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Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Patrick Merrell8/14/2005

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Across

1 Across: Mathematical fig. (4 letters)
5 Across: Whistler, e.g. (6 letters)
11 Across: Cargo platform (4 letters)
15 Across: Chatter (3 letters)
18 Across: ___ pneumonia (5 letters)
19 Across: Stephen Foster's dream girl (6 letters)
20 Across: Pro's opposite (4 letters)
21 Across: Arapaho foe (3 letters)
22 Across: Life saver (17 letters)
25 Across: French law (3 letters)
26 Across: Puzzles (9 letters)
27 Across: "Survivor" sight (3 letters)
28 Across: Sonar pulse (4 letters)
29 Across: "Is that so?!" (6 letters)
30 Across: King of England in 1700 (14 letters)
36 Across: "Lord, is ___?" (3 letters)
38 Across: Without interruption (5 letters)
39 Across: Perfume amounts (6 letters)
40 Across: Critical tennis situation (8 letters)
45 Across: Bygone nuclear agcy. (3 letters)
46 Across: Monstrous (6 letters)
48 Across: Stingers (17 letters)
51 Across: Money substitute, for short (3 letters)
54 Across: Timeline divisions (4 letters)
55 Across: Prop for the Acad. Awards (3 letters)
56 Across: Supreme finale (3 letters)
57 Across: Launch sites (5 letters)
59 Across: "Stay!" (6 letters)
62 Across: Waterfall jumper (6 letters)
66 Across: Rustic couple (7 letters)
68 Across: Sidekick of old children's TV (15 letters)
71 Across: Idle talk (7 letters)
74 Across: Jawaharlal Nehru's daughter (6 letters)
75 Across: Nearby (6 letters)
79 Across: Flour cake (5 letters)
80 Across: Like NyQuil: Abbr. (3 letters)
82 Across: Actress Gardner (3 letters)
84 Across: Stick in a dish (4 letters)
85 Across: Tahoe, for one (3 letters)
86 Across: Plant expert? (17 letters)
93 Across: Proofers' catches (6 letters)
95 Across: Nashville-based awards org. (3 letters)
96 Across: Watch (8 letters)
97 Across: Hurting (6 letters)
99 Across: Horseshoe-shaped wear (5 letters)
101 Across: Delta wing craft (3 letters)
102 Across: Duke Ellington classic (14 letters)
106 Across: Ballerina Karsavina (6 letters)
111 Across: Big hands often take them (4 letters)
112 Across: Musician Brian (3 letters)
113 Across: Waters (9 letters)
115 Across: First name in despotism (3 letters)
116 Across: Tanning agents (17 letters)
121 Across: ___-mo (3 letters)
122 Across: 33-Down's home today (4 letters)
123 Across: Sister of Erato (6 letters)
124 Across: Lace tip (5 letters)
125 Across: Natural incubator (3 letters)
126 Across: Masked one, informally (4 letters)
127 Across: Bible parts (6 letters)
128 Across: Diner in "Alice" (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: His last words were "Thus with a kiss I die" (5 letters)
2 Down: Critic with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star (5 letters)
3 Down: ___ diem (motto of Horace) (5 letters)
4 Down: 13-figure figure (8 letters)
5 Down: Sophocles drama (4 letters)
6 Down: Extend (5 letters)
7 Down: Putts out (6 letters)
8 Down: Pasta suffix (3 letters)
9 Down: Failing (3 letters)
10 Down: Shatner's "___War" (3 letters)
11 Down: Run one's fingers over (5 letters)
12 Down: 1997 treaty city (5 letters)
13 Down: ___ agent (3 letters)
14 Down: Bashes (3 letters)
15 Down: 1960's-70's PBS star (10 letters)
16 Down: Now (6 letters)
17 Down: Considers (6 letters)
18 Down: "Lethal Weapon" force: Abbr. (4 letters)
23 Down: Like the fire goddess Brigit (6 letters)
24 Down: Famed political hanger-on (4 letters)
28 Down: Female swans (4 letters)
31 Down: Soil layer (4 letters)
32 Down: Actor ___ Cobb (4 letters)
33 Down: Ancient people (4 letters)
34 Down: Stronghold (4 letters)
35 Down: Powerful (8 letters)
37 Down: Court case title phrase (4 letters)
40 Down: It's involved in many spills (4 letters)
41 Down: Architect Saarinen (4 letters)
42 Down: Certain fraud investigator, informally (4 letters)
43 Down: Daily neighborhood sight (7 letters)
44 Down: Ex-lax? (5 letters)
46 Down: Some nods (3 letters)
47 Down: "You'll never ___!" (5 letters)
49 Down: Cupidity (7 letters)
50 Down: Not extreme (7 letters)
52 Down: "Alley ___" (3 letters)
53 Down: Letters on a stamp (3 letters)
58 Down: Briefly (7 letters)
60 Down: Care, slangily (8 letters)
61 Down: Suffix with verb (3 letters)
63 Down: KO insert? (3 letters)
64 Down: 50-Down: Prefix (3 letters)
65 Down: Clandestine maritime org. (3 letters)
67 Down: Baseball club designation (3 letters)
69 Down: Brookie or laker (5 letters)
70 Down: Diner cupfuls (5 letters)
71 Down: Mail addenda, for short (3 letters)
72 Down: Prefix with pressure (3 letters)
73 Down: Aphrodisiac (10 letters)
76 Down: ___-Seltzer (4 letters)
77 Down: Waxing alternative (4 letters)
78 Down: French illustrator Gustave (4 letters)
81 Down: La-la lead-in (3 letters)
83 Down: Some Dada works (4 letters)
87 Down: Author Grey (4 letters)
88 Down: Roman year with "two pair" (4 letters)
89 Down: Monarchy since 1744 (4 letters)
90 Down: Caper (4 letters)
91 Down: White terrier's nickname (6 letters)
92 Down: Eight-pointed star (8 letters)
94 Down: Exposure units (4 letters)
97 Down: Mischievous (6 letters)
98 Down: Noggin (6 letters)
99 Down: Old draft deferment category for critical civilian work (4 letters)
100 Down: Ones who are worlds apart (6 letters)
103 Down: Hardly modern (5 letters)
104 Down: Ski jump downslope (5 letters)
105 Down: "Nancy" cartoonist Bushmiller (5 letters)
107 Down: One of the Simpsons (5 letters)
108 Down: Ever (5 letters)
109 Down: California's Point ___ National Seashore (5 letters)
110 Down: Office title abbr. (4 letters)
114 Down: Info on grocery pkgs. (4 letters)
116 Down: It's often below an ISBN (3 letters)
117 Down: Late July delivery (3 letters)
118 Down: Word on a Valentine candy heart (3 letters)
119 Down: Exist (3 letters)
120 Down: Dict. listing (3 letters)

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