LE PUZZLE

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Rich Norris6/13/1999

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Eritrea's capital (6 letters)
7 Across: Heart contraction (7 letters)
14 Across: "The ___ Williams Show" of 1960's TV (4 letters)
18 Across: Bearers of calves (6 letters)
19 Across: Many a Floridian (7 letters)
20 Across: Dressed (up) (5 letters)
21 Across: Alaska denizens (7 letters)
23 Across: Fiasco at the bar? (13 letters)
25 Across: Trial (3 letters)
26 Across: Rural tracts (4 letters)
28 Across: Lecterns (5 letters)
29 Across: Hosts (6 letters)
30 Across: Minimally (4 letters)
32 Across: The Baron, of college basketball (4 letters)
34 Across: Bleaching solution (3 letters)
35 Across: Maximum (6 letters)
36 Across: Direct (5 letters)
38 Across: Jupiter and others (7 letters)
40 Across: "Dream-Land" poet (3 letters)
41 Across: Conscription problem? (11 letters)
43 Across: City or province of Spain (7 letters)
47 Across: Ornamental attire (4 letters)
48 Across: Dick (3 letters)
49 Across: Fire (3 letters)
50 Across: Crepe de Chine, e.g. (4 letters)
52 Across: Actor Erwin (3 letters)
53 Across: "___ fliegende Holländer" (Wagner opera) (3 letters)
55 Across: Part of a classical trio (4 letters)
57 Across: Inexpensive cigar (6 letters)
59 Across: Black (5 letters)
61 Across: A little knight life? (11 letters)
65 Across: Actress Benaderet (3 letters)
66 Across: Desktop problem (7 letters)
68 Across: Unconventional (5 letters)
69 Across: Effective (7 letters)
71 Across: Pop musician Ocasek (3 letters)
72 Across: Tom's fishing gear? (11 letters)
75 Across: Sound units (5 letters)
76 Across: They can be twisted (6 letters)
78 Across: Nerve opening? (4 letters)
79 Across: Bubblehead (3 letters)
81 Across: It's bigger than a med. (3 letters)
82 Across: Lighten up? (4 letters)
83 Across: "Le Coq ___" (3 letters)
84 Across: Summit gatherers, for short (3 letters)
86 Across: Locale in the game Clue (4 letters)
88 Across: Lampoons (7 letters)
91 Across: Pop stars turned versifiers? (11 letters)
95 Across: Publisher Ballantine (3 letters)
96 Across: How to give a reprimand (7 letters)
98 Across: ___ nous (5 letters)
99 Across: Unruffled (6 letters)
102 Across: PC component (3 letters)
103 Across: Kid's ball material (4 letters)
105 Across: "Leaving Las Vegas" actress (4 letters)
106 Across: Opening at an opening (6 letters)
107 Across: March (5 letters)
109 Across: River to the Colorado (4 letters)
111 Across: Inuit: Abbr. (3 letters)
112 Across: Little laughter while still on the runway? (13 letters)
115 Across: Suggest (7 letters)
117 Across: Dentist's request (5 letters)
118 Across: Column feature (7 letters)
119 Across: Amazed onlooker, e.g. (6 letters)
120 Across: Vaulted church area (4 letters)
121 Across: Yields (7 letters)
122 Across: Yield (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Opposite of smooth (7 letters)
2 Down: Marksman (7 letters)
3 Down: Did some quick metalwork? (15 letters)
4 Down: Ryan's "Love Story" co-star (3 letters)
5 Down: "Get ___!" (4 letters)
6 Down: Poser (5 letters)
7 Down: S.A.T. takers (3 letters)
8 Down: Shrill cry (4 letters)
9 Down: Cop's contact (7 letters)
10 Down: Do some craftwork (6 letters)
11 Down: Saturnalias (6 letters)
12 Down: Princess who observed the Force (4 letters)
13 Down: Yet, in poems (3 letters)
14 Down: Ancient Incan capital (5 letters)
15 Down: Cooper's tools (5 letters)
16 Down: Sign a new lease (5 letters)
17 Down: Summer quaffs (4 letters)
20 Down: Became faint (6 letters)
22 Down: Fahd, for one (5 letters)
24 Down: Stench (5 letters)
27 Down: Light arrays (7 letters)
31 Down: Fallback position (7 letters)
33 Down: Diving maneuver (4 letters)
35 Down: Very soon after (4 letters)
37 Down: A.C.L.U. concerns: Abbr. (3 letters)
39 Down: Infant's need, for short (3 letters)
42 Down: Oft-framed document (3 letters)
43 Down: ___ Grande, Ariz. (4 letters)
44 Down: Bear, in Bolivia (3 letters)
45 Down: Hypothesis about the origin of bracelets? (15 letters)
46 Down: Property recipient, in law (7 letters)
49 Down: "The Life of the Insects" playwright (5 letters)
51 Down: Poet who wrote "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" (5 letters)
52 Down: Steinbeck's birthplace (7 letters)
54 Down: Light brown (4 letters)
55 Down: Union locale (5 letters)
56 Down: Cougar, briefly (4 letters)
57 Down: 60's-70's hallucinogen (3 letters)
58 Down: Yardarm attachments (4 letters)
59 Down: Jettison (5 letters)
60 Down: Cigar end? (4 letters)
62 Down: Judicious (5 letters)
63 Down: 1984 Peace Prize recipient (4 letters)
64 Down: Some deer (4 letters)
67 Down: Replies of confusion (3 letters)
70 Down: Spray alternatives (7 letters)
73 Down: Queue before Q (4 letters)
74 Down: End of a trip (7 letters)
77 Down: Actor Cariou (3 letters)
80 Down: H. Rider Haggard adventure (3 letters)
83 Down: Buggy terrain (4 letters)
84 Down: According to (3 letters)
85 Down: "Buddenbrooks" author (4 letters)
87 Down: Rue Morgue culprit (3 letters)
89 Down: One of the Lennon sisters (6 letters)
90 Down: Filled (5 letters)
91 Down: Show (7 letters)
92 Down: Full of feeling (5 letters)
93 Down: One on a board (7 letters)
94 Down: Pleasure ___ (7 letters)
96 Down: Benchwarmers (6 letters)
97 Down: Lozenge (6 letters)
99 Down: Old money (5 letters)
100 Down: Formal jackets (5 letters)
101 Down: Put out (5 letters)
104 Down: Dentist's suggestion (5 letters)
106 Down: City on the Yamuna River (4 letters)
107 Down: So (4 letters)
108 Down: Surveyor's work (4 letters)
110 Down: Architectural pier (4 letters)
113 Down: 11-member 19th-century org. (3 letters)
114 Down: MS. preparers (3 letters)
116 Down: Vocal objection (3 letters)

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