PASSING THE BUCK

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23162 clues~30-60 minBy Tap Osborn11/6/1977

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Sandblaster's target (5 letters)
6 Across: Circumvent (5 letters)
11 Across: Mature (5 letters)
16 Across: Warhol film (5 letters)
21 Across: Unwind (5 letters)
22 Across: Motorized bike (5 letters)
23 Across: Accrue (5 letters)
24 Across: Norse chieftain (5 letters)
25 Across: Start of a verse (23 letters)
29 Across: Political contest (10 letters)
30 Across: Flock of herons (5 letters)
31 Across: Brought up (6 letters)
32 Across: Jack's need (4 letters)
33 Across: Breathing noise (4 letters)
34 Across: Hearth (5 letters)
35 Across: Stove parts (7 letters)
36 Across: Sprinkle (3 letters)
37 Across: Suit to ___ (4 letters)
38 Across: Ionian gulf (4 letters)
39 Across: Second line of verse (23 letters)
51 Across: Gawking (6 letters)
52 Across: Soggy (5 letters)
53 Across: Forbidden things (5 letters)
54 Across: Sport fish (4 letters)
55 Across: Bring together (5 letters)
56 Across: Anchovy (5 letters)
57 Across: Brought into harmony (5 letters)
58 Across: Group of eight (5 letters)
59 Across: One to distrust (4 letters)
60 Across: U.S. painter: 1871–1951 (5 letters)
61 Across: Gun parts (5 letters)
62 Across: The Green Wave (6 letters)
63 Across: Gormandize (3 letters)
64 Across: Vega, for one (4 letters)
65 Across: Chimp's cousin (5 letters)
66 Across: Egyptian king (4 letters)
67 Across: Third line of verse (23 letters)
75 Across: Shortage (4 letters)
76 Across: Kind of season (5 letters)
77 Across: Of the soil: Comb. form (4 letters)
78 Across: Trim (3 letters)
79 Across: In a sluggish way (6 letters)
82 Across: "Eye in the sky" (5 letters)
83 Across: Dessert wine (5 letters)
85 Across: As well (4 letters)
86 Across: Vituperation (5 letters)
87 Across: Harp on (5 letters)
88 Across: Farm machine (5 letters)
89 Across: Make wavy (5 letters)
90 Across: Dissolve (4 letters)
91 Across: Make a quick visit (5 letters)
92 Across: Menu choice (5 letters)
93 Across: Albatross (6 letters)
94 Across: Fourth line of verse (23 letters)
98 Across: School orgs. (4 letters)
99 Across: Relative of a b'ar (4 letters)
100 Across: Saison (3 letters)
101 Across: Big-A laggard (7 letters)
105 Across: Sing, as a lullaby (5 letters)
107 Across: Iniquity units (4 letters)
109 Across: Franklin's flier (4 letters)
113 Across: ___ a pin (6 letters)
114 Across: N.Z. native (5 letters)
115 Across: Of a chemical process (10 letters)
117 Across: Last line of verse (23 letters)
120 Across: Infuriated (5 letters)
121 Across: Condition (5 letters)
122 Across: Lustrous bast fiber (5 letters)
123 Across: Heavy satin (5 letters)
124 Across: Supply prepared food (5 letters)
125 Across: Eton boy's father (5 letters)
126 Across: Reaches across (5 letters)
127 Across: Dagger (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Comprehension (5 letters)
2 Down: Disgust (5 letters)
3 Down: Actress Massey (5 letters)
4 Down: Native of Penang (5 letters)
5 Down: Turnpike sign (4 letters)
6 Down: Arab chieftain's domain (7 letters)
7 Down: Outspoken (5 letters)
8 Down: Swiftly (5 letters)
9 Down: Remove (4 letters)
10 Down: Old English letter (3 letters)
11 Down: Ticked off (7 letters)
12 Down: Pressman (5 letters)
13 Down: Plump one (5 letters)
14 Down: Canal started in 1817 (4 letters)
15 Down: "Dead ___," Masefield novel (3 letters)
16 Down: African rodent (7 letters)
17 Down: Martin's pal (5 letters)
18 Down: Nose part (5 letters)
19 Down: More furtive (5 letters)
20 Down: Owns (5 letters)
26 Down: Almost cylindrical (6 letters)
27 Down: Approval (6 letters)
28 Down: "Dear ___" (6 letters)
34 Down: Nuclear trial (5 letters)
35 Down: Coop group (5 letters)
36 Down: Suspicious (4 letters)
37 Down: Mongol, for one (5 letters)
38 Down: Saint of Jan. 21 (5 letters)
39 Down: Noble vacillator (6 letters)
40 Down: O. T. book (6 letters)
41 Down: Layers (6 letters)
42 Down: Loser to Louis: Aug. 30, 1937 (4 letters)
43 Down: Meaning (6 letters)
44 Down: Ephron or Helmer (4 letters)
45 Down: Entombs (6 letters)
46 Down: External world (6 letters)
47 Down: Year in reign of Henry III (6 letters)
48 Down: Philippine dwarf (4 letters)
49 Down: CENTO member (4 letters)
50 Down: Word with star or stone (4 letters)
56 Down: Bias (5 letters)
57 Down: Sycophant (5 letters)
58 Down: Best (5 letters)
60 Down: Unyielding (5 letters)
61 Down: Machine guns (5 letters)
62 Down: Lachrymose (5 letters)
64 Down: Proportion (5 letters)
65 Down: Bermuda or red (5 letters)
66 Down: Popeye's creator (5 letters)
68 Down: Plot devices (6 letters)
69 Down: Jordan's tongue (6 letters)
70 Down: "___ conventional dither . . . " (6 letters)
71 Down: Stretch, in a way (6 letters)
72 Down: Grange's team (6 letters)
73 Down: Grandiose (6 letters)
74 Down: Heroic poem (6 letters)
79 Down: Nightingale's vessel (4 letters)
80 Down: U.S. labor leader (4 letters)
81 Down: Natal native (4 letters)
82 Down: Met extras, for short (5 letters)
83 Down: Hawk's asset (5 letters)
84 Down: Norwegian king (4 letters)
85 Down: Lined up (4 letters)
87 Down: Type of type (5 letters)
88 Down: Solti's need (5 letters)
89 Down: Pigeon coop (4 letters)
91 Down: Dead Sea product (6 letters)
92 Down: Cinch (6 letters)
93 Down: Reaches (6 letters)
95 Down: One with a bug gun (7 letters)
96 Down: Iconoclast (7 letters)
97 Down: Job securities (7 letters)
101 Down: Huxley's "___ Hay" (5 letters)
102 Down: "Arrowsmith" heroine (5 letters)
103 Down: Anwar of Egypt (5 letters)
104 Down: Mexican basket grass (5 letters)
105 Down: Weight (5 letters)
106 Down: Highway (5 letters)
107 Down: Rigid belief (5 letters)
108 Down: Mischievous (5 letters)
109 Down: Telly on the telly (5 letters)
110 Down: Witless (5 letters)
111 Down: Hippolyte of France (5 letters)
112 Down: Soprano Shade (5 letters)
114 Down: Feeder of Lake Ilmen (4 letters)
115 Down: Go berserk (4 letters)
116 Down: Saucy ones (4 letters)
118 Down: J.B. Rhine subj. (3 letters)
119 Down: Revenue org. (3 letters)

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