JUST TRY ME! (Hard Clues)

Difficulty: HardGrid: 25x25188 clues~30-60 minBy Bob and Sharon Klahn10/17/1999

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: 1957 Literature Nobelist (5 letters)
6 Across: A milk drinker may have one (8 letters)
14 Across: Booms (5 letters)
19 Across: There may be a spat about it (4 letters)
23 Across: Brimming (5 letters)
24 Across: Six-liter bottle (8 letters)
25 Across: Dickensian schemer (5 letters)
26 Across: Vandals (4 letters)
27 Across: *Smiling reporters from earthquake sites? (14 letters)
29 Across: *Russian roulette and chicken? (10 letters)
31 Across: Branch (3 letters)
32 Across: Grig's digs (6 letters)
33 Across: Union agreements? (4 letters)
35 Across: Gerry Adams's org. (3 letters)
36 Across: Lord of the East (3 letters)
37 Across: Title woman of a 1962 Roy Orbison hit (4 letters)
39 Across: Hot (4 letters)
40 Across: It's best when it's broken (6 letters)
42 Across: Buoyant (7 letters)
44 Across: Moore of old TV game shows (5 letters)
46 Across: Oprah in "The Color Purple" (5 letters)
49 Across: Sun follower? (3 letters)
50 Across: Take control of (7 letters)
51 Across: Expecting (6 letters)
53 Across: Oval home (6 letters)
55 Across: Affixes (6 letters)
57 Across: Drips drops (5 letters)
58 Across: *Sperm banks? (13 letters)
62 Across: "Vissi d'arte" singer (5 letters)
66 Across: Parting words (5 letters)
67 Across: Pulitzer poet Dugan (4 letters)
68 Across: Change a letter, perhaps (7 letters)
69 Across: One who delivers on campus (6 letters)
70 Across: Bubbly entertainer? (5 letters)
71 Across: Wingdings (6 letters)
73 Across: Winner in 1967: Abbr. (3 letters)
74 Across: "Long," in Hawaiian (3 letters)
76 Across: Donkey's years (4 letters)
77 Across: Calypso instrument (9 letters)
79 Across: Tangles (4 letters)
81 Across: Kind of special (5 letters)
83 Across: "Jabberwocky" word (4 letters)
84 Across: Summer house? (3 letters)
85 Across: Silver spur, so to speak (4 letters)
86 Across: Gershwin's first hit (6 letters)
87 Across: "Sleepy Time Gal" lyricist Raymond (4 letters)
88 Across: Senselessness? (4 letters)
91 Across: *What fueled Macbeth? (15 letters)
96 Across: Endangered state bird (4 letters)
97 Across: Epiphanies (4 letters)
98 Across: Oscar-winning "Nashville" tune (6 letters)
99 Across: Put in stitches (4 letters)
100 Across: Meal starter (3 letters)
102 Across: Breed (4 letters)
103 Across: Expert in martial arts (5 letters)
104 Across: Series ender (4 letters)
105 Across: 1979 James Bond movie (9 letters)
111 Across: Rapprochement (4 letters)
112 Across: Pres. who once coached Yale football (3 letters)
113 Across: Dopey picture? (3 letters)
115 Across: Watch in astonishment (6 letters)
117 Across: Private line (5 letters)
118 Across: It flowered during the reign of Louis XV (6 letters)
120 Across: Controversial school subject (7 letters)
123 Across: "How to Murder Your Wife" star (4 letters)
124 Across: Bearcat (5 letters)
125 Across: "My Friend Flicka" author (5 letters)
126 Across: *Cat's reaction to a vet shot? (13 letters)
128 Across: Chilly (5 letters)
129 Across: Marquand sleuth (6 letters)
131 Across: Expire (6 letters)
132 Across: Quarters, say (6 letters)
133 Across: Entered (7 letters)
136 Across: Words of dedication (3 letters)
138 Across: Triumphant (5 letters)
140 Across: Trailer (5 letters)
141 Across: "Across" or "Down," in a crossword (7 letters)
142 Across: Object of advances? (6 letters)
144 Across: First name in old westerns (4 letters)
146 Across: Nonkosher sandwiches (4 letters)
149 Across: Rock blaster (3 letters)
150 Across: Stud ___ (3 letters)
151 Across: Cough (up) (4 letters)
152 Across: Coming from both sides (6 letters)
154 Across: Rossini's "Count ___" (3 letters)
155 Across: *"The Last Supper," e.g.? (10 letters)
158 Across: *Handwriting on the wall for Mark McGwire? (14 letters)
163 Across: Popular New Age singer (4 letters)
164 Across: "Dumb & Dumber" destination (5 letters)
165 Across: Prepare to take off (8 letters)
166 Across: Stabber (5 letters)
