POUND FOOLISH

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23166 clues~30-60 minBy Henry Hook3/25/1979

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Across

1 Across: Televiewer's problem (6 letters)
7 Across: Bronx cheer (4 letters)
11 Across: MacMurray (4 letters)
15 Across: Shelter for cows (4 letters)
19 Across: Like Jenny Lind, e.g. (7 letters)
20 Across: Robert ___ (4 letters)
21 Across: Prentiss (5 letters)
22 Across: Ending with court or right (4 letters)
23 Across: Upstart (7 letters)
24 Across: Zaftig (15 letters)
27 Across: Begin's land: Abbr. (3 letters)
28 Across: Scotch cocktails (7 letters)
30 Across: Sodden (3 letters)
31 Across: Parlor, in Puebla (4 letters)
32 Across: Jacket or collar (4 letters)
34 Across: Compete in a roleo (4 letters)
35 Across: "Applause" actress (6 letters)
38 Across: Impenetrable (5 letters)
41 Across: Trevi throwaways (4 letters)
42 Across: Ibsen hero (4 letters)
43 Across: Scottish ruler: 1437–60 (7 letters)
44 Across: "The Kiss" sculptor (5 letters)
45 Across: Fish or sailboat (8 letters)
47 Across: Heywood proverb, with "The" (14 letters)
49 Across: "The corn is ___ . . . " (6 letters)
50 Across: Leeds's river (4 letters)
51 Across: Together: Mus. dir. (4 letters)
52 Across: Dock wkr. (4 letters)
53 Across: Bygone toiler (4 letters)
55 Across: 123-45-6789 org. (3 letters)
58 Across: Party garb, at times (7 letters)
64 Across: Lasses (7 letters)
66 Across: Algerian port (4 letters)
69 Across: Astronaut (6 letters)
70 Across: TV ad (3 letters)
73 Across: Pod plant (4 letters)
74 Across: British and Roman (7 letters)
77 Across: Approach to a pew (5 letters)
78 Across: A title since 1882 (23 letters)
83 Across: Tatum O'Neal's Oscar role (5 letters)
84 Across: Inserts new ammo (7 letters)
85 Across: "___ Yar," Yevtushenko poem (4 letters)
86 Across: Still (3 letters)
87 Across: Connections (6 letters)
89 Across: Iodine source (4 letters)
90 Across: Bargain hunter's time (7 letters)
93 Across: Cruel people (7 letters)
95 Across: Kept a tryst (3 letters)
97 Across: To join, in Dijon (4 letters)
98 Across: Judicial garb (4 letters)
101 Across: Author of "The Alteration" (4 letters)
104 Across: "___ Cassius . . . " (4 letters)
106 Across: "Was ___?" (Berliner's query) (6 letters)
108 Across: College V.I.P. (14 letters)
115 Across: Agua ___ (race track) (8 letters)
117 Across: Frost's "___ Will" (5 letters)
118 Across: Bishop's staff (7 letters)
119 Across: Tim or Alice (4 letters)
120 Across: Wagtail's cousin (4 letters)
121 Across: Doesn't stay put (5 letters)
122 Across: Mother's whistler (6 letters)
123 Across: Snorting sound (4 letters)
124 Across: High-hat (4 letters)
125 Across: Pioneer in Hollywood (4 letters)
127 Across: Horseplay (3 letters)
128 Across: Field tent for G.W. (7 letters)
131 Across: Ripen (3 letters)
132 Across: Eddy song (15 letters)
137 Across: Woody Allen film (7 letters)
139 Across: Argot (4 letters)
140 Across: Needlework case: Var. (5 letters)
141 Across: Hoarfrost (4 letters)
142 Across: Sudden great profit (7 letters)
143 Across: Hefner or Downs (4 letters)
144 Across: Elihu of Boston (4 letters)
145 Across: Caesar's wife (4 letters)
146 Across: Words "in your eyes," musically (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Third Reich emblems (9 letters)
