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Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 138 clues). Published 2/28/1982. By Bert Rosenfield.

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Across Answers

1 Across: George C. Scott role (6)
PATTON
7 Across: Hannah Van Buren, née ___ (4)
HOES
11 Across: City with streets of song (6)
LAREDO
17 Across: Gives off (7)
EXHALES
19 Across: Plains man (6)
CARTER
21 Across: Dumas's Chevalier d'Herblay (6)
ARAMIS
22 Across: Grant another term (7)
REELECT
23 Across: Building wing (6)
ALETTE
24 Across: Places for yachts (6)
BASINS
25 Across: Bell, ___ (ritual trio) (17)
BOOKANDFLASHLIGHT
28 Across: Words of confidence (4)
ICAN
30 Across: A top female marathoner (3)
ROE
31 Across: Señora's cupboard (4)
TACA
32 Across: Asian holiday (3)
TET
35 Across: Soothing agent (6)
BALSAM
38 Across: Leroy Anderson composition (14)
SNOWMOBILERIDE
44 Across: Kind of wind (3)
ILL
45 Across: Symbol of Gov. Brennan's state (8)
PINETREE
47 Across: Tarpon Springs product (6)
SPONGE
48 Across: Drain off (7)
DEPLETE
50 Across: Spoke harshly (6)
RASPED
54 Across: Five-time P.G.A. champ (5)
HAGEN
55 Across: Spreads rumors (6)
NOISES
56 Across: Rack one's ___ (think hard) (10)
CALCULATOR
58 Across: No. 1 Norse god (4)
ODIN
59 Across: RR depot (3)
STA
61 Across: Hazard to paddle-wheelers (7)
SANDBAR
62 Across: "___ Hey Kid" (3)
SAY
65 Across: Between fly and feather (6)
BANTAM
68 Across: Work unit (3)
ERG
70 Across: Golf-ball position (3)
LIE
71 Across: Nagana carrier (6)
TSETSE
73 Across: N.Y.C. subway (3)
IRT
74 Across: Patriarchs (7)
NESTORS
77 Across: Roman or Greek (3)
ERA
79 Across: Hawkeye's milieu (4)
MASH
80 Across: Man with a ___ (Father Time) (10)
POWERMOWER
82 Across: Western elk (6)
WAPITI
85 Across: "Call Me ___" (5)
MADAM
88 Across: Gemini star (6)
CASTOR
89 Across: North Sea sights (7)
OILRIGS
91 Across: Menotti's operatic lady (6)
AMELIA
93 Across: Violet dye (8)
ORSEILLE
96 Across: "___ Clear Day" (3)
ONA
97 Across: Declaration signer (14)
ZIPPERGWINNETT
101 Across: I.R.S. prospect (6)
EARNER
103 Across: Moray (3)
EEL
104 Across: Shadow (4)
TAIL
105 Across: Go quickly (3)
HIE
107 Across: Outstanding (4)
OWED
108 Across: Verdi opera (17)
UNDISCOINMASCHERA
116 Across: Bit parts (6)
CAMEOS
118 Across: Contribute (6)
KICKIN
119 Across: Geometric figure (7)
HEXAGON
122 Across: Interstice (6)
AREOLA
123 Across: Tubman and Turner (6)
SLAVES
124 Across: Musical interval (7)
TRITONE
125 Across: Abate (6)
LESSEN
126 Across: Auto pioneer (4)
OLDS
127 Across: Pool person, for short (6)
STENOG

Down Answers

1 Down: ___ se (3)
PER
2 Down: Fell a fir (3)
AXE
3 Down: Item "mightier than the sword" (12)
THEBALLPOINT
4 Down: Hawk hooks (6)
TALONS
5 Down: Shopping list entry (4)
OLEO
6 Down: Violin part (4)
NECK
7 Down: N.F.L. rest period (4)
HALF
8 Down: U.S.S.R. grain center (4)
OREL
9 Down: Kett of comics (4)
ETTA
10 Down: Makes a beginning (6)
SETSTO
11 Down: Some consonants (7)
LABIALS
12 Down: "To ___ and a bone . . . " (4)
ARAG
13 Down: Precipitate (4)
RASH
14 Down: Sending forth (8)
EMITTING
15 Down: Kipling hero (3)
DIN
16 Down: Clandestine initials (3)
OSS
18 Down: Procyon, e.g. (4)
STAR
19 Down: Having a rhythmic fall (6)
CADENT
20 Down: Therapy, to a G.I. (5)
REHAB
26 Down: Pinocchio feature (4)
NOSE
27 Down: Beachhead boat (3)
LCI
28 Down: In the same loc. (4)
IBID
29 Down: Judicial schedule (8)
CALENDAR
33 Down: Betting advantage (4)
EDGE
34 Down: Old comics character (4)
TEEN
36 Down: Gibbons (4)
APES
37 Down: Half a farthing (4)
MITE
39 Down: ___ man (Scottish farmhand) (4)
ORRA
40 Down: Whip marks (5)
WEALS
41 Down: Cactus liquor (6)
MESCAL
42 Down: Greek officials (6)
EPHORS
43 Down: Niagara sound (4)
ROAR
46 Down: Promontory (4)
NESS
49 Down: Scourge of serge (4)
LINT
51 Down: More Lilliputian (6)
PUNIER
52 Down: Golfer Lee (5)
ELDER
53 Down: Small flounder (3)
DAB
56 Down: Rebounds (6)
CAROMS
57 Down: Make lace (3)
TAT
58 Down: Sash for Suzuki (3)
OBI
60 Down: Aquarium denizen (5)
TETRA
62 Down: Item swapped for Richard's kingdom (12)
STATIONWAGON
63 Down: Legal recipient (8)
ASSIGNEE
64 Down: Slangy assent (3)
YEH
66 Down: Lawless state (6)
ANOMIE
67 Down: Gull sound (3)
MEW
69 Down: Town on the Thames (6)
GROTON
72 Down: African chief (4)
EMIR
75 Down: Like some champagne (3)
SEC
76 Down: Kind of enemy (5)
SWORN
78 Down: Service-record demerit letters (4)
AWOL
80 Down: Insect feeler (4)
PALP
81 Down: Gaelic (4)
ERSE
83 Down: Part of an ange (4)
AILE
84 Down: Cop a ___ (4)
PLEA
85 Down: Rodent's pathway in a lab (4)
MAZE
86 Down: Pierre's girlfriend (4)
AMIE
87 Down: Strips of honors (8)
DEPLUMES
90 Down: Red chalcedony (4)
SARD
92 Down: Skilled practitioner (7)
ARTISAN
94 Down: Allen and Frome (6)
ETHANS
95 Down: "How sweet ___!": Gleason (4)
ITIS
98 Down: Lewisite, e.g. (3)
GAS
99 Down: Chandler's threads (5)
WICKS
100 Down: Philippine city (6)
ILOILO
102 Down: ___ Sunday of Advent (6)
RORATE
106 Down: Genuine, in Gotha (4)
ECHT
109 Down: The avant-garde (4)
NEOS
110 Down: Big name in Hawaii (4)
DOLE
111 Down: Suffix with class (4)
ICAL
112 Down: Secret-police letters (4)
NKVD
113 Down: Architect ___ van der Rohe (4)
MIES
114 Down: Word on a towel (4)
HERS
115 Down: Thruway sign (4)
EXIT
116 Down: "Silent ___" (3)
CAL
117 Down: Exist (3)
ARE
120 Down: Top golfer from Japan (3)
ONO
121 Down: Undev. film (3)
NEG

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