INITIAL ENCOUNTERS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Mary Virginia Orna12/1/1985

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Across

1 Across: Outlet (4 letters)
5 Across: Draw tight (4 letters)
9 Across: Israeli statesman (5 letters)
14 Across: Bible, e.g. (4 letters)
18 Across: Resembling a pterodactyl (4 letters)
19 Across: Bellowing (5 letters)
20 Across: Commune near Bologna (5 letters)
21 Across: Dazzles a disciple (4 letters)
22 Across: Cozzens novel: 1931 (10 letters)
24 Across: Christie mystery, with "The" (10 letters)
26 Across: Wagons for P.M. snacks (8 letters)
27 Across: Town on the Sava (5 letters)
29 Across: Hug (6 letters)
30 Across: Scurries (4 letters)
31 Across: Pinguid (5 letters)
32 Across: Mention (4 letters)
33 Across: Pickled flower buds (6 letters)
36 Across: Less straightforward (5 letters)
37 Across: Inn for Falstaff (8 letters)
41 Across: Harmonium (5 letters)
42 Across: Kuwait or Ecuador (10 letters)
44 Across: Slump (3 letters)
45 Across: Author of "Tamerlane" (4 letters)
46 Across: Broadway hit: 1985 (4 letters)
47 Across: Degrade (5 letters)
49 Across: Fulton's craft: Abbr. (3 letters)
50 Across: ___ yong, Chinese omelet (3 letters)
51 Across: S. Snead or G. Sarazan, e.g. (11 letters)
55 Across: "Blonde bombshell" Van Doren (5 letters)
57 Across: Too young (8 letters)
59 Across: Former Red Sox ace (5 letters)
60 Across: Dash (6 letters)
61 Across: Select (5 letters)
62 Across: "Doggone!" relatives (5 letters)
63 Across: He wrote "Lamia" (5 letters)
64 Across: Plan (6 letters)
66 Across: "Pari ___," aria sung by Rigoletto (5 letters)
67 Across: Freudian's forte (8 letters)
70 Across: Bouquet (5 letters)
71 Across: G. & S. offering (11 letters)
73 Across: Bear, to Balenciaga (3 letters)
74 Across: ___ Sung, Chinese dynasty (3 letters)
75 Across: Rank below capt. (5 letters)
77 Across: Excited interjections (4 letters)
78 Across: Waianae wiggle (4 letters)
79 Across: Some Cooper Union grads. (3 letters)
80 Across: Iceland or Italy, e.g. (10 letters)
84 Across: Venturesome one (5 letters)
85 Across: Molds beforehand (8 letters)
88 Across: Catkin (5 letters)
89 Across: Liabilities (6 letters)
90 Across: Fragments for Fido (4 letters)
91 Across: Buckinghamshire jackets (5 letters)
92 Across: "Ship of Fools" ship (4 letters)
93 Across: More carefree (6 letters)
96 Across: Parched (5 letters)
97 Across: Quality found in mantillas (8 letters)
101 Across: J. G. Low (10 letters)
103 Across: Beatles' billet-doux (10 letters)
105 Across: Mock (4 letters)
106 Across: Ma Barker's specialty (5 letters)
107 Across: Noted Swiss mathematician: 18th century (5 letters)
108 Across: Deciphered (4 letters)
109 Across: King of the Meccans: 1953–64 (4 letters)
110 Across: Airy farewells (5 letters)
111 Across: Courage (4 letters)
112 Across: Shelters (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Cosmic (4 letters)
2 Down: Alternative word (4 letters)
3 Down: Initials at Cape Canaveral (4 letters)
4 Down: Windpipes (8 letters)
5 Down: Worries (5 letters)
6 Down: Curtain holders (4 letters)
7 Down: Alpine river (3 letters)
8 Down: Dull (7 letters)
9 Down: Turk's coin, to a Londoner (7 letters)
10 Down: Shut in (5 letters)
11 Down: Madonna's music (4 letters)
12 Down: Chewbark (3 letters)
13 Down: Specialized French cooks (8 letters)
14 Down: ___ Gaddi, pupil of Giotto (6 letters)
15 Down: Due (4 letters)
16 Down: Blackbird (4 letters)
17 Down: To be, to Bibulus (4 letters)
19 Down: "___ nous le déluge" (5 letters)
23 Down: River to Moray Firth (5 letters)
25 Down: Torch-singer Etting (4 letters)
28 Down: List entry (4 letters)
31 Down: Meat (5 letters)
32 Down: Word with sweep or cut (5 letters)
33 Down: An Ionian island (5 letters)
34 Down: "Eileen ___," old Irish air (5 letters)
35 Down: Creator of Jeeves, Psmith et al. (11 letters)
36 Down: Basil is one (5 letters)
37 Down: Benedictine bigwig (5 letters)
38 Down: Historic W.W. II battleship (11 letters)
39 Down: Smooth fabric (5 letters)
40 Down: Snowy-plumed bird (5 letters)
42 Down: Indian or orange (5 letters)
43 Down: Certain conduits (5 letters)
46 Down: Marble or type (5 letters)
48 Down: Transfix (6 letters)
51 Down: Chief (6 letters)
52 Down: Caught like a rat in ___ (5 letters)
53 Down: Oxford university (5 letters)
54 Down: He wrote "Cry, the Beloved Country" (5 letters)
56 Down: Bohemian (4 letters)
58 Down: Plat. or merc., e.g. (4 letters)
60 Down: Browns (5 letters)
62 Down: Opposite of proximo (5 letters)
63 Down: Recognized (5 letters)
64 Down: Tapioca source (5 letters)
65 Down: Muezzin, e.g. (5 letters)
66 Down: Famed Boer leader (5 letters)
67 Down: Walking (5 letters)
68 Down: Cay (5 letters)
69 Down: Emulates J. L. Seagull (5 letters)
71 Down: Certain competitions (5 letters)
72 Down: Samekh followers (5 letters)
76 Down: Educate (8 letters)
78 Down: Slow Cuban dance (8 letters)
81 Down: Essences (7 letters)
82 Down: Alvin Childress TV role (4 letters)
83 Down: Camper's necessity (7 letters)
84 Down: Etymology: Abbr. (5 letters)
86 Down: Arranged, as hair (6 letters)
87 Down: Martian: Comb. form (4 letters)
89 Down: Part of the ambiance (5 letters)
91 Down: Tomato blight (5 letters)
92 Down: Gentleman's gentleman (5 letters)
93 Down: Pullet products (4 letters)
94 Down: Location of Henzada and Harbin (4 letters)
95 Down: Film portrayer of Mowgli (4 letters)
96 Down: Entrance for Walter Morel (4 letters)
97 Down: Caron role: 1953 (4 letters)
98 Down: Goggler (4 letters)
99 Down: Steep (4 letters)
100 Down: Stout topper (4 letters)
102 Down: F.D.R. project (3 letters)
104 Down: Big ___, Calif. (3 letters)

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