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Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23172 clues~30-60 minBy Maurice J. Teitelbaum2/20/1983

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Across

1 Across: He wrote "The Chocolate Soldier" (6 letters)
7 Across: Rome Beauty (5 letters)
12 Across: Kind of whale (5 letters)
17 Across: Vola (4 letters)
21 Across: Lindsay's partner (6 letters)
22 Across: Cutting tool (5 letters)
23 Across: Part of Pliny's wardrobe (5 letters)
24 Across: Drought victim (4 letters)
25 Across: German store employee? (12 letters)
27 Across: Rook support (5 letters)
28 Across: City east of Callao Bay (4 letters)
29 Across: Lhasa ___, Tibetan dog (4 letters)
30 Across: The "Splendid Splinter" (3 letters)
31 Across: Libyan law enforcers? (14 letters)
34 Across: Drupe (5 letters)
36 Across: Trig (4 letters)
38 Across: ___ de plume (3 letters)
39 Across: Former Hyde Park resident (4 letters)
40 Across: Liech. neighbor (3 letters)
42 Across: Feet: Fr. (5 letters)
44 Across: Part of NATO (3 letters)
45 Across: Dustin Hoffman role (5 letters)
50 Across: New Jersey money changers? (14 letters)
55 Across: Assigns (6 letters)
56 Across: American Beauty (4 letters)
57 Across: Sydney Pollack film: 1982 (7 letters)
58 Across: Hyson, e.g. (3 letters)
60 Across: Omahas' homes (6 letters)
61 Across: Place for an aspiring lt. (3 letters)
62 Across: Fish trap (6 letters)
63 Across: "Ode to ___": Collins (4 letters)
64 Across: English scholar: 18th century (6 letters)
65 Across: Fourth Estate (8 letters)
67 Across: Angel's sign of joy (3 letters)
69 Across: Farm adjunct (4 letters)
71 Across: Basis of std. time (3 letters)
72 Across: Bell ringer, at times (6 letters)
73 Across: Enrapture (10 letters)
77 Across: Vaudeville family (4 letters)
78 Across: W. Hemisphere group (3 letters)
79 Across: German U.N. employee? (11 letters)
81 Across: Luckman of football fame (3 letters)
82 Across: E. Indian herbs (4 letters)
84 Across: Michigan entertainers? (10 letters)
85 Across: Paste (6 letters)
88 Across: French explorer (3 letters)
89 Across: Cry heard at St. Andrews (4 letters)
90 Across: Burns's always (3 letters)
91 Across: Sageness (8 letters)
93 Across: Entertain sumptuously (6 letters)
95 Across: Bombast (4 letters)
98 Across: Tec, at times (6 letters)
100 Across: Use a Mason jar (3 letters)
101 Across: Fidel's friends (6 letters)
102 Across: Vein's glory (3 letters)
103 Across: Member of some families (7 letters)
105 Across: Sideswipe reminder (4 letters)
106 Across: Certain alley buttons (6 letters)
107 Across: Russian ranch hands? (14 letters)
110 Across: Procedures before a deal (5 letters)
111 Across: Clarence or Doris (3 letters)
113 Across: Lucy Ricardo's friend (5 letters)
114 Across: Norse underworld queen (3 letters)
115 Across: Expressions of surprise (4 letters)
117 Across: Nice friend (3 letters)
118 Across: Reduce a fever (4 letters)
121 Across: News feature (5 letters)
125 Across: Ohio coachman? (14 letters)
131 Across: Requisite for a good R.N. (3 letters)
133 Across: Dippy or dotty (4 letters)
134 Across: Hot spot (4 letters)
135 Across: C'est-___ (that is to say) (5 letters)
136 Across: Turkish hotel V.I.P.? (12 letters)
139 Across: An element (4 letters)
140 Across: Pitch (5 letters)
141 Across: Theologian's principle (5 letters)
142 Across: Strong (6 letters)
143 Across: Sight from the Ponte Vecchio (4 letters)
144 Across: Feather grass (5 letters)
145 Across: M.I.T. grads (5 letters)
