COMMAND PERFORMANCE

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy James and Phyllis Barrick2/25/1979

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Across

1 Across: Chagall (4 letters)
5 Across: Throat-clearing sound (4 letters)
9 Across: Bam! (5 letters)
14 Across: Quick bread (5 letters)
19 Across: Stair post (5 letters)
20 Across: "Olympia" painter (5 letters)
22 Across: Do a gardening job (5 letters)
23 Across: Weight unit (5 letters)
24 Across: Former mil. educ. program (5 letters)
25 Across: Ruhr city (5 letters)
26 Across: Histrion (5 letters)
27 Across: Cant (5 letters)
28 Across: With 30 Across, sports fan's imperative (6 letters)
30 Across: See 28 Across (16 letters)
33 Across: Albanians' neighbors (5 letters)
34 Across: Thread: Comb. form (3 letters)
35 Across: Check (4 letters)
36 Across: Aphrodite's beloved (6 letters)
37 Across: Stone paving block (4 letters)
39 Across: Exploit (4 letters)
41 Across: Voltaire was one (5 letters)
44 Across: Spotlight (3 letters)
47 Across: Part of speech (4 letters)
49 Across: Yellow water flag (4 letters)
51 Across: Tough alloy (5 letters)
53 Across: Heart (3 letters)
56 Across: Enjoin (3 letters)
57 Across: "Camino ___" (4 letters)
58 Across: Child in a casa (4 letters)
59 Across: Dry, as wine (3 letters)
60 Across: Sidestep (5 letters)
62 Across: Chip's sister (3 letters)
63 Across: Org. formed in 1844 (4 letters)
64 Across: Valuable shell (5 letters)
66 Across: Skinks and geckos (8 letters)
68 Across: Moslem leader (4 letters)
70 Across: Formerly formerly (4 letters)
72 Across: Bridge expert (4 letters)
74 Across: Famed choreographer (7 letters)
75 Across: W.W. II initials (3 letters)
76 Across: Fir or pine board (4 letters)
77 Across: Geometer's term (4 letters)
78 Across: Oxford measure (3 letters)
79 Across: What the dr. ordered (3 letters)
80 Across: Condition (6 letters)
83 Across: Greek colonnade (4 letters)
85 Across: "___ that touch liquor . . . " (4 letters)
87 Across: Madrileño's coin (6 letters)
89 Across: Score standard (3 letters)
90 Across: Recent: Comb. form (3 letters)
92 Across: Relative (4 letters)
94 Across: Dueling blade (4 letters)
96 Across: For, to Fabius (3 letters)
97 Across: Left undone (7 letters)
99 Across: Foch of films (4 letters)
100 Across: Formal wear (4 letters)
101 Across: Keddah (4 letters)
103 Across: Brought to light (8 letters)
105 Across: Twilled fabric (5 letters)
107 Across: Noun suffix (4 letters)
109 Across: Looked for clams (3 letters)
111 Across: Fragrant resin (5 letters)
112 Across: Use a straw (3 letters)
114 Across: Instigate (4 letters)
115 Across: Build (4 letters)
116 Across: Macaw of Brazil (3 letters)
117 Across: Neighbor of Isr. (3 letters)
118 Across: Kind of drip (5 letters)
120 Across: Australian parrot (4 letters)
121 Across: Game piece (4 letters)
122 Across: Ferrer or Allen (3 letters)
123 Across: Starchy foodstuff (5 letters)
125 Across: Melville opus (4 letters)
127 Across: Couple (4 letters)
129 Across: Property (6 letters)
134 Across: Hardy heroine (4 letters)
136 Across: Vessel for an adm. (3 letters)
138 Across: Kitchen item (5 letters)
141 Across: With 145 Across, bride's imperative (16 letters)
145 Across: See 141 Across (6 letters)
147 Across: Essence (5 letters)
