AFFAIRS OF STATE

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Mary Virginia Orna5/17/1987

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Across

1 Across: Lycurgus's last letter (5 letters)
6 Across: Word with energy or system (5 letters)
11 Across: N.Y.C. flics (4 letters)
15 Across: Rurik ruler (4 letters)
19 Across: Open-weave fabrics (5 letters)
20 Across: Kind of acid (5 letters)
21 Across: A father-in-law of Esau (4 letters)
22 Across: Mediterranean seaport (4 letters)
23 Across: Crooked (5 letters)
24 Across: "Revenge of the ___" (5 letters)
25 Across: Paul Bunyan's hound dog (4 letters)
26 Across: Rail (4 letters)
27 Across: Canio's wife (5 letters)
28 Across: Taper a timber (5 letters)
29 Across: Stupid (9 letters)
31 Across: Contemporary of Ngaio and Agatha (4 letters)
33 Across: Tantamount (5 letters)
35 Across: Mimieux of Hollywood (6 letters)
36 Across: Pa.'s state flower (14 letters)
41 Across: Game with stakes and forfeits (3 letters)
42 Across: "The Neon Wilderness" author (6 letters)
43 Across: Chilean Indian (5 letters)
44 Across: Token, perhaps (7 letters)
48 Across: "Fiesque" composer (4 letters)
49 Across: Second: Comb. form (6 letters)
51 Across: Bootlicker (5 letters)
53 Across: City near Jerusalem (3 letters)
54 Across: Hot (4 letters)
55 Across: Egad or dang (4 letters)
56 Across: Like some tissues (6 letters)
58 Across: Gilead's lack (4 letters)
59 Across: Neighbor of Eur. (3 letters)
60 Across: Fresh air (5 letters)
61 Across: Meadowsweet (6 letters)
63 Across: State flower of Tex. (10 letters)
69 Across: Alaska's state fish (10 letters)
71 Across: Order at Fenway Park (6 letters)
72 Across: Professes (5 letters)
74 Across: Doing poorly (3 letters)
75 Across: Theatrical award (4 letters)
76 Across: Chasten (6 letters)
78 Across: Rajah's helpmate (4 letters)
80 Across: Clerical title, in Caen (4 letters)
84 Across: "___ y Plata," Mont.'s motto (3 letters)
85 Across: Sum (5 letters)
86 Across: Finsteraarhorn feature (6 letters)
88 Across: Look closely (4 letters)
89 Across: Set of teeth (7 letters)
91 Across: Muscle fiber (5 letters)
92 Across: "The Valachi ___" (6 letters)
94 Across: Mel of baseball (3 letters)
95 Across: Kan.'s state song (14 letters)
98 Across: Where the Sèvre Nantaise flows (6 letters)
101 Across: Riyadh residents (5 letters)
102 Across: Orenburg's river (4 letters)
103 Across: Kind of overcoat or cape (9 letters)
105 Across: Log huts in Sverdlovsk (5 letters)
108 Across: Bandleader Ray ___ (5 letters)
112 Across: Austrian statesman (4 letters)
113 Across: Proportion words (4 letters)
114 Across: Respond (5 letters)
115 Across: More irritated (5 letters)
116 Across: Singer Simone (4 letters)
117 Across: Govt. tecs (4 letters)
118 Across: Apostle to the Slavs (5 letters)
119 Across: Man of Manchuria, e.g. (5 letters)
120 Across: Run ___ (frolic) (4 letters)
121 Across: Urges (4 letters)
122 Across: Wiesbaden is its capital (5 letters)
123 Across: Cornmeal porridges (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Radio actor Soule (4 letters)
2 Down: Measure (4 letters)
3 Down: Character from "The Mabinogion" (4 letters)
4 Down: Neb.'s state flower (9 letters)
5 Down: Phoenician goddess (7 letters)
6 Down: Nisei offspring (6 letters)
7 Down: Sign (4 letters)
8 Down: Lucre, in Livorno (4 letters)
9 Down: Tolstoy's "War ___" (8 letters)
10 Down: S.D.'s state mineral (10 letters)
11 Down: Punic War battle site (6 letters)
12 Down: "Lazarus Laughed" playwright (6 letters)
13 Down: Role (4 letters)
14 Down: Minn.'s state flower (17 letters)
15 Down: Delaney's "A ___ Honey" (7 letters)
16 Down: Author of "The Abbot" (5 letters)
17 Down: Court decree (5 letters)
18 Down: "Hard Cash" author (5 letters)
30 Down: Scrimshaw's medium (5 letters)
32 Down: Ark.'s nickname (17 letters)
34 Down: Museum piece, sometimes (3 letters)
36 Down: Actress Powers (4 letters)
37 Down: King of Norway (4 letters)
38 Down: Jamaican citrus fruit (4 letters)
39 Down: Of seamen or ships: Abbr. (4 letters)
40 Down: Leatherback turtle (4 letters)
44 Down: Golfer Peete (3 letters)
45 Down: Frighten (5 letters)
46 Down: Loggers' jamboree (5 letters)
47 Down: He wrote "Philosopher's Quest" (5 letters)
50 Down: Merit (4 letters)
51 Down: Author Morrison (4 letters)
52 Down: Word with shop or sea (4 letters)
57 Down: Chinese cooking pans (4 letters)
58 Down: Puppeteer Baird (3 letters)
59 Down: Father, in Arabia (3 letters)
60 Down: Neb. Indians (4 letters)
62 Down: "___ Joey" (3 letters)
63 Down: Kin (5 letters)
64 Down: Cuba ___, rum drink (5 letters)
65 Down: Debs's delight (5 letters)
66 Down: Opposite of AAA (3 letters)
67 Down: Barrie canine (4 letters)
68 Down: Nefarious (4 letters)
70 Down: "___ body . . . ": Burns (4 letters)
73 Down: N.H.'s state tree (10 letters)
77 Down: Indian language (3 letters)
78 Down: Check (4 letters)
79 Down: "What though care killed ___ . . . ": Shak. (4 letters)
80 Down: Idaho's state horse (9 letters)
81 Down: Has attachment (4 letters)
82 Down: Floe (4 letters)
83 Down: Gaelic (4 letters)
85 Down: Don (5 letters)
87 Down: Squint (8 letters)
90 Down: Popular carryall (7 letters)
91 Down: Wee, in Ayr (3 letters)
93 Down: Tex. bay or river (7 letters)
95 Down: Expedite (6 letters)
96 Down: Bean and Welles (6 letters)
97 Down: Shake a leg (6 letters)
98 Down: German city on the Elbe (5 letters)
99 Down: Walking ___ (elated) (5 letters)
100 Down: Grand duke of Moscow: 1328-41 (5 letters)
104 Down: Short story by Saki (4 letters)
106 Down: Challenges for Retton (4 letters)
107 Down: Handel's "___ and Galatea" (4 letters)
109 Down: Edge (4 letters)
110 Down: Saltate (4 letters)
111 Down: Pelagic predators (4 letters)

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