INNER CIRCLES

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21138 clues~30-60 minBy Rich Norris12/10/2000

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Doesn't just close (5 letters)
6 Across: Morse bit (3 letters)
9 Across: "This is fun!" (4 letters)
13 Across: Not run (4 letters)
17 Across: It's broken at parties (6 letters)
19 Across: They're often kept in (8 letters)
21 Across: Spike (4 letters)
22 Across: Laser alternative (6 letters)
23 Across: Like some vaults (9 letters)
25 Across: Service expert (4 letters)
26 Across: Fairness in hiring, say (14 letters)
28 Across: One-dimensional (6 letters)
30 Across: River through Belgium (4 letters)
31 Across: Distress call recipient: Abbr. (3 letters)
32 Across: Whirl (4 letters)
33 Across: Fancy neckwear (3 letters)
34 Across: Genetic code carrier (3 letters)
35 Across: Sarcastic (6 letters)
38 Across: Like cedarwood or cigar smoke (8 letters)
40 Across: Coptic titles (5 letters)
43 Across: Some TV's (4 letters)
45 Across: Cutting tool (10 letters)
47 Across: County north of the river Shannon (5 letters)
48 Across: It's outstanding (4 letters)
49 Across: Geometric figure (7 letters)
50 Across: Rapid growth area (6 letters)
52 Across: Alternative to buy (5 letters)
54 Across: Apr. addressee (3 letters)
55 Across: Computer site (3 letters)
58 Across: Smidgen (4 letters)
59 Across: Extras (6 letters)
62 Across: "Love ___" (Beatles song) (4 letters)
64 Across: "It Walks by Night" author (4 letters)
65 Across: Part of E.R.: Abbr. (4 letters)
66 Across: French vineyard (3 letters)
67 Across: Hush-hush grp. (3 letters)
69 Across: Albanian currency (3 letters)
70 Across: Award for "Rent" (4 letters)
71 Across: Toxin fighters (4 letters)
72 Across: Caps (4 letters)
74 Across: Certain duty (6 letters)
76 Across: Dozes (4 letters)
77 Across: Stab (3 letters)
78 Across: It may follow a dot (3 letters)
79 Across: Fan's opposite (5 letters)
81 Across: Some Broadway fare (6 letters)
83 Across: Personally bring (7 letters)
85 Across: Calls, as a game (4 letters)
88 Across: Clipped (5 letters)
89 Across: Obliged out of integrity (10 letters)
92 Across: Actress Ward (4 letters)
93 Across: Sacs (5 letters)
94 Across: Kind of mass, in physics (8 letters)
95 Across: Villa in Mexico (6 letters)
97 Across: Treat like a dog? (3 letters)
98 Across: Antiquity, in antiquity (3 letters)
99 Across: Balkan native (4 letters)
103 Across: Rapid transit inits. (3 letters)
104 Across: P.O. employees have them (4 letters)
108 Across: Anthony Kennedy's Supreme Court predecessor (6 letters)
110 Across: Winter league activity (14 letters)
113 Across: "Are you ___ out?" (4 letters)
114 Across: Incidental matter (9 letters)
116 Across: Clef designation (6 letters)
117 Across: To be, in Brest (4 letters)
118 Across: Cradlesong (8 letters)
119 Across: Stored, as fodder (6 letters)
120 Across: Competitor of Bloomingdale's (4 letters)
121 Across: Katie's "Today" co-host (4 letters)
122 Across: Composer Rorem (3 letters)
123 Across: Waist-length jackets (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Hot (5 letters)
2 Down: Brits' floor coverings (5 letters)
3 Down: Twist locale (5 letters)
4 Down: 1905 Shaw play (12 letters)
5 Down: Suffix with hip (4 letters)
6 Down: Contempt (8 letters)
7 Down: Exiled tyrant (4 letters)
8 Down: Multitude (5 letters)
9 Down: Erased (5 letters)
10 Down: Like the fox hunting set (5 letters)
11 Down: Grandson of Eve (4 letters)
12 Down: "___ Beso" (Anka hit) (3 letters)
13 Down: Family group (4 letters)
14 Down: The Lizard constellation (7 letters)
15 Down: Sea nymph (7 letters)
16 Down: Retaining wall site (7 letters)
18 Down: No longer on deck (5 letters)
20 Down: Watch (4 letters)
24 Down: Exchange employee (11 letters)
27 Down: Scottish landowner (5 letters)
29 Down: Foot in a line (6 letters)
33 Down: Trite sayings (8 letters)
36 Down: "Mm-hmm" (4 letters)
37 Down: Gothic feature (5 letters)
38 Down: Prefix with benzene (3 letters)
39 Down: Singer Green and others (3 letters)
40 Down: Hurting the most (7 letters)
41 Down: Late ___ (7 letters)
42 Down: Usually it's not included (7 letters)
44 Down: Back on the briny (5 letters)
45 Down: $200 Monopoly props. (3 letters)
46 Down: "Beg pardon ..." (4 letters)
51 Down: Medical group output (11 letters)
53 Down: Selling point (5 letters)
55 Down: Shakespearean title word (7 letters)
56 Down: Least interesting (7 letters)
57 Down: Symbols of free speech (7 letters)
60 Down: Mine artery (8 letters)
61 Down: Proceed without the words (3 letters)
63 Down: Teacher of Samuel (3 letters)
64 Down: Factory conduit (12 letters)
68 Down: Lumberjacks (5 letters)
73 Down: Place for a guard (4 letters)
75 Down: Weirdo (5 letters)
78 Down: Syndicate (6 letters)
80 Down: "Go on ..." (3 letters)
82 Down: Emulate Dürer (4 letters)
83 Down: ___ anglais (English horn) (3 letters)
84 Down: Actor Brynner (3 letters)
86 Down: How peaches may be served (8 letters)
87 Down: A fly-by-night? (5 letters)
89 Down: Longhairs (7 letters)
90 Down: New York city on the Susquehanna (7 letters)
91 Down: Like some television (7 letters)
96 Down: Flings (5 letters)
99 Down: Hägar the Horrible's dog (5 letters)
100 Down: Pronouncement (5 letters)
101 Down: Dawn-colored (4 letters)
102 Down: Merchant vessel officer (5 letters)
105 Down: Ban (5 letters)
106 Down: 1942 Pulitzer novelist Glasgow (5 letters)
107 Down: Coasters (5 letters)
109 Down: "___ Tu" (1974 hit) (4 letters)
110 Down: Concept (4 letters)
111 Down: Dodge (4 letters)
112 Down: Ashtabula's lake (4 letters)
115 Down: Company that programmed Deep Blue (3 letters)

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