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Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23170 clues~30-60 minBy Patrick Berry2/7/2010

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Despicable (3 letters)
4 Across: World capital once called Philadelphia (5 letters)
9 Across: Computer book inserts, often (3 letters)
12 Across: Funny fellow (4 letters)
16 Across: "Antiart" art (4 letters)
20 Across: Gold, to Goya (3 letters)
21 Across: 1980s-'90s New York governor (5 letters)
22 Across: Actress Thompson (3 letters)
23 Across: Observe (4 letters)
24 Across: Medical sch. topic (4 letters)
25 Across: "The football fan is fingering the buttons on the remote ... he pushes the ___ and the game is on!" (9 letters)
27 Across: Halfway house (3 letters)
28 Across: "He's prepared a ___ of popcorn for himself ..." (9 letters)
30 Across: Crunch-time helper (4 letters)
31 Across: "... and he's got Budweiser and Michelob on tap - excellent ___!" (10 letters)
34 Across: Form popular among the Romantics (3 letters)
35 Across: No. on a food label (3 letters)
36 Across: Bergen dummy (5 letters)
38 Across: Go off course (3 letters)
39 Across: Thoroughly wets (6 letters)
41 Across: Perfumery bottles (5 letters)
43 Across: Eastern exercise (6 letters)
46 Across: Up to, in brief (3 letters)
48 Across: "Now he remembers setting $10 aside for pizza - he searches his jacket and finds it ___" (11 letters)
50 Across: "But he forgot to place the order - we may be looking at a ___ here, folks" (8 letters)
52 Across: Like birds of prey (7 letters)
54 Across: N.F.L.'er Manning (3 letters)
55 Across: Mountain West Conference team (4 letters)
56 Across: Nastase of tennis (4 letters)
58 Across: Lost power (5 letters)
59 Across: A number of (7 letters)
63 Across: Hiker? (6 letters)
65 Across: Pirate treasure (7 letters)
67 Across: "He phones the pizzeria and tells them he wants full cheese and mushroom ___" (8 letters)
68 Across: Castaway's call (3 letters)
70 Across: Not up (5 letters)
71 Across: Green man? (5 letters)
72 Across: Male meower (3 letters)
73 Across: "The pizzeria's out of mushrooms, though, so he'll need to make a ___" (12 letters)
78 Across: Film producer Apatow (4 letters)
79 Across: Veep Agnew (5 letters)
81 Across: Big holding in Risk (4 letters)
82 Across: Mildness (6 letters)
83 Across: Like cartoon "Melodies" (6 letters)
85 Across: Essayist Didion (4 letters)
86 Across: Lacks, briefly (5 letters)
88 Across: Vaulted recess (4 letters)
89 Across: "O.K., he's ordered the pizza - but now his wife is moving around in front of the TV, making ___!" (12 letters)
91 Across: IntelliStation maker (3 letters)
92 Across: Pertinent, in Latin (5 letters)
94 Across: 1978 World Series M.V.P. Dent (5 letters)
95 Across: Bronx cocktail ingredient (3 letters)
96 Across: "He's looking for an opening, but she's doing a tremendous job of ___!" (8 letters)
98 Across: Impure (7 letters)
100 Across: Soft-soap (6 letters)
105 Across: "A Shot in the Dark" star, 1964 (7 letters)
106 Across: Muddled situation (5 letters)
107 Across: Fashion's Wang (4 letters)
109 Across: Sufficient, once (4 letters)
110 Across: Battery size (3 letters)
111 Across: Wheeled table (7 letters)
113 Across: "Now he's spotted the pizza delivery boy, who's through the gate and crossing the ___!" (8 letters)
115 Across: "The pizza is $9.75 ... he hands the $10 off to the boy and waits for the ___" (11 letters)
119 Across: Wee bit (3 letters)
121 Across: Novel ending (6 letters)
122 Across: Amphetamine, slangily (5 letters)
123 Across: Heroic poet of Gaelic legend (6 letters)
125 Across: Ceiling (3 letters)
127 Across: Masked warrior (5 letters)
129 Across: Org. that accredits law schools (3 letters)
130 Across: Suffix with special (3 letters)
132 Across: "Now he's got the pizza - but the TV's showing nothing but snow! He quickly gives it an ___ ..." (10 letters)
136 Across: Periods of time (4 letters)
137 Across: "... and it works - the ___ is good!" (9 letters)
140 Across: Corn site (3 letters)
141 Across: "His posterior goes all the way back into the easy chair - ___!" (9 letters)
143 Across: "It Had to Be You" lyricist (4 letters)
144 Across: Sister of Charles (4 letters)
145 Across: Actor Vigoda (3 letters)
146 Across: '52 campaign name (5 letters)
147 Across: Gettysburg general (3 letters)
148 Across: Keep in (4 letters)
149 Across: Even (4 letters)
150 Across: Bloodshot (3 letters)
151 Across: Unintentional poker table signals (5 letters)
152 Across: P.M. or pres. (3 letters)

