LINGUISTRICKS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23170 clues~30-60 minBy William J. Yskamp11/18/1979

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Hacks (6 letters)
7 Across: Wild goat (4 letters)
11 Across: Social classes (6 letters)
17 Across: Appointment (4 letters)
21 Across: Small pit (6 letters)
22 Across: Dad, in Damascus (4 letters)
23 Across: Contribute (6 letters)
24 Across: Ardor (4 letters)
25 Across: Darius, to his spouse? (11 letters)
27 Across: Makes merry (6 letters)
28 Across: Firm or quick (4 letters)
29 Across: Snake eyes at Vegas (4 letters)
30 Across: Poet Lizette (5 letters)
31 Across: Had the misery (5 letters)
32 Across: Gambling game (6 letters)
34 Across: Writer Hentoff (3 letters)
35 Across: Cardiff dog-track figure? (11 letters)
37 Across: This often runneth over (7 letters)
38 Across: Old name for a Swiss city (5 letters)
39 Across: Hall of Fame surgeon (4 letters)
40 Across: Part of O.D. (5 letters)
41 Across: That that is (7 letters)
44 Across: This, to a torero (4 letters)
46 Across: Sigurd's steed (5 letters)
47 Across: "___ Mir Bist . . . " (3 letters)
50 Across: Blotter item (6 letters)
51 Across: Peking supermarket group? (15 letters)
55 Across: Largest port in Gloucestershire (7 letters)
57 Across: Owns (3 letters)
58 Across: Ladies of Lisbon (5 letters)
59 Across: Cobbler's sparable (4 letters)
60 Across: Flee (4 letters)
61 Across: Interrupt (5 letters)
63 Across: Dir. from Bern to 38 Across (3 letters)
64 Across: Rap session? (6 letters)
66 Across: Tax org. (3 letters)
67 Across: Facts (4 letters)
69 Across: Party mixture (3 letters)
71 Across: Aristotle irked? (10 letters)
74 Across: Cruel one (6 letters)
76 Across: Jaguar (3 letters)
78 Across: Sadat's namesakes (6 letters)
79 Across: Temporary teacher in Torino? (10 letters)
83 Across: Ship-shaped napkin holder (3 letters)
85 Across: In ___ (in place) (4 letters)
86 Across: Bath is one (3 letters)
89 Across: Observance of moral law (6 letters)
90 Across: Auction input (3 letters)
92 Across: Prowl after prey (5 letters)
94 Across: Caesar was here (4 letters)
95 Across: Leak (4 letters)
96 Across: Rundown (5 letters)
98 Across: "Bel ___," Burnford novel: 1978 (3 letters)
99 Across: Goon (7 letters)
102 Across: Nureyev donning tights? (15 letters)
106 Across: Feats of Keats (6 letters)
107 Across: Dead ember (3 letters)
108 Across: Oafs (5 letters)
109 Across: Newts (4 letters)
110 Across: Holders of salt or wine (7 letters)
111 Across: Kipling's Kim (5 letters)
112 Across: 107, to Gaius (4 letters)
114 Across: Rival of Martina (5 letters)
115 Across: Emulate ecdysiasts (7 letters)
118 Across: "A votre santé!" (11 letters)
121 Across: Directed (3 letters)
124 Across: Site of Twain's remains (6 letters)
125 Across: Threesome (5 letters)
126 Across: Weird (5 letters)
127 Across: Force afloat (4 letters)
128 Across: Alexandrian V.I.P. (4 letters)
129 Across: Glum (6 letters)
131 Across: Oriental desire (11 letters)
133 Across: Cytologist's interest (4 letters)
134 Across: Carol opener (6 letters)
135 Across: Wicked (4 letters)
136 Across: H. W. L. subject (6 letters)
137 Across: Tosca's "Vissi d'___" (4 letters)
138 Across: Wise elder (6 letters)
139 Across: Mack and Lewis (4 letters)
