WISECRACKS

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21138 clues~30-60 minBy Alan Arbesfeld5/20/2012

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Crossword Clues

Across

1 Across: Course preparer (4 letters)
5 Across: Close shave (6 letters)
11 Across: John Lennon song that ends "I love you, yeah, yeah, now and forever" (5 letters)
16 Across: Deck (out) (3 letters)
19 Across: Tops (4 letters)
20 Across: Like some church matters (6 letters)
21 Across: Monster slain by Hercules (5 letters)
22 Across: Lead-in to meter (3 letters)
23 Across: Chocolat, say? (17 letters)
26 Across: Shorten, with "off" (3 letters)
27 Across: In the limelight (7 letters)
28 Across: HBO competitor (5 letters)
29 Across: Emphatic denial (7 letters)
31 Across: Home to the Minutemen, informally (5 letters)
33 Across: When repeated, an old New Orleans tune (3 letters)
35 Across: Word repeated four times in the last line of Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage" speech (4 letters)
36 Across: Polyester fabric (6 letters)
39 Across: Macho drag queen? (14 letters)
46 Across: Shield border (4 letters)
47 Across: Make, as a copy of a CD (4 letters)
48 Across: Stop on a line (5 letters)
49 Across: Dockworkers' org. (3 letters)
50 Across: Like literary classics? (11 letters)
54 Across: Call to the bar? (8 letters)
56 Across: Weirdo (3 letters)
57 Across: Earth goddess (4 letters)
58 Across: Bobby who sang "Take Good Care of My Baby" (3 letters)
60 Across: Hall-of-Fame pitcher Joss (5 letters)
61 Across: Unsurprisingly (7 letters)
63 Across: Skinny? (6 letters)
65 Across: Discreet signal (3 letters)
68 Across: Like a centaur? (10 letters)
70 Across: "Don't let that youngster get off without paying!"? (10 letters)
75 Across: Rural setting (3 letters)
76 Across: Had way too much of (6 letters)
78 Across: Words from a con man (7 letters)
79 Across: Given a number, maybe (5 letters)
83 Across: Flushed (3 letters)
84 Across: Baseball's strikeout king (4 letters)
85 Across: Go (for) (3 letters)
86 Across: Unbiased account? (8 letters)
89 Across: Announcement made by a transplant surgeon, perhaps? (11 letters)
92 Across: British isle (3 letters)
93 Across: Allan-___ (figure in the Robin Hood legend) (5 letters)
95 Across: Omelette ingredient (4 letters)
96 Across: Middling grades (4 letters)
97 Across: Stigmatize a "great" king? (14 letters)
100 Across: Hankering (6 letters)
102 Across: Salon selection (4 letters)
103 Across: Twin killings, on a diamond: Abbr. (3 letters)
104 Across: Went off course (5 letters)
106 Across: Part of the inn crowd? (7 letters)
110 Across: Access requirement, maybe (5 letters)
114 Across: Old-fashioned ingredient (7 letters)
118 Across: Big collection agcy. (3 letters)
119 Across: Two reasons to avoid a dog kennel? (17 letters)
122 Across: Apt name for a 1-Across? (3 letters)
123 Across: Unenthusiastic (5 letters)
124 Across: Maximum (6 letters)
125 Across: Bar mixer (4 letters)
126 Across: Rx amt. (3 letters)
127 Across: Wonderland message (5 letters)
128 Across: "Are you kidding me?" (6 letters)
129 Across: Ocho minus cinco (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Roman censor (4 letters)
2 Down: Game ender, at times (4 letters)
3 Down: Chemical endings (4 letters)
4 Down: Given prominence (8 letters)
5 Down: "A diamond is forever," e.g. (6 letters)
6 Down: Saint-Germain-des-Prés sights (5 letters)
7 Down: Ohio or Colorado: Abbr. (3 letters)
8 Down: Some tennis winners (4 letters)
9 Down: Head line? (4 letters)
10 Down: Lanchester on the screen (4 letters)
11 Down: Little genius (7 letters)
12 Down: Olive ___ (3 letters)
13 Down: Mid 16th-century year (4 letters)
14 Down: God with a shield (4 letters)
15 Down: Launch party? (4 letters)
16 Down: Was duplicitous (8 letters)
17 Down: Former co-host of "The View" (8 letters)
18 Down: Lose it (8 letters)
24 Down: ___-shanter (4 letters)
25 Down: Of no interest (4 letters)
30 Down: See 32-Down: Abbr. (3 letters)
32 Down: Native of 30-Down (5 letters)
34 Down: It's solid yellow (7 letters)
36 Down: Take a peke? (6 letters)
37 Down: Excitement (7 letters)
38 Down: Debate ender (7 letters)
40 Down: Do more than threaten, say (3 letters)
41 Down: Pilgrim (8 letters)
42 Down: Anesthetized (5 letters)
43 Down: Tore (4 letters)
44 Down: Like some dorms (4 letters)
45 Down: Title town of a Longfellow poem (4 letters)
51 Down: Chihuahua drink (4 letters)
52 Down: Tandoor-baked bread (4 letters)
53 Down: Where heroes are made (4 letters)
55 Down: Elaine of "Seinfeld" (5 letters)
59 Down: Represented (8 letters)
62 Down: Outlaw Belle who is said to have harbored Jesse James (5 letters)
63 Down: Many a Little League coach (3 letters)
64 Down: River to the Rhône (3 letters)
66 Down: When many German steins are lifted (7 letters)
67 Down: They get bigger when you smile (7 letters)
69 Down: Hit the runway (7 letters)
71 Down: Astronomical distance: Abbr. (4 letters)
72 Down: Refrain syllables (4 letters)
73 Down: Easter activity (4 letters)
74 Down: Abhor (6 letters)
77 Down: Actor Alain (5 letters)
80 Down: Barely (4 letters)
81 Down: "I did it!" (4 letters)
82 Down: It's grounded every Saturday (4 letters)
84 Down: Prepare, as some Mexican-style beans (5 letters)
86 Down: Aesop, notably (8 letters)
87 Down: Places for gates (8 letters)
88 Down: "That makes sense" (8 letters)
90 Down: Saturn S.U.V. (3 letters)
91 Down: Conclusive trial (8 letters)
94 Down: Lose it (7 letters)
98 Down: Holiday quaff (3 letters)
99 Down: Not worth ___ (4 letters)
100 Down: Singer of the 1958 #1 hit "It's Only Make Believe" (6 letters)
101 Down: The first "H" in Hanukkah (4 letters)
105 Down: Former TV judge (5 letters)
107 Down: Suffix with cigar (4 letters)
108 Down: Cousin of an ostrich (4 letters)
109 Down: Back-to-sch. time (4 letters)
111 Down: Growl (4 letters)
112 Down: Sitting on one's hands (4 letters)
113 Down: Simba's mate (4 letters)
115 Down: ___ effort (4 letters)
116 Down: Tactless (4 letters)
117 Down: Mmes., over the border (4 letters)
120 Down: Actor Alastair (3 letters)
121 Down: Cambodia's Lon ___ (3 letters)

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