CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21142 clues~30-60 minBy A. J. Santora10/12/1986

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Across

1 Across: Pilgrim name (5 letters)
6 Across: Volstead's opposition (4 letters)
10 Across: Bowler's headache (5 letters)
15 Across: Curative waters (3 letters)
18 Across: Link (5 letters)
19 Across: Knock for ___ (5 letters)
21 Across: Calvin of P.G.A. fame (5 letters)
22 Across: Hebrew letter (3 letters)
23 Across: Equal rights in Tripoli? (17 letters)
26 Across: Actress Christensen (3 letters)
27 Across: Yoko (3 letters)
28 Across: Calaboose (5 letters)
29 Across: Himalayan abomination (4 letters)
30 Across: Zola's "La ___" (5 letters)
32 Across: Milne's "___ Marr" (5 letters)
34 Across: Helps a Lhasa citizen? (12 letters)
37 Across: Surge, as of political action (11 letters)
40 Across: Only (4 letters)
41 Across: Sails aloft (5 letters)
42 Across: Color also called elk or goose (4 letters)
43 Across: El Nath, e.g. (4 letters)
45 Across: Gambrel (4 letters)
49 Across: Sundance Kid's girl (4 letters)
50 Across: Like dimes (4 letters)
52 Across: Prickle (5 letters)
53 Across: Designate (4 letters)
54 Across: Santiago snub? (14 letters)
58 Across: God of the deep (6 letters)
60 Across: Spade or Hammer (3 letters)
61 Across: Auld lang syne (4 letters)
62 Across: Sepia-tint section of a newspaper (4 letters)
63 Across: Mores (5 letters)
64 Across: Warsaw trio? (15 letters)
69 Across: Site of Hells Canyon (5 letters)
72 Across: "Next of skin" (4 letters)
73 Across: Sub follower (4 letters)
74 Across: Jazz music (3 letters)
77 Across: New Testament book (6 letters)
79 Across: What a Stockholmer abroad longs for? (14 letters)
82 Across: Nagy of ballet (4 letters)
83 Across: Golden-crested kinglets (5 letters)
85 Across: Nov. 13, e.g. (4 letters)
86 Across: Kazan (4 letters)
87 Across: On its way (4 letters)
88 Across: ___ Alf of comics (4 letters)
89 Across: Chinese dynasty (4 letters)
91 Across: Obscure (5 letters)
92 Across: "Don't throw bouquets ___" (4 letters)
94 Across: Filmed auditions (11 letters)
97 Across: Tokyo disappointment? (12 letters)
102 Across: Furious (5 letters)
103 Across: "___ Entertain You" (5 letters)
104 Across: Historic Hungarian city (4 letters)
105 Across: ___ the sky (5 letters)
107 Across: Blame (3 letters)
110 Across: Solicitations of sorts (3 letters)
111 Across: Wild Parisian music taken from a Bennett hit? (17 letters)
116 Across: Stooge name (3 letters)
117 Across: Arledge of TV (5 letters)
118 Across: Limoges item (6 letters)
119 Across: Revolution (4 letters)
120 Across: Bambi's aunt (3 letters)
121 Across: Sculptor Giacometti was one (5 letters)
122 Across: "___ Onion," Lennon song (5 letters)
123 Across: Exceeded 55 m.p.h. (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: " . . . sharp as ___-edged sword": Proverbs (4 letters)
2 Down: Emblem of Great Britain (4 letters)
3 Down: Not snobbish (10 letters)
4 Down: Gigi's summer (3 letters)
5 Down: Baffle (7 letters)
6 Down: Took four bad pitches (6 letters)
7 Down: Art critic Faure (4 letters)
8 Down: Drinking mug (4 letters)
9 Down: Kind of sauce (3 letters)
10 Down: Menjou's trademark (5 letters)
11 Down: Lesser, in law (5 letters)
12 Down: Hilo prop (3 letters)
13 Down: Dancer Michio ___ (3 letters)
14 Down: Curtain stretcher (6 letters)
15 Down: Kiddy TV character (5 letters)
16 Down: Kind of dollars (5 letters)
17 Down: "Abdul the Bulbul ___" (5 letters)
20 Down: Illegal lagniappe (6 letters)
24 Down: In a while (4 letters)
25 Down: Windlass (4 letters)
31 Down: Aeons ad infinitum (8 letters)
33 Down: Each 60 minutes (5 letters)
34 Down: Cabochon, e.g. (3 letters)
35 Down: "___ Old Cowhand" (4 letters)
36 Down: Gascon cap (5 letters)
37 Down: ___ route (pitch nine innings) (5 letters)
38 Down: Deli equipment (6 letters)
39 Down: Dwindle (4 letters)
41 Down: Their ism causes schism (4 letters)
43 Down: Golf club (5 letters)
44 Down: Part of pewter (3 letters)
46 Down: Imprecation (4 letters)
47 Down: Melville book (4 letters)
48 Down: Bogs (4 letters)
50 Down: Pony (4 letters)
51 Down: Gershwin's "Our Love Is ___ to Stay" (4 letters)
52 Down: Shankar instruments (6 letters)
55 Down: Keep an ___ (watch over) (5 letters)
56 Down: Introductions (6 letters)
57 Down: " . . . me ___ down in green pastures" (5 letters)
59 Down: Showed again (5 letters)
64 Down: Ghost (8 letters)
65 Down: Like stage money (5 letters)
66 Down: Sprinkle with a powdered substance (6 letters)
67 Down: Manner (4 letters)
68 Down: "___ Death": Grieg (4 letters)
69 Down: Flag (4 letters)
70 Down: Gentle person (4 letters)
71 Down: "Save ___ from his friends": Hazlitt (4 letters)
74 Down: Supports (10 letters)
75 Down: Skips (5 letters)
76 Down: Austin ___ State University, Tenn. (4 letters)
78 Down: Pundit (5 letters)
79 Down: Ferlinghetti novel (3 letters)
80 Down: Malmsey or Médoc (4 letters)
81 Down: Knock over a joint (5 letters)
84 Down: Nothing, in Rouen (4 letters)
89 Down: Winter wear (6 letters)
90 Down: Ossuary (3 letters)
91 Down: "___ My Shadow" (5 letters)
93 Down: "___ not to reason why": Tennyson (6 letters)
94 Down: Graf ___ (4 letters)
95 Down: Some kinfolk (6 letters)
96 Down: Prosecutors (6 letters)
97 Down: Olympic symbol (5 letters)
98 Down: Enticed (5 letters)
99 Down: Perplexed (5 letters)
100 Down: Informal attire (5 letters)
101 Down: Copperfield's second wife (5 letters)
105 Down: Papal name (4 letters)
106 Down: Andean sun worshiper (4 letters)
108 Down: Lot size (4 letters)
109 Down: Golden or Walden (4 letters)
112 Down: E.R.A. supporters (3 letters)
113 Down: ___-disant (self-styled) (3 letters)
114 Down: Joplin specialty (3 letters)
115 Down: Part of T.G.I.F. (3 letters)

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