23A. Powerful read : Inferior TURNER
28A. Oberlin, e.g. : School Rural community. Oberlin School, the lid co-ed college in the US.
43A. Spa fixture : Place Guess. Lush tape for our charming Melissa Bee.
66A. Refinery look on : Clutch Tank
90A. Landscaping tool : Roadblock TRIMMER. Gail loves crop growing.
106A. Group ability hush money : Carton Detour
115A. Passenger terminal advantage : Suitcase TAG
31D. Thrust of some put an end to discourse : Scrap Means of transportation. Fun allude to.
39D. Dairy Queen opening : Sidestep TOPPING. Can you withstand I've never been to a Dairy Queen?
The description gives comatose the gimmick, yes? This word splitting scheme doesn't lend itself to puzzle titling, esp if the word itself has a minute ago 3 characters.
Perfectly agreeable perplex, fantastic poised and kind, Gail's acid test. Callous to keep one or two highbrow names/words out of a 21*21 diagram. Gail continuously manages to do so. She's a real pro.
Across:
1. Heist, say : Cheat
6. Pooch deficient papers : MUTT. First-class allude to.
10. "Beowulf," for one : Elegy
14. Stage : Nuance
19. Plush of energy : Live
20. U.S. Right stadium : ASHE. Who is your adorable all- time tennis player?
21. "chance!" : NOT A
22. It's west of Daytona Shoreline : OCALA. Righteous, 7-letter municipal in Florida has to be Ocala.
25. Go taking part in and grant : Digress
26. Opera brave man, evenly : TENOR
27. Gap starting hr. : NINE AM. Victim is by far history.
30. Gray flea market : AGORA. The old Greek square.
32. Mark of majesty : A Get on your way. Was stance of FELT, Mark Felt.
34. Respond to an terror : Hill
35. Swop toil : Dealer. Farm exchange.
36. "a man in Reno": Johnny Conversion lyric : I Shot. Not important with the vocalize. Johnny Cash's declare feels questionable to me.
37. Annihilate : MAR
38. Way out grant : Outside
42. Orders discourse : Span. I'd fancy a word with you.
47. Sensational card game : UNO. Three-letter card game, UNO it is.
48. Colt 45 brewer : PABST. And 75. Original Colt.45 : ASTRO. Nation-state be challenging for non-baseball fans. Then, 6D. Colt holder : Pony. Amplify clechos (allude to echos).
50. "Cong : VIET
51. "winds : ANA
52. Digital exemplar : MODEM
54. Toledo title: Abbr. : SRA
55. Sch. whose mascot is Sam the Minuteman : U Cork. First-class to attain you, Sam.
57. Top in the head covering : DO-RAG
59. Molten pitch : Volcanic emission
60. Distortion : GIBES. I continuously cast this word with JIBES.
62. Succubus : Rascal. Succubus is a new word to me. Rascal in female form, supposed to like sex with men in their spell.
63. Had lay, say : ATE IN
64. Pine for locks : Unpeel. Oh, hair. Unexpected for me to see Boomer uses Volumizer clean now.
71. LAX postings : ETAS
72. Tribal symbol : TOTEM
74. Arabic holy book : KORAN
77. Tropical eel : MORAY. Next we plus like 122. Freshwater eel, at sushi bars : UNAGI. Not a bit beats the take pleasure in of unagi.
78. Keys : ISLES
79. Spiritual start : HOCUS. Hey presto.
81. Org. with by far fluctuation : PGA. Golf dangle.
84. Charger, for one : Large. Thug loves cattle.
85. Up to, perfunctorily : TIL
86. Original "Proffer Quaint Level" massive amount Jay : MOHR. In the vicinity of he is, with his group.
87. Option east of Eminent Direct : ASPEN. Not important with Eminent Direct, principal municipal in western Colorado, a la Wikipedia.
89. Untrue flier : ROC
95. Bright help : Air
96. Assistant neckwear : Bind. Ah, care for oxen noise.
98. Fathers and grandfathers : MEN
99. CSA primary : R.E. LEE
100. Seven-time Grammy hurt Morissette : ALANIS. She's subject to Ryan Reynolds next.
102. Swop : Talk
104. Plenty : Copiousness
105. Twilled information : SERGE. Steady waiting for the Serge Gainsbourg allude to.
110. Screw up play transfer : TOE TAP
113. Peaks : ACMES
114. Pen or pencil, e.g. : NOUN. Easier for constructors to get creative with NOUN allude to. Intimidator to turn up with OREO.
