NOW YOU C IT . . .

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23170 clues~30-60 minBy Judith C. Dalton3/20/1983

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Across

1 Across: Take long steps (6 letters)
7 Across: Render weaponless (5 letters)
12 Across: Priest's neckcloth (5 letters)
17 Across: Squeal (4 letters)
21 Across: Like Pinocchio (6 letters)
22 Across: Martinique mount (5 letters)
23 Across: Pisces neighbor (5 letters)
24 Across: German hall (4 letters)
25 Across: LIONS, TIGERS, BEARS, etc.? (12 letters)
27 Across: BEAUTICIAN? (10 letters)
29 Across: Golfer's gadget (3 letters)
30 Across: Mandarin, e.g. (6 letters)
31 Across: Corrals (4 letters)
32 Across: Chewed the scenery (6 letters)
33 Across: Lee or Starr (6 letters)
34 Across: Separate (5 letters)
36 Across: Anti (3 letters)
37 Across: Sourdough's concern (5 letters)
40 Across: Wicker's "A ___ Die" (6 letters)
42 Across: Arranges in twos (8 letters)
47 Across: Shoots the breeze (4 letters)
48 Across: BARD'S LAMENT? (14 letters)
52 Across: Fla. neighbor (3 letters)
53 Across: Away from the wind (4 letters)
54 Across: Número ___ (3 letters)
55 Across: Airfield at Paris (4 letters)
56 Across: Otaria member (4 letters)
57 Across: Winter Palace resident (4 letters)
58 Across: Political birds of a feather (4 letters)
59 Across: Spanish painter called "El Divino": 16th century (7 letters)
61 Across: Evergreen (3 letters)
62 Across: Londoner's quart (5 letters)
63 Across: Astern, to Drake (4 letters)
64 Across: Headland (3 letters)
65 Across: Former Congolese prime minister (4 letters)
66 Across: Top kicks (6 letters)
67 Across: Sch. subject (3 letters)
68 Across: AGED BODY PART? (11 letters)
73 Across: "Close ___," pop song (5 letters)
74 Across: "Rock ___" (6 letters)
76 Across: Hurdles for would-be Ph.D.'s (5 letters)
77 Across: Richardson heroine (6 letters)
78 Across: External (5 letters)
79 Across: MONGOOSE? (11 letters)
81 Across: Circular: Abbr. (3 letters)
84 Across: Core groups (6 letters)
86 Across: Derr Biggers hero (4 letters)
87 Across: Corded fabric (3 letters)
88 Across: Date of Columbus's last voyage (4 letters)
89 Across: A Mousquetaire (5 letters)
90 Across: ___ Cruces (3 letters)
91 Across: Too full (7 letters)
95 Across: Grapevine disease (4 letters)
96 Across: Heath for Heathcliff (4 letters)
97 Across: Silvers or Harris (4 letters)
99 Across: Sough (4 letters)
100 Across: Parseghian (3 letters)
101 Across: Preacher's sign-off (4 letters)
102 Across: Kind of song (3 letters)
103 Across: READY FOR EVEREST? (14 letters)
106 Across: Zola heroine (4 letters)
107 Across: Speed up (8 letters)
109 Across: ___-order (tailored) (6 letters)
110 Across: Trigonometry ratios (5 letters)
111 Across: High, in music (3 letters)
112 Across: Greek communes (5 letters)
113 Across: Indulge in forensics (6 letters)
117 Across: Fruity cocktail (6 letters)
120 Across: "___ soit . . . " (4 letters)
121 Across: Love song (6 letters)
122 Across: Nonpro athletes' assoc. (3 letters)
125 Across: SCRIPT DIRECTION FOR SALLY? (10 letters)
127 Across: MUSIC, SCULPTURE, PLUS LOTS MORE? (12 letters)
130 Across: "Rome of Hungary" (4 letters)
131 Across: Power in "Star Wars" (5 letters)
132 Across: Billy and nanny (5 letters)
133 Across: Tell (6 letters)
134 Across: Hyson and oopak (4 letters)
135 Across: Staid (5 letters)
136 Across: Pastrami order, often (5 letters)
