PHRACTURED FONETICS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Robert H. Wolfe7/6/1997

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Across

1 Across: It comes in a scoop (4 letters)
5 Across: Small club, say (4 letters)
9 Across: Underlying (5 letters)
14 Across: Essential parts (5 letters)
19 Across: Butcher's cut (4 letters)
20 Across: Luxembourg town where George Patton is buried (4 letters)
21 Across: Daughter of William the Conqueror (5 letters)
22 Across: On ___ (reveling) (5 letters)
23 Across: First name in mystery (4 letters)
24 Across: Grand (4 letters)
25 Across: Tree knots (5 letters)
26 Across: ___ Domingo (5 letters)
27 Across: Seat setting (4 letters)
28 Across: 1997 Stanley Cup finals player (16 letters)
31 Across: Unexplained skill (3 letters)
32 Across: Harried (4 letters)
33 Across: Scraps (4 letters)
34 Across: "Little House on the Prairie" co-star Karen (7 letters)
35 Across: Counts, e.g. (5 letters)
37 Across: 20's-50's papal name (4 letters)
38 Across: Transfer and messenger materials (4 letters)
39 Across: Yoga practitioner (5 letters)
40 Across: Film maker Gus Van ___ (4 letters)
41 Across: What to call a lady (4 letters)
42 Across: Letter trio (3 letters)
45 Across: F-4's (15 letters)
48 Across: Former Toronto pitching ace (5 letters)
50 Across: Noted name in civil rights (5 letters)
51 Across: Dark times, briefly (4 letters)
52 Across: Good cheer (3 letters)
53 Across: Where Europe was divided (5 letters)
54 Across: Sales worker (3 letters)
55 Across: Country name, 1937-49 (4 letters)
57 Across: With 17-Down, a temporary urban home (3 letters)
58 Across: Characters in "Julius Caesar" and "The Merchant of Venice" (7 letters)
60 Across: Stadium sounds (4 letters)
62 Across: Close one (11 letters)
66 Across: Spa: Abbr. (4 letters)
67 Across: Like a prize-winning witch's costume (7 letters)
69 Across: Rightful (3 letters)
70 Across: Financial page inits. (4 letters)
72 Across: ___ kwon do (3 letters)
73 Across: Reams (5 letters)
74 Across: Zip (3 letters)
75 Across: Former Eur. carrier (4 letters)
77 Across: Like very few games (5 letters)
79 Across: Aldrin's craft (5 letters)
80 Across: Strength (15 letters)
83 Across: Lao-___ (3 letters)
84 Across: Sugar ___ (4 letters)
85 Across: Somewhat (4 letters)
86 Across: Kick (5 letters)
87 Across: Handful, maybe (4 letters)
88 Across: It may be laid on thick (4 letters)
89 Across: Scythe handle (5 letters)
90 Across: Ogle (7 letters)
94 Across: Word with pepper or paper (4 letters)
95 Across: Covering (4 letters)
96 Across: Intl. group since 1948 (3 letters)
99 Across: Voltaire, e.g. (16 letters)
102 Across: Color of some hummingbird throats (4 letters)
103 Across: Noted Civil War biography (5 letters)
104 Across: Big name now out (5 letters)
105 Across: Start of a cheer (4 letters)
106 Across: Site of a 70's revolution (4 letters)
107 Across: "___ my case" (5 letters)
108 Across: Violate a treaty, perhaps (5 letters)
109 Across: Land of literature (4 letters)
110 Across: One of the Ringling Brothers (4 letters)
111 Across: They run in the blood (5 letters)
112 Across: Pick up (5 letters)
113 Across: Depilatory brand (4 letters)
114 Across: Throw off (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: ___ France (5 letters)
2 Down: Charles and others (5 letters)
3 Down: They have suns and red, white and blue fields (15 letters)
4 Down: Small roll (4 letters)
5 Down: Title site in a Sondheim musical (8 letters)
6 Down: Tippy canoe area (6 letters)
7 Down: Microphone inventor Berliner (5 letters)
8 Down: Place to play b-ball (4 letters)
9 Down: Charter Baseball Hall-of-Famer (8 letters)
10 Down: "___ only" (6 letters)
11 Down: They're bound to work (5 letters)
12 Down: "___ Have to Do Is Dream" (4 letters)
13 Down: Pasta dishes (8 letters)
14 Down: Turkish pooh-bahs (6 letters)
15 Down: W.W. II Axis members: Abbr. (5 letters)
16 Down: Prizes for Tommy Tune (5 letters)
17 Down: See 57-Across (5 letters)
18 Down: Outlet (5 letters)
29 Down: Accomplishments (6 letters)
30 Down: A pusher may push it (4 letters)
32 Down: Give more medicine (6 letters)
36 Down: ___'acte (4 letters)
37 Down: Annoyance (4 letters)
38 Down: Recherche (4 letters)
39 Down: Try (9 letters)
40 Down: Basic Halloween costume (5 letters)
41 Down: Breakfast offering (5 letters)
42 Down: Divisions politiques (5 letters)
43 Down: King called "le Bel" (15 letters)
44 Down: Be rewarded at work (9 letters)
45 Down: Ring around the end of a post (7 letters)
46 Down: 1996 biography "Citizen ___" (5 letters)
47 Down: Spelling on TV (4 letters)
48 Down: Med. nation (3 letters)
49 Down: Hounds (7 letters)
56 Down: Conditions (3 letters)
57 Down: Any vessel (3 letters)
58 Down: Coll. course (5 letters)
59 Down: Ahas (3 letters)
61 Down: Edge (5 letters)
63 Down: Horace, for one (5 letters)
64 Down: Sheepdog with fine matted hair (4 letters)
65 Down: Wrong for the situation (5 letters)
68 Down: Yacht's dir. (3 letters)
71 Down: Catch slyly (6 letters)
74 Down: Reply from Boris (4 letters)
75 Down: Dins (6 letters)
76 Down: This and that (4 letters)
78 Down: "Step ___!" (4 letters)
80 Down: Headdress, maybe (8 letters)
81 Down: 1974 hit by Chicago (8 letters)
82 Down: Unaware (8 letters)
84 Down: Bric-a-___ (4 letters)
87 Down: ___ Reader's Encyclopedia (classic literary reference) (6 letters)
88 Down: Their home is the Astrodome (6 letters)
89 Down: Rock guitarist ___ Ray Vaughan (6 letters)
90 Down: Shoot (5 letters)
91 Down: "Voila!" (5 letters)
92 Down: "I Love a Parade" composer (5 letters)
93 Down: "Touched by an Angel" co-star (5 letters)
94 Down: Where to see "The Last Supper" (5 letters)
95 Down: Lit (5 letters)
97 Down: Decrease (5 letters)
98 Down: Bishops' group (5 letters)
100 Down: Beat it (4 letters)
101 Down: Broiler (4 letters)
102 Down: Guadalquivir and others (4 letters)

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