PUN NAMES

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23170 clues~30-60 minBy Norma Steinberg8/26/1990

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Caesar's partner (4 letters)
5 Across: Skelton's script-writing spouse (4 letters)
9 Across: End of a G. Eliot title (5 letters)
14 Across: Soldat's hat (4 letters)
18 Across: Di's spouse (4 letters)
19 Across: Dry (4 letters)
20 Across: Emcee's opening word (6 letters)
22 Across: Members of the peerage (6 letters)
24 Across: French actress with chutzpah? (16 letters)
27 Across: Jane Wyatt role in "Star Trek IV" (6 letters)
28 Across: Record before showtime (7 letters)
29 Across: Thwacks (5 letters)
30 Across: ___ Gay, W.W. II bomber (5 letters)
32 Across: Potter, in "M*A*S*H" (3 letters)
33 Across: Is human? (4 letters)
34 Across: Sinuous (6 letters)
36 Across: Maurois or Malraux (5 letters)
37 Across: "Get lost!" (4 letters)
38 Across: ___ standstill (3 letters)
40 Across: Singles (4 letters)
41 Across: Little charmer (5 letters)
42 Across: Shaven (5 letters)
43 Across: Espionage agent (3 letters)
45 Across: Prying tool (5 letters)
47 Across: "Crimes and Misdemeanors" director (5 letters)
48 Across: Street weapon (4 letters)
49 Across: Buddy (3 letters)
50 Across: ___ seaman (4 letters)
51 Across: Base runner's ploy (5 letters)
52 Across: Of G.B.S. (7 letters)
55 Across: Lovable evolutionist? (13 letters)
59 Across: "But of course!" (9 letters)
61 Across: Anagram for artisan (7 letters)
62 Across: Roofing of a sort (6 letters)
64 Across: Camus essay (4 letters)
65 Across: Commit perjury (3 letters)
66 Across: He wrote "John Brown's Body" (5 letters)
67 Across: What 66 Across was (4 letters)
68 Across: Integrity (5 letters)
70 Across: Ghost of Christmas ___ (4 letters)
71 Across: Fearsome beasts (7 letters)
73 Across: Strongman in a bar (7 letters)
76 Across: Actress Lamarr (4 letters)
79 Across: Internal obstruction (5 letters)
81 Across: Tidy, in Ayr (4 letters)
82 Across: Scandinavian kings (5 letters)
85 Across: Governor of Guam (3 letters)
86 Across: Palaver (4 letters)
88 Across: Miss Kitty's business (6 letters)
90 Across: Tartness (7 letters)
92 Across: Turkey Day pie (9 letters)
95 Across: Presidential Twinkle-Toes? (13 letters)
97 Across: Matrons, in Madrid (7 letters)
98 Across: A pièce de résistance (5 letters)
100 Across: Artificial: Abbr. (4 letters)
101 Across: "___ the season . . . " (3 letters)
102 Across: Caddis or crewel (4 letters)
103 Across: Ballerina's rail (5 letters)
104 Across: Pluto, to Plato (5 letters)
106 Across: Opposite of ant. (3 letters)
107 Across: One way to be in love (5 letters)
109 Across: Bulwer-Lytton novel (5 letters)
110 Across: Author of "The Counterfeiters" (4 letters)
111 Across: Clairvoyance, for short (3 letters)
113 Across: Functions (4 letters)
114 Across: Corneous; callous (5 letters)
115 Across: Artist's purchase (6 letters)
117 Across: Dumbo's wings (4 letters)
120 Across: Novel by Kathleen Coyle (3 letters)
121 Across: Polite blokes (5 letters)
122 Across: "En ___!" (5 letters)
123 Across: Schleps (7 letters)
126 Across: Kimbrough and Post (6 letters)
128 Across: Muscular magazine editor? (16 letters)
131 Across: Calif. county (6 letters)
132 Across: Lacking a key (6 letters)
133 Across: Mother Hubbard's quest (4 letters)
134 Across: Neb. Indian (4 letters)
135 Across: Asseverates (4 letters)
136 Across: Fusty (5 letters)
137 Across: Brings to court (4 letters)
