EXTRACTIONS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy Warren W. Reich2/16/1986

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Uhlan's weapon (5 letters)
6 Across: Unsubstantial (5 letters)
11 Across: Sacred river in "Kubla Khan" (4 letters)
15 Across: 200 milligrams (5 letters)
20 Across: Well nigh (5 letters)
21 Across: Exceed (5 letters)
22 Across: Stertor (5 letters)
23 Across: Rare violin (5 letters)
24 Across: Iron countries (11 letters)
26 Across: Upon a time (11 letters)
28 Across: The Flintstones' pet (4 letters)
29 Across: Stone: Comb. form (5 letters)
30 Across: Borgia potion (6 letters)
31 Across: Canada's Lévesque (4 letters)
32 Across: Forcemeat (5 letters)
34 Across: Tony Curtis TV role: 1975–76 (5 letters)
37 Across: Kind of effect (4 letters)
39 Across: Madison or Monroe: Abbr. (3 letters)
42 Across: Encumber (4 letters)
43 Across: Emanations (5 letters)
45 Across: "A Touch of C," 1973 film (7 letters)
50 Across: Qty. (3 letters)
51 Across: Emergency signal (3 letters)
52 Across: ___-Japanese War (4 letters)
54 Across: Extreme degree (3 letters)
56 Across: Capacitate (6 letters)
57 Across: Tailless horse (12 letters)
60 Across: ___-Magnon (3 letters)
61 Across: Biblical pillar pusher (6 letters)
62 Across: Norse goddess (4 letters)
63 Across: Kind of stick or shot (4 letters)
64 Across: Merit (4 letters)
66 Across: Sunday seats (4 letters)
67 Across: Tali (6 letters)
70 Across: "A Mess to Garcia" (12 letters)
76 Across: Avant-gardist (3 letters)
77 Across: They, en France (5 letters)
79 Across: "Washington ___ here" (5 letters)
80 Across: Shankar's instrument (5 letters)
81 Across: Military V.I.P. (3 letters)
82 Across: Egyptian judge of the dead (6 letters)
84 Across: Nutty ___ fruitcake (3 letters)
85 Across: Overwhelm (6 letters)
87 Across: Unit of heat: Abbr. (3 letters)
89 Across: Web-footed animal (5 letters)
91 Across: Gallup specialties (5 letters)
94 Across: Decaying: Comb. form (5 letters)
95 Across: Nonsense (3 letters)
96 Across: Three square a day (12 letters)
99 Across: Bum tippers (6 letters)
102 Across: Sacred chests (4 letters)
104 Across: ___ Mawddwy, peak in Wales (4 letters)
105 Across: Commando action (4 letters)
107 Across: Date in the near future (4 letters)
108 Across: Covert (6 letters)
111 Across: Unit of work (3 letters)
112 Across: Ping shears (12 letters)
116 Across: Verdi opera (6 letters)
117 Across: "___ Rosenkavalier" (3 letters)
118 Across: Grizzle (4 letters)
119 Across: Reine's mate (3 letters)
120 Across: Rachel Jackson, ___ Donelson (3 letters)
121 Across: "Old Tray" (7 letters)
123 Across: Frenzied (5 letters)
125 Across: Pigeonhole locale (4 letters)
126 Across: Canine examiner's deg. (3 letters)
127 Across: Loupe (4 letters)
129 Across: Unit of flow (5 letters)
131 Across: Trod the boards (5 letters)
133 Across: "Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto (4 letters)
137 Across: Fix (6 letters)
139 Across: Practical-book category (5 letters)
141 Across: Disney's inventive mouse (4 letters)
145 Across: "Beyond the Blue" (11 letters)
147 Across: Bobo (11 letters)
149 Across: Object of some searches (5 letters)
150 Across: Tile filler (5 letters)
151 Across: Synthetic fiber (5 letters)
152 Across: Page or LuPone (5 letters)
153 Across: Tear-jerker (5 letters)
