MALAPROP POPS UP AGAIN!

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy Bert H. Kruse3/9/1980

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Across

1 Across: Peridot (5 letters)
6 Across: Poet Shapiro (4 letters)
10 Across: E.r.a. or r.b.i. (4 letters)
14 Across: "High ___ Windy Hill" (3 letters)
17 Across: End of a Stein line (5 letters)
18 Across: Roosevelt and Teasdale (5 letters)
19 Across: Hemidemisemiquaver (4 letters)
20 Across: Robert ___ Sherwood (5 letters)
22 Across: Mail service, to M. (11 letters)
24 Across: M.'s name for Athens's famous height (10 letters)
26 Across: Sommer from Berlin (4 letters)
27 Across: Final disposal (5 letters)
28 Across: Fight (5 letters)
30 Across: ___ of quinine (6 letters)
31 Across: Polytheistic (5 letters)
32 Across: Kind of pool (5 letters)
33 Across: Salver (4 letters)
34 Across: Undrafted mil. group (3 letters)
37 Across: Mouths (3 letters)
38 Across: Don't, in Dundee (5 letters)
40 Across: German emperors (7 letters)
43 Across: Treat under glass (8 letters)
46 Across: M.'s considered opinions (9 letters)
49 Across: Actress Hagen (3 letters)
51 Across: Worsted (5 letters)
52 Across: Life of Riley (4 letters)
54 Across: Stew (6 letters)
55 Across: ___ Penh (4 letters)
56 Across: Harvested alfalfa, e.g. (5 letters)
57 Across: Public-utility magnate of the 30's (6 letters)
59 Across: Sailing problem (4 letters)
60 Across: Iraqi port (5 letters)
61 Across: Killer whales (4 letters)
62 Across: Pyknic (5 letters)
63 Across: "Ripeness ___": King Lear (5 letters)
65 Across: Shipbuilder's strip of wood (6 letters)
66 Across: Father ___, in a Wolff opera (3 letters)
67 Across: M. identifies a certain law (11 letters)
69 Across: Netherlandish (6 letters)
70 Across: Film awards (6 letters)
72 Across: S.A. port, for short (3 letters)
73 Across: Pacify (6 letters)
74 Across: Dahlias' kin (6 letters)
75 Across: M.'s word for future generations (10 letters)
79 Across: Wander idly (3 letters)
82 Across: One not dry behind the ears (6 letters)
83 Across: Skipper's order (5 letters)
84 Across: City in Ohio (5 letters)
85 Across: Except (4 letters)
86 Across: Face with stone (5 letters)
87 Across: Word to a dog (4 letters)
88 Across: Caught lepidopterans (6 letters)
90 Across: Santo ___, Philippine university (5 letters)
91 Across: Lulu (4 letters)
92 Across: Tenderhearted one (6 letters)
94 Across: Banker's decision (4 letters)
95 Across: U.S.S.R. monetary unit (5 letters)
96 Across: Merry, in Metz (3 letters)
97 Across: What M. learned (9 letters)
99 Across: Secy. of the ___ (Cabinet post, to M.) (8 letters)
102 Across: They use gins to get skins (7 letters)
105 Across: "Half Mile Down" author (5 letters)
107 Across: Measure of area (3 letters)
108 Across: Blaster's need (3 letters)
109 Across: Tiny chorine (4 letters)
110 Across: These make some love N.Y. (5 letters)
112 Across: Creator of the Moffats (5 letters)
114 Across: Sugar, e.g. (6 letters)
117 Across: Large barges (5 letters)
118 Across: Aristocles (5 letters)
119 Across: Shock (4 letters)
123 Across: M. gets a medical checkup (10 letters)
125 Across: M.'s sharp perceptions (11 letters)
127 Across: Practical (5 letters)
128 Across: Bore (4 letters)
129 Across: Ex ___ (one-sided) (5 letters)
130 Across: Religious society of Iowa (5 letters)
131 Across: British collation (3 letters)
132 Across: Canasta item (4 letters)
133 Across: More underhanded (5 letters)
