NOTABLE HALLOWEEN TALE

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy Caroline G. Fitzgerald11/1/1981

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Across

1 Across: Lament (6 letters)
7 Across: Youngman's giveaway (4 letters)
11 Across: Famed street (4 letters)
15 Across: Lhasa ___ (canine) (4 letters)
19 Across: "___ of Honey" (6 letters)
20 Across: " . . . how like ___!": Hamlet (4 letters)
21 Across: Fancy (4 letters)
22 Across: Jack the quipper (4 letters)
23 Across: Departure order (21 letters)
27 Across: "Ah, yes!" (4 letters)
28 Across: Make effervescent (6 letters)
29 Across: Dawber or Shriver (3 letters)
30 Across: Supped (3 letters)
32 Across: Comrade of Chu Teh (3 letters)
34 Across: Concorde (3 letters)
36 Across: Gate fastening (5 letters)
39 Across: Pekingese, e.g. (6 letters)
41 Across: Refs' colleagues (4 letters)
43 Across: Arrival (18 letters)
48 Across: Drudges (5 letters)
50 Across: West German river (4 letters)
51 Across: Siamese (4 letters)
52 Across: Onagers: Fr. (4 letters)
53 Across: Gad about (7 letters)
55 Across: Attached (6 letters)
59 Across: Heavy, for one (4 letters)
62 Across: Invitation (15 letters)
65 Across: Brunch order (6 letters)
70 Across: Laughter, in León (4 letters)
71 Across: Pompey, to Caesar (3 letters)
72 Across: Harry and Bess (9 letters)
75 Across: Harvey, for one (6 letters)
79 Across: Mrs. in Murcia (3 letters)
82 Across: Put on a new front (7 letters)
84 Across: "To ___ tale of length . . . " (4 letters)
85 Across: Rat Islands native (5 letters)
86 Across: Host (11 letters)
88 Across: Ornamental scheme (5 letters)
89 Across: Letter opener (4 letters)
90 Across: Valuable violin (7 letters)
91 Across: Thread: Comb. form (3 letters)
92 Across: Iris pests (6 letters)
93 Across: " . . . Dr. Jekyll ___" (9 letters)
95 Across: Darkish (3 letters)
97 Across: Frost or Snow (4 letters)
99 Across: Used-car deal (6 letters)
100 Across: Discovery (15 letters)
108 Across: Sailor (4 letters)
111 Across: Ancient ascetic (6 letters)
112 Across: Negotiator of the night (7 letters)
113 Across: "___ forgive those . . . " (4 letters)
117 Across: Zola novel (4 letters)
119 Across: Suffix with inchoative verbs (4 letters)
121 Across: ___ Po, eighth-century Chinese poet (5 letters)
122 Across: Plea on the way home (18 letters)
129 Across: Lease leader (4 letters)
130 Across: Misanthropes (6 letters)
131 Across: Pope who became a saint (5 letters)
132 Across: L–P connection (3 letters)
133 Across: Actor-comedian Louis (3 letters)
134 Across: Getaway: Abbr. (3 letters)
135 Across: Solicit (3 letters)
137 Across: Town in Kathiawar (6 letters)
140 Across: Memorable anthropologist (4 letters)
143 Across: Home again (21 letters)
150 Across: Dream, to du Barry (4 letters)
151 Across: Carol (4 letters)
152 Across: Japanese monastery (4 letters)
153 Across: "When Day ___," 1926 song (6 letters)
154 Across: "___ Tod," in a Grieg work (4 letters)
155 Across: Sturdy cart (4 letters)
156 Across: Mine vehicle (4 letters)
157 Across: Obnoxiously hazy (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: ___ Dai of Vietnam (3 letters)
2 Down: Selassie, for one (9 letters)
3 Down: Plats (4 letters)
4 Down: Douay Bible book (4 letters)
5 Down: Demonstrate (6 letters)
6 Down: Becky Crawley, ___ Sharp (3 letters)
7 Down: Engage in (4 letters)
8 Down: The Munsters' pet bat (4 letters)
