WITH COMPLIMENTS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21138 clues~30-60 minBy D.J. Kahn2/4/1996

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Across

1 Across: Deception (4 letters)
5 Across: "This Gun for Hire" star, 1942 (4 letters)
9 Across: Fires (4 letters)
13 Across: Story, sometimes (5 letters)
18 Across: White-spotted rodent (4 letters)
19 Across: "O.K." (4 letters)
20 Across: Cowboy's lasso (5 letters)
22 Across: bringing ruin (5 letters)
23 Across: Compliment for Ken Griffey Jr.? (9 letters)
25 Across: Killer whales (5 letters)
26 Across: Bigger than big (5 letters)
27 Across: Volunteer's words (5 letters)
28 Across: Air conditioner abbr. (3 letters)
29 Across: Compliment for Mickey Rooney? (11 letters)
31 Across: Compliment for Frankenstein's monster? (11 letters)
34 Across: Disinclined (5 letters)
35 Across: Unsteady on one's feet (5 letters)
36 Across: NOt beyond (8 letters)
39 Across: School founded in 1440 (4 letters)
43 Across: Dig in (3 letters)
45 Across: Missile launcher (5 letters)
47 Across: First name in TV comedy (4 letters)
48 Across: Brief (4 letters)
49 Across: Classical meeting sites (5 letters)
52 Across: Block houses? (6 letters)
54 Across: Pacify (7 letters)
57 Across: Board game form India: Var. (8 letters)
60 Across: "At Seventeen" singer Janis (3 letters)
61 Across: 10-stringed lyre (4 letters)
62 Across: Kind of center (3 letters)
63 Across: Attack (5 letters)
64 Across: Expect (3 letters)
65 Across: Sum total (9 letters)
67 Across: Compliment for Wyatt Earp? (15 letters)
70 Across: Noted Corsican family name (9 letters)
73 Across: "The Crying Game" actor (3 letters)
74 Across: Bartender's supply (5 letters)
76 Across: Mirror (3 letters)
77 Across: "___the calmly gathered thought": Whittier (4 letters)
78 Across: "Roll___bones" (3 letters)
79 Across: Capable of changing (8 letters)
82 Across: Queen's Cup, e.g. (7 letters)
84 Across: French wine center (6 letters)
86 Across: Rush hour shortage (5 letters)
87 Across: ___Fox (4 letters)
88 Across: ___-Japanese War (4 letters)
90 Across: Hamelin helper (5 letters)
93 Across: Kind of brain (3 letters)
94 Across: Reliever's goal (4 letters)
95 Across: Computer access code (8 letters)
97 Across: The time being (5 letters)
100 Across: Testifies (5 letters)
102 Across: Compliment for E.T.? (11 letters)
106 Across: Compliment for Alessandro Volta? (11 letters)
111 Across: Hotel ending (3 letters)
112 Across: Early TV drama sponsor (5 letters)
113 Across: Father-in-law of Jacob (5 letters)
114 Across: "The Wild Duck" dramstist (5 letters)
115 Across: Compliment for Steffi Graf? (9 letters)
117 Across: Public enemy No. 1, 1933 (5 letters)
118 Across: Rose and others (5 letters)
119 Across: Otherwise (4 letters)
120 Across: Biol. subject (4 letters)
121 Across: "What___!" (5 letters)
122 Across: Libertine (4 letters)
123 Across: "N.Y.P.D. Blue" offs. (4 letters)
124 Across: Eyelid problem (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Indulge (5 letters)
2 Down: "___talk?" (comedy line) (5 letters)
3 Down: Chemical catalysts (10 letters)
4 Down: "The Song of the Earth" composer (6 letters)
5 Down: Canadian pol. label (3 letters)
6 Down: Clear___ (7 letters)
7 Down: Fourth in a series (5 letters)
8 Down: Fooling (8 letters)
9 Down: Puts pressure on (6 letters)
10 Down: Yorkshire river (4 letters)
11 Down: Ocean compound (4 letters)
12 Down: Played for time (7 letters)
13 Down: Under way (5 letters)
14 Down: Debut at Turin, 2/1/1896 (8 letters)
15 Down: Particular (4 letters)
16 Down: Low (4 letters)
17 Down: TV's "___Three Lives" (4 letters)
21 Down: Compliment for Mary Lou Retton? (12 letters)
24 Down: Glamour rival (4 letters)
30 Down: W.W.II heroes: Abbr. (3 letters)
32 Down: Men (3 letters)
33 Down: Spin (7 letters)
37 Down: Caddie's offering (4 letters)
38 Down: Composer___Pres (3 letters)
40 Down: Miss topper (5 letters)
41 Down: Attack (5 letters)
42 Down: Family reunion member (5 letters)
43 Down: Psychic's field (3 letters)
44 Down: ___standstill (3 letters)
46 Down: Name add-on (3 letters)
50 Down: ___part (role-plays) (5 letters)
51 Down: Olympics event (7 letters)
53 Down: Ribbon holder of song (7 letters)
55 Down: Bassanio's love (6 letters)
56 Down: Take for oneself (7 letters)
58 Down: Off-base (6 letters)
59 Down: Compliment for Marquis de Sade? (12 letters)
61 Down: Before the present (3 letters)
64 Down: Archeological datum (3 letters)
65 Down: "So!" (3 letters)
66 Down: Actress Scacchi (5 letters)
68 Down: "Am___blame?" (3 letters)
69 Down: Minor-league, maybe (7 letters)
70 Down: Zingers (5 letters)
71 Down: Milieu of 99-Down (5 letters)
72 Down: Israeli region (5 letters)
75 Down: Sales tax in some states (10 letters)
78 Down: Lateen-rigged boat (4 letters)
79 Down: Its scientific name is Naja haje (3 letters)
80 Down: Go (for) (3 letters)
81 Down: That: Sp. (3 letters)
83 Down: Sunken spaces (8 letters)
84 Down: Hosp. personnel (3 letters)
85 Down: Assisted, in a way (8 letters)
89 Down: Practices teetotalism (7 letters)
91 Down: Commit (7 letters)
92 Down: Down Under bounder (3 letters)
95 Down: ___favor (3 letters)
96 Down: Hans Christian Andersen's birthplace (6 letters)
98 Down: Litter-free (4 letters)
99 Down: "Master Class" subject (6 letters)
101 Down: Sells by machine (5 letters)
103 Down: Fraser of 50's-60's tennis (5 letters)
104 Down: ___nothing of (5 letters)
105 Down: Dispatch (5 letters)
106 Down: Code word for "A" (4 letters)
107 Down: Conceal, as a card (4 letters)
108 Down: Kind of pipe (4 letters)
109 Down: Racketeer's org.? (4 letters)
110 Down: Request (4 letters)
116 Down: Nice article (3 letters)

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