ALL-AMERICAN VERSES

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy Anne Fox7/1/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Speaks gruffly (5 letters)
6 Across: Essays (5 letters)
11 Across: Low bow (6 letters)
17 Across: Literature Nobelist: 1925 (4 letters)
21 Across: Moslem prince (5 letters)
22 Across: Droll (5 letters)
23 Across: Spanish stew (6 letters)
24 Across: Sheltered place (4 letters)
25 Across: Poem for June 17, 1775 (18 letters)
28 Across: Turgenev's birthplace (4 letters)
29 Across: Apple thrower of myth (4 letters)
30 Across: Not seldom (5 letters)
31 Across: Bakery aide (4 letters)
32 Across: Bombard (6 letters)
34 Across: Tennis great René (7 letters)
36 Across: Chinese-American architect (3 letters)
37 Across: That is to say (5 letters)
39 Across: Poem for Aug. 6, 1777 (19 letters)
48 Across: Jelly fruit (5 letters)
52 Across: ___ incognita (5 letters)
53 Across: Asian tree (4 letters)
54 Across: Sun: Comb. form (5 letters)
55 Across: City on the Chemung (6 letters)
57 Across: Kind of cross (3 letters)
58 Across: Balancing (7 letters)
61 Across: Pull (4 letters)
62 Across: Poem for Dec. 26, 1776–Jan. 3, 1777 (19 letters)
66 Across: Heel's companion (3 letters)
67 Across: "___ semper tyrannis" (3 letters)
68 Across: Emulate Killy (3 letters)
69 Across: Celt (4 letters)
70 Across: Story from the past (6 letters)
72 Across: U.S. satellite (4 letters)
74 Across: Progenitor (6 letters)
77 Across: Graduated (6 letters)
80 Across: Poem for July 16, 1779 (23 letters)
88 Across: Moved along an apron (6 letters)
89 Across: Chubby (6 letters)
90 Across: Word with bank or ball (4 letters)
91 Across: Magnificent (6 letters)
94 Across: Over: Fr. (4 letters)
95 Across: Western org. (3 letters)
98 Across: First-rate (3 letters)
99 Across: Daughter of Cadmus (3 letters)
100 Across: Poem for May 12, 1780 (19 letters)
108 Across: Forbidding (4 letters)
110 Across: Some speakers (7 letters)
111 Across: Yangtze feeder (3 letters)
112 Across: Show off (6 letters)
113 Across: Memorable impresario (5 letters)
115 Across: Reunion et al. (4 letters)
116 Across: Overcast (5 letters)
118 Across: Surround (5 letters)
119 Across: Poem for Oct. 19, 1781 (19 letters)
124 Across: "The Bells of St. ___" (5 letters)
125 Across: Promissory note (3 letters)
126 Across: Pinched with a jerk (7 letters)
131 Across: Past (6 letters)
134 Across: Swirl (4 letters)
136 Across: Teacher of Stradivari (5 letters)
139 Across: ___ bene (4 letters)
140 Across: U.S. island (4 letters)
141 Across: Poem for April 30, 1789 (18 letters)
146 Across: Bed part (4 letters)
147 Across: Mexican state (6 letters)
148 Across: ___ the Riveter (5 letters)
149 Across: Chan portrayer (5 letters)
150 Across: First name in clocks (4 letters)
151 Across: Comet man (6 letters)
152 Across: Asian range (5 letters)
153 Across: In disorder (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Biblical tower (5 letters)
2 Down: Opera star Lucine (5 letters)
3 Down: Esteemed object (5 letters)
4 Down: Great horse of the 60's (5 letters)
5 Down: Relative of Mme. (3 letters)
6 Down: Goodly part of a yard (7 letters)
7 Down: Breach (4 letters)
8 Down: "Let ___," Beatles song (4 letters)
9 Down: Vingt-___ (4 letters)