148 Across: Rose: Comb. form (5 letters)
149 Across: Exchange premiums (5 letters)
151 Across: Himalayan apparitions (5 letters)
152 Across: Card game (5 letters)
153 Across: Rod of baseball (5 letters)
154 Across: Very soft and liquid (5 letters)
155 Across: What spread-eagleists do (5 letters)
156 Across: Room for jugs, linens, etc. (5 letters)
157 Across: Mme. de ___ (5 letters)
158 Across: Indigency (4 letters)
159 Across: Applies (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Western scenery (5 letters)
2 Down: Vigilant (5 letters)
3 Down: Alludes (6 letters)
4 Down: Cragsman's imperative (17 letters)
5 Down: Soul, in Savoie (3 letters)
6 Down: Wears (5 letters)
7 Down: Occurred as a consequence (6 letters)
8 Down: Cardinals' imperative (15 letters)
9 Down: Outburst (5 letters)
10 Down: Prom flower (6 letters)
11 Down: Kitten's quality (8 letters)
12 Down: Peak (4 letters)
13 Down: " . . . ___ perfumed sea": Poe (4 letters)
14 Down: Cooking direction (5 letters)
15 Down: Lading (5 letters)
16 Down: Harmonium (5 letters)
17 Down: Ruth's mother-in-law (5 letters)
18 Down: Diminutive suffixes (5 letters)
19 Down: Acorn (3 letters)
21 Down: Potent compound (3 letters)
29 Down: Value (6 letters)
31 Down: Certain numbers (8 letters)
32 Down: Advanced (4 letters)
38 Down: Went over carefully (6 letters)
40 Down: Sevareid (4 letters)
42 Down: Road of yore (4 letters)
43 Down: Withdraw (6 letters)
44 Down: Arab garment (3 letters)
45 Down: Branches (4 letters)
46 Down: Dust bowler's imperative (11 letters)
48 Down: Tantaras (6 letters)
50 Down: Fabric with a lustrous finish (6 letters)
52 Down: Hostess's imperative (17 letters)
53 Down: Queen's imperative (11 letters)
54 Down: Short poem (6 letters)
55 Down: Mignonette (6 letters)
61 Down: Clock numerals (3 letters)
65 Down: WAC colonel's imperative (15 letters)
67 Down: Coop sound (4 letters)
69 Down: Counselor: Abbr. (3 letters)
71 Down: Archfiend (5 letters)
73 Down: One of the Marx Brothers (5 letters)
80 Down: Ascus contents (6 letters)
81 Down: In a docile way (6 letters)
82 Down: Blind, in falconry (4 letters)
84 Down: Toughen (6 letters)
86 Down: Peninsula in Alaska (6 letters)
88 Down: Patriotic org. (3 letters)
91 Down: Black Sea port (6 letters)
93 Down: Moslem's hat (8 letters)
95 Down: Thalia, Clio et al. (6 letters)
98 Down: Pro ___ (3 letters)
102 Down: Unadulterated (4 letters)
104 Down: Watch part (4 letters)
106 Down: Microbe (4 letters)
108 Down: Celebrated tenor (6 letters)
110 Down: Colleen, colloquially (3 letters)
113 Down: Excess (8 letters)
119 Down: Helper: Abbr. (4 letters)
124 Down: River in the Carolinas (6 letters)
126 Down: Songbird (6 letters)
128 Down: Inhibits (6 letters)
129 Down: Wide open (5 letters)
130 Down: Goat antelope (5 letters)
131 Down: Feed a fire (5 letters)
132 Down: Hard red wheat (5 letters)
133 Down: Pathetic (5 letters)
135 Down: Glower (5 letters)
137 Down: Gave light (5 letters)
139 Down: Plutarch work, for short (5 letters)
140 Down: Sends forth (5 letters)
142 Down: Grampuses (4 letters)
143 Down: Demonstrative (4 letters)
144 Down: Former Mideast initials (3 letters)
146 Down: Compass pt. (3 letters)
150 Down: One of the Chaplins (3 letters)

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