IT'S ELEMENTAL!

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23172 clues~30-60 minBy Alex F. Black7/17/1977

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Tropical tree (6 letters)
7 Across
Width of a ship (4 letters)
11 Across
Capital of Oregon (5 letters)
16 Across
Hick (4 letters)
20 Across
Stubborn (6 letters)
21 Across
He, to Caesar (4 letters)
22 Across
Strainer (5 letters)
23 Across
Jar (4 letters)
24 Across
Shakespearean nugget (22 letters)
28 Across
Three-way joint (3 letters)
29 Across
Type of relief (3 letters)
30 Across
Zeta follower (3 letters)
31 Across
M.S. prerequisite (3 letters)
32 Across
A king of Israel (4 letters)
33 Across
Vessel for Omar (3 letters)
34 Across
World's best people (17 letters)
40 Across
Sectors (5 letters)
43 Across
Go-ahead signal (3 letters)
44 Across
Corn spike (3 letters)
45 Across
Antediluvian (3 letters)
46 Across
Half a bray (3 letters)
47 Across
Evening star (6 letters)
49 Across
Tracy's wife (4 letters)
52 Across
Prepares tea (6 letters)
54 Across
Tops (4 letters)
55 Across
"___ ever so humble . . . " (4 letters)
57 Across
Convinced (4 letters)
59 Across
Wallach (3 letters)
60 Across
Brought to court (4 letters)
61 Across
German diplomat (8 letters)
65 Across
Engines (7 letters)
68 Across
Littoral region (5 letters)
70 Across
Case for trivia (4 letters)
71 Across
Geraint's wife (4 letters)
73 Across
Roman naturalist (5 letters)
74 Across
Frank and Sexton (5 letters)
75 Across
Flattop, e.g. (4 letters)
76 Across
Served perfectly (4 letters)
78 Across
Genesis name (3 letters)
79 Across
Electrical unit (5 letters)
81 Across
Carry (4 letters)
82 Across
Petty bettor (13 letters)
85 Across
Receptive (4 letters)
89 Across
Rodeo structure (5 letters)
91 Across
Shoe size (3 letters)
92 Across
"This Is ___ Life" (4 letters)
93 Across
Kind of moth (4 letters)
94 Across
Homeric classic (5 letters)
96 Across
Strike (5 letters)
98 Across
Rose lover (4 letters)
100 Across
Sack the QB (4 letters)
101 Across
Lieder (5 letters)
102 Across
Oldest, as jokes (7 letters)
104 Across
Like some nylons (8 letters)
106 Across
Judge's bench (4 letters)
107 Across
Vandalize (3 letters)
108 Across
Use a muddler (4 letters)
110 Across
Portico (4 letters)
111 Across
Lofty (4 letters)
112 Across
Like evergreen cones (6 letters)
115 Across
"Beowulf" is one (4 letters)
117 Across
Pele's sport (6 letters)
121 Across
Kind of dye (3 letters)
122 Across
Lacking color (3 letters)
123 Across
St. Tropez season (3 letters)
124 Across
Far East name (3 letters)
126 Across
Hector (5 letters)
127 Across
Dumas hero (17 letters)
133 Across
F.D.R. agency (3 letters)
134 Across
Arena receipts (4 letters)
135 Across
Undivided (3 letters)
136 Across
Tax pro (3 letters)
137 Across
Andalusian aunt (3 letters)
139 Across
Ring decision (3 letters)
140 Across
Mary's flowers (22 letters)
146 Across
Groucho look (4 letters)
147 Across
Point toward (5 letters)
148 Across
Amerind (4 letters)
149 Across
Sun Moon, e.g. (6 letters)
150 Across
Without purpose (4 letters)
151 Across
Crowd (5 letters)
152 Across
Durocs (4 letters)
153 Across
Like the Milky Way (6 letters)

