A SPELL OF LETTERS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21142 clues~30-60 minBy Alfio Micci4/24/1983

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Name in an Inge title (5 letters)
6 Across: Lawmaker (5 letters)
11 Across: Highland precipitation (3 letters)
14 Across: Shampoo additive (3 letters)
17 Across: Macho types (5 letters)
18 Across: Justify (5 letters)
19 Across: Erudite (9 letters)
22 Across: Party giver's req. (11 letters)
24 Across: G.I. garb (9 letters)
25 Across: Metrist (4 letters)
26 Across: Unambitious one (5 letters)
27 Across: "Giselle" composer (4 letters)
28 Across: Ninny (5 letters)
29 Across: Matriculate (6 letters)
31 Across: Truman's birthplace (5 letters)
33 Across: Batters (5 letters)
34 Across: Youth org. (9 letters)
38 Across: Commuters' haven (5 letters)
40 Across: Bright stars that fade (5 letters)
43 Across: Rice dish (5 letters)
44 Across: Poisonous Tibetan plant (4 letters)
45 Across: Skulk (4 letters)
49 Across: "Green Mansions" hero (4 letters)
50 Across: Alit (6 letters)
51 Across: Loretta of "M*A*S*H" (4 letters)
52 Across: Pa. port (4 letters)
53 Across: Hubbub (3 letters)
54 Across: Well-known (5 letters)
55 Across: Bones, in Bologna (4 letters)
57 Across: Nonsense (5 letters)
58 Across: A Kennedy Center honoree (7 letters)
60 Across: River of song (5 letters)
61 Across: Crow, e.g. (6 letters)
62 Across: Rights org. (15 letters)
66 Across: Singer Smith (6 letters)
69 Across: Tolls (5 letters)
70 Across: A Carter (7 letters)
74 Across: At ___ (bewildered) (5 letters)
75 Across: Playground for Pierre (4 letters)
76 Across: Cooking direction (5 letters)
78 Across: Corrida shout (3 letters)
79 Across: Use shears (4 letters)
80 Across: Little, for one (4 letters)
82 Across: Plaza moppet (6 letters)
84 Across: Argument (4 letters)
85 Across: Cabbage variety (4 letters)
86 Across: Wood quantity (4 letters)
87 Across: Bridge positions (5 letters)
88 Across: Upright (5 letters)
89 Across: Moral (5 letters)
91 Across: Govt. agency (9 letters)
93 Across: Buckle (5 letters)
95 Across: ___ Soleil (Louis XIV) (5 letters)
97 Across: Eloquent one (6 letters)
101 Across: Copland ballet (5 letters)
102 Across: Ardent (4 letters)
103 Across: Himalayan land (5 letters)
107 Across: Long vestment (4 letters)
108 Across: Highway feature (9 letters)
110 Across: Doctoral deg. (11 letters)
112 Across: Garnished, N Italian style (9 letters)
113 Across: Baseball statistic (5 letters)
114 Across: Examined judicially (5 letters)
115 Across: "The Gold Bug" author (3 letters)
116 Across: Brynner (3 letters)
117 Across: Together (5 letters)
118 Across: Caucasians (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Mold (5 letters)
2 Down: Bittern's kin (5 letters)
3 Down: Moslem prince (5 letters)
4 Down: Gift (8 letters)
5 Down: Reply to a ques. (3 letters)
6 Down: Tore (4 letters)
7 Down: City on the Oka (4 letters)
8 Down: Easy stride (4 letters)
9 Down: Page's other side (8 letters)
10 Down: Formerly named (3 letters)
11 Down: Wedge (4 letters)
12 Down: Fall mo. (3 letters)
13 Down: Sour brew (6 letters)
14 Down: Flynn or Fauntleroy (5 letters)
15 Down: Word with spy or hour (5 letters)
16 Down: Agree: Var. (4 letters)
19 Down: Fountain treat (4 letters)
20 Down: Dark-red color (10 letters)
21 Down: Mil. truant (11 letters)
23 Down: Unspeakable (4 letters)
27 Down: "Today I ___ man" (3 letters)
30 Down: Soap ingredient (3 letters)
32 Down: Workers' org. (13 letters)
33 Down: Requirement (4 letters)
35 Down: Monte ___, Ischia (6 letters)
36 Down: Arachnid (4 letters)
37 Down: Dull person (4 letters)
39 Down: Clock numeral (3 letters)
40 Down: Nothing, in Navarra (4 letters)
41 Down: Cummerbunds of a sort (4 letters)
42 Down: Opening (4 letters)
44 Down: Soc. (5 letters)
46 Down: Hindustani language (4 letters)
47 Down: Latvian port (4 letters)
48 Down: Wail (4 letters)
50 Down: Avant-___ (5 letters)
54 Down: The end (5 letters)
56 Down: RR stops (4 letters)
57 Down: Cyrus or Sally (5 letters)
59 Down: Humane org. (11 letters)
60 Down: Winged (4 letters)
61 Down: Backbone (5 letters)
63 Down: Elitist (10 letters)
64 Down: Defy (5 letters)
65 Down: Baton Rouge inst. (6 letters)
66 Down: Support (4 letters)
67 Down: Singer Logan (4 letters)
68 Down: Besmirch (4 letters)
71 Down: Hercules captured her (4 letters)
72 Down: Templeton or Waugh (4 letters)
73 Down: Undiluted (4 letters)
76 Down: Autumn fruit (4 letters)
77 Down: Stone: Comb. form (4 letters)
80 Down: Grieve (4 letters)
81 Down: South Seas staple (3 letters)
83 Down: Livy lovers, e.g. (8 letters)
84 Down: A Roe with a fishy pitch (8 letters)
88 Down: Always, poetically (3 letters)
90 Down: Vexatious (6 letters)
91 Down: Fortify (3 letters)
92 Down: Blockhead (4 letters)
93 Down: Clown lashed by Nedda (5 letters)
94 Down: Confuse (5 letters)
96 Down: Gaelic (4 letters)
98 Down: Popular morning show (5 letters)
99 Down: "Martha" or "Louise" (5 letters)
100 Down: Orchestra section (5 letters)
101 Down: Meat cut (4 letters)
102 Down: Bemoan (4 letters)
104 Down: Saarinen (4 letters)
105 Down: Peacock (4 letters)
106 Down: River at Leeds (4 letters)
109 Down: Hawaiian sarong (3 letters)
110 Down: Kind of jacket (3 letters)
111 Down: Slangy suffix with hot or got (3 letters)

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