WORLD WAR TRUE!

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23162 clues~30-60 minBy Bob Klahn5/7/1995

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Across

1 Across: Actor Cage (7 letters)
8 Across: Mosaic piece (7 letters)
15 Across: Belabors (7 letters)
22 Across: "Hubba-hubba!" to Henri (7 letters)
23 Across: Accepted as payment (7 letters)
24 Across: Poe poem set in a "ghoul-haunted woodland" (7 letters)
25 Across: Put out (7 letters)
26 Across: Ran out (7 letters)
27 Across: To the extent that (7 letters)
28 Across: The German troops' marching song was adapted from _____ (23 letters)
31 Across: Purposive (5 letters)
32 Across: Miss-named (3 letters)
33 Across: Rose hip and Red Zinger, e.g. (4 letters)
34 Across: Chekhov's "Uncle _____" (5 letters)
39 Across: Goddess of night (3 letters)
40 Across: Province of Latium (4 letters)
44 Across: '60s satellite series (4 letters)
47 Across: Lock horns with (6 letters)
49 Across: Poison antidotes (7 letters)
52 Across: Bedroom community (5 letters)
56 Across: Hitler's blitzkreig theory was based on the _____ (23 letters)
62 Across: "_____ go, into the..." (5 letters)
63 Across: Switch (4 letters)
64 Across: _____ Miss (3 letters)
65 Across: Bara contemporary (5 letters)
66 Across: Gaping opening (3 letters)
69 Across: Ruins (6 letters)
71 Across: Field marshal Rommel (5 letters)
73 Across: Play by e.e. cummings (3 letters)
74 Across: Author Robbe-Grillet et al. (6 letters)
77 Across: Puts away (4 letters)
79 Across: Common Market money (4 letters)
80 Across: Page of music (5 letters)
82 Across: The first non-British to receive Britain's Dickin Medal for Gallantry was a _____ (23 letters)
87 Across: Din (5 letters)
88 Across: Glamour competitor (4 letters)
89 Across: Hooks up (4 letters)
90 Across: Leaning (6 letters)
91 Across: Solecize (3 letters)
92 Across: Model's makeup, often (5 letters)
94 Across: One who neatens a bed (6 letters)
97 Across: Ottoman V.I.P. (3 letters)
98 Across: Quarter back (5 letters)
101 Across: Letter from Athens (3 letters)
102 Across: Red letters (4 letters)
104 Across: Author James and others (5 letters)
107 Across: Negotiations leading to the surrender of German troops in Italy _____ (23 letters)
114 Across: Plenty angry (5 letters)
115 Across: "CHiPs" chap (7 letters)
116 Across: Capital on the Tanshui River (6 letters)
117 Across: Okinawan seaport (4 letters)
120 Across: Blue hue (4 letters)
121 Across: White pages abbr. (3 letters)
124 Across: 1976 Beach Boys tune (5 letters)
125 Across: Refuges (4 letters)
129 Across: "Prince _____" ("Aladdin" song) (3 letters)
131 Across: Pretend to be (5 letters)
133 Across: The BBC promoted V-for-Victory in musical Morse code by frequenty broadcasting _____ (23 letters)
145 Across: Pennsylvania Railroad city (7 letters)
146 Across: Flower petals, collectively (7 letters)
147 Across: '60s TV western (7 letters)
148 Across: French auto (7 letters)
149 Across: Biblical liar (7 letters)
150 Across: Blue books? (7 letters)
151 Across: Here and there, to Pierre (7 letters)
152 Across: Nerve impulse point (7 letters)
153 Across: Fishermen's patron (7 letters)