9 Down: "___ We Know," 1934 song (6 letters)
10 Down: Greeley's process (6 letters)
11 Down: Costume accessory (3 letters)
12 Down: State further (3 letters)
13 Down: Peggy or Brenda (3 letters)
14 Down: Jack-o'-lantern (4 letters)
15 Down: Pithecanthropus (6 letters)
16 Down: Buddy (3 letters)
17 Down: Crusaders' mighty enemy (7 letters)
18 Down: "Like rock ___ . . . ": Wordsworth (7 letters)
24 Down: Seeded in tennis (5 letters)
25 Down: Fishermen's gear (4 letters)
26 Down: Indonesian island (4 letters)
31 Down: Roe (4 letters)
32 Down: Blockheads (5 letters)
33 Down: Love, to Dean Martin (5 letters)
35 Down: Ghost costumes (6 letters)
37 Down: Start of a Williams title (5 letters)
38 Down: R.M.N. aide (3 letters)
40 Down: Org. for golfers (3 letters)
42 Down: Hit home, in a way (4 letters)
44 Down: ___ noire (bugbear) (4 letters)
45 Down: Clapton or Heiden (4 letters)
46 Down: Pinna's locale (3 letters)
47 Down: Bravo or Muni (3 letters)
49 Down: Haunted-house occupant (6 letters)
54 Down: Fit of pique (4 letters)
56 Down: Prankster (3 letters)
57 Down: Large-headed studdings (9 letters)
58 Down: Outdoorsy fabric (5 letters)
60 Down: Master (4 letters)
61 Down: Nonflying bird (3 letters)
63 Down: Jumbled (6 letters)
64 Down: Disgrace (5 letters)
66 Down: Turkish title (5 letters)
67 Down: Uhlan's weapon (5 letters)
68 Down: Home of a biblical hag (5 letters)
69 Down: Autocrats (5 letters)
73 Down: Shrimp dish (6 letters)
74 Down: Bridge honor card (3 letters)
75 Down: Airport device (5 letters)
76 Down: Coeur d'___, Idaho (5 letters)
77 Down: Wampum (5 letters)
78 Down: Rangoon's country (5 letters)
80 Down: Convened again (5 letters)
81 Down: Famed French explorer (3 letters)
83 Down: Danish island (3 letters)
86 Down: Essay (3 letters)
87 Down: "Backbone" of S.A. (5 letters)
88 Down: Pipe-tobacco leftover (6 letters)
90 Down: Consider (4 letters)
92 Down: Grizzly one (4 letters)
94 Down: Literary initials (See 93 A) (3 letters)
96 Down: Busch or Marsh (3 letters)
98 Down: Bone part: Comb. form (6 letters)
101 Down: "I ___ knocking . . . ": Shak. (5 letters)
102 Down: Device for collecting plankton (4 letters)
103 Down: Tom's affirmative to Aunt Polly (4 letters)
104 Down: Sora (4 letters)
105 Down: Charmian's activity (9 letters)
106 Down: Former labor leader (5 letters)
107 Down: Flower (5 letters)
109 Down: Bay State cape (3 letters)
110 Down: Pooh-___ ("Mikado" character) (3 letters)
113 Down: Laver's erstwhile rival (4 letters)
114 Down: Sacred scriptures of Hinduism (7 letters)
115 Down: Soarers on brooms (7 letters)
116 Down: Compass point (3 letters)
118 Down: Forty winks (3 letters)
120 Down: Dangerfield, e.g. (5 letters)
123 Down: Rubs out (6 letters)
124 Down: Greek peak (4 letters)
125 Down: St. Jerome's Bible: Abbr. (4 letters)
126 Down: Defender of Gibraltar: 1779–83 (6 letters)
127 Down: Come to a boil (6 letters)
128 Down: Conduct based on religious laws (6 letters)
136 Down: Class (4 letters)
138 Down: Theda of the silents (4 letters)
139 Down: Small amount (4 letters)
141 Down: Within: Comb. form (4 letters)
142 Down: Excited (4 letters)
144 Down: Second person (3 letters)
145 Down: Neither's partner (3 letters)
146 Down: Cachar on congou (3 letters)
147 Down: Skillful at trickery (3 letters)
148 Down: Word on a towel (3 letters)
149 Down: Wellington adversary (3 letters)

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