NY Times, Sun, Feb 12, 2006  LADIES' FINISHING SCHOOL

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1. Staff : CANE 5. Test group? : MENSA 10. La Scala cheer : BRAVA 15. Germ jelly : AGAR 19. "I smell ___!" : ARAT 20. Financial mogul Carl : ICAHN 21. Indian bread : RUPEE 22. Plain and simple : MERE 23. Nostalgic person's utterance : SIGH 24. Why the convent's head couldn't find information on the nun? : NOPRIORESSRECORD 27. Basilica of San Francesco site : ASSISI 29. "Er-r ?" : UMM 30. First step in addicts' treatment : DETOX 31. Kind of school : MED 32. Merged coastal access? : BEACHCOMBINE 36. Gives more than a licking? : BITES 38. Social sort : ANT 39. Wall protector : EAVE 40. Victory: Ger. : SIEG 42. Staple of Italian cuisine : RISOTTO 44. Unilever? : CARESSMANUFACTURER 47. Mexican Mrs. : SRA 49. Reason for school cancellation : SNOW 50. "Ouch!" : YEOW 51. Canadian Club and others : RYES 52. Henhouse sounds : PEEPS 54. Iceland is part of it: Abbr. : NATO 57. Pops : SODAS 60. Accepts oppression no longer : REVOLTS 63. Reason to lube a tube? : PIPETTESQUEAK 69. Certain canine : EYETOOTH 71. Tape, for short : VID 72. Surrender : SAYUNCLE 73. Artist's board nearby? : PALETTEAROUND 76. Circular : LEAFLET 77. Cast : HEAVE 78. Word said with a tip o' the hat : MAAM 80. Stomach and intestine, e.g. : TRACT 81. View from the Gulf of Catania : ETNA 85. Speaker of the line "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope" : LEIA 87. Spanish flower : ROSA 90. French connections? : ETS 91. Cabaret singer in the style of an old pope? : GREGORIANCHANTEUSE 97. Square things : GETEVEN 98. "Cut it out!" : STOP 99. "___ take arms against a sea of troubles": "Hamlet" : ORTO 100. Knock over : WOW 103. Second-stringer : SCRUB 104. Top knot? : SUPERBOWLINE 107. Mil. address : APO 108. Washersful : LOADS 112. Accelerate, for short : REV 113. Lesser hit locations : BSIDES 114. Rubber mania? : MASSEUSEHYSTERIA 119. Stakes : BETS 120. Moscato d'___ (Italian wine) : ASTI 121. Lion's home, to Hercules : NEMEA 122. Dander : IRISH 123. "Waiting for the Robert ___" : ELEE 124. Sound before "Your fly's open" : PSST 125. Dagwood and Blondie's dog : DAISY 126. ___ Foods, Fortune 500 company : TYSON 127. Cat with tufted ears : LYNX		1. Winter melon : CASABA 2. Up : ARISEN 3. Bothers : NAGSAT 4. Standard of living? : ETHIC 5. They're easy to park : MINICARS 6. "Baudolino" author : ECO 7. Time out? : NAP 8. Fuchsia, e.g. : SHRUB 9. Belief of many Africans : ANIMISM 10. Cold comment : BRR 11. Felt sorry about : RUED 12. Area with a curved wall : APSE 13. Flak jacket, e.g. : VEST 14. Like some exercises : AEROBIC 15. Cinemax competitor, for short : AMC 16. Class of planes? : GEOMETRY 17. One in handcuffs : ARRESTEE 18. Funny Foxx : REDD 25. "___ vincit amor" : OMNIA 26. Have a place in the world : EXIST 28. Big Apple park : SHEA 33. It takes the cake : OVEN 34. Quark-plus-antiquark particle : MESON 35. Counting-out starter : EENY 37. See the sights : TOUR 41. Kind of room : GUEST 42. Unfair treatment : RAWDEAL 43. Surgeons' sites, briefly : ORS 44. Philip Seymour Hoffman title role : CAPOTE 45. Substitute : SWAP 46. Pays, as a bill : FOOTS 47. "Bye" : SEEYA 48. Make merry : REVEL 52. Princeton Review or Kaplan study : PREP 53. Exertion aversion : SLOTH 55. Modern recording option : TIVO 56. It's addictive : OPIUM 58. "... so long ___ both shall live" : ASYE 59. Crouch : SQUAT 61. Carry : TOTE 62. Enter quietly : STEALIN 64. "So Big" author Ferber : EDNA 65. In chains : UNFREE 66. Acclaim : ECLAT 67. Smart guys? : ALECS 68. Etta of old comics : KETT 70. "___ heart" ("Be kind") : HAVEA 74. Power to control : REINS 75. Put in stitches : DARN 79. Tool along : MOTOR 81. Ingredient in a flip : EGG 82. Poach : TRESPASS 83. Bases from which profits are figured : NETCOSTS 84. Golden or teen follower : AGER 86. Isn't naturally : ACTS 88. Novi Sad resident : SERB 89. High-speed roadway : AUTOBAHN 92. Seed-to-be : OVULE 93. Get well fast : REBOUND 94. Time of operation : HOURS 95. "Bon ___!" : APPETIT 96. Propagates : SOWS 100. In many places : WIDELY 101. 50 to two : ONETEN 102. Setting for many Thomas Hardy novels : WESSEX 105. Part of EGBDF : EVERY 106. Defamation : LIBEL 107. "Do I need to draw you ___?" : AMAP 109. Well off the coast : ASEA 110. Half: Prefix : DEMI 111. "___ Gotta Have It" : SHES 115. Do nothing : SIT 116. "Way to go!" : YAY 117. Bradbury's "___ for Rocket" : RIS 118. Prefix with morphic : ISO