NAME THAT PHRASE

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23170 clues~30-60 minBy Trip Payne12/14/2008

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Across

1 Across: Small amount of power (4 letters)
5 Across: Where opposite sides meet (6 letters)
11 Across: Fireplace tool (5 letters)
16 Across: Be bold enough (4 letters)
20 Across: Eponym of a North Carolina "-ville" (4 letters)
21 Across: Skeptical response (7 letters)
22 Across: Use TurboTax, perhaps (5 letters)
23 Across: Particular (4 letters)
24 Across: Mother of Cronus (4 letters)
25 Across: Like Rudner's audiences after a good joke? (18 letters)
28 Across: "Stormy" seabird (6 letters)
30 Across: Zool. or ecol. (3 letters)
31 Across: Drama that uses masks (3 letters)
32 Across: Supremely macho (6 letters)
33 Across: Treat for Damone? (15 letters)
37 Across: Northern star? (5 letters)
39 Across: Drool catchers (4 letters)
40 Across: Volkswagen coupe convertible (3 letters)
41 Across: Runners may round them (5 letters)
42 Across: Like fries, typically (6 letters)
43 Across: Sunlit ledge (4 letters)
44 Across: Google search result (3 letters)
45 Across: Delhi-to-Madras dir. (3 letters)
47 Across: Author Dinesen (4 letters)
49 Across: Exist (3 letters)
50 Across: Attack vigorously (6 letters)
52 Across: Where Paul stays when performing in New York? (13 letters)
58 Across: Carol ending? (3 letters)
59 Across: Hindu honorific (3 letters)
61 Across: Once known as (3 letters)
62 Across: "Heroes" actress Larter (3 letters)
63 Across: It's said for stress (7 letters)
67 Across: Chewed out (7 letters)
69 Across: Comes in dramatically, like West? (15 letters)
72 Across: Baghdad's ___ City (4 letters)
73 Across: More furtive (5 letters)
75 Across: Threshold (5 letters)
76 Across: Needing air freshener (5 letters)
77 Across: Better-suited (5 letters)
79 Across: Funny frame (3 letters)
80 Across: Largest U.S. movie theater chain (5 letters)
83 Across: "___ Millions" (Eugene O'Neill play) (5 letters)
86 Across: The rite place? (5 letters)
89 Across: Black, in a way (5 letters)
91 Across: "The Neverending Story" author (4 letters)
95 Across: McAn's favorite novel? (15 letters)
99 Across: Astronomical collision results (7 letters)
101 Across: Tyrrhenian Sea port (7 letters)
102 Across: Dict. tag on "tzar" (3 letters)
103 Across: It may be radical (3 letters)
104 Across: Duped (3 letters)
105 Across: Op. ___ (3 letters)
106 Across: Odds of Alda winning an Oscar? (13 letters)
110 Across: Take on (6 letters)
112 Across: Piece of software, for short (3 letters)
115 Across: Patron saint of goldsmiths (4 letters)
116 Across: Sign of a champ (3 letters)
117 Across: Unwrap, in verse (3 letters)
119 Across: Sound (4 letters)
120 Across: Knave (6 letters)
123 Across: ___ a customer (5 letters)
126 Across: Gilbert and Sullivan princess (3 letters)
127 Across: Tinnitus causes (4 letters)
128 Across: Kiss on the cheek, perhaps (5 letters)
129 Across: Putting in a row, like Sampras's rackets? (15 letters)
133 Across: More affordable (6 letters)
135 Across: Conductance unit (3 letters)
136 Across: Suffix with fail (3 letters)
137 Across: Person of learning (6 letters)
139 Across: Court case where Ripken is one of many plaintiffs? (18 letters)
143 Across: Trickle (4 letters)
145 Across: ___ tape (4 letters)
146 Across: Don't fold or call (5 letters)
147 Across: Banishes to Elba, e.g. (7 letters)
148 Across: Light brown (4 letters)
149 Across: Spotted (4 letters)
150 Across: Nautical measure (5 letters)
151 Across: Recipients (6 letters)
152 Across: Having similar genetics (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Boxer's approval (3 letters)
2 Down: "Quickly," quickly (4 letters)