137 Across: Douay Bible's Ezra (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Catch a fly (4 letters)
2 Down: Enameled metalware (4 letters)
3 Down: Function (4 letters)
4 Down: Marriage words (3 letters)
5 Down: Spoil the shape of (6 letters)
6 Down: ___ nous (5 letters)
7 Down: Topple (5 letters)
8 Down: Former London prison (7 letters)
9 Down: " . . . sin to tell ___" (4 letters)
10 Down: Bro. or sis. (3 letters)
11 Down: Fly type, for short (3 letters)
12 Down: Charon's river (7 letters)
13 Down: Intended (5 letters)
14 Down: 'Tis, in toto (4 letters)
15 Down: Mongrel (3 letters)
16 Down: Outstanding (8 letters)
17 Down: Cuts of beef (6 letters)
18 Down: Concupiscence (4 letters)
19 Down: Lily plant (4 letters)
20 Down: Alexander's men (4 letters)
26 Down: Chinese dynasty: 202 B.C.–A.D. 220 (3 letters)
28 Down: Atlanta university (5 letters)
31 Down: Fall guy (5 letters)
33 Down: Do a lab division (6 letters)
34 Down: Love, in Livorno (5 letters)
35 Down: Decorticates (5 letters)
37 Down: He played Tarzan (6 letters)
38 Down: Lowland, to a laird (6 letters)
39 Down: OPTIMISTIC ORANGUTAN? (13 letters)
41 Down: Golden calf, e.g. (4 letters)
42 Down: Feather: Comb. form (5 letters)
43 Down: U.S. druggists' org. (3 letters)
44 Down: KILN DEFENDER? (13 letters)
45 Down: Fusee (5 letters)
46 Down: Cabbie's arithmetic (5 letters)
48 Down: Molasses distillate (3 letters)
49 Down: Arranged neatly (7 letters)
50 Down: Quagmire (6 letters)
51 Down: Willow (5 letters)
57 Down: Alpine region (5 letters)
60 Down: Cinder (3 letters)
61 Down: "The Way of All ___" (5 letters)
62 Down: Hen (5 letters)
65 Down: Otiose (4 letters)
66 Down: Indefinite amount (4 letters)
68 Down: She wrote "Angel of Light" (5 letters)
69 Down: Sweater sizes: Abbr. (4 letters)
70 Down: Namesakes of Chaplin's widow (5 letters)
71 Down: Monitor lizard (4 letters)
72 Down: "Mighty ___ a Rose" (3 letters)
73 Down: Finnish city (7 letters)
75 Down: Rage (5 letters)
77 Down: Assembly-line house (6 letters)
79 Down: Commandment word (5 letters)
80 Down: Sandy's plaint (3 letters)
82 Down: ___ Councils (A.D. 325 and 787) (6 letters)
83 Down: Ross and Dors (6 letters)
84 Down: Bivouacs (5 letters)
85 Down: Go on ___ (make merry) (5 letters)
86 Down: Actor Eastwood (5 letters)
88 Down: Villain (6 letters)
91 Down: Meteorologist's device (5 letters)
92 Down: Dinesen products (5 letters)
93 Down: Module (4 letters)
94 Down: Nabokov novel (3 letters)
97 Down: Bishops (8 letters)
98 Down: Chinese secret society (3 letters)
99 Down: Don Shula's team (5 letters)
103 Down: Bicuspid's neighbor (5 letters)
104 Down: Editor, at times (7 letters)
105 Down: Decorum (7 letters)
108 Down: Eton boys' parents (6 letters)
110 Down: Goggles (6 letters)
112 Down: Musically smooth (5 letters)
114 Down: Rub out (5 letters)
115 Down: London's Big ___ (3 letters)
116 Down: Conductor Previn (5 letters)
117 Down: Track event (4 letters)
118 Down: Cherbourg cherub (4 letters)
119 Down: Graceful tree (4 letters)
120 Down: Thyme or sage (4 letters)
121 Down: Sirius or Mizar (4 letters)
122 Down: At a distance (4 letters)
123 Down: "___ boy!" (4 letters)
124 Down: Employs (4 letters)
126 Down: Five score (3 letters)
127 Down: In the past (3 letters)
128 Down: Nessen or Ziegler (3 letters)
129 Down: Borough council rep. (3 letters)

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