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Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Patrick Berry3/26/2006

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Across

1 Across: Military academy freshman (5 letters)
6 Across: Cowbell sound (5 letters)
11 Across: Fingerboard ridge (4 letters)
15 Across: Weaken (3 letters)
18 Across: "___ Gets Drafted" (1942 Disney cartoon) (6 letters)
20 Across: Much-climbed Alpine peak (5 letters)
21 Across: Actor Jared (4 letters)
22 Across: Hamas rival grp. (3 letters)
23 Across: California, compared to Kansas? (12 letters)
25 Across: Kiss (8 letters)
27 Across: Call's companion (4 letters)
28 Across: ___ Ark (5 letters)
29 Across: ___ polloi (3 letters)
30 Across: Jeweler's unit (5 letters)
31 Across: Tweak (5 letters)
33 Across: Silk undies, compared to cotton undies? (15 letters)
37 Across: White-collar worker? (6 letters)
39 Across: Dance to 1920's-40's jazz (5 letters)
40 Across: Big time (3 letters)
41 Across: "We've been ___!" (3 letters)
42 Across: 1990's sitcom based on the British series "One Foot in the Grave" (5 letters)
45 Across: Having seniority (6 letters)
47 Across: Claim valuables (4 letters)
51 Across: Strong suit (5 letters)
52 Across: A waistcoat worn in summer, compared to one worn in winter? (12 letters)
54 Across: In addition (3 letters)
56 Across: Subject in religion class (5 letters)
58 Across: Hero of Tom Clancy novels (4 letters)
59 Across: Jai alai basket (5 letters)
60 Across: Some H.S. math (4 letters)
61 Across: Clinton cabinet member Hazel (6 letters)
63 Across: Dolly of Dollywood (6 letters)
64 Across: Naval base? (4 letters)
65 Across: A one-milligram tablet, compared to a five-milligram tablet? (11 letters)
70 Across: Employee of M (4 letters)
71 Across: Chevrolet sedan (6 letters)
73 Across: Land created by C. S. Lewis (6 letters)
74 Across: "QB VII" novelist (4 letters)
75 Across: Froth (5 letters)
76 Across: Small indentation (4 letters)
80 Across: Go ___ length (5 letters)
81 Across: Formal vote (3 letters)
82 Across: Potatoes and cucumbers, compared to apples and eggplants? (12 letters)
85 Across: Rows on a calendar page (5 letters)
87 Across: Actor Omar of TV's "House" (4 letters)
88 Across: Hang it up (6 letters)
89 Across: 1996 Olympic gymnast Strug (5 letters)
90 Across: Spoon-___ (3 letters)
93 Across: ___-pitch (3 letters)
94 Across: Tribe of the Amistad slaves (5 letters)
96 Across: Intense, as a gaze (6 letters)
98 Across: Dog show winners, compared to dog show also-rans? (15 letters)
105 Across: Africa's largest country (5 letters)
106 Across: Benefit (5 letters)
107 Across: Wise actions (3 letters)
108 Across: Get the better of (5 letters)
110 Across: Novelist Jaffe (4 letters)
111 Across: Measureless (8 letters)
113 Across: SpongeBob SquarePants's pants, compared to Humpty Dumpty's? (12 letters)
116 Across: Dead heat (3 letters)
117 Across: Stylist's creation (4 letters)
118 Across: Cliff's edge (5 letters)
119 Across: Pass on (6 letters)
120 Across: Airport checkpoint needs (3 letters)
121 Across: Palindromic girl's name (4 letters)
122 Across: Napster downloads (5 letters)
123 Across: Some Southwest scenery (5 letters)

Down

1 Down: Pseudonym of musician Peter Schickele (7 letters)
2 Down: Gossipy Parsons (7 letters)
3 Down: Passed (7 letters)
4 Down: Televangelist paroled in 1993 (6 letters)
5 Down: Priest in 1 Samuel (3 letters)
6 Down: French film award (5 letters)
7 Down: How ballerinas dance (7 letters)
8 Down: Tennis star with a shaved head (6 letters)
9 Down: Human cannonball's destination (3 letters)
10 Down: Test for M.A. seekers (3 letters)
11 Down: Elevator stop (5 letters)
12 Down: Is an integral part of (9 letters)
13 Down: "You know the rest" abbr. (3 letters)
14 Down: Bird on a Kellogg's Froot Loops box (6 letters)
15 Down: Slash on a scorepad (5 letters)
16 Down: Here comes the bride (5 letters)
17 Down: They're "born, not made," according to an old saying (5 letters)
19 Down: TV room (3 letters)
24 Down: Pistol, slangily (3 letters)
26 Down: Scientist's formulation (3 letters)
29 Down: Prime (6 letters)
32 Down: Puerto ___ (4 letters)
34 Down: Winter blanket (4 letters)
35 Down: Do-nothing (5 letters)
36 Down: Fixed course (4 letters)
38 Down: Spanish city where Seneca was born (7 letters)
43 Down: Pricey vodka, for short (5 letters)
44 Down: Produce (5 letters)
46 Down: H, in Hellas (3 letters)
47 Down: Goes on a spending spree (8 letters)
48 Down: Fix up (7 letters)
49 Down: Where kroons are spent (7 letters)
50 Down: Doesn't take a hit (6 letters)
51 Down: Low-aimed headlights (8 letters)
52 Down: Bollywood film costume (4 letters)
53 Down: Camcorder brand (3 letters)
54 Down: Fabricate (7 letters)
55 Down: Crankcase device (7 letters)
57 Down: One sitting on the porch (3 letters)
60 Down: Pyramus's lover, in myth (6 letters)
62 Down: Hunger (3 letters)
63 Down: Actors or athletes (7 letters)
66 Down: "Darn!" (4 letters)
67 Down: Tennis club teacher (3 letters)
68 Down: Stupefied (5 letters)
69 Down: Protective covering (5 letters)
72 Down: Hawaiian band? (3 letters)
76 Down: Fate (9 letters)
77 Down: Natl. Adopt-a-Dog Mo. (3 letters)
78 Down: Hampers (6 letters)
79 Down: "M*A*S*H" setting (5 letters)
83 Down: ___ Stanley Gardner (4 letters)
84 Down: Colonial ___ (insurance firm) (4 letters)
86 Down: Litter contents (4 letters)
89 Down: Banshee sound (7 letters)
90 Down: Zoot suit hats (7 letters)
91 Down: Hyundai model (7 letters)
92 Down: Rulers who inherit their power (7 letters)
93 Down: Flint is a form of it (6 letters)
95 Down: Toxic compound found in cigarette smoke (6 letters)
97 Down: "When Paris sneezes, ___ catches cold" (6 letters)
98 Down: Leafless plants (5 letters)
99 Down: Like planetary orbits (5 letters)
100 Down: Attorney's workload (5 letters)
101 Down: Kipling novel about an orphan boy (3 letters)
102 Down: Musical syllables (5 letters)
103 Down: Vichyssoise vegetables (5 letters)
104 Down: California's Big ___ (3 letters)
109 Down: Abbr. on a boiler's gauge (3 letters)
112 Down: Yardbird (3 letters)
113 Down: Air rifle ammo (3 letters)
114 Down: It's sought by conquistadores (3 letters)
115 Down: "That's curious ?" (3 letters)

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