 Across: Grayish yellow (4): ECRU
95 Across: Rattled (5): UPSET
96 Across: "Whoopee!" (3): YOW
97 Across: Be suitable (3): FIT
98 Across: Lie back (7): RECLINE
100 Across: Altars for Augustus (4): ARAE
103 Across: "Old MacDonald" refrain letters (3): EIO
106 Across: "Streetcar" character (6): STELLA
107 Across: Birds with loud calls (14): TRUMPETERSWANS
114 Across: Humpback salmon (5): HOLIA
116 Across: Mine engineer (6): SAPPER
117 Across: Aquiline abode (5): AERIE
118 Across: Husband of la reine (5): LEROI
121 Across: A.k.a. "Christmas Don't Be Late": 1958 (15): THECHIPMUNKSONG
124 Across: Angler's problem (5): SNARL
125 Across: Trifle (4): IOTA
126 Across: Biting (5): NIPPY
127 Across: Autocrat (4): TSAR
128 Across: Japanese emperor's title (5): TENNO
129 Across: Playwright O'Casey (4): SEAN
130 Across: "Beau ___" (5): GESTE
131 Across: Compass dir. (3): ESE

Down Answers

1 Down: Confronted (5): FACED
2 Down: Northern constellation (5): DRACO
3 Down: Boca ___, Fla. (5): RATON
4 Down: Direct with auth. (3): CMD
5 Down: Some NASA takeoffs (5): RATOS
6 Down: Pigment for Joseph Turner (5): OCHRE
7 Down: Clip (5): SHEAR
8 Down: Not so adamant (6): SOFTER
9 Down: Water compounds (8): HYDRATES
10 Down: Worn (3): OLD
11 Down: Book by D. S. Freeman (5): RELEE
12 Down: Innovative Broadway producer: 1871–1937 (4): AMES
13 Down: Down ___ (destitute) (6): ANDOUT
14 Down: Common arctic sea mammal (8): HARPSEAL
15 Down: "The Name of the Rose" author (3): ECO
16 Down: Prepare for battle (3): ARM
17 Down: Frances or Ruby (3): DEE
19 Down: Obstructs (5): BALKS
24 Down: At no time, to Keats (4): NEER
25 Down: College in Westchester Co., N.Y. (4): IONA
30 Down: Formal or fashionable attire (8): TOILETTE
32 Down: "Hold ___ horses!" (4): YOUR
33 Down: Fir or pine board (4): DEAL
35 Down: Cereal fungi (6): ERGOTS
36 Down: Prop for Will Rogers (6): LARIAT
37 Down: Distorts (6): SLANTS
40 Down: A brother of Simeon (4): LEVI
41 Down: Make eyes at (4): OGLE
42 Down: Feels remorse (4): RUES
43 Down: Inclination (4): BIAS
45 Down: Musical key (5): AFLAT
46 Down: ___ Janeiro (5): RIODE
48 Down: U.S. missile (3): SAM
51 Down: Laborious travels (5): TREKS
52 Down: Oakley and Rooney (6): ANNIES
53 Down: British carbine (4): STEN
54 Down: Rings of light (5): HALOS
59 Down: Tot's hero (5): SANTA
61 Down: Spiny, blue-flowered plant (6): ERYNGO
65 Down: Short for infection-causing bacteria (5): STAPH
67 Down: Take forcibly (5): USURP
69 Down: The Supreme Court, e.g. (8): TRIBUNAL
70 Down: Photog's solution (4): HYPO
71 Down: Grinding material (5): EMERY
72 Down: Big turf winner (5): KELSO
73 Down: Designators (6): NAMERS
74 Down: Wading bird (6): AVOCET
75 Down: Rare (6): SCARCE
78 Down: Coral strip (4): REEF
79 Down: Hindu dress (4): SARI
80 Down: Coup d'___ (4): ETAT
83 Down: Nucha (4): NAPE
84 Down: Sextet in "Little Nellie Kelly" (3): ELS
88 Down: Voice amplifier (8): BULLHORN
90 Down: "Ode to ___": Collins (4): FEAR
91 Down: Pre-Roman in Italy (8): ETRUSCAN
93 Down: Water pitcher (4): EWER
99 Down: Philippine seaport with a repetitive name (6): ILOILO
101 Down: Oriental baby tender (4): AMAH
102 Down: ___ Forest, former English royal park (6): EPPING
104 Down: Author Dinesen (4): ISAK
105 Down: "Lend less than thou ___": Shak. (5): OWEST
107 Down: California-Nevada lake (5): TAHOE
108 Down: Marner's adopted child (5): EPPIE
109 Down: "A la Recherche du ___ Perdu": Proust (5): TEMPS
110 Down: Break out (5): ERUPT
111 Down: Rebelled (5): AROSE
112 Down: Foch and Simone (5): NINAS
113 Down: River in NE Spain (5): SEGRE
115 Down: "Seems, madam! Nay, ___": Hamlet (4): ITIS
118 Down: Utah Beach craft (3): LST
119 Down: Chemical suffix (3): ENE
120 Down: Operated (3): RAN
122 Down: Age, in Asti (3): ETA
123 Down: American humorist: 1850–96 (3): NYE

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