MATRON OF HONOR

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23164 clues~30-60 minBy John McCarthy Samson3/17/1985

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Across

1 Across: Out of bed (5 letters)
6 Across: Buccaneers' home (5 letters)
11 Across: Leave the Union (6 letters)
17 Across: Bargain-hunt (4 letters)
21 Across: Start of a limerick (5 letters)
22 Across: Scarf (5 letters)
23 Across: Gap (6 letters)
24 Across: Baylor U.'s city (4 letters)
25 Across: Limerick: Part II (23 letters)
29 Across: Echidna's edible (3 letters)
30 Across: Liberate (4 letters)
31 Across: Gay ___ (5 letters)
32 Across: Heavens holder (5 letters)
33 Across: Traces of hope (4 letters)
35 Across: Baked in a kiln (5 letters)
37 Across: Songs from Erin (5 letters)
39 Across: Octavian's foe (6 letters)
40 Across: Marked murderer (4 letters)
42 Across: On (a specified time) (4 letters)
44 Across: Children (5 letters)
46 Across: Limerick: Part III (22 letters)
55 Across: Secluded (6 letters)
56 Across: "Our Miss Brooks" star (5 letters)
57 Across: Harmonium (5 letters)
58 Across: Bill (3 letters)
60 Across: Wane (5 letters)
61 Across: Tendon (5 letters)
62 Across: Whimpering one (5 letters)
63 Across: Misplace (4 letters)
64 Across: Some swans (4 letters)
65 Across: Utah's or Vermont's ___ Creek (5 letters)
66 Across: Leader's leader (5 letters)
67 Across: Teases (5 letters)
68 Across: English horn's kin (4 letters)
69 Across: Hold sway (5 letters)
70 Across: Ornamental band (6 letters)
71 Across: Limerick: Part IV (23 letters)
79 Across: It's for the birds (6 letters)
80 Across: He lived by his own golden rule (5 letters)
81 Across: Esau (4 letters)
82 Across: Veil material (5 letters)
83 Across: Trident (5 letters)
84 Across: Uncovered (5 letters)
86 Across: Eschar (4 letters)
90 Across: ___ breve (4 letters)
91 Across: Rebuff (5 letters)
92 Across: Relay-race item (5 letters)
93 Across: River of Scotland (5 letters)
94 Across: Chou En-___ (3 letters)
95 Across: Pianist Victor (5 letters)
96 Across: Conductor Sir Georg (5 letters)
97 Across: Auras (6 letters)
98 Across: Limerick: Part V (22 letters)
103 Across: Liza Minnelli's sister (5 letters)
104 Across: City near Phoenix (4 letters)
105 Across: Zenith (4 letters)
106 Across: Most faultless (6 letters)
109 Across: Hippo chaser (5 letters)
112 Across: Prefix for film (5 letters)
115 Across: Gaff (4 letters)
119 Across: Prophet fed by ravens (5 letters)
120 Across: Manicurist's board (5 letters)
122 Across: Collars (4 letters)
123 Across: "___ Blue?," 1929 song (3 letters)
124 Across: Limerick: Part VI (23 letters)
131 Across: Confine, in a way (4 letters)
132 Across: Lute-family members (6 letters)
133 Across: More calamitous (5 letters)
134 Across: Riley's friend Digger (5 letters)
135 Across: Hearken (4 letters)
136 Across: In ___ (so to speak) (6 letters)
137 Across: October birthstones (5 letters)
138 Across: End of limerick (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: In a state of conflict (5 letters)
2 Down: Columnist Alexander (5 letters)
3 Down: Peevish (5 letters)
4 Down: Tax-deferred acct. (3 letters)
5 Down: Juan Carlos I, e.g. (3 letters)
