APPROPRIATE GROUPINGS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23172 clues~30-60 minBy Bert Kruse11/21/1976

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Across

1 Across: Oil country (4 letters)
5 Across: Kind of sided (3 letters)
8 Across: Kind of facts (4 letters)
12 Across: Bubbling sound (4 letters)
16 Across: Mideast desert region (5 letters)
18 Across: Thought (4 letters)
20 Across: Baltic land (6 letters)
22 Across: Bolero man (5 letters)
24 Across: Group of versifiers (10 letters)
26 Across: Overweight group (12 letters)
28 Across: Function (3 letters)
29 Across: ___ big (prevails easily) (6 letters)
30 Across: Marsupial, for short (3 letters)
31 Across: Mass. resort (6 letters)
32 Across: British heroine (4 letters)
34 Across: Intellectual group (14 letters)
39 Across: One's, in France (3 letters)
40 Across: U.S. electrical genius (5 letters)
42 Across: King, in Portugal (3 letters)
43 Across: Saw eye to eye (6 letters)
45 Across: Joint part (5 letters)
48 Across: Shade of green (4 letters)
51 Across: Glacial ridge (5 letters)
53 Across: ___ vu (4 letters)
56 Across: Deli appliance (6 letters)
58 Across: Ascend (4 letters)
60 Across: Fisherman (5 letters)
62 Across: Use a fishing stream (4 letters)
64 Across: Nicotine-using groups (14 letters)
68 Across: Common Latin abbr. (4 letters)
70 Across: Goddess of night (3 letters)
71 Across: ___ Marie (3 letters)
72 Across: Lacking candor (3 letters)
73 Across: P.I. native (4 letters)
75 Across: Fruit lozenge (6 letters)
77 Across: Pitching stat (3 letters)
79 Across: On track, mentally (4 letters)
81 Across: Larry or Kurt (5 letters)
82 Across: Things to count (5 letters)
83 Across: Traffic groups (17 letters)
89 Across: Home (5 letters)
92 Across: Brook or brown (5 letters)
93 Across: Be without (4 letters)
94 Across: Royal initials (3 letters)
97 Across: Talks big (6 letters)
99 Across: Kind of frau (4 letters)
100 Across: Greek letter (3 letters)
101 Across: Conway (3 letters)
103 Across: Cattle genus (3 letters)
104 Across: Furniture item (4 letters)
107 Across: Groups of rotters (14 letters)
113 Across: Hts. (4 letters)
115 Across: Defame (5 letters)
117 Across: Like a puppy (4 letters)
118 Across: Preparing (6 letters)
119 Across: Spumante center (4 letters)
121 Across: Old fiddle (5 letters)
123 Across: TV-reception aids (4 letters)
125 Across: Batter's clout (5 letters)
126 Across: Vigorous critic (6 letters)
128 Across: Brew (3 letters)
130 Across: Bits, in Scotland (5 letters)
133 Across: Subject for Winslow Homer (3 letters)
136 Across: Sailing group (14 letters)
140 Across: Carry (4 letters)
144 Across: Loosen, as a garment (6 letters)
146 Across: Bandsman Brown (3 letters)
147 Across: Anak people (6 letters)
149 Across: Conk (3 letters)
150 Across: Stuck-up group (12 letters)
154 Across: Lots ___, housing group (10 letters)
156 Across: Strawberry and club (5 letters)
157 Across: Western gully (6 letters)
158 Across: Rds. (4 letters)
159 Across: ___ Domingo (5 letters)
160 Across: Moon landers (4 letters)
161 Across: Prod (4 letters)
162 Across: Grid measures: Abbr. (3 letters)
163 Across: Judge (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Production component (5 letters)
2 Down: Pee Wee (5 letters)
3 Down: Miss Moorehead (5 letters)
