BIDDING WITH THE BARD

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23170 clues~30-60 minBy Caroline G. Fitzgerald11/24/1985

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Across

1 Across: Oh! in Oschatz (3 letters)
4 Across: Nimble (5 letters)
9 Across: Expectant father, often (5 letters)
14 Across: Third Reich police (7 letters)
21 Across: Hind (3 letters)
22 Across: Salk target (5 letters)
23 Across: A poplar (5 letters)
24 Across: Hamlet or Romeo (7 letters)
25 Across: North: bids a minor suit (15 letters)
28 Across: Pitcher and catcher (7 letters)
29 Across: Llama's relative (6 letters)
30 Across: Asian festival (3 letters)
31 Across: Matter-of-fact (3 letters)
32 Across: Kwa language (3 letters)
33 Across: Plow man John (5 letters)
34 Across: Petitioned (4 letters)
36 Across: It precedes upsilon (3 letters)
37 Across: Cause (6 letters)
42 Across: Dullard, in spades (4 letters)
43 Across: East: challenges North's bid (18 letters)
48 Across: Abstract being (3 letters)
49 Across: Twelve or thirteen tricks (4 letters)
50 Across: Rink org. (3 letters)
51 Across: These run high (3 letters)
52 Across: Hoof sound (4 letters)
53 Across: Chimney sweep's target (4 letters)
54 Across: Junior runs these for Mom (7 letters)
57 Across: Increase the bid (5 letters)
58 Across: South: see 57 Across (15 letters)
64 Across: Alan Alexander and family (6 letters)
65 Across: Half of MVI (4 letters)
66 Across: Bristling (5 letters)
67 Across: Like some veal (7 letters)
70 Across: ___ the finish (4 letters)
71 Across: Utters (6 letters)
74 Across: Pack (4 letters)
75 Across: Bikini part (3 letters)
78 Across: West: bids a major suit (23 letters)
85 Across: Codex contents: Abbr. (3 letters)
86 Across: Real, as a diamond (4 letters)
87 Across: Dominion (6 letters)
88 Across: Latvia's capital (4 letters)
89 Across: Golden State N.B.A. player (7 letters)
92 Across: Sights in the Southwest (5 letters)
95 Across: Particular (4 letters)
96 Across: Mud volcanoes (6 letters)
100 Across: North: a jump bid (15 letters)
104 Across: Like a cliché (5 letters)
105 Across: City of Lebanon or Libya (7 letters)
107 Across: Scold (4 letters)
108 Across: Newspaper sect. (4 letters)
109 Across: Summer mo. (3 letters)
110 Across: Grasshopper's critic (3 letters)
112 Across: Goad (4 letters)
113 Across: Knight from Conn. (3 letters)
116 Across: East: passes (18 letters)
122 Across: Porto ___, Benin's capital (4 letters)
123 Across: Merrill-Styne hit (6 letters)
124 Across: "Frae morn to ___ . . . " (3 letters)
125 Across: Dash (4 letters)
126 Across: Canary's cousin (5 letters)
127 Across: Bill (3 letters)
129 Across: Besides (3 letters)
130 Across: Org. for some drivers (3 letters)
131 Across: Burnt ___ (6 letters)
132 Across: ___ Virginia Woolf (7 letters)
136 Across: South: asks that the bid be recorded (15 letters)
140 Across: Some electricians (7 letters)
141 Across: More unfriendly (5 letters)
142 Across: Blake of "Shuffle Along" (5 letters)
143 Across: Kiki of rock fame (3 letters)
144 Across: Manage (7 letters)
145 Across: Color again (5 letters)
146 Across: Tap problems (5 letters)
147 Across: Kind of lot or job (3 letters)

