V FORMATION

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23178 clues~30-60 minBy Elizabeth C. Gorski4/25/2004

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Across

1 Across: Mount held sacred by pilgrims (4 letters)
5 Across: "Greatest Love ___" (#1 Whitney Houston song) (5 letters)
10 Across: Unloads (on) (5 letters)
15 Across: Livestock feed (4 letters)
19 Across: Apple product for audiophiles (4 letters)
20 Across: Psychologist's study (6 letters)
22 Across: Bivouac (6 letters)
24 Across: Big name in Art Deco (4 letters)
25 Across: K-12, in education (4 letters)
26 Across: One earning rewards (13 letters)
28 Across: "You ... will ... ___!" (4 letters)
29 Across: Warbler (5 letters)
31 Across: "Faint heart ___ won ..." (4 letters)
32 Across: Firefly's young (8 letters)
34 Across: Atlantic City hotspot, with "the" (3 letters)
35 Across: O, for one (3 letters)
38 Across: Common project in shop class (6 letters)
40 Across: Singer James (4 letters)
41 Across: Genetics lab study (3 letters)
42 Across: Very recently (7 letters)
44 Across: Part of E.E.C.: Abbr. (3 letters)
45 Across: Hanoi holiday (3 letters)
47 Across: ___ Electric Co. (6 letters)
49 Across: "Rouen Cathedral" painter (5 letters)
50 Across: Derby (4 letters)
52 Across: Set on (6 letters)
55 Across: Multicolored (4 letters)
57 Across: George's lyrical brother (3 letters)
59 Across: Favorable position (8 letters)
62 Across: Worthy of page one (5 letters)
66 Across: Looped handle, in archaeology (4 letters)
67 Across: Shipped (4 letters)
69 Across: Alphabet trio (3 letters)
70 Across: Safecracker (4 letters)
72 Across: "___ magic!" (3 letters)
73 Across: Transcript stat. (3 letters)
74 Across: Range maker (5 letters)
75 Across: Rowlands of "Another Woman" (4 letters)
76 Across: Puffin, for one (4 letters)
77 Across: Online guffaw (3 letters)
78 Across: Blow (5 letters)
80 Across: ___-ovo vegetarian (5 letters)
82 Across: Arm offerer (6 letters)
84 Across: N.Y.C. drive, with "the" (3 letters)
85 Across: Dennis of the N.B.A. (6 letters)
87 Across: Boy toy? (3 letters)
88 Across: Rev.'s address (3 letters)
89 Across: Kind of special (6 letters)
92 Across: Double-decker, e.g. (3 letters)
93 Across: Sanctioned (6 letters)
96 Across: Michael and others (5 letters)
99 Across: Jumps (out) (5 letters)
100 Across: Shoot the breeze (3 letters)
101 Across: Tip off (4 letters)
102 Across: Daddy-o (4 letters)
104 Across: Former sporty Pontiacs (5 letters)
106 Across: "Tsk, tsk!" (3 letters)
107 Across: Judge Lance (3 letters)
108 Across: Make ___ dash for (4 letters)
109 Across: "Strange Magic" band, for short (3 letters)
110 Across: Sniffish sort (4 letters)
111 Across: Painter Magritte (4 letters)
112 Across: Foreign assembly (5 letters)
114 Across: 1996 Beatles hit (8 letters)
118 Across: Spike's greeting (3 letters)
119 Across: Made like (4 letters)
120 Across: Top (6 letters)
122 Across: Green land? (4 letters)
124 Across: ___ living (bring home the bacon) (5 letters)
126 Across: Paris daily, with "Le" (6 letters)
129 Across: Classic cars, popularly (3 letters)
132 Across: High ___ (3 letters)
133 Across: Chaotic condition (7 letters)
136 Across: Daughter of Cadmus (3 letters)
137 Across: Retriever (4 letters)
140 Across: Drive away (6 letters)
142 Across: ___-Caps (candy) (3 letters)
143 Across: Formerly (3 letters)
144 Across: Resisting (8 letters)
146 Across: "I'll be back in ___!" (4 letters)
147 Across: Swab (5 letters)
149 Across: Mobutu ___ Seko of Zaire (4 letters)
150 Across: 3-Down, for one (13 letters)
157 Across: They're tops (4 letters)
158 Across: Pull an all-nighter (4 letters)
