PUTTING ON HEIRS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21142 clues~30-60 minBy David J. Kahn12/10/2006

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Across

1 Across: Many applications (4 letters)
5 Across: Miss (4 letters)
9 Across: Tudor queen, informally (4 letters)
13 Across: Rafting area (6 letters)
19 Across: Final, e.g. (4 letters)
20 Across: To be played in unison (4 letters)
21 Across: Horse ridden by Hotspur in "King Henry IV, Part I" (4 letters)
22 Across: Shrewdness (6 letters)
23 Across: Jazzy James (4 letters)
24 Across: Breakdown on a Hyundai assembly line? (16 letters)
27 Across: Edit for TV, say (5 letters)
29 Across: Birthplace of 41-Across: Abbr. (3 letters)
30 Across: Reason for a flood of calls to the police dept., maybe (3 letters)
31 Across: "Wheel of Fortune" purchase (3 letters)
32 Across: Rev. Jesse on Sundays? (18 letters)
38 Across: ___ florentine (3 letters)
39 Across: Author Bagnold (4 letters)
40 Across: Till bill (3 letters)
41 Across: "Nemesis" novelist (6 letters)
45 Across: Stickers (5 letters)
47 Across: Old Roman's boast after a deer hunt? (15 letters)
52 Across: Town north of Anaheim (4 letters)
53 Across: Seat of Washoe County, Nev. (4 letters)
54 Across: Runners at the corners, say, in baseball (5 letters)
55 Across: Chow (4 letters)
56 Across: Long in the tooth (4 letters)
57 Across: Go on stage (5 letters)
59 Across: Bluish gray (5 letters)
62 Across: "Oh, give ___ home ?" (3 letters)
63 Across: Check for typos, e.g. (6 letters)
65 Across: Some of Shakespeare's income? (13 letters)
69 Across: Astroturf alternative (5 letters)
72 Across: Truss (3 letters)
73 Across: Popular vodka, informally (5 letters)
74 Across: Newly mortared bricks and stones? (13 letters)
79 Across: Decrees (6 letters)
83 Across: With 74-Down, unanimity (3 letters)
84 Across: Grisham's "___ to Kill" (5 letters)
85 Across: Obstruct (5 letters)
88 Across: Become unhinged (4 letters)
89 Across: Words of confidence (4 letters)
91 Across: Go ___ (start fighting) (5 letters)
94 Across: Person making unauthorized reports (4 letters)
95 Across: Oscar-winning Irene (4 letters)
96 Across: November through April, to vacationers? (15 letters)
100 Across: World Series game (5 letters)
101 Across: Decorate with pointy figures (6 letters)
102 Across: Unveil, in poetry (3 letters)
103 Across: Instance (4 letters)
105 Across: Mad staff: Abbr. (3 letters)
106 Across: One needed to bestow a blessing on a golf club? (18 letters)
112 Across: Leaves at a luau (3 letters)
114 Across: Mad., e.g. (3 letters)
115 Across: 1950 World Cup host, with a stadium for 180,000+ people (3 letters)
116 Across: Musical with the song "N.Y.C." (5 letters)
117 Across: Advice to Claudius, in "Hamlet"? (16 letters)
123 Across: Memorable 2004 hurricane (4 letters)
125 Across: Spoke in a poke? (6 letters)
126 Across: Spoils (4 letters)
127 Across: Dubai or Houston (4 letters)
128 Across: TV part (4 letters)
129 Across: Gets rid of (6 letters)
130 Across: Big petrol seller (4 letters)
131 Across: Chop ___ (4 letters)
132 Across: Formerly, once (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: "Is that a fact?!" (3 letters)
2 Down: Supersized (10 letters)
3 Down: Phase of life before retirement (10 letters)
4 Down: Buss (5 letters)
5 Down: "Beauty and the Beast" role (6 letters)
6 Down: Words said with a raised hand (3 letters)
7 Down: Reward for going home? (3 letters)
8 Down: Pick up (5 letters)
9 Down: Most insolent (8 letters)
10 Down: Volkswagen model (3 letters)
11 Down: Took notice (5 letters)
12 Down: State of confusion (5 letters)
13 Down: Far out (3 letters)
14 Down: Coolers, for short (3 letters)
15 Down: Commonly accepted as such (8 letters)
16 Down: Comment after looking at one's cards (4 letters)
17 Down: Submarine base? (4 letters)
18 Down: NBC inits. (3 letters)
25 Down: ___-frutti (5 letters)
26 Down: Cambodia's Lon ___ (3 letters)
28 Down: Applications (4 letters)
32 Down: N.B.A. legend Kareem Abdul-___ (6 letters)
33 Down: Oscar winner for "Separate Tables" (5 letters)
34 Down: Driver's lic., e.g. (5 letters)
35 Down: Adequate, old-style (4 letters)
36 Down: Tablet (3 letters)
37 Down: See 117-Down (3 letters)
42 Down: Home of El Nuevo Herald (5 letters)
43 Down: Wedding band, maybe (5 letters)
44 Down: Travel items (5 letters)
46 Down: Dishonest sort (6 letters)
48 Down: Rejections (4 letters)
49 Down: Jet part (4 letters)
50 Down: Battery number (5 letters)
51 Down: Out of place (5 letters)
53 Down: Pharaoh, for one (6 letters)
58 Down: ___-Rooter (4 letters)
60 Down: Company on the move (6 letters)
61 Down: Yellow ball (4 letters)
64 Down: "Di quella pira," e.g. (4 letters)
66 Down: Palindromic writer (3 letters)
67 Down: Eggheady sort (4 letters)
68 Down: Flop (6 letters)
70 Down: Hit hard (5 letters)
71 Down: Where "yes" is "ioe," pronounced in three syllables (5 letters)
74 Down: See 83-Across (5 letters)
75 Down: Like the emperor Atahualpa (5 letters)
76 Down: Backs (5 letters)
77 Down: Like baseball covers (4 letters)
78 Down: Thanksgiving dishes (4 letters)
80 Down: It starts in Yellowstone National Park (10 letters)
81 Down: Barrel-shaped marine mammals (10 letters)
82 Down: Meager (6 letters)
86 Down: Sponge (5 letters)
87 Down: Long bones (5 letters)
90 Down: Splits hairs (8 letters)
92 Down: On and after (4 letters)
93 Down: Be under, as an officer (8 letters)
97 Down: Ewe said it (3 letters)
98 Down: Cold response? (3 letters)
99 Down: High point (5 letters)
100 Down: V.I.P.'s opposite (4 letters)
104 Down: Meager (6 letters)
107 Down: Africa's ___ Tomé (3 letters)
108 Down: Future seed (5 letters)
109 Down: ___ Circus (ancient Roman arena) (5 letters)
110 Down: Big name in trading cards (5 letters)
111 Down: Put together (5 letters)
112 Down: Hidey-hole (4 letters)
113 Down: 10,900-foot European peak (4 letters)
117 Down: With 37-Down, popular book on grammar (3 letters)
118 Down: Laugh syllable (3 letters)
119 Down: Tailback's stat: Abbr. (3 letters)
120 Down: Call for help (3 letters)
121 Down: Symbol of worthlessness (3 letters)
122 Down: It's found in seams (3 letters)
124 Down: Celtic rival (3 letters)

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