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Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21138 clues~30-60 minBy M. Gaffney2/16/1997

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Across

1 Across: Suffix with land or city (5 letters)
6 Across: Hanged (8 letters)
14 Across: Unhitched? (6 letters)
20 Across: Clio contender (5 letters)
21 Across: Attack (8 letters)
22 Across: Like socks in a drawer (6 letters)
23 Across: Noted guitarist (21 letters)
26 Across: Some learning (4 letters)
27 Across: Kernel (4 letters)
28 Across: The Thames borders it (5 letters)
29 Across: Word of reproach (3 letters)
30 Across: Tiny type size (7 letters)
32 Across: Numbskull (3 letters)
34 Across: Bandleader Paul (7 letters)
38 Across: Roman mine (3 letters)
39 Across: Atom (3 letters)
40 Across: Chiang ___-shek (3 letters)
43 Across: Marcus and George (6 letters)
44 Across: Four-time Indy winner (20 letters)
50 Across: Noted youth grp. (3 letters)
51 Across: ___ Mujeres, Mexico (4 letters)
52 Across: Furtive sort (6 letters)
53 Across: They don't want to fight (5 letters)
55 Across: Should (6 letters)
57 Across: Attached at the base, botanically (7 letters)
63 Across: Druggie (4 letters)
64 Across: Early empire builder (4 letters)
65 Across: Recipe amt. (3 letters)
67 Across: Italian city where Giotto painted (6 letters)
69 Across: "Surprised by Joy" autobiographer (21 letters)
74 Across: Metric weights (6 letters)
75 Across: It may be high in the afternoon (3 letters)
76 Across: Count (4 letters)
77 Across: Introductory material (4 letters)
78 Across: Loss by decay (7 letters)
81 Across: Wasn't sociable (6 letters)
83 Across: Strike location (5 letters)
84 Across: General announcement? (6 letters)
86 Across: Stagger (4 letters)
88 Across: Not the best service (3 letters)
89 Across: "My Little Chickadee" star (20 letters)
96 Across: Medieval weapon (6 letters)
97 Across: Laugh syllable (3 letters)
98 Across: Artillery shell component (3 letters)
99 Across: A substantial amount of Louisiana (3 letters)
100 Across: Goes around (7 letters)
102 Across: Tricked (3 letters)
103 Across: Rolls (7 letters)
107 Across: Vitamin C source (3 letters)
108 Across: Refuse (5 letters)
112 Across: No longer stuck on (4 letters)
114 Across: Understanding words (4 letters)
115 Across: Three-time N.F.L. M.V.P. (21 letters)
121 Across: Understanding (6 letters)
122 Across: Computer offering (8 letters)
123 Across: Not be fast (5 letters)
124 Across: They're out in a game (6 letters)
125 Across: Prepares for a rough ride (8 letters)
126 Across: Cardinal points? (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Buffalo wing? (5 letters)
2 Down: Modern information medium (5 letters)
3 Down: Tiny amount (5 letters)
4 Down: Where gelato was invented (7 letters)
5 Down: Like a member of the U.S.N. (3 letters)
6 Down: Sober-minded (5 letters)
7 Down: Comaneci achievements (4 letters)
8 Down: Kind of comb (7 letters)
9 Down: City area (3 letters)
10 Down: "Frasier" character (5 letters)
11 Down: Lions' prey (4 letters)
12 Down: Indians with a sun dance (4 letters)
13 Down: It may be struck (4 letters)
14 Down: Eponymous Belgian town (3 letters)
15 Down: Actor Holm (3 letters)
16 Down: An end to peace (3 letters)
17 Down: 1994 A.L. home run king (7 letters)
18 Down: Soft (7 letters)
19 Down: Garden tools (6 letters)
24 Down: Homes with domes (6 letters)
25 Down: Cold war threat (3 letters)
31 Down: Elvis Costello's "My ___ True" (5 letters)
33 Down: Grave marker (5 letters)
35 Down: Silver treat (3 letters)
36 Down: First name in 1936 politics (3 letters)
37 Down: Early 80's sitcom (3 letters)
39 Down: "Othello" courtesan (6 letters)
40 Down: Name in 1993 news (6 letters)
41 Down: Bill the Cat pronouncement, in the funnies (3 letters)
42 Down: Alibi ___ (liars, of a sort) (4 letters)
44 Down: Shanghai (6 letters)
45 Down: G.I. entertainment (7 letters)
46 Down: Greek cafe (7 letters)
47 Down: Shrovetide dish (5 letters)
48 Down: Legal grounds for action (9 letters)
49 Down: Poetic preposition (3 letters)
54 Down: Gray and Moran (5 letters)
56 Down: Argot (4 letters)
58 Down: Getting around well (4 letters)
59 Down: "My gal" (3 letters)
60 Down: The best (5 letters)
61 Down: Kind of estimate (7 letters)
62 Down: Got a flat boot? (7 letters)
64 Down: "___ deal!" (4 letters)
66 Down: Some government appropriations (4 letters)
68 Down: The plus column (6 letters)
70 Down: Pin down (3 letters)
71 Down: Kind of oil (6 letters)
72 Down: Ogle (6 letters)
73 Down: "The Courtship of Miles Standish" character (5 letters)
79 Down: Travel (about) (3 letters)
80 Down: Drop acid? (4 letters)
82 Down: Preceded (5 letters)
83 Down: Travels back and forth (5 letters)
85 Down: Abbr. in a help wanted ad (3 letters)
87 Down: Application (6 letters)
89 Down: Lynette ___, first female Harlem Globetrotter (7 letters)
90 Down: Took in, maybe (7 letters)
91 Down: Actor Stephen (3 letters)
92 Down: Congratulations, of a sort (3 letters)
93 Down: Palindromic English river (3 letters)
94 Down: Chants (7 letters)
95 Down: Authorize (7 letters)
96 Down: Beseech (6 letters)
101 Down: ___-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec (3 letters)
102 Down: Lake Volta's country (5 letters)
103 Down: Ho-hum TV fare (5 letters)
104 Down: Adlai's '56 running mate (5 letters)
105 Down: Like some apartments (5 letters)
106 Down: Most likely winners (5 letters)
109 Down: Butts (4 letters)
110 Down: Rat-___ (4 letters)
111 Down: Pokey (4 letters)
113 Down: Start of a classic Latin quote (4 letters)
116 Down: Broodmare (3 letters)
117 Down: Had fare (3 letters)
118 Down: Med. specialty (3 letters)
119 Down: Tiny terror (3 letters)
120 Down: ___ Saud (former Mideast leader) (3 letters)

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