VANISHING ACTS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy R. Wolfe1/21/1996

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Across

1 Across: Apples, informally (4 letters)
5 Across: Short intakes (5 letters)
10 Across: Stringent (5 letters)
15 Across: Diplomacy (4 letters)
19 Across: Noted Mideast diplomat (4 letters)
20 Across: Red as___ (5 letters)
21 Across: Silk-stockings (5 letters)
22 Across: First name in folk (4 letters)
23 Across: 1947 adventure sequel (10 letters)
25 Across: "I Can Get___You Wholesale" (5 letters)
26 Across: Part of a knight's insignia (4 letters)
27 Across: First president of Bolivia (5 letters)
28 Across: AT A (15 letters)
31 Across: Vingt-___ (4 letters)
33 Across: Masters subject (3 letters)
34 Across: Like bell-bottoms (5 letters)
35 Across: Five-time Rose Bowl winner (4 letters)
37 Across: Coleridge's "sacred river" (4 letters)
40 Across: Poll amts. (4 letters)
44 Across: Actor Markham et al. (6 letters)
45 Across: Leather-to-be (4 letters)
46 Across: It may be rigged (4 letters)
47 Across: Boodle (4 letters)
48 Across: First name in despotism (3 letters)
49 Across: "___Slew-Foot" (1961 country hit) (3 letters)
50 Across: Licentious one (5 letters)
51 Across: Melville novel (4 letters)
52 Across: Endangered swimmer (6 letters)
56 Across: Recurring marine phenomenon (7 letters)
58 Across: I and II Timothy, e.g. (8 letters)
61 Across: A.C.C. school (3 letters)
62 Across: Use an S.O.S. (5 letters)
63 Across: Holiday abroad (3 letters)
64 Across: Port intro (4 letters)
65 Across: Juillet times (4 letters)
66 Across: Calendar abbr. (3 letters)
67 Across: Marlon Brando's birthplace (5 letters)
70 Across: Lloyd George contemporary (5 letters)
71 Across: Orch. group (3 letters)
72 Across: Loading site (4 letters)
73 Across: Opening between montanas (4 letters)
74 Across: Actress Courteney (3 letters)
75 Across: Egg white (5 letters)
77 Across: Part of XXX (3 letters)
78 Across: Peevish (8 letters)
80 Across: Des___ (7 letters)
82 Across: Base (6 letters)
85 Across: Opposite of a wrinkle remover? (4 letters)
86 Across: Fix, as the sails (5 letters)
88 Across: Moo goo___pan (3 letters)
89 Across: "Glass Bell" writer (3 letters)
90 Across: Whaler's direction (4 letters)
91 Across: Noted paperback publisher (4 letters)
92 Across: It builds int. (4 letters)
93 Across: Broadcast preparation (6 letters)
96 Across: To be, in old New Orleans (4 letters)
97 Across: Hogshead (4 letters)
98 Across: Flyspeck (4 letters)
99 Across: Beethoven dedicatee (5 letters)
100 Across: Slimeball (3 letters)
102 Across: Ending with road (4 letters)
104 Across: AFORE-THOUGHT (15 letters)
112 Across: Late Ford (5 letters)
115 Across: "Pogo" character Wiley___ (4 letters)
116 Across: "L.A. Law" lawyer (5 letters)
117 Across: Most gracious (10 letters)
119 Across: Part of C.C.U. (4 letters)
120 Across: Gin drink (5 letters)
121 Across: "You're____talk!" (5 letters)
122 Across: Suffix with Dixie (4 letters)
123 Across: Children's author Howard (4 letters)
124 Across: Lucy's colorer (5 letters)
125 Across: Plus (5 letters)
126 Across: "___silly question..." (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Grunt's chow (4 letters)
2 Down: Arab name part (4 letters)
3 Down: OUT TIME (14 letters)
4 Down: Show contempt for (7 letters)
5 Down: Ref. book (3 letters)
6 Down: "Take___" ("Congrats!") (4 letters)
7 Down: Evening at La Scala (4 letters)
8 Down: IT'S THAT COUNTS (16 letters)
9 Down: Franklin, for one (5 letters)
10 Down: Murder mystery suspect (4 letters)
11 Down: Start of some cloud names (4 letters)
12 Down: Jazz phrase (4 letters)
13 Down: Hold back (4 letters)
14 Down: Goethe title (4 letters)
15 Down: Island south of Wilson's Promontory (8 letters)
16 Down: Stephen Dedalus, in a Joyce title (6 letters)
17 Down: Parsing subject (6 letters)
18 Down: Mel and family (6 letters)
24 Down: Coup de___ (gunshot): Fr. (3 letters)
29 Down: Hero's tale (7 letters)
30 Down: Work of Horace (5 letters)
32 Down: BRAND (12 letters)
35 Down: Vote___down (decide by ballot) (4 letters)
36 Down: Not earthbound (9 letters)
38 Down: After 11 P.M. (4 letters)
39 Down: Con Ed watchdog (3 letters)
41 Down: Nav. officers (4 letters)
42 Down: AND A FOR A (16 letters)
43 Down: Hot (6 letters)
44 Down: CUFF (12 letters)
50 Down: Brooklyn sch. (3 letters)
53 Down: FOUR OF THE EARTH (14 letters)
54 Down: Get hysterical (9 letters)
55 Down: Isn't now (3 letters)
57 Down: Get the show on the road (4 letters)
59 Down: Hailstone size (3 letters)
60 Down: Michael Costa oratorio (3 letters)
65 Down: Morales of "La Bamba" (4 letters)
68 Down: West of Brooklyn (3 letters)
69 Down: In___(het up) (6 letters)
70 Down: Actor Chaney (3 letters)
72 Down: Grp. for Mr. Novak (3 letters)
74 Down: Actress Barbara (7 letters)
76 Down: Don't keep up (3 letters)
79 Down: Role for Gielgud (4 letters)
80 Down: Cons' cons (4 letters)
81 Down: Locus (4 letters)
83 Down: Cordial (8 letters)
84 Down: Closet items (5 letters)
87 Down: "The Loco-Motion" girl (3 letters)
92 Down: Whence the line "Let freedom ring!" (7 letters)
93 Down: Service component (6 letters)
94 Down: It's named for the Duke of York (6 letters)
95 Down: Seed bearer (6 letters)
101 Down: "The ___Hour" (50's drama series) (5 letters)
103 Down: Start of some Israeli place names (3 letters)
105 Down: Make liquid, in a way (4 letters)
106 Down: First name in courtroom drama (4 letters)
107 Down: "Come___!" (4 letters)
108 Down: Huckleberry or Mickey (4 letters)
109 Down: Prefix with phone (4 letters)
110 Down: Signals (4 letters)
111 Down: Collectible illustrator (4 letters)
113 Down: Author Dinesen (4 letters)
114 Down: Singer James (4 letters)
118 Down: Dram of liquor, in Britain (3 letters)

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