PRIORESSES

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21138 clues~30-60 minBy Patrick Berry3/15/2009

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Across

1 Across: Sporty Mazdas (6 letters)
7 Across: Name shared by two apostles (5 letters)
12 Across: Org. founded by Samuel Gompers (3 letters)
15 Across: Dartboard site (3 letters)
18 Across: Eastern Catholic who recognizes the pope's authority (6 letters)
19 Across: Habitual practices (6 letters)
21 Across: Geological epoch when mastodons appeared (7 letters)
23 Across: Ridiculed someone as loudly as possible? (13 letters)
25 Across: Colombian carrier (7 letters)
26 Across: Scratch left on a table? (3 letters)
27 Across: Oscar winner Kedrova (4 letters)
28 Across: Piece of hay? (11 letters)
30 Across: Comedic bits by guys sitting at a bar? (10 letters)
34 Across: Stoked, perhaps (4 letters)
35 Across: Originally (3 letters)
36 Across: Architect Saarinen (4 letters)
37 Across: Does some improvisations (5 letters)
39 Across: Astronaut's old wound? (9 letters)
43 Across: Book recited during Purim (6 letters)
46 Across: Tarot suit (4 letters)
48 Across: Modest knowledge (7 letters)
49 Across: "Tarzan" star Ron (3 letters)
50 Across: Holders of jacks (6 letters)
52 Across: Co. that makes bar code scanners (3 letters)
53 Across: Worked at an herb shop, maybe? (8 letters)
57 Across: Change devices that divert trains to different tracks? (12 letters)
63 Across: Gilbert and Sullivan princess (3 letters)
64 Across: "Rapture" singer Baker (5 letters)
66 Across: Nautical passage (6 letters)
67 Across: The Pacific's "Valley Isle" (4 letters)
68 Across: It may be checked (4 letters)
70 Across: Actor Rhames of the "Mission: Impossible" films (4 letters)
72 Across: Icon on Guinness bottles (4 letters)
73 Across: Cracker coating (4 letters)
74 Across: Literary award shaped like a rocket (4 letters)
75 Across: Blockbuster movie, e.g. (6 letters)
77 Across: World Heritage Site in Jordan (5 letters)
80 Across: CBS show with two spinoffs (3 letters)
81 Across: Ore refinery? (12 letters)
84 Across: Large field of dirt? (8 letters)
86 Across: Director Jean-___ Godard (3 letters)
87 Across: "Holy moly!" (6 letters)
89 Across: Opposite of paleo- (3 letters)
90 Across: Kickback for good publicity (7 letters)
94 Across: "Let's Make a Deal" choice (4 letters)
95 Across: Pythian Games site (6 letters)
99 Across: Reaction upon being hit with a chair in WrestleMania? (9 letters)
101 Across: Removes lumps from batter (5 letters)
104 Across: Schönberg's "Moses und ___" (4 letters)
105 Across: German "rocks" (3 letters)
106 Across: Desideratum (4 letters)
108 Across: What an angry robot might do? (10 letters)
111 Across: What Buffy might be doing at the end of a long, hard night? (11 letters)
116 Across: See 121-Down (4 letters)
117 Across: Hierarchy chart's top box (3 letters)
118 Across: Atlas Mountains locale (7 letters)
119 Across: Increase in perfect basketball shots? (13 letters)
123 Across: Making, as money (7 letters)
124 Across: Out, in library lingo (6 letters)
125 Across: Be a busybody (6 letters)
126 Across: It's considerably bigger than D (3 letters)
127 Across: ___ Miguel (largest of the Azores) (3 letters)
128 Across: Tossed (5 letters)
129 Across: Judge (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Too good to miss, as a TV show (7 letters)
2 Down: Urges on (7 letters)
3 Down: 1970 disaster flick (7 letters)
4 Down: Inventor's inits. (3 letters)
5 Down: In any way (5 letters)
6 Down: Penultimate round (5 letters)
7 Down: Like bar mitzvahs (6 letters)
8 Down: Dummkopf (3 letters)
9 Down: Buddy (3 letters)
10 Down: Yes-men feed them (4 letters)
11 Down: Tempur-Pedic competitor (5 letters)
12 Down: Combination (7 letters)
13 Down: V, to Valerian (4 letters)
14 Down: "Family Guy" mom (4 letters)
15 Down: Hair shirt wearer's activity (7 letters)
16 Down: Not properly explained (7 letters)
17 Down: It might hold the solution (6 letters)
20 Down: Hiccups, so to speak (5 letters)
22 Down: Cool ___ (3 letters)
24 Down: Group with an Exalted Ruler (4 letters)
29 Down: Hits with one's fist (4 letters)
31 Down: ___ and aahed (5 letters)
32 Down: Folded fast food (4 letters)
33 Down: Snow tire features (5 letters)
38 Down: Ejects (5 letters)
40 Down: "Bold Lover, never, never ___ thou kiss": Keats (5 letters)
41 Down: Make aquatints (4 letters)
42 Down: Moves fingers across strings (6 letters)
44 Down: "Born Free" lioness (4 letters)
45 Down: Illinois governor before Blagojevich (4 letters)
47 Down: See 115-Down (5 letters)
50 Down: Dispensing, with "out" (6 letters)
51 Down: Standing subway passenger's aid (5 letters)
53 Down: Worshipers at Amritsar's Golden Temple (5 letters)
54 Down: Disgrace (5 letters)
55 Down: Depression-era photojournalist Dorothea (5 letters)
56 Down: Accepted fact (5 letters)
58 Down: Nice touch (6 letters)
59 Down: Aware of (5 letters)
60 Down: Org. co-founded by W. E. B. Du Bois (5 letters)
61 Down: City in Tornado Alley (5 letters)
62 Down: Audit, with "on" (5 letters)
65 Down: Apprehensive (5 letters)
69 Down: "The Lord of the Rings" ring bearer (6 letters)
71 Down: Opened wide (5 letters)
75 Down: Maker of Caplio cameras (5 letters)
76 Down: Brand recognition aids (5 letters)
78 Down: Drink garnish, often (4 letters)
79 Down: Away from the wind (4 letters)
82 Down: Actions on shirtsleeves (4 letters)
83 Down: Honey pie (5 letters)
85 Down: Alternative energy type (5 letters)
88 Down: IV (4 letters)
90 Down: 2008 World Series winner (7 letters)
91 Down: Trattoria dish (7 letters)
92 Down: In ancient times (7 letters)
93 Down: Strong hold'em holding (4 letters)
96 Down: Go before (7 letters)
97 Down: Writer William Dean ___ (7 letters)
98 Down: Foot pads? (7 letters)
99 Down: Bun topper (6 letters)
100 Down: Only five-time U.S. Horse of the Year (5 letters)
102 Down: Irritating (6 letters)
103 Down: W.W. II submachine gun (4 letters)
107 Down: Certain crossword entries (5 letters)
109 Down: Arithmetic series symbol (5 letters)
110 Down: Docket listings (5 letters)
112 Down: On the other hand (3 letters)
113 Down: Rainbow goddess (4 letters)
114 Down: Ingénue in Chekhov's "The Seagull" (4 letters)
115 Down: With 47-Down, Oscar nominee for "Ali" (4 letters)
120 Down: Old bronze coin (3 letters)
121 Down: ___ Solo, love interest of 116-Across (3 letters)
122 Down: Dict. entries (3 letters)

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