TWIN STATES

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23168 clues~30-60 minBy Frank Longo10/31/1999

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Scampi ingredients (6 letters)
7 Across: Pent up (5 letters)
12 Across: Wire-haired terrier of film (4 letters)
16 Across: Soften up (4 letters)
20 Across: More than budding (6 letters)
21 Across: Down East town (5 letters)
22 Across: Axis/Allies conflict: Abbr. (4 letters)
23 Across: Take out (5 letters)
24 Across: They never need to be renewed (17 letters)
27 Across: Kind of situation (5 letters)
28 Across: "You got that right!" (6 letters)
29 Across: Opposing (11 letters)
31 Across: Plundered, old-style (4 letters)
35 Across: Jet (4 letters)
36 Across: Confucian path (3 letters)
38 Across: Bit of energy (3 letters)
39 Across: Pharmaceutical giant (16 letters)
45 Across: All ___ Airways (6 letters)
50 Across: Bicyclist's choices (6 letters)
51 Across: Haemoglobin deficiency (7 letters)
52 Across: Uncreative (6 letters)
53 Across: Unrefined (5 letters)
54 Across: Series continuation (6 letters)
57 Across: Poet Sexton (4 letters)
59 Across: Thou (5 letters)
60 Across: Walter Reuther's org. (3 letters)
61 Across: Suffix with cannon (3 letters)
62 Across: Cable staple (13 letters)
65 Across: They're coated with red wax (5 letters)
68 Across: Inadvisable action (4 letters)
70 Across: Spanish wave (3 letters)
71 Across: One may be a favorite (3 letters)
72 Across: Thick-plumed songbird (3 letters)
73 Across: London landmark (13 letters)
77 Across: Ladies of Versailles: Abbr. (4 letters)
79 Across: Doesn't keep (4 letters)
80 Across: "The Old Wives' Tale" playwright (5 letters)
81 Across: One may be taken to the cleaners (5 letters)
83 Across: Actress Graff (5 letters)
85 Across: "Zuckerman Unbound" novelist (4 letters)
88 Across: Relieves (4 letters)
90 Across: 1991 Midler/Allen comedy (13 letters)
95 Across: Yamaguchi's rival at Albertville (3 letters)
96 Across: Literary inits. (3 letters)
97 Across: Korea's Roh ___ Woo (3 letters)
99 Across: Seat of McLennan County, Texas (4 letters)
100 Across: Invest (5 letters)
101 Across: Kelly classic (13 letters)
106 Across: "Black utopia" of 1920 (3 letters)
107 Across: It may be recombinant (3 letters)
108 Across: Sending to the canvas (5 letters)
109 Across: One available for future reference? (4 letters)
110 Across: Traveled in tandem? (6 letters)
112 Across: Remove the dirt from? (5 letters)
114 Across: Wife of King Mark of Cornwall (6 letters)
116 Across: Flaw (7 letters)
118 Across: They have a glow about them (6 letters)
119 Across: More apothegmatic (6 letters)
120 Across: Look like (16 letters)
124 Across: Roadside jumpers: Abbr. (3 letters)
126 Across: "La-la" lead-in (3 letters)
127 Across: Ages (4 letters)
128 Across: Hebrew for "delight" (4 letters)
129 Across: "L'Isle joyeuse" composer (11 letters)
136 Across: Tracy's pair (6 letters)
138 Across: Beleaguering brother (5 letters)
139 Across: Question from one who doesn't get it (17 letters)
146 Across: Perfidies (5 letters)
147 Across: Women's rights pioneer (4 letters)
148 Across: R. J. Reynolds brand (5 letters)
149 Across: Aiea apparel (6 letters)
150 Across: Perturb (4 letters)
151 Across: Turner and others (4 letters)
152 Across: Like Henry VIII (5 letters)
153 Across: Procure (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Compadre (3 letters)
2 Down: Diamond letters (3 letters)
3 Down: Furry fellow of 80's TV (3 letters)
4 Down: Job experience? (3 letters)
5 Down: "Don't look at me!" (4 letters)
