ASSOCIATION GAME

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Peter Swift2/26/1984

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Behind, at sea (5 letters)
6 Across: Drool (6 letters)
12 Across: Foolhardy (5 letters)
17 Across: Book size (5 letters)
18 Across: Makes effervescent (7 letters)
20 Across: Overly optimistic (7 letters)
23 Across: Grain grinders? (13 letters)
25 Across: Cleaves (7 letters)
26 Across: Driven in a group (6 letters)
27 Across: Roofer or critic (6 letters)
29 Across: Copy, for short (4 letters)
30 Across: Some are fine (4 letters)
31 Across: Actress MacGraw (3 letters)
34 Across: Underwater "wolf pack" (6 letters)
38 Across: Botanist Gray (3 letters)
39 Across: Denials (3 letters)
40 Across: Shavers? (12 letters)
44 Across: Clear (3 letters)
45 Across: Goldsmith's "___ of Wakefield" (8 letters)
47 Across: Be noncommital on an issue (8 letters)
49 Across: Passionate (5 letters)
52 Across: Father of Andromache (6 letters)
55 Across: Hall and ___, musical duo (5 letters)
56 Across: Nones? (14 letters)
60 Across: "Up and ___!" (4 letters)
63 Across: Fitting (3 letters)
64 Across: Hit sign (3 letters)
65 Across: Pretentious art or writing (6 letters)
68 Across: Change the décor (4 letters)
69 Across: Bird of prey (3 letters)
70 Across: Home of maroon-and-white Leopards (6 letters)
74 Across: Converts chips (6 letters)
76 Across: Equivoque (3 letters)
77 Across: Abbrs. on maps (4 letters)
79 Across: Safari participant (6 letters)
81 Across: A Dadaism founder (3 letters)
82 Across: "Some ___ meat and canna eat": Burns (3 letters)
83 Across: ___ Jahan (4 letters)
84 Across: Cold spells? (14 letters)
89 Across: Knobs (5 letters)
93 Across: Vito Farinola (6 letters)
94 Across: Cocktail garnishes (5 letters)
95 Across: Pyrenees dweller (8 letters)
98 Across: Intertwines (8 letters)
101 Across: Fall mo. (3 letters)
102 Across: Fox hunts? (12 letters)
105 Across: Trim (3 letters)
108 Across: Wayne Gretzky's milieu (3 letters)
109 Across: Wooden mallet (6 letters)
110 Across: Workshop, for short (3 letters)
111 Across: A Delano (4 letters)
112 Across: Baltimore et al. (4 letters)
114 Across: Bad-tempered person (6 letters)
118 Across: Jason Robards role (6 letters)
120 Across: Weaken (7 letters)
124 Across: Stags? (13 letters)
127 Across: Legendary (7 letters)
128 Across: Bluish gray, as a fur (7 letters)
129 Across: Scorch (5 letters)
130 Across: Bard's preposition (5 letters)
131 Across: Pressed (6 letters)
132 Across: In pursuit of (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Hound or shawl (6 letters)
2 Down: Dance or jacket (6 letters)
3 Down: Puts on guard (6 letters)
4 Down: Exercises serendipity (5 letters)
5 Down: Style (4 letters)
6 Down: ___ Jacinto (3 letters)
7 Down: Emulated Ozawa (3 letters)
8 Down: Word with length (4 letters)
9 Down: Ski resort (4 letters)
10 Down: Cartoonist Hulme (4 letters)
11 Down: ___ oculi (muscle of the eye) (6 letters)
12 Down: Bandeau, for short (3 letters)
13 Down: Gat (3 letters)
14 Down: Volcanic emission (3 letters)
15 Down: Calls, in poker (4 letters)
16 Down: Rails' kin? (14 letters)
19 Down: Ancient Arabian country (5 letters)
21 Down: Thistlelike plant (6 letters)
22 Down: Patrimony (6 letters)
24 Down: Antarctic cape (5 letters)
28 Down: Male gypsies (4 letters)
32 Down: Bulgarian's coin (3 letters)
33 Down: "I wander'd till ___": M. Arnold (5 letters)
35 Down: Oakland, for one (4 letters)
36 Down: Japanese monastery (4 letters)
37 Down: Trellis item (4 letters)
41 Down: Served perfectly (4 letters)
42 Down: Archibald of the Bucks (4 letters)
43 Down: Negus, e.g. (5 letters)
45 Down: Part of TNT (3 letters)
46 Down: Nobelist in Literature: 1946 (5 letters)
48 Down: Treasured (4 letters)
49 Down: Summers (6 letters)
50 Down: Quart, to a gallon (6 letters)
51 Down: Chessmen? (14 letters)
53 Down: Chemical suffix (4 letters)
54 Down: Naldi of the silents (4 letters)
57 Down: Damascene, e.g. (4 letters)
58 Down: Lie detector on Pinocchio (4 letters)
59 Down: Draft agcy. (3 letters)
61 Down: Statesman Benes (6 letters)
62 Down: Louvre display (6 letters)
66 Down: Niger neighbor (4 letters)
67 Down: Münster mister (4 letters)
71 Down: Bit (3 letters)
72 Down: Mouthward (4 letters)
73 Down: Shade of green (4 letters)
75 Down: Genetic mutation (5 letters)
78 Down: "Out, damned Spot!" (4 letters)
80 Down: Encrusted, in a way (5 letters)
85 Down: Therefore, in Dijon (4 letters)
86 Down: Flowerlike: Comb. form (4 letters)
87 Down: Staircase feature (5 letters)
88 Down: Twice (3 letters)
90 Down: Fragment (4 letters)
91 Down: A Gardner (4 letters)
92 Down: Advantage (4 letters)
95 Down: Hostility (6 letters)
96 Down: Harmful (6 letters)
97 Down: "En Enda ___," Ingrid Bergman film: 1938 (4 letters)
99 Down: Marsh elder (3 letters)
100 Down: Important Disraeli book (5 letters)
103 Down: "His word burned like ___": Ecclus. (5 letters)
104 Down: Perfumery oil (6 letters)
105 Down: Threnody (6 letters)
106 Down: Princely European house (6 letters)
107 Down: Armored, German style (6 letters)
111 Down: Letter stroke (5 letters)
113 Down: Wizened (4 letters)
115 Down: Autocrat (4 letters)
116 Down: Concerning (4 letters)
117 Down: Give profusely (4 letters)
119 Down: ___ Nostra (4 letters)
121 Down: Inlet (3 letters)
122 Down: J. Herriot, for one (3 letters)
123 Down: Old English letter (3 letters)
125 Down: Lisbon-to-London dir. (3 letters)
126 Down: Pop (3 letters)

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