Down

1 Down: Tosses high (5 letters)
2 Down: Show the ropes (9 letters)
3 Down: Ratty (9 letters)
4 Down: Play a part (3 letters)
5 Down: Newsman Roger (4 letters)
6 Down: Shrubby wasteland (4 letters)
7 Down: Direct-sales giant (5 letters)
8 Down: Light, say (6 letters)
9 Down: Movie snippet (4 letters)
10 Down: Leary of TV's "Rescue Me" (5 letters)
11 Down: Permissible (10 letters)
12 Down: Spoiled (8 letters)
13 Down: "Aladdin" monkey (3 letters)
14 Down: Lie peacefully (6 letters)
15 Down: Gone platinum? (4 letters)
16 Down: Lotion amount (3 letters)
17 Down: Inuit jacket (6 letters)
18 Down: Waste time (6 letters)
19 Down: After much delay (6 letters)
26 Down: Most agile (7 letters)
29 Down: They're drawn in western scenes (9 letters)
32 Down: Nettlesome person (4 letters)
33 Down: Easy-Bake Oven introducer (6 letters)
37 Down: 700, once (3 letters)
40 Down: High degree (3 letters)
42 Down: Slicker, in a way (5 letters)
44 Down: Pomade (7 letters)
45 Down: Scarcely (3 letters)
47 Down: Brand name acquired by Toro (7 letters)
49 Down: Vexation (5 letters)
50 Down: French director Besson (3 letters)
51 Down: Crater's edge (3 letters)
53 Down: Carrying a lot (5 letters)
57 Down: Snobbishness (7 letters)
59 Down: Laying down the lawn (7 letters)
60 Down: Sine and cosine (6 letters)
61 Down: Old public squares (6 letters)
62 Down: They may be on the verge of a breakdown (6 letters)
64 Down: Id follower (3 letters)
66 Down: Make one (5 letters)
67 Down: Core military group (5 letters)
69 Down: Bear's partner in investing (7 letters)
71 Down: Frequent partner of Fonteyn (7 letters)
73 Down: Colonial "masters" (6 letters)
74 Down: Aidful (6 letters)
75 Down: "Pepto" go-with (6 letters)
76 Down: Francisco, e.g. (3 letters)
77 Down: Remove a fastener from (5 letters)
78 Down: Spasmodic (5 letters)
80 Down: Some loungewear (3 letters)
83 Down: "'Tis" memoirist (7 letters)
84 Down: Fruit peel (7 letters)
87 Down: Vacation (9 letters)
89 Down: Kind of drug (5 letters)
90 Down: Ivanovic of tennis (3 letters)
93 Down: Another name for the Furies (5 letters)
94 Down: Jet (10 letters)
97 Down: Quilty of "Lolita" (5 letters)
98 Down: Motrin rival (6 letters)
99 Down: Old Ottoman title (3 letters)
101 Down: One way to serve eel (7 letters)
102 Down: Bialy, e.g. (9 letters)
103 Down: Having a big mouth? (9 letters)
104 Down: She that is shorn (3 letters)
106 Down: Battle-scarred (8 letters)
108 Down: Arctic explorer John (3 letters)
111 Down: Cable inits. (3 letters)
112 Down: Fireside recitation (4 letters)
114 Down: Ruckus (3 letters)
115 Down: Up and down (6 letters)
116 Down: Optimistic (6 letters)
117 Down: Iraq War helicopter (6 letters)
118 Down: Salad pasta (6 letters)
120 Down: Harsh decree (6 letters)
124 Down: Daughter of Tantalus (5 letters)
126 Down: Part of L.E.D. (5 letters)
128 Down: Actor Ed (5 letters)
131 Down: "Now!" (4 letters)
133 Down: Exploit (4 letters)
134 Down: Get the best of (4 letters)
135 Down: Food energy unit: Abbr. (4 letters)
138 Down: Talking tree of Middle-earth (3 letters)
139 Down: Letterless phone button (3 letters)
142 Down: Greetings (3 letters)

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