159 Across: Palliate (6 letters)
160 Across: "The Little Clock" poet Wylie (6 letters)
161 Across: Part of a pot (4 letters)
162 Across: "Beetle Bailey" pooch (4 letters)
163 Across: Like some neutrals (5 letters)
164 Across: Guam's capital, old-style (5 letters)
165 Across: Operatic prince (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Party (6 letters)
2 Down: Transfer, as a computer file (6 letters)
3 Down: Artist born April 26, 1785 (16 letters)
4 Down: "Gotcha" (4 letters)
5 Down: Klutz (3 letters)
6 Down: Shed stuff (3 letters)
7 Down: Had a little lamb? (3 letters)
8 Down: Subject of a lic. (3 letters)
9 Down: The Fighting Tigers of the Southeastern Conf. (3 letters)
10 Down: Can't stand (6 letters)
11 Down: Locked up (6 letters)
12 Down: 12th-century year (3 letters)
13 Down: Janis of stage and screen (5 letters)
14 Down: Troutlike fish (5 letters)
15 Down: Persian cry (4 letters)
16 Down: Garden spots (6 letters)
17 Down: Camper's jelly (6 letters)
18 Down: "Yo!" (6 letters)
21 Down: One of the Islas Baleares (7 letters)
23 Down: Tropical flower in florists' shops (6 letters)
27 Down: Modern, to Beethoven (3 letters)
30 Down: Alcatraz inmate (4 letters)
33 Down: Pink flamingo, for one (7 letters)
36 Down: AARP target (6 letters)
37 Down: Stopped fooling around (7 letters)
38 Down: Person likely to have binoculars (3 letters)
39 Down: Old antisubversive grp. (4 letters)
43 Down: "Star Wars" character (4 letters)
46 Down: ___ kwon do (3 letters)
48 Down: Project's end? (3 letters)
51 Down: To be, to Gigi (4 letters)
53 Down: Authority (5 letters)
54 Down: Corralled animal (5 letters)
55 Down: Doctor's aid (5 letters)
56 Down: Like some estates (9 letters)
58 Down: Writer Quindlen (4 letters)
60 Down: Egg holders (7 letters)
61 Down: Equilibriums (6 letters)
63 Down: 3-Down work (16 letters)
64 Down: Plot (9 letters)
65 Down: Monogram on a scarf (3 letters)
68 Down: Like plastic slipcovers (5 letters)
71 Down: St. Peter's station (4 letters)
74 Down: ___ crossroads (3 letters)
75 Down: Lovers' conveyance (7 letters)
79 Down: Downing St. V.I.P.'s (3 letters)
81 Down: Prairie home (6 letters)
83 Down: Unpolished (5 letters)
84 Down: Monk's title (3 letters)
86 Down: Linguist Chomsky (4 letters)
90 Down: Sit-up target (3 letters)
91 Down: Pet shop bagful (5 letters)
94 Down: Jell-O maker (5 letters)
95 Down: Novelist Malraux (5 letters)
97 Down: It helps you get a leg up (4 letters)
98 Down: Peace disturbers (7 letters)
100 Down: U.S. general's command (3 letters)
101 Down: Egrets and herons (7 letters)
103 Down: Sit (4 letters)
105 Down: Pinhead (6 letters)
111 Down: Go on and on (4 letters)
113 Down: Actress Gardner (3 letters)
115 Down: Phone no. add-on (3 letters)
116 Down: Time piece (7 letters)
117 Down: Golfers' delights (4 letters)
121 Down: Ring events (6 letters)
123 Down: "Don't think so!" (3 letters)
125 Down: Capacity (4 letters)
126 Down: Total disaster (6 letters)
127 Down: Flip (6 letters)
128 Down: Attacks (6 letters)
130 Down: Garden fixtures (6 letters)
131 Down: Pageant wear (6 letters)
134 Down: Must (6 letters)
135 Down: Big shooter (6 letters)
138 Down: Others, to Jorge (5 letters)
139 Down: 1965 Moody Blues hit (5 letters)
141 Down: Classical opener? (3 letters)
145 Down: San ___, Italian Riviera city (4 letters)
148 Down: Kyrgyzstan range (4 letters)
151 Down: "Lord, is ___?": Matthew (3 letters)
152 Down: Motor add-on (3 letters)
153 Down: Singer's job (3 letters)
154 Down: ___ New York minute (3 letters)
155 Down: Junior (3 letters)
156 Down: Part of a chorus line? (3 letters)

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