COMPOTE

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Barbara Gillis1/2/1983

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Across

1 Across: White cliffs feature (4 letters)
5 Across: Sitology subject (4 letters)
9 Across: Defiles (4 letters)
13 Across: "Nabucco" is one (5 letters)
18 Across: Floral emblem of Hawaii (5 letters)
19 Across: Foot section (4 letters)
20 Across: Medley (4 letters)
21 Across: Intrepidity (5 letters)
22 Across: Bakers' aides (5 letters)
23 Across: Persian sprite (4 letters)
24 Across: A "Hud" star (4 letters)
25 Across: Nobelist in Literature: 1948 (5 letters)
26 Across: Morsel (5 letters)
27 Across: Primly precise speech or behavior (15 letters)
30 Across: Pinnacle (3 letters)
31 Across: Mangel-wurzel (4 letters)
33 Across: Varnish ingredient (7 letters)
34 Across: Submit (5 letters)
36 Across: Fetal membrane (4 letters)
38 Across: ___ linguae (6 letters)
43 Across: Frangipani, e.g. (6 letters)
45 Across: Sinecures for ward heelers (14 letters)
49 Across: Peripheral (5 letters)
50 Across: Lava (4 letters)
51 Across: Stowe stuff (4 letters)
52 Across: Expression of disgust (4 letters)
53 Across: Tedious (5 letters)
54 Across: Writer Joyce (5 letters)
56 Across: ___ and yet so far (6 letters)
59 Across: Sloth, e.g. (3 letters)
60 Across: Elevate (7 letters)
62 Across: ___ Flow (5 letters)
65 Across: Attempt the impossible (19 letters)
71 Across: Dam on 110 Down (5 letters)
72 Across: Pacify (7 letters)
73 Across: Expressions of inquiry (3 letters)
75 Across: Gores (6 letters)
79 Across: Actress Berger (5 letters)
80 Across: English dramatist: 18th century (5 letters)
82 Across: Paraphernalia (4 letters)
85 Across: "Granada" composer (4 letters)
87 Across: Who's sorry now? (4 letters)
88 Across: He wrote "Philosopher's Quest" (5 letters)
89 Across: Contention causer (14 letters)
93 Across: Moslem lords (6 letters)
94 Across: Nap, in Navarra (6 letters)
95 Across: "Utopia" author (4 letters)
96 Across: Redolence (5 letters)
97 Across: Adler's ___ Culture (7 letters)
101 Across: Bearing (4 letters)
102 Across: Swabbie (3 letters)
105 Across: Singers' goals (15 letters)
111 Across: Supported (5 letters)
113 Across: Veranda (5 letters)
114 Across: Juan's chamber (4 letters)
115 Across: Sutter's place (4 letters)
116 Across: Demote (5 letters)
117 Across: Heath (5 letters)
118 Across: Tupolevs, e.g. (4 letters)
119 Across: Blackthorn (4 letters)
120 Across: Davey of baseball (5 letters)
121 Across: Woody, for one (5 letters)
122 Across: Mountain in Thessaly (4 letters)
123 Across: Perceptions (4 letters)
124 Across: Join (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Plaster painting (from "dry": It.) (5 letters)
2 Down: Small quahogs (12 letters)
3 Down: Atmosphere (4 letters)
4 Down: Bronx cheer (9 letters)
5 Down: Immersed (6 letters)
6 Down: Static (5 letters)
7 Down: Beige (4 letters)
8 Down: Spare (4 letters)
9 Down: Refers to for information (8 letters)
10 Down: New York city (5 letters)
11 Down: Old Chinese weight unit (5 letters)
12 Down: Former Italian coin (5 letters)
13 Down: Imbricate (7 letters)
14 Down: Language of Buddhism (4 letters)
15 Down: Early Olympic site (4 letters)
16 Down: Space (4 letters)
17 Down: Some are fine (4 letters)
18 Down: Roll (4 letters)
28 Down: Ornamental case (4 letters)
29 Down: Bore (4 letters)
32 Down: English cathedral town (3 letters)
35 Down: Natives: Suffix (4 letters)
36 Down: ___ arms (6 letters)
37 Down: Boolean ___ (7 letters)
39 Down: We or us, e.g. (6 letters)
40 Down: "Cogito, ergo ___" (3 letters)
41 Down: Grid official (3 letters)
42 Down: "Quiet!" (3 letters)
43 Down: John Williams's group (4 letters)
44 Down: Charioteer constellation (6 letters)
45 Down: Designs (5 letters)
46 Down: Electees (3 letters)
47 Down: Murmur, in a way (3 letters)
48 Down: Arista (3 letters)
50 Down: Air (4 letters)
55 Down: Spills over (5 letters)
57 Down: Being, to Cato (4 letters)
58 Down: Law (3 letters)
60 Down: Before zwei (4 letters)
61 Down: Kind of butterfly (7 letters)
63 Down: Mae West line (12 letters)
64 Down: Building stone (6 letters)
66 Down: Spins (6 letters)
67 Down: Strike out (3 letters)
68 Down: Possession right (6 letters)
69 Down: Execrated (5 letters)
70 Down: Danube feeder (4 letters)
74 Down: Buck book (4 letters)
76 Down: Imp (3 letters)
77 Down: Jot (3 letters)
78 Down: Indian title (3 letters)
80 Down: Fragrant perennial (9 letters)
81 Down: Footnote word (4 letters)
82 Down: Energy source (3 letters)
83 Down: Finial (3 letters)
84 Down: Mimic (3 letters)
86 Down: ___ wet hen (8 letters)
90 Down: Annual, as some winds (7 letters)
91 Down: Pledge (4 letters)
92 Down: Young zebra (4 letters)
93 Down: Metric unit (3 letters)
96 Down: June passages (6 letters)
98 Down: Actress Signe (5 letters)
99 Down: Bridge declaration (5 letters)
100 Down: Gaels (5 letters)
101 Down: Extra dividend (5 letters)
103 Down: Assault (5 letters)
104 Down: Bonnet denizens (4 letters)
105 Down: Entreaty (4 letters)
106 Down: Warren or Holliman (4 letters)
107 Down: Indigo (4 letters)
108 Down: Contest (4 letters)
109 Down: City in Siberia (4 letters)
110 Down: African river (4 letters)
112 Down: Hautboy (4 letters)

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