GROWING PAINS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Rich Norris9/8/2002

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Across

1 Across: Us Weekly subject (5 letters)
6 Across: Little cases (5 letters)
11 Across: June birthstone (5 letters)
16 Across: Go up in the middle (3 letters)
19 Across: "South Pacific" hero (5 letters)
20 Across: Symbol of brightness (5 letters)
21 Across: Kentucky college or its town (5 letters)
22 Across: Blaze, to Blaise (3 letters)
23 Across: Hue for cowardly insurgents? (11 letters)
25 Across: Poles, e.g. (5 letters)
26 Across: Away's partner (3 letters)
27 Across: Kind of set (7 letters)
28 Across: Like some airports: Abbr. (4 letters)
30 Across: Changing pitch (8 letters)
32 Across: Cabinet dept. (3 letters)
33 Across: Point (4 letters)
35 Across: Salad topping (3 letters)
37 Across: From the kitchen, say (6 letters)
38 Across: Tête-à-tête lead-in (8 letters)
41 Across: Healthy tree? (12 letters)
44 Across: Attention getters (3 letters)
45 Across: Often (4 letters)
47 Across: Cuban pianist Jorge (5 letters)
48 Across: Supposed crop circle makers, for short (3 letters)
49 Across: Monthly bill (5 letters)
51 Across: Delight (4 letters)
52 Across: One of the Balearic Islands (7 letters)
54 Across: "Take ___" (3 letters)
55 Across: Favorable time to invest? (11 letters)
58 Across: Peddle (4 letters)
61 Across: Wimps (8 letters)
63 Across: Heckles (4 letters)
64 Across: Family nickname (4 letters)
66 Across: Solvent made from coal tar (7 letters)
67 Across: Oohs and aahs (5 letters)
69 Across: Apple polishers (7 letters)
72 Across: Carbon compound (4 letters)
73 Across: Togo's capital (4 letters)
74 Across: It's not all done on the ground (8 letters)
75 Across: Hostage situation acronym (4 letters)
77 Across: Hiding place for a home run hitter? (11 letters)
80 Across: Chemical suffix (3 letters)
81 Across: Community group since 1915 (7 letters)
83 Across: Café lightener (4 letters)
84 Across: "The Great Forest" painter (5 letters)
86 Across: Pitches between innings (3 letters)
89 Across: Virtuous (5 letters)
90 Across: "Earth in the Balance" author (4 letters)
91 Across: Journey segment (3 letters)
92 Across: Bedding with an aftertaste? (12 letters)
95 Across: Knave (8 letters)
100 Across: Prima ballerina (6 letters)
101 Across: Author Rand (3 letters)
102 Across: Phone button (4 letters)
103 Across: Prince Valiant's son (3 letters)
104 Across: Menace (8 letters)
107 Across: Discrimination watchdog: Abbr. (4 letters)
109 Across: Ballerina Makarova (7 letters)
112 Across: First product of 53-Down (3 letters)
113 Across: Taxonomic subdivisions (5 letters)
115 Across: Emanation from a wide chimney? (11 letters)
117 Across: .0000001 joule (3 letters)
118 Across: Bred winners? (5 letters)
119 Across: Company that merged with BP in 1998 (5 letters)
120 Across: Wild West outlaw's comeuppance (5 letters)
121 Across: Turn red, maybe (3 letters)
122 Across: Año starter (5 letters)
123 Across: Ward off (5 letters)
124 Across: Put in stitches (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Morning course (6 letters)
2 Down: Surface (6 letters)
3 Down: "I'm free!" for example? (13 letters)
4 Down: Utility co. output (4 letters)
5 Down: Whack (4 letters)
6 Down: Popular TV chef (6 letters)
7 Down: Business card abbr. (3 letters)
8 Down: Dark (5 letters)
9 Down: Airs (4 letters)
10 Down: Made certain (7 letters)
11 Down: "Mystery!" broadcaster (3 letters)
12 Down: Sushi fish (4 letters)
13 Down: "I don't give ___!" (4 letters)
14 Down: Book coverer? (8 letters)
15 Down: Desperate (9 letters)
16 Down: Warm (7 letters)
17 Down: Divide up in a new way (7 letters)
18 Down: Alaska nesters (7 letters)
24 Down: Tranquil discipline (4 letters)
29 Down: Actress Ullmann (3 letters)
31 Down: Puppeteer Baird (3 letters)
34 Down: Ancient Scandinavian poets (6 letters)
36 Down: Instinctual desires (7 letters)
39 Down: Scale part (3 letters)
40 Down: Fly with a long proboscis (6 letters)
41 Down: MGM Studios founder (4 letters)
42 Down: Things to avoid (5 letters)
43 Down: Healthy look (4 letters)
46 Down: Stone Mountain honoree (3 letters)
49 Down: Title for Dumas's Edmond Dantès (5 letters)
50 Down: Negative particles (6 letters)
51 Down: Rubberneck (4 letters)
52 Down: Alphabetical run (4 letters)
53 Down: Kroger competitor (5 letters)
56 Down: Guidry of the 70's-80's Yankees (3 letters)
57 Down: "The Master Builder" playwright (5 letters)
59 Down: Where hogs mourn? (13 letters)
60 Down: Presses, folds and stretches (6 letters)
62 Down: Landed peasant in pre-1917 Russia (5 letters)
65 Down: So far (5 letters)
67 Down: Thug (7 letters)
68 Down: Old Testament prophet (4 letters)
69 Down: Sharp (4 letters)
70 Down: Bear in Bolivia (3 letters)
71 Down: Too (6 letters)
73 Down: ___ City, Hawaii (5 letters)
74 Down: One doing clerical work (6 letters)
76 Down: Not shot all at once (9 letters)
77 Down: Powerful D.C. lobby (4 letters)
78 Down: Squander (4 letters)
79 Down: Old Egypt-Syr. alliance (3 letters)
82 Down: Lost appeal over time (8 letters)
85 Down: "Michael Collins" actor, 1996 (3 letters)
86 Down: Falsified ID's for, perhaps (7 letters)
87 Down: Flustered (7 letters)
88 Down: Attic use (7 letters)
90 Down: Turned (7 letters)
93 Down: Draw (3 letters)
94 Down: Soap-making ingredient (3 letters)
96 Down: Straight shooting (6 letters)
97 Down: Sadat, e.g. (4 letters)
98 Down: Songlike (6 letters)
99 Down: Like some steak bones (6 letters)
102 Down: Dart (5 letters)
105 Down: Rochester's love (4 letters)
106 Down: Red or Card (4 letters)
108 Down: "Coffee, Tea ___" (1960's best seller) (4 letters)
110 Down: Anchovy containers (4 letters)
111 Down: Cosmetic additive (4 letters)
114 Down: Flap (3 letters)
116 Down: Big heart? (3 letters)

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