ASSIGNING SIGNS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy Bette Sue Cohen11/22/1987

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Across

1 Across: A VIRGO (5 letters)
6 Across: TV role for Kate Jackson (6 letters)
12 Across: Confront (4 letters)
16 Across: Splotch (4 letters)
20 Across: Soap substitute (5 letters)
21 Across: Shade of red (6 letters)
22 Across: Robert Alda's son (4 letters)
23 Across: Name in fashion (5 letters)
24 Across: A SCORPIO (12 letters)
26 Across: A GEMINI (10 letters)
28 Across: R.W.R., e.g. (4 letters)
29 Across: Night sound (5 letters)
30 Across: Statistic (5 letters)
32 Across: Wickerwork material (6 letters)
33 Across: It's full of hot air (5 letters)
34 Across: Two-legged support (5 letters)
35 Across: Madcap (4 letters)
36 Across: D.C. group concerned with prices (3 letters)
39 Across: Hgt. (3 letters)
40 Across: ___ rima (verse form) (5 letters)
42 Across: Jeeps (7 letters)
45 Across: "Her eyes ___ of silent prayer": Tennyson (8 letters)
48 Across: A SAGITTARIAN (9 letters)
51 Across: ___ glance (3 letters)
53 Across: Puerto follower (5 letters)
54 Across: Contemptible person (4 letters)
56 Across: Occupations (6 letters)
57 Across: Vestige (4 letters)
58 Across: Word after iron or ethyl (5 letters)
59 Across: Fool (6 letters)
61 Across: Grown old (4 letters)
62 Across: Pilsener (5 letters)
63 Across: Quannet (4 letters)
64 Across: Brawl (5 letters)
65 Across: Alleviated (5 letters)
67 Across: Bribery of sorts (6 letters)
68 Across: Mo. when 127 Across was born (3 letters)
69 Across: A PISCES (11 letters)
71 Across: Long, hooded cloak (6 letters)
72 Across: More insipid (6 letters)
74 Across: Women's ___ (3 letters)
75 Across: Duty (6 letters)
76 Across: Upset the iron horse's course (6 letters)
77 Across: AN ARIES (11 letters)
81 Across: Where to become an off. (3 letters)
84 Across: Islands of the Bahamas (6 letters)
85 Across: Free, in Marseille (5 letters)
86 Across: Place for a buttonhole (5 letters)
87 Across: Four rows at the Palace (4 letters)
88 Across: Like Harvard's walls (5 letters)
89 Across: Bowery denizen (4 letters)
90 Across: Used a lighter (6 letters)
92 Across: Metric unit (5 letters)
93 Across: Lofty (4 letters)
94 Across: Singer Easton (6 letters)
96 Across: Snick's partner (4 letters)
97 Across: Peace goddess (5 letters)
98 Across: Photog's blowup (3 letters)
99 Across: A CANCER (9 letters)
101 Across: Took a poll (8 letters)
104 Across: Certain madrileñas (7 letters)
107 Across: Make into law (5 letters)
109 Across: ___ Dee, Carolina river (3 letters)
110 Across: No vote (3 letters)
111 Across: Emend a manuscript (4 letters)
112 Across: Electronic navigational device (5 letters)
114 Across: More uncommon (5 letters)
116 Across: Hitchcock's "Strangers on ___" (6 letters)
119 Across: Pub game (5 letters)
120 Across: Patron saint of France (5 letters)
121 Across: ___ Hari (4 letters)
125 Across: A CAPRICORN (10 letters)
127 Across: AN AQUARIAN (12 letters)
130 Across: Irish patriot (5 letters)
131 Across: B'way group (4 letters)
132 Across: Grand Tour site (6 letters)
133 Across: Extreme (5 letters)
134 Across: Close to (4 letters)
135 Across: End of a hammerhead (4 letters)
136 Across: He's no nudist (6 letters)