134 Across: Rhode Island Red (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Play tricks (4 letters)
2 Down: Of an age (4 letters)
3 Down: Solve, as a puzzle (4 letters)
4 Down: Commune near Padua (4 letters)
5 Down: Hawaiian wreath (3 letters)
6 Down: Greek letter (5 letters)
7 Down: Here and there (6 letters)
8 Down: Wood file (4 letters)
9 Down: W.W. II craft (3 letters)
10 Down: Jam that's not sweet (5 letters)
11 Down: "Rob Peter ___ Paul" (5 letters)
12 Down: Surmounting (4 letters)
13 Down: L.A.P.D. member (3 letters)
14 Down: Insecticide, for short (4 letters)
15 Down: Hatching post (4 letters)
16 Down: Fit to ___ (4 letters)
18 Down: Madison Ave. product (6 letters)
20 Down: Athenian's homeland (5 letters)
21 Down: "Light of ___!": Herbert (5 letters)
23 Down: Soprano Lucine (5 letters)
25 Down: Tense for Thucydides (6 letters)
28 Down: Transmit (4 letters)
29 Down: Director René (5 letters)
31 Down: Propounded (5 letters)
32 Down: Genuflect (5 letters)
33 Down: Late great jazz pianist (5 letters)
34 Down: Outcome (6 letters)
35 Down: Having an uneven gloss (6 letters)
36 Down: M.'s singular vascular problem (13 letters)
39 Down: Sends forth (6 letters)
40 Down: Hillock (5 letters)
41 Down: M. ranges from A to Z (13 letters)
42 Down: Part of a London building (6 letters)
44 Down: Jaques' septet (4 letters)
45 Down: M.'s lessees (6 letters)
47 Down: Portuguese colony off China (5 letters)
48 Down: Parisienne's peer (5 letters)
50 Down: Galsworthy's "___ of Devon" (4 letters)
53 Down: Fox of southern Africa (4 letters)
55 Down: Herd of seals (5 letters)
57 Down: Building steel (5 letters)
58 Down: Relationship (7 letters)
60 Down: Lt. col.'s group (4 letters)
62 Down: Kind of seal (5 letters)
64 Down: Fret on a guitar (4 letters)
65 Down: Channel markers (5 letters)
67 Down: Gift for milady (5 letters)
68 Down: Jog (4 letters)
69 Down: Was foolishly fond (5 letters)
71 Down: Filet mignon source (5 letters)
73 Down: Cousins of satyrs (6 letters)
74 Down: Punta ___, Chile (6 letters)
75 Down: Buonarroti masterpiece (5 letters)
76 Down: Holy Grail, e.g. (5 letters)
77 Down: Inter (6 letters)
78 Down: Singer Coolidge (4 letters)
80 Down: King Arthur's final home (6 letters)
81 Down: Painted ___, Ariz. (6 letters)
82 Down: Tar's quaff (4 letters)
83 Down: Ring blows (5 letters)
85 Down: Off-key (4 letters)
87 Down: Very old (5 letters)
89 Down: Red ___ (southern African shrubs) (5 letters)
90 Down: Last of a Hemingway title (5 letters)
92 Down: Play start (6 letters)
93 Down: Be rude in a crowd (5 letters)
98 Down: Sources of archers' bows (4 letters)
100 Down: Not so slovenly (7 letters)
101 Down: Refrigerant (5 letters)
103 Down: Dismay (5 letters)
104 Down: Husband of Pocahontas (5 letters)
106 Down: Where to catch congers (6 letters)
110 Down: Squama (5 letters)
111 Down: Buddy of rock fame (5 letters)
113 Down: "A votre ___!" (5 letters)
114 Down: Occlude (4 letters)
115 Down: Poet laureate after Shadwell (4 letters)
116 Down: Where Bhutan is (4 letters)
117 Down: Cicatrix (4 letters)
118 Down: Resound (4 letters)
119 Down: Iwo ___ (4 letters)
120 Down: Singer Anita (4 letters)
121 Down: Unaspirated (4 letters)
122 Down: Winter Palace resident (4 letters)
124 Down: N.Y.C. or Balt. (3 letters)
125 Down: G.I. aides to cooks (3 letters)
126 Down: Gal of songdom (3 letters)

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