SPRINGING INTO ACTION

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23154 clues~30-60 minBy A. J. Santora4/24/1977

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Down: Prefix (4 letters)
5 Across: Christmas trio (4 letters)
9 Across: Nail barrels (4 letters)
13 Across: Improvises like Ella (5 letters)
18 Across: Assyrian god (4 letters)
19 Across: City in China (4 letters)
20 Across: "___ not in Gath" (6 letters)
22 Across: Alpine cottage (6 letters)
23 Across: Enjoying a May day (23 letters)
27 Across: Girl-watching (22 letters)
28 Across: Do harm to (6 letters)
29 Across: Leather punch (3 letters)
30 Across: Iron band (6 letters)
31 Across: Gazelle (5 letters)
32 Across: Felt compassion (6 letters)
35 Across: Withered (4 letters)
36 Across: Gumbo (4 letters)
40 Across: River in England (3 letters)
41 Across: Small grain spike (6 letters)
43 Across: ___ as a pin (6 letters)
46 Across: Exerted (5 letters)
47 Across: U.S. money: Abbr. (4 letters)
48 Across: Melville book (5 letters)
49 Across: Like Berlin (6 letters)
50 Across: Make into soap (8 letters)
55 Across: Vacationing (13 letters)
58 Across: Entraps: Var. (7 letters)
59 Across: Raucous noise (4 letters)
60 Across: Second audition (6 letters)
61 Across: Bugbears (5 letters)
62 Across: Tallies (6 letters)
64 Across: Apiece (4 letters)
65 Across: Kind of nail (3 letters)
68 Across: Viewed the Marxes (23 letters)
74 Across: Culbertson (3 letters)
75 Across: Protracted (4 letters)
76 Across: Boil (6 letters)
77 Across: "Quo ___?" (5 letters)
78 Across: Troubles (6 letters)
81 Across: Former Brazilian money (4 letters)
82 Across: Venomous snakes (7 letters)
84 Across: Exercise in fitness (13 letters)
88 Across: ___-to-meeting (8 letters)
89 Across: Verse (6 letters)
90 Across: Being cooled (5 letters)
91 Across: Channel: Sp. (4 letters)
92 Across: Coincide (5 letters)
93 Across: Chickweed genus (6 letters)
95 Across: Giving sparingly (6 letters)
97 Across: Sleeper or diner (3 letters)
100 Across: Fling (4 letters)
101 Across: Hudson Bay Indian (4 letters)
102 Across: Viewpoints (6 letters)
104 Across: "A rag and ___" (5 letters)
106 Across: C'est la ___ (6 letters)
108 Across: Outside: Comb. form (3 letters)
109 Across: Draw out (6 letters)
110 Across: Spring song (22 letters)
117 Across: Went prying (23 letters)
118 Across: Strad (6 letters)
119 Across: Binaural system (6 letters)
120 Across: Ripped (4 letters)
121 Across: Word in Mass. motto (4 letters)
122 Across: Caine film (5 letters)
123 Across: Snow-fun vehicle (4 letters)
124 Across: Esau's land (4 letters)
125 Across: Avant-garde (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Wayne of hockey (7 letters)
2 Down: Actor-dancer (7 letters)
3 Down: Hands over (7 letters)
4 Down: " . . . ___ and peasant slave" (6 letters)
5 Down: Heffalump's creator (5 letters)
6 Down: ___ in a poke (4 letters)
7 Down: Lollobrigida (4 letters)
8 Down: Thankless people (8 letters)
9 Down: Composer Jerome (4 letters)
10 Down: Charged force (4 letters)
11 Down: Sates (5 letters)
12 Down: Tourist (9 letters)
13 Down: ___ khan (5 letters)
14 Down: Lincoln's "___ Eri" (4 letters)
15 Down: Wings (4 letters)
16 Down: Alas. in 1942 (4 letters)
17 Down: Wall St. cert. (3 letters)
20 Down: Remote settlement (5 letters)
21 Down: "Is ___ doctor . . . ?" (6 letters)
22 Down: Congest (5 letters)
24 Down: Cotton thread (5 letters)
25 Down: Namely (5 letters)
26 Down: Two-seated wagon (5 letters)
32 Down: Prexy's staff (5 letters)
33 Down: In a bad way (4 letters)
34 Down: Saratoga outing (13 letters)
36 Down: Stewpots (5 letters)
37 Down: While away some time (10 letters)
38 Down: Spool (4 letters)
39 Down: Do sums (3 letters)
42 Down: Tennis term (4 letters)
44 Down: Double agent (3 letters)
45 Down: Ship-shaped clock (3 letters)
46 Down: Noggin (4 letters)
48 Down: Nasal tones (6 letters)
49 Down: Twig (5 letters)
50 Down: Place to ski (5 letters)
51 Down: Therefore (5 letters)
52 Down: Some celebrators (10 letters)
53 Down: Oil cartel (4 letters)
54 Down: Versifier Ogden (4 letters)
55 Down: His: Fr. (4 letters)
56 Down: Harangue (5 letters)
57 Down: Pit-stop pro (4 letters)
59 Down: Big Ben sound (4 letters)
62 Down: Troubadour's love song (5 letters)
63 Down: "Tatler" writer (6 letters)
64 Down: Numerical endings (4 letters)
66 Down: Sealing gasket (5 letters)
67 Down: Siepi, e.g. (5 letters)
69 Down: Lament (5 letters)
70 Down: Tip (one's hat) (4 letters)
71 Down: Star in Perseus (4 letters)
72 Down: Roman poet (4 letters)
73 Down: Bear or Doc (4 letters)
79 Down: Ceremonies (5 letters)
80 Down: Concerning (4 letters)
82 Down: African capital (5 letters)
83 Down: Soon (4 letters)
84 Down: Kind of dancer (4 letters)
85 Down: Diseases of ramblers (9 letters)
86 Down: Black cuckoo (3 letters)
87 Down: Get a victory (3 letters)
88 Down: Season (4 letters)
89 Down: Caress (3 letters)
91 Down: Environments (8 letters)
93 Down: Take ___ (reduce sail) (5 letters)
94 Down: Peot Jones and others (6 letters)
95 Down: Chapeaux designer (5 letters)
96 Down: ___ Curci (5 letters)
97 Down: Narcotic (7 letters)
98 Down: Lively: Mus. (7 letters)
99 Down: Pine-tar products (7 letters)
101 Down: Turkic people (5 letters)
103 Down: Release (5 letters)
105 Down: Group of football fame (6 letters)
106 Down: Bottled spirit (5 letters)
107 Down: A Kennedy (5 letters)
109 Down: Graybeard (5 letters)
110 Down: Follow (4 letters)
111 Down: Date-setting phrase (4 letters)
112 Down: Hindu caste (4 letters)
113 Down: Fatigue (4 letters)
114 Down: United (4 letters)
115 Down: Initials since 1868 (4 letters)
116 Down: Air: Comb. form (4 letters)
117 Down: Ky. neighbor (3 letters)

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