HISTORIC LINES

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy Anne Fox6/29/1980

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Across

1 Across: Pretext (4 letters)
5 Across: Underwater gear (6 letters)
11 Across: Act of 1765 (5 letters)
16 Across: Island off Venezuela (5 letters)
21 Across: Acclaim (4 letters)
22 Across: Hag in "Ivanhoe" (6 letters)
23 Across: Of bodily tissue (5 letters)
24 Across: Tutelary deities (5 letters)
25 Across: Boston Tea Party (à la O. W. Holmes) (23 letters)
29 Across: Daughter of Tantalus (5 letters)
30 Across: Flavor (4 letters)
31 Across: Dugout (4 letters)
32 Across: Creek (3 letters)
33 Across: Dr. Rhine's field (3 letters)
34 Across: Cutting tool (3 letters)
36 Across: Acacia or tulip (4 letters)
37 Across: ___ bono (3 letters)
39 Across: Meeting: Abbr. (4 letters)
43 Across: Valley Forge (à la T. B. Read) (23 letters)
50 Across: Devilkin (3 letters)
51 Across: Vex (4 letters)
52 Across: Ancient Syrian city (5 letters)
53 Across: ___ Moines (3 letters)
54 Across: Type of shoe, for short (3 letters)
56 Across: Barristers, in Brest (7 letters)
59 Across: Malay canoe (4 letters)
60 Across: Appoint summarily (5 letters)
62 Across: Monmouth (à la L. E. Richards) (23 letters)
66 Across: Sandy's word (3 letters)
67 Across: Frosh course (4 letters)
68 Across: Clear (3 letters)
69 Across: Opposite of ant. (3 letters)
70 Across: Carried away (4 letters)
71 Across: Siberian antelope (5 letters)
73 Across: Desserts (4 letters)
76 Across: Heavyweight champion: 1934 (4 letters)
78 Across: Press org. (3 letters)
80 Across: "___ unfurled" (Concord, à la Emerson) (23 letters)
88 Across: Cuckoo (3 letters)
89 Across: Actor Frobe (4 letters)
90 Across: Gobi explorer Hedin (4 letters)
91 Across: Bay (5 letters)
92 Across: B ___ Baker (4 letters)
95 Across: Relative of Inc. (3 letters)
98 Across: Fall call (3 letters)
99 Across: Willing (4 letters)
101 Across: Loot for Cortés (3 letters)
102 Across: Lexington (à la J. Parker) (23 letters)
109 Across: Back: Comb. form (5 letters)
110 Across: N.T. book (4 letters)
111 Across: Trains (7 letters)
112 Across: Home: Abbr. (3 letters)
113 Across: Call ___ day (3 letters)
114 Across: Soubise, e.g. (5 letters)
116 Across: S.A. cape (4 letters)
117 Across: Johnny Reb's govt. (3 letters)
119 Across: Crossing the Delaware (à la G. E. Woodberry) (23 letters)
128 Across: Certain age (4 letters)
129 Across: Singer Janis (3 letters)
130 Across: Space agcy. (4 letters)
131 Across: Baba (3 letters)
132 Across: Female rabbit (3 letters)
133 Across: Trouble (3 letters)
135 Across: Sully (4 letters)
136 Across: Navy recruit (4 letters)
139 Across: Showy flower (5 letters)
141 Across: Betsy's battle flag (à la M. Irving) (23 letters)
148 Across: Canvas holder (5 letters)
149 Across: Flabbergast (5 letters)
150 Across: Barber's window sign (6 letters)
151 Across: Sharpen (4 letters)
152 Across: Penned (5 letters)
153 Across: Softened (5 letters)
154 Across: Mother ___ (6 letters)
155 Across: French window (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Earth, e.g. (6 letters)
2 Down: Somewhat tardy (6 letters)
3 Down: Grand Tour site (6 letters)
