FOLLOWING ORDERS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21136 clues~30-60 minBy Patrick Berry7/23/2000

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Across

1 Across: Rule-breaker (3 letters)
4 Across: Certain residue (4 letters)
8 Across: Sumer, nowadays (4 letters)
12 Across: Broker's advice (6 letters)
18 Across: Gist (8 letters)
20 Across: Star impersonator? (5 letters)
22 Across: Such that one might (6 letters)
23 Across: Gag order? (8 letters)
24 Across: 1973 Rolling Stones #1 hit (5 letters)
25 Across: Winston Cup org. (6 letters)
26 Across: British exam taken at the end of secondary school (6 letters)
27 Across: Postal order? (14 letters)
30 Across: Mentions (5 letters)
31 Across: Word-word link (3 letters)
32 Across: Registering, as a dial (5 letters)
33 Across: Exclusive (4 letters)
34 Across: Atlanta-based cable channel (3 letters)
35 Across: Ward of "The Fugitive" (4 letters)
36 Across: They're found in veins (4 letters)
38 Across: Writer ___ Louise Huxtable (3 letters)
40 Across: Religious order? (20 letters)
48 Across: Noblemen (5 letters)
49 Across: Imperfection (4 letters)
50 Across: "Keystone Kops" producer (7 letters)
51 Across: Pecking order? (6 letters)
54 Across: Washington and Shore (6 letters)
56 Across: Detachable container (3 letters)
57 Across: Got off (4 letters)
58 Across: Indian Ocean swimmer (6 letters)
61 Across: Reef lurkers (4 letters)
63 Across: Bank (4 letters)
67 Across: One year in a trunk (4 letters)
68 Across: Becomes intertwined (9 letters)
70 Across: Cookie with a crunch (4 letters)
71 Across: Sly look (4 letters)
72 Across: Fly, e.g. (4 letters)
73 Across: Threatening words (6 letters)
75 Across: Expensive trim (4 letters)
76 Across: Stroked item (3 letters)
78 Across: Small military vessel (6 letters)
80 Across: Restraining order? (6 letters)
82 Across: Gravedigger (7 letters)
86 Across: Red-brown (4 letters)
87 Across: New England catch (5 letters)
89 Across: Batting order? (20 letters)
94 Across: Eternally, in poetry (3 letters)
95 Across: Courtroom entry (4 letters)
96 Across: Kingdom on old Asian maps (4 letters)
97 Across: Word to a doctor (3 letters)
99 Across: Stout, freshwater fish (4 letters)
102 Across: Money in the music business? (5 letters)
105 Across: "Foucault's Pendulum" author (3 letters)
106 Across: Odd-numbered page (5 letters)
108 Across: Shipping order? (14 letters)
111 Across: Fake ID holders (6 letters)
112 Across: Collected (6 letters)
113 Across: In conclusion: Fr. (5 letters)
114 Across: Rush order? (8 letters)
116 Across: God depicted holding a crook (6 letters)
117 Across: Rephrase (5 letters)
118 Across: Part of a tennis court (8 letters)
119 Across: ___ Fitzgerald (6 letters)
120 Across: Periods (4 letters)
121 Across: Chinese money (4 letters)
122 Across: Warner Bros. collectible (3 letters)

Down

1 Down: It's striking (6 letters)
2 Down: Batch of solicitations, maybe (7 letters)
3 Down: Lab tube (7 letters)
4 Down: Bona ___ (5 letters)
5 Down: Darling (4 letters)
6 Down: Basketball's ___ Alcindor (3 letters)
7 Down: They may be uncovered on a street (8 letters)
8 Down: Tolstoy's ___ Ilyich (4 letters)
9 Down: Sunders (5 letters)
10 Down: Hidden motive (5 letters)
11 Down: Direct order? (13 letters)
12 Down: "___ She Lovely" (4 letters)
13 Down: Whose ark? (5 letters)
14 Down: Explorer ___ Núñez de Balboa (5 letters)
15 Down: Heat up (8 letters)
16 Down: Eyeballed (8 letters)
17 Down: Split (4 letters)
19 Down: Campbell of "Party of Five" (4 letters)
21 Down: Lincoln's Secretary of State (6 letters)
28 Down: Bazaar merchant, maybe (4 letters)
29 Down: Short pieces (5 letters)
31 Down: Believe (4 letters)
35 Down: Tiniest bit (5 letters)
37 Down: Gets (through) (5 letters)
39 Down: Food for a doodlebug (3 letters)
41 Down: Audience research focus (9 letters)
42 Down: Wool cap (3 letters)
43 Down: 1970's-80's TV family name (5 letters)
44 Down: Nonworking order? (9 letters)
45 Down: Golden yrs. cache (3 letters)
46 Down: ___-Cat (3 letters)
47 Down: Constellation near Cassiopeia (9 letters)
51 Down: Patriarch of the Flying Wallendas (4 letters)
52 Down: Tennis's Nastase (4 letters)
53 Down: Kind of curve (4 letters)
54 Down: New World order? (13 letters)
55 Down: Pas ___ (dance solo) (4 letters)
59 Down: Western Amerind (3 letters)
60 Down: Recover from a run (4 letters)
62 Down: Whirled records? (3 letters)
64 Down: Part of the U.S./Canada border (4 letters)
65 Down: Kay of "Physical Evidence" (4 letters)
66 Down: Team need (4 letters)
69 Down: Daughter of Mnemosyne (5 letters)
72 Down: Before the opening, say (5 letters)
74 Down: Either Zimbalist (5 letters)
77 Down: Youngest March sister (3 letters)
79 Down: Accept (3 letters)
81 Down: Sack (3 letters)
82 Down: 1950's G.O.P. name (3 letters)
83 Down: Uncalled-for (8 letters)
84 Down: Like some decorations (8 letters)
85 Down: Held the top spot (5 letters)
87 Down: Stays with (8 letters)
88 Down: ___ Phraya (Asian river) (4 letters)
90 Down: Jidda's locale (6 letters)
91 Down: Tiny fraction of a min. (4 letters)
92 Down: Terse (7 letters)
93 Down: G.I. John? (7 letters)
98 Down: Overnight spot (6 letters)
100 Down: Single-named singer (5 letters)
101 Down: Suffer defeat, slangily (5 letters)
103 Down: Gather (5 letters)
104 Down: Minneapolis suburb (5 letters)
106 Down: Gain succulence (5 letters)
107 Down: Carbon compound (4 letters)
108 Down: Since (4 letters)
109 Down: Twiggy digs (4 letters)
110 Down: Runs out (4 letters)
111 Down: Arizona city (4 letters)
115 Down: Cross shape (3 letters)

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