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Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Alan Arbesfeld7/12/2009

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Across

1 Across: Figure in "Lost Horizon" (4 letters)
5 Across: Intelligent, creative sort, supposedly (5 letters)
10 Across: Fancy wheels (4 letters)
14 Across: Pet protector, for short (5 letters)
19 Across: Monthly bill: Abbr. (4 letters)
20 Across: "___ Gold" (5 letters)
21 Across: ___ Sea, 2,000-square-mile saltwater lake (4 letters)
22 Across: Singer Collins and others (5 letters)
23 Across: *Boondocks (15 letters)
26 Across: Former presidential candidate in the Forbes 400 (5 letters)
27 Across: Standing by (5 letters)
28 Across: Symbol of modesty (6 letters)
29 Across: Away with an O.K. (7 letters)
31 Across: PBS funder (3 letters)
32 Across: Mobile-to-Birmingham dir. (3 letters)
34 Across: *Ambulance destination (13 letters)
37 Across: Group of genetically related organisms (7 letters)
40 Across: "Buy ___ regular price, get ..." (5 letters)
41 Across: Directional suffix (3 letters)
42 Across: It's within your grasp (4 letters)
44 Across: With 51-Down, cry of sorrow (3 letters)
45 Across: Specter in the Senate (5 letters)
48 Across: Emulates AZ or T.I. (4 letters)
50 Across: *Imam or priest (15 letters)
54 Across: 1986 Indy winner Bobby (5 letters)
57 Across: Vacation itinerary (5 letters)
58 Across: Literary heroine whose best friend is a goatherd (5 letters)
59 Across: Copy (7 letters)
61 Across: Looney Tunes nickname (3 letters)
62 Across: San ___, Calif. (5 letters)
65 Across: Straighten out (6 letters)
68 Across: G or R issuer: Abbr. (4 letters)
69 Across: *When the heavens and earth were created (15 letters)
72 Across: Car driven by James Bond in "Octopussy," for short (4 letters)
75 Across: Forward (6 letters)
76 Across: "Sweet" stream in a Burns poem (5 letters)
77 Across: Roadie's armful (3 letters)
80 Across: Noisy but comfy chair (7 letters)
82 Across: Wallop (5 letters)
84 Across: First name in skin care (5 letters)
86 Across: Material with a distinctive diagonal weave (5 letters)
87 Across: *Deputy (15 letters)
92 Across: Serving in the navy (4 letters)
94 Across: Tweets, e.g. (5 letters)
95 Across: Grandfathers of III's (3 letters)
96 Across: Unpaid debt, e.g. (4 letters)
97 Across: Let go (3 letters)
99 Across: Strait-laced (5 letters)
101 Across: Field for a fault-finder? (7 letters)
103 Across: *Week after Christmas (13 letters)
108 Across: G, musically (3 letters)
109 Across: Lead-in to calculus (3 letters)
112 Across: 1, to a trucker (7 letters)
113 Across: Love sign (6 letters)
115 Across: Dog-___ (5 letters)
117 Across: Actor Jannings and others (5 letters)
118 Across: *Lights out in New York City (15 letters)
122 Across: Bathroom fixture (5 letters)
123 Across: "Yeah, right!" (4 letters)
124 Across: Children (5 letters)
125 Across: Part of a French opera (4 letters)
126 Across: Open stars? (5 letters)
127 Across: Tops (4 letters)
128 Across: Like mesh (5 letters)
129 Across: Bartlett, e.g. (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: A mechanic might see it a lot (5 letters)
2 Down: Flared dress (5 letters)
3 Down: Publicity push (10 letters)
4 Down: Group with the 22x platinum album "Back in Black" (4 letters)
5 Down: Saturn offering (3 letters)
6 Down: P.S. in a Beatles song (8 letters)
7 Down: Mortgage adjustment, for short (4 letters)
8 Down: Subject of some modern maps (6 letters)
9 Down: "___ Mio" (5 letters)
10 Down: "Chicago Hope" actress (5 letters)
11 Down: Choler (3 letters)
12 Down: Nick, say (3 letters)
13 Down: World Cup shout (6 letters)
14 Down: Small, fruity dessert (9 letters)
15 Down: Luster (5 letters)
16 Down: Worrisome sight on the Spanish Main (10 letters)
17 Down: Bee's target (6 letters)
18 Down: Back on board (6 letters)
24 Down: O'Brien's predecessor (4 letters)
25 Down: Get together (3 letters)
30 Down: Birthplace of James K. Polk and Andrew Johnson: Abbr. (4 letters)
33 Down: Abbr. on a cereal box (4 letters)
35 Down: Like most dorms nowadays (4 letters)
36 Down: ___ Page, woman in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (4 letters)
38 Down: 1950s Hungarian premier ___ Nagy (4 letters)
39 Down: Birds with showy mates (7 letters)
42 Down: "Hey there!" (4 letters)
43 Down: Pacific capital (4 letters)
45 Down: Foreman foe (3 letters)
46 Down: Pleonastic (9 letters)
47 Down: "The Divided Self" author R. D. ___ (5 letters)
49 Down: Former Swedish P.M. Olof ___ (5 letters)
51 Down: See 44-Across (4 letters)
52 Down: Director Sergio (5 letters)
53 Down: Bonnie in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (5 letters)
55 Down: Wanted poster letters (3 letters)
56 Down: Field of green (3 letters)
60 Down: Sister of Erato (4 letters)
63 Down: Indian tourist locale (4 letters)
64 Down: Cover girl Cheryl (5 letters)
66 Down: Cousin of a raccoon (5 letters)
67 Down: Something to play (7 letters)
69 Down: Forehead coverer (5 letters)
70 Down: Desk tray (5 letters)
71 Down: Memory: Prefix (4 letters)
72 Down: They may be crunched (3 letters)
73 Down: Wrangler rival (3 letters)
74 Down: All over (10 letters)
77 Down: No matter the cost (10 letters)
78 Down: ___ items (4 letters)
79 Down: Those hoofing it (4 letters)
81 Down: Events that are barrels of fun? (9 letters)
83 Down: '60s radical grp. (3 letters)
85 Down: Eye irritant (4 letters)
88 Down: Suffix with diet (4 letters)
89 Down: Relinquish (4 letters)
90 Down: Kind of saw (8 letters)
91 Down: Peace Prize city (4 letters)
93 Down: Verdi's "Celeste ___" (4 letters)
97 Down: A-listers (6 letters)
98 Down: Breakdown of social norms (6 letters)
100 Down: Playful rodent (6 letters)
101 Down: Payola, e.g. (6 letters)
102 Down: Promise, for one (4 letters)
104 Down: Gave the once-over (5 letters)
105 Down: Exams for future docs (5 letters)
106 Down: Uncooperative (3 letters)
107 Down: Field Marshal Rommel (5 letters)
110 Down: ___-car (5 letters)
111 Down: Lawn tool (5 letters)
114 Down: Method: Abbr. (4 letters)
116 Down: "Hurry!" (4 letters)
119 Down: Result of bringing someone home, for short (3 letters)
120 Down: Etymologist's ref. (3 letters)
121 Down: Science writer Willy (3 letters)

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