NY Times, Sun, Feb 26, 2006  WRITING LESSON

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1. Constitution : CHARTER 8. "___ 70's Show" : THAT 12. Operating : INUSE 17. "How dare they?!" : THENERVE 18. Darn it : HOLE 19. Uranium-exporting country : NIGER 20. Infinitives ? it's ___ : WRONGTOEVERSPLITTHEM 23. Word we share : OUR 24. Daily Planet worker : LOIS 25. Reach : GOTO 26. Beverage served with le dessert : THE 27. More, in music : PIU 29. Big fish, to a fisherman : KEEPER 31. Paleontologist's discovery : BONE 32. Frat party detritus : BEERCANS 34. The passive voice ___ : ISTOBESELDOMLYUSED 38. Agcy. once involved with fallout shelters : AEC 40. Carrier with HQ in Tokyo : JAL 41. Gift on "The Bachelor" : ROSE 42. N.F.L. linemen: Abbr. : RTS 43. Ambiguity ___ : ISMOREORLESSOK 49. Trip planning org. : AAA 51. Pub order, maybe : GUINNESS 52. Rhetorical questions ... ___ : WHONEEDSTHEM 57. Fantastic : UNREAL 58. Author's desire : READERS 59. Pope after John X : LEOVI 60. Org. that rates members of Cong. : ADA 61. C-worthy : SOSO 64. Cold capital : OSLO 66. Latin foot : PES 67. Meshlike : NETTY 70. ___ Life ("Porgy and Bess" character) : SPORTIN 74. 1997 title role for Demi Moore : GIJANE 77. Subject-verb agreement ___ : AREIMPORTANT 79. One in the fast lane? : CARRACER 81. Deface : MAR 82. Contractions ___ : ARENTNECESSARY 84. Show whose theme song is "Who Are You" : CSI 86. Shortstop Chacon of the 1962 Mets : ELIO 88. Malodourous room? : LOO 89. 84-Across airer : CBS 90. Prepositions are not good ___ : TOENDSENTENCESWITH 97. Sad poets : ELEGISTS 98. Creator of "All in the Family" : LEAR 99. Mule alternative : LOAFER 103. Outworn : OLD 104. Scratch (out) : EKE 105. Not much : ATAD 106. Daydreaming, say : IDLE 108. Word said with a salute : AYE 109. Exaggeration is among the ___ : ALLTIMEWORSTMISTAKES 114. Put back at zero : RESET 115. Ticked : SORE 116. Toughened : ANNEALED 117. Macho types : STUDS 118. Proceed slowly : PLOD 119. Reporter's purchase : NOTEPAD		1. Vacuuming, e.g. : CHORE 2. Setter : HEN 3. Perspectives : ANGLES 4. Comeback : RETORT 5. Adviser of Capt. Picard on "Star Trek: T.N.G." : TROI 6. When to call, in some ads : EVES 7. M.L.K. Jr., e.g. : REV 8. Seat of power : THRONE 9. Inexpensive place to stay : HOSTEL 10. Brand in a can : ALPO 11. Bus. card info : TEL 12. Ahead : INTHELEAD 13. Bistro, informally : NITERY 14. "I don't like it" : UGH 15. Overlook, as someone's weaknesses : SEEPAST 16. Fine furs : ERMINES 17. Steadfast : TRUE 20. Bowl-shaped pan : WOK 21. They may be stroked : EGOS 22. Receipt listings : ITEMS 28. Mt. Rushmore State sch. : USD 30. Apparel company Evan-___ : PICONE 31. Round end? : BELL 32. Part of a talk show staff : BOOKERS 33. Work for a museum : CURATE 35. Spanish eyes : OJOS 36. Restaurant waiting areas : BARS 37. Lecture badly : DRONEON 38. In pieces : ASUNDER 39. Abu Dhabi, e.g. : EMIRATE 43. Creature in a Tennessee Williams title : IGUANA 44. Cellular stuff : RNA 45. Elusive swimmers : EELS 46. Member of the flock : EWE 47. Doo-wop syllable : SHA 48. Piece of property : SOD 50. Communication for the deaf: Abbr. : ASL 53. Night school subj. : ESL 54. Not hoof it, perhaps : HOPACAB 55. Planes : EVENERS 56. Lowest state? : MISERY 58. Tree trauma : ROOTROT 62. Jardin zoológico attraction : OSO 63. Trainers treat them : SPRAINS 65. Meanie : OGRE 68. Comic's asset : TIMING 69. Singer Sumac : YMA 71. "The Facts of Life" actress : RAE 72. Spike TV, formerly : TNN 73. Cousin ___ of "The Addams Family" : ITT 75. Collection agcy. : IRS 76. Heifetz heard at Carnegie Hall : JASCHA 78. Media handouts : PRESSKITS 79. Big suits : CEOS 80. "Don't have ___!" : ACOW 83. Pgh. Pirate, e.g. : NLER 84. Nabs : COLLARS 85. Tiny start : SEEDLET 87. Wings hit "___ In" : LETEM 90. Formula One driver Fabi : TEO 91. Lost on purpose : DIETED 92. What a picador pokes : ELTORO 93. Got warm : NEARED 94. Bad boyfriends : CADS 95. "Perhaps" : ILLSEE 96. Do some fancy footwork : TOETAP 100. Counterfeited : FAKED 101. Spotted : EYED 102. Hi-___ : RES 105. What a soldier shouldn't be : AWOL 106. "___ Angel" (Mae West movie) : IMNO 107. Force : DINT 110. Baton Rouge sch. : LSU 111. Medium ability? : ESP 112. Whip : TAN 113. ___ king : ALA