3 Down: Horror film enjoyed by Turner? (11 letters)
4 Down: It holds a service (8 letters)
5 Down: More whimsical (7 letters)
6 Down: Fish with toxic blood (3 letters)
7 Down: Trees with soft wood (6 letters)
8 Down: ___ curiae (friends of the court) (5 letters)
9 Down: Mixer (5 letters)
10 Down: Official lang. of Mauritius (3 letters)
11 Down: Roy Orbison and Marvin Gaye, e.g. (6 letters)
12 Down: Musical that inspired Redding? (11 letters)
13 Down: Agcy. with the Office of Disease Prevention (3 letters)
14 Down: Scintillate (5 letters)
15 Down: It's on the back of the $1 bill (4 letters)
16 Down: Bleak (6 letters)
17 Down: Home of the world's largest aquarium (7 letters)
18 Down: What a stamped hand may allow you to do (7 letters)
19 Down: Typography units (3 letters)
21 Down: Cologne trio (4 letters)
26 Down: Viracocha worshiper (4 letters)
27 Down: Rick's love, in film (4 letters)
29 Down: Bedside workers, often: Abbr. (3 letters)
34 Down: Relax (4 letters)
35 Down: Hairstylist José (4 letters)
36 Down: P.D.A. part: Abbr. (4 letters)
38 Down: Humorist George (3 letters)
39 Down: Woman in "Othello" (6 letters)
42 Down: Sidestep (5 letters)
43 Down: Cheese with eyes (5 letters)
44 Down: Turmoil (6 letters)
45 Down: Say "#@%!" (5 letters)
46 Down: Try to unearth (4 letters)
48 Down: Spelling clarification (4 letters)
51 Down: -like, alternatively (3 letters)
53 Down: "Take a Chance ___" (Abba song) (4 letters)
54 Down: Tripod, sometimes (5 letters)
55 Down: Banned chemical (4 letters)
56 Down: Skin layer (5 letters)
57 Down: Shoulder frill (7 letters)
60 Down: Going nowhere (4 letters)
64 Down: Half 19-Down (3 letters)
65 Down: Fill in (for) (3 letters)
66 Down: "The Daughter of Time" author (3 letters)
68 Down: Choking spot (7 letters)
70 Down: "... if ___ saw one!" (5 letters)
71 Down: Tulip chair designer Saarinen (4 letters)
74 Down: "Dies ___" (4 letters)
78 Down: Standard partner (5 letters)
79 Down: Accord rival (5 letters)
81 Down: Clearly impress (4 letters)
82 Down: Take turns? (6 letters)
83 Down: Parts of a range: Abbr. (3 letters)
84 Down: "The light has dawned!" (3 letters)
85 Down: Seminary subj. (3 letters)
87 Down: Flower typically given to Neeson? (11 letters)
88 Down: Brand of nonstick cookware (4 letters)
89 Down: "W." director (5 letters)
90 Down: "This can't be!" (4 letters)
92 Down: How Goldin and her rivals finish in photography competitions? (11 letters)
93 Down: Boring things (6 letters)
94 Down: Cosmetics magnate Lauder (5 letters)
96 Down: Available, in a way (5 letters)
97 Down: Dirty (4 letters)
98 Down: Levitate (4 letters)
100 Down: Mathematician Lovelace (3 letters)
107 Down: The Gang's leader (4 letters)
108 Down: ___ lady (4 letters)
109 Down: Sarah Palin's husband (4 letters)
111 Down: Taiwan's setting (8 letters)
112 Down: Mean: Abbr. (3 letters)
113 Down: One just out (7 letters)
114 Down: Georgia or Virginia, e.g. (7 letters)
118 Down: Dupes (7 letters)
121 Down: Teacher's teaching (6 letters)
122 Down: Airport monitor info, for short (4 letters)
124 Down: Comes back the same (6 letters)
125 Down: Common noun ending (4 letters)
126 Down: Really existing (6 letters)
127 Down: Part of R&D: Abbr. (3 letters)
129 Down: State tree of Texas (5 letters)
130 Down: Organic fertilizer (5 letters)
131 Down: Physicist Schrödinger (5 letters)
132 Down: Trotter fodder (4 letters)
134 Down: Brownish songbird (4 letters)
138 Down: Actress Polo (4 letters)
139 Down: Contents of jewel cases (3 letters)
140 Down: Uncle, in Uruguay (3 letters)
141 Down: Played a heart, say (3 letters)
142 Down: Little: Suffix (3 letters)
144 Down: 86-Across, e.g. (3 letters)

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