PHRASEMAKING

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21142 clues~30-60 minBy Tom Sheehan6/6/1976

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Charles or roast (4 letters)
5 Across: "What ___ say?" (4 letters)
9 Across: "Life ___ short" (5 letters)
14 Across: Barrelhead need (4 letters)
18 Across: Gazetteer data (4 letters)
19 Across: Zionist activist group (5 letters)
20 Across: Workout (5 letters)
21 Across: Table spread (4 letters)
22 Across: Current (4 letters)
23 Across: Motto of St. Crispin (11 letters)
25 Across: Promoter, of a way (4 letters)
26 Across: Cockfighting (8 letters)
28 Across: Plural ending (3 letters)
29 Across: Alimony, so to speak (8 letters)
31 Across: Vile odor (4 letters)
32 Across: Farewell (5 letters)
34 Across: Bats' H.Q. (4 letters)
35 Across: Artist Schiele (4 letters)
37 Across: Like a grieving usher (7 letters)
39 Across: "The Taking of ___ One . . . " (6 letters)
43 Across: He owned a rod (5 letters)
44 Across: "___ disturb" (5 letters)
45 Across: Kind of player (3 letters)
47 Across: Clean ___ (5 letters)
48 Across: Cup part (4 letters)
49 Across: Optician's place, with 71 Down (11 letters)
52 Across: Sins (4 letters)
53 Across: Vereen (3 letters)
54 Across: Auk genus (4 letters)
55 Across: Chinese island and strait (7 letters)
57 Across: One, in Bonn (3 letters)
58 Across: Eve, so to speak (8 letters)
60 Across: Turkoman people (5 letters)
61 Across: U.S. athlete Jim (6 letters)
63 Across: Brash (5 letters)
64 Across: Snivel (5 letters)
65 Across: Macaw (5 letters)
66 Across: He's left holding the bag (6 letters)
68 Across: ___ khan (tiger) (5 letters)
69 Across: Mafia outing (8 letters)
72 Across: Globe (3 letters)
73 Across: Theory of government (7 letters)
75 Across: Galatea's beloved (4 letters)
76 Across: What Confucius do (3 letters)
77 Across: First of a Kipling trio (4 letters)
79 Across: "Death ___" (maritime story) (11 letters)
82 Across: Unaspirate (4 letters)
83 Across: "Vive ___!" (5 letters)
85 Across: A Kennedy monogram (3 letters)
86 Across: Underworld figure (5 letters)
87 Across: Beaverbrook and Jim (5 letters)
88 Across: Dallas or Stevens (6 letters)
90 Across: Crystalline mineral: Var. (7 letters)
92 Across: Chair or mark (4 letters)
93 Across: A Dumas (4 letters)
95 Across: Coins of Iran (5 letters)
96 Across: Kind of pole (4 letters)
98 Across: Tavern maid (8 letters)
102 Across: Neighbor of Ga. (3 letters)
103 Across: Site for Icarus (8 letters)
107 Across: Great Barrier Island (4 letters)
108 Across: What a blacksmith has (11 letters)
111 Across: Bacteriologist's wire (4 letters)
112 Across: Freshly (4 letters)
113 Across: Mississippi has four (5 letters)
114 Across: Fiat (5 letters)
115 Across: ___ robbery (flirt's forte) (4 letters)
116 Across: Drum ___ (4 letters)
117 Across: Greek letter (5 letters)
118 Across: Thomas of the clocks (4 letters)
119 Across: Winged god (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Tehee, Variety style (4 letters)
2 Down: Guthrie (4 letters)
3 Down: Bark's counterpart (4 letters)
4 Down: Nursery (8 letters)
5 Down: Frog sound (5 letters)
6 Down: "___ Named Joe" (4 letters)
7 Down: Not any, in law (3 letters)
8 Down: Within (8 letters)
9 Down: ___ March (6 letters)
10 Down: Spanish Mrs. (3 letters)
11 Down: Knight work (4 letters)
12 Down: Of an acid (5 letters)
13 Down: Treasure–hunter's aid (6 letters)
14 Down: Rodeo rider (8 letters)
15 Down: Inter ___ (4 letters)
16 Down: Kind of salesman's block? (4 letters)
17 Down: Celeste ___ (4 letters)
19 Down: Two on the ___ (Crusoe and Friday) (4 letters)
24 Down: Old family prayer books (17 letters)
27 Down: Robert ___ Warren (4 letters)
30 Down: Holiday times (4 letters)
32 Down: Senior: Fr. (4 letters)
33 Down: Ebb (7 letters)
35 Down: Dog-___ (5 letters)
36 Down: ___ it (stripper's motto) (11 letters)
37 Down: Clan symbol (5 letters)
38 Down: ___ share (5 letters)
40 Down: Rabbit fanciers (11 letters)
41 Down: Like some anchors (5 letters)
42 Down: Middle, in law (5 letters)
43 Down: Bishop's title (4 letters)
44 Down: Pip (5 letters)
46 Down: Music syllable (3 letters)
49 Down: Be a ___ habit (7 letters)
50 Down: Creator of Tugboat Annie (5 letters)
51 Down: Board the Metroliner (7 letters)
54 Down: Shelters (5 letters)
56 Down: Rebellion leader (5 letters)
59 Down: Robe size: Abbr. (3 letters)
60 Down: "___ Latin from . . . " (5 letters)
62 Down: Hockey star (3 letters)
64 Down: Cat feature (7 letters)
65 Down: Thruway to Fairbanks (5 letters)
66 Down: Embers (5 letters)
67 Down: Court decree (5 letters)
68 Down: Kind of sergeant (5 letters)
69 Down: Leyte's neighbor (5 letters)
70 Down: Candy, to Nash (5 letters)
71 Down: See 49 Across (4 letters)
74 Down: Continent: Abbr. (3 letters)
78 Down: "Fore!" (8 letters)
80 Down: French astronomer and family (8 letters)
81 Down: Depots: Abbr. (4 letters)
82 Down: Like a spurned pawnbroker (8 letters)
84 Down: Nastase (4 letters)
87 Down: "Nonsense" author (4 letters)
89 Down: ___ up (excited) (6 letters)
91 Down: "___ pleasant institution . . . " (6 letters)
94 Down: Liquid sound (5 letters)
96 Down: Louse up (5 letters)
97 Down: Bridge seat (4 letters)
98 Down: Pet for Smuts? (4 letters)
99 Down: ___ time (never) (4 letters)
100 Down: Stagger (4 letters)
101 Down: Gaelic (4 letters)
103 Down: Angry fit (4 letters)
104 Down: Fruit (4 letters)
105 Down: Eur. capital (4 letters)
106 Down: Pipe joints (4 letters)
109 Down: Agreed upon (3 letters)
110 Down: Dutch town (3 letters)

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