REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Matt Gaffney5/21/2000

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Fixes (4 letters)
5 Across: Many a Sri Lankan (5 letters)
10 Across: Herring family members (5 letters)
15 Across: Visibly shaken (4 letters)
19 Across: "By yesterday!" (4 letters)
20 Across: ___ Kane of "All My Children" (5 letters)
21 Across: Former Energy Secretary O'Leary (5 letters)
22 Across: Alpine climber (4 letters)
23 Across: Cooperstown nickname (4 letters)
24 Across: Capital on the Willamette (5 letters)
25 Across: Stripling (10 letters)
27 Across: F.B.I. (19 letters)
30 Across: Poor marks (4 letters)
31 Across: Born abroad (3 letters)
32 Across: Dangerous job (3 letters)
33 Across: Not so new (6 letters)
36 Across: Become less tense (4 letters)
38 Across: Classified ad abbr. (3 letters)
41 Across: Baseball manager Tony La ___ (5 letters)
45 Across: N.A.S.A. (21 letters)
49 Across: Sharp feller (3 letters)
50 Across: Cabeza, north of the Pyrenees (4 letters)
51 Across: One way to enter (5 letters)
52 Across: Causes an unearned run, perhaps (4 letters)
53 Across: Pitch makers (9 letters)
57 Across: Vietnamese neighbor (3 letters)
58 Across: Vamp's accessory (3 letters)
60 Across: Blood pressure raiser (3 letters)
61 Across: Like oak leaves (5 letters)
62 Across: Pie cuts, essentially (5 letters)
64 Across: Salvager's gear (5 letters)
66 Across: I.R.S. (21 letters)
72 Across: Kvetches (5 letters)
73 Across: Really enjoy (5 letters)
74 Across: Term (5 letters)
75 Across: Digital clock settings (3 letters)
76 Across: Big belts (3 letters)
79 Across: G.R.E. takers (3 letters)
80 Across: Any of Yalta's Big Three (9 letters)
84 Across: Groks (4 letters)
86 Across: Daytime talk show name (5 letters)
88 Across: Filmmaking family name (4 letters)
89 Across: Prefix with sphere (3 letters)
90 Across: E.P.A. (21 letters)
96 Across: Some may mind this (5 letters)
97 Across: Prefix with fuel (3 letters)
98 Across: Pewter component (4 letters)
99 Across: "___ Unplugged" (1999 album) (6 letters)
100 Across: When it's low, it's good (3 letters)
102 Across: One way to go (3 letters)
103 Across: Flier to J.F.K. (4 letters)
104 Across: U.S.A.F. (19 letters)
113 Across: When printings begin (10 letters)
114 Across: Debussy contemporary (5 letters)
115 Across: Casino tool (4 letters)
117 Across: Act the letch (4 letters)
118 Across: Interviewer, perhaps (5 letters)
119 Across: Kwanzaa principle (5 letters)
120 Across: It's in the eye of the beholder (4 letters)
121 Across: Reagan sentence starter (4 letters)
122 Across: Mortimer Adler's "How to ___ Book" (5 letters)
123 Across: Rose and Rozelle (5 letters)
124 Across: Quits (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: "Saturday Night Live" alum Mohr (3 letters)
2 Down: From (4 letters)
3 Down: Travelers in Matthew (4 letters)
4 Down: Record holder (7 letters)
5 Down: Bit of floorwork, maybe (7 letters)
6 Down: Nejd desert dwellers (5 letters)
7 Down: Leon Uris's "___ 18" (4 letters)
8 Down: Clinched (4 letters)
9 Down: Protect, as a document (8 letters)
10 Down: Protect, as a seedling (5 letters)
11 Down: "___ but known..." (4 letters)
12 Down: Sea of ___ (Don River's receiver) (4 letters)
13 Down: It may be kosher (4 letters)
14 Down: Runners carry them (5 letters)
15 Down: Paltry (8 letters)
16 Down: First shepherd (4 letters)
17 Down: Zoom, e.g. (4 letters)
18 Down: Something to dial: Abbr. (3 letters)
26 Down: Toyota offering (5 letters)
28 Down: Doing (4 letters)
29 Down: Japanese ____ (popular pet) (4 letters)
33 Down: Like some judgments (4 letters)
34 Down: Place for a checkered career? (4 letters)
35 Down: Strong second? (4 letters)
36 Down: It's hard to live on (7 letters)
37 Down: Rancho units (4 letters)
38 Down: "Dance in the Country" painter (6 letters)
39 Down: Bit of raingear (3 letters)
40 Down: Usher's request (4 letters)
42 Down: Series (6 letters)
43 Down: Buster, old-style (6 letters)
44 Down: Declare (6 letters)
46 Down: "The Dancing Couple" painter (5 letters)
47 Down: Get one's fill (6 letters)
48 Down: Where Regulus is (3 letters)
54 Down: Tar Heel State campus (4 letters)
55 Down: Siberian industrial center (5 letters)
56 Down: Possible result of a sacrifice (3 letters)
57 Down: Wide, to Cicero (5 letters)
59 Down: In harmony (5 letters)
62 Down: Add more ornaments to (6 letters)
63 Down: As a preferred alternative (7 letters)
65 Down: Publicizes, in a way (4 letters)
66 Down: Some are mental (6 letters)
67 Down: Vegetarian's demand (6 letters)
68 Down: Bearded leader (6 letters)
69 Down: "The Westing Game" author Ellen ___ (6 letters)
70 Down: Lose a lap? (5 letters)
71 Down: Gain a lap? (3 letters)
77 Down: Hosp. areas (3 letters)
78 Down: Nurses (4 letters)
80 Down: Source of sauce or milk (4 letters)
81 Down: Penny-pinching (4 letters)
82 Down: Dramatic beginning (4 letters)
83 Down: Turndowns (4 letters)
85 Down: Coffeecake topping (8 letters)
87 Down: Yip or yelp (3 letters)
88 Down: Approaches stealthily (8 letters)
91 Down: ___ Gallery of Immortals (Greek pantheon) (5 letters)
92 Down: "Generations of healthy, happy pets" sloganeer (4 letters)
93 Down: Colder spots, often (7 letters)
94 Down: Canute expelled him (4 letters)
95 Down: A can of soda may have one (7 letters)
101 Down: Fix (5 letters)
102 Down: Flummoxed (5 letters)
103 Down: Silk-stockings (5 letters)
104 Down: Basic impulse (4 letters)
105 Down: Hawk (4 letters)
106 Down: Kiln output (4 letters)
107 Down: Pool site, maybe (4 letters)
108 Down: Nut, basically (4 letters)
109 Down: All there (4 letters)
110 Down: Toiling (4 letters)
111 Down: Bring in (4 letters)
112 Down: Cargo platform (4 letters)
113 Down: John McCain, once (3 letters)
116 Down: Sweden's capital? (3 letters)

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