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Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21138 clues~30-60 minBy Tap Osborn1/8/1978

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: David Low's Colonel (5 letters)
6 Across: Moslem judge (4 letters)
10 Across: Guru (4 letters)
14 Across: Daybeds (5 letters)
19 Across: Of the ear or air (5 letters)
20 Across: Well-informed (4 letters)
21 Across: Jabbar's target (4 letters)
22 Across: Elèves' milieu (5 letters)
23 Across: FORECAST, with 33 Across (21 letters)
27 Across: Sylvan blight (8 letters)
28 Across: Sort of port (5 letters)
29 Across: Singer Frankie (6 letters)
30 Across: Emulated the Sprats (3 letters)
31 Across: Infuriation (4 letters)
32 Across: "___ for All Seasons" (4 letters)
33 Across: See 23 Across (21 letters)
43 Across: Awaken (5 letters)
44 Across: Practices (4 letters)
45 Across: Raison ___ (5 letters)
46 Across: Placebo (3 letters)
47 Across: Calvary letters (4 letters)
48 Across: Suffix with blithe and frolic (4 letters)
50 Across: United (3 letters)
51 Across: Playbill heading (4 letters)
52 Across: FORECAST, with 75 Across (21 letters)
59 Across: Actor Jack (3 letters)
60 Across: Short snorts (4 letters)
61 Across: Full of regret (5 letters)
62 Across: Habituated (6 letters)
63 Across: Comprehensive (4 letters)
64 Across: Conglomerate initials (3 letters)
65 Across: Ringside ringer (4 letters)
66 Across: Ill will (6 letters)
69 Across: Refuse (5 letters)
71 Across: Fountain item (4 letters)
72 Across: Game scores: Abbr. (3 letters)
75 Across: See 52 Across (21 letters)
79 Across: Arena receipts (4 letters)
80 Across: Neighbor of Que. (3 letters)
81 Across: Kind of gun or squad (4 letters)
82 Across: Libertine (4 letters)
83 Across: Courtroom vow (3 letters)
84 Across: Genetic group (5 letters)
86 Across: Just (4 letters)
88 Across: Scrambled, in a way (5 letters)
89 Across: FORECAST, with 107 Across (21 letters)
94 Across: Communion is one (4 letters)
95 Across: Retail event (4 letters)
96 Across: King Cole (3 letters)
97 Across: Frictionless (6 letters)
100 Across: Dr. Sabin's target (5 letters)
102 Across: Malnourished (8 letters)
107 Across: See 89 Across (21 letters)
110 Across: Oil source (5 letters)
111 Across: Shaker contents (4 letters)
112 Across: Kind of course (4 letters)
113 Across: Contralto Nikolaidi (5 letters)
114 Across: Shore bird (5 letters)
115 Across: Units of conductance (4 letters)
116 Across: Gaelic (4 letters)
117 Across: Direct attention (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Luggage (4 letters)
2 Down: Humdinger (4 letters)
3 Down: Shipment to Bethlehem (4 letters)
4 Down: Fairy queen and namesakes (4 letters)
5 Down: Appease (7 letters)
6 Down: Veal ___ (6 letters)
7 Down: Followed exactly (4 letters)
8 Down: Teacher at Oxford (3 letters)
9 Down: Fit as a fiddle (7 letters)
10 Down: Post-blizzard tool (6 letters)
11 Down: Top-rated (4 letters)
12 Down: Halston creation (4 letters)
13 Down: Spire ornament (3 letters)
14 Down: Border (7 letters)
15 Down: Bodies of water: Lat. (6 letters)
16 Down: Stable newcomer (4 letters)
17 Down: Too (4 letters)
18 Down: Noticed (4 letters)
24 Down: Plaster backing (4 letters)
25 Down: Shakespearean roles (5 letters)
26 Down: Debussy opus (5 letters)
31 Down: Bowling-alley button (5 letters)
32 Down: Russian craft society (5 letters)
33 Down: Operatic songs (5 letters)
34 Down: "Pagliacci" clown (5 letters)
35 Down: Donkey (5 letters)
36 Down: Poet Mandelstam (4 letters)
37 Down: Organic part of soil (5 letters)
38 Down: "___ the long years": G.B.S. (5 letters)
39 Down: Back down: Var. (5 letters)
40 Down: Levant (5 letters)
41 Down: Night, in Roma (5 letters)
42 Down: Descried (5 letters)
48 Down: One of Seaver's deceivers (6 letters)
49 Down: Greek flask (4 letters)
51 Down: "Snug as ___ . . . " (4 letters)
53 Down: Reserved (5 letters)
54 Down: Galway citizens (5 letters)
55 Down: "___ lunch" (5 letters)
56 Down: Saltpeter (5 letters)
57 Down: Jungle cub (6 letters)
58 Down: Two of Henry VIII's wives (5 letters)
63 Down: Sommelier's concern (4 letters)
65 Down: Kind of dancer (4 letters)
66 Down: Thaumaturgy (5 letters)
67 Down: Barbecue (5 letters)
68 Down: Admit (5 letters)
69 Down: Ed and Keenan (5 letters)
70 Down: In ___ (agitated) (5 letters)
71 Down: City of over five million (5 letters)
72 Down: Madrid museum (5 letters)
73 Down: Symbol (5 letters)
74 Down: Nobel was one (5 letters)
76 Down: Brant or quink (5 letters)
77 Down: Overused (5 letters)
78 Down: Ribbed silk (4 letters)
84 Down: Hoss, e.g. (7 letters)
85 Down: Oblivion (5 letters)
86 Down: Thrash or thresh (5 letters)
87 Down: Hit song of 1931 (7 letters)
88 Down: Party purveyor (7 letters)
90 Down: Channel (6 letters)
91 Down: Keys (6 letters)
92 Down: Congenital (6 letters)
93 Down: Chatterley (4 letters)
97 Down: Pack away (4 letters)
98 Down: Ocean sunfish (4 letters)
99 Down: Roman poet (4 letters)
100 Down: Egyptian god of creation (4 letters)
101 Down: Site of Akershus Castle (4 letters)
102 Down: Poisonous plant (4 letters)
103 Down: Breathing noise (4 letters)
104 Down: Feudal estate (4 letters)
105 Down: Toiler in 104 Down (4 letters)
106 Down: Expensive (4 letters)
108 Down: Doctrine (3 letters)
109 Down: Gas: Prefix (3 letters)

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