INITIAL OCCUPATIONS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy Randolph Ross5/22/1994

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Across

1 Across: _____ Benbow ("Treasure Island" film) (7 letters)
8 Across: 1954 Fellini film (8 letters)
16 Across: Kind of money or puppy (4 letters)
20 Across: 201 or 202, e.g. (8 letters)
21 Across: Advocated (8 letters)
22 Across: "_____ when?" (5 letters)
23 Across: Morgan's initial occupation? (17 letters)
25 Across: Mail (5 letters)
26 Across: Winner in Zaire, 10/30/74 (3 letters)
27 Across: Schoolmarmish (4 letters)
28 Across: TV's Ricky (4 letters)
29 Across: Produce (6 letters)
30 Across: _____ Park, N.Y. (4 letters)
32 Across: French stories (6 letters)
34 Across: Henry Bolingbroke's victim (9 letters)
37 Across: Unsuspecting (5 letters)
39 Across: "Oh, very funny" (4 letters)
43 Across: Actress Meyers (3 letters)
44 Across: Penn name (4 letters)
45 Across: Escher's initial occupation? (18 letters)
51 Across: Annie of "Designing Women" (5 letters)
52 Across: Best-selling Chinese author (3 letters)
53 Across: Pen name (5 letters)
54 Across: Curled-up (5 letters)
58 Across: Son of 41 Down (4 letters)
59 Across: Shortage (6 letters)
62 Across: Formicary inhabitant (3 letters)
63 Across: Provided protection for (7 letters)
65 Across: Towel's place (3 letters)
66 Across: Implied (8 letters)
68 Across: Pays homage (10 letters)
70 Across: Improve (7 letters)
72 Across: Take off (4 letters)
74 Across: Buggy (4 letters)
75 Across: Deserving a C (4 letters)
76 Across: "_____ It Romantic?" (4 letters)
77 Across: Concerning (9 letters)
80 Across: 1984 Nobelist (4 letters)
82 Across: Tea times, for short (4 letters)
84 Across: "I do" preceder (4 letters)
86 Across: Rolling stock? (4 letters)
87 Across: A sir (7 letters)
90 Across: They're seen after a shower (10 letters)
93 Across: Company once headed by Henry Luce (8 letters)
96 Across: Poetic monogram (3 letters)
97 Across: Loud fellow (7 letters)
98 Across: Clear tables (3 letters)
100 Across: _____ woe (6 letters)
101 Across: They're designed in Hollywood (4 letters)
102 Across: Ovid's "The _____ Love" (5 letters)
103 Across: Literature Nobelist Nelly (5 letters)
105 Across: Bar opening (3 letters)
106 Across: Michener title (5 letters)
107 Across: cummings's initial occupation? (18 letters)
112 Across: Initials for a pound (4 letters)
116 Across: Rock video award (3 letters)
117 Across: Kuwaiti V.I.P. (4 letters)
118 Across: A bit of mischievousness (5 letters)
119 Across: 20th-century events (9 letters)
122 Across: Chant (6 letters)
126 Across: Clumsy ships (4 letters)
129 Across: Mother's kin (6 letters)
130 Across: A little night music (4 letters)
134 Across: Cooked up stories (4 letters)
135 Across: Religious ideal (3 letters)
136 Across: Energize (5 letters)
137 Across: Barnum's initial occupation? (17 letters)
143 Across: "Politics of Ecstasy" author (5 letters)
144 Across: Honing device (8 letters)
145 Across: Fetters (8 letters)
146 Across: Heathrow visitors (4 letters)
147 Across: Parrots (8 letters)
148 Across: Topic in tax law (7 letters)