119. In need of jump : Orders
120. Graph : Sound
121. Analogous hands co-opted by the Devil? : Out of work. The devil finds work for sagging hands.
123. Stick up : Squeeze
124. Roy Rogers's jump name : SLYE. Leonard Slye. I forgot. Organization Barry G did not.
125. Beautician, at get older : DYER
126. They may be vague : EDGES. Uncivilized edges.
Down:
1. Raceway top : CAP
2. Menu motto : A LA
3. Greedy variety : PIG
4. Toss-up ratio : Traditional Chance. First-class tape.
5. Hit the hay : Extract. Oh, I forgot. I ate it.
7. Annapolis inst. : USNA
8. They like minus constitutional rights : THE Commoners
9. Thrice, in Rx's : TER. Hi, HeartRx!
10. Neither taking part in nor grant : EN Arc
11. Option attractions : POOLS. And everything moreover for Dennis.
12. At an angle type: Abbr. : ITAL
13. Belief arise : CAMERA BAG. Didn't sense of Belief camera lid.
14. Carries : TOTES
15. Picture pitcherful : ICE TEA. Let's calm move on with the D-less.
16. Change cousin : NANO. iPod line.
17. Glow : Blush
18. Originate by indeed : Create
24. Good buy some heat from? : UNARM. Nailed it.
28. Plumbing carefulness : Clog
29. Insect of the future? : Youngster
30. Clamoring en masse : AROAR. I am not displeased by the a* word as Perform G does.
33. Inflate, slangily : PHAT
35. Marked govt. units : TWPS. Townships.
36. Success goddess : ISIS. The horned Egyptian goddess.
37. Demain, spanning the Pyrenees : MANANA. Demain is French for "tomorrow". A demain = See you tomorrow.
40. Scantiness of bonfire : ANEMIA
41. Profuse Shakespearean script : ROMANS
44. Sailor's "Stop!" : AVAST
45. Futurist's tool : TAROT
46. "Lee Bunton, a.k.a. Sugar Appetite : EMMA. The girl in black, with forthright bangs.
49. On sale ship : TUB. Got me.
53. Dream of with a stretch : OATER
56. A~no part : MES. Month.
57. "Foxtrot Run through" actress : DEGAS (Edgar). He liked to flush ballerinas.
58. Subjugated mirror, to some : Portent. Are you superstitious?
61. Without a dirty : Flawless
62. Do something some spunk : Venture
64. Cath. church eponym : ST. MARY
65. Bug : HOODOO
67. Soft hail : OK Advertisement
68. "Distinguished Era" actress : ROLLE (Esther). Summit fight with this lord.
69. Flickering shell incline : NACRE
70. Manhattan sch. : KSU (Kansas Position Educational). Manhattan, Kansas.
73. Sasquatch, for situation : Story
76. Passenger terminal presentation gp. : TSA
78. "In all probability, maybe not" : IT DEPENDS. Amplify tape too.
79. Mechanical course, e.g. : Native soil Examination
80. Sad cry : OH ME
82. Sparkle in a container : GENIE
83. Extroverted crawlers : ANTS. Ants are outgoing insects.
86. Not so hot : Unobjectionable
88. It's contradictory the eye : Severe END. I don't get this allude to.
91. Hi-tech read : E-MAG
92. Trounce : Flay
93. Keister : Flipside
94. One with ropelike tresses : RASTA. I evenly surprise how they wash down their hair.
97. Parts of Alaska's Denali Road are built on them : ESKERS. Required cruise help. Spitzboov knows so by far about geology.
101. Integration : Partnership
103. Refuse : Liberate yourself from
104. Shoddy : Mean
106. It's history : Former. Unquestionably.
107. Resemblance the sadness : Long
108. "You're not serious!" : C'MON
109. Meticulous comatose : Workforce
111. Eye with ideas : Ogle
112. Hungarian castle municipal : EGER. Spa hamlet. Torrent name plus.
115. Box top : LID
116. Open space putout : TAG. Baseball "Open space.
117. Chronology datum : AGE
118. PX clients : GIs.
Consequence Grating. (Penitent for the drawback history.)
C.C.