ALPHABETIC DOUBLE TALK

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy Bert H. Kruse10/26/1986

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Across

1 Across: Muscle action (5 letters)
6 Across: Derisive cries (5 letters)
11 Across: Explosion noise (4 letters)
15 Across: Writer Earl ___ Biggers (4 letters)
19 Across: Land renamed Nova Scotia by the British (6 letters)
20 Across: Mulct (6 letters)
22 Across: Cupid (4 letters)
23 Across: Foil's kin (4 letters)
24 Across: Big bill, for short (13 letters)
26 Across: Kind of neck (9 letters)
28 Across: People, e.g. (4 letters)
29 Across: Plant shoots (5 letters)
30 Across: Groom carefully (5 letters)
32 Across: Spoken (6 letters)
33 Across: Blushing (3 letters)
34 Across: Deep-six, in a way (5 letters)
35 Across: Sailing item (4 letters)
36 Across: Most contemptible (6 letters)
37 Across: "Who's been sleeping in ___?" (5 letters)
38 Across: Twain contemporary (5 letters)
39 Across: Intended (5 letters)
40 Across: Joseph Lash subject (7 letters)
43 Across: English river (10 letters)
45 Across: A famous Louis (3 letters)
48 Across: British noble name (6 letters)
49 Across: Good (5 letters)
51 Across: Conduct (4 letters)
52 Across: Oxford U. area (4 letters)
53 Across: Incited, with "on" (5 letters)
54 Across: Godwin's "Adventures of ___ Williams" (5 letters)
55 Across: Don Adams TV role (5 letters)
57 Across: Ballet ___ (5 letters)
58 Across: Early Briton (4 letters)
59 Across: Player who cuts the cards (4 letters)
60 Across: Empty (5 letters)
61 Across: Collections of rocks (6 letters)
62 Across: Prefix for dent or color (3 letters)
63 Across: Actor's concern (10 letters)
66 Across: Beneficial insect (6 letters)
67 Across: Big step (6 letters)
69 Across: Dido (5 letters)
70 Across: Early Mexican Indian (6 letters)
71 Across: Barrie's "A Window in ___" (6 letters)
72 Across: Urban transit (10 letters)
74 Across: Recede (3 letters)
77 Across: Bathhouse (6 letters)
78 Across: Hurl fast (5 letters)
80 Across: Incursion (4 letters)
81 Across: Not fully shut (4 letters)
82 Across: Lardy (5 letters)
83 Across: Nairobi's republic (5 letters)
84 Across: Budges (5 letters)
86 Across: Musical music (5 letters)
87 Across: "___ Sides Now," Joni Mitchell hit (4 letters)
88 Across: Power (4 letters)
89 Across: Commands (5 letters)
90 Across: Way (6 letters)
91 Across: Bikini part (3 letters)
92 Across: Type of shirt (10 letters)
95 Across: Rock star (7 letters)
96 Across: Ventures (5 letters)
97 Across: Old TV program (5 letters)
98 Across: Natural seeker (5 letters)
99 Across: Like beach attire (6 letters)
101 Across: Grampuses (4 letters)
102 Across: Tough problem (5 letters)
103 Across: Petition (3 letters)
106 Across: Truckman (6 letters)
107 Across: Motif (5 letters)
109 Across: Yield (5 letters)
110 Across: Oenochoe's cousin (4 letters)
111 Across: Divorcee, for short (9 letters)
113 Across: Actress Sandra (13 letters)
116 Across: Egyptian disk (4 letters)
117 Across: Contents of some needles (4 letters)
118 Across: Shade (6 letters)
119 Across: Austrian state, to an Italian (6 letters)
120 Across: Bud, a Dickens heroine (4 letters)
121 Across: Source (4 letters)
122 Across: Coasted, in a way (5 letters)