10 Down: With: Prefix (3 letters)
11 Down: Money in coin (6 letters)
12 Down: River to the Rhine (4 letters)
13 Down: Long oven (4 letters)
14 Down: Hero of a Sheed book (3 letters)
15 Down: Every (3 letters)
16 Down: African republic (6 letters)
17 Down: U.S. poet Francis (8 letters)
18 Down: Israeli dance (4 letters)
19 Down: ___ plaisir (4 letters)
20 Down: "Champagne music" man (4 letters)
26 Down: "How ___ the little busy . . . " (4 letters)
27 Down: German port (4 letters)
33 Down: Rinehart character (4 letters)
35 Down: Jumps (6 letters)
36 Down: School group (3 letters)
37 Down: Comedienne Fields (5 letters)
38 Down: Praying figure (5 letters)
40 Down: Greek letter (4 letters)
41 Down: Island off Ireland (4 letters)
42 Down: Swimming stroke (7 letters)
43 Down: Ruler of the Aesir (4 letters)
44 Down: Exchequer (4 letters)
45 Down: Winged (5 letters)
46 Down: Sheer fabric (5 letters)
47 Down: Joined (5 letters)
48 Down: "Ready, ___, go!" (6 letters)
49 Down: Zwingli's first name (6 letters)
50 Down: Actor Don from Kenosha (6 letters)
51 Down: Médoc, for one (3 letters)
56 Down: Astronaut's "perfect" (3 letters)
58 Down: First president of the Transvaal (9 letters)
59 Down: Fuel in the news (3 letters)
60 Down: "Gee whiz!" (5 letters)
63 Down: Unless before: Lat. abbr. (5 letters)
64 Down: Throe (4 letters)
65 Down: One of the tides (4 letters)
71 Down: ___ point (lace) (4 letters)
73 Down: Bone: Comb. form (4 letters)
75 Down: Spirit of St. Louis (3 letters)
76 Down: Free of (3 letters)
77 Down: Erwin of films (3 letters)
78 Down: Against (3 letters)
79 Down: Contract phrase (5 letters)
81 Down: Salts (4 letters)
82 Down: "The ___ Incident," 1943 movie (5 letters)
83 Down: Baptismal basin (4 letters)
84 Down: Thorn, for one (7 letters)
85 Down: "Three men ___" (6 letters)
86 Down: Texas town (6 letters)
87 Down: Jackson's bill (6 letters)
91 Down: Kind of seer (5 letters)
92 Down: Loser to Reagan: 1970 (5 letters)
93 Down: French fruit (5 letters)
94 Down: Pro (3 letters)
96 Down: Loser to F.D.R.: 1936 (3 letters)
97 Down: Moon goddess (6 letters)
101 Down: Strident (5 letters)
102 Down: Plays the Doral (5 letters)
103 Down: Southwest wind (4 letters)
104 Down: Amador's delight (4 letters)
105 Down: Dove's opposite (4 letters)
106 Down: "He hath spread ___ . . . " (4 letters)
107 Down: Avuncular name (3 letters)
109 Down: Battle site: June 28, 1778 (8 letters)
114 Down: Great English actor (4 letters)
116 Down: Trifle (3 letters)
117 Down: Be precise (7 letters)
120 Down: Despicable one (6 letters)
121 Down: Part of a fair (6 letters)
122 Down: Toy (4 letters)
123 Down: James Jones book: 1975 (4 letters)
127 Down: Fish (5 letters)
128 Down: Bantu-speaking people (5 letters)
129 Down: Collars (5 letters)
130 Down: "Just great!" (5 letters)
131 Down: Tweed, e.g. (4 letters)
132 Down: ___ blue (4 letters)
133 Down: Mountain pass, in India (4 letters)
134 Down: Bad (4 letters)
135 Down: Capitol feature (4 letters)
136 Down: Truant G.I. (4 letters)
137 Down: Topgallant (4 letters)
138 Down: Land mass (4 letters)
142 Down: ___-Binh, 1970 film (3 letters)
143 Down: Annex (3 letters)
144 Down: Lippo Lippi (3 letters)
145 Down: ___ de guerre (3 letters)

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