JUST DESSERTS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23170 clues~30-60 minBy Warren W. Reich1/17/1988

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Conjugal (7 letters)
8 Across: Emulates Xanthippe (5 letters)
13 Across: Kind of test (4 letters)
17 Across: Father of Goneril (4 letters)
21 Across: Blackboard adjuncts (7 letters)
22 Across: Hebrew measures (5 letters)
23 Across: Gherkin, for short (4 letters)
24 Across: "God's Little ___": Caldwell (4 letters)
25 Across: New York City sales? (13 letters)
27 Across: Slug the Magic Dragon? (9 letters)
29 Across: Actress Claire (3 letters)
30 Across: Map feature (5 letters)
31 Across: Start of a bray (3 letters)
32 Across: John or Jane (3 letters)
33 Across: I.R.S. person, perhaps (3 letters)
34 Across: Cuckoo (3 letters)
35 Across: Feast (6 letters)
37 Across: Arrest (6 letters)
41 Across: Expression of surprise (3 letters)
43 Across: Photos of Rogers? (11 letters)
46 Across: Campaigned (3 letters)
47 Across: Bambi's aunt (3 letters)
48 Across: U.N. agency (3 letters)
49 Across: Nine: Comb. form (4 letters)
50 Across: Kind of row or hop (5 letters)
51 Across: Compatriots (8 letters)
53 Across: Loony (4 letters)
55 Across: Musical movement (5 letters)
57 Across: Kind of citizen (6 letters)
59 Across: Spoil follower (5 letters)
60 Across: Great 1912 Olympian (6 letters)
62 Across: "The ___ Sack" (W.W. II cartoon) (3 letters)
63 Across: Composition for nine (5 letters)
65 Across: Kitty chip (4 letters)
66 Across: Rings a tocsin (6 letters)
68 Across: Godiva identifies? (11 letters)
73 Across: On this side: Prefix (3 letters)
74 Across: Grey's purple plant (4 letters)
75 Across: Prior, to Prior (3 letters)
77 Across: Least prevalent (6 letters)
78 Across: D-day beach (5 letters)
80 Across: Mocha-oolong mixture? (6 letters)
82 Across: Heels' preceders (5 letters)
83 Across: Musical interval (6 letters)
85 Across: ___ cavae (large veins) (5 letters)
86 Across: "The Grass Harp" author (6 letters)
88 Across: Hosp. workers (3 letters)
89 Across: Is mendacious (4 letters)
91 Across: Religious sch. (3 letters)
92 Across: Unlikely state of a state? (11 letters)
95 Across: Finally (6 letters)
97 Across: Luth. or Meth. (4 letters)
99 Across: Character in "M*A*S*H" (5 letters)
100 Across: ___ Glory (3 letters)
102 Across: Fall blooms (6 letters)
104 Across: Over 21 (5 letters)
106 Across: Actress Wright (6 letters)
109 Across: French cathedral city (5 letters)
111 Across: E.P.A. concern (4 letters)
112 Across: Rushed downward, as water (8 letters)
114 Across: Curtailed (5 letters)
116 Across: Back talk (4 letters)
118 Across: Org. for L.L.B.'s (3 letters)
119 Across: England has two of these (3 letters)
120 Across: ___ Gatos, Calif. (3 letters)
121 Across: Divorced burlesque man? (11 letters)
123 Across: Low island (3 letters)
124 Across: To stand, in Stuttgart (6 letters)
126 Across: Mother of Minos (6 letters)
127 Across: Rubber tree (3 letters)
128 Across: Manipulate (3 letters)
130 Across: Chemical suffix (3 letters)
131 Across: Linkletter (3 letters)
132 Across: Town on the Tigris (5 letters)
134 Across: Cagers' org. (3 letters)
135 Across: Small quartet? (9 letters)
139 Across: Jazz musician-shoemaker? (13 letters)
144 Across: Tart (4 letters)
145 Across: French wave (4 letters)
146 Across: "La ___ Vita" (5 letters)
147 Across: Coal miner (7 letters)
148 Across: Latka's vehicle on TV (4 letters)
149 Across: March growth (4 letters)
150 Across: Lamb product (5 letters)
151 Across: Elicits a "Gesundheit!" (7 letters)

