WILD WORDPLAY

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy Joel D. Lafargue8/25/1991

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: ___ Drive, near Salerno (6 letters)
7 Across: Pure ___ driven snow (5 letters)
12 Across: Frenzied (5 letters)
17 Across: Lots of sailors? (4 letters)
21 Across: Get back (6 letters)
22 Across: Purplish red (5 letters)
23 Across: Mennonite group (5 letters)
24 Across: Director Kazan (4 letters)
25 Across: Batman? (12 letters)
27 Across: Book that's full of meaning? (10 letters)
29 Across: Loot (4 letters)
30 Across: "And the mome ___ outgrabe": Carroll (5 letters)
31 Across: "My Ántonia" character (5 letters)
33 Across: Pays out (6 letters)
34 Across: Lennon's widow (3 letters)
35 Across: ___ a rail (6 letters)
37 Across: Sting operators? (4 letters)
38 Across: Comic Gilliam (3 letters)
41 Across: Lesser of two ___ (5 letters)
43 Across: Fin units (4 letters)
44 Across: Tin men? (8 letters)
48 Across: Some guards (7 letters)
50 Across: ___ dive (throw a fight) (5 letters)
52 Across: Hereditary factor (4 letters)
53 Across: Go cruising, in a way (4 letters)
54 Across: Pluto, to Cleo (6 letters)
55 Across: Poetry buff? (11 letters)
57 Across: This may be a little Scottish (3 letters)
58 Across: HIJKLMNO? (5 letters)
59 Across: Correspond (5 letters)
60 Across: Word to a refusenik (4 letters)
61 Across: He wrote "The Chosen" (5 letters)
63 Across: Epic finishes? (4 letters)
64 Across: Playwright Howe (4 letters)
65 Across: Style of pinafore (4 letters)
66 Across: Author of "A Serendipiter's Journey" (6 letters)
67 Across: Word after see and before Sea (3 letters)
68 Across: Canines on the Concorde? (10 letters)
72 Across: Chose chow (7 letters)
73 Across: It has an eye, but it sees not (6 letters)
75 Across: Synthetic fiber (5 letters)
76 Across: Meager (6 letters)
77 Across: Pretense (7 letters)
79 Across: Material for mending a broken heart? (10 letters)
81 Across: Family drs. (3 letters)
84 Across: Ceremonial prayer (6 letters)
85 Across: Baum barker (4 letters)
87 Across: Seafood choice (4 letters)
88 Across: "The Morning Watch" writer (4 letters)
89 Across: Makes emends? (5 letters)
90 Across: "If I ___," Beatles song (4 letters)
91 Across: Roman ruins site in France (5 letters)
93 Across: ___ Public (average person) (5 letters)
94 Across: Touse or towse (3 letters)
95 Across: Rogers's rye? (11 letters)
98 Across: Bush's chief of staff (6 letters)
99 Across: ___ cava (cor part) (4 letters)
101 Across: Former Met diva (4 letters)
102 Across: Sphere to fear when pooling? (5 letters)
103 Across: He has estrange feeling? (7 letters)
104 Across: Tangles up (8 letters)
106 Across: Maine river (4 letters)
107 Across: Decide against the diner (5 letters)
109 Across: Oregon or Santa Fe: Abbr. (3 letters)
110 Across: Broadway musical: 1982 (4 letters)
111 Across: Snips once more (6 letters)
113 Across: It's all in Rhine's mind (3 letters)
114 Across: Pac-Man's home (6 letters)
117 Across: Sharpens (5 letters)
118 Across: Goddess who knew her oats (5 letters)
120 Across: Lone Star sch. (4 letters)
124 Across: Clip joint? (10 letters)
126 Across: Work of a biased composer? (12 letters)
129 Across: S. Grant beat him (4 letters)
130 Across: Pass over (5 letters)
131 Across: This is silly! (5 letters)
132 Across: Taiwan brew (6 letters)
133 Across: Close the eyes, in falconry (4 letters)
134 Across: Stunned (5 letters)