4 Down: Star in Draco (4 letters)
5 Down: Solicit (3 letters)
6 Down: Cupboard (6 letters)
7 Down: Turkish city (4 letters)
8 Down: Take part in a roleo (4 letters)
9 Down: Vinegar: Comb. form (4 letters)
10 Down: Kind of sack (3 letters)
11 Down: Soprano Eleanor (6 letters)
12 Down: Insectivorous mammal (6 letters)
13 Down: Jai ___ (4 letters)
14 Down: First name of 76 Across (3 letters)
15 Down: Grand ___ (3 letters)
16 Down: Fire god (4 letters)
17 Down: Go over again (6 letters)
18 Down: "Faerie Queene" heroine (3 letters)
19 Down: Receptacle for grain (3 letters)
20 Down: Help (3 letters)
26 Down: Obscure (5 letters)
27 Down: Former filly (4 letters)
28 Down: Blue flags, e.g. (5 letters)
35 Down: Hocked (6 letters)
36 Down: Affix, in a way (5 letters)
37 Down: Portuguese poet: 1524–80 (6 letters)
38 Down: Restless (6 letters)
40 Down: Phantoms (6 letters)
41 Down: Advance (6 letters)
42 Down: Six-line stanza (6 letters)
44 Down: One of the Durants (4 letters)
45 Down: Sexy literature or art (7 letters)
46 Down: Affluent (4 letters)
47 Down: Excoriate (4 letters)
48 Down: Weird (4 letters)
49 Down: City on the Brazos (4 letters)
54 Down: Mount ___, Idaho (5 letters)
55 Down: Caine role: 1966 (5 letters)
57 Down: Long watch (5 letters)
58 Down: Basks (9 letters)
59 Down: Soprano Roberta (6 letters)
61 Down: Actor Pat (6 letters)
62 Down: Topgallant (4 letters)
63 Down: Long (5 letters)
64 Down: Harvest (4 letters)
65 Down: Slight (4 letters)
72 Down: Colossi (6 letters)
74 Down: Kind of roll (3 letters)
75 Down: Ships' parts (6 letters)
77 Down: Atlas abbr. (3 letters)
79 Down: Nosed (5 letters)
81 Down: Thread: Comb. form (4 letters)
82 Down: Buccal (4 letters)
83 Down: Foreign and American (7 letters)
84 Down: Tangle (5 letters)
85 Down: Run off (5 letters)
86 Down: Ciphers (5 letters)
87 Down: Collar type (4 letters)
92 Down: Devotee (6 letters)
93 Down: Placate (6 letters)
94 Down: ___ form (at one's best) (6 letters)
96 Down: Emotional shock (6 letters)
97 Down: Region of India (6 letters)
100 Down: Mexican liquor (6 letters)
103 Down: Conductor Lukas ___ (4 letters)
104 Down: Salt Lake City team (4 letters)
105 Down: Indistinct vowel sound (5 letters)
106 Down: Indicate (4 letters)
107 Down: Tribunals (4 letters)
108 Down: Russian river (4 letters)
115 Down: With lance in hand (5 letters)
118 Down: Fluffs (5 letters)
120 Down: Peevish (6 letters)
121 Down: Nap (6 letters)
122 Down: Caught red-handed (6 letters)
123 Down: Where the Storting sits (4 letters)
124 Down: Pilgrim ___ (6 letters)
125 Down: Martin-Preston vehicle (6 letters)
126 Down: External world (6 letters)
127 Down: Sporadic spouter (6 letters)
134 Down: Man, for one (4 letters)
135 Down: Ella's forte (4 letters)
136 Down: ___ fide (4 letters)
137 Down: What ___? (So?) (4 letters)
138 Down: Honshu city (4 letters)
140 Down: Squeezed (out) (4 letters)
141 Down: ___ Gardens (3 letters)
142 Down: Type of drum (3 letters)
143 Down: Inner: Comb. form (3 letters)
144 Down: Son of Noah (3 letters)
145 Down: Ratite bird (3 letters)
146 Down: Bull ___ (3 letters)
147 Down: Devon river (3 letters)

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