GRIN AND PARROT

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Brendan Emmett Quigley10/9/2011

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Across

1 Across: Dancing misstep (4 letters)
5 Across: Time's 1981 Man of the Year (6 letters)
11 Across: Churchill item (5 letters)
16 Across: Chattering bird (3 letters)
19 Across: Subject of a blurry photo, maybe (4 letters)
20 Across: Some terminals (6 letters)
21 Across: Mild 11-Across (5 letters)
22 Across: Ice climber's tool (3 letters)
23 Across: Ride (4 letters)
24 Across: Détente as a means of self-preservation? (12 letters)
26 Across: World Factbook publisher, in brief (3 letters)
27 Across: Floored by (8 letters)
29 Across: Some extra bills, maybe (3 letters)
30 Across: Symbols of a budding romance (6 letters)
32 Across: Big name in office supplies (5 letters)
33 Across: "The ___ Bride" (Rimsky-Korsakov opera) (5 letters)
36 Across: Take ___ (rest) (4 letters)
37 Across: Like most churches (6 letters)
40 Across: Make a homie's turf unfit for habitation? (13 letters)
44 Across: Adjust (5 letters)
45 Across: "Today" rival, for short (3 letters)
47 Across: Veep Agnew (5 letters)
48 Across: Off (4 letters)
49 Across: Thai money (5 letters)
50 Across: Dissertation (5 letters)
53 Across: Where the 34th Infantry Division fought: Abbr. (3 letters)
54 Across: Joint legislative assemblies (5 letters)
55 Across: Israel's Weizman (4 letters)
56 Across: Seven, for one (7 letters)
58 Across: Songs for one (4 letters)
60 Across: Eye part (3 letters)
61 Across: Diminutive of a common Russian man's name (5 letters)
63 Across: Antiulcer pill (6 letters)
65 Across: Juice component (4 letters)
67 Across: Lay out some newspaper copy the old-fashioned way? (17 letters)
71 Across: Debating two options, say (4 letters)
72 Across: Whine (6 letters)
73 Across: Barrel part (5 letters)
75 Across: Match closers, for short (3 letters)
78 Across: Tucson sch. (4 letters)
80 Across: Quickly (7 letters)
82 Across: "While you ___ out ... " (4 letters)
84 Across: Go off (5 letters)
86 Across: They're laid by aves (3 letters)
88 Across: Shiny, hollow paperweight (5 letters)
89 Across: Prefix with venous (5 letters)
90 Across: Star men? (4 letters)
91 Across: Churchgoers (5 letters)
93 Across: Electoral map shade (3 letters)
94 Across: Blender maker (5 letters)
95 Across: Rhombus on an award? (13 letters)
99 Across: Taking drugs (6 letters)
100 Across: Dead letter? (4 letters)
101 Across: Concert for ___ (2007 event) (5 letters)
102 Across: Highflier's home? (5 letters)
104 Across: Derailleur settings (6 letters)
106 Across: Cartoon character whose last name is Höek (3 letters)
107 Across: Dressing place (8 letters)
111 Across: P (3 letters)
112 Across: What a mysterious restaurant critic has? (12 letters)
116 Across: 1968 live folk record (4 letters)
117 Across: Company with Patch Media (3 letters)
118 Across: Sourpusses (5 letters)
119 Across: Precipitation prediction (6 letters)
120 Across: Something special (4 letters)
121 Across: Many a shampoo (3 letters)
122 Across: Court nobleman in "Hamlet" (5 letters)
123 Across: Bottoms (6 letters)
124 Across: "Mr. Roboto" band, 1983 (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Banks raking in the money? (4 letters)
2 Down: Criticize severely, with "out" (4 letters)
3 Down: Chichén ___ (Mayan ruins) (4 letters)
4 Down: Getaway where Italian pies are consumed? (12 letters)
5 Down: Crumpled (up) (6 letters)
6 Down: Close to, in poetry (5 letters)
7 Down: Skyscraping (5 letters)
8 Down: Dutch city (3 letters)
9 Down: Mailed (6 letters)
10 Down: Setting of the castle Rocca Maggiore (6 letters)
11 Down: Early third-century year (3 letters)
12 Down: France's Belle-___-en-Mer (3 letters)
13 Down: Vacancies (4 letters)
14 Down: Foe of the Pawnee (7 letters)
15 Down: Cyrano de Bergerac wooed her (6 letters)
16 Down: Strength required to lift a car? (9 letters)
17 Down: Revolutionary line (4 letters)
18 Down: What a raised hand may mean (3 letters)
25 Down: "Can't beat that contract" (5 letters)
28 Down: Duke ___, Rocky's manager/trainer (5 letters)
31 Down: 1986 Indy 500 winner (5 letters)
34 Down: Weapon in Clue (4 letters)
35 Down: Ticked-off states (5 letters)
37 Down: "Quién ___?" ("Who knows?") (4 letters)
38 Down: Shopping center (5 letters)
39 Down: What PC gurus provide (6 letters)
40 Down: Some New Guineans (7 letters)
41 Down: Army units (6 letters)
42 Down: "Yes ___?" (4 letters)
43 Down: Couple (4 letters)
45 Down: Scholastic measure: Abbr. (3 letters)
46 Down: Seder serving (5 letters)
51 Down: Title character in love with Elvira (6 letters)
52 Down: Snitch's activity (7 letters)
54 Down: Light on the stove (5 letters)
56 Down: Drag-racing fuel (5 letters)
57 Down: Grubs, e.g. (6 letters)
59 Down: Ukrainian city (5 letters)
62 Down: Obliterates (5 letters)
64 Down: Last thing a fellow actor says, maybe (7 letters)
66 Down: Awards won by shrimps? (12 letters)
68 Down: Surround (6 letters)
69 Down: Drop a letter or two (5 letters)
70 Down: Actress Mimieux (6 letters)
74 Down: Dropped the ball (5 letters)
75 Down: Dole's running mate of 1996 (4 letters)
76 Down: Like some contraception (4 letters)
77 Down: Where your opinion on "One lump or two?" counts? (9 letters)
79 Down: Skirt (5 letters)
81 Down: Nascar Hall-of-Famer Jarrett (3 letters)
83 Down: Spots for hammers and anvils (4 letters)
85 Down: Sharp irritation (5 letters)
87 Down: Berry in some energy boosters (4 letters)
89 Down: Slice of old Turkey? (5 letters)
91 Down: Bird hangouts (7 letters)
92 Down: Target competitor (5 letters)
96 Down: Intl. humanities group (6 letters)
97 Down: Bowler's target (6 letters)
98 Down: Refrain bit (6 letters)
99 Down: End of a pricing phrase (6 letters)
102 Down: Japanese beer (5 letters)
103 Down: Fire-___ (carnival performer) (5 letters)
104 Down: Home for a certain old woman (4 letters)
105 Down: Tattoo removal reminder (4 letters)
108 Down: Like some sparkling wines (4 letters)
109 Down: Side (with) (4 letters)
110 Down: Sauce thickener (4 letters)
111 Down: Car wash need (3 letters)
113 Down: A single may get you one, briefly (3 letters)
114 Down: PC key (3 letters)
115 Down: Like some flat-screen panels, for short (3 letters)

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