FINISHING LINES

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23172 clues~30-60 minBy Alexander F. Black5/2/1976

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Across

1 Across: Reverence (3 letters)
4 Across: Aerie dweller (5 letters)
9 Across: Cupid (4 letters)
13 Across: Tense up (7 letters)
20 Across: Nessen or Ziegler (3 letters)
21 Across: Coxswain's command (6 letters)
23 Across: Alaskan city (4 letters)
24 Across: Box and free (7 letters)
25 Across: Like Field's toy dog (15 letters)
28 Across: Like Tyre or Nineveh (7 letters)
29 Across: Inter ___ (4 letters)
30 Across: Dict. entry (3 letters)
31 Across: Calif. motto (6 letters)
32 Across: Teachers' org. (3 letters)
33 Across: Chairman of note (3 letters)
34 Across: Bambi, e.g. (4 letters)
35 Across: Solomon island (6 letters)
37 Across: Signs (4 letters)
39 Across: Anti: Abbr. (3 letters)
40 Across: Like Whitman's cradle (16 letters)
45 Across: Washes (5 letters)
47 Across: Compass point (3 letters)
48 Across: Laugh, in Lausanne (3 letters)
49 Across: Vichy seasons (4 letters)
50 Across: Beauty of myth (4 letters)
51 Across: Hudson's Zee (6 letters)
54 Across: Through (3 letters)
55 Across: Seven vis à vis Thebes (7 letters)
58 Across: Lets go (8 letters)
62 Across: Actor Dullea (4 letters)
64 Across: Youth org. (3 letters)
65 Across: N.C.O.'s (4 letters)
66 Across: Extraordinary item (4 letters)
67 Across: Gains (7 letters)
70 Across: Ginger (3 letters)
71 Across: Friday's creator (5 letters)
72 Across: Auto part (7 letters)
75 Across: Expected, in Soho (4 letters)
76 Across: Minuscule (3 letters)
77 Across: Violin-case item (5 letters)
78 Across: Sea eagle (3 letters)
79 Across: Like Sandburg's fog (15 letters)
83 Across: Sparks or Rorem (3 letters)
85 Across: Western park (5 letters)
87 Across: ___ Plaines (3 letters)
88 Across: Prefix with meter or tude (4 letters)
89 Across: Bouquet (7 letters)
91 Across: Incites (5 letters)
92 Across: Smith and Pacino (3 letters)
93 Across: U.S. botanist (7 letters)
95 Across: Bright star (4 letters)
96 Across: Pueblo dweller (4 letters)
97 Across: Humorist George (3 letters)
98 Across: Colombian money (4 letters)
99 Across: Vexed (8 letters)
102 Across: Unaccented words (7 letters)
104 Across: U.S.A.F. member (3 letters)
105 Across: Electronic energy condition (6 letters)
107 Across: Church area (4 letters)
108 Across: Eileen's state (4 letters)
109 Across: Hole maker (3 letters)
110 Across: Cakes' partner (3 letters)
112 Across: Grass genus (5 letters)
114 Across: Carroll's toves ___ (16 letters)
121 Across: Cuckoo (3 letters)
122 Across: Civilian A.D.C. (4 letters)
124 Across: Sindbad locale (6 letters)
125 Across: Skittles' partner (4 letters)
126 Across: Jekyll et al. (3 letters)
127 Across: Prefix with angle or pod (3 letters)
128 Across: Captivate (6 letters)
131 Across: Time in Eng. (3 letters)
133 Across: Another, in Andalusia (4 letters)
134 Across: Put back to work (7 letters)
136 Across: Like Dowson's Cynara (15 letters)
139 Across: Withdrawn (7 letters)
140 Across: English river (4 letters)
141 Across: Later (6 letters)
142 Across: Scottish river (3 letters)
143 Across: Jack or chase (7 letters)
144 Across: Lacking, in Le Havre (4 letters)
145 Across: Man and Pines (5 letters)
146 Across: Conversational pauses (3 letters)