140 Across: Fits' partner (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Gallinaceous entree (5 letters)
2 Down: Omni or Kemper (5 letters)
3 Down: Groucho wore one (5 letters)
4 Down: Bryophyte (4 letters)
5 Down: Whitney (3 letters)
6 Down: " . . . I am ___ the gods": Socrates (9 letters)
7 Down: Author Gay (6 letters)
8 Down: Discomfit (5 letters)
9 Down: Marine painter (5 letters)
10 Down: Chafe (3 letters)
11 Down: French dramatist: 1791–1861 (6 letters)
12 Down: Keep ___ on (6 letters)
13 Down: Fastener (5 letters)
14 Down: Impersonated (4 letters)
15 Down: East Indian herb (3 letters)
16 Down: Silly (8 letters)
17 Down: Slander (6 letters)
18 Down: Startle (5 letters)
19 Down: Sample (5 letters)
20 Down: Come in (5 letters)
26 Down: Giant petrel (5 letters)
31 Down: " . . . not worth ___" (5 letters)
33 Down: Oppidan (5 letters)
35 Down: Oft watched line (5 letters)
36 Down: Like a Tate display (8 letters)
37 Down: Lets off hot air (5 letters)
38 Down: Beatified (5 letters)
40 Down: Killer whale (4 letters)
41 Down: Ben Ezra (5 letters)
42 Down: Mistake (5 letters)
43 Down: Seed coverings (5 letters)
44 Down: She loved Narcissus (4 letters)
45 Down: Pottery fragment (5 letters)
46 Down: Major divisions in biology (6 letters)
47 Down: Relative of bingo (5 letters)
48 Down: Sevareid and Blore (5 letters)
49 Down: British ___ (5 letters)
52 Down: Nigerian town (3 letters)
53 Down: Porter opus (4 letters)
54 Down: Burls on trunks (5 letters)
56 Down: Old tongue (5 letters)
62 Down: Fish or voice (4 letters)
64 Down: Three-handed card game (4 letters)
65 Down: Color (4 letters)
67 Down: Platform (4 letters)
68 Down: He took a ribbing (4 letters)
70 Down: Roast or roaster (3 letters)
72 Down: Start of Mass. motto (4 letters)
73 Down: Adlai ___ Stevenson (5 letters)
74 Down: Butterfingers' word (5 letters)
75 Down: Potatoes, e.g. (6 letters)
77 Down: Great! (8 letters)
79 Down: Hindu god (5 letters)
80 Down: Convex molding (5 letters)
81 Down: Certain Mennonites (5 letters)
82 Down: Stay (4 letters)
84 Down: Indistinct (5 letters)
86 Down: Sauce for pasta (5 letters)
87 Down: He pours out whines (5 letters)
88 Down: "I loved ___": Wither (5 letters)
91 Down: Lalo's "Le Roi ___" (3 letters)
93 Down: Weary Willies (4 letters)
94 Down: Little women (5 letters)
96 Down: Zzzzzzz (5 letters)
97 Down: Norse saga (4 letters)
100 Down: Foremen (9 letters)
101 Down: Kindled again (5 letters)
103 Down: Ethereal fluid (5 letters)
104 Down: Dixie dweller (8 letters)
105 Down: Le Havre's river (5 letters)
110 Down: Network (5 letters)
111 Down: Bird or player (6 letters)
112 Down: Papini subject (6 letters)
113 Down: Superficial polish (6 letters)
114 Down: Anthozoans (6 letters)
115 Down: Br. navigation aid (5 letters)
116 Down: Danube feeder (5 letters)
117 Down: Sparling (5 letters)
118 Down: Robert or David (5 letters)
119 Down: Labor; struggle (5 letters)
120 Down: Hypothermal (5 letters)
121 Down: Hen (5 letters)
122 Down: Turn outward (5 letters)
123 Down: Work units (5 letters)
125 Down: ___ bien (4 letters)
127 Down: Shade of green (4 letters)
130 Down: Horatian gem (3 letters)
131 Down: 747 (3 letters)
132 Down: Bridge reversal (3 letters)

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