GETTING ACROSS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy Maria G. Rice5/30/1976

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Across

1 Across: Deputy: Abbr. (4 letters)
5 Across: ___ in the hole (3 letters)
8 Across: Looks after (5 letters)
13 Across: Old car (3 letters)
16 Across: Soak (3 letters)
19 Across: School of a kind (5 letters)
21 Across: Elders: Abbr. (3 letters)
22 Across: Pray, in old Rome (5 letters)
23 Across: Relative of the rhea (3 letters)
24 Across: High note (3 letters)
25 Across: Legendary crossing (19 letters)
29 Across: ___ Moines (3 letters)
30 Across: Insult (4 letters)
31 Across: Fluids (4 letters)
32 Across: "___ Is Born" (5 letters)
33 Across: Western hills (5 letters)
35 Across: Long poems (5 letters)
37 Across: U.S. agency (3 letters)
39 Across: Miffed (4 letters)
40 Across: Mountain ridge (5 letters)
41 Across: Place for late movie-goers (7 letters)
43 Across: Feels compassion (5 letters)
45 Across: All-America crossing of 1869 (8 letters)
47 Across: British P.M. (4 letters)
48 Across: Scoreboard trio (3 letters)
49 Across: Abhor (6 letters)
51 Across: ___ Canals (3 letters)
52 Across: College degree (3 letters)
53 Across: Initials for a Cardinal cap (3 letters)
54 Across: Gershwin et al. (4 letters)
56 Across: Innocent (5 letters)
58 Across: Revelry (4 letters)
60 Across: Features of needles (9 letters)
64 Across: Warehouse (8 letters)
66 Across: Baltic port (4 letters)
69 Across: "We're ___ tonight on the . . . " (7 letters)
70 Across: Atomic reactor (4 letters)
72 Across: De ___ (too much) (4 letters)
73 Across: Half a U.S. line (5 letters)
74 Across: ___age (4 letters)
75 Across: Last (5 letters)
76 Across: Used the long route (8 letters)
78 Across: French month (3 letters)
80 Across: Decisive crossing of old (15 letters)
85 Across: "___ longa . . . " (3 letters)
86 Across: Palace near Madrid (8 letters)
88 Across: Time periods (5 letters)
89 Across: Scarce (4 letters)
91 Across: Cuba ___ (5 letters)
92 Across: Kind of torch or hard (4 letters)
95 Across: Part of A.M. (4 letters)
96 Across: Secondary deals (7 letters)
99 Across: Doris and Clarence (4 letters)
100 Across: Catfish ___, Dogpatch delicacy (8 letters)
102 Across: Run on two party tickets (9 letters)
104 Across: Price (4 letters)
106 Across: Rope fiber (5 letters)
107 Across: Suez port (4 letters)
108 Across: Can material (3 letters)
109 Across: From ___ Z (3 letters)
111 Across: Opposite of syn. (3 letters)
113 Across: Extremely (6 letters)
115 Across: Latin goddess (3 letters)
117 Across: Collections (4 letters)
118 Across: Crossing by 94 Down (8 letters)
121 Across: French river (5 letters)
122 Across: Confine (7 letters)
124 Across: Stupefies (5 letters)
125 Across: Algerian port (4 letters)
127 Across: Plant (3 letters)
128 Across: Holy Roman emperor (5 letters)
129 Across: Irish hero (5 letters)
130 Across: Food fishes (5 letters)
132 Across: One of the five W's (4 letters)
134 Across: River of Spain (4 letters)
136 Across: Bird beak (3 letters)
137 Across: Solo crossing (19 letters)
143 Across: Actress Joanne (3 letters)
144 Across: Richard or shad (3 letters)
145 Across: Ancient region of Asia Minor (5 letters)
146 Across: Ecol. or econ. (3 letters)
147 Across: Tibetan creatures (5 letters)
148 Across: Dunce (3 letters)
149 Across: But, to Caesar (3 letters)
150 Across: Bitter or tail (5 letters)
151 Across: Fish (3 letters)
152 Across: Delivered (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Mountain or cigar (3 letters)
2 Down: Haggard novel (3 letters)
3 Down: Hurok et al. (4 letters)
4 Down: Most farfetched (7 letters)
5 Down: Snake (3 letters)
6 Down: Puzzle type (9 letters)
7 Down: Early laborer (4 letters)
8 Down: Road of stage fame (7 letters)
9 Down: Noun suffix (3 letters)
10 Down: Hero of Hindu epic (4 letters)
11 Down: Tuxedo accessory (10 letters)
12 Down: Eastern alliance (5 letters)
13 Down: Reparation (7 letters)
14 Down: Scottish uncle (3 letters)
15 Down: Beame, to New Yorkers (8 letters)
16 Down: Biblical crossing (18 letters)
17 Down: Of Zeno's school (7 letters)
18 Down: Cord ornaments (7 letters)
20 Down: Jumped (5 letters)
26 Down: Agnew (5 letters)
27 Down: Afflictions (6 letters)
28 Down: Island off Japan (4 letters)
34 Down: Blunder (3 letters)
36 Down: Billing's partner (6 letters)
38 Down: W.W. II crossing (15 letters)
41 Down: Supple (5 letters)
42 Down: Admiral's crossing (18 letters)
44 Down: Condition, in Arles (4 letters)
46 Down: To ___ (also) (4 letters)
47 Down: Attention-getting sound (4 letters)
50 Down: Green or glades (4 letters)
55 Down: Fish garnish (5 letters)
57 Down: Lyric poems (6 letters)
59 Down: Cuba's ___ San Martin (4 letters)
61 Down: Map abbr. (3 letters)
62 Down: Writer Loti (6 letters)
63 Down: Weariness (5 letters)
64 Down: Dash (4 letters)
65 Down: Unfolds, poetically (4 letters)
67 Down: One on the move (4 letters)
68 Down: Relatives of ifs and buts (4 letters)
71 Down: Daughter of Cadmus (3 letters)
73 Down: Swamp (6 letters)
75 Down: French girls (6 letters)
77 Down: Biblical weeds (5 letters)
78 Down: Card combination (4 letters)
79 Down: Continent (4 letters)
81 Down: Indulge (4 letters)
82 Down: Desires (4 letters)
83 Down: Lynx, for one (3 letters)
84 Down: Betel palm (5 letters)
87 Down: Words of approximation (4 letters)
90 Down: Brit. fliers (3 letters)
93 Down: News notice (4 letters)
94 Down: Dollar thrower (10 letters)
96 Down: Beaver or vole (6 letters)
97 Down: Crème de la crème (5 letters)
98 Down: Wash. people (4 letters)
100 Down: Small stove (4 letters)
101 Down: Gibbons (4 letters)
103 Down: Sleigh across a pond (9 letters)
105 Down: Reacted sharply (8 letters)
107 Down: Get the reason (6 letters)
109 Down: Book supplements (7 letters)
110 Down: First ___ (prison newcomers) (7 letters)
112 Down: Fished (7 letters)
114 Down: Jimmy (7 letters)
116 Down: Pretended (5 letters)
117 Down: Parties (7 letters)
119 Down: Mature (3 letters)
120 Down: Silkworm (4 letters)
123 Down: Pressure group (5 letters)
126 Down: Miss Laurie (5 letters)
131 Down: Province of Pakistan (4 letters)
133 Down: Otherwise (4 letters)
135 Down: Town of Italy (4 letters)
138 Down: ___ the line (3 letters)
139 Down: French co. (3 letters)
140 Down: Nothing (3 letters)
141 Down: Martini base (3 letters)
142 Down: Missouri initials (3 letters)

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