LAY OF THE LAND

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Joe DiPietro12/17/2006

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Across

1 Across: Sharp cheese quality (3 letters)
4 Across: Center of emotions (5 letters)
9 Across: Mountain top? (6 letters)
15 Across: ___ Club of old TV (3 letters)
18 Across: Big record co. (3 letters)
19 Across: Many, many (6 letters)
21 Across: This puzzle's northern border? (6 letters)
22 Across: Be in a hole (3 letters)
23 Across: Access code? (10 letters)
25 Across: Stockpiles (6 letters)
26 Across: Fired up (3 letters)
27 Across: Scruffs (5 letters)
28 Across: Its clue reads "Unstable subatomic particle" (6 letters)
30 Across: Treater's words (6 letters)
32 Across: Key-signature preceder (5 letters)
33 Across: Family subdivisions (6 letters)
34 Across: Opposite of post- (3 letters)
36 Across: Drying chamber (4 letters)
37 Across: With 33-Down, quickly (3 letters)
38 Across: More than devotion (7 letters)
40 Across: Sine ___ non (3 letters)
41 Across: Gary ___, Pultizer-winning Beat poet (5 letters)
42 Across: Kind (3 letters)
43 Across: Plays (6 letters)
44 Across: Abrasive stuff (6 letters)
46 Across: Spot for slop (3 letters)
47 Across: Prevent from escaping (6 letters)
49 Across: Breaches of faith (8 letters)
51 Across: With 97-Across, bearer of edible triangular nuts (5 letters)
53 Across: Land with monsoons (4 letters)
54 Across: Not monaurally (7 letters)
58 Across: Meat, in Madrid (4 letters)
61 Across: Count with many titles (10 letters)
64 Across: More faithful (5 letters)
65 Across: Congresswoman Abzug and others (6 letters)
67 Across: Vulnerable point (7 letters)
68 Across: "Awww"-inspiring (6 letters)
69 Across: It may be indicated by a stroke (5 letters)
70 Across: Hot (10 letters)
72 Across: An Untouchable (4 letters)
73 Across: Mosaic flooring (7 letters)
75 Across: Restaurateur Toots (4 letters)
76 Across: Newport Beach sight (5 letters)
78 Across: Where a bell ringer may stand (8 letters)
80 Across: Ibsen play (6 letters)
83 Across: Like some carol apparel (3 letters)
86 Across: Within reach (6 letters)
87 Across: Receiver's counterpart (6 letters)
90 Across: Gave birth to (3 letters)
92 Across: Drops (5 letters)
94 Across: Fourth of 12: Abbr. (3 letters)
95 Across: Eye openers? (7 letters)
96 Across: Clark of country music (3 letters)
97 Across: See 51-Across (4 letters)
98 Across: Provided, as a line (3 letters)
99 Across: ___ haddie (smoked fish) (6 letters)
100 Across: Run for dear life? (5 letters)
102 Across: Cold war draft (6 letters)
104 Across: Williams's "Popeye" co-star (6 letters)
105 Across: Attacked in a rage (5 letters)
106 Across: Unpaired (3 letters)
107 Across: Missed a golden opportunity (6 letters)
110 Across: Disagrees (10 letters)
113 Across: In shape (3 letters)
114 Across: This puzzle's southern border? (6 letters)
115 Across: Antarctica's ___ Coast (6 letters)
116 Across: French pronoun (3 letters)
117 Across: "___ bad!" (3 letters)
118 Across: Hot (6 letters)
119 Across: Water falls? (5 letters)
120 Across: "___ a chance" (3 letters)

Down

1 Down: It may glow in the dark (7 letters)
2 Down: Crater creators, e.g. (8 letters)
3 Down: Makeshift Frisbee (8 letters)
4 Down: One taking a big bow (9 letters)
5 Down: Suffix with Capri (3 letters)
6 Down: Message in a bottle, maybe (3 letters)
7 Down: Already chosen for play, say (7 letters)
8 Down: Mass x velocity measurements (7 letters)
9 Down: Sound in the middle of Italy (5 letters)
10 Down: Unstable subatomic particle (4 letters)
11 Down: Minute opening? (3 letters)
12 Down: Beetle, e.g. (3 letters)
13 Down: Hall-of-Fame pitcher Joss (5 letters)
14 Down: Onetime (4 letters)
15 Down: Spots for some shirts (7 letters)
16 Down: Matching pair (7 letters)
17 Down: "Here, maybe I can do it" (7 letters)
20 Down: They're often dinged (6 letters)
24 Down: Once called (3 letters)
29 Down: Suffix with direct (3 letters)
31 Down: RCA competitor (3 letters)
33 Down: See 37-Across (6 letters)
34 Down: Big name in sneakers (4 letters)
35 Down: Like baba (6 letters)
39 Down: Bay windows (6 letters)
40 Down: Ancient Roman financial officer: Var. (7 letters)
41 Down: Targeted, as with a mailing (6 letters)
44 Down: Boom (7 letters)
45 Down: Firms: Abbr. (3 letters)
48 Down: "Sic et Non" author (7 letters)
49 Down: Discuss business at a social occasion (7 letters)
50 Down: Mansion staff (7 letters)
52 Down: Bay (4 letters)
53 Down: Hater (7 letters)
55 Down: Rustic (4 letters)
56 Down: Often-smoked fish (4 letters)
57 Down: Metallurgists' supplies (4 letters)
58 Down: Explorer at Labrador in 1497 (4 letters)
59 Down: French conductor Leibowitz (4 letters)
60 Down: Red or Card (4 letters)
62 Down: Satellite of 1962 (7 letters)
63 Down: Approval on "The Little Rascals" (4 letters)
66 Down: Strong women (6 letters)
68 Down: Licentious man (6 letters)
70 Down: Blood carriers (6 letters)
71 Down: Has trouble swallowing (6 letters)
74 Down: Place of chaos (3 letters)
77 Down: Cow annoyers (9 letters)
79 Down: Org. in TV's "Nash Bridges" (4 letters)
81 Down: Adds as a bonus (8 letters)
82 Down: State capital on the Tietê River (8 letters)
83 Down: Started to melt (7 letters)
84 Down: Home of many talk shows (7 letters)
85 Down: Opposite of dominate (7 letters)
87 Down: Supplier of candy and toys for kids (6 letters)
88 Down: "Shane" actor (7 letters)
89 Down: Lion, at times (7 letters)
91 Down: It's used to check septic systems (7 letters)
93 Down: Asian observance (3 letters)
95 Down: Shareholder's income: Abbr. (3 letters)
98 Down: Steakhouse selection (5 letters)
99 Down: Cot alternative (5 letters)
101 Down: Guitar great ___ Paul (3 letters)
103 Down: They were once cloned (4 letters)
104 Down: Chop up (4 letters)
108 Down: Prefix with skeleton (3 letters)
109 Down: Actor Wheaton (3 letters)
111 Down: Yalie (3 letters)
112 Down: Take in slowly (3 letters)

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