135 Across: Hilaire Germain Edgar ___ (5 letters)
136 Across: Hutch items (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Rainbows for Noah? (4 letters)
2 Down: And now, a word from Morris (4 letters)
3 Down: Pedro's 58 Across (4 letters)
4 Down: K.D. of country music (4 letters)
5 Down: Healthy (3 letters)
6 Down: How herds of cattle arrive? (8 letters)
7 Down: Explosive mixture (6 letters)
8 Down: Of the kind mentioned (4 letters)
9 Down: Reliable fund? (5 letters)
10 Down: Loki raised her (3 letters)
11 Down: Testy person? (8 letters)
12 Down: Curtain material (6 letters)
13 Down: Pierre's girlfriends (5 letters)
14 Down: He comes in time (4 letters)
15 Down: Blue ribbon (3 letters)
16 Down: Deceitful sculptor? (8 letters)
17 Down: Leader of 66 (7 letters)
18 Down: Buck character (4 letters)
19 Down: Celtics' "33" (4 letters)
20 Down: Simon does it (4 letters)
26 Down: Pinched (5 letters)
28 Down: Certain newspaper page (4 letters)
32 Down: Have ___ to the ground (5 letters)
36 Down: Mawkish (5 letters)
37 Down: TV's Denise Huxtable (5 letters)
38 Down: More dilatory (6 letters)
39 Down: Aromatic tea (6 letters)
40 Down: Country club? (13 letters)
41 Down: Mideast bigwig (4 letters)
42 Down: Commemorative stones (6 letters)
44 Down: Passover repast (5 letters)
45 Down: Search party near the Oval Office? (13 letters)
46 Down: Cracked (6 letters)
47 Down: Appeased thirst (6 letters)
49 Down: "___ Tu," 1932 song (4 letters)
51 Down: Pac. counterpart (3 letters)
52 Down: Memorable, melodic Marvin (4 letters)
55 Down: Parson's place (5 letters)
56 Down: Place apart (6 letters)
59 Down: Lord, for one (5 letters)
61 Down: G.I.'s devil-dodger (5 letters)
62 Down: Music to Manolete's ears (4 letters)
64 Down: Woman's one-piece undergarment (5 letters)
65 Down: Kirk's journey? (4 letters)
66 Down: Rich gear? (5 letters)
68 Down: Garb for a Stapleton? (5 letters)
69 Down: Snitch (6 letters)
70 Down: Kingston group (4 letters)
71 Down: Ref. book (3 letters)
72 Down: Lustrous gems (5 letters)
74 Down: Part of Q.E.D. (4 letters)
76 Down: Mount (5 letters)
77 Down: Chop chops (6 letters)
78 Down: Occult (6 letters)
80 Down: Tell about being tardy? (6 letters)
82 Down: He does the write thing (6 letters)
83 Down: Hollywood P.S.? (6 letters)
85 Down: Sees to (5 letters)
86 Down: First name of a star on the bars (4 letters)
88 Down: Par excellence (4 letters)
90 Down: Maid, in France (5 letters)
91 Down: Jargon (5 letters)
92 Down: Ruhr roe (3 letters)
93 Down: Member of a French dozen (4 letters)
95 Down: Collected, as votes (8 letters)
96 Down: Do a double take (5 letters)
97 Down: Canine's neighbor (8 letters)
98 Down: Twaddle (8 letters)
100 Down: Poe maiden (7 letters)
103 Down: Befuddled (5 letters)
105 Down: Helper bringing a drink? (4 letters)
106 Down: Leaked through (6 letters)
108 Down: Penthouses on peaks (6 letters)
111 Down: ___ Island (5 letters)
112 Down: Rawboned person (5 letters)
114 Down: Vigoda and Burrows (4 letters)
115 Down: Chest sound (4 letters)
116 Down: Native Canadian (4 letters)
117 Down: Crackerjack (4 letters)
119 Down: Mount ___, Colo. (4 letters)
120 Down: Calif. campus (4 letters)
121 Down: Bender (4 letters)
122 Down: Bonebreaker's cousin (4 letters)
123 Down: Certain board members? (4 letters)
125 Down: Abductors of the 70's: Abbr. (3 letters)
127 Down: One, in Ayr (3 letters)
128 Down: Ball of fire? (3 letters)

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