ACTIVE ONES

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23170 clues~30-60 minBy Anthony B. Canning9/12/1976

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Across

1 Across: European gulf (4 letters)
5 Across: Armadillo (5 letters)
10 Across: Kind of free (4 letters)
14 Across: Treats roughly (4 letters)
18 Across: Way for Caesar (4 letters)
19 Across: Finishes second (6 letters)
20 Across: Sandarac tree (4 letters)
21 Across: W.W. II side (6 letters)
23 Across: ___ the candle at both ends (11 letters)
25 Across: ___ fly balls (11 letters)
27 Across: Browning biographer (3 letters)
28 Across: City of Russia (4 letters)
29 Across: ___-tete (5 letters)
31 Across: Fall for (4 letters)
32 Across: Go to the plate (3 letters)
33 Across: Stormed (5 letters)
35 Across: Musical tones (6 letters)
37 Across: Heifer, in Aries (5 letters)
39 Across: Takes a certain bath (4 letters)
40 Across: Appropriate (5 letters)
41 Across: ___ squeaky wheel (5 letters)
42 Across: More strict (7 letters)
44 Across: Actual being (4 letters)
45 Across: Sea birds (4 letters)
46 Across: Poker move (5 letters)
49 Across: Trees (4 letters)
51 Across: Listens to (7 letters)
53 Across: Kind of rumor (4 letters)
54 Across: J. Barrymore trademark (7 letters)
57 Across: Bolivian shipment (3 letters)
59 Across: Stupid one (3 letters)
60 Across: Famed jockey (5 letters)
62 Across: Machine gun (4 letters)
63 Across: Elsie's milieu (3 letters)
64 Across: Haves ___ nots (7 letters)
67 Across: Dies ___ (4 letters)
68 Across: Silkworm (4 letters)
69 Across: Fruit decay (4 letters)
70 Across: Cover in a way (6 letters)
71 Across: Spleen (3 letters)
72 Across: ___ the cake (11 letters)
75 Across: Quebec town (7 letters)
78 Across: Money-raising performance (7 letters)
79 Across: ___ the river (11 letters)
83 Across: Family member (3 letters)
84 Across: Mean (6 letters)
88 Across: Genesis name (4 letters)
89 Across: Miss Gam (4 letters)
90 Across: Jerker or sheet (4 letters)
92 Across: Hit the top, as a flood (7 letters)
93 Across: Boat for a trio (3 letters)
94 Across: Author Thomas (4 letters)
95 Across: Wish for (5 letters)
96 Across: Navy off. (3 letters)
97 Across: Irate (3 letters)
98 Across: "Cherries ___" (robin's report) (7 letters)
100 Across: "Mens ___ in . . . " (4 letters)
101 Across: Desert (7 letters)
104 Across: Part of QE.D. (4 letters)
105 Across: Returned, as a pigeon (5 letters)
106 Across: Loudness unit (4 letters)
107 Across: Harbinger of a new month (4 letters)
109 Across: Garden frame (7 letters)
112 Across: Danish king of 1200's (5 letters)
114 Across: Attach, as a button (5 letters)
116 Across: Ear part (4 letters)
118 Across: Flying prefixes (5 letters)
120 Across: Dan ___ likes TV news (6 letters)
122 Across: Remove (5 letters)
123 Across: ___ Darya (3 letters)
124 Across: Malay coins (4 letters)
125 Across: Gives the gate (5 letters)
127 Across: Jeanne Eagels vehicle (4 letters)
129 Across: Thy, in France (3 letters)
130 Across: ___ in the woods (11 letters)
133 Across: ___ Dick with affection (11 letters)
136 Across: Orphan girl et al. (6 letters)
137 Across: Carry (4 letters)
138 Across: Win over (6 letters)
139 Across: Johnson of TV (4 letters)
140 Across: Ratio words (4 letters)
