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Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21134 clues~30-60 minBy Mike Shenk9/21/1997

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: In a fog (6 letters)
7 Across: Fattening sites (5 letters)
12 Across: School founded by a brewer (6 letters)
18 Across: Comic Judy (6 letters)
19 Across: Fusilli's shape (6 letters)
20 Across: Delta, for one (7 letters)
21 Across: John Knowles book about the tortoise's winning strategy? (13 letters)
23 Across: Paper launched in 1944 (7 letters)
24 Across: Its setting is a setting (3 letters)
25 Across: Color close to aqua (4 letters)
26 Across: Makes sound (5 letters)
28 Across: Slumber party guest (4 letters)
29 Across: Public outcry (5 letters)
32 Across: Frasier's brother (5 letters)
35 Across: Debate position (3 letters)
36 Across: Diamond corners (5 letters)
37 Across: John Kennedy Toole book about a desert union? (19 letters)
41 Across: Luke's sister (4 letters)
42 Across: "Whip It" singers (4 letters)
43 Across: Wrong (5 letters)
44 Across: Parkers plug them (6 letters)
46 Across: Peruvian coin (3 letters)
47 Across: Musical based on "La Bohème" (4 letters)
48 Across: "___ So Fine" (3 letters)
51 Across: Discussion groups (6 letters)
52 Across: Sine, cosine and tangent (6 letters)
55 Across: Recess (6 letters)
57 Across: Duke is part of it, for short (3 letters)
58 Across: Henry James story about a mutiny? (16 letters)
62 Across: Minimal swimwear (5 letters)
65 Across: Tour-planning org. (3 letters)
66 Across: Island ring (3 letters)
67 Across: Islam's largest branch (5 letters)
68 Across: Jane Austen book about Rosa Parks? (16 letters)
74 Across: Moral misdeed (3 letters)
75 Across: Ring combo (6 letters)
76 Across: Patch sort (6 letters)
77 Across: Strasberg subject (6 letters)
80 Across: Was a pioneer (3 letters)
81 Across: Door feature (4 letters)
84 Across: Horror director Craven (3 letters)
85 Across: Kite-flying need (6 letters)
86 Across: Be cyclical (5 letters)
87 Across: Writer Tarbell and others (4 letters)
89 Across: Superwide shoe specification (4 letters)
90 Across: Thomas Hardy book about a taxpayer's deductions for groceries? (19 letters)
96 Across: Prophets (5 letters)
97 Across: City on Guanabara Bay (3 letters)
98 Across: Pianist Peter and family (5 letters)
99 Across: Doughy snack (5 letters)
101 Across: Robust (4 letters)
102 Across: Start of many Latin American place names (5 letters)
104 Across: Dubai native (4 letters)
106 Across: Filing asst. (3 letters)
107 Across: It's not wall-to-wall (7 letters)
109 Across: John Grisham book about fashion show critics? (13 letters)
114 Across: Ordinary (7 letters)
115 Across: Sheathe (6 letters)
116 Across: Frosh topper (6 letters)
117 Across: Sudden contractions (6 letters)
118 Across: TV event of January 1977 (5 letters)
119 Across: Baseball card number (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Harts (5 letters)
2 Down: Coin of Córdoba (6 letters)
3 Down: Lacking in substance (6 letters)
4 Down: Trophy (3 letters)
5 Down: Pilot's projection: Abbr. (3 letters)
6 Down: Blowgun ammo (4 letters)
7 Down: Relieved (7 letters)
8 Down: Service award (3 letters)
9 Down: 401(k)'s kin (3 letters)
10 Down: Singly (4 letters)
11 Down: Happy colleague (6 letters)
12 Down: Competes (4 letters)
13 Down: Radius setting (3 letters)
14 Down: Campaign poster inscriptions (7 letters)
15 Down: Gary of "Forrest Gump" (6 letters)
16 Down: Guitarist Segovia (6 letters)
17 Down: Cassette parts (5 letters)
19 Down: Sobersided (5 letters)
20 Down: 1984 Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin film (7 letters)
22 Down: Dido's love (6 letters)
27 Down: Like appreciative fans (5 letters)
30 Down: "Jefferson in Paris" star (5 letters)
31 Down: Use a prie-dieu (5 letters)
33 Down: 1974 foreign-language hit (6 letters)
34 Down: Knowledge, in France (6 letters)
36 Down: Stirs (7 letters)
38 Down: Historic event (5 letters)
39 Down: Upended umlaut (5 letters)
40 Down: Alice's cat (5 letters)
44 Down: Kind of shop or language (7 letters)
45 Down: Prepared for transmission (7 letters)
48 Down: Meddles (7 letters)
49 Down: Vespers time (7 letters)
50 Down: Ross's forte (6 letters)
51 Down: Recon unit (6 letters)
52 Down: Win (4 letters)
53 Down: "Computers for people" company (5 letters)
54 Down: Old five-centesimi coin (5 letters)
56 Down: Heart ward, for short (3 letters)
59 Down: Swindled (3 letters)
60 Down: Sinn ___ (4 letters)
61 Down: Behavioral quirk (3 letters)
63 Down: Clear (3 letters)
64 Down: Rubbernecks (7 letters)
69 Down: Time being (5 letters)
70 Down: Field marshal Rommel (5 letters)
71 Down: Actor Baker (6 letters)
72 Down: Precarious (6 letters)
73 Down: Corroded (5 letters)
78 Down: Floorboard sound (5 letters)
79 Down: Soundtrack album, e.g. (5 letters)
82 Down: Scandal reaction (7 letters)
83 Down: Bobby Orr, from 1966 to 1976 (5 letters)
85 Down: It has its ups and downs (6 letters)
86 Down: Enjoys a favorite book (7 letters)
88 Down: "Die Fledermaus" composer (7 letters)
90 Down: Shred (6 letters)
91 Down: "All's Well That Ends Well" heroine (6 letters)
92 Down: Cad (6 letters)
93 Down: "Deed I Do" singer (5 letters)
94 Down: Andean beast (6 letters)
95 Down: Morale (6 letters)
96 Down: Pillow covers (5 letters)
100 Down: He introduced the Easter egg roll on the White House lawn (5 letters)
102 Down: Stars (4 letters)
103 Down: Cry of despair (4 letters)
105 Down: Rum cake (4 letters)
108 Down: Fishes-Bull go-between (3 letters)
110 Down: "The Island of the Day Before" author (3 letters)
111 Down: Snitch (3 letters)
112 Down: In addition (3 letters)
113 Down: Quick punch (3 letters)

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