137 Across: A LIBRA (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Finn's neighbor (4 letters)
2 Down: Sharif or Bradley (4 letters)
3 Down: Mantle (4 letters)
4 Down: Building extensions (4 letters)
5 Down: Prefix with Impressionism (3 letters)
6 Down: A mile ___ (7 letters)
7 Down: City in Ga. (5 letters)
8 Down: Mountain in Turkey (6 letters)
9 Down: Reporter's asset? (4 letters)
10 Down: ___ Passos (3 letters)
11 Down: Subject to electrolytic action (7 letters)
12 Down: Ipso ___ (5 letters)
13 Down: Orally (5 letters)
14 Down: Storm preceder (4 letters)
15 Down: Opp. of WSW (3 letters)
16 Down: Big ___ (W.W. I cannon) (6 letters)
17 Down: Native of Riga (4 letters)
18 Down: A first-floor apartment (4 letters)
19 Down: Swiss canton (4 letters)
23 Down: Gasconade (5 letters)
25 Down: Sacred song (5 letters)
27 Down: Gambados (6 letters)
31 Down: Independently (5 letters)
33 Down: Rhone feeder (5 letters)
34 Down: Godden's "In This House of ___" (5 letters)
35 Down: Tore (5 letters)
36 Down: Distant (6 letters)
37 Down: Ed Norton's wife (6 letters)
38 Down: A LEO (13 letters)
41 Down: Walking on air (6 letters)
42 Down: Sojourned (5 letters)
43 Down: A TAURUS (13 letters)
44 Down: TV's "Remington ___" (6 letters)
46 Down: Angle, in geology (4 letters)
47 Down: Resembling a pillar (6 letters)
49 Down: Key on some typewriters (5 letters)
50 Down: "Dirty Dingus ___," 1970 film (5 letters)
52 Down: Taj Mahal site (4 letters)
55 Down: To dare, in Dijon (4 letters)
57 Down: ___ Atonement (5 letters)
59 Down: Highly esteemed person (5 letters)
60 Down: Works on a chesterfield (7 letters)
62 Down: Rabbit fur (5 letters)
64 Down: Year in Edward VI's reign (5 letters)
66 Down: Eban of Israel (4 letters)
67 Down: Word of mouth (5 letters)
69 Down: Dik-dik's big cousin (5 letters)
70 Down: Winglike (4 letters)
71 Down: Boxed (5 letters)
73 Down: One of the archangels (5 letters)
75 Down: Kin of wickiups (6 letters)
76 Down: Oriental royal councils (6 letters)
77 Down: Eatery (5 letters)
78 Down: "___ and Ivory," 1982 song (5 letters)
79 Down: Facility for outpatients (6 letters)
80 Down: Sound (4 letters)
82 Down: Eye part (6 letters)
83 Down: Quick (6 letters)
84 Down: Take the bait (4 letters)
85 Down: Mortgages (5 letters)
87 Down: Bog (4 letters)
89 Down: ___ germ (5 letters)
91 Down: Thai, e.g. (5 letters)
92 Down: Chopped ___ (5 letters)
94 Down: Lourdes attraction (6 letters)
95 Down: Prevent (5 letters)
100 Down: Agitated (7 letters)
102 Down: Insurgent (7 letters)
103 Down: A.F.B. in Tex. (5 letters)
105 Down: Less messy (6 letters)
106 Down: Pindar was one (5 letters)
108 Down: Seismograph recording (6 letters)
112 Down: Beatrice's adorer (5 letters)
113 Down: Spleen, e.g. (5 letters)
115 Down: "Is man ___ or an angel?": Disraeli (5 letters)
116 Down: TV sitcom (4 letters)
117 Down: What Kate became (4 letters)
118 Down: Italia's capital (4 letters)
119 Down: Where to see sea oats (4 letters)
120 Down: "___ Maar Seated," by 24 Across (4 letters)
121 Down: Quern (4 letters)
122 Down: ___ spumante (4 letters)
123 Down: Cowfish (4 letters)
124 Down: Med. subject (4 letters)
126 Down: Open a barrel (3 letters)
128 Down: Former capital of Annam (3 letters)
129 Down: Proper (3 letters)

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