MIDEAST MONKEYSHINES

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21136 clues~30-60 minBy Maura B. Jacobson4/22/1990

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Across

1 Across: New Zealand native (5 letters)
6 Across: J. F. Cooper subject (5 letters)
11 Across: Off the mark (5 letters)
16 Across: Out of breath (6 letters)
17 Across: Namibia's game preserve (6 letters)
19 Across: Grow together (7 letters)
21 Across: ___ million (6 letters)
22 Across: Polluted waters at Port Said? (14 letters)
24 Across: Draw forth (5 letters)
25 Across: Bedouin's workout? (15 letters)
26 Across: Start of a Hardy title (3 letters)
27 Across: Lump of earth (4 letters)
28 Across: Town near Steubenville, Ohio (5 letters)
29 Across: Boot bottom (4 letters)
30 Across: Corn or verse preceder (3 letters)
31 Across: TV's Donahue (4 letters)
32 Across: Bu. or pk. (3 letters)
34 Across: To, to Burns (3 letters)
36 Across: East Indian sailor (6 letters)
38 Across: Yamamai's kin (3 letters)
39 Across: N.L. M.V.P.: 1952 (5 letters)
42 Across: Pou ___ (vantage point) (3 letters)
45 Across: Donne's geographical error? (14 letters)
49 Across: Fairy-tale sign-off (5 letters)
51 Across: Certain lodge members (6 letters)
52 Across: Apt. house, e.g. (5 letters)
53 Across: Lasso (5 letters)
54 Across: Methuselah's claim to fame (3 letters)
56 Across: Kindergartner (3 letters)
57 Across: Coal scuttle (3 letters)
58 Across: Alfonse's polite ami (6 letters)
59 Across: Valentino? (21 letters)
65 Across: He played Ashley (6 letters)
66 Across: Violinist Bull (3 letters)
67 Across: Moscow square (3 letters)
68 Across: Toastmasters, for short (3 letters)
69 Across: Sierra Nevada resort (5 letters)
70 Across: Beersheba's region (5 letters)
72 Across: Be philanthropic (6 letters)
74 Across: ___ Yisrael (Palestine) (5 letters)
75 Across: Title for an aged Islamic rancher? (14 letters)
79 Across: Rembrandt's last name (3 letters)
80 Across: Bentsen, for one (5 letters)
82 Across: Function (3 letters)
83 Across: Numbers each leaf or page (6 letters)
85 Across: TV's Headroom (3 letters)
86 Across: Swift Atl. plane (3 letters)
87 Across: Decant (4 letters)
89 Across: Cube root of eight (3 letters)
90 Across: Opposite of wax (4 letters)
93 Across: Cover story (5 letters)
97 Across: He wrote "The Gremlins" (4 letters)
98 Across: Noted Indian diplomat (3 letters)
99 Across: Mideast mecca for stargazers? (15 letters)
103 Across: Trudges (5 letters)
105 Across: Persian Gulf diet observers? (14 letters)
106 Across: Orbital high point (6 letters)
107 Across: Voted in (7 letters)
108 Across: Tribute (6 letters)
109 Across: Ind. hoopsters (6 letters)
110 Across: Tire imprint (5 letters)
111 Across: Natives of Ecbatana, e.g. (5 letters)
112 Across: Some collars (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Philippine island (8 letters)
2 Down: Artery disorder (8 letters)
3 Down: Of a verse form (4 letters)
4 Down: Coty or Clair (4 letters)
5 Down: G. & S. princess (3 letters)
6 Down: Fuel for a lorry (6 letters)
7 Down: "___ to Be You," 1924 song (5 letters)
8 Down: Leopold's codefendant (4 letters)
9 Down: Bone: Comb. form (4 letters)
10 Down: "___ in the Hat": Seuss (6 letters)
11 Down: Needle-shaped (7 letters)
12 Down: DCL doubled (4 letters)
13 Down: "Not for these ___/The song . . . ": Wordsworth (6 letters)
14 Down: Feeling, in Ferrara (5 letters)
15 Down: Writer Germaine de ___ (5 letters)
16 Down: Sad (6 letters)
18 Down: Wonderstruck (4 letters)
19 Down: City on the Garonne (4 letters)
20 Down: Ultimatum word (4 letters)
23 Down: Tool for Bunyan (3 letters)
25 Down: Common Muslim name (3 letters)
27 Down: "Death on the Nile" author (8 letters)
31 Down: Ill. coal city (4 letters)
32 Down: Jackie's second (3 letters)
33 Down: Impish (11 letters)
35 Down: Noah's landfall (6 letters)
37 Down: Where Arabian knights park their steeds? (8 letters)
38 Down: Nanny has three (3 letters)
39 Down: Saharan sights (5 letters)
40 Down: Plus (3 letters)
41 Down: Widmark's first film role (3 letters)
42 Down: Radio annoyance (6 letters)
43 Down: Grand ___ (Western range) (6 letters)
44 Down: Chimp's cousin (5 letters)
46 Down: Presently (4 letters)
47 Down: Aardvark's diet (4 letters)
48 Down: Peek (4 letters)
50 Down: "Call me ___" (drowning Arab's cry?) (8 letters)
54 Down: Tired, in poesy (6 letters)
55 Down: A land of plenty (6 letters)
58 Down: Terrible: Slang (8 letters)
59 Down: Do tailoring (5 letters)
60 Down: Granada gala (6 letters)
61 Down: Navajo's home (5 letters)
62 Down: Sch. before jr. high (4 letters)
63 Down: Gator's kin (4 letters)
64 Down: Comedian Jay (4 letters)
70 Down: Nope (3 letters)
71 Down: Estonian river (3 letters)
72 Down: A.E.S. defeater (3 letters)
73 Down: Son of Odin (4 letters)
76 Down: D-day craft (3 letters)
77 Down: Four-fifths of the atmosphere (8 letters)
78 Down: Matronly ladies (8 letters)
81 Down: Grand ___ Ruler (B.P.O.E. bigwig) (7 letters)
84 Down: Winos (6 letters)
85 Down: Threat (6 letters)
86 Down: "Cheers," e.g. (6 letters)
87 Down: Brief respites (6 letters)
88 Down: Electrical unit (3 letters)
90 Down: "Finnegans ___": Joyce (4 letters)
91 Down: No longer a minor (5 letters)
92 Down: More trendy (5 letters)
94 Down: De ___ ("Green Pastures" role) (4 letters)
95 Down: Balin or Claire (3 letters)
96 Down: Alcott girl (4 letters)
97 Down: Requiem (5 letters)
100 Down: Mideast bread (4 letters)
101 Down: Alas! (4 letters)
102 Down: Scan the print (4 letters)
103 Down: Tiff (4 letters)
104 Down: Like a crazy hombre (4 letters)
106 Down: Rue Morgue murderer (3 letters)

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