Down

1 Down: As _____ (usually) (5 letters)
2 Down: Lawrence's initial occupation? (16 letters)
3 Down: Gym protection (3 letters)
4 Down: Here, in Le Havre (3 letters)
5 Down: Fabulous flyer (3 letters)
6 Down: Having more talent (7 letters)
7 Down: Mrs. Arrowsmith (5 letters)
8 Down: 1969 Paul Revere and the Raiders hit (5 letters)
9 Down: Silver-gray (3 letters)
10 Down: Exceeded the limit (4 letters)
11 Down: Binge at the bar (4 letters)
12 Down: Ways of Paris (4 letters)
13 Down: Light _____ (5 letters)
14 Down: Winter mo. (3 letters)
15 Down: "Modern Fables" writer (3 letters)
16 Down: Personnel directors (6 letters)
17 Down: Like a morning bed (6 letters)
18 Down: Nova _____ (6 letters)
19 Down: Legalistic locator (6 letters)
20 Down: Cracked open (4 letters)
22 Down: Cakemaker Lee (4 letters)
24 Down: Trifling amount (3 letters)
29 Down: Lewis's initial occupation? (12 letters)
31 Down: Hops are dried in them (5 letters)
32 Down: Keat's "The _____ of St. Agnes" (3 letters)
33 Down: Yonder yacht (3 letters)
35 Down: Actors McKellen and Holm (4 letters)
36 Down: Dernier _____ (3 letters)
38 Down: "_____ You I Love" (3 letters)
40 Down: Parabolic path (3 letters)
41 Down: Heavenly queen (4 letters)
42 Down: Mingling with (5 letters)
45 Down: Empty head (5 letters)
46 Down: Gulf nation (4 letters)
47 Down: Game often played with hexagonal chips (4 letters)
48 Down: _____ pin (6 letters)
49 Down: _____ Manifesto (1854 proclamation) (6 letters)
50 Down: Bears do it (4 letters)
51 Down: Prune (4 letters)
55 Down: Connects with (6 letters)
56 Down: Housman's initial occupation? (16 letters)
57 Down: Tennis calls (4 letters)
59 Down: Salinger's initial occupation? (12 letters)
60 Down: Compass dir. (3 letters)
61 Down: Spellbound (5 letters)
63 Down: Take's mate (3 letters)
64 Down: Brit. award (3 letters)
66 Down: Media initals since 1980 (3 letters)
67 Down: "Can you _____?" (5 letters)
69 Down: N N N (3 letters)
71 Down: O.K. (6 letters)
73 Down: Implied (5 letters)
77 Down: G.T.E. rival (3 letters)
78 Down: Month before Adar (6 letters)
79 Down: Forward (6 letters)
81 Down: Press extension (3 letters)
82 Down: Early hrs. (3 letters)
83 Down: Greek salad topping (4 letters)
85 Down: It's inspired (3 letters)
87 Down: Brief resume (3 letters)
88 Down: To be, in Bogota (5 letters)
89 Down: Hardy heroine (4 letters)
91 Down: Midwestern tribe (4 letters)
92 Down: South American capital (5 letters)
94 Down: Choice word (4 letters)
95 Down: Prosecutor Jaworski (4 letters)
99 Down: Wooden wedge (4 letters)
101 Down: "Now you _____..." (5 letters)
103 Down: Traumatize (4 letters)
104 Down: Grade school subj. (3 letters)
106 Down: Loaded letters (3 letters)
108 Down: NASA walk, for short (3 letters)
109 Down: Sleeve (3 letters)
110 Down: Where rakes progress (7 letters)
111 Down: _____ pickle (3 letters)
112 Down: Increases (6 letters)
113 Down: Polo participants (6 letters)
114 Down: Haberdasher's offering (6 letters)
115 Down: Lets out (6 letters)
120 Down: Gainsay (4 letters)
121 Down: Etchers' equipment (5 letters)
123 Down: "Deutschland uber _____" (5 letters)
124 Down: Mar. tourney (3 letters)
125 Down: Titter (5 letters)
127 Down: Diamond quartet (5 letters)
128 Down: They're plowed (4 letters)
131 Down: Kind of prof. (4 letters)
132 Down: Gyro holder (4 letters)
133 Down: Robert Burns, e.g. (4 letters)
137 Down: Luau serving (3 letters)
138 Down: That guy (3 letters)
139 Down: Request of Vanna (3 letters)
140 Down: Q-U filler (3 letters)
141 Down: Sen. Sessions's state: Abbr. (3 letters)
142 Down: How some stand (3 letters)

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