Down

1 Down: Place for slot machines (6 letters)
2 Down: Like some mittens (6 letters)
3 Down: Coveted (6 letters)
4 Down: Continent: Abbr. (3 letters)
5 Down: Imitated (4 letters)
6 Down: Skirt insets (6 letters)
7 Down: Legitimate (6 letters)
8 Down: Son of Gad (3 letters)
9 Down: Yugoslavian poet (6 letters)
10 Down: Pout (4 letters)
11 Down: Russian city (4 letters)
12 Down: Perry Mason's lifeblood (8 letters)
13 Down: Like some checks (5 letters)
14 Down: Ancient writings (5 letters)
15 Down: Cuzco native (4 letters)
16 Down: School subj. (3 letters)
17 Down: Omar's writer (15 letters)
18 Down: Eastern Indian (6 letters)
19 Down: Bars legally (6 letters)
22 Down: Candle ingredient (7 letters)
26 Down: Nobles (5 letters)
27 Down: Victor and family (5 letters)
36 Down: Constellation of 95 Across (4 letters)
38 Down: Initials of failure (3 letters)
41 Down: This, in Juarez (4 letters)
42 Down: High and seven (4 letters)
43 Down: Military headgear (5 letters)
44 Down: Roman road (4 letters)
45 Down: Meadow (3 letters)
46 Down: Becomes rebellious (6 letters)
50 Down: Palmer's org. (3 letters)
52 Down: Singer Bailey (5 letters)
53 Down: Attention getter (3 letters)
55 Down: Snake (3 letters)
56 Down: Prehistoric period (8 letters)
57 Down: Half a fly (3 letters)
58 Down: Water or wood (4 letters)
59 Down: Warehouse (8 letters)
60 Down: Markham's farmer ___ (15 letters)
61 Down: Misjudge (3 letters)
62 Down: German canal (4 letters)
63 Down: Charms (7 letters)
64 Down: Gripe (4 letters)
68 Down: Small bags (5 letters)
69 Down: Classified abbr. (4 letters)
70 Down: Four or larceny (5 letters)
71 Down: Morse-code units (4 letters)
73 Down: On one's ___ (4 letters)
74 Down: Annapolis grad. (3 letters)
76 Down: Power unit (4 letters)
77 Down: Vintage car (3 letters)
80 Down: Groundless (4 letters)
81 Down: Muse (4 letters)
82 Down: Nine: Prefix (5 letters)
84 Down: Pair (4 letters)
86 Down: Threefold (6 letters)
90 Down: Cain raiser (3 letters)
91 Down: Wild sheep (3 letters)
92 Down: Tennis points (3 letters)
93 Down: Obscure (5 letters)
94 Down: Pick (3 letters)
97 Down: Server's point (3 letters)
98 Down: Settled up (4 letters)
100 Down: Kind of party (4 letters)
101 Down: Low-caste Hindu (4 letters)
103 Down: Wall climber (3 letters)
104 Down: Unleaded fuel (8 letters)
105 Down: Induct (7 letters)
106 Down: Generous portion (4 letters)
108 Down: ___ bodikins (3 letters)
109 Down: Cock Robin's undoing (5 letters)
111 Down: Form an arch (5 letters)
112 Down: Shirt cloth (6 letters)
113 Down: Disquiet (6 letters)
115 Down: Chinese offices (6 letters)
116 Down: Arabian and silent (6 letters)
117 Down: Metrical foot (6 letters)
118 Down: Happen (6 letters)
119 Down: Broadway lyricist (6 letters)
120 Down: Eats away (6 letters)
122 Down: Of a space (5 letters)
123 Down: Move furtively (5 letters)
127 Down: Step lightly (4 letters)
129 Down: Heavenly sight (4 letters)
130 Down: Presently (4 letters)
132 Down: Friend's pronoun (4 letters)
135 Down: Box or bag (3 letters)
137 Down: French thou (3 letters)
138 Down: French connections (3 letters)

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