MATCHMAKING

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21136 clues~30-60 minBy John M. Samson1/29/1984

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Hold (4 letters)
5 Across
Part of T.A.E. (4 letters)
9 Across
Final part of a pas de deux (4 letters)
13 Across
___ pudding (5 letters)
18 Across
Daredeviltry name (4 letters)
19 Across
Manicurist's charge (5 letters)
21 Across
Prognostic (4 letters)
22 Across
Brutus's burdens (5 letters)
23 Across
Actress-novelist match (15 letters)
26 Across
Stair post (5 letters)
27 Across
Actress Stritch (6 letters)
28 Across
Kind of jaw (7 letters)
29 Across
Bunyan's Babe, e.g. (6 letters)
30 Across
___ de guerre (3 letters)
31 Across
Cooking banana (4 letters)
33 Across
For shame! (3 letters)
34 Across
Progenitor (6 letters)
35 Across
Fine point (6 letters)
37 Across
Comedian-actress match (12 letters)
40 Across
Parallel passes (8 letters)
42 Across
"It's ___ than you think!" (5 letters)
43 Across
Migrate (4 letters)
45 Across
Loren's birthplace (4 letters)
46 Across
Surfeit (4 letters)
47 Across
Candied items (4 letters)
51 Across
Biblical book (5 letters)
53 Across
Deadened (4 letters)
55 Across
Excited (5 letters)
57 Across
Loser to Braddock: 1935 (4 letters)
59 Across
Punty (3 letters)
60 Across
36th U.S. Pres. (3 letters)
62 Across
He's below a marquess (4 letters)
64 Across
Dreamy composition (8 letters)
66 Across
Call ___ day (3 letters)
67 Across
Actress-tennis star match (13 letters)
70 Across
Yelp (3 letters)
71 Across
Prufrock's air (8 letters)
73 Across
Speck (4 letters)
74 Across
Aristotle's Aurora (3 letters)
75 Across
Low (3 letters)
76 Across
Director Buñuel (4 letters)
77 Across
Terra ___ (5 letters)
79 Across
It's made backwards? (4 letters)
81 Across
Novae, e.g. (5 letters)
83 Across
Rec. measures (4 letters)
85 Across
Boxer O'Grady (4 letters)
86 Across
500 sheets (4 letters)
88 Across
Highlands language (4 letters)
89 Across
More frigid (5 letters)
91 Across
Most mirthful (8 letters)
93 Across
Actress-painter match (12 letters)
98 Across
Implant (6 letters)
100 Across
Mr. Bones (6 letters)
101 Across
Apt. particulars (3 letters)
102 Across
Makes hay, in a way (4 letters)
103 Across
Homophone of neigh (3 letters)
105 Across
Aramaic translation of the Old Testament (6 letters)
106 Across
Main (7 letters)
109 Across
Themes (6 letters)
111 Across
Anew (5 letters)
112 Across
Comedienne–camera bug match (15 letters)
114 Across
Sledded at Lake Placid (5 letters)
115 Across
Taxi (4 letters)
116 Across
Seasons lumber (5 letters)
117 Across
Countertenor (4 letters)
118 Across
Looks of a rake on the make (5 letters)
119 Across
Malts (4 letters)
120 Across
New England grid team (4 letters)
121 Across
Swill (4 letters)

Down

1 Down
Herculean ones (5 letters)
2 Down
Arthur's island paradise (6 letters)
3 Down
Actress-jazz musician match (14 letters)
4 Down
She outwrestled Thor (4 letters)
5 Down
Echidna or pangolin (8 letters)
6 Down
___-de-dah (3 letters)
7 Down
Stringed instrument (5 letters)
8 Down
Soprano Gluck (4 letters)
9 Down
End of an O'Neill title (6 letters)
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Bongo of Gabon (4 letters)
11 Down
For, in Frankfurt (4 letters)
12 Down
Actress Sheridan (3 letters)
13 Down
Type of degree (8 letters)
14 Down
On ___ keel (6 letters)
15 Down
Needlework (6 letters)
16 Down
Vingt-neuf follower (6 letters)
17 Down
Mythical beast (4 letters)
20 Down
World's greatest coffee port (6 letters)
24 Down
Start (5 letters)
25 Down
Ticket part (4 letters)
29 Down
Bundle (4 letters)
32 Down
Pianist-singer match (13 letters)
34 Down
Ballplayer-entertainer match (13 letters)
36 Down
Word before walk or mix (4 letters)
37 Down
Mame's critic (6 letters)
38 Down
Norway's patron saint (4 letters)
39 Down
Eucharistic plate (6 letters)
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___ Darya, Asian river (3 letters)
43 Down
Delight (6 letters)
44 Down
Dig up (7 letters)
46 Down
West Point greeting (6 letters)
48 Down
___ Dhabi, Mideastern land (3 letters)
49 Down
Actress-comedian match (14 letters)
50 Down
Privileged students (7 letters)
52 Down
Sunday clothes, for some (4 letters)
54 Down
West role (6 letters)
56 Down
Imitator (4 letters)
58 Down
Rest (6 letters)
61 Down
"___ good cheer . . . " (4 letters)
63 Down
Greek letter (3 letters)
65 Down
Mrs. Tracy (4 letters)
68 Down
"Sing all ___ willow": Shak. (6 letters)
69 Down
"When the ___ Robin . . . ": Woods song (6 letters)
72 Down
Geller's gift (3 letters)
78 Down
Where trades are made (4 letters)
80 Down
Gas: Comb. form (3 letters)
82 Down
Assay (4 letters)
84 Down
Freudian names (8 letters)
87 Down
Foolish (8 letters)
90 Down
Stuff (4 letters)
91 Down
Unlike a rolling stone (6 letters)
92 Down
Industrial hub of the Ruhr (5 letters)
93 Down
It may be major or minor (6 letters)
94 Down
Madden (6 letters)
95 Down
Less at ease (6 letters)
96 Down
Destroys (6 letters)
97 Down
Atlanta arena (4 letters)
99 Down
Shed (6 letters)
102 Down
Actress Shire (5 letters)
104 Down
Prohibit legally (5 letters)
105 Down
Lofty (4 letters)
106 Down
Nuncupative (4 letters)
107 Down
University in N.Y.C. (4 letters)
108 Down
O.K. Corral fighter (4 letters)
110 Down
Arts degs. (4 letters)
112 Down
Borrioboola-___, locale in "Bleak House" (3 letters)
113 Down
Service call (3 letters)

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