CHRISTMAS EVE ADVICE

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Frances Hansen12/22/2002

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Across

1 Across: Famed family of auto racers (6 letters)
7 Across: Not lost (7 letters)
14 Across: Drug for a poison victim, maybe (6 letters)
20 Across: Kind of eyes (6 letters)
21 Across: Lallygags (7 letters)
22 Across: In-flight (6 letters)
23 Across: Start of a Christmas verse (21 letters)
26 Across: Sandpapered (8 letters)
27 Across: Airport abbr. (3 letters)
28 Across: ___ Park, Colo. (5 letters)
29 Across: Article in Die Zeit (3 letters)
30 Across: "Damage" director (5 letters)
32 Across: Part of a car test course (3 letters)
33 Across: Rub (6 letters)
37 Across: Mrs. John ___ (Pocahontas) (5 letters)
38 Across: "___ calls?" (3 letters)
39 Across: Not brilliant (4 letters)
43 Across: They're uplifting (4 letters)
44 Across: Event covered by paparazzi (4 letters)
45 Across: 1917 Theda Bara role, informally (4 letters)
46 Across: Mosque head (4 letters)
47 Across: Verse, part 2 (21 letters)
53 Across: Oklahoma Indian (3 letters)
54 Across: Utah skiing resort (4 letters)
55 Across: Field for a gov. or a sen. (5 letters)
56 Across: Gulf sight (5 letters)
57 Across: Casual time to start work (3 letters)
58 Across: "O ___ babbino caro" (Puccini aria) (3 letters)
59 Across: Removing one's hat in an elevator, e.g. (6 letters)
61 Across: Where grapes are grown (6 letters)
62 Across: 1930's-60's columnist who wrote "Washington Merry-Go-Round" (7 letters)
64 Across: Not straight (7 letters)
66 Across: Epistle of the New Testament (6 letters)
69 Across: Pals (6 letters)
71 Across: Not an exact fig. (3 letters)
72 Across: Big shock? (3 letters)
75 Across: Nuclear event, in headlines (5 letters)
76 Across: Rugged ridge (5 letters)
77 Across: Came down (4 letters)
78 Across: First of a Latin trio (3 letters)
79 Across: Verse, part 3 (21 letters)
84 Across: Withered (4 letters)
85 Across: Skinny (4 letters)
86 Across: Roman called "the Censor" (4 letters)
87 Across: "Bus Stop" playwright (4 letters)
88 Across: Viva-voce (4 letters)
89 Across: Abbr. after some church names (3 letters)
90 Across: One cycle per second (5 letters)
92 Across: Enter the picture (6 letters)
94 Across: Vacation locale (3 letters)
95 Across: James ___, who wrote "The Thin Red Line" (5 letters)
96 Across: Go astray (3 letters)
97 Across: Hilton rival (5 letters)
99 Across: Tolkien cannibal (3 letters)
100 Across: Whispers (8 letters)
105 Across: End of the verse (21 letters)
110 Across: "Put your rear down!" (6 letters)
111 Across: More squalid (7 letters)
112 Across: Head car, maybe (6 letters)
113 Across: California county or its seat (6 letters)
114 Across: Purely extra (7 letters)
115 Across: On high (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Terse critiques (4 letters)
2 Down: Linguist Chomsky (4 letters)
3 Down: Mozart's "Dove ___" (4 letters)
4 Down: Brand in the frozen foods section (4 letters)
5 Down: Put to flight (6 letters)
6 Down: Actress Marceau of "Braveheart" (6 letters)
7 Down: Knucklehead (4 letters)
8 Down: Baseball's Piniella (3 letters)
9 Down: Melody (3 letters)
10 Down: Intensifying word (6 letters)
11 Down: Grit (6 letters)
12 Down: Wear away (5 letters)
13 Down: Hero's medal: Abbr. (3 letters)
14 Down: Comment from a lonely-heart (8 letters)
15 Down: Half-___ (pipsqueaks) (5 letters)
16 Down: Cusp (4 letters)
17 Down: One of the Mamas and the Papas (4 letters)
18 Down: A helping hand (3 letters)
19 Down: ___-Magnon (3 letters)
24 Down: Urge (3 letters)
25 Down: Most acute (7 letters)
30 Down: Marilyn Monroe feature (4 letters)
31 Down: "When I was ___ ..." (4 letters)
33 Down: "The Name of the Rose" figure (5 letters)
34 Down: Beast (5 letters)
35 Down: Betray, in a way (5 letters)
36 Down: 45-Across had one (3 letters)
37 Down: Tabula ___ (clean slate) (4 letters)
38 Down: Nissan sedan (6 letters)
39 Down: Ornamental cord on clothing (6 letters)
40 Down: Soap plant (5 letters)
41 Down: Kind of beam (5 letters)
42 Down: File (5 letters)
44 Down: Florida collegian (5 letters)
45 Down: They precede many lists (6 letters)
48 Down: Bewails (7 letters)
49 Down: Inventor Howe (5 letters)
50 Down: Photo ___ (3 letters)
51 Down: False (5 letters)
52 Down: Indicate (7 letters)
59 Down: Attack (6 letters)
60 Down: Central principle of Baha'ism (5 letters)
61 Down: Stay (5 letters)
62 Down: Soft shade (6 letters)
63 Down: "The Flies" dramatist (6 letters)
65 Down: Scottish town of Sir Walter Scott's youth (5 letters)
66 Down: "Midnight Cowboy" role (5 letters)
67 Down: Survey choice (5 letters)
68 Down: Funny Anne (5 letters)
70 Down: Relative of "Hmm ..." (3 letters)
72 Down: Down East (5 letters)
73 Down: Last of a series (5 letters)
74 Down: Might (5 letters)
76 Down: Lively (7 letters)
77 Down: Film cartoon with the voice of Woody Allen (4 letters)
80 Down: Gets comfortable with (8 letters)
81 Down: Growing amount? (4 letters)
82 Down: Lab subjects (4 letters)
83 Down: Limo occupant, perhaps (3 letters)
90 Down: Played (around) (6 letters)
91 Down: Hide, in a way (6 letters)
92 Down: Self-titled 1986 R & B album (6 letters)
93 Down: Grace, e.g. (6 letters)
94 Down: Robe material (5 letters)
95 Down: Wisecracked (5 letters)
96 Down: Directional suffix (3 letters)
97 Down: On earth (4 letters)
98 Down: Rattles on (4 letters)
100 Down: Country dance locale (4 letters)
101 Down: Popular cuisine (4 letters)
102 Down: ___ de combat (4 letters)
103 Down: Start of North Carolina's motto (4 letters)
104 Down: No longer secret (4 letters)
105 Down: Suntan lotion letters (3 letters)
106 Down: Combat (3 letters)
107 Down: Davis was its pres. (3 letters)
108 Down: Disencumber (3 letters)
109 Down: Can. province (3 letters)

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