Down

1 Down: Raid the refigerator (4 letters)
2 Down: Tiniest bit (4 letters)
3 Down: Oscar winner as Loretta Castorini (4 letters)
4 Down: One of five Norwegian kings (4 letters)
5 Down: Priest of the East (4 letters)
6 Down: Argus-eyed (5 letters)
7 Down: Turn blue? (6 letters)
8 Down: Bernard Malamud Pulitzer winner, 1967 (8 letters)
9 Down: Wind-borne (5 letters)
10 Down: Catch (4 letters)
11 Down: Year in school: Abbr. (4 letters)
12 Down: Once, once (4 letters)
13 Down: Wreck of the Hesperus cause (4 letters)
14 Down: Mix with, as seasonings (5 letters)
15 Down: Sudden silences (6 letters)
16 Down: Gobs (4 letters)
17 Down: Disreputable people, for short (4 letters)
18 Down: Pigtail (5 letters)
19 Down: Groundswell (5 letters)
20 Down: D-Day beachhead (5 letters)
21 Down: They're for the birds (5 letters)
29 Down: Cautionary sign (3 letters)
30 Down: "I didn't know that!" (3 letters)
34 Down: Profession (3 letters)
35 Down: V-mail address (3 letters)
36 Down: "All Things Considered" network (3 letters)
37 Down: Julian's stepmother (4 letters)
38 Down: Starting (4 letters)
40 Down: Try, try again? (7 letters)
41 Down: Safety elevator inventor (4 letters)
42 Down: _____-Mokwa ("Hiawatha" bear) (5 letters)
43 Down: "Oh!" de Cologne (3 letters)
45 Down: Clique (3 letters)
46 Down: Nerve impulse conduit (4 letters)
48 Down: Pour forth (6 letters)
50 Down: Rental checks? (8 letters)
51 Down: "The Price Is Right" display (8 letters)
53 Down: Scottish actress Mary (3 letters)
54 Down: Part of a combination (8 letters)
55 Down: Figaro in "The Barber of Seville" (8 letters)
57 Down: Bristle (3 letters)
58 Down: Nap sack? (3 letters)
59 Down: Pelvis part (5 letters)
60 Down: Brains (5 letters)
61 Down: Overabundance (7 letters)
66 Down: King Duncan's killer (7 letters)
67 Down: Title poem of a Poe book (8 letters)
68 Down: Marrier in haste, maybe (8 letters)
70 Down: Amorous glance: Fr. (8 letters)
72 Down: Depicted (8 letters)
75 Down: High dudgeon (3 letters)
76 Down: Zilch (3 letters)
78 Down: Foment (3 letters)
80 Down: Some movie ratings (3 letters)
81 Down: Languish (3 letters)
83 Down: Old fiddle (5 letters)
84 Down: Dialogue writer (5 letters)
85 Down: Anchor, perhaps (7 letters)
86 Down: "_____ Thou Now O Soul" (Whitman poem) (6 letters)
93 Down: Unc's mate (5 letters)
95 Down: Patriotic org. (3 letters)
96 Down: Maniacal leader (3 letters)
99 Down: Former Ford (3 letters)
100 Down: Opposite of seek (4 letters)
103 Down: Hall and Oates' "_____ Smile" (4 letters)
105 Down: Morales of "La Bamba" (4 letters)
106 Down: "M*A*S*H" Emmy winner (4 letters)
108 Down: Fuel efficiency rater: Abbr. (3 letters)
109 Down: Helpful PC key (3 letters)
110 Down: Clichéd climax of a movie thriller (8 letters)
111 Down: Photo _____ (3 letters)
112 Down: Stutz Bearcat contemporary (3 letters)
113 Down: Cartoonist Browne (3 letters)
118 Down: Morro Castle site (6 letters)
119 Down: Brighton brew (3 letters)
122 Down: Visitors from afar (3 letters)
123 Down: "Eight Men Out" director John (6 letters)
125 Down: They're to be counted on (5 letters)
126 Down: Collector's item (5 letters)
127 Down: "Look Homeward, Angel" dramatist _____ Frings (5 letters)
128 Down: Accumulation (5 letters)
130 Down: Kon-Tiki worshipers (5 letters)
131 Down: Oversized library volume (5 letters)
132 Down: Like some bombs (5 letters)
134 Down: Laugh and a half (4 letters)
135 Down: Scott Turow book (4 letters)
136 Down: Company co-founded by Akio Morita (4 letters)
137 Down: Ollie's biggest friend (4 letters)
138 Down: Hebrides island (4 letters)
139 Down: Impertinent (4 letters)
140 Down: Plaything (4 letters)
141 Down: "I have seen war...I _____ war": F.D.R. (4 letters)
142 Down: Strike out (4 letters)
143 Down: Congenial (4 letters)
144 Down: 1945, for one (4 letters)

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