RHYMES OF THE CENTURIES (Hard Clues)

Difficulty: HardGrid: 25x25190 clues~30-60 minBy Frank Longo4/18/1999

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Across

1 Across: Fierce tribesmen (7 letters)
8 Across: Town near the geographical center of California (8 letters)
16 Across: Hip-hop repertoire (8 letters)
24 Across: Best Original Screenplay nominee of 1984 (7 letters)
25 Across: Flawless (8 letters)
26 Across: Unpredictable (8 letters)
27 Across: 11TH CENTURY: Olaf Haraldsson defeated... (25 letters)
30 Across: Old shows (7 letters)
31 Across: One of the Dodecanese Islands (4 letters)
32 Across: Actuate (6 letters)
33 Across: Air France fleet member (3 letters)
36 Across: Actor Williamson (5 letters)
37 Across: Like a violin concerto by Bach (3 letters)
40 Across: Three coins in la fontana? (4 letters)
42 Across: Minnesota city (5 letters)
43 Across: 12TH CENTURY: Notre Dame erected... (20 letters)
48 Across: Fliers, often (3 letters)
50 Across: Milne character (6 letters)
51 Across: A.L. M.V.P., 1951, 1954 and 1955 (5 letters)
52 Across: Marathoner Pippig (3 letters)
53 Across: First name of Pope Alexander VII (5 letters)
55 Across: Demesne (5 letters)
56 Across: 13TH CENTURY: "Tristan und Isolde" penned... (19 letters)
62 Across: Belief (3 letters)
63 Across: It may be on the line (4 letters)
64 Across: "___ first!" (3 letters)
65 Across: Certain laundry load (6 letters)
66 Across: 14TH CENTURY: Tamerlane fights... (13 letters)
73 Across: Allowance (7 letters)
77 Across: Attends Exeter, e.g. (5 letters)
78 Across: Effort (4 letters)
79 Across: Holding (6 letters)
80 Across: Shot contents (4 letters)
84 Across: Wasn't serious (6 letters)
87 Across: 15TH CENTURY: Columbus ship chartered... (17 letters)
90 Across: Bravura (5 letters)
91 Across: Longtime Missouri Sen. ___ Symington (3 letters)
93 Across: ___ tree (3 letters)
94 Across: Classified offering (3 letters)
95 Across: Lana's first (5 letters)
96 Across: 16TH CENTURY: Russia war-torn... (17 letters)
102 Across: Cathedral of Notre Dame locale (6 letters)
103 Across: Certain (4 letters)
104 Across: Gung-ho about (6 letters)
105 Across: Robert Fulghum's "It Was on Fire When ___ Down on It" (4 letters)
106 Across: Japanese conquest of W.W. II (5 letters)
108 Across: Polish place (7 letters)
109 Across: 17TH CENTURY: "The Night Watch" painted... (13 letters)
114 Across: Gum arabic source (6 letters)
118 Across: Sonny (3 letters)
120 Across: Director Ferrara (4 letters)
121 Across: ___ Lady (3 letters)
122 Across: 18TH CENTURY: Yale University founded... (19 letters)
130 Across: Three-time British Open winner (5 letters)
132 Across: Roll up (5 letters)
133 Across: Generations (3 letters)
134 Across: Corps core (5 letters)
135 Across: Actress, subject of the biography "Hollywood Comet" (6 letters)
136 Across: "Un ___ di" (Puccini aria) (3 letters)
137 Across: 19TH CENTURY: Simón Bolivar conquers... (20 letters)
143 Across: ___-wip (5 letters)
146 Across: Beach sight (4 letters)
147 Across: Bad mark (3 letters)
148 Across: ___-al-Arab waterway (5 letters)
149 Across: Kind of job (3 letters)
150 Across: Quercitol source (6 letters)
152 Across: Order against the Jedi, in "Star Wars" (4 letters)
154 Across: Singing parts (7 letters)
156 Across: 20TH CENTURY: Two World Wars take place... (25 letters)
164 Across: Gifts that grow on you? (8 letters)
165 Across: Base for shingles (8 letters)
166 Across: Some Christians (7 letters)
167 Across: Part of the Ottoman Empire until 1829 (8 letters)
168 Across: Lycurgus and Lysander (8 letters)
169 Across: Aromatherapy product (7 letters)

