PERFECT SQUARES

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21142 clues~30-60 minBy Harvey Estes3/2/1997

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Across

1 Across: Follow (7 letters)
8 Across: Cases (7 letters)
15 Across: Unmemorized words (5 letters)
20 Across: Begin, e.g. (7 letters)
21 Across: Less stirred (7 letters)
22 Across: Winslow Homer's home (5 letters)
23 Across: Be ecstatic (21 letters)
26 Across: King of the 18th dynasty (3 letters)
27 Across: Parodied, with "up" (4 letters)
28 Across: Poetic contraction (4 letters)
29 Across: Even though (6 letters)
30 Across: Tiny bit (5 letters)
33 Across: Go to bat for (6 letters)
35 Across: Sault ___ Marie (3 letters)
36 Across: Okla. football rival (3 letters)
37 Across: "Women and Love" author (4 letters)
40 Across: Neighbor of Minn. (3 letters)
41 Across: Garish (4 letters)
42 Across: Paris-to-Marseilles dir. (3 letters)
43 Across: Song from the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album (15 letters)
48 Across: Rocker Joan (4 letters)
49 Across: Principle of philosophy (3 letters)
50 Across: Old Alka-Seltzer mascot (6 letters)
51 Across: Finder's cry (6 letters)
53 Across: Slippery ___ (3 letters)
54 Across: Land of the Chosen people (5 letters)
55 Across: "Diary of a Genius" author (4 letters)
57 Across: Bring upon oneself (5 letters)
61 Across: Stout relative (3 letters)
62 Across: With 86-Down, partner of buts (3 letters)
63 Across: Brunch beverage (6 letters)
65 Across: ___ incognita (5 letters)
66 Across: Musical measures (4 letters)
68 Across: Some gold diggers (11 letters)
72 Across: Watch word (4 letters)
73 Across: Not chronic (5 letters)
75 Across: Approached (6 letters)
76 Across: Nice view (3 letters)
78 Across: Fraternity letter (3 letters)
79 Across: Pool contents? (5 letters)
80 Across: "It's ___...World" (4 letters)
81 Across: Bow in the theater (5 letters)
83 Across: Reunion group (3 letters)
84 Across: B flat's equivalent (6 letters)
87 Across: 1985 N.L. Cy Young Award winner (6 letters)
88 Across: Ally of the U.S. (3 letters)
89 Across: Raised (4 letters)
92 Across: Slots (15 letters)
96 Across: King's title: Abbr. (3 letters)
97 Across: Melville foretopman (4 letters)
98 Across: Singer Janis (3 letters)
99 Across: Rockefeller Center muralist (4 letters)
100 Across: Chemical suffix (3 letters)
101 Across: Hosp. areas (3 letters)
102 Across: Sandinista foe (6 letters)
105 Across: Cruise in style (5 letters)
109 Across: Reception helper (6 letters)
111 Across: Performs, for King James (4 letters)
112 Across: Downwind (4 letters)
115 Across: Dauphin's father (3 letters)
116 Across: 1970 Chicago hit (21 letters)
121 Across: Waste maker (5 letters)
122 Across: Partly coincide (7 letters)
123 Across: Show up (7 letters)
124 Across: Vocalist John (5 letters)
125 Across: Hounds (7 letters)
126 Across: American and Swiss (7 letters)

Down

1 Down: Strains, in a way (5 letters)
2 Down: Exhaust (5 letters)
3 Down: Where Sir Arthur Evans excavated (5 letters)
4 Down: Hall-of-Famer Hubbard (3 letters)
5 Down: Slimmer swimmer (3 letters)
6 Down: Some Ivy Leaguers (4 letters)
7 Down: Water barrier (4 letters)
8 Down: It's quarried in Vermont (5 letters)
9 Down: Continuous sound (3 letters)
10 Down: Celebrated (7 letters)
11 Down: Galore (7 letters)
12 Down: Like some floors (5 letters)
13 Down: Presumptive person? (4 letters)
14 Down: Full house indicator (3 letters)
15 Down: Sashayed (6 letters)
16 Down: Brush carelessly (4 letters)
17 Down: Poet's prerogative (7 letters)
18 Down: Most pitch-black (7 letters)
19 Down: Optimal option (7 letters)
24 Down: Objective (3 letters)
25 Down: First published work by 39-Down (6 letters)
31 Down: Antonio's role in "Evita" (3 letters)
32 Down: Aguirre portrayer (6 letters)
34 Down: Very alluring (4 letters)
35 Down: Whisky drink (4 letters)
38 Down: Alert (6 letters)
39 Down: The Sage of Concord (7 letters)
41 Down: Charpentier opera or its heroine (6 letters)
43 Down: "Ben-Hur" author (7 letters)
44 Down: Round trip of sorts (7 letters)
45 Down: Spot (3 letters)
46 Down: Humphrey's "High Sierra" co-star (3 letters)
47 Down: Malefactor (5 letters)
48 Down: Jamie Lee's mom (5 letters)
49 Down: It's often in hot water (6 letters)
52 Down: Supplies (3 letters)
55 Down: Treated to supper (5 letters)
56 Down: Surrounded by (4 letters)
58 Down: Fair play (7 letters)
59 Down: Ragamuffins (7 letters)
60 Down: Yard chore (6 letters)
63 Down: "___ Breckinridge" (4 letters)
64 Down: Easily maneuverable military forces (7 letters)
67 Down: Place (5 letters)
69 Down: Raised (6 letters)
70 Down: City with a Latin quarter (5 letters)
71 Down: Composed (6 letters)
74 Down: Drain trap shape, at times (3 letters)
77 Down: Petered out (6 letters)
81 Down: Provincetown catch (3 letters)
82 Down: Tennis shot (3 letters)
85 Down: Like some wages (6 letters)
86 Down: See 62-Across (4 letters)
87 Down: Chap (4 letters)
89 Down: Get some air (7 letters)
90 Down: Urban modernization (7 letters)
91 Down: Chomolungma's more familiar name (7 letters)
93 Down: "Do the Right Thing" extras (7 letters)
94 Down: Way down? (7 letters)
95 Down: Spanish diminutive suffix (3 letters)
97 Down: Hammered (6 letters)
102 Down: Recesses (5 letters)
103 Down: Coarse files (5 letters)
104 Down: Former ring king (3 letters)
106 Down: Riding accessories (5 letters)
107 Down: Representative location (5 letters)
108 Down: Rollers? (5 letters)
110 Down: Division word (4 letters)
111 Down: Midler's "___ Las Vegas" (4 letters)
113 Down: Big cheese (4 letters)
114 Down: Use acid (4 letters)
117 Down: A gift in O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" (3 letters)
118 Down: Squeal (3 letters)
119 Down: Good ___ boy (3 letters)
120 Down: Old-style interjection (3 letters)

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