MAKING HISTORY

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21144 clues~30-60 minBy David J. Kahn1/11/2009

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Across

1 Across: Box in many dens (4 letters)
5 Across: Insignificant (3 letters)
8 Across: Rap (6 letters)
14 Across: Second-largest city of Rhode Island (5 letters)
19 Across: "___ Majesty's Secret Service" (4 letters)
20 Across: "This round's ___" (3 letters)
21 Across: Set, as a gem (6 letters)
22 Across: Art shop offering (5 letters)
23 Across: Flier to Omsk (8 letters)
25 Across: Song with the lyric "We salute him, one and all" (12 letters)
27 Across: Most coll. applicants (3 letters)
28 Across: Thrown for ___ (5 letters)
30 Across: Suitable for service (4 letters)
31 Across: Wyoming Senator Mike (4 letters)
32 Across: More petite (7 letters)
34 Across: Exhaustive (6 letters)
38 Across: By means of (3 letters)
40 Across: Drop a brick (3 letters)
41 Across: Green's songwriting partner in old musicals (5 letters)
42 Across: Reddish-brown horses (7 letters)
46 Across: With 90-Across, what the 28 circled squares in this puzzle represent (21 letters)
52 Across: See 45-Down (4 letters)
53 Across: Compass heading (3 letters)
54 Across: "The Great Ziegfeld" co-star, 1936 (3 letters)
55 Across: Organic compounds (5 letters)
56 Across: Patriotic displays (9 letters)
59 Across: Record holder? (5 letters)
61 Across: Alice's cat in "Alice in Wonderland" (5 letters)
62 Across: Jazz Age figure (7 letters)
63 Across: Kid's rejoinder (6 letters)
65 Across: White House family of the 1840s (6 letters)
66 Across: First U.S. chief justice (5 letters)
68 Across: Butterfly's title (6 letters)
74 Across: Rock salt (6 letters)
77 Across: Like many campgrounds at night (7 letters)
78 Across: Source of late election returns, with "the" (5 letters)
83 Across: Seat of Ward County, N.D. (5 letters)
84 Across: White House tour highlight (9 letters)
86 Across: Daly TV role (5 letters)
87 Across: Pilot, e.g. (3 letters)
88 Across: Oslo Accords grp. (3 letters)
89 Across: Zaragoza's river (4 letters)
90 Across: See 46-Across (21 letters)
97 Across: James Joyce short story (7 letters)
98 Across: "Running on Empty" actress (5 letters)
99 Across: Nobel physicist Tamm (3 letters)
100 Across: Youngster (3 letters)
101 Across: "d" preceder (6 letters)
103 Across: Debater's ploy (7 letters)
107 Across: Over-the-shoulder wrap (4 letters)
110 Across: Kitchen tool with a tube (4 letters)
112 Across: Favored, with "on" (5 letters)
114 Across: Old German rocket (3 letters)
115 Across: Political insider (12 letters)
120 Across: N.F.L. coach with the most career wins (8 letters)
122 Across: Plumbing, e.g. (5 letters)
123 Across: Some college donors (6 letters)
124 Across: "The Simpsons" character whose last name has 18 letters (3 letters)
125 Across: Lying, in a way (4 letters)
126 Across: "Family Ties" mom (5 letters)
127 Across: Behind (6 letters)
128 Across: Citizenship Day mo. (3 letters)
129 Across: Citi Field team, starting in 2009 (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: A goner (5 letters)
2 Down: Possible answer to "Where are you?" (5 letters)
3 Down: Chapter's partner (5 letters)
4 Down: First word of Montana's motto (3 letters)
5 Down: Pre-election workers (7 letters)
6 Down: Set adrift (5 letters)
7 Down: Some Security Council vetoes (4 letters)
8 Down: Snicker sound (3 letters)
9 Down: Member of an empire that ended in the 16th century (3 letters)
10 Down: Dr. ___ (3 letters)
11 Down: Hang one's ___ (trust in) (5 letters)
12 Down: "Sesame Street" tune, with "The" (5 letters)
13 Down: Fountain in New Orleans (4 letters)
14 Down: Corduroy ridge (3 letters)
15 Down: Quaker Oats product (9 letters)
16 Down: Outside's opposite (4 letters)
17 Down: At the home of: Fr. (4 letters)
18 Down: Diplomat Annan (4 letters)
24 Down: Laissez-___ (5 letters)
26 Down: Devastation (5 letters)
29 Down: Pits (6 letters)
33 Down: Former big name in browsers (7 letters)
35 Down: Popular film Web site, briefly (3 letters)
36 Down: Spanish monarch (3 letters)
37 Down: Schubert's "Symphony No. 8 ___ Minor" (3 letters)
39 Down: Put out (5 letters)
41 Down: Workplace for Reps. and Dems. (4 letters)
42 Down: Decline (5 letters)
43 Down: Like heaven's vault, in a Shelley poem (4 letters)
44 Down: Song syllables (4 letters)
45 Down: With 52-Across, what angels pray for (4 letters)
46 Down: Mine part (5 letters)
47 Down: Opportune (5 letters)
48 Down: Like some chambers (5 letters)
49 Down: Sport (4 letters)
50 Down: Possible location for a back door (5 letters)
51 Down: Etymologist's interest (4 letters)
57 Down: "Talk of the Nation" airer (3 letters)
58 Down: Carnal subject (4 letters)
59 Down: Certain engine (5 letters)
60 Down: Reagan-___ (3 letters)
64 Down: "___ babbino caro" (Puccini aria) (4 letters)
66 Down: Islamic spirit (5 letters)
67 Down: "___ be in England": Browning (3 letters)
69 Down: Lab noise? (3 letters)
70 Down: Some exiles (7 letters)
71 Down: Out (5 letters)
72 Down: Introduction to economics? (5 letters)
73 Down: Used as a dining surface (5 letters)
75 Down: Energized (5 letters)
76 Down: Tells it like it isn't (4 letters)
77 Down: Arctic sight (4 letters)
78 Down: Country singer Black (4 letters)
79 Down: Inauguration recital (4 letters)
80 Down: Yearn (for) (4 letters)
81 Down: Newly sprouted trees (9 letters)
82 Down: Impatient sort (5 letters)
84 Down: Numbers? (6 letters)
85 Down: Frankie with a falsetto (4 letters)
91 Down: Parts of forearms (5 letters)
92 Down: Where a torpedo may be made (3 letters)
93 Down: Turner of note (3 letters)
94 Down: By way of: Abbr. (3 letters)
95 Down: Cheer (7 letters)
96 Down: "OMG!," quaintly (5 letters)
101 Down: The Wizard of ___ Park (5 letters)
102 Down: Io's guardian, in Greek myth (5 letters)
103 Down: Not wait for the parents' blessing, say (5 letters)
104 Down: Bit of I.C.U. equipment (5 letters)
105 Down: Barn young 'un (5 letters)
106 Down: PBS policy (5 letters)
107 Down: Elbowroom (4 letters)
108 Down: Ear part (4 letters)
109 Down: Give back (4 letters)
111 Down: West Virginia resource (4 letters)
113 Down: ___ touch (4 letters)
116 Down: Kicker's aid (3 letters)
117 Down: Old Dodge (3 letters)
118 Down: Suffix with Caesar (3 letters)
119 Down: Quick rule? (3 letters)
121 Down: Something often cured (3 letters)

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