4 Down: Latest: Prefix (3 letters)
5 Down: Barrymore (6 letters)
6 Down: Native of a Black Sea city (7 letters)
7 Down: Kind of jury or four (5 letters)
8 Down: Keep on the trail of (5 letters)
9 Down: Commotion (3 letters)
10 Down: Kind of book: Abbr. (3 letters)
11 Down: Pass receiver (3 letters)
12 Down: Like a contest pig (7 letters)
13 Down: Thin board (4 letters)
14 Down: Eye parts (5 letters)
15 Down: City on the Aare (5 letters)
17 Down: Ex-servicemen's org. (3 letters)
19 Down: Regarding (4 letters)
20 Down: Shindig (5 letters)
21 Down: Boogie ___ (6 letters)
23 Down: Attack vessels: Abbr. (4 letters)
25 Down: Makes a wrestling score (4 letters)
27 Down: Shade of blue (4 letters)
33 Down: Inventory item (5 letters)
35 Down: Sideshow star (5 letters)
36 Down: Cod's relative (4 letters)
37 Down: Alike, in Paris (5 letters)
38 Down: Court decree (5 letters)
41 Down: Chemical endings (4 letters)
44 Down: Morning golf problem (3 letters)
45 Down: Recipe units: Abbr. (4 letters)
46 Down: Gladden (5 letters)
47 Down: More refined (5 letters)
49 Down: Ideology (3 letters)
50 Down: Card game (3 letters)
52 Down: Sonnet unit (6 letters)
54 Down: God with double vision (5 letters)
55 Down: Western home (5 letters)
57 Down: Red, in Rome (5 letters)
59 Down: Study for a recital (9 letters)
61 Down: Reign, to Mrs. Gandhi (3 letters)
63 Down: Cast-off mates (4 letters)
65 Down: Yellow: Prefix (4 letters)
66 Down: Auld lang ___ (4 letters)
67 Down: Make new land divisions (5 letters)
69 Down: Guardsman portrayer (4 letters)
74 Down: Lined up (4 letters)
76 Down: Producer Logan (4 letters)
78 Down: Totals (4 letters)
80 Down: Northern European (4 letters)
81 Down: In a tangle (5 letters)
84 Down: Soaks (4 letters)
85 Down: Delphi attraction (6 letters)
86 Down: Door noises (4 letters)
87 Down: ___ many words (4 letters)
88 Down: Like wing collars (5 letters)
89 Down: Eastern church title (4 letters)
90 Down: Word sung in New Haven (5 letters)
91 Down: Ovens (5 letters)
95 Down: Hemingway friend (5 letters)
96 Down: Winnie's creator (5 letters)
98 Down: Hurok (3 letters)
102 Down: Clerical title: Abbr. (4 letters)
105 Down: Dempsey opponent (5 letters)
106 Down: Red as ___ (5 letters)
108 Down: Singular (5 letters)
109 Down: Hagen (3 letters)
110 Down: Always, to poets (3 letters)
111 Down: To the ___ (fully) (4 letters)
112 Down: Occur (5 letters)
114 Down: Main and Elm: Abbr. (3 letters)
116 Down: Spanish river (4 letters)
120 Down: Like some pens (7 letters)
122 Down: Dropped in (6 letters)
124 Down: Clipped (7 letters)
127 Down: Preposition (4 letters)
129 Down: Ranch gear (5 letters)
131 Down: Actor James (6 letters)
132 Down: This, in Spain (4 letters)
133 Down: Has a bite (4 letters)
134 Down: Matriculate (5 letters)
135 Down: Endure (5 letters)
137 Down: Genesis event (5 letters)
138 Down: Russian hero (4 letters)
139 Down: Super (5 letters)
141 Down: Clear air (5 letters)
142 Down: French dessert (5 letters)
143 Down: Derby site (5 letters)
145 Down: Cheese (4 letters)
148 Down: Beacons: Abbr. (3 letters)
151 Down: Tire out (3 letters)
152 Down: Angel's favorite sign (3 letters)
153 Down: Depression initials (3 letters)
155 Down: Young one (3 letters)

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