NAME STRETCHING

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23162 clues~30-60 minBy Nancy W. Atkinson4/22/1979

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Across

1 Across: Greet (6 letters)
7 Across: Inundate (5 letters)
12 Across: Lugubrious (3 letters)
15 Across: Grazing land (3 letters)
18 Across: Migs or mibs (6 letters)
19 Across: Arachnids (7 letters)
21 Across: Incised mark (8 letters)
23 Across: Sport of a sort (6 letters)
24 Across: Colossal (7 letters)
25 Across: Imitate a ballerina (8 letters)
26 Across: Successive scores for two Johanns (18 letters)
29 Across: Check (4 letters)
30 Across: Rowan (3 letters)
31 Across: S.C. river (6 letters)
32 Across: Shade of green (4 letters)
33 Across: Persian: Comb. form (5 letters)
34 Across: Assignations (6 letters)
35 Across: Rates highly (7 letters)
38 Across: Shankar plays it (5 letters)
39 Across: ___ au rhum (4 letters)
42 Across: Jennet (3 letters)
43 Across: Famous Mohican (5 letters)
44 Across: Pittsburgh product (5 letters)
45 Across: Comedienne Coca (7 letters)
47 Across: Intensity (5 letters)
48 Across: Wine cup (6 letters)
51 Across: Bands of bad guys (5 letters)
52 Across: Tap (6 letters)
54 Across: The life of ___ (5 letters)
55 Across: Eight: Comb. form (4 letters)
59 Across: ___ van Holland, Neth. (4 letters)
60 Across: On one's toes (5 letters)
61 Across: Finished (4 letters)
62 Across: Poky person (5 letters)
63 Across: Hedge plant (6 letters)
66 Across: Schedule (5 letters)
68 Across: Infiltrated (7 letters)
70 Across: Cameleer's robe (3 letters)
72 Across: Rushed to see Arthur on TV (15 letters)
76 Across: Homophone for air (3 letters)
77 Across: Smith's group (7 letters)
79 Across: David or John (5 letters)
80 Across: Having streaks (6 letters)
82 Across: Tittles (5 letters)
83 Across: Gusto (4 letters)
85 Across: Wild dog of Asia (5 letters)
88 Across: Memorable couturier (4 letters)
90 Across: British gun (4 letters)
91 Across: Gent (5 letters)
92 Across: Rubes (6 letters)
94 Across: Opportunely (5 letters)
96 Across: European border river (6 letters)
98 Across: "L'Organiste" composer (5 letters)
99 Across: Ranch expanse (7 letters)
101 Across: Dumas adventurer (5 letters)
103 Across: Sac (5 letters)
104 Across: Roman or Persian (3 letters)
105 Across: Wise ___ owl (4 letters)
106 Across: Of bees (5 letters)
107 Across: Warning for 101 Across (7 letters)
110 Across: Ultimate goal (6 letters)
112 Across: Small barracudas (5 letters)
113 Across: Pill container (4 letters)
114 Across: Edition of the classics (6 letters)
115 Across: Dallas campus (3 letters)
118 Across: Type (4 letters)
119 Across: Composer's adornments (18 letters)
124 Across: Piece of mischief (8 letters)
126 Across: Sunrise greeter (7 letters)
127 Across: Fantasize (6 letters)
128 Across: Adolescent (8 letters)
129 Across: Saint Andrew's cross (7 letters)
130 Across: Anne Sullivan's pupil (6 letters)
131 Across: Militant campus org. (3 letters)
132 Across: Topper (3 letters)
133 Across: Dental ___ (5 letters)
134 Across: Buries (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Dance of Brasília (5 letters)
2 Down: Large toads (5 letters)
3 Down: Gate fastening (5 letters)
4 Down: Senator Garn's state (4 letters)
5 Down: Drying frame (6 letters)
6 Down: Language course for Orlando (8 letters)
7 Down: Mace and sage (6 letters)
8 Down: Slender twig (5 letters)
9 Down: A wife of Esau (4 letters)
10 Down: Dialogue of Plato (4 letters)
11 Down: Stiffly neat (4 letters)
12 Down: Tea cakes (6 letters)
13 Down: Olympian hawk (4 letters)
14 Down: Performed (3 letters)
15 Down: See 80 Across (7 letters)
16 Down: Oak grove (7 letters)
17 Down: Brave Trojan warrior (6 letters)
19 Down: Kickoffs (6 letters)
20 Down: Hotheads' creations (6 letters)
21 Down: Mine entrance (5 letters)
22 Down: Voice for James (10 letters)
27 Down: Office V.I.P.'s (6 letters)
28 Down: Meadow barley (3 letters)
33 Down: That cad, to Caesar (4 letters)
34 Down: Baseman, at times (6 letters)
35 Down: Bandleader named on a check (8 letters)
36 Down: Joplin's police force (13 letters)
37 Down: Do road work (3 letters)
39 Down: Brother or Bertha (3 letters)
40 Down: Chinese nurse (4 letters)
41 Down: Role for Sonny (9 letters)
43 Down: Prod along (4 letters)
44 Down: Furtive (3 letters)
46 Down: Greenland group (7 letters)
47 Down: Feel discomfort (3 letters)
48 Down: Prone (to) (5 letters)
49 Down: Ramón's rah (3 letters)
50 Down: Deprived (6 letters)
53 Down: Liver dish (4 letters)
54 Down: René's roast (4 letters)
56 Down: Dances at a governor's ball (9 letters)
57 Down: Stadium area (4 letters)
58 Down: Ye ___ Tea Shoppe (4 letters)
62 Down: Harsh, shrill noise (7 letters)
64 Down: Popular vehicle (3 letters)
65 Down: Lincolns' late cousins (6 letters)
67 Down: Pub (8 letters)
69 Down: Conjunction (3 letters)
70 Down: Author of "The Green Man" (4 letters)
71 Down: Mukluk (4 letters)
73 Down: "___, O north wind . . . " (5 letters)
74 Down: Ruin (4 letters)
75 Down: Bonn beast (4 letters)
78 Down: Cocktail named for an educator (10 letters)
81 Down: Cone-shaped (6 letters)
84 Down: Banos or Gatos (3 letters)
86 Down: Pods for soups (4 letters)
87 Down: Trevino (3 letters)
89 Down: Wrinkle, to an M.D. (4 letters)
91 Down: Twice (3 letters)
93 Down: Capital of ancient Lydia (6 letters)
95 Down: Suffix with velvet (3 letters)
97 Down: Ages upon ages (4 letters)
98 Down: Chinchilla, e.g. (3 letters)
100 Down: Raft for James (8 letters)
101 Down: Put side by side (7 letters)
102 Down: Casks (7 letters)
103 Down: Plantation machines (6 letters)
104 Down: Countenance (6 letters)
106 Down: Collateral (6 letters)
107 Down: Got around (6 letters)
108 Down: Forty-___ (5 letters)
109 Down: Wander about (3 letters)
110 Down: Fudd and Davis (6 letters)
111 Down: Sluggish (6 letters)
114 Down: "Ars gratia ___" (5 letters)
115 Down: Fine-grained rock (5 letters)
116 Down: Time machine (5 letters)
117 Down: Consumers (5 letters)
119 Down: Sacred: Prefix (4 letters)
120 Down: Play the goldbricker (4 letters)
121 Down: Weevil's delight (4 letters)
122 Down: Anent (4 letters)
123 Down: Native of Cardiff (4 letters)
125 Down: Crony (3 letters)

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