2 Down: Modern maniac (9 letters)
3 Down: Part of speech: Abbr. (3 letters)
4 Down: Level (4 letters)
5 Down: "Money ___ object" (4 letters)
6 Down: Twister from Philly (13 letters)
7 Down: Homework assignment (6 letters)
8 Down: Chemical radical (5 letters)
9 Down: Kin of omegas (4 letters)
10 Down: Colombian statesman (3 letters)
11 Down: Disney classic (8 letters)
12 Down: Indian drugget, e.g. (3 letters)
13 Down: Extension (3 letters)
14 Down: "Seven ___ in May" (4 letters)
15 Down: ___ Georgia, succulent peach (7 letters)
16 Down: We (7 letters)
17 Down: Jamaican export (3 letters)
18 Down: Occult ability (3 letters)
19 Down: Pitches (6 letters)
21 Down: "Five Easy ___" (6 letters)
25 Down: Pundit (5 letters)
26 Down: Chaplain (5 letters)
29 Down: Canadien's milieu (4 letters)
33 Down: Cohan, to Uncle Sam (6 letters)
35 Down: College in Maine (5 letters)
36 Down: Peter ___ Hayes (4 letters)
37 Down: Became cheerful (5 letters)
39 Down: Letter man (3 letters)
40 Down: 180° from WSW (3 letters)
42 Down: Wisecrack (3 letters)
43 Down: Crock (3 letters)
46 Down: Jazzman's jargon (4 letters)
47 Down: Cries from the Dane (4 letters)
48 Down: Repair (4 letters)
50 Down: "The way of ___ in the air": Prov. 30:19 (7 letters)
54 Down: Horror-film sound (6 letters)
56 Down: Last year's frosh (5 letters)
57 Down: Tune for a Horne (4 letters)
59 Down: Folk singer Baez (4 letters)
60 Down: Rara ___ (4 letters)
61 Down: Reticulated (5 letters)
62 Down: Reynolds or Sherman (5 letters)
63 Down: Caught forty (5 letters)
65 Down: Women's org. (3 letters)
67 Down: Symbol of mourning (7 letters)
68 Down: Native of Katmandu (6 letters)
70 Down: Powwows (5 letters)
71 Down: Radio, TV, etc. (5 letters)
72 Down: Took cargo aboard (5 letters)
74 Down: Warehouse or march (5 letters)
75 Down: Played host (3 letters)
76 Down: Malamute's look-alike (13 letters)
79 Down: Numbers for a corpulent Henry (4 letters)
80 Down: Desires (4 letters)
81 Down: Oak or island (4 letters)
82 Down: Suffix with aster (3 letters)
88 Down: Ollie's pal (4 letters)
90 Down: Basks (4 letters)
91 Down: Freshman course (4 letters)
92 Down: Sings fancily (6 letters)
94 Down: Garret garb (5 letters)
96 Down: Melville book (5 letters)
99 Down: Fruity dessert (9 letters)
100 Down: Female hormones (9 letters)
102 Down: Concerning (4 letters)
103 Down: Clear (8 letters)
105 Down: "___ Town" (3 letters)
107 Down: Tricky (3 letters)
108 Down: Ingot (3 letters)
109 Down: Nigerian tribe (3 letters)
110 Down: Concur (7 letters)
111 Down: "Shut ___!" (7 letters)
112 Down: Plus quality (5 letters)
113 Down: Shrewd (6 letters)
114 Down: Pooh's creator (5 letters)
115 Down: After quatre (4 letters)
116 Down: Anita of films (6 letters)
119 Down: C.I.A. head (6 letters)
123 Down: Blood: Prefix (5 letters)
126 Down: Morsel for Muffet (4 letters)
128 Down: Thirty years hence (4 letters)
129 Down: Newsman Abel (4 letters)
130 Down: Grown-up grigs (4 letters)
132 Down: Acad. (3 letters)
133 Down: Saint Anthony's cross (3 letters)
134 Down: Pariah, Japanese style (3 letters)
135 Down: Piercing tool (3 letters)
136 Down: Actress Joanne (3 letters)
138 Down: City in Nevada (3 letters)

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