Down

1 Down: Gull's sound (3 letters)
2 Down: Ingredient in a black and tan (3 letters)
3 Down: Young ___ (3 letters)
4 Down: Zingers (4 letters)
5 Down: Like some couples (8 letters)
6 Down: Employ, in Exeter (7 letters)
7 Down: "Troades" tragedian (6 letters)
8 Down: With 9-Down, shavers (6 letters)
9 Down: See 8-Down (4 letters)
10 Down: Indian weight (3 letters)
11 Down: Support giver (3 letters)
12 Down: Sophisticated trader, for short (3 letters)
13 Down: Picks up (4 letters)
14 Down: House Speaker during Carter's Presidency (6 letters)
15 Down: Tree (6 letters)
16 Down: "Kanthapura" novelist (3 letters)
17 Down: Maundy money (4 letters)
18 Down: Quickened, with "up" (6 letters)
19 Down: Response to a sneezer (5 letters)
20 Down: "Liar Liar" actress Cheri (5 letters)
21 Down: "Forget it!" (9 letters)
22 Down: Mai tai ingredient (9 letters)
23 Down: Charlie Chaplin's half-brother (3 letters)
28 Down: Kind of appeal (4 letters)
29 Down: Prefix with polar (6 letters)
33 Down: Of the spatial relationship of atoms in a molecule (6 letters)
34 Down: "Gimme a break!" (6 letters)
35 Down: Japanese seaport of 300,000 (6 letters)
37 Down: Swedish-based furniture chain (4 letters)
38 Down: One who isn't in (4 letters)
39 Down: Peut-___ (perhaps): Fr. (4 letters)
41 Down: "Rock" suffix (4 letters)
44 Down: Chem. unit (3 letters)
45 Down: It has an eye on the tube (3 letters)
46 Down: Unhurried (4 letters)
47 Down: Have (3 letters)
49 Down: They may cover a lot of ground (4 letters)
53 Down: Khalid's successor (4 letters)
54 Down: What makes a chef chief? (3 letters)
56 Down: Trust, e.g.: Abbr. (4 letters)
57 Down: Moves a shell (4 letters)
58 Down: Neighbor of Russ. (3 letters)
59 Down: Spain's ___ Brava (5 letters)
60 Down: Like some garments (5 letters)
61 Down: One with a title (5 letters)
63 Down: Observe (4 letters)
67 Down: Mental grasp (6 letters)
68 Down: El Greco's birthplace (5 letters)
69 Down: Oft-broken promise (3 letters)
70 Down: With 87-Down, Avenida Revolución locale (3 letters)
71 Down: Lassitude (5 letters)
72 Down: Cuts the nonsense (7 letters)
74 Down: Pachacuti, for one (5 letters)
75 Down: It may cause inflation (4 letters)
76 Down: Part of Q.E.F. (4 letters)
80 Down: The Mideast's ___ Desert (6 letters)
81 Down: "Ziegfeld Follies" costume designer (4 letters)
82 Down: Pull (in) (4 letters)
83 Down: Picnic coolers (4 letters)
84 Down: Jack beat him for the heavyweight title, 1919 (4 letters)
85 Down: Sympathetic response (4 letters)
86 Down: Lambaste (4 letters)
87 Down: See 70-Down (5 letters)
88 Down: Lie (5 letters)
89 Down: Singer Terrell (5 letters)
91 Down: Scharnhorst commander (4 letters)
92 Down: Tiger Beat alternative (4 letters)
97 Down: Toast (5 letters)
98 Down: Disquiets (5 letters)
99 Down: Zhou ___ (5 letters)
100 Down: Blade (3 letters)
101 Down: Kvass ingredient (3 letters)
102 Down: Asia's ___ Sea (4 letters)
106 Down: Toots (4 letters)
107 Down: Did something with (4 letters)
108 Down: Binders? (4 letters)
110 Down: Down (3 letters)
111 Down: Struck, in a way (6 letters)
112 Down: Pulitzer winner Welty (6 letters)
113 Down: Nodding (6 letters)
114 Down: Jezebel's husband (4 letters)
115 Down: Fearful of being shot (9 letters)
116 Down: Comprised of selected passages (9 letters)
117 Down: PC inserts (3 letters)
119 Down: When John VI's papacy began (4 letters)
123 Down: Holy ___ (3 letters)
124 Down: Like some legal issues (4 letters)
125 Down: Rioting (6 letters)
126 Down: Came out with (4 letters)
127 Down: Comics dog (4 letters)
128 Down: Push (4 letters)
129 Down: Orthodox leader? (3 letters)
130 Down: Chopin piece (8 letters)
131 Down: Ham protector? (3 letters)
135 Down: 1994 Richard Preston best seller, with "The" (7 letters)
137 Down: Showed one's hand, maybe (6 letters)
138 Down: Processes grain (6 letters)
139 Down: Corner (6 letters)
140 Down: Artificial flavor bases (6 letters)
141 Down: Relative of an alewife (4 letters)
142 Down: Some South Africans (6 letters)
144 Down: Famed Miami country club (5 letters)
145 Down: Words before hint or line (5 letters)
151 Down: Fill (4 letters)
153 Down: Jewish wedding ring? (4 letters)
154 Down: "The Man I Married" actress (4 letters)
155 Down: Exercise options? (4 letters)
156 Down: Duke's assn. (3 letters)
157 Down: Constitution preceder (3 letters)
158 Down: It may be a lifesaver (3 letters)
159 Down: Kit ___ (3 letters)
160 Down: Waste watchers: Abbr. (3 letters)
161 Down: Loss leader? (3 letters)
162 Down: Drawer's frame (3 letters)
163 Down: Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum ___" (3 letters)

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