SPELLING IT OUT

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21144 clues~30-60 minBy Alfio Micci2/29/1976

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Western capital (5 letters)
6 Across
Metric units: Abbr. (3 letters)
9 Across
___ bleu (3 letters)
12 Across
Plateaus (5 letters)
17 Across
African country (6 letters)
18 Across
Actor Linden (3 letters)
19 Across
Newts (4 letters)
21 Across
Funeral oration (5 letters)
22 Across
Like a wasteland (6 letters)
23 Across
Cretan mount (3 letters)
24 Across
Gerhilde, Ortlinde, et al. (10 letters)
26 Across
Lucy Ashton (17 letters)
29 Across
Spread hay (3 letters)
30 Across
Desires (4 letters)
31 Across
Paparazzo's need (4 letters)
32 Across
Wonder (3 letters)
33 Across
Wahoo (3 letters)
34 Across
Attention-getting word (3 letters)
35 Across
Previously (7 letters)
37 Across
Hairy and Barbary (4 letters)
38 Across
Menotti girl (6 letters)
42 Across
Baseball stat (3 letters)
43 Across
Likely (3 letters)
45 Across
Lunar-solar year gap (5 letters)
50 Across
Sicilian port (7 letters)
52 Across
Gets a flag ready (7 letters)
55 Across
Cupid (4 letters)
56 Across
Wager (9 letters)
58 Across
Swiss canton (3 letters)
59 Across
Compete with (7 letters)
62 Across
Color (4 letters)
63 Across
Barber's cry (4 letters)
64 Across
Scale notes (3 letters)
65 Across
Lolita, for one (7 letters)
66 Across
Kind of pass or door (6 letters)
68 Across
Tropical tree (6 letters)
70 Across
Marx (7 letters)
74 Across
Bro. or sis, e.g. (3 letters)
76 Across
Japanese city (4 letters)
77 Across
___ out (scold) (4 letters)
81 Across
Man from Riga (7 letters)
82 Across
Retainer (3 letters)
83 Across
Uniform fabric (9 letters)
85 Across
Solo (4 letters)
86 Across
Straus's was chocolate (7 letters)
89 Across
Height (7 letters)
90 Across
Ten: Lat. (5 letters)
92 Across
Ghent river (3 letters)
93 Across
Digits: Abbr. (3 letters)
95 Across
Imagined (6 letters)
96 Across
Understanding words (4 letters)
99 Across
Omitted (7 letters)
101 Across
Period (3 letters)
104 Across
Road sign (3 letters)
105 Across
Hind (3 letters)
107 Across
Of animals (4 letters)
108 Across
Turn (4 letters)
112 Across
Silkworm (3 letters)
113 Across
Uncas (17 letters)
117 Across
Violetta Valery (10 letters)
119 Across
Spanish queen (3 letters)
120 Across
Oleoresins (6 letters)
121 Across
Chou ___ (5 letters)
122 Across
Coward or Harrison (4 letters)
123 Across
Staff man: Abbr. (3 letters)
124 Across
Kreutzer, for one (6 letters)
125 Across
Horse (5 letters)
126 Across
Young plant: Abbr. (3 letters)
127 Across
Cry of disgust (3 letters)
128 Across
Cubic meter (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Wile (5 letters)
2 Down
Smiling (5 letters)
3 Down
Conrad's Jim et al. (5 letters)
4 Down
Robt. ___ (4 letters)
5 Down
Don Quixote (13 letters)
6 Down
Horror flick (7 letters)
7 Down
Pinkerton's spouse (15 letters)
8 Down
Word with bang (4 letters)
9 Down
Moisten (5 letters)
10 Down
Flaming (5 letters)
11 Down
Halt (4 letters)
12 Down
Village on the Tweed (7 letters)
13 Down
___ Rapids, Mich. (3 letters)
14 Down
Bridge hand (5 letters)
15 Down
Concur (5 letters)
16 Down
Unkempt (5 letters)
17 Down
"Dear ___" (4 letters)
20 Down
At one fell ___ (5 letters)
25 Down
Topnotch (4 letters)
27 Down
Tree (3 letters)
28 Down
One of the poles (3 letters)
35 Down
English river (4 letters)
36 Down
Hubbub (3 letters)
37 Down
Ocean: Abbr. (3 letters)
38 Down
Date: Abbr. (4 letters)
39 Down
Bamako's land (4 letters)
40 Down
Dash (4 letters)
41 Down
Talk: Abbr. (4 letters)
43 Down
Of gold (5 letters)
44 Down
Ruritania's Rudolf (15 letters)
46 Down
Feeler (4 letters)
47 Down
Oriental nurse (4 letters)
48 Down
D'Azur or d'Or (4 letters)
49 Down
Weight allowance (4 letters)
51 Down
Fairy king and namesakes (7 letters)
53 Down
Fee-faw-___ (3 letters)
54 Down
Spanish ladies (7 letters)
57 Down
Devon river (3 letters)
60 Down
Ferrara's spouse (13 letters)
61 Down
Fringefoot (3 letters)
66 Down
Physics, for one: Abbr. (3 letters)
67 Down
Is obligated (5 letters)
69 Down
French dance (3 letters)
70 Down
Hand or rags (4 letters)
71 Down
Unusual (4 letters)
72 Down
Of the ear (4 letters)
73 Down
Grapes (4 letters)
75 Down
Garland (3 letters)
77 Down
Be an unwitting joke victim (4 letters)
78 Down
Color (4 letters)
79 Down
Glaciation stage (4 letters)
80 Down
Court district (4 letters)
84 Down
Target of Jack of Hearts (4 letters)
87 Down
Bull of Norway (3 letters)
88 Down
Compass reading (3 letters)
91 Down
Lost (7 letters)
94 Down
Have no ___ for (dislike) (7 letters)
97 Down
Tito, for one (4 letters)
98 Down
Dye (5 letters)
99 Down
Allow (3 letters)
100 Down
Scoreboard trio (3 letters)
101 Down
Crosses out (5 letters)
102 Down
Praying figure (5 letters)
103 Down
Kind of page or role (5 letters)
105 Down
Lavished love on (5 letters)
106 Down
"___ things!" (5 letters)
108 Down
Play part (5 letters)
109 Down
Truman's birthplace (5 letters)
110 Down
Consolidate (5 letters)
111 Down
Italian pronoun (4 letters)
114 Down
N. M. resort (4 letters)
115 Down
Guest's amount o' livin' (4 letters)
116 Down
Ait (4 letters)
118 Down
Scottish explorer (3 letters)

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