6 Down: Bull-like (7 letters)
7 Down: He played Lou Grant (5 letters)
8 Down: Fibber or Molly (5 letters)
9 Down: Spanish preposition (3 letters)
10 Down: At the pinnacle (4 letters)
11 Down: Robin Hood's pursuer (7 letters)
12 Down: Plateau of W. Germany (5 letters)
13 Down: Insertion symbol (5 letters)
14 Down: W.W. II arena (3 letters)
15 Down: "___ Spiro, Spero" (S.C. motto) (3 letters)
16 Down: Part of i.e. (3 letters)
17 Down: Fly follower (7 letters)
18 Down: Call to the hounds (5 letters)
19 Down: Where the Shannon ends (5 letters)
20 Down: Lovelace's forte (5 letters)
26 Down: Pols seek this (6 letters)
27 Down: Bar (6 letters)
28 Down: Amassed, as debts (5 letters)
34 Down: Skedaddles (6 letters)
36 Down: Temper (6 letters)
38 Down: Maureen McGovern, e.g. (6 letters)
39 Down: Part of A.M.A. (4 letters)
41 Down: Pot ingredient (4 letters)
43 Down: Mulligan's specialty (4 letters)
45 Down: Mosel tributary (4 letters)
46 Down: Encase (4 letters)
47 Down: Hercules' wife (4 letters)
48 Down: Mideast sultanate (4 letters)
49 Down: Garçon (6 letters)
50 Down: County Donegal river (4 letters)
51 Down: Precede (6 letters)
52 Down: Become aligned (6 letters)
53 Down: Prima ballerina (6 letters)
54 Down: Lent's conclusion (6 letters)
59 Down: Defeats (5 letters)
61 Down: Pack away (4 letters)
62 Down: Vouchers (5 letters)
63 Down: Tiffany ___ (4 letters)
65 Down: Comply (4 letters)
66 Down: U.F.W.'s Chavez (5 letters)
67 Down: Novelist Stoker (4 letters)
68 Down: Czech river (4 letters)
69 Down: Fortification (5 letters)
70 Down: Eel, e.g. (4 letters)
71 Down: Dating from birth (5 letters)
72 Down: Like a small egg (6 letters)
73 Down: A Nelson (6 letters)
74 Down: Reception hall (4 letters)
75 Down: Criticize (6 letters)
76 Down: Arranged in rows (6 letters)
77 Down: An adjective for St. Patrick (6 letters)
78 Down: Early garden spot (4 letters)
83 Down: Unfurl (6 letters)
84 Down: Christmas tree (6 letters)
85 Down: Aleutian island (4 letters)
86 Down: Foothills (6 letters)
87 Down: Flower cluster (4 letters)
88 Down: Month before Nisan (4 letters)
89 Down: Actress Armstrong (4 letters)
91 Down: Son, in Stuttgart (4 letters)
92 Down: Sources of peat (4 letters)
93 Down: How some preppies prep (4 letters)
95 Down: Ernie's Muppet-mate (4 letters)
96 Down: Fleers (6 letters)
97 Down: Greet first (6 letters)
99 Down: Contented (7 letters)
100 Down: Walden's "Lou Grant" role (5 letters)
101 Down: Absorb deeply (7 letters)
102 Down: Clings to (7 letters)
106 Down: Nectarine (5 letters)
107 Down: Forearm bones (5 letters)
108 Down: Riva ___, 1972 Derby winner (5 letters)
110 Down: Ada, from Limerick (5 letters)
111 Down: Old Hebrew measures (5 letters)
113 Down: Below: Prefix (5 letters)
114 Down: Dromedary (5 letters)
116 Down: Corer's cousin (5 letters)
117 Down: Soap plant (5 letters)
118 Down: Carbine (5 letters)
121 Down: Tokyo, formerly (4 letters)
125 Down: The Federal Register is this agcy.'s concern (3 letters)
126 Down: Serbian city (3 letters)
127 Down: ___-Foy, Que. (3 letters)
128 Down: Back talk (3 letters)
129 Down: Peppery (3 letters)
130 Down: Old English letter (3 letters)

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