ELEMENT OF SURPRISE

Difficulty: HardGrid: 21x21140 clues~30-60 minBy Elizabeth C. Gorski6/24/2012

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Across

1 Across: Went easy on (6 letters)
7 Across: Went 90, say (4 letters)
11 Across: Pop's relative? (4 letters)
15 Across: Nurse (3 letters)
18 Across: 18th-century Russian emperor (7 letters)
20 Across: "___ homo" (4 letters)
21 Across: Media executive Bob (4 letters)
22 Across: Mobile info organizer (3 letters)
23 Across: Every chemical element has one (12 letters)
25 Across: Stalks in a soup kitchen (8 letters)
27 Across: "Tough-actin'" medication (8 letters)
28 Across: Ginger cookie (4 letters)
30 Across: Eye salaciously (6 letters)
31 Across: Bare (5 letters)
32 Across: 2012 Mark Wahlberg comedy (3 letters)
34 Across: Load to bear (4 letters)
36 Across: Present from birth (6 letters)
37 Across: Antlered animal (3 letters)
38 Across: Goggled (5 letters)
40 Across: Worrisome Arctic and Antarctic developments (10 letters)
42 Across: ___ anglais (English horn) (3 letters)
43 Across: Congratulations indicator (3 letters)
45 Across: Have loans (3 letters)
46 Across: Sue Grafton's "___ for Outlaw" (3 letters)
47 Across: Popular Caribbean destination, informally (7 letters)
51 Across: "___ 1138" (1971 sci-fi film) (3 letters)
53 Across: Search with a fine-tooth comb (5 letters)
55 Across: Realm (6 letters)
56 Across: Sommelier's pick (6 letters)
59 Across: Drapery adornments (7 letters)
63 Across: Backup procedure (5 letters)
64 Across: Chorus line leader? (3 letters)
65 Across: Seeing someone socially (7 letters)
67 Across: Fan sound (3 letters)
68 Across: Cost (5 letters)
69 Across: Conservationist's catchphrase (9 letters)
71 Across: Slope (5 letters)
73 Across: Pose (3 letters)
74 Across: Falls for married women? (7 letters)
76 Across: Roker and Pacino (3 letters)
77 Across: Supermarket datum (5 letters)
78 Across: To date (7 letters)
80 Across: Like puns among all forms of humor, it's said (6 letters)
82 Across: In the arms of Morpheus (6 letters)
83 Across: Place (5 letters)
85 Across: ___ Diego (3 letters)
86 Across: Harangues (7 letters)
88 Across: Arm of the U.S. Cong. (3 letters)
89 Across: Big tippler (3 letters)
91 Across: Financial page abbr. (3 letters)
93 Across: Some nods (3 letters)
94 Across: Arborist's catchphrase (10 letters)
98 Across: Gemini and Virgo (5 letters)
100 Across: Exchange purchase: Abbr. (3 letters)
103 Across: Dutch exports (6 letters)
104 Across: Sight on an Alaskan cruise (4 letters)
106 Across: Animal pouch (3 letters)
107 Across: Transnational cash (5 letters)
109 Across: Farm machines (6 letters)
110 Across: N.Y.C. home of van Gogh (4 letters)
112 Across: Cause panic in a theater, perhaps (8 letters)
114 Across: Seltzer bottle capacity (8 letters)
117 Across: Environmentalist's catchphrase (12 letters)
119 Across: Hubbub (3 letters)
120 Across: Neighbor of Sask. (4 letters)
121 Across: Band with a juiced-up name? (4 letters)
122 Across: Tokenish (7 letters)
123 Across: Vacation acquisition, maybe (3 letters)
124 Across: Edible root (4 letters)
125 Across: ___ Hashana (4 letters)
126 Across: Flirtatious lot (6 letters)

Down

1 Down: Tiffs (5 letters)
2 Down: Tiny (6 letters)
3 Down: Like much avant-garde music (6 letters)
4 Down: Comment (6 letters)
5 Down: Dampier of the N.B.A. (5 letters)
6 Down: Webster's ref. (4 letters)
7 Down: Theological inst. (3 letters)
8 Down: Potential landfill pollutants, for short (4 letters)
9 Down: Car opener? (5 letters)
10 Down: Presidential middle name (6 letters)
11 Down: Signature piece? (3 letters)
12 Down: Century, say (3 letters)
13 Down: Nervous ___ (6 letters)
14 Down: Atmospheric worries (15 letters)
15 Down: Pasta shapes (7 letters)
16 Down: Brainstorm (6 letters)
17 Down: Wallops (6 letters)
19 Down: Question to a museum visitor (7 letters)
24 Down: California's Santa ___ Mountains (4 letters)
26 Down: "Girl With a Hoop" and "The Umbrellas" (7 letters)
29 Down: "The Last Don" author (4 letters)
33 Down: Bank statement abbr. (3 letters)
35 Down: Farm females (4 letters)
38 Down: 45th American vice president (4 letters)
39 Down: Processed material (4 letters)
41 Down: Fruity drinks (7 letters)
42 Down: Global warming calculation whose shape is suggested by connecting 14 squares in this puzzle in a closed loop based on the appropriate 23-Across (15 letters)
44 Down: Kind of society that is careless of the environment (9 letters)
47 Down: Éclat (6 letters)
48 Down: 1998 Alanis Morissette hit (6 letters)
49 Down: Out of line? (4 letters)
50 Down: Beanpole (5 letters)
52 Down: Woman warrior (4 letters)
54 Down: Nibble for Dobbin (3 letters)
55 Down: Jack who's a picky eater (5 letters)
57 Down: Montreal suburb (5 letters)
58 Down: Farewells (5 letters)
60 Down: Cleared (6 letters)
61 Down: Soup servers (6 letters)
62 Down: Followers (5 letters)
64 Down: Like pre-1917 Russia (7 letters)
66 Down: Shoulder muscles, in gym-speak (5 letters)
70 Down: Love personified (4 letters)
72 Down: Antagonize (4 letters)
75 Down: ___ in igloo (3 letters)
79 Down: Droopy-eared pet (7 letters)
81 Down: Tolkien forest creatures (4 letters)
82 Down: Scroll holders (4 letters)
84 Down: One frequently being waved at (4 letters)
87 Down: Worry (7 letters)
88 Down: Part of the Spanish Armada (7 letters)
90 Down: Semester, e.g. (4 letters)
92 Down: Put down (3 letters)
94 Down: Mosquito fleet vessel (6 letters)
95 Down: Angola's capital (6 letters)
96 Down: "Law & Order" figure: Abbr. (6 letters)
97 Down: Green vehicle (6 letters)
99 Down: Marvin who sang "Let's Get It On" (4 letters)
100 Down: Follow-up letters? (6 letters)
101 Down: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (6 letters)
102 Down: Seoul soul (6 letters)
105 Down: Old brand whose logo featured a torch (5 letters)
107 Down: Varnish ingredient (5 letters)
108 Down: Unloads (5 letters)
111 Down: English connections (4 letters)
113 Down: Ukrainian city, formerly (4 letters)
115 Down: Bud holder (3 letters)
116 Down: "King Kong" studio (3 letters)
118 Down: Educ. facility (3 letters)

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