POURING IT ON

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23164 clues~30-60 minBy A. J. Santora11/30/1980

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Across

1 Across: Of the soft palate (5 letters)
6 Across: N.F.L. scores (3 letters)
9 Across: Where Bradley is (6 letters)
15 Across: Hebrew bushel (5 letters)
20 Across: ___ fell swoop (5 letters)
21 Across: Kind of pads (3 letters)
22 Across: Commuters (6 letters)
23 Across: Weather-stripped (6 letters)
25 Across: Lay away now; use later (16 letters)
28 Across: Three-bagger (6 letters)
29 Across: Verily (4 letters)
30 Across: Personnel head's task (6 letters)
31 Across: Recoils (5 letters)
33 Across: Kind of steamer (5 letters)
34 Across: ___ alone (do by oneself) (4 letters)
35 Across: Grape seed (6 letters)
36 Across: Preserved (6 letters)
38 Across: Cottontail (4 letters)
39 Across: Gannet's kin (3 letters)
40 Across: Hellene (5 letters)
41 Across: Favorites (4 letters)
42 Across: Route for Geronimo (7 letters)
44 Across: Piece of land (4 letters)
46 Across: Pasty cement mixture (6 letters)
49 Across: Daisy cutter's cousin (5 letters)
50 Across: One of Margaret Mead's topics (5 letters)
52 Across: Robert ___ (4 letters)
53 Across: Rotated (4 letters)
55 Across: ___ Lama (5 letters)
59 Across: Beard of grain (6 letters)
61 Across: Logger's activity (10 letters)
63 Across: Some textile workers (5 letters)
64 Across: Proficient (8 letters)
66 Across: Slaving away (7 letters)
67 Across: Maladjusted person (6 letters)
68 Across: Singer James (4 letters)
69 Across: Bellyache (4 letters)
71 Across: Where Puno is (4 letters)
72 Across: Jitney (3 letters)
73 Across: Truth, in Confucianism (3 letters)
74 Across: Plunges into the limelight (15 letters)
78 Across: Omega, in Oxford (3 letters)
81 Across: Cool drink (3 letters)
82 Across: Stulm (4 letters)
83 Across: In ___ (correctly timed) (4 letters)
84 Across: Chipping tool (4 letters)
88 Across: Allow (6 letters)
90 Across: Appease (7 letters)
93 Across: Children's game (8 letters)
95 Across: Kind of wave (5 letters)
96 Across: What many tests test (10 letters)
98 Across: Ceramic-floor material (6 letters)
99 Across: Anagram for abode (5 letters)
100 Across: Word with while (4 letters)
101 Across: Joss (4 letters)
102 Across: Stares intently (5 letters)
103 Across: Of an Arizona tribe (5 letters)
105 Across: Road sign (6 letters)
107 Across: "Fighting Bob" of ring fame (4 letters)
108 Across: Colorful fish (7 letters)
111 Across: Govt. worker (4 letters)
113 Across: Prussian lancer (5 letters)
115 Across: Fond du ___, Wis. (3 letters)
118 Across: Hebrew letter (4 letters)
119 Across: Reign of ___: 1793–94 (6 letters)
121 Across: Make beloved (6 letters)
123 Across: Hindu writings (4 letters)
124 Across: Give a decision (5 letters)
126 Across: Town of Kaiser's exile (5 letters)
127 Across: Break a promise (6 letters)
128 Across: On ___ (equal) (4 letters)
129 Across: Latitude (6 letters)
131 Across: Wet forecast by Louis XV? (16 letters)
134 Across: Ancient ascetic (6 letters)
135 Across: Bridal wreath (6 letters)
136 Across: A kind of "easter" (3 letters)
137 Across: "Sweet ___ O'Grady" (5 letters)
138 Across: Hat material (5 letters)