138 Across: Diminish (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Letters on a U.S.S.R. player's jersey (4 letters)
2 Down: Chicago's airport (5 letters)
3 Down: Prepare fare for an affair (5 letters)
4 Down: Obsolescent receptacle? (7 letters)
5 Down: O.K. Corral shootout participant (4 letters)
6 Down: Helps with the dishes (5 letters)
7 Down: "Winter of Artifice" writer (3 letters)
8 Down: Author ___ Virginia Woolf (7 letters)
9 Down: Speckles (6 letters)
10 Down: Tall and thin (5 letters)
11 Down: Parabases (4 letters)
12 Down: Pinero's title (3 letters)
13 Down: Tarkington opus (9 letters)
14 Down: ___ Sutra (4 letters)
15 Down: Pitcher's stat. (3 letters)
16 Down: Leader in Mexican outerwear? (11 letters)
17 Down: Like some sports (6 letters)
21 Down: Sondheim's "___ the Clowns" (6 letters)
22 Down: Bundle of cotton (4 letters)
23 Down: Arty party (5 letters)
25 Down: Vane point (4 letters)
26 Down: Roadside stop (5 letters)
31 Down: Miner's delight (3 letters)
35 Down: Adored (5 letters)
36 Down: "___ Lang Syne" (4 letters)
37 Down: God riding a bull called Nandi (5 letters)
39 Down: Red Deer's locale (7 letters)
41 Down: Assure victory (6 letters)
42 Down: Stock item (5 letters)
43 Down: Master, in Madras (5 letters)
44 Down: Kind of geometry (5 letters)
46 Down: Joy Adamson's pet (4 letters)
47 Down: Got off (4 letters)
48 Down: Close (4 letters)
49 Down: Pts. of a jigsaw puzzle (3 letters)
50 Down: Change (5 letters)
51 Down: Thin board (4 letters)
52 Down: Area for a taffrail (5 letters)
53 Down: Baba and Pasha (4 letters)
54 Down: Gorbachev's refusal (4 letters)
56 Down: Travis or Quaid (5 letters)
57 Down: Expiate (5 letters)
58 Down: Indian monkey (6 letters)
60 Down: Not sotto voce (5 letters)
63 Down: Hang out with (6 letters)
67 Down: Sprightly dance (5 letters)
69 Down: Clarinetist Jimmy of jazz fame (5 letters)
70 Down: Madrid museum (5 letters)
72 Down: "___ Goat-Boy": Barth (5 letters)
74 Down: Apache chief (7 letters)
75 Down: Prufrock's creator (5 letters)
76 Down: Easter entrees (4 letters)
77 Down: Mrs. Kovacs (4 letters)
78 Down: Actor from Asti? (11 letters)
80 Down: "Beau Geste" locale (6 letters)
81 Down: Kind (4 letters)
83 Down: Number for Hawaii (5 letters)
84 Down: Toklas's companion (5 letters)
86 Down: Ex-quarterback Bradshaw (5 letters)
87 Down: T. Mann's "___ and His Dog" (4 letters)
89 Down: ___-majesté (4 letters)
90 Down: "Ma, He's Making Eyes ___," 1921 song (4 letters)
91 Down: Jan.-to-Jan. periods (3 letters)
93 Down: Embers (5 letters)
94 Down: Lionel output (9 letters)
96 Down: "___ cockhorse . . . " (5 letters)
99 Down: Parisian airport (4 letters)
103 Down: German cannon's name (6 letters)
104 Down: Indian religion (5 letters)
105 Down: Duly and truly, e.g. (7 letters)
106 Down: Nickname Piaf had (7 letters)
107 Down: Slip-ons (5 letters)
108 Down: Sci-fi master (6 letters)
109 Down: Nol of Cambodia (3 letters)
110 Down: Mouthwash (6 letters)
112 Down: Montenegrin, e.g. (4 letters)
114 Down: "For ___ jolly . . . " (4 letters)
115 Down: Sight from Buzzards Bay (5 letters)
116 Down: Setting (5 letters)
118 Down: Lariat (5 letters)
119 Down: Attach, as a button (5 letters)
121 Down: Places for workouts (4 letters)
122 Down: Actress Rowlands (4 letters)
124 Down: Yes votes (4 letters)
125 Down: Koko's weapon (4 letters)
127 Down: Moo (3 letters)
129 Down: Salt pillar's husband (3 letters)
130 Down: Singer Rawls (3 letters)

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