146 Across: Wields or strives (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Row (5 letters)
2 Down: Figure of speech (5 letters)
3 Down: La Croce ___ (Red Cross, in Italy) (5 letters)
4 Down: Parade of a sort (8 letters)
5 Down: Pvt.'s home away from home (3 letters)
6 Down: Amish, e.g. (4 letters)
7 Down: Start of a kindergarten refrain (5 letters)
8 Down: Kabul currency (3 letters)
9 Down: Most comely (9 letters)
10 Down: N.Y. line (4 letters)
11 Down: Light (8 letters)
12 Down: ___ Thurmond of S.C. (5 letters)
13 Down: Snooker, e.g. (4 letters)
14 Down: Meredith's "The ___" (6 letters)
15 Down: Scaramouch (6 letters)
16 Down: Verse form (5 letters)
17 Down: Game having chukkers (4 letters)
18 Down: Tamiroff (4 letters)
19 Down: Viatmin C source (4 letters)
20 Down: Picayunish (4 letters)
26 Down: Author Kesey (3 letters)
32 Down: Stance (4 letters)
33 Down: Aggressive tyrant (7 letters)
35 Down: Center of interest (3 letters)
37 Down: Prone (5 letters)
41 Down: Glossy fabric (6 letters)
43 Down: Samuel's teacher (3 letters)
44 Down: On the Marmara (4 letters)
46 Down: Actor Ray (4 letters)
47 Down: African entertainer? (12 letters)
48 Down: Like some grasses (6 letters)
49 Down: Aryan people of Caucasia (6 letters)
50 Down: Author de la ___ (5 letters)
51 Down: English therapist, perhaps? (12 letters)
52 Down: Cambodian family (4 letters)
53 Down: Keystone ___ of early films (4 letters)
54 Down: Tpk. (3 letters)
55 Down: Pulitzer Prize dramatist: 1967 (5 letters)
56 Down: Molders (4 letters)
59 Down: Musical upbeat (5 letters)
62 Down: Symposium topic, for Plato (4 letters)
63 Down: Bloomery worker (6 letters)
66 Down: Sch. groups (4 letters)
67 Down: Small electronic organ (6 letters)
68 Down: Deer playground (5 letters)
70 Down: White House monogram (3 letters)
73 Down: Apr. collectors (3 letters)
74 Down: II x DXXV + I (3 letters)
75 Down: Otic: Comb. form (3 letters)
76 Down: Prefix for play or band (3 letters)
77 Down: Type of fly (4 letters)
79 Down: Impediment (3 letters)
80 Down: Resolution time in Toledo (5 letters)
81 Down: Pother (4 letters)
82 Down: "___-boom-de-ré" (6 letters)
83 Down: Kitchen visitors of yore (6 letters)
84 Down: Loamy deposit (5 letters)
85 Down: Drama-school subject (6 letters)
86 Down: Radar displays (5 letters)
87 Down: Transmitted (4 letters)
89 Down: Vagrants (7 letters)
91 Down: In ___ (in position) (4 letters)
92 Down: Danish measure of length (4 letters)
94 Down: U.S. author: 1909–55 (4 letters)
96 Down: Host (4 letters)
97 Down: Avant-garde member (3 letters)
98 Down: Bathroom fixture (9 letters)
99 Down: Put to use (5 letters)
103 Down: Cause to function (8 letters)
104 Down: Scale note: Var. (3 letters)
105 Down: Deputize (8 letters)
108 Down: Trucking rig (4 letters)
109 Down: Pronoun (3 letters)
111 Down: "Sapho" and "Jack" author (6 letters)
112 Down: Town near Perugia (6 letters)
116 Down: Girders (5 letters)
117 Down: Type of theater (5 letters)
119 Down: S.o.'s and e.r.a. (5 letters)
120 Down: Wahoo (3 letters)
122 Down: Bird, e.g. (5 letters)
123 Down: Mole, maybe (5 letters)
124 Down: Widgets (5 letters)
125 Down: Popular flavoring (4 letters)
126 Down: Wireless word (4 letters)
127 Down: Not pinguid (4 letters)
128 Down: Ruin (4 letters)
129 Down: Result when a tap isn't tip-top (4 letters)
130 Down: A Churchill successor (4 letters)
132 Down: Horn, e.g. (4 letters)
137 Down: Suffix with law or saw (3 letters)
138 Down: Associate of Luna (3 letters)

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