ENCIRCLED WISDOM

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Eugene T. Maleska4/25/1976

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Boy (6 letters)
7 Across: Tidbit (6 letters)
13 Across: One of Macbeth's titles (5 letters)
18 Across: "Walden" writer (7 letters)
19 Across: Idle (6 letters)
20 Across: Actor who played Hamlet (6 letters)
22 Across: Famous ferry (7 letters)
23 Across: Very ornate (6 letters)
24 Across: Farrell's "A World ___ Made" (6 letters)
25 Across: High note (3 letters)
26 Across: Bowling button (5 letters)
28 Across: Over (7 letters)
30 Across: G.P.'s group (3 letters)
31 Across: Utah ski resort (4 letters)
33 Across: Old Scratch (5 letters)
35 Across: Shadow-box (4 letters)
36 Across: Anchor position (5 letters)
38 Across: Purse items (5 letters)
40 Across: Scottish uncle (3 letters)
41 Across: Adjective suffix (4 letters)
43 Across: Johnson of TV (4 letters)
44 Across: Veronese duo (12 letters)
49 Across: Straw boss (8 letters)
51 Across: Kazan (4 letters)
52 Across: Romeo and Juliet, e.g. (5 letters)
54 Across: Mine entrance (4 letters)
55 Across: Adjusts anew (8 letters)
59 Across: Initials for a 1933 act (4 letters)
60 Across: Portia's maid (7 letters)
64 Across: Lodge member (3 letters)
65 Across: Costume (5 letters)
67 Across: Ford's energy man (4 letters)
69 Across: Stage direction (5 letters)
70 Across: Yalies (4 letters)
72 Across: One of Macbeth's victims (11 letters)
76 Across: Safari quarry (4 letters)
77 Across: French upper house (5 letters)
79 Across: Cheerless (4 letters)
80 Across: Homeric work (5 letters)
82 Across: Italian's "Yes!" (3 letters)
83 Across: Muffin variety (7 letters)
86 Across: Jewish eve (4 letters)
88 Across: Ten-o'clock scholar's problem (8 letters)
90 Across: Feedback of a sort (4 letters)
91 Across: Composer Erik (5 letters)
93 Across: "___ shanter" (4 letters)
94 Across: Activating (8 letters)
98 Across: Nobleman in "Henry VIII" (12 letters)
103 Across: Mrs., in Poland (4 letters)
104 Across: Alpaca's habitat (4 letters)
106 Across: "We'll ___ a cup . . . " (Burns) (3 letters)
107 Across: Suffix with Indo and Poly (5 letters)
108 Across: Tagging along (5 letters)
110 Across: Mailed (4 letters)
112 Across: Old-womanish (5 letters)
115 Across: "King ___," quotation source (4 letters)
116 Across: Wine: Prefix (3 letters)
117 Across: Greek courtesan (7 letters)
120 Across: "Lend ___" (5 letters)
122 Across: Disencumber (3 letters)
123 Across: Tarry (6 letters)
125 Across: "You ___!" (6 letters)
127 Across: Basis of argument (7 letters)
129 Across: Fishing gear (6 letters)
130 Across: Will subject (6 letters)
131 Across: Duchess in "Henry VI, Part II" (7 letters)
132 Across: Awaken (5 letters)
133 Across: Judged (6 letters)
134 Across: Blush (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Justice in "Merry Wives" (7 letters)
2 Down: Hamlet's friend (7 letters)
3 Down: Dadaism founder (3 letters)
4 Down: Shift (4 letters)
5 Down: Dog-___ (shabby) (5 letters)
6 Down: Charlotte ___ (5 letters)
7 Down: Earl of March (8 letters)
8 Down: Siouan (3 letters)
9 Down: Costa ___ (4 letters)
10 Down: Smudges (5 letters)
11 Down: Fire or narrow (6 letters)
12 Down: Governor in "Much Ado" (7 letters)
13 Down: Hammett's man (4 letters)
14 Down: Lariat part (5 letters)
15 Down: Disciple's emotion (3 letters)
16 Down: Scene of "Love's Labour's Lost" (7 letters)
17 Down: Holy hermit (7 letters)
18 Down: Caught in ___ (6 letters)
21 Down: Dry-goods merchant (6 letters)
27 Down: Knievel (4 letters)
29 Down: Armenian capital (6 letters)
32 Down: Play backer (5 letters)
34 Down: Dud (5 letters)
37 Down: Sample (7 letters)
39 Down: Blissful: Ger. (5 letters)
42 Down: Relinquish (4 letters)
45 Down: Actor Bruce (5 letters)
46 Down: City in Egypt (5 letters)
47 Down: Queen in "Richard III" (9 letters)
48 Down: French town (5 letters)
50 Down: Laugh: Fr. (4 letters)
53 Down: Famed restaurateur (5 letters)
55 Down: Singer Della (5 letters)
56 Down: Miss Terry (5 letters)
57 Down: "Every inch ___" (5 letters)
58 Down: Nile growth (4 letters)
61 Down: The world, to Jaques (5 letters)
62 Down: Trucking rigs (5 letters)
63 Down: Realms (5 letters)
66 Down: Combustible heaps (5 letters)
68 Down: China wrecker (4 letters)
71 Down: Messenger in "Merchant" (7 letters)
73 Down: Danton's colleague (5 letters)
74 Down: Ukases (5 letters)
75 Down: Deadly (5 letters)
78 Down: Check mark (4 letters)
81 Down: Word for rum (5 letters)
84 Down: Vessel (4 letters)
85 Down: Like John (6 letters)
87 Down: Flora and fauna (5 letters)
89 Down: Unusual (5 letters)
92 Down: Sprang from (8 letters)
94 Down: Barkers' come-ons (6 letters)
95 Down: Basket (7 letters)
96 Down: Shylock's adversary (7 letters)
97 Down: Lubricated (7 letters)
99 Down: Sib (4 letters)
100 Down: Alkaloid (7 letters)
101 Down: Relationship (7 letters)
102 Down: Pantry (6 letters)
105 Down: Misgiving (6 letters)
109 Down: Merry cries (5 letters)
111 Down: Overdone (5 letters)
113 Down: Shunned one (5 letters)
114 Down: Inventor Pliny ___ (5 letters)
118 Down: Irish Gaelic (4 letters)
119 Down: Mr. Bede (4 letters)
121 Down: Cager Willis (4 letters)
124 Down: Zoo animal (3 letters)
126 Down: Native: Suff. (3 letters)
128 Down: Like Ophelia, in Act IV (3 letters)

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