123 Across: Tickle (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Ruckus (5 letters)
2 Down: Did a road job (5 letters)
3 Down: Fruity quaffs (4 letters)
4 Down: Deadly act (3 letters)
5 Down: Lucifer's place (8 letters)
6 Down: Equipped like an angel (6 letters)
7 Down: Edit (5 letters)
8 Down: Extinct Argentinians (4 letters)
9 Down: Skill (3 letters)
10 Down: " . . . above this ___ sway": Shak. (8 letters)
11 Down: Au naturel (4 letters)
12 Down: A king of Judah (4 letters)
13 Down: ___ de plume (3 letters)
14 Down: Basis of a grievance (8 letters)
15 Down: Dared (6 letters)
16 Down: Certain films (5 letters)
17 Down: Face an embankment (5 letters)
18 Down: Water plant (4 letters)
19 Down: Lyre's relative (4 letters)
21 Down: Printers' nightmares (6 letters)
25 Down: Personnel manager (5 letters)
27 Down: Edged (5 letters)
31 Down: Ogled (4 letters)
34 Down: Church council (5 letters)
35 Down: Hindu term of respect (5 letters)
36 Down: Composer of "L'Arlésienne" (5 letters)
37 Down: Zola's portraitist (5 letters)
38 Down: Philip Nolan's creator (4 letters)
39 Down: Burning (5 letters)
40 Down: Choice (5 letters)
41 Down: French artist: 1881–1955 (5 letters)
42 Down: Honey maker (11 letters)
44 Down: Its capital is Muscat (4 letters)
45 Down: Supreme Court name (11 letters)
46 Down: Refreshment sites (5 letters)
47 Down: Boston Gazette editor-patriot: 1732–1803 (4 letters)
49 Down: Carter Sec. of State (5 letters)
50 Down: Sheltered at sea (4 letters)
52 Down: Precisely (5 letters)
54 Down: Some Yalies (5 letters)
55 Down: Lymnaeid (5 letters)
56 Down: O'Neill's "___ Millions" (5 letters)
57 Down: Small (5 letters)
59 Down: ___ volta (musical direction) (5 letters)
60 Down: Agave fiber (5 letters)
61 Down: Variety of bar (5 letters)
63 Down: Clip (5 letters)
64 Down: Bananas (5 letters)
65 Down: Col. Tibbets's mother (5 letters)
66 Down: Hopis or trumpeter fish (5 letters)
68 Down: Potboilers, e.g. (5 letters)
70 Down: Despots (5 letters)
71 Down: Biblical mountain (5 letters)
73 Down: Court order (4 letters)
75 Down: Cut of beef (5 letters)
76 Down: Netherlands city (5 letters)
77 Down: Lee or lrvin (4 letters)
78 Down: Rips (5 letters)
79 Down: Division word (4 letters)
81 Down: Globe employee (5 letters)
83 Down: Tightly curled (5 letters)
84 Down: Skull cavity (5 letters)
85 Down: Seized, in poesy (4 letters)
86 Down: Passover feast (5 letters)
88 Down: Trouble (8 letters)
89 Down: Strong (8 letters)
90 Down: Grow thin (8 letters)
92 Down: Pittsburgh's home-run king (5 letters)
93 Down: Splitting tool (4 letters)
94 Down: Comedian Shelley (6 letters)
95 Down: Skinflint (5 letters)
96 Down: H. H. Jackson heroine (6 letters)
98 Down: Took off a tile (6 letters)
99 Down: Look after (5 letters)
100 Down: Dining spots (5 letters)
102 Down: Nez ___ Indians (5 letters)
103 Down: Mete (5 letters)
104 Down: Barrel spigot (5 letters)
105 Down: Gambling game (4 letters)
106 Down: Ski-slope item (4 letters)
107 Down: British spare (4 letters)
108 Down: Main (4 letters)
109 Down: ___ Xiaoping, China's paramount leader (4 letters)
110 Down: Pods often pickled (4 letters)
112 Down: Minuscule (3 letters)
114 Down: Greek letter (3 letters)
115 Down: No game, in bridge (3 letters)

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