NY Times, Sun, Dec 30, 2001 DROPPING THE BALL

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Across		Down
1. Where the Ishmaelites dwelled : ARABIA 7. Fluffy scarf : BOA 10. With 61-Down, start of a 1956 song title : QUE 13. Guy with a cool job? : ICEMAN 19. Gomer's TV ladyfriend : LOUANN 20. Green lights : OKS 21. In-flight info, for short : ETA 22. House of prayer : SHRINE 23. "That's enough, I guess ..." : ITLLDO 24. London resident : WESTENDER 26. Shoot one under : BIRDIE 27. Like some new lawns : SODDED 28. Catty? : LEONINE 29. Kind of cannonball : HUMAN 30. Debussy's "Clair de ___" : LUNE 31. Boatload : FREIGHT 32. Food science : DIETETICS 36. On the ball : SMART 38. Pays back : GETSEVENWITH 40. Eleanor in a Beatles hit : RIGBY 41. Poetic dusk : EEN 42. Jazz singer James : ETTA 45. Philly team : SIXERS 46. German cathedral city : AACHEN 47. Silly Putty container : EGG 48. "Luck of the Draw" singer : RAITT 50. General assembly? : FIVESTARS 52. ___-80 (classic computer) : TRS 53. Postpaid enc. : SASE 55. It's a piece of cake : PETITFOUR 57. Crackers : BATTY 60. Chasms : ABYSSES 62. How some parents count as a warning : TOTHREE 63. Urban dwellings : ROWHOUSES 67. When stratocumulus clouds are most common : WINTER 68. "Everything's going to be OK!" : DONTWORRY 70. Devil dog : MARINE 71. Ships' quarters : STEERAGES 73. Some draft picks : ONEAS 74. Subdivision of a legion, in ancient Rome : MANIPLE 75. Back bones : SACRA 76. Whole : INTACT 78. "Out!" : SCAT 79. It may come with a key : MAP 82. Gymnastics legend : KORBUT 85. Expect : AWAIT 87. Letters at Buckingham Palace : HRH 88. Small types : AGATES 91. Ninnies : SAPS 92. Emulate Rembrandt : ETCH 93. Bio stat : AGE 94. Shocking : LURID 95. The industrialized nations : FIRSTWORLD 98. Packing : ARMED 100. They're not on the guest list : INTRUDERS 102. New pedometer reading : OOO 103. Organ knob : STOP 104. Hanker : YEARN 105. They can make waves : OARS 107. Certain drink orders : USUALS 110. On the beach : ASHORE 112. Some are famous : LASTWORDS 115. ___-taggle (motley) : RAGGLE 116. Super dupers? : FRAUDS 117. Declaration that leaves one in a bind? : IDO 118. Market close : EER 119. Oscar winner Jackson : GLENDA 120. Numbers games : LOTTOS 121. School of Buddhism : ZEN 122. Filling pro, for short : DDS 123. Child with responsibilities, traditionally : ELDEST		1. Noted boxing family : ALIS 2. ___-Rooter : ROTO 3. Celebratory air : AULDLANGSYNE 4. Son of Odin : BALDUR 5. One leaving space : INDENTER 6. Battery part : ANODE 7. Mixing site : BOWL 8. Danny who sang "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" : OKEEFE 9. Categorize : ASSORT 10. Math abbr. : QED 11. Colorado native : UTE 12. Corn serving : EAR 13. "Life ___ a dream" : ISBUT 14. Mythical monster : CHIMERA 15. Mercurial : ERRATIC 16. Time to celebrate : MIDNIGHT 17. Cuckoo : ANI 18. Born, on the society page : NEE 25. Cry heard shortly before 16-Down : TENNINEEIGHTSEVENSIXFIVEFOURTHREETWOONEITSTWOOOTWO 29. "They'll never suspect me!" : HEH 32. Gossip fodder : DIRT 33. Delivery notice? : ITSABOY 34. Good buddy : CBER 35. Thesaurus wds. : SYNS 36. Fulcrum locales : SEESAWS 37. Quantity of data : MEGABIT 38. Global commerce org. : GATT 39. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" crew member : WES 43. Audiophiles' purchases : TAPERACKS 44. Relationships : TIES 46. Inhaler user : ASTHMATIC 49. Puente and Jackson : TITOS 51. Before adjustments, as in statistics : RAW 54. ___ Park : ESTES 56. Heap : TON 58. Means ___ end : TOAN 59. Andropov and Gagarin : YURIS 61. See 10-Across : SERA 63. B. & O. stop: Abbr. : RRSTA 64. What a celebrant may do at 16-Down : SIPCHAMPAGNE 65. Supersize : ENLARGE 66. Boiled : SEETHED 68. Letter opener : DEARSIR 69. Scampered : RAN 72. Miracle-___ : GRO 74. Exam for a doc-to-be : MCAT 77. Blown away : AWED 79. Landlocked land : MALI 80. Son of ___ : AGUN 81. Celebration accessory : PARTYHAT 83. Buds may be produced in them : BARS 84. Bull markets : UPS 86. "No more!" : THATSALL 89. Exhaust : TIREOUT 90. ___ Frei, Chilean leader succeeded by Allende : EDUARDO 95. Marshy area : FEN 96. Thundered : ROARED 97. Domineered, with "it" : LORDED 99. Red-faced? : ROUGED 101. Kind of rehearsal : DRESS 103. Super power? : SURGE 106. Georgia et al., once: Abbr. : SSRS 108. Degrees for attys. : LLDS 109. Stock exchange buy : SEAT 110. Half of a 1955 merger: Abbr. : AFL 111. Sellout sign : SRO 112. Model Hurley, to friends : LIZ 113. Fruity drink : ADE 114. George W., to George : SON