FLOWERY SPEECH

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy A. J. Santora3/26/1978

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Across

1 Across: Iniquity (4 letters)
5 Across: Shaded walk (7 letters)
12 Across: "There is ___ in the affairs . . . " (5 letters)
17 Across: Kind of scale or test (5 letters)
18 Across: Seats of taste (7 letters)
19 Across: Pansy (8 letters)
23 Across: Yellow violet (14 letters)
25 Across: Forget-me-not (8 letters)
26 Across: Others, to Dante (5 letters)
27 Across: "A wither'd violet is her ___" (5 letters)
28 Across: Rice dish (5 letters)
30 Across: White ___ ("youthful innocence") (5 letters)
31 Across: Fishline sinker (5 letters)
32 Across: Reedlike grass (4 letters)
33 Across: Pinchfist (5 letters)
34 Across: Hubby's (3 letters)
35 Across: Affirmative vote (3 letters)
36 Across: Andy's partner (4 letters)
38 Across: ___ bag (pitching aid) (5 letters)
39 Across: "Pure and lovely," if red (7 letters)
43 Across: His emblem is the thistle flower (4 letters)
44 Across: Part of "A Loss of Roses" (5 letters)
46 Across: Inclination (5 letters)
48 Across: Yoko from Tokyo (3 letters)
49 Across: Japanese city (6 letters)
52 Across: Printshop worker (5 letters)
53 Across: Dam (4 letters)
54 Across: Agitated state (4 letters)
55 Across: Signet (4 letters)
56 Across: Deep red rose (12 letters)
60 Across: V.I.P. in Cairo (5 letters)
61 Across: White chrysanthemum (5 letters)
63 Across: Bicycle part (5 letters)
64 Across: Items of interest (3 letters)
65 Across: Petulant (6 letters)
66 Across: Easter oval (3 letters)
67 Across: Love affair (5 letters)
69 Across: Leeds's river (4 letters)
72 Across: Seabee motto (5 letters)
73 Across: Doe, in Düren (3 letters)
74 Across: Thornless rose (15 letters)
78 Across: The G-men (3 letters)
81 Across: Like old jokes (5 letters)
83 Across: Kind of tide (4 letters)
84 Across: Pour ___ dire (so to speak): Fr. (5 letters)
85 Across: Youngster (3 letters)
86 Across: Worcester and York (6 letters)
88 Across: Health resort (3 letters)
90 Across: Pollute (5 letters)
92 Across: Lasso (5 letters)
94 Across: Soft, as a sound (5 letters)
95 Across: Blue violet or heliotrope (12 letters)
99 Across: Sheep genus (4 letters)
100 Across: Réunion and Corse (4 letters)
101 Across: Billboard (4 letters)
102 Across: Inventor Pliny ___ (5 letters)
103 Across: Phase (6 letters)
105 Across: High railways (3 letters)
106 Across: Key dice throw (5 letters)
107 Across: Regions (5 letters)
108 Across: Crops (4 letters)
109 Across: Cockade (7 letters)
111 Across: After, in Arles (5 letters)
113 Across: In this place (4 letters)
114 Across: Troublesome (3 letters)
117 Across: O. T. book (3 letters)
118 Across: Rabbit tails (5 letters)
119 Across: Sheepskin clutcher (4 letters)
121 Across: "Adonais" is one (5 letters)
123 Across: Hoofed animal (5 letters)
126 Across: Max and Buddy (5 letters)
127 Across: Garment for Gandhi (5 letters)
128 Across: Man-___ (5 letters)
129 Across: Blue crocus (8 letters)
131 Across: Peach blossom (14 letters)
134 Across: French marigold or yellow rose (8 letters)
135 Across: Italian port (7 letters)
136 Across: Celebrate Alumni Day (5 letters)
137 Across: Perfume ingredient (5 letters)