Down

1 Down: She saved Theseus (7 letters)
2 Down: Actress Dewhurst (7 letters)
3 Down: Auxiliaries (7 letters)
4 Down: Swiftly (5 letters)
5 Down: Poet Ridge (4 letters)
6 Down: Cubit (3 letters)
7 Down: Moroccan mountain range (3 letters)
8 Down: "A tutor who ___ the flute . . . " (6 letters)
9 Down: Covenant (4 letters)
10 Down: Tennis term (3 letters)
11 Down: Like a tail (6 letters)
12 Down: Drench (6 letters)
13 Down: Promising (4 letters)
14 Down: Kaplan or Kotter (4 letters)
15 Down: Dodger (6 letters)
16 Down: Enhance (6 letters)
17 Down: Wilbrand's discovery (3 letters)
18 Down: Generation (3 letters)
19 Down: By means of (3 letters)
20 Down: Kid ___, jazz trombonist (3 letters)
26 Down: Bridge essential (4 letters)
27 Down: French painter Odilon ___ (5 letters)
34 Down: Severe critic (6 letters)
35 Down: City SE of Stuttgart (3 letters)
36 Down: They pull skiers (5 letters)
38 Down: ___ point (center of interest) (5 letters)
39 Down: Mrs. Irving Berlin (5 letters)
40 Down: Secretive (5 letters)
41 Down: Symbols (5 letters)
43 Down: "The Man ___," 1924 song (5 letters)
44 Down: Addict (4 letters)
45 Down: Busybody (5 letters)
46 Down: Like Father William (3 letters)
47 Down: Initials on a warship (3 letters)
49 Down: ___ Canals (3 letters)
53 Down: Lawful forger (5 letters)
55 Down: Revives or recalls (6 letters)
56 Down: Display (3 letters)
57 Down: Midway attractions (5 letters)
58 Down: Characteristic style (5 letters)
59 Down: Comical blanket-lover (5 letters)
60 Down: Equivocators (5 letters)
61 Down: Previous to this (6 letters)
62 Down: Bk. sizes (4 letters)
63 Down: Western lizards (4 letters)
64 Down: Kind of physician (4 letters)
68 Down: Under most favorable conditions (6 letters)
69 Down: Buck's mate (3 letters)
72 Down: Motor or meter leader (6 letters)
73 Down: Billing time: Abbr. (3 letters)
75 Down: A librettist for Verdi (5 letters)
76 Down: O.K.! (5 letters)
77 Down: "There is Nothin' Like ___" (5 letters)
79 Down: Needle case (5 letters)
80 Down: Macaws (4 letters)
81 Down: Capek classic (3 letters)
82 Down: Lollypop flavor (4 letters)
83 Down: Three, to Hans (4 letters)
84 Down: Blacken (5 letters)
90 Down: English architect Jones (5 letters)
91 Down: Alley ___ pass, in basketball (3 letters)
93 Down: "Take the ___," Strayhorn hit (6 letters)
94 Down: Rustic, to Milton (5 letters)
96 Down: Dismantle (5 letters)
97 Down: Originated (5 letters)
98 Down: Meteor or sphere leader (5 letters)
99 Down: Deign (5 letters)
101 Down: Novelist ___-Fournier (5 letters)
102 Down: Sort (4 letters)
103 Down: Teammate of Jo-Jo Moore (3 letters)
105 Down: Little boy (3 letters)
106 Down: Lead all the diamonds, e.g. (3 letters)
111 Down: City NNW of Pusan (5 letters)
112 Down: Bleat (3 letters)
113 Down: Waterspout (7 letters)
114 Down: Manifested (7 letters)
115 Down: Gave (7 letters)
117 Down: Last syllable of a word (6 letters)
118 Down: Hobber, in quoits (6 letters)
119 Down: A-Q or K-J (6 letters)
120 Down: Decrepit (6 letters)
121 Down: Looked fiercely (6 letters)
122 Down: ___-do-well (4 letters)
126 Down: Scenes (5 letters)
128 Down: Yield (4 letters)
129 Down: Arabian chief (4 letters)
130 Down: Tiny opening (4 letters)
131 Down: Bit (4 letters)
132 Down: Exclamations of disgust (3 letters)
133 Down: Morse-code character (3 letters)
134 Down: Homophone for heir (3 letters)
135 Down: Actor Ayres (3 letters)
137 Down: Answer to a puzzle (3 letters)
138 Down: Mongrel (3 letters)
139 Down: Kimono sash (3 letters)

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