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Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy David J. Kahn3/17/2002

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Across

1 Across: Head of the produce section? (7 letters)
8 Across: Eunuch's charge (5 letters)
13 Across: End of ___ (5 letters)
18 Across: Bakery treats (7 letters)
19 Across: "Even Homer nods" writer (6 letters)
20 Across: Key person in England (6 letters)
21 Across: Result of an Oscar nominee's disappearance at an awards ceremony? [releases of 1968, 1982 and 1982] (21 letters)
24 Across: Sampling (4 letters)
25 Across: Scads (4 letters)
26 Across: Hot (6 letters)
27 Across: "Soapdish" actress (4 letters)
28 Across: Carpenter ___ (3 letters)
30 Across: 1986 rock autobiography (5 letters)
32 Across: Manage (6 letters)
34 Across: Advice to a budding alarmist? [1988, 1999, 1994] (18 letters)
40 Across: ___ case (5 letters)
41 Across: Fresh (4 letters)
42 Across: Extra-wide shoe spec. (3 letters)
43 Across: Ere (5 letters)
47 Across: Bibliophilic suffix (3 letters)
48 Across: Stopping point: Abbr. (3 letters)
50 Across: Something that's worked up (3 letters)
52 Across: C, F and G (5 letters)
55 Across: Campaigner (3 letters)
56 Across: Charles Van Doren vis-à-vis the game show "Twenty-One"? [1976, 1989, 1985] (21 letters)
61 Across: Not docked (4 letters)
62 Across: Glass ___ (3 letters)
63 Across: Like a bunch (3 letters)
64 Across: Heir, at law (7 letters)
65 Across: With 51-Down, old movie finale (3 letters)
67 Across: Anyhow (3 letters)
70 Across: Zing (3 letters)
72 Across: Diamonds (3 letters)
73 Across: Warp-knit fabrics (7 letters)
77 Across: Cole Porter's "___ in Love" (3 letters)
79 Across: Uncommon sense (3 letters)
81 Across: Circle meas. (4 letters)
85 Across: Producer of a big accident? [1998, 2000, 1960] (21 letters)
90 Across: Tucked away (3 letters)
91 Across: Big name in book clubs (5 letters)
92 Across: "The Whiffenpoof Song" singer (3 letters)
93 Across: Row producer (3 letters)
94 Across: Richard ___ (3 letters)
95 Across: Sass (5 letters)
97 Across: Gooey stuff (3 letters)
99 Across: Old Irish alphabet: Var. (4 letters)
101 Across: Tastes (5 letters)
103 Across: Why the paparazzi couldn't photograph actress Roberts? [1977, 1985, 1998] (18 letters)
108 Across: Lack stability (6 letters)
110 Across: Yankees manager Joe (5 letters)
111 Across: Attention (3 letters)
112 Across: Math course, informally (4 letters)
113 Across: Walked in the rain, say (6 letters)
116 Across: Bring in (4 letters)
118 Across: Mop (4 letters)
122 Across: Heartwarming scene in a war movie? [1986, 1992, 1978] (21 letters)
126 Across: Shifts (6 letters)
127 Across: Noted support group (6 letters)
128 Across: Recover from (7 letters)
129 Across: Poorly kept (5 letters)
130 Across: Hung around (5 letters)
131 Across: Least sharp (7 letters)

Down

1 Down: "___ Vous" (1927 song hit) (4 letters)
2 Down: Molière play part (4 letters)
3 Down: "Gil ___" (4 letters)
4 Down: Grasshoppers can help make them (7 letters)
5 Down: Fire preceder? (3 letters)
6 Down: Tough and courageous (6 letters)
7 Down: "Happy Motoring" sloganeer (4 letters)
8 Down: Dear (3 letters)
9 Down: Silver (6 letters)
10 Down: Grind (7 letters)
11 Down: Parrot (4 letters)
12 Down: Come up to (4 letters)
13 Down: Swiss river (3 letters)
14 Down: Dozes (7 letters)
15 Down: Diplomat Root (5 letters)
16 Down: Like some movies for TV (5 letters)
17 Down: What Michelangelo produced (4 letters)
19 Down: Not just noteworthy (8 letters)
20 Down: Creature with padded toes (5 letters)
22 Down: Like some remarks (5 letters)
23 Down: Desirable hotel room feature (4 letters)
29 Down: Untrue (5 letters)
31 Down: Prefix with species (5 letters)
33 Down: Flexible (7 letters)
34 Down: Master, in Swahili (5 letters)
35 Down: Actress Skye and others (5 letters)
36 Down: Annoy, in a way (5 letters)
37 Down: Uttered, old-style (5 letters)
38 Down: Confine again (6 letters)
39 Down: Cheerleader's practice (4 letters)
44 Down: Big tournament (4 letters)
45 Down: Mounted (4 letters)
46 Down: Different (4 letters)
49 Down: Perch, perhaps (7 letters)
51 Down: See 65-Across (3 letters)
53 Down: ___ Beach, Hawaii (3 letters)
54 Down: Fra ___ Lippi (7 letters)
57 Down: Band instrument? (5 letters)
58 Down: Insidious (3 letters)
59 Down: Dance flourish (3 letters)
60 Down: Like some scholarship winners (5 letters)
66 Down: New Jersey town with a hyphenated name (7 letters)
68 Down: Flexible person's choice (6 letters)
69 Down: Really beat (3 letters)
71 Down: Four Seasons Hotel architect (3 letters)
73 Down: ___ II razor (4 letters)
74 Down: Ancestress of King David (4 letters)
75 Down: "Got it" (4 letters)
76 Down: Opposite of norte (3 letters)
78 Down: Ginnie ___ (3 letters)
80 Down: Pinhead (5 letters)
82 Down: Sugar coat? (5 letters)
83 Down: On ___ (exulting) (5 letters)
84 Down: Teary (5 letters)
86 Down: Eastern music style (4 letters)
87 Down: Astound (5 letters)
88 Down: Plan for (8 letters)
89 Down: ___ good example (is a role model) (5 letters)
96 Down: Booted (7 letters)
98 Down: Quarterback's option (7 letters)
100 Down: First-stringers (5 letters)
102 Down: It has many loops (7 letters)
104 Down: African capital until 1991 (5 letters)
105 Down: Cry of glee (4 letters)
106 Down: All's opposite (6 letters)
107 Down: Herb used in casseroles (6 letters)
108 Down: Explorer Sieur de La ___ (5 letters)
109 Down: Send, in a way (5 letters)
112 Down: Sched. C preparers (4 letters)
114 Down: Spicy cuisine (4 letters)
115 Down: Unite (4 letters)
117 Down: Fixes (4 letters)
119 Down: Crisscrossed (4 letters)
120 Down: Iowa State site (4 letters)
121 Down: A Muppet (4 letters)
123 Down: Suffix with access (3 letters)
124 Down: Trawler's catch (3 letters)
125 Down: Car in a 1964 hit song (3 letters)

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