6 Down: "___ People" (Le Carré best seller) (7 letters)
7 Down: Begins airing (6 letters)
8 Down: Hammer in oil (6 letters)
9 Down: Elapse (4 letters)
10 Down: Chemical ending (3 letters)
11 Down: L'Age ___ (3 letters)
12 Down: Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears ___" (4 letters)
13 Down: Go through channels? (4 letters)
14 Down: Home of the brave?: Var. (4 letters)
15 Down: Laon's department (5 letters)
16 Down: Enterprise counselor Deanna (4 letters)
17 Down: "Foul Play" star (4 letters)
18 Down: Message on a tag-sale tag (4 letters)
19 Down: Didn't stop (4 letters)
23 Down: Occupying oneself with (9 letters)
25 Down: "Melodies and Memories" autobiographer (4 letters)
26 Down: Length and width (5 letters)
30 Down: Bouquet ___ (4 letters)
31 Down: Firefighter, at times (7 letters)
32 Down: Where many Goyas hang (7 letters)
33 Down: Add to the dossier (7 letters)
34 Down: Scrabble draws (4 letters)
36 Down: Bar need (5 letters)
37 Down: Vigorously (5 letters)
40 Down: Joseph Smith's denom. (3 letters)
41 Down: One kept in the bag? (3 letters)
42 Down: Menotti hero (5 letters)
43 Down: When many people punch in (6 letters)
44 Down: Indian of the Sacramento River valley (4 letters)
46 Down: Lustrous velvet (4 letters)
47 Down: Frequently exhibiting (6 letters)
48 Down: Steal a march on (6 letters)
49 Down: Atomic experiments (6 letters)
54 Down: Game show lineup (9 letters)
55 Down: Like an idol (6 letters)
56 Down: Flat rate (4 letters)
58 Down: Eponym of an old auto (9 letters)
63 Down: "Really!" (5 letters)
64 Down: See 143-Down (5 letters)
66 Down: "Happy Days" fellow (4 letters)
67 Down: Bankruptcy follow-up (3 letters)
69 Down: Raised-eyebrow remarks (3 letters)
74 Down: It was once divided (5 letters)
75 Down: Where to have a cabin (5 letters)
76 Down: Anita Brookner's "Hotel du ___" (3 letters)
78 Down: Goof (6 letters)
79 Down: Staff differently (4 letters)
82 Down: Houston-to-Dallas dir. (3 letters)
84 Down: ___ Valley, San Francisco (3 letters)
85 Down: Take the chance (6 letters)
86 Down: Of no use (6 letters)
87 Down: More chic (6 letters)
89 Down: Writer Shelby (6 letters)
91 Down: Hereditary title (4 letters)
92 Down: Teed off (7 letters)
93 Down: Crescent moon (7 letters)
94 Down: Attacks, in a way (7 letters)
96 Down: Targets of criminal probes (9 letters)
98 Down: Unpaid debt (5 letters)
102 Down: Lions' prey (4 letters)
103 Down: "Sunny" singer Bobby (4 letters)
104 Down: Less emotional (5 letters)
105 Down: St. Gregory's residence (5 letters)
111 Down: Bearded revolutionary (3 letters)
112 Down: Embargo (3 letters)
113 Down: Small suckers (4 letters)
115 Down: Kind of secret (4 letters)
117 Down: Robbins and others (5 letters)
118 Down: Riviera resort (7 letters)
121 Down: Hoi polloi (6 letters)
122 Down: Look good on (6 letters)
123 Down: Nursery supply (4 letters)
125 Down: Early adders (5 letters)
129 Down: High-hatter? (4 letters)
130 Down: It may be found in a cone (4 letters)
131 Down: Iraqi V.I.P. Tariq ___ (4 letters)
132 Down: Ubangi feeder (4 letters)
133 Down: Eskimo transport (4 letters)
134 Down: Wallop (4 letters)
135 Down: Fast Atl. crossers (4 letters)
136 Down: Eye (4 letters)
137 Down: Short end (4 letters)
140 Down: Equi- (3 letters)
141 Down: Pick up (3 letters)
142 Down: It's heard before a snap (3 letters)
143 Down: With 64-Down, 1964 Beatles tune (3 letters)
144 Down: Rapa ___ (Easter Island) (3 letters)
145 Down: Starter's need (3 letters)

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