WHAT'S THE STORY?

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Joe DiPietro4/23/2006

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across
Picks up (5 letters)
6 Across
Sea lettuce, e.g. (4 letters)
10 Across
Wide open (5 letters)
15 Across
15-Down rival, once (4 letters)
19 Across
Taxing time (5 letters)
20 Across
Attends (4 letters)
21 Across
They're towed away (5 letters)
22 Across
See 98-Across (4 letters)
23 Across
Footwear eaten by an animal? (16 letters)
26 Across
Tumults (4 letters)
27 Across
Page (4 letters)
28 Across
Instant (3 letters)
29 Across
General ___ chicken (4 letters)
31 Across
Old-time welcome (3 letters)
32 Across
Clue that helped convict a movie snack thief? (20 letters)
38 Across
Wretched (5 letters)
39 Across
Get all lovey-dovey (3 letters)
40 Across
Police car maneuver, slangily (3 letters)
41 Across
Cell, e.g. (5 letters)
42 Across
Like the ans. to this clue (3 letters)
43 Across
One in a six-pack (3 letters)
44 Across
N.Y.S.E. and Nasdaq, e.g. (4 letters)
46 Across
Like some fishing hooks (7 letters)
48 Across
Stubborn person getting on another's nerves? (18 letters)
53 Across
Black (5 letters)
54 Across
___ weight (4 letters)
55 Across
Built (4 letters)
56 Across
Weed (3 letters)
59 Across
Went after (6 letters)
61 Across
Shot up (4 letters)
62 Across
Rub the wrong way (4 letters)
63 Across
Home to some Mongolian nomads (4 letters)
64 Across
Thug whose books aren't selling? (21 letters)
68 Across
Dust Bowl refugee (4 letters)
69 Across
Mitsubishi competitor (4 letters)
70 Across
Vandals (4 letters)
71 Across
Famed Georgia football coach Vince (6 letters)
72 Across
Sparkle (3 letters)
73 Across
Tuna salad ingredient (4 letters)
74 Across
River isles (4 letters)
75 Across
Thick (5 letters)
76 Across
Nicholson negotiating with Stiller and Affleck? (18 letters)
81 Across
Less than explanatory parental explanation (7 letters)
84 Across
Bowls over (4 letters)
85 Across
H.S. class (3 letters)
86 Across
Call from a meadow (3 letters)
87 Across
Cousin of a cobra (5 letters)
88 Across
It must be in the genes (3 letters)
89 Across
B. A. Baracas portrayer on TV (3 letters)
90 Across
Starting to get blue? (5 letters)
92 Across
Supreme rulers blow up a major hardware store? (20 letters)
98 Across
With 22-Across, movie hero of 1977 (3 letters)
99 Across
Hot (4 letters)
100 Across
Mortar mixer (3 letters)
101 Across
Acute (4 letters)
102 Across
Twin sister of Ares (4 letters)
104 Across
Cousins of a disheveled wading bird? (16 letters)
111 Across
Going ___ (4 letters)
112 Across
Spots on a graph (5 letters)
113 Across
One of the Waughs (4 letters)
114 Across
Priest's urging (5 letters)
115 Across
"Only Time" singer (4 letters)
116 Across
Annual parade honoree, for short (5 letters)
117 Across
Point (4 letters)
118 Across
Sound at the front of East Hampton (5 letters)

Down

1 Down
Buddy of the Clintons, e.g. (3 letters)
2 Down
Apple had one in 1980: Abbr. (3 letters)
3 Down
Funky do (3 letters)
4 Down
Called (6 letters)
5 Down
Due for a drop-off? (6 letters)
6 Down
"Like that matters" (9 letters)
7 Down
Actor Cariou (3 letters)
8 Down
Bugs (6 letters)
9 Down
Leftovers at a barbecue (5 letters)
10 Down
Hedge fund whiz, for short (3 letters)
11 Down
"Whaddaya know" (3 letters)
12 Down
What two palms up may indicate (6 letters)
13 Down
Hoop star's entourage (5 letters)
14 Down
Prevent (5 letters)
15 Down
Traditional Olympics powerhouse (3 letters)
16 Down
Sugary quaff (7 letters)
17 Down
Eastern European (7 letters)
18 Down
Like some provocatively colored lips (7 letters)
24 Down
Pencil holder (3 letters)
25 Down
System start-up? (3 letters)
30 Down
William Styron title heroine (6 letters)
32 Down
Kind of support (4 letters)
33 Down
"This should get you started ?" (9 letters)
34 Down
Unelite, in London (4 letters)
35 Down
Eccentric (5 letters)
36 Down
Singer/radio host John (4 letters)
37 Down
"___ Lap" (1983 film) (4 letters)
38 Down
Did nothing (3 letters)
43 Down
They don't provide outlets (9 letters)
44 Down
Stuck (5 letters)
45 Down
Be acquainted with Vanna? (9 letters)
46 Down
Diplomat Boutros Boutros-___ (5 letters)
47 Down
Tear-jerkers often have one (9 letters)
49 Down
Try (5 letters)
50 Down
Biblical shepherd (4 letters)
51 Down
Shepherd's concern (5 letters)
52 Down
Radiates (5 letters)
56 Down
It has six holes (9 letters)
57 Down
Peter and the Wolf's "duck" (4 letters)
58 Down
Like some sums (4 letters)
59 Down
Horse sound (4 letters)
60 Down
Long walk (4 letters)
61 Down
Andrea Doria's domain (5 letters)
62 Down
Wash out (5 letters)
63 Down
Write (for) (5 letters)
65 Down
Columnist Mike (5 letters)
66 Down
___ Chris Steak House (restaurant chain) (5 letters)
67 Down
Saturn and Mercury, for two (4 letters)
73 Down
House keepers (6 letters)
74 Down
Negative campaign feature (5 letters)
75 Down
Water, perhaps (9 letters)
76 Down
Be in harmony (4 letters)
77 Down
Billionth: Prefix (4 letters)
78 Down
Intruder's deterrent, maybe (4 letters)
79 Down
Chaps (4 letters)
80 Down
Starr of song (3 letters)
81 Down
"Count me in" (7 letters)
82 Down
Arid (7 letters)
83 Down
Extra (7 letters)
88 Down
Dusty floor cleaner (6 letters)
89 Down
Breakfast cereal (6 letters)
90 Down
Ungodlike (6 letters)
91 Down
Must pay (6 letters)
93 Down
Station house figures (5 letters)
94 Down
Jump for joy (5 letters)
95 Down
Ship over there? (3 letters)
96 Down
Show agreement with (5 letters)
97 Down
Pint-sized, downsized (3 letters)
103 Down
Irish ___ (3 letters)
105 Down
Elhi org. (3 letters)
106 Down
Mil. transport (3 letters)
107 Down
Knockout of knockouts (3 letters)
108 Down
___-Tiki (3 letters)
109 Down
Beethoven's "Minuet ___" (3 letters)
110 Down
Once (3 letters)

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