COMIC CAPERS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21138 clues~30-60 minBy Frances Hansen1/16/1983

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Vestment (3 letters)
4 Across: Nahuatl (5 letters)
9 Across: Fatty (5 letters)
14 Across: Become warmer (4 letters)
18 Across: Brian ___, early Irish king (4 letters)
20 Across: Firenze cynosure (5 letters)
21 Across: ___-doodle-doo! (5 letters)
22 Across: "L'Espiègle Lili" artist, ___ Giffey (4 letters)
23 Across: McManus caper (16 letters)
26 Across: N.T. book (4 letters)
27 Across: Handel's "Messiah" (8 letters)
28 Across: ___ Novo, Dahomey's capital (5 letters)
29 Across: Uproar (6 letters)
31 Across: Despot (6 letters)
32 Across: Tank part (5 letters)
33 Across: Swiss city on the Rhine (5 letters)
34 Across: Anthem author (3 letters)
35 Across: Radio device (5 letters)
36 Across: Expo '67 city (8 letters)
39 Across: Start of a dicker (5 letters)
42 Across: Goldberg caper (11 letters)
44 Across: Baba (3 letters)
45 Across: Legal claim (4 letters)
46 Across: Amer. League rival (4 letters)
47 Across: City in Sicily (4 letters)
48 Across: Med. college subject (4 letters)
49 Across: Huxtable or Rehan (3 letters)
50 Across: Morley caper (11 letters)
54 Across: "You ___," forerunner of "The Potts" (5 letters)
55 Across: Whirlpools (8 letters)
57 Across: Dodge (5 letters)
58 Across: No sharps, no flats key (6 letters)
59 Across: Aye-aye or maholi (5 letters)
60 Across: Church society of Iowa (5 letters)
61 Across: Sword, in Surrey (5 letters)
62 Across: Capp's Lena et al. (6 letters)
64 Across: "___ Want Your Kisses," 1929 song (5 letters)
65 Across: Elastic (8 letters)
68 Across: "La Bohème" stage prop (5 letters)
69 Across: Messick caper (11 letters)
71 Across: Town ESE of Little Rock (3 letters)
72 Across: Anti: Abbr. (4 letters)
73 Across: Take to one's heels (4 letters)
74 Across: Frequent co-star of tot shots (4 letters)
75 Across: Prearrange (4 letters)
76 Across: Ump's relative (3 letters)
77 Across: Willard caper (11 letters)
81 Across: Flag background (5 letters)
82 Across: One of a musical "76" (8 letters)
84 Across: Parlor selection (5 letters)
85 Across: To a man (3 letters)
86 Across: "For her eyes were ___ . . . ": Arnold (5 letters)
87 Across: Iloilo is here (5 letters)
88 Across: Voyager Vasco (6 letters)
92 Across: Firstborn (6 letters)
94 Across: Simon ___, noted bass-baritone (5 letters)
95 Across: Small singer in a loft (8 letters)
97 Across: Café au ___ (4 letters)
98 Across: Browne caper (16 letters)
101 Across: 2900, to Nero (4 letters)
102 Across: White poplar (5 letters)
103 Across: Warehouse (5 letters)
104 Across: Golda (4 letters)
105 Across: "For Pete's ___!" (4 letters)
106 Across: "The Velvet Fog" (5 letters)
107 Across: Like a popular girl? (5 letters)
108 Across: Football-field meas. (3 letters)

Down

1 Down: Monastery head (5 letters)
2 Down: London van (5 letters)
3 Down: Pipe type (5 letters)
4 Down: "Tobacco is ___ weed": Hemminger (6 letters)
5 Down: Pueblo Indian (4 letters)
6 Down: Deli order (4 letters)
7 Down: Ubiquitous puzzle bird (3 letters)
8 Down: Director of "The Godfather" (7 letters)
9 Down: Sweet potato (7 letters)
10 Down: Diva Lehmann (5 letters)
11 Down: Radarscope reflection (4 letters)
12 Down: Mike's partner, in comics (3 letters)
13 Down: "First Chief" of Mexico (8 letters)
14 Down: Kind of bullet (6 letters)
15 Down: Terry caper (15 letters)
16 Down: Feed the kitty (4 letters)
17 Down: TV's Batman (4 letters)
19 Down: Not captured (7 letters)
24 Down: Dead duck (5 letters)
25 Down: Becloud, as a windshield (5 letters)
30 Down: Dog star (4 letters)
32 Down: "Un ___ in Maschera," Verdi opera (5 letters)
33 Down: Famed pioneer (5 letters)
35 Down: Dagwood's "soaks" (5 letters)
36 Down: Gambling game (5 letters)
37 Down: Where Crockett died (5 letters)
38 Down: Metric measure (5 letters)
39 Down: King of Norway (4 letters)
40 Down: One of Sandy's kin (4 letters)
41 Down: Capp caper (15 letters)
42 Down: Hen (5 letters)
43 Down: ___ dog's life (5 letters)
46 Down: Connection (5 letters)
48 Down: "Living is ___": A. Huxley (5 letters)
50 Down: Ataturk (5 letters)
51 Down: Dud (5 letters)
52 Down: Svelte veldt animal (5 letters)
53 Down: ___ Kinte, Haley ancestor (5 letters)
54 Down: "Forever" girl (5 letters)
56 Down: Doctrine (5 letters)
58 Down: Addition word (5 letters)
60 Down: Revoke a legacy (5 letters)
61 Down: Secretary of Commerce: 1969–72 (5 letters)
62 Down: Cupid's target (5 letters)
63 Down: "Buck Rogers" Sunday artist: 1933–58 (5 letters)
64 Down: "Goodnight" girl (5 letters)
65 Down: Age in the "Alley Oop" strip (5 letters)
66 Down: Cure (4 letters)
67 Down: "___ Cassius has a lean . . . ": Shak. (4 letters)
69 Down: Flaxen (5 letters)
70 Down: Full of tang (5 letters)
73 Down: "___ I was . . . ": Dryden (8 letters)
75 Down: Bunyan's Christian, e.g. (7 letters)
77 Down: Business degrees (4 letters)
78 Down: Out on a limb, in a way (7 letters)
79 Down: Sir Gareth's lady (5 letters)
80 Down: Under restraint (7 letters)
81 Down: Aptitude (5 letters)
83 Down: "___ in St. Louis, Louis" (6 letters)
85 Down: Put on a pedestal (6 letters)
87 Down: The 23d is comforting (5 letters)
89 Down: Westminster, for one (5 letters)
90 Down: Ocean sunfish (5 letters)
91 Down: "Sgt. Fury" artist (5 letters)
92 Down: Desirable trees? (4 letters)
93 Down: The "one-L" priest (4 letters)
94 Down: "Rome of Hungary" (4 letters)
95 Down: Felix, in France (4 letters)
96 Down: Dickinson's "thing with feathers" (4 letters)
99 Down: Swedish name of Turku (3 letters)
100 Down: Zeta–theta connection (3 letters)

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