Down

1 Down
Wine cup (3 letters)
2 Down
Refinement in manners, taste, etc. (7 letters)
3 Down
States without proof (7 letters)
4 Down
Quote (4 letters)
5 Down
Kabibble (3 letters)
6 Down
Pequod skipper (4 letters)
7 Down
V.I.P. (7 letters)
8 Down
Extension (3 letters)
9 Down
Strange (5 letters)
10 Down
Memorable hostess (5 letters)
11 Down
Wind dir. (3 letters)
12 Down
Okefenokee vehicle (7 letters)
13 Down
With more restraint (10 letters)
14 Down
Oust (5 letters)
15 Down
Enero or febrero (3 letters)
16 Down
Lodged at a dorm (6 letters)
17 Down
Extreme (5 letters)
18 Down
Famed D.C. residence (10 letters)
19 Down
___ de Cologne (3 letters)
25 Down
Wodehouse goodbye (4 letters)
26 Down
Langley A.F.B. group (3 letters)
27 Down
Seasonal airs (5 letters)
33 Down
Jakarta native: Abbr. (3 letters)
35 Down
Squeezes out (4 letters)
36 Down
Article, in Amiens (3 letters)
37 Down
Pueblo Indian (4 letters)
38 Down
Beliefs (6 letters)
39 Down
Take advice (4 letters)
41 Down
A shoo-in (12 letters)
42 Down
"___ pin, pick it up" (4 letters)
48 Down
In season (4 letters)
50 Down
Grassy patch (3 letters)
51 Down
Fluff (4 letters)
53 Down
City lines (3 letters)
54 Down
Broadway Rx for murder (12 letters)
56 Down
Lessee (6 letters)
58 Down
Assigns (9 letters)
61 Down
Endow (4 letters)
62 Down
Roman emperor (4 letters)
63 Down
Night, in Nantes (4 letters)
64 Down
Spot for a bust (5 letters)
66 Down
Hindu deity (4 letters)
67 Down
Marius, to Sulla (5 letters)
68 Down
Vikki from Texas (4 letters)
69 Down
Out ___ limb (3 letters)
72 Down
"In ___ Speramus" (3 letters)
77 Down
Kyd work (5 letters)
79 Down
Bungles (5 letters)
80 Down
Hawks' nests (6 letters)
82 Down
River pollution problem (4 letters)
83 Down
Brad or spad (4 letters)
84 Down
Stole (3 letters)
86 Down
Like Simon (4 letters)
87 Down
Biblical patriarch (4 letters)
88 Down
Rests (4 letters)
90 Down
Beldam (3 letters)
94 Down
Major Prophet (6 letters)
95 Down
Like storks and stilts (10 letters)
96 Down
Main or Elm (10 letters)
97 Down
Town near Padua (4 letters)
99 Down
Diner sign (4 letters)
102 Down
Vistula feeder (3 letters)
103 Down
O'Neill (3 letters)
105 Down
Debatable (4 letters)
106 Down
Bombay bard (4 letters)
107 Down
Dress style (4 letters)
109 Down
Fissure (4 letters)
112 Down
Switchboard (5 letters)
113 Down
Statues by Phidias et al. (7 letters)
114 Down
Jackie's sister (3 letters)
116 Down
Moves rook and king (7 letters)
118 Down
Egg layer (7 letters)
119 Down
Oilfish (7 letters)
120 Down
Disk for a D.J. (3 letters)
122 Down
Diluted (6 letters)
125 Down
Migrant worker (4 letters)
128 Down
Normand of the silents (5 letters)
129 Down
Emphatic denial (5 letters)
130 Down
Agency controlling TV (3 letters)
131 Down
Miocene or Pliocene (5 letters)
132 Down
Large or gross (5 letters)
138 Down
Questions (4 letters)
139 Down
Japanese monastery (4 letters)
140 Down
Clay today (3 letters)
141 Down
Baby's perch (3 letters)
142 Down
Skid-row affliction (3 letters)
143 Down
Vessel for beer (3 letters)
144 Down
Peppery (3 letters)
145 Down
Hull curve (3 letters)

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