DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Walter Webb6/8/1980

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Across

1 Across: Initials of the Wagner Act: 1935 (4 letters)
5 Across: They play at Shea (4 letters)
9 Across: Attention-getter (4 letters)
13 Across: To ___ (precisely) (4 letters)
17 Across: Smoothed (6 letters)
20 Across: Spread not fit for a bed (4 letters)
21 Across: Pitch (9 letters)
23 Across: Contemporary rendezvous (11 letters)
25 Across: Logarithmic instrument (9 letters)
26 Across: One-on-one gamble, usually (7 letters)
27 Across: Riled (5 letters)
29 Across: Irish peer (4 letters)
30 Across: Trattoria treat (7 letters)
32 Across: Men to be headed off at the pass (4 letters)
34 Across: " . . . ___ to touch": Brooke (4 letters)
37 Across: Prefix with meter and liter (4 letters)
40 Across: Mac's nix (3 letters)
41 Across: Brest beast (4 letters)
42 Across: Distributor (6 letters)
44 Across: Take (8 letters)
47 Across: Coral islands (6 letters)
49 Across: Dir. from Pisa to Verona (3 letters)
50 Across: Horn leader (3 letters)
51 Across: Versatile one (12 letters)
54 Across: Garrison (4 letters)
55 Across: Brut's relative (3 letters)
56 Across: N.L. team (6 letters)
57 Across: Consequently: Var. (8 letters)
59 Across: Squeeze, in Savoie (5 letters)
61 Across: Prank (4 letters)
63 Across: U.S.N. or U.S.A.F. (3 letters)
64 Across: His home has a dome (5 letters)
65 Across: Guidry, Cey and Santo (4 letters)
66 Across: Emulate Fisk (5 letters)
68 Across: Word before stand or draw (4 letters)
69 Across: Short surplice (5 letters)
71 Across: Aves. (3 letters)
73 Across: "___ Spake Zarathustra" (4 letters)
75 Across: Good vision, to an umpire (5 letters)
77 Across: Rude (8 letters)
79 Across: Journalism, for one (6 letters)
81 Across: Kind of hen (3 letters)
83 Across: Batters' stats (4 letters)
84 Across: "Gulf Stream" painter (12 letters)
88 Across: ___ word (briefly) (3 letters)
89 Across: This, to Thérèse (3 letters)
90 Across: Oil exporters (6 letters)
91 Across: Fragmented, as food (8 letters)
93 Across: Some have fallen (6 letters)
96 Across: Gists (4 letters)
97 Across: Plath's "The Bell ___" (3 letters)
98 Across: Former darling of the Met set (4 letters)
99 Across: Discard (4 letters)
100 Across: All trailer (4 letters)
101 Across: One with aspirations (7 letters)
104 Across: How some runners pull up (4 letters)
106 Across: Strike areas (5 letters)
108 Across: CB O.K. (7 letters)
112 Across: Zinc, e.g. (9 letters)
116 Across: Military command (11 letters)
118 Across: Put back in office (9 letters)
119 Across: Sailing (4 letters)
120 Across: Pals of Fran and Stan (6 letters)
121 Across: Transactions (4 letters)
122 Across: It's for the birds (4 letters)
123 Across: Linen marking (4 letters)
124 Across: Canonical hour (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Promontory (4 letters)
2 Down: Half of CXIV (4 letters)
3 Down: Sunder (4 letters)
4 Down: Like putti (7 letters)
5 Down: Coaching, e.g. (3 letters)
6 Down: May who worked with a Mike (6 letters)
7 Down: ___ alba (gypsum) (5 letters)
8 Down: N.L. pitcher (4 letters)
9 Down: Nominee endorser in Britain (8 letters)
10 Down: McRae of baseball (3 letters)
11 Down: Inventor Howe (5 letters)
12 Down: Middle: Comb. form (4 letters)
13 Down: Father of Agamemnon (6 letters)
14 Down: Greek letter (3 letters)
15 Down: Wing (3 letters)
16 Down: Get by, with "out" (3 letters)
18 Down: Exile island (4 letters)
19 Down: Rivers in Scotland and Wales (4 letters)
22 Down: Feudal underlings (5 letters)
24 Down: Substitute (7 letters)
28 Down: Thirty-two are a mouthful (5 letters)
31 Down: Caught one's breath (6 letters)
33 Down: Strike out (6 letters)
35 Down: Average (12 letters)
36 Down: Stimulus-response device (6 letters)
37 Down: Org. units (4 letters)
38 Down: American Indians (5 letters)
39 Down: Musical standard (12 letters)
41 Down: What Fred Lynn wields (3 letters)
42 Down: That cad: Lat. (4 letters)
43 Down: Kind of rocket (5 letters)
45 Down: "A portion of the ___": Shelley (7 letters)
46 Down: Gannets' kin (5 letters)
48 Down: Comic Bert (4 letters)
52 Down: Nonclerical group (5 letters)
53 Down: Snorri Sturluson's summary (4 letters)
54 Down: Vexers (5 letters)
58 Down: Agriculturists (7 letters)
60 Down: Printing processes, for short (5 letters)
62 Down: Hall of Famer (3 letters)
63 Down: Be quiet! (5 letters)
67 Down: Plug (4 letters)
68 Down: Dilute (5 letters)
69 Down: About (5 letters)
70 Down: European graylings (6 letters)
71 Down: Ado (4 letters)
72 Down: Flat occupant (6 letters)
74 Down: Plant openings (6 letters)
76 Down: ___ in (aware) (5 letters)
78 Down: "There be fools alive, ___ . . . ": Shak. (4 letters)
80 Down: Ancient Semitic tongue (7 letters)
82 Down: Art movement (4 letters)
85 Down: Cried harshly (8 letters)
86 Down: Sept. 23–Oct. 22 baby (5 letters)
87 Down: W.W. II group (3 letters)
92 Down: Sharp reprimands (7 letters)
94 Down: City once called Last Chance (6 letters)
95 Down: Dutch cheeses (5 letters)
97 Down: Fool (6 letters)
100 Down: Bristles (5 letters)
101 Down: Compact (5 letters)
102 Down: Change the interior (4 letters)
103 Down: Organic compound (4 letters)
105 Down: World Series winners: 1969 (4 letters)
107 Down: Early wildlife preserver (4 letters)
109 Down: Stage prize (4 letters)
110 Down: Eurasian shrub (4 letters)
111 Down: Musical symbol (4 letters)
112 Down: Undergarment (3 letters)
113 Down: N.R.C. predecessor (3 letters)
114 Down: Ride the bench (3 letters)
115 Down: Consumed (3 letters)
117 Down: Owns (3 letters)

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