LETTER-PERFECT

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23170 clues~30-60 minBy David J. Pohl and John M. Samson10/21/1979

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Across

1 Across: Mil. award (3 letters)
4 Across: Menelaus' wife (5 letters)
9 Across: Savoy dance (5 letters)
14 Across: Lombard city (5 letters)
19 Across: Wash (5 letters)
21 Across: Glide along (5 letters)
22 Across: Marine painter (5 letters)
23 Across: "Pal Joey" author (5 letters)
24 Across: i (17 letters)
27 Across: Where Shillong is (5 letters)
28 Across: Bring ___ (animate) (6 letters)
29 Across: Twaddle (6 letters)
30 Across: Lustrous black (5 letters)
32 Across: ___-la-la (3 letters)
33 Across: Card position (6 letters)
35 Across: Slaughter (4 letters)
37 Across: Turner's org. (3 letters)
38 Across: PT or U- (4 letters)
39 Across: Prefix with plasm (4 letters)
40 Across: h (15 letters)
44 Across: Crew member (3 letters)
47 Across: Acme (3 letters)
48 Across: Particular (3 letters)
49 Across: ___ Palmas (3 letters)
50 Across: Cardinal point (4 letters)
51 Across: Locale (4 letters)
53 Across: Invalidated (6 letters)
55 Across: Swab (3 letters)
56 Across: Excited (7 letters)
59 Across: ___ Coeur, Parisian landmark (5 letters)
61 Across: Den (4 letters)
62 Across: Skipjack (6 letters)
64 Across: Impoverished (5 letters)
65 Across: Actor Alan (5 letters)
66 Across: Pt. of speech (3 letters)
67 Across: ___ es Salaam (3 letters)
68 Across: Smear (4 letters)
70 Across: Govt. agents (4 letters)
71 Across: Adman's come-on (6 letters)
73 Across: Antipathetic (6 letters)
76 Across: Bric-a-___ (4 letters)
78 Across: Undivided (3 letters)
79 Across: Blunder (5 letters)
80 Across: Quell (7 letters)
82 Across: Refuse (5 letters)
84 Across: Primate (3 letters)
86 Across: Being, in Brest (4 letters)
88 Across: Grooming (6 letters)
89 Across: Tumultuous (6 letters)
91 Across: Quiet (4 letters)
93 Across: Alone (4 letters)
95 Across: Its: Fr. (3 letters)
96 Across: Past (3 letters)
98 Across: Implicit (5 letters)
100 Across: Deck (5 letters)
102 Across: Crab's claw (6 letters)
104 Across: Campus V.I.P. (4 letters)
105 Across: Austrian neighbor (5 letters)
106 Across: Practice quiz (7 letters)
108 Across: Son of Odin (3 letters)
109 Across: Arizona native (6 letters)
111 Across: Scissors sound (4 letters)
112 Across: Russian hemp (4 letters)
113 Across: Painting (3 letters)
114 Across: Ram's dam (3 letters)
115 Across: ___ affaire flambée (3 letters)
117 Across: ___ Paulo (3 letters)
118 Across: o (15 letters)
123 Across: Minus (4 letters)
125 Across: Small songbird (4 letters)
126 Across: Red Baron, e.g. (3 letters)
127 Across: At no time: Poet. (4 letters)
128 Across: Barked, in a way (6 letters)
131 Across: Mass. cape (3 letters)
132 Across: Pico de ___ (5 letters)
134 Across: Take down a peg (6 letters)
138 Across: Memorable actress from Canada (6 letters)
140 Across: Type of maid (5 letters)
142 Across: c (17 letters)
145 Across: Grenoble's river (5 letters)
146 Across: Organic compound (5 letters)
147 Across: Bias (5 letters)
148 Across: Words on proofs (5 letters)
149 Across: Narrow groove (5 letters)
150 Across: Annoying (5 letters)
151 Across: Bristles (5 letters)
152 Across: June grads (3 letters)

Down

1 Down: ___ Judgment (5 letters)
2 Down: Stone monument (5 letters)
3 Down: Selection (6 letters)
4 Down: Royal letters (3 letters)
5 Down: ___ out (got by) (4 letters)
6 Down: City in Germany (4 letters)
7 Down: Sewing case (4 letters)
8 Down: e (8 letters)
9 Down: Civil War battle site: 1862 (6 letters)
10 Down: Couperin's "Tic-___-choc" (3 letters)
11 Down: Jerusalem's Mosque of ___ (4 letters)
12 Down: Imperils (7 letters)
13 Down: Conductor/composer (6 letters)
14 Down: Lament (4 letters)
15 Down: Letters on a chasuble (3 letters)
16 Down: s (17 letters)
17 Down: Turkey's highest point (6 letters)
18 Down: Athlete/actor (6 letters)
19 Down: Stake (3 letters)
20 Down: Result (6 letters)
25 Down: Münster man (6 letters)
26 Down: Tear (4 letters)
31 Down: Canvas support (5 letters)
34 Down: p (12 letters)
36 Down: Lawgiver (5 letters)
38 Down: Actress Jacqueline (6 letters)
40 Down: "El Libertador" (7 letters)
41 Down: Oenochoe (4 letters)
42 Down: Tasteless (5 letters)
43 Down: Rural Roman god (4 letters)
44 Down: Greek peak (4 letters)
45 Down: Aside (5 letters)
46 Down: f (17 letters)
52 Down: Examination (5 letters)
54 Down: Youth (3 letters)
55 Down: Tasty tidbits (7 letters)
56 Down: y (12 letters)
57 Down: First place (4 letters)
58 Down: Unit of force (4 letters)
60 Down: Result (5 letters)
62 Down: Fence (7 letters)
63 Down: Flap (3 letters)
67 Down: Trial witness, of a sort (7 letters)
69 Down: Expose (4 letters)
72 Down: Tritons (4 letters)
74 Down: Legionnaire, e.g. (3 letters)
75 Down: Stengel follower (3 letters)
77 Down: Cholla and opuntia (5 letters)
81 Down: Famished (7 letters)
83 Down: Photocopies (5 letters)
84 Down: Askew (4 letters)
85 Down: Engine sound (4 letters)
87 Down: Hebrew judge (3 letters)
90 Down: Eyelashes (5 letters)
92 Down: Emollient (6 letters)
94 Down: Of vision (5 letters)
97 Down: Tibetan gazelle (3 letters)
99 Down: Steno's slip (4 letters)
101 Down: Robert ___ Warren (4 letters)
103 Down: Power tower (5 letters)
104 Down: Pledge or risk (4 letters)
107 Down: Portable chair (5 letters)
109 Down: Almost a direct hit (8 letters)
110 Down: "Anna Christie" playwright (6 letters)
113 Down: Former (7 letters)
116 Down: Discerns (6 letters)
118 Down: Pundits (6 letters)
119 Down: Composer Bloch (6 letters)
120 Down: Glacial mass (6 letters)
121 Down: Jumble (6 letters)
122 Down: Seemann's milieu (4 letters)
124 Down: Slapping sounds (6 letters)
129 Down: Doyen (5 letters)
130 Down: Fares (5 letters)
132 Down: Range (4 letters)
133 Down: Genus of 114 Across (4 letters)
135 Down: Stare amorously (4 letters)
136 Down: "Take ___!" (4 letters)
137 Down: "Vulcan's chimney" (4 letters)
139 Down: Forage plant (3 letters)
141 Down: "___ tu," Verdi aria (3 letters)
143 Down: Squid's defense (3 letters)
144 Down: ___ Anne de Beaupré (3 letters)

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