COMMON PROPER NOUNS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23170 clues~30-60 minBy Reginald L. Johnson10/7/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Pepper picker (5 letters)
6 Across: Flat (4 letters)
10 Across: Furl a sail (4 letters)
14 Across: Octagonal sign (4 letters)
18 Across: Philadelphia's Spectrum (5 letters)
19 Across: Not so green (5 letters)
20 Across: "Voltaire" star: 1933 (6 letters)
23 Across: Part of the La. Purchase (4 letters)
24 Across: Knitwear and footwear (23 letters)
28 Across: Noun suffix (4 letters)
29 Across: More frequently (7 letters)
30 Across: Horatio et al. (6 letters)
31 Across: Biographer of Henry James (4 letters)
33 Across: Michael Romanov, e.g. (4 letters)
35 Across: Arrow poison (4 letters)
36 Across: M.I.T. degree (3 letters)
39 Across: Hero of a Sheed book (3 letters)
41 Across: Hoople's expletive (4 letters)
44 Across: The Vistula, to Poles (5 letters)
47 Across: Dais V.I.P. (5 letters)
49 Across: Pendants and hairdos (23 letters)
56 Across: Lulus or kayos (5 letters)
57 Across: Blurbs (5 letters)
58 Across: European blackbird (5 letters)
59 Across: Neighbor of Minn. (4 letters)
60 Across: N.Y.C. river (4 letters)
61 Across: League or Legion (8 letters)
64 Across: Kind of paper or box (4 letters)
66 Across: Flue coating (4 letters)
69 Across: Eleemosynar's largess (4 letters)
70 Across: Make furrows (7 letters)
73 Across: Half a Broadway title (3 letters)
76 Across: Freshman cadet (5 letters)
79 Across: Desi Arnaz's autobiography (5 letters)
81 Across: Tiny Tim's verb (5 letters)
83 Across: Headgear and frock coats (23 letters)
89 Across: Inside: Prefix (5 letters)
90 Across: Flatbush hero of yore (5 letters)
91 Across: Of muscular vigor (5 letters)
92 Across: Cellar player in '78 (3 letters)
93 Across: Loaded, as a cannon (7 letters)
96 Across: Kind of editor or hall (4 letters)
98 Across: Some were Dark (4 letters)
100 Across: Accouterments (4 letters)
101 Across: Attempting (8 letters)
105 Across: Now's partner (4 letters)
109 Across: Pilaster (4 letters)
112 Across: Up and about (5 letters)
115 Across: Like prophets Hosea, Joel et al. (5 letters)
116 Across: Sub spotter (5 letters)
117 Across: Signatures and life jackets (23 letters)
122 Across: Pernod ingredient (5 letters)
123 Across: Until now (5 letters)
124 Across: Soprano Eames (4 letters)
125 Across: Like Winkie (3 letters)
126 Across: Jockey Turcotte (3 letters)
127 Across: Wheat, in England (4 letters)
130 Across: Apprehends (4 letters)
133 Across: Talking bird (4 letters)
135 Across: Took long steps (6 letters)
137 Across: Humphrey in '68 (7 letters)
141 Across: Norwegian river (4 letters)
144 Across: Carriages and rainwear (23 letters)
150 Across: Neighborhood (4 letters)
151 Across: Gasoline and Shubert (6 letters)
152 Across: Mont ___ (5 letters)
153 Across: Parts of hammers (5 letters)
154 Across: Hatching post (4 letters)
155 Across: Seattle ___ (4 letters)
156 Across: French magazine (4 letters)
157 Across: Ruhr city (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Part of R.I.P. (4 letters)
2 Down: Khomeini's country (4 letters)
3 Down: Sees (9 letters)
4 Down: Over (5 letters)
5 Down: Heyerdahl craft (3 letters)
6 Down: Light shade (4 letters)
7 Down: Cathedral projection (4 letters)
8 Down: Intended (5 letters)
9 Down: Piscivorous fliers (5 letters)
10 Down: Use a crosscut (3 letters)
11 Down: Due follower (3 letters)
12 Down: Globular jar (4 letters)
13 Down: Founder of Providence (8 letters)
14 Down: Emulates Muffet (4 letters)
15 Down: As well (3 letters)
16 Down: Have (3 letters)
17 Down: Ballerina's ___ seul (3 letters)
19 Down: Battle of Brit. heroes (3 letters)
21 Down: Omen (4 letters)
22 Down: Old-time dirk (4 letters)
25 Down: Nobelist in Medicine: 1906 (5 letters)
26 Down: Sketched (5 letters)
27 Down: A cause of corruption (5 letters)
32 Down: N.Z. tunas (4 letters)
34 Down: Disencumber (3 letters)
36 Down: Run before a gale (4 letters)
37 Down: Wax: Sp. (4 letters)
38 Down: Scriptorium item (4 letters)
39 Down: Bitter, resinous juice (4 letters)
40 Down: Singer Cantrell (4 letters)
42 Down: Treats with CO2 (7 letters)
43 Down: Small drink (4 letters)
45 Down: Destroyer's gun platform (7 letters)
46 Down: Brock or Gehrig (3 letters)
48 Down: V.P. (7 letters)
50 Down: Jujitsu and judo (4 letters)
51 Down: First lady (3 letters)
52 Down: To be: Sp. (3 letters)
53 Down: Largest of seven (4 letters)
54 Down: DDT target (4 letters)
55 Down: Opposite of apteral (4 letters)
62 Down: Bordeaux exports (7 letters)
63 Down: Both: Comb. form (4 letters)
65 Down: Izaak Walton's delight (6 letters)
67 Down: Narcotic (6 letters)
68 Down: "Viva!" relative (3 letters)
70 Down: Orkney shed (4 letters)
71 Down: Something to serve (4 letters)
72 Down: Palazzo d'___, at Varese (4 letters)
73 Down: Ugandan name (3 letters)
74 Down: Retreats (4 letters)
75 Down: Straight: Comb. form (4 letters)
77 Down: Shakespeare (4 letters)
78 Down: Ship's course (3 letters)
80 Down: Fall mo. (3 letters)
82 Down: Fast plane (3 letters)
84 Down: Heavy shoes (7 letters)
85 Down: Propriety (7 letters)
86 Down: Greek letters (4 letters)
87 Down: Unclose is one for counsel (7 letters)
88 Down: Drop behind (3 letters)
94 Down: Fictional plantation (4 letters)
95 Down: Shamrock land (4 letters)
97 Down: Hindu god (4 letters)
99 Down: Old woman's home (4 letters)
102 Down: Yang's partner (3 letters)
103 Down: Neighbor of Ky. (3 letters)
104 Down: Westernmost U.S. continental city (4 letters)
106 Down: Wraps, as in bandages (9 letters)
107 Down: Charge per unit (4 letters)
108 Down: Gaelic (4 letters)
109 Down: Discordant (4 letters)
110 Down: What a censor deles (4 letters)
111 Down: "The ___ Red Line," Jones book (4 letters)
113 Down: Yellow-journalism tidbits (8 letters)
114 Down: A daughter of Hyperion (3 letters)
116 Down: Fluctuate (4 letters)
118 Down: Hundred: Comb. form (5 letters)
119 Down: Range of sight (3 letters)
120 Down: Custer's finale (5 letters)
121 Down: Ant (5 letters)
128 Down: Odd, in Aberdeen (4 letters)
129 Down: Ruffle (4 letters)
131 Down: Frozen dessert (5 letters)
132 Down: Narrow-minded (5 letters)
134 Down: Things to count (5 letters)
135 Down: Photocopy, for short (4 letters)
136 Down: Donkey, in Bavaria (4 letters)
138 Down: Suffix with iron or myth (4 letters)
139 Down: Last of the teens (4 letters)
140 Down: Letter abbr. (3 letters)
142 Down: Pleven or Coty (4 letters)
143 Down: Y.M.C.A. or N.A.A.C.P. (4 letters)
144 Down: Forefront (3 letters)
145 Down: Dander (3 letters)
146 Down: These: Fr. (3 letters)
147 Down: Certain vote (3 letters)
148 Down: State in Austl. (3 letters)
149 Down: Begin, in poesy (3 letters)

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