NY Times, Sun, Dec 17, 2006  LAY OF THE LAND

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1. Sharp cheese quality : NIP 4. Center of emotions : BOSOM 9. Mountain top? : SKICAP 15. ___ Club of old TV : PTL 18. Big record co. : EMI 19. Many, many : ATONOF 21. This puzzle's northern border? : CANADA 22. Be in a hole : OWE 23. Access code? : OPENSESAME 25. Stockpiles : HOARDS 26. Fired up : LIT 27. Scruffs : NAPES 28. Its clue reads "Unstable subatomic particle" : TENDOWN 30. Treater's words : ITSONME 32. Key-signature preceder : GCLEF 33. Family subdivisions : GENERA 34. Opposite of post- : PRE 36. Drying chamber : OAST 37. With 33-Down, quickly : ATA 38. More than devotion : IDOLATRY 40. Sine ___ non : QUA 41. Gary ___, Pultizer-winning Beat poet : SNYDER 42. Kind : SORT 43. Plays : DRAMAS 44. Abrasive stuff : PUMICE 46. Spot for slop : STY 47. Prevent from escaping : SEALIN 49. Breaches of faith : TREASONS 51. With 97-Across, bearer of edible triangular nuts : BEECH 53. Land with monsoons : LAOS 54. Not monaurally : INSTEREO 58. Meat, in Madrid : CARNE 61. Count with many titles : LEOTOLSTOY 64. More faithful : TRUER 65. Congresswoman Abzug and others : BELLAS 67. Vulnerable point : WEAKSPOT 68. "Awww"-inspiring : LOVABLE 69. It may be indicated by a stroke : ONEAM 70. Hot : ALLTHERAGE 72. An Untouchable : NESS 73. Mosaic flooring : TERRAZZO 75. Restaurateur Toots : SHOR 76. Newport Beach sight : YACHT 78. Where a bell ringer may stand : DOORSTEP 80. Ibsen play : GHOSTS 83. Like some carol apparel : GAY 86. Within reach : NOTFAR 87. Receiver's counterpart : PASSER 90. Gave birth to : HAD 92. Drops : OMITS 94. Fourth of 12: Abbr. : APR 95. Eye openers? : DILATORS 96. Clark of country music : ROY 97. See 51-Across : TREE 98. Provided, as a line : FED 99. ___ haddie (smoked fish) : FINNAN 100. Run for dear life? : ELOPE 102. Cold war draft : SALTII 104. Williams's "Popeye" co-star : DUVALL 105. Attacked in a rage : FLEWAT 106. Unpaired : ODD 107. Missed a golden opportunity : BLEWIT 110. Disagrees : TAKESISSUE 113. In shape : FIT 114. This puzzle's southern border? : MEXICO 115. Antarctica's ___ Coast : ADELIE 116. French pronoun : ILS 117. "___ bad!" : TOO 118. Hot : STOLEN 119. Water falls? : DRIPS 120. "___ a chance" : NOT		1. It may glow in the dark : NEONGAS 2. Crater creators, e.g. : IMPACTORS 3. Makeshift Frisbee : PIEPLATE 4. One taking a big bow : BASSFIDDLE 5. Suffix with Capri : OTE 6. Message in a bottle, maybe : SOS 7. Already chosen for play, say : ONATEAM 8. Mass x velocity measurements : MOMENTA 9. Sound in the middle of Italy : SCHWA 10. Unstable subatomic particle : KAON 11. Minute opening? : INA 12. Beetle, e.g. : CAR 13. Hall-of-Fame pitcher Joss : ADDIE 14. Onetime : PAST 15. Spots for some shirts : POLOADS 16. Matching pair : TWINSET 17. "Here, maybe I can do it" : LETMETRY 20. They're often dinged : FENDERS 24. Once called : NEE 29. Suffix with direct : ORY 31. RCA competitor : SONY 33. See 37-Across : GLANCE 34. Big name in sneakers : PUMA 35. Like baba : RAISINY 39. Bay windows : ORIELS 40. Ancient Roman financial officer: Var. : QUESTOR 41. Targeted, as with a mailing : SENTTO 44. Boom : PROSPER 45. Firms: Abbr. : COS 48. "Sic et Non" author : ABELARD 49. Discuss business at a social occasion : TALKSHOP 50. Mansion staff : SERVANTS 52. Bay : HOWL 53. Hater : LOATHER 55. Rustic : RUBE 56. Often-smoked fish : EELS 57. Metallurgists' supplies : ORES 58. Explorer at Labrador in 1497 : CABOT 59. French conductor Leibowitz : RENE 60. Red or Card : NLER 62. Satellite of 1962 : TELSTAR 63. Approval on "The Little Rascals" : OTAY 66. Strong women : AMAZONS 68. Licentious man : LECHER 70. Blood carriers : AORTAE 71. Has trouble swallowing : GAGSON 74. Place of chaos : ZOO 77. Cow annoyers : HORSEFLIES 79. Org. in TV's "Nash Bridges" : SFPD 81. Adds as a bonus : THROWSIN 82. State capital on the Tietê River : SAOPAULO 83. Started to melt : GOTSOFT 84. Home of many talk shows : AMRADIO 85. Opposite of dominate : YIELDTO 87. Supplier of candy and toys for kids : PINATA 88. "Shane" actor : ALANLADD 89. Lion, at times : STALKER 91. It's used to check septic systems : DYETEST 93. Asian observance : TET 95. Shareholder's income: Abbr. : DIV 98. Steakhouse selection : FILET 99. Cot alternative : FUTON 101. Guitar great ___ Paul : LES 103. They were once cloned : IBMS 104. Chop up : DICE 108. Prefix with skeleton : EXO 109. Actor Wheaton : WIL 111. Yalie : ELI 112. Take in slowly : SIP