NY Times, Sun, Aug 02, 2009 GROUP FORMATION

1 M

2 O

3 U

4 T

5 H

6 S

7 T

8 R

9 I

10 P

11 E

12 A

13 L

14 G

15 A

16 A

17 M

18 Y

19 S

U

S

H

I

20 H

A

I

K

U

S

21 S

O

R

T

22 V

I

A

23 G

R

E

E

K

24 L

E

T

T

E

R

S

25 K

N

E

E

26 S

O

C

K

27 F

R

E

E

B

E

E

28 P

E

29 R

S

I

A

30 O

N

E

S

31 E

32 L

O

I

S

E

33 I

O

N

I

A

34 TAU

35 DELTA

PHI

36 M

I

R

V

37 T

38 I

39 BETA

N

S

40 P

R

41 I

N

C

E

42 D

43 O

44 M

45 M

A

C

E

46 D

47 O

N

THETA

K

E

48 P

O

R

T

O

49 R

U

E

50 A

M

E

R

I

51 C

A

N

PI

E

52 B

L

U

E

53 P

I

T

T

54 V

A

S

E

55 D

56 R

A

I

N

S

57 C

E

S

A

R

58 R

59 E

60 G

I

S

T

R

61 Y

62 I

C

E

D

63 C

O

S

T

C

O

64 M

O

M

O

N

E

Y

65 O

66 I

N

K

S

67 T

O

M

C

A

T

S

68 A

M

I

N

E

S

69 B

U

N

S

70 T

71 R

A

D

E

I

N

S

72 L

U

N

G

S

73 W

A

R

D

E

74 D

75 O

L

E

O

76 A

L

E

S

77 H

I

H

O

78 R

79 ALPHA

B

E

R

N

80 A

81 T

82 H

83 Y

84 W

A

N

85 P

86 A

O

L

O

87 D

U

CHI

E

S

88 S

P

R

E

E

89 I

N

T

90 H

E

M

A

I

N

91 A

I

RHO

S

E

92 P

E

E

N

93 OMEGA

PSI

PHI

94 W

O

95 R

L

D

96 J

97 U

L

E

P

S

98 F

99 O

100 A

M

101 B

102 E

I

R

U

T

103 E

104 M

105 P

A

N

E

L

106 A

M

N

E

107 S

I

A

C

108 F

R

109 A

T

E

R

N

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T

I

110 E

111 S

112 C

A

D

113 M

A

S

K

114 F

E

D

O

R

A

115 T

O

N

T

O

116 T

R

Y

117 U

N

E

S

118 S

Y

D

N

E

Y

119 S

N

E

A

D

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1. It's open for dinner : MOUTH 6. High ball, in pool : STRIPE 12. Pond organism : ALGA 16. Sedaris of "Strangers With Candy" : AMY 19. Dish that may be served on a boat : SUSHI 20. Three-line poems : HAIKUS 21. Put into piles : SORT 22. Traversing : VIA 23. Contents of four answers found in this puzzle : GREEKLETTERