GETTING FAMILIAR

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21142 clues~30-60 minBy Ruth N. Schultz3/28/1976

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Bede or Smith (4 letters)
5 Across
Loki's son (4 letters)
9 Across
B'way sign (3 letters)
12 Across
Léman et al. (4 letters)
16 Across
Stock the pantry (5 letters)
17 Across
Threw an errant pass (8 letters)
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Malay laws (5 letters)
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Edward H. Harriman (15 letters)
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On earth (5 letters)
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___ even keel (4 letters)
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Historic council site (5 letters)
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Casting ___ eyes (6 letters)
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Blackbird (3 letters)
29 Across
" . . . a woman be more like a ___?" (3 letters)
30 Across
Mecca pilgrimage (4 letters)
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Metric units: Abbr. (3 letters)
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N. or S. ___ (4 letters)
33 Across
Girl's nickname (5 letters)
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"You can fool ___ of . . . " (4 letters)
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Dorothy Lamour (10 letters)
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Superdome athletes (6 letters)
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George Herman Ruth (7 letters)
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River isles (4 letters)
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Maximilian (6 letters)
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Like river deltas (5 letters)
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Having stains (5 letters)
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Russian co-op (5 letters)
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___ Palmas (3 letters)
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U.S. fighter plane (8 letters)
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Comedian Mort (4 letters)
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Of an element (5 letters)
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Kind of processing (4 letters)
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Gardner (3 letters)
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Wings (4 letters)
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Will Rogers (11 letters)
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Indigo (4 letters)
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Luxury's offering (3 letters)
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Possessive (4 letters)
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Hidden spoiler (5 letters)
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Congo river (4 letters)
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Touts (8 letters)
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Dance, in Paris (3 letters)
76 Across
Porkfish (5 letters)
79 Across
Irish poet (5 letters)
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Clear (5 letters)
82 Across
Eleanor M. Patterson (6 letters)
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Kind of song (4 letters)
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"Tinderbox of Europe" (7 letters)
88 Across
Pinch pennies (6 letters)
90 Across
Mae West (10 letters)
93 Across
Defense org. (4 letters)
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Like a Ziegfeld girl (5 letters)
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Mr. 'iggins (4 letters)
97 Across
Scottish denial (3 letters)
98 Across
Like Lowell's June day (4 letters)
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Compass point (3 letters)
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Poetic word (3 letters)
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Do street repair (6 letters)
105 Across
Outburst (5 letters)
107 Across
Not the same: Abbr. (4 letters)
108 Across
Voting bellwether (5 letters)
110 Across
P.T. Barnum (15 letters)
113 Across
Pry (5 letters)
114 Across
Syrian's neighbor (8 letters)
115 Across
Man or pitch (5 letters)
116 Across
Convey, as a hint (4 letters)
117 Across
News workers: Abbr. (3 letters)
118 Across
Raced (4 letters)
119 Across
Cast-off spouses (4 letters)

Down

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Ocean or City (8 letters)
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" . . . braes o' bonny ___" (4 letters)
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"___ longa . . . " (3 letters)
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Perle (5 letters)
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Certain plastic surgery (7 letters)
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Resort near Asbury Park (4 letters)
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Broken (4 letters)
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Wander (3 letters)
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Sultan's relative (4 letters)
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Town in Denmark (7 letters)
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Cooperstown's lake (6 letters)
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Places for retorts (4 letters)
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Drink (3 letters)
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Martha J. (Canary) Burke (12 letters)
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Lucy ___ (reformers) (7 letters)
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Moonlight et al. (7 letters)
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Sea signal (3 letters)
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Eddy (5 letters)
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"Here ___ the Showboat" (5 letters)
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Indian beans (4 letters)
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Place: Abbr. (3 letters)
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Other: Prefix (5 letters)
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Sprightly (5 letters)
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Breathe (6 letters)
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Family members (3 letters)
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P.I.'s Aguinaldo (6 letters)
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Convenes (4 letters)
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"___ port in a storm" (3 letters)
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Keen, in Scotland (4 letters)
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Snow's relative: Abbr. (3 letters)
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John J. Pershing (9 letters)
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Lascivious ones (7 letters)
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Like "Gulliver's Travels" (7 letters)
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O.T. book (4 letters)
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Side looks (5 letters)
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"___ alive!" (5 letters)
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Unfortunate (4 letters)
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Bit of gossip (4 letters)
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Shaker contents (4 letters)
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Jai ___ (4 letters)
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Alfred E. Smith (12 letters)
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Chessie et al.: Abbr. (3 letters)
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Ten: Prefix (3 letters)
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Huntley (4 letters)
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Wind-borne (6 letters)
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One from down under (6 letters)
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One side of life (5 letters)
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Pueblo Indian (4 letters)
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Run or market (4 letters)
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Spanish yeses (3 letters)
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Basket fiber (5 letters)
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Medieval verse (3 letters)
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Genetic initials (3 letters)
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Relatives of soubrettes (8 letters)
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Holiday potions (7 letters)
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___ cosine (7 letters)
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Like watery eyes (7 letters)
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Raked with bullets (7 letters)
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Observers (5 letters)
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Composer Taylor (5 letters)
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Compass point (3 letters)
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Sancho Panza's mule (6 letters)
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Vow (4 letters)
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Conserve (5 letters)
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Upholstery cloth: Var. (4 letters)
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Pulsations: Abbr. (4 letters)
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Spanish queen (3 letters)
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Ooze (4 letters)
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Say cheese (4 letters)
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___-bodied (4 letters)
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Mind: Prefix (3 letters)
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Church laws: Abbr. (3 letters)
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Beerbohm (3 letters)

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