FIGURE OF SPEECH

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Patrick Blindauer10/17/2010

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Across

1 Across: Alaska senator Murkowski (4 letters)
5 Across: Sean who played the title role in "Rudy," 1993 (5 letters)
10 Across: Start to frost? (5 letters)
15 Across: Pan handler (4 letters)
19 Across: El océano, por ejemplo (4 letters)
20 Across: Shakespeare's Lennox, Angus or Ross (5 letters)
21 Across: Bitter (5 letters)
22 Across: Aries or Taurus (4 letters)
23 Across: Hoop grp. (4 letters)
24 Across: They may be split (5 letters)
25 Across: Singer with the #1 country hit "Hello Darlin'" (10 letters)
27 Across: When repeated, a calming phrase (3 letters)
28 Across: A whole lot (6 letters)
29 Across: Debate side (4 letters)
30 Across: Cartographic extra (5 letters)
31 Across: Egg protector (3 letters)
32 Across: Easy as falling off ___ (4 letters)
33 Across: Salon, for example (5 letters)
35 Across: Listens, old-style (5 letters)
37 Across: Suspenseful 1966 Broadway hit (11 letters)
43 Across: Grp. that conducts many tests (3 letters)
46 Across: Biblical liar (7 letters)
48 Across: See 39-Down (5 letters)
49 Across: Actress ___ Chong (7 letters)
51 Across: Least welcoming (6 letters)
52 Across: Wait upon (6 letters)
53 Across: Gathered (7 letters)
54 Across: ___ Coty, French president before de Gaulle (4 letters)
55 Across: Stick in the mud (4 letters)
57 Across: Subtracting (4 letters)
59 Across: Cassandra, for one (4 letters)
60 Across: Repeatedly raised the bar? (9 letters)
63 Across: Long piece of glassware (8 letters)
67 Across: N.F.C. South player (3 letters)
70 Across: Noggin (4 letters)
71 Across: Still product: Abbr. (3 letters)
72 Across: On the safe side (4 letters)
73 Across: Wave function symbol in quantum mechanics (3 letters)
74 Across: Items of short-lived use (8 letters)
76 Across: Racy best-selling novel of 1956 (9 letters)
79 Across: Take ___ (rest) (4 letters)
80 Across: Hindu titles (4 letters)
82 Across: Speed-skating champ Johann ___ Koss (4 letters)
83 Across: Out of (4 letters)
87 Across: Like an egocentric's attitude (7 letters)
91 Across: Flammable fuel (6 letters)
93 Across: Part of a postal address for Gannon University (6 letters)
95 Across: Carry out (7 letters)
96 Across: Moon of Saturn (5 letters)
97 Across: Barbecue cook (7 letters)
98 Across: Football linemen: Abbr. (3 letters)
99 Across: Fast-talking salesman's tactic (11 letters)
102 Across: Itsy-bitsy (5 letters)
103 Across: Explorer ___ da Gama (5 letters)
104 Across: Shout from one who's on a roll? (4 letters)
106 Across: ___ loss (3 letters)
107 Across: One to a customer, e.g. (5 letters)
110 Across: Prime (4 letters)
113 Across: Camping treats (6 letters)
115 Across: B.M.O.C.'s, often (3 letters)
116 Across: X Games competitor (10 letters)
118 Across: Rikki-___-tavi (5 letters)
119 Across: Tanned (4 letters)
120 Across: Zoom (4 letters)
121 Across: Florida univ. affiliated with the Catholic Church (5 letters)
122 Across: ___ the hole (5 letters)
123 Across: "... and ___ it again!" (4 letters)
124 Across: "Twilight," e.g. (4 letters)
125 Across: ___ manual (5 letters)
126 Across: Gull relatives (5 letters)
127 Across: Spat (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Common patio sight (9 letters)
2 Down: Bliss, it is said (9 letters)
3 Down: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, in New York City (9 letters)
4 Down: Prominent tower, for short (3 letters)
5 Down: Massachusetts industrial city on the Millers River (5 letters)
6 Down: Trails (7 letters)
7 Down: Follow too closely (6 letters)
8 Down: Dictator's phrase (4 letters)
9 Down: Dread loch? (4 letters)
10 Down: Spotted cavy (4 letters)
11 Down: H.S. class (4 letters)
12 Down: Didn't buy, perhaps (6 letters)
13 Down: Don Herbert's moniker on 1950s-'60s TV (8 letters)
14 Down: Lessen (3 letters)
15 Down: "Educating Rita" star (5 letters)
16 Down: Sheds (4 letters)
17 Down: Novel conclusion? (4 letters)
18 Down: Track star A. J. (4 letters)
26 Down: Gave a sly signal (6 letters)
28 Down: Good spot for a date? (5 letters)
34 Down: "Dies ___" (hymn) (4 letters)
36 Down: Prepare for a dubbing (5 letters)
38 Down: Yucatán "you" (5 letters)
39 Down: With 48-Across, mediocre (3 letters)
40 Down: Insomniac's TV viewing (11 letters)
41 Down: "The Chairs" playwright (7 letters)
42 Down: Former Fords (4 letters)
43 Down: Showing, as a deck member (6 letters)
44 Down: Square sorts (6 letters)
45 Down: Peace Nobelist Sakharov (6 letters)
47 Down: Cost for getting money, maybe (6 letters)
50 Down: Common settler (4 letters)
52 Down: Bowls (6 letters)
56 Down: ___-Tass news agency (4 letters)
58 Down: Bread, milk or eggs (6 letters)
61 Down: Tech stock (3 letters)
62 Down: Elk (7 letters)
64 Down: Folk singer Jenkins (4 letters)
65 Down: Miracle Mets pitcher, 1969 (6 letters)
66 Down: Shamus (3 letters)
67 Down: Person who's visibly happy (6 letters)
68 Down: On deck (6 letters)
69 Down: Rubs (6 letters)
75 Down: Sweeping story (4 letters)
77 Down: Schubert's "Eine kleine Trauermusik," e.g. (5 letters)
78 Down: Use TurboTax, say (5 letters)
81 Down: Comedian Foxx (4 letters)
84 Down: Movie producer's time of stress (9 letters)
85 Down: Tariffs hinder it (9 letters)
86 Down: Oscar-winning actress for "The Great Lie," 1941 (9 letters)
88 Down: With freedom of tempo (6 letters)
89 Down: Conditions (4 letters)
90 Down: Some service stations (8 letters)
92 Down: Black bird (3 letters)
94 Down: Devotional ceremonies (5 letters)
97 Down: Pickle type (7 letters)
100 Down: Noggin (6 letters)
101 Down: Ring around the collar (6 letters)
103 Down: Lead-in to harp or phone (5 letters)
105 Down: Dancer's controls? (5 letters)
107 Down: W.W. II craft (4 letters)
108 Down: Furniture giant (4 letters)
109 Down: Largest employer in Newton, Iowa, until 2006 (4 letters)
111 Down: Not e'en once (4 letters)
112 Down: Winged Greek god (4 letters)
113 Down: Ballpark figure (4 letters)
114 Down: Cheese lovers (4 letters)
117 Down: The Sun Devils of the N.C.A.A. (3 letters)
119 Down: Magnanimous (3 letters)

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