167 Across: River Kwai locale (4 letters)
168 Across: Pad paper? (5 letters)
169 Across: Broadcasters (8 letters)
170 Across: Buttinsky (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Intrigue (5 letters)
2 Down: Plugged in (5 letters)
3 Down: Publication since 1952 (11 letters)
4 Down: R.M.N. and J.F.K. were once in it (3 letters)
5 Down: ___-wolf (3 letters)
6 Down: Stephen King white-knuckler (6 letters)
7 Down: Like 25-Across (5 letters)
8 Down: Careers (6 letters)
9 Down: Career (4 letters)
10 Down: General assembly? (4 letters)
11 Down: French business abbr. (3 letters)
12 Down: Laugh sound (3 letters)
13 Down: Holmes's Miss Venner (5 letters)
14 Down: There's an arrow in its logo (6 letters)
15 Down: Introduced (9 letters)
16 Down: Basketball center (3 letters)
17 Down: Fills with joy (8 letters)
18 Down: Support for Hillary (7 letters)
19 Down: "___ La La" (Manfred Mann hit) (3 letters)
20 Down: Kind (6 letters)
21 Down: Where to walk very carefully (6 letters)
22 Down: Bacon bits? (6 letters)
28 Down: Off-the-wall (5 letters)
30 Down: Infamous Spanish collar (7 letters)
34 Down: Low beams (7 letters)
38 Down: *Finish treating the puppies? (17 letters)
40 Down: Ornamental stone (9 letters)
41 Down: Herman Wouk's Youngblood ___ (5 letters)
43 Down: *Like a young sheep that avoids wet pavement? (17 letters)
45 Down: Browned in deep fat (7 letters)
47 Down: Runner who was called "The Buckeye Bullet" (5 letters)
48 Down: Worthy (3 letters)
51 Down: They may be dry or baked (5 letters)
52 Down: Hardly a symbol of spontaneity (5 letters)
54 Down: Patronage (5 letters)
56 Down: "The Quiet Man" setting (7 letters)
58 Down: "Young Frankenstein" actress (4 letters)
59 Down: N.L. batting champ of 1966 (4 letters)
60 Down: Webb address? (4 letters)
61 Down: Pleasant place to drive (7 letters)
63 Down: Second banana (6 letters)
64 Down: Scam artist (6 letters)
65 Down: First name in detective fiction (6 letters)
69 Down: Another time (7 letters)
72 Down: Meandering (5 letters)
75 Down: It's often twisted apart (4 letters)
78 Down: It precedes lunes (7 letters)
80 Down: Hike (5 letters)
82 Down: Cavernous opening (3 letters)
85 Down: Flips out (7 letters)
86 Down: "The Guns of Navarone" actress (5 letters)
88 Down: Subject of a 1986 Tad Szulc biography (6 letters)
89 Down: Words repeated by Jolson and Cantor (6 letters)
90 Down: Rattle (6 letters)
92 Down: Foreign prince (4 letters)
93 Down: Basket elevation (7 letters)
94 Down: Uris book, with "The" (3 letters)
95 Down: Terrace surface, perhaps (9 letters)
101 Down: Fox relative (7 letters)
104 Down: Root of diplomacy (5 letters)
105 Down: Bergman's last role (4 letters)
106 Down: Brewer's aid (4 letters)
107 Down: Cole Porter miss (4 letters)
108 Down: Wise man (11 letters)
109 Down: "Frasier" dog (5 letters)
110 Down: Makes out (5 letters)
114 Down: Potential prizewinner (7 letters)
116 Down: 1930 discovery (5 letters)
119 Down: University of Wales site (7 letters)
121 Down: Producers of tieups at work? (9 letters)
122 Down: Indian craft (5 letters)
126 Down: Cobra killers: Var. (8 letters)
127 Down: It's heard at a snap (3 letters)
130 Down: Children's game classification (7 letters)
132 Down: He played the Wiz in "The Wiz" (5 letters)
133 Down: View at the Tate Gallery (6 letters)
134 Down: Mocha inhabitant (6 letters)
135 Down: Melon tree (6 letters)
137 Down: Whom Paris left for Helen (6 letters)
139 Down: On the double (6 letters)
140 Down: Spruces up (6 letters)
143 Down: Leave one's coach (5 letters)
145 Down: "What the Butler Saw" dramatist (5 letters)
147 Down: E. C. Bentley detective (5 letters)
148 Down: "Playboy of the Western World" playwright (5 letters)
152 Down: Blue books (4 letters)
153 Down: "Jour de Fête" star (4 letters)
156 Down: Beat it (3 letters)
157 Down: Losing ground? (3 letters)
159 Down: Hill dweller (3 letters)
160 Down: TV Guide notation (3 letters)
161 Down: Mole (3 letters)
162 Down: Vein glory? (3 letters)

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