POTBOILERS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Alex F. Black1/7/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Ami of Porthos (6 letters)
7 Across: Dowdy ones (6 letters)
13 Across: Piece of needlework (7 letters)
20 Across: Most churlish (6 letters)
21 Across: Battologize (6 letters)
22 Across: Stein-line ending (7 letters)
23 Across: "God sends meat ___": J. Taylor (21 letters)
26 Across: Myerson (4 letters)
27 Across: Fountain (4 letters)
28 Across: Dagger of yore (4 letters)
29 Across: Agreed upon (3 letters)
30 Across: Electrical pioneer (3 letters)
31 Across: Cold course, in Cannes (6 letters)
34 Across: Start of a Synge title (6 letters)
37 Across: Binaural systems (7 letters)
41 Across: "The Forty Days of Musa ___" (4 letters)
42 Across: Raced (4 letters)
43 Across: " ___ one is born a roaster of meat": Brillat-Savarin (20 letters)
48 Across: Toast, in Tours (5 letters)
49 Across: Rocky outcropping (4 letters)
50 Across: Pat on the back (4 letters)
51 Across: Sale stipulation (4 letters)
53 Across: One of the Graces (6 letters)
55 Across: Scale duo (4 letters)
58 Across: High points (3 letters)
59 Across: Darnel (4 letters)
60 Across: Grayling (5 letters)
63 Across: Hearth (5 letters)
65 Across: Passover dinner (5 letters)
66 Across: "Kissing ___": Meredith (17 letters)
70 Across: Blockheads (5 letters)
72 Across: Rival of A. J. Foyt (5 letters)
73 Across: Ruhr city (5 letters)
74 Across: Unyielding (4 letters)
75 Across: Stage (3 letters)
76 Across: Quite a bit (4 letters)
78 Across: Mrs. Kowalski (6 letters)
83 Across: Ponerology topic (4 letters)
84 Across: Mother of Rome's twins (4 letters)
86 Across: "Ecclesiam ___": Pope Paul VI (4 letters)
89 Across: Oily liquid (5 letters)
90 Across: "Oh, I am ___": Gilbert (20 letters)
95 Across: Muscle (4 letters)
96 Across: In any way (4 letters)
97 Across: Long gone (7 letters)
98 Across: Famed judge of Israel (6 letters)
101 Across: Crepelike fabric (6 letters)
103 Across: Involuntary wink (3 letters)
104 Across: Hair fabric (3 letters)
105 Across: Rodomontade (4 letters)
106 Across: Pushers' pursuer (4 letters)
108 Across: Blind as ___ (4 letters)
112 Across: "Ruling a big country is ___": Lao-tzu (21 letters)
119 Across: Diaskeuasts (7 letters)
120 Across: Laundered (6 letters)
121 Across: Card game (6 letters)
122 Across: Stimulus-response devices (7 letters)
123 Across: Acclimates (6 letters)
124 Across: Tiny grooves (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Steed for a caliph (4 letters)
2 Down: Norse poem (4 letters)
3 Down: Increases (4 letters)
4 Down: Torre's men (4 letters)
5 Down: Kabibble (3 letters)
6 Down: Crane or Spender (7 letters)
7 Down: Guitar part (4 letters)
8 Down: Dreams, in Dijon (5 letters)
9 Down: News org. (3 letters)
10 Down: Allen or Brooks (3 letters)
11 Down: Excerpt (7 letters)
12 Down: "The Red and the Black" author (8 letters)
13 Down: Kind of kick or car (4 letters)
14 Down: Jennet (3 letters)
15 Down: Singer Davis (3 letters)
16 Down: Anti's antonym (3 letters)
17 Down: Unfettered (5 letters)
18 Down: Glacial ridge (5 letters)
19 Down: Caesurae (5 letters)
24 Down: Returns to civvies (6 letters)
25 Down: Society-page word (3 letters)
30 Down: Ciceronian collection (8 letters)
32 Down: Worship (5 letters)
33 Down: Gangster's getaway (3 letters)
34 Down: Crosses (5 letters)
35 Down: Nettle (3 letters)
36 Down: Reflected upon (7 letters)
37 Down: Monkey wrench (4 letters)
38 Down: Rossini hero (4 letters)
39 Down: Col. neighbor (4 letters)
40 Down: Like some wines (3 letters)
42 Down: "Rugs" (7 letters)
43 Down: Ursa, to Pedro (3 letters)
44 Down: Show affection (6 letters)
45 Down: Makes watertight (6 letters)
46 Down: Threadbare, in Toledo (5 letters)
47 Down: Flag (4 letters)
52 Down: Indian weight (3 letters)
54 Down: Total: Abbr. (3 letters)
56 Down: Prefix with watt or wave (5 letters)
57 Down: Mythical princess (3 letters)
61 Down: Sabbath stricture (7 letters)
62 Down: Foisted (6 letters)
64 Down: Gets high (6 letters)
65 Down: Having equal resonant frequency (8 letters)
66 Down: Parthenon style (5 letters)
67 Down: Wall St. quantities (7 letters)
68 Down: Hill, to a Syrian (3 letters)
69 Down: Object, in law (3 letters)
70 Down: Fidel's former friend (3 letters)
71 Down: Viscous destroyer (4 letters)
75 Down: Compare (5 letters)
77 Down: Rulers (5 letters)
79 Down: Magdeburg's river (4 letters)
80 Down: Spinks (4 letters)
81 Down: Happy tune (4 letters)
82 Down: Common connective (3 letters)
85 Down: Capital of S. Australia (8 letters)
87 Down: ___ glance (3 letters)
88 Down: T. M. word or formula (6 letters)
91 Down: Cry of surprise (3 letters)
92 Down: City on the Rhone (7 letters)
93 Down: These, in Thiers (3 letters)
94 Down: Signs of winter (7 letters)
98 Down: Soupy (5 letters)
99 Down: Tolerate (5 letters)
100 Down: Historic atoll (5 letters)
101 Down: Rec. place (3 letters)
102 Down: Follow (5 letters)
105 Down: Ornament (4 letters)
107 Down: Elec. units (4 letters)
108 Down: Distant (4 letters)
109 Down: Hindu's cheap cigarette (4 letters)
110 Down: Dog star (4 letters)
111 Down: Friends' pronoun (4 letters)
113 Down: French connections (3 letters)
114 Down: Bill's partner (3 letters)
115 Down: Hockey superstar (3 letters)
116 Down: Kokoon (3 letters)
117 Down: Chalice veil (3 letters)
118 Down: W.W. II craft (3 letters)

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