WHODUNIT?

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23164 clues~30-60 minBy Elaine D. Schorr5/20/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Barflies (8 letters)
9 Across: Navigational systems (6 letters)
15 Across: Butternut squash (6 letters)
21 Across: Pangolin (8 letters)
22 Across: Needlelike (7 letters)
24 Across: Sound sight (6 letters)
25 Across: Mrs. O'Leary did it (23 letters)
28 Across: He used his lip (3 letters)
29 Across: Affirmed sound (5 letters)
30 Across: Inhibit (5 letters)
31 Across: Laurel (4 letters)
32 Across: Street runner (5 letters)
35 Across: When Brutus did it (4 letters)
36 Across: Part of L.C.D. (5 letters)
38 Across: Day divs. (3 letters)
39 Across: Steinbeck character (4 letters)
40 Across: Bright (5 letters)
42 Across: Schmo (5 letters)
44 Across: D.D.E. (3 letters)
46 Across: Diller's surgeon did it (9 letters)
49 Across: Like some boas (5 letters)
50 Across: Carl, Fritz or Rob (6 letters)
53 Across: Prefix with fix (3 letters)
54 Across: Split (5 letters)
55 Across: Stewpots (5 letters)
56 Across: Nobelist for Peace: 1931 (6 letters)
57 Across: One of the cattlemen (6 letters)
59 Across: Censor a telecast (5 letters)
60 Across: Anent (4 letters)
62 Across: Devotee of an art (3 letters)
63 Across: Apparition (5 letters)
64 Across: Scatters (6 letters)
66 Across: Select, as a jury (7 letters)
68 Across: Musical direction (6 letters)
69 Across: Solecist's word (4 letters)
70 Across: Piece for Pavarotti (4 letters)
71 Across: Decamp for romance (5 letters)
74 Across: Luminescence (5 letters)
75 Across: Armistead did it at McHenry (11 letters)
78 Across: Peninsula in the news (5 letters)
79 Across: Emulated Hero (5 letters)
80 Across: To ___ (exactly) (4 letters)
81 Across: Univ. course (4 letters)
82 Across: ___ the arm (boost) (6 letters)
83 Across: He wrote "Praise of Folly" (7 letters)
85 Across: Traversely (6 letters)
87 Across: Groundwork for plastering (5 letters)
88 Across: Heliologist's topic (3 letters)
90 Across: Lovely lake southeast of Rome (4 letters)
91 Across: Proboscis (5 letters)
92 Across: Danish city named for a god (6 letters)
94 Across: Summer flounder (6 letters)
96 Across: Legendary labyrinth builder (5 letters)
97 Across: Swung round (5 letters)
98 Across: Shebang (3 letters)
101 Across: Portions for certain agents (6 letters)
102 Across: Wall attachment (5 letters)
103 Across: The Oysters did it for the Walrus (9 letters)
105 Across: ___ volente (3 letters)
106 Across: Swiss city on the Rhine (5 letters)
107 Across: A.M. trumpet calls (5 letters)
109 Across: "If I Only ___ Heart" (4 letters)
110 Across: Star pitcher (3 letters)
112 Across: N.Y.S.E. category (5 letters)
114 Across: Palpitate (4 letters)
115 Across: Intensity (5 letters)
116 Across: Causerie (4 letters)
118 Across: Queue (5 letters)
120 Across: Abalone (5 letters)
122 Across: Arabic name meaning "father" (3 letters)
123 Across: Simple Simon might have done it (23 letters)
130 Across: Take turns (6 letters)
131 Across: Necessitates (7 letters)
132 Across: O.K. (8 letters)
133 Across: Hole under a grate (6 letters)
134 Across: "Lucia . . . " showstopper (6 letters)
135 Across: Flint's cache (8 letters)

