HIGH SPIRITS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Joy L. Wouk8/31/1980

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Across

1 Across: Chorus in "The Green Pastures" (6 letters)
7 Across: Volcanic emissions (6 letters)
13 Across: Least attentive (7 letters)
20 Across: Lark or eagle (6 letters)
21 Across: Paid (up) (6 letters)
22 Across: Hurriedly (7 letters)
23 Across: Assignations (6 letters)
24 Across: River to Hecate Strait (6 letters)
25 Across: Office, in Santander (7 letters)
26 Across: Lace tag (5 letters)
27 Across: "Balloon Hoax" author (3 letters)
28 Across: Comic-strip pilot (10 letters)
30 Across: Early car (3 letters)
31 Across: P.S. 6 Man., e.g. (7 letters)
35 Across: Press (4 letters)
36 Across: Sommer (4 letters)
37 Across: Po River city (5 letters)
39 Across: Song syllable (3 letters)
40 Across: Teller's place (4 letters)
41 Across: "Mr. Republican" (4 letters)
42 Across: Pigments for Gainsborough (6 letters)
44 Across: Ann Ronell's command to a willow (4 letters)
45 Across: Certain jockey's concern (4 letters)
47 Across: Game, such as rounders (3 letters)
48 Across: Lend ___ (help) (5 letters)
49 Across: Crab shells (9 letters)
52 Across: Ulithi, e.g. (5 letters)
54 Across: Patriotic org. (3 letters)
55 Across: Vedic sky dragon (3 letters)
56 Across: Browning's "___ Duchess" (6 letters)
57 Across: Poet St.-John, 1960 Nobelist (5 letters)
58 Across: Rainbow goddess (4 letters)
60 Across: Seat for Burger (4 letters)
62 Across: Barbarian (3 letters)
63 Across: " . . . ___ spacious skies" (3 letters)
64 Across: Did some decorative stitching (7 letters)
66 Across: Oar parts (5 letters)
68 Across: Tybalt, to Juliet (7 letters)
72 Across: Bergamot, e.g. (3 letters)
73 Across: U.N. arm (3 letters)
74 Across: Augury (4 letters)
76 Across: Saarinen (4 letters)
77 Across: Obtund (5 letters)
80 Across: Mogadishu resident (6 letters)
83 Across: Stingo, in Soho (3 letters)
84 Across: Muffler mangler (3 letters)
85 Across: Ouida (5 letters)
86 Across: Becoming communicative (9 letters)
88 Across: Mesta (5 letters)
90 Across: D.C. agency under McIntyre (3 letters)
91 Across: Occlude (4 letters)
93 Across: Heller hero (4 letters)
94 Across: Used a rosary (6 letters)
95 Across: Pongo and wou-wou (4 letters)
97 Across: "___ volat propriis" (Oregon motto) (4 letters)
99 Across: Ass, in Tours (3 letters)
100 Across: Flora and fauna (5 letters)
101 Across: Ford's running mate: 1976 (4 letters)
102 Across: Moroccan district (4 letters)
103 Across: Kentucky Derby winner: 1956 (7 letters)
105 Across: Game played with counters (3 letters)
108 Across: Buccaneers' black banner (10 letters)
111 Across: Aria area (3 letters)
112 Across: G.I.'s "sky pilot" (5 letters)
114 Across: Spanish philosopher: 1864–1936 (7 letters)
115 Across: Swatch (6 letters)
118 Across: Christie's "The ___ of Chimneys": 1925 (6 letters)
119 Across: Covered with tin or steel (7 letters)
120 Across: Creates a jam (6 letters)
121 Across: Part of a rosebush's hip (6 letters)
122 Across: Arranges beforehand (7 letters)
123 Across: Kaufman quips (6 letters)
124 Across: ___ prunes (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: "___ Is Born" (5 letters)
2 Down: Neighbor of Sverige (5 letters)
3 Down: " . . . haughty gallant, ___?": N. Rowe (11 letters)
4 Down: Gaelic (4 letters)
5 Down: Possessed of learning (8 letters)
6 Down: Grads-to-be (3 letters)
7 Down: British spa or college (5 letters)
8 Down: Card (8 letters)
9 Down: Paris-to-Reims dir. (3 letters)
10 Down: Co., in Metz (3 letters)
11 Down: Sawbucks (4 letters)
12 Down: He wrote "The Native's Return": 1934 (6 letters)
13 Down: Conversation writer (9 letters)
14 Down: Donkeys on shipboard (7 letters)
15 Down: "Two owls and ___": E. Lear (4 letters)
16 Down: Kind of aircraft (6 letters)
17 Down: Reversible machine (9 letters)
18 Down: Measures of set type (9 letters)
19 Down: Vessel on the range (9 letters)
27 Down: Implement for flights of fancy (3 letters)
29 Down: Sultanic say-sos (6 letters)
32 Down: Fleur-de-___ (3 letters)
33 Down: Quintessence (5 letters)
34 Down: Opper creation (13 letters)
38 Down: Inspiration for Keats (3 letters)
42 Down: Bedouin's goal, at times (5 letters)
43 Down: Allure (5 letters)
44 Down: Farm wagon (4 letters)
46 Down: Poultry treat (5 letters)
49 Down: Its capital is N'Djamena (4 letters)
50 Down: Astringent (4 letters)
51 Down: Provençal love song (5 letters)
53 Down: Pithy (5 letters)
55 Down: Slayer of Eric IV (4 letters)
59 Down: A quick bread (5 letters)
61 Down: Region, to Byron (5 letters)
63 Down: Choice (4 letters)
65 Down: Sharpers (5 letters)
67 Down: Buck heroine (4 letters)
68 Down: Iodine source (4 letters)
69 Down: Buffoon (11 letters)
70 Down: "Any fool can make ___ . . . ": Thoreau (5 letters)
71 Down: Eminent (5 letters)
75 Down: Whittier's Miss Muller (4 letters)
77 Down: Decathlon item (9 letters)
78 Down: Satirist (9 letters)
79 Down: Like plants of the carrot family (9 letters)
80 Down: Grits and chitlins (9 letters)
81 Down: Choosing (6 letters)
82 Down: "___ swell foop" (5 letters)
87 Down: Campus group (8 letters)
88 Down: Broad view (8 letters)
89 Down: Erode (3 letters)
92 Down: Snood (7 letters)
94 Down: Flan (3 letters)
96 Down: Lagerlof et al. (6 letters)
98 Down: Mexican institution (6 letters)
100 Down: Wheat, in Colmar (3 letters)
104 Down: Abysses (5 letters)
106 Down: Drama by S. Johnson (5 letters)
107 Down: Apportioned (5 letters)
109 Down: Time of "comfort and joy" (4 letters)
110 Down: Foray (4 letters)
113 Down: Yearn (4 letters)
116 Down: Brooks (3 letters)
117 Down: "___ Love You," 1934 song (3 letters)
118 Down: His Most Serene Highness: Fr. abbr. (3 letters)

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