YULETIDE NINE

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21138 clues~30-60 minBy John M. Samson12/23/1990

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Castile (4 letters)
5 Across: Ontario tribesmen (5 letters)
10 Across: N.Y.C. river (6 letters)
16 Across: Piece of cake (5 letters)
17 Across: Novelist Troyat (5 letters)
18 Across: Birdman (7 letters)
20 Across: CUPID (12 letters)
22 Across: Hurdle (8 letters)
24 Across: Farrell's knee bend (4 letters)
25 Across: Peter and a Wolfe (5 letters)
26 Across: "The Perfect Fool" composer (5 letters)
28 Across: Prime-time time (4 letters)
29 Across: Small "small" (3 letters)
30 Across: Canary's cousin (5 letters)
31 Across: Label anew (5 letters)
33 Across: Athenian vowel (3 letters)
34 Across: Asunder (5 letters)
36 Across: Spruce (4 letters)
38 Across: TV bee (4 letters)
39 Across: Poor surfer (5 letters)
41 Across: Voice (6 letters)
43 Across: "Santa Claus Is Watching You" singer (7 letters)
45 Across: Indeed (6 letters)
46 Across: Rats! (4 letters)
48 Across: They were: Lat. (5 letters)
49 Across: Tower of Bombay (5 letters)
50 Across: Alluded (8 letters)
54 Across: Old age, of old (3 letters)
55 Across: VIXEN (8 letters)
58 Across: European capital (4 letters)
59 Across: Oder tributary (6 letters)
61 Across: In holiday spirits (4 letters)
62 Across: Behold, to Brutus (4 letters)
63 Across: Western lizard (3 letters)
64 Across: DANCER (9 letters)
66 Across: Jacky (3 letters)
67 Across: Mild oath (4 letters)
69 Across: Boston catcher (4 letters)
70 Across: Shelved (6 letters)
72 Across: Convex moldings (4 letters)
73 Across: Transient things (8 letters)
75 Across: Marble (3 letters)
76 Across: Abstruse (8 letters)
78 Across: Ferric (5 letters)
79 Across: Dr. Salk (5 letters)
81 Across: John, in Cardiff (4 letters)
82 Across: William Conrad role (6 letters)
84 Across: Zingers (7 letters)
86 Across: Ham (6 letters)
90 Across: Swiss sledder (5 letters)
91 Across: Bastes (4 letters)
92 Across: Hang behind (4 letters)
94 Across: Likely (5 letters)
95 Across: "Artie" author (3 letters)
96 Across: Tape over (5 letters)
98 Across: Soft-palate projection (5 letters)
100 Across: Divinity deg. (3 letters)
101 Across: Letter opener (4 letters)
103 Across: White poplar (5 letters)
105 Across: Useful (5 letters)
106 Across: A sister of Europa (4 letters)
107 Across: Nov. 11 honoree (8 letters)
109 Across: DASHER (12 letters)
112 Across: Conspicuous (7 letters)
113 Across: Propose (5 letters)
114 Across: Mold (5 letters)
115 Across: Where Virgil wrote the "Georgics" (6 letters)
116 Across: Rating symbols (5 letters)
117 Across: Focal points (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Suchlike (7 letters)
2 Down: Third of thrice (4 letters)
3 Down: French explorer in Colonial America (3 letters)
4 Down: Modern medium (5 letters)
5 Down: Dijon darlings (7 letters)
6 Down: Resound (8 letters)
7 Down: One of Eve's grandsons (4 letters)
8 Down: White-tailed bird (3 letters)
9 Down: Deep breath (4 letters)
10 Down: COMET (7 letters)
11 Down: Parsees' sacred writings (6 letters)
12 Down: Cowboy's rope (5 letters)
13 Down: Pomeranian's place (3 letters)
14 Down: Lord Wimsey's alma mater (4 letters)
15 Down: DONNER (popular variant of Donder) (13 letters)
16 Down: Islamic leader (6 letters)
19 Down: Charter car (6 letters)
20 Down: Panel strip (5 letters)
21 Down: "Sunny" composer (4 letters)
23 Down: Psyched up (5 letters)
27 Down: Praying figure (5 letters)
30 Down: Brenda of comics (5 letters)
32 Down: Belgian port (5 letters)
35 Down: Copland ballet (5 letters)
37 Down: Missionaries of Charity founder (6 letters)
38 Down: Remedy (4 letters)
40 Down: Pontifical cape (5 letters)
42 Down: Lake in a cirque (4 letters)
44 Down: RUDOLPH (9 letters)
45 Down: Biography (4 letters)
47 Down: Wobbling (7 letters)
49 Down: Kind of cross (7 letters)
50 Down: Roulette bet (5 letters)
51 Down: Bar, to a barrister (5 letters)
52 Down: BLITZEN (13 letters)
53 Down: An aunt of Princess Beatrice (5 letters)
55 Down: Swiss canton (former spelling) (5 letters)
56 Down: Mites (5 letters)
57 Down: Adapted to the desert (5 letters)
60 Down: Mme., in Madrid (3 letters)
61 Down: Male cat (3 letters)
65 Down: Garment for Geraint (6 letters)
68 Down: City in the Ruhr region (5 letters)
69 Down: Keystone State's eponym (4 letters)
71 Down: "Pacific" bird (4 letters)
72 Down: Substance (5 letters)
74 Down: "Santa Claus" star (5 letters)
75 Down: Epigrams (4 letters)
77 Down: Super Bowl XVIII site (5 letters)
79 Down: Pink Panther, e.g. (5 letters)
80 Down: PRANCER (8 letters)
82 Down: Caliber (5 letters)
83 Down: I.R.S. inquiries (6 letters)
84 Down: Bristles (7 letters)
85 Down: Deliverers (7 letters)
87 Down: Even choices (7 letters)
88 Down: Plenary (6 letters)
89 Down: Fortification (5 letters)
91 Down: E Texas river (6 letters)
93 Down: Abyss (4 letters)
97 Down: Badgerlike mammal (5 letters)
99 Down: Trammel of a sort (5 letters)
102 Down: Reception room (4 letters)
104 Down: Heroic verse (4 letters)
105 Down: City in SE Turkey (4 letters)
106 Down: Husband of Jezebel (4 letters)
108 Down: Torn or Taylor (3 letters)
110 Down: Sternward (3 letters)
111 Down: Philosopher ___ Hsi (3 letters)

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