Down

1 Down: Marble shooter (3 letters)
2 Down: Singleton (3 letters)
3 Down: Stop on a R.R. (3 letters)
4 Down: Fishing gear (7 letters)
5 Down: Eucharistic plate (5 letters)
6 Down: Roman emperor: A.D. 69 (4 letters)
7 Down: ___ Borch, Dutch artist (3 letters)
8 Down: Hit signs (4 letters)
9 Down: ___ Como, Italian resort (6 letters)
10 Down: Used a yellowish pigment (6 letters)
11 Down: Fissures (5 letters)
12 Down: Uris hero (3 letters)
13 Down: Soothing substance (4 letters)
14 Down: N.F.L. team (8 letters)
15 Down: U.S.N. bigwigs (5 letters)
16 Down: Douglas Fraser's org. (3 letters)
17 Down: Kin of Mmes. (4 letters)
18 Down: The village blacksmith did it (19 letters)
19 Down: Lend ___ (hearken) (5 letters)
20 Down: Admonishes (5 letters)
23 Down: Truck stop (6 letters)
26 Down: How we stand (6 letters)
27 Down: ___ tide (4 letters)
32 Down: Breathe laboriously (4 letters)
33 Down: North African pine (4 letters)
34 Down: Atlas did it when he sneezed (19 letters)
37 Down: Blackbeard did it (13 letters)
40 Down: Hub (4 letters)
41 Down: Workers on layers (5 letters)
42 Down: San Joaquin River plants (5 letters)
43 Down: Cloakroom item (4 letters)
45 Down: Coogan role (3 letters)
47 Down: Bligh did it (13 letters)
48 Down: "Hawaii ___" (5 letters)
49 Down: Chanticleer did it (11 letters)
50 Down: Pro ___ (4 letters)
51 Down: Town in West Germany (3 letters)
52 Down: Alphabetical trio (3 letters)
55 Down: Odorous (5 letters)
58 Down: Rod for a cannoneer (6 letters)
59 Down: Honeymooner (5 letters)
60 Down: Aqaba noble (4 letters)
61 Down: Light splash (4 letters)
63 Down: City in Manche (4 letters)
65 Down: Contes (5 letters)
66 Down: Restraining items (5 letters)
67 Down: George and T.S. (6 letters)
68 Down: C.I.O. partner (3 letters)
70 Down: In progress (5 letters)
72 Down: Country: Sp. (4 letters)
73 Down: German article (3 letters)
75 Down: Village where Patton is buried (4 letters)
76 Down: Case for trivia (4 letters)
77 Down: Grayish yellows (5 letters)
82 Down: Unctuous (5 letters)
84 Down: Gets the point (4 letters)
85 Down: Countermand (5 letters)
86 Down: Publicist (5 letters)
88 Down: N.Y.C. is one (3 letters)
89 Down: Caucho (3 letters)
91 Down: ___ qua non (4 letters)
93 Down: Twosomes (4 letters)
95 Down: Suffix with Adam or Edom (3 letters)
96 Down: Assignments (8 letters)
97 Down: ___ Island (6 letters)
99 Down: Hair style (4 letters)
100 Down: Pre-Lenin ruler (4 letters)
102 Down: Blenheim, for one (6 letters)
104 Down: Fencing actions (7 letters)
106 Down: Creeper or roller (4 letters)
107 Down: Thrust at repeatedly (6 letters)
108 Down: Farthest from the surface (6 letters)
110 Down: Capital of Ghana (5 letters)
111 Down: Utter confusion (5 letters)
113 Down: Red as ___ (5 letters)
114 Down: Presuppose (5 letters)
115 Down: Fiber for rope (5 letters)
117 Down: Springe (4 letters)
119 Down: Tidbit from Iraq (4 letters)
121 Down: Labor Day blessing (4 letters)
122 Down: Youth's problem (4 letters)
124 Down: "Lord, is ___?": Matt. 26:22 (3 letters)
125 Down: Negligent (3 letters)
126 Down: Kind of club or path (3 letters)
127 Down: Teutonic sky god (3 letters)
128 Down: Relative of "Lawd" (3 letters)
129 Down: Chemical suffix (3 letters)

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