139 Across: Flips (6 letters)
140 Across: Trio in fluff (3 letters)
141 Across: Crime by one carrying a torch (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Appearance (6 letters)
2 Down: Charm (6 letters)
3 Down: Snow-in-summer (11 letters)
4 Down: Concerning (5 letters)
5 Down: Gridiron off. (3 letters)
6 Down: Twice and again (6 letters)
7 Down: Pepys's and Evelyn's books (7 letters)
8 Down: "Let-us-spray" device (9 letters)
9 Down: Puritanical ones (5 letters)
10 Down: One, in Berlin (3 letters)
11 Down: Homeric epic (7 letters)
12 Down: Cardinal's topper (6 letters)
13 Down: Trolley tracks (6 letters)
14 Down: Up to now (5 letters)
15 Down: N.Y. time (3 letters)
16 Down: Impudent (4 letters)
17 Down: These keep waves wavy (10 letters)
18 Down: Woolly fabric (6 letters)
19 Down: Actor Dantine from Austria (6 letters)
24 Down: Strong bench (5 letters)
26 Down: Chicago airport (5 letters)
27 Down: Babylonian god (3 letters)
32 Down: Dorcas society's activity (6 letters)
37 Down: Rather or Cupid (3 letters)
40 Down: Rasp (5 letters)
41 Down: No bar to the postman (13 letters)
43 Down: A bit ruddy (7 letters)
45 Down: Rib (5 letters)
47 Down: Ending for pend or sept (4 letters)
48 Down: Slots spot (4 letters)
49 Down: Pearl Buck's Wang ___ (4 letters)
50 Down: Equivalent (4 letters)
51 Down: What the suspicious smell (4 letters)
53 Down: Moves about (5 letters)
54 Down: Dolls on the walls (6 letters)
56 Down: Portside (4 letters)
57 Down: Melody (4 letters)
58 Down: That ___ say (4 letters)
60 Down: Roofed passageway (6 letters)
61 Down: Old Phoenician port (4 letters)
62 Down: What hurriers shake (4 letters)
65 Down: Louise or George (4 letters)
67 Down: White grape (6 letters)
70 Down: Biblical 150 (6 letters)
72 Down: Deadly poison (4 letters)
74 Down: Aural ossicle (7 letters)
75 Down: Suit (to) (5 letters)
76 Down: Blue hue (4 letters)
77 Down: Sparky of baseball (4 letters)
78 Down: Greek letter (4 letters)
79 Down: Chisholm Trail town (4 letters)
80 Down: Slotted groove (4 letters)
84 Down: Musical key (5 letters)
85 Down: Hail-fellow-all-wet (11 letters)
86 Down: Region (4 letters)
87 Down: Roe (4 letters)
89 Down: A little bit of rain? (10 letters)
90 Down: X-rated, for short (4 letters)
91 Down: Bessell and Nugent (4 letters)
92 Down: Organic compound (4 letters)
94 Down: ___ a blanket (5 letters)
96 Down: Terminated (6 letters)
97 Down: Part of seventh heaven? (9 letters)
104 Down: Where divas reign in N.Y.C. (3 letters)
105 Down: Accumulates (7 letters)
106 Down: ___ fortune (7 letters)
107 Down: Got along (5 letters)
108 Down: Spouter at sea (5 letters)
109 Down: Grotto (6 letters)
110 Down: Certify (6 letters)
111 Down: Too much, to Toscanini (6 letters)
112 Down: Poet who popularized a chair (6 letters)
114 Down: Light beers (6 letters)
116 Down: Graceful tempo (6 letters)
117 Down: Heel over (6 letters)
120 Down: Barbecue (5 letters)
121 Down: Bombeck et al. (5 letters)
122 Down: Modernist (3 letters)
123 Down: Courage (5 letters)
125 Down: Nursemaid, in Nottingham (4 letters)
130 Down: Evergreen (3 letters)
132 Down: Bishopric (3 letters)
133 Down: Time of "Good Feeling" (3 letters)

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