Down

1 Down: ___ culpa (3 letters)
2 Down: Early Dadaist (3 letters)
3 Down: Chin (3 letters)
4 Down: Long Island town (5 letters)
5 Down: Adolescent (7 letters)
6 Down: Greek city or river (4 letters)
7 Down: Baton Rouge inst. (3 letters)
8 Down: Stevens or Boswell (6 letters)
9 Down: Book after Joel (4 letters)
10 Down: Football play (7 letters)
11 Down: Dissimulates (8 letters)
12 Down: The Ukraine, e.g. (3 letters)
13 Down: Entree (6 letters)
14 Down: Surgeon's instrument (5 letters)
15 Down: D.D.E.'s nickname (3 letters)
16 Down: Poker-faced (7 letters)
17 Down: Spot for a boutonniere (5 letters)
18 Down: Old French coin (3 letters)
19 Down: Sandy's bark (3 letters)
20 Down: Ump's counterpart (3 letters)
26 Down: Three-pointers in horseshoes (7 letters)
28 Down: Pitchers' places (6 letters)
31 Down: Former British coins, for short (9 letters)
33 Down: Big surprise in an Easter basket? (15 letters)
34 Down: "___ Christie": O'Neill (4 letters)
36 Down: Errand boy (4 letters)
38 Down: Dud calendar art? (15 letters)
39 Down: Stagnation (7 letters)
40 Down: Edict of ___: 1598 (6 letters)
41 Down: To the ___ (completely) (4 letters)
42 Down: Hawaiian farewells (6 letters)
44 Down: Estuary (5 letters)
45 Down: Valerie Harper role (5 letters)
46 Down: Street show (5 letters)
51 Down: 2,240 pounds (7 letters)
52 Down: Baden-Baden is one (3 letters)
54 Down: ___ Trail (6 letters)
56 Down: Fresh ___ (8 on the Beaufort scale) (4 letters)
58 Down: Particles in cyclotrons (4 letters)
61 Down: Mass-produced house (6 letters)
64 Down: Easy gait (4 letters)
67 Down: Bishopric (3 letters)
69 Down: Salivate (5 letters)
70 Down: ___ Conference: 1945 (5 letters)
71 Down: Absolves (5 letters)
72 Down: Certain sizes (6 letters)
76 Down: Moved back (7 letters)
79 Down: Operate a plane (6 letters)
81 Down: "___ of Flying": Jong (4 letters)
82 Down: Junkyard offering (9 letters)
84 Down: Govt. founded in 1861 (3 letters)
85 Down: Green (7 letters)
87 Down: Jewish month (4 letters)
88 Down: Chest sound (4 letters)
90 Down: Disco light (6 letters)
91 Down: Printers' quads (6 letters)
93 Down: Actresses Jackson and Nelligan (5 letters)
94 Down: Producer-director Alexander (5 letters)
96 Down: Taxi, in Torino (5 letters)
98 Down: What 88 Across give (3 letters)
101 Down: Exhibit (7 letters)
103 Down: Dispatch (4 letters)
105 Down: Kind of scout (6 letters)
107 Down: "Mens sana in corpore ___" (4 letters)
108 Down: Western Indians (8 letters)
110 Down: "The ___ Animal": Thurber-Nugent (4 letters)
113 Down: Doomed (7 letters)
115 Down: Certain paints (7 letters)
117 Down: Razor's target (7 letters)
121 Down: Spoken with a trill (6 letters)
122 Down: Pleasure carriage (6 letters)
125 Down: Voodoo country (5 letters)
126 Down: ___ Cologne (5 letters)
129 Down: Precious fur (5 letters)
133 Down: Ancient chest (4 letters)
134 Down: When both hands are up (4 letters)
135 Down: L.A. time (3 letters)
136 Down: Highest Guidonian note (3 letters)
137 Down: Black-tie garb (3 letters)
138 Down: ___-upmanship (3 letters)
139 Down: B–F connection (3 letters)
140 Down: Lab measurements (3 letters)
141 Down: ___ Walker, Boston anchorwoman (3 letters)
142 Down: Oxford measure (3 letters)
143 Down: B.&O. et al. (3 letters)

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