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Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy R.M. Hopkins10/30/1994

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Cheese in a mousetrap (4 letters)
5 Across: Rider Haggard romance (3 letters)
8 Across: David Stockman's dept., once (3 letters)
11 Across: Dickens alias (3 letters)
14 Across: Cheerless (4 letters)
18 Across: "Moses" author, 1951 (4 letters)
19 Across: Circle (7 letters)
21 Across: One who has the hives (8 letters)
23 Across: "In the evening when I sit alone a-dreaming..." (12 letters)
25 Across: Arm of the sea? (8 letters)
26 Across: Kind of tea (6 letters)
27 Across: "Oh, give me land, lots of land..." (13 letters)
29 Across: Bruiser (3 letters)
30 Across: Beethoven dedicatee (5 letters)
31 Across: Org. for the 20 Down (4 letters)
32 Across: Excel (5 letters)
35 Across: Landslide detritus (5 letters)
37 Across: Carve across the grain (5 letters)
41 Across: Lincoln in-law (4 letters)
42 Across: Selects (5 letters)
43 Across: Popular sports car (5 letters)
44 Across: Like versatile appliances (4 letters)
48 Across: Each (4 letters)
49 Across: Call it _____ (4 letters)
50 Across: Tax evaders' bugbears (6 letters)
51 Across: Turn about (4 letters)
52 Across: Noted castaway (8 letters)
54 Across: Iranian desert (3 letters)
55 Across: Handbills (8 letters)
57 Across: Gulf north of Somalia (4 letters)
58 Across: Mummer, at times (7 letters)
60 Across: Start, in a way (5 letters)
61 Across: Trifled (5 letters)
63 Across: Top dog at the zoo (7 letters)
64 Across: Some canines (5 letters)
65 Across: _____ cropper (5 letters)
66 Across: Bracelets (7 letters)
67 Across: Spring (4 letters)
68 Across: Seconds (8 letters)
70 Across: M.I.T. grads, perhaps (3 letters)
71 Across: Least clear (8 letters)
75 Across: Gallimaufry (4 letters)
76 Across: Spray alternative (6 letters)
78 Across: Nut cases? (4 letters)
79 Across: Wipe out (4 letters)
80 Across: Cult film "_____ 9 From Outer Space" (4 letters)
81 Across: Protective rings (5 letters)
82 Across: Where eagles gather (5 letters)
83 Across: Kids' stuff? (4 letters)
84 Across: Not well (5 letters)
85 Across: Paid (up) (5 letters)
86 Across: Hamlet's father, e.g. (5 letters)
87 Across: Composed (4 letters)
90 Across: Milk: Prefix (5 letters)
92 Across: Where to go for a spell? (3 letters)
93 Across: "Trailer for sale or rent..." (13 letters)
97 Across: Salad bar item (6 letters)
101 Across: Introductory offer (8 letters)
102 Across: "Alas! My love, you do me wrong..." (12 letters)
105 Across: Court official (8 letters)
106 Across: Anomalous (7 letters)
107 Across: Legendary gunfighter (4 letters)
108 Across: They've earned their stripes: Abbr. (4 letters)
109 Across: German spa (3 letters)
110 Across: Common pluralizer (3 letters)
111 Across: Stephen Foster's Nelly (3 letters)
112 Across: "Let us _____" (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Do (4 letters)
2 Down: "..._____ forgive our debtors" (4 letters)
3 Down: Petit four finisher (4 letters)
4 Down: "Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde..." (15 letters)
5 Down: Map info (5 letters)
6 Down: Bricklayer's burden (3 letters)
7 Down: Printemps follower (3 letters)
8 Down: 1983 World Series champs (7 letters)
9 Down: Paul Bunyan's wife (6 letters)
10 Down: Borscht base (5 letters)
11 Down: Restrain (4 letters)
12 Down: U.S. _____ (4 letters)
13 Down: Wurtzite ingredient (4 letters)
14 Down: Playhouse fare (5 letters)
15 Down: Kitchen gadget (5 letters)
16 Down: Have _____ of the tongue (5 letters)
17 Down: One of a vitamin complex (4 letters)
20 Down: Seniors, with "the" (7 letters)
22 Down: Special forces unit (5 letters)
24 Down: End of the race (4 letters)
28 Down: Malodorous (5 letters)
32 Down: Kind of horn or line (4 letters)
33 Down: Snake dancers (4 letters)
34 Down: Pop star (4 letters)
35 Down: Nubian Desert locale (5 letters)
36 Down: Family (4 letters)
38 Down: Prospective taxi fare (6 letters)
39 Down: Out-and-out (5 letters)
40 Down: Tabula _____ (4 letters)
42 Down: Pent up (5 letters)
43 Down: Changes (7 letters)
44 Down: "Stormy the night and the waves roll high..." (15 letters)
45 Down: Anti-slip device (5 letters)
46 Down: Reagan nickname (5 letters)
47 Down: "_____ a rire" ("It is to laugh"): Fr. (4 letters)
50 Down: "As the blackbird in the spring..." (7 letters)
53 Down: Flawless (5 letters)
54 Down: Gifts (7 letters)
56 Down: Kind of accident (5 letters)
58 Down: Groaner (3 letters)
59 Down: Computer software abbr. (3 letters)
61 Down: "...and _____ a goodnight!" (5 letters)
62 Down: _____ vincit amor (5 letters)
63 Down: Informal (6 letters)
64 Down: Laconic (5 letters)
65 Down: Hatchet job? (4 letters)
66 Down: Sit on (5 letters)
67 Down: Like supermarket tabloids (5 letters)
69 Down: Madame Bovary (4 letters)
71 Down: Entomb in a wall (4 letters)
72 Down: Dollar prefix (4 letters)
73 Down: Car-roof items (4 letters)
74 Down: Words (4 letters)
77 Down: Vogue (5 letters)
78 Down: Happens to (7 letters)
82 Down: "Invincible" victim of Hercules (7 letters)
84 Down: Dries, in a way (5 letters)
85 Down: Nuts (6 letters)
86 Down: Personality determinant (4 letters)
87 Down: Kind of duty (5 letters)
88 Down: _____-trump (5 letters)
89 Down: Monsters (5 letters)
91 Down: Bicker (5 letters)
92 Down: Food processor (5 letters)
93 Down: City south of Dusseldorf (4 letters)
94 Down: Rage (4 letters)
95 Down: Stratford streetcar (4 letters)
96 Down: Plymouth Rocks, e.g. (4 letters)
98 Down: Basso Andresen (4 letters)
99 Down: Actress Miles (4 letters)
100 Down: Spot (4 letters)
103 Down: Crux (3 letters)
104 Down: _____ ammoniac (3 letters)

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