154 Across: Longings (4 letters)
155 Across: Astray (5 letters)
156 Across: Delay action (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Star of "Shane" (4 letters)
2 Down: Hillside dugout (4 letters)
3 Down: When both hands are up (4 letters)
4 Down: "It's not my ___ tea" (5 letters)
5 Down: Rel. of et al. (3 letters)
6 Down: Prognosticates (9 letters)
7 Down: Furrowed (6 letters)
8 Down: Perfume oil: Var. (4 letters)
9 Down: Jargon (5 letters)
10 Down: Chaney (3 letters)
11 Down: Irritations (10 letters)
12 Down: Places (4 letters)
13 Down: Basketball defense (5 letters)
14 Down: Like Alvin York (6 letters)
15 Down: Trippet (3 letters)
16 Down: Ovid topic (4 letters)
17 Down: Kind of review (4 letters)
18 Down: Egyptian symbol (4 letters)
19 Down: Ocean motion (4 letters)
22 Down: Profoundly lethargic state (5 letters)
25 Down: Harvest carrots (6 letters)
27 Down: Clothes (6 letters)
33 Down: "They ___ serve . . . " (4 letters)
35 Down: Site of first miracle (4 letters)
36 Down: Wild-dog genus (4 letters)
38 Down: Where Vulcan forged (4 letters)
39 Down: Israeli port (5 letters)
40 Down: " . . . 'tis like ___ in spring" (5 letters)
41 Down: "Kong" (13 letters)
44 Down: Traces (6 letters)
46 Down: Reader's aid (4 letters)
47 Down: "Your own business!" (13 letters)
48 Down: Retarded (6 letters)
49 Down: Electric eye, for instance (6 letters)
52 Down: Anglers' woes (5 letters)
53 Down: Urge on (5 letters)
55 Down: Revolting (6 letters)
58 Down: Vexes (5 letters)
59 Down: Character in "Charley's Aunt" (3 letters)
65 Down: Greenbacks (5 letters)
68 Down: Prufrock's creator (5 letters)
69 Down: Syriac script (5 letters)
71 Down: Bounded (5 letters)
72 Down: ___ Downs (5 letters)
73 Down: Out of practice (5 letters)
74 Down: Spanish rooms (5 letters)
75 Down: Vesuviate (5 letters)
78 Down: City once called New Archangel (5 letters)
83 Down: Become boiling mad (6 letters)
86 Down: Cleaner's target (5 letters)
87 Down: Showed pluck (6 letters)
88 Down: Tauromachian (6 letters)
90 Down: Noisy oil well (6 letters)
92 Down: Pupa's predecessor (5 letters)
93 Down: An anagram for nails (5 letters)
97 Down: Boorish (10 letters)
98 Down: Family mem. (3 letters)
100 Down: Punished financially (5 letters)
101 Down: Murderer in "Oliver Twist" (5 letters)
103 Down: Scoria (4 letters)
106 Down: Spielberg activity (9 letters)
109 Down: Organic compound (4 letters)
110 Down: Money, to Juan (6 letters)
112 Down: Flag (4 letters)
113 Down: Protuberance (4 letters)
114 Down: Faneuil Hall site (6 letters)
115 Down: Simile word (4 letters)
122 Down: "___ is Eternal Delight": Blake (6 letters)
124 Down: Kind of offering (5 letters)
125 Down: City on the Yukon (6 letters)
128 Down: Flèche (5 letters)
130 Down: Insect sound (5 letters)
132 Down: ___ Lama (5 letters)
133 Down: Countertenor (4 letters)
134 Down: Meat cut (4 letters)
135 Down: Italian wine center (4 letters)
136 Down: City named after a bishop (4 letters)
138 Down: Radio-guided bomb (4 letters)
140 Down: A Nobel Institute site (4 letters)
142 Down: Catcher's item (4 letters)
143 Down: Aware of (4 letters)
144 Down: Word with deep or dive (4 letters)
146 Down: Poulard (3 letters)
147 Down: Part of a barn (3 letters)
148 Down: Some M.D.'s (3 letters)

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