141 Across: Hypothetical force (4 letters)
142 Across: Certain religionist (5 letters)
143 Across: " . . . ___ the punkin" (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Hardships (6 letters)
2 Down: Repeat (7 letters)
3 Down: ___ the floors (11 letters)
4 Down: Airboard abbr. (3 letters)
5 Down: U.S. playwright (5 letters)
6 Down: ___ the stream (9 letters)
7 Down: Peak: Prefix (3 letters)
8 Down: Certain incomes (7 letters)
9 Down: Cash, etc. (6 letters)
10 Down: Surfeit (4 letters)
11 Down: Tito subject (5 letters)
12 Down: Grain (3 letters)
13 Down: Homage (7 letters)
14 Down: Ballet step (4 letters)
15 Down: Brew (3 letters)
16 Down: ___ around Washington (11 letters)
17 Down: Relative of a litter (5 letters)
19 Down: Word with cent (3 letters)
21 Down: In pursuit of (5 letters)
22 Down: Certain planes (4 letters)
24 Down: Inferior deity (6 letters)
26 Down: Cobh's land (4 letters)
30 Down: Catherine, for one (7 letters)
34 Down: Bridge seat (4 letters)
36 Down: Ointments: Abbr. (4 letters)
38 Down: African fox (4 letters)
39 Down: Kind of confidence (4 letters)
43 Down: Garish light (4 letters)
45 Down: Word in Mass. motto (4 letters)
47 Down: ___ up (made sense) (5 letters)
48 Down: Quebec river sight (3 letters)
50 Down: Winter fall (5 letters)
52 Down: Hear no good of oneself (9 letters)
54 Down: Lion assemblage (5 letters)
55 Down: Gives added assurance (9 letters)
56 Down: Roadside sign (4 letters)
57 Down: Asian native (3 letters)
58 Down: Tabard, e.g. (3 letters)
60 Down: Fathered (5 letters)
61 Down: Metric unit (3 letters)
62 Down: Linen cloth (4 letters)
65 Down: Dances (5 letters)
66 Down: Russian sea (4 letters)
68 Down: Square (4 letters)
69 Down: W. H. Upson's salesman (5 letters)
71 Down: Babylonian god (4 letters)
73 Down: Cut short (5 letters)
74 Down: Russian hemp (4 letters)
76 Down: Blazing (5 letters)
77 Down: Repetition (4 letters)
79 Down: Wooden shoe (4 letters)
80 Down: Habituate (5 letters)
81 Down: ___ the midnight oil (11 letters)
82 Down: One of the ages (5 letters)
83 Down: So, in Scotland (3 letters)
85 Down: ___ the lawn (11 letters)
86 Down: Prefix for lithic (3 letters)
87 Down: Insecticide (3 letters)
91 Down: Dodgers (7 letters)
92 Down: Heart (4 letters)
94 Down: Trifle (4 letters)
95 Down: Machine part (3 letters)
96 Down: Opposites (9 letters)
99 Down: Fine (4 letters)
100 Down: Ordinary (4 letters)
101 Down: French marshal (4 letters)
102 Down: Kind of minded (6 letters)
103 Down: Bleaching vat (4 letters)
105 Down: Like Grant's face (7 letters)
106 Down: ___ out (rests) (7 letters)
108 Down: Be a ___ (finish second) (7 letters)
110 Down: Zhivago girl et al. (5 letters)
111 Down: Wife of Jacob (4 letters)
113 Down: Informed on (6 letters)
115 Down: Media-man Ron (6 letters)
116 Down: Tibetan V.I.P. (4 letters)
117 Down: Certain Arabian (5 letters)
119 Down: Word with voce (5 letters)
121 Down: ___ Gan, Israel (5 letters)
124 Down: Relig. study (4 letters)
126 Down: Kind of car lot (4 letters)
128 Down: Comparative ending (3 letters)
131 Down: Meet (3 letters)
132 Down: ___ pros. (3 letters)
134 Down: Roman 1501 (3 letters)
135 Down: "Bali ___ " (3 letters)

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