138 Across: Leavened (7 letters)
139 Across: Instance (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Green mint (6 letters)
2 Down: Walking arm ___ (5 letters)
3 Down: Bachelor's button (8 letters)
4 Down: Numerical ending (3 letters)
5 Down: "Temptation" is their word (6 letters)
6 Down: Rabbit fur (5 letters)
7 Down: Tilting, as a ship (5 letters)
8 Down: Fortifies (4 letters)
9 Down: Fleur season (3 letters)
10 Down: Contemnors (9 letters)
11 Down: Town of St. Francis (6 letters)
12 Down: Rose oil (5 letters)
13 Down: Done, for short (4 letters)
14 Down: Gambling note (3 letters)
15 Down: Swordsman (7 letters)
16 Down: Notre Dame de Paris, e.g. (6 letters)
17 Down: Ruffian (5 letters)
20 Down: Londoner's day off (3 letters)
21 Down: Tenn. power project (3 letters)
22 Down: Part of a min. (3 letters)
23 Down: ___ Nui (Easter Island) (4 letters)
24 Down: Monastery head (5 letters)
29 Down: Photographer (7 letters)
33 Down: Commercial alloy (5 letters)
34 Down: Sharpen (4 letters)
37 Down: Biblical land (4 letters)
38 Down: Adjust (8 letters)
39 Down: Recherché (4 letters)
40 Down: Yellow honeysuckle (11 letters)
41 Down: Eastern Catholic (5 letters)
42 Down: Tetched (5 letters)
43 Down: Dregs (4 letters)
44 Down: Starlike (6 letters)
45 Down: Barroom (4 letters)
47 Down: Dalai ___ (4 letters)
49 Down: "Variety" is its word (5 letters)
50 Down: Suit fabric (5 letters)
51 Down: Yellow sunflower (11 letters)
54 Down: Uttered (4 letters)
57 Down: "___ to the wise . . . " (5 letters)
58 Down: Synagogue (4 letters)
59 Down: Hic, ___, hoc (4 letters)
60 Down: Submitted (6 letters)
62 Down: Inheritor, in law (6 letters)
65 Down: Rooters (4 letters)
68 Down: Daisy and Winnie (4 letters)
70 Down: Give ___ try (3 letters)
71 Down: Ecstasies (8 letters)
72 Down: Piggy-bank money (5 letters)
75 Down: Med. school subject (4 letters)
76 Down: Army base in Alaska (6 letters)
77 Down: Colliery (4 letters)
79 Down: Irreducible (5 letters)
80 Down: That is: Lat. (5 letters)
82 Down: "Message" is its message (4 letters)
86 Down: More cunning (5 letters)
87 Down: Greeting (5 letters)
88 Down: "Domestic virtue" is its phrase (4 letters)
89 Down: Ship's boat (7 letters)
91 Down: ___ breve (4 letters)
93 Down: Apologetic exclamation (4 letters)
95 Down: ___-fingered ivy (4 letters)
96 Down: "Kind ___ more than coronets" (9 letters)
97 Down: Bus riders (5 letters)
98 Down: European coal basin (4 letters)
101 Down: Clockmaker Thomas (4 letters)
104 Down: It speaks of "delicate pleasures" (8 letters)
106 Down: Recording systems (7 letters)
108 Down: Doc (5 letters)
110 Down: Quarantine (6 letters)
112 Down: White lily (6 letters)
113 Down: Basil (6 letters)
114 Down: Four-leaf clover (6 letters)
115 Down: Century plant (5 letters)
116 Down: Unit of force (4 letters)
118 Down: Butterfly (5 letters)
119 Down: Poltergeist (5 letters)
120 Down: Way (5 letters)
122 Down: It signifies "eloquence" (5 letters)
123 Down: ___ Mahal (3 letters)
124 Down: Ribicoff (3 letters)
125 Down: ___ hemp (3 letters)
126 Down: Make ground tests (4 letters)
127 Down: Hennas (4 letters)
130 Down: Pecan (3 letters)
132 Down: Miss Farrow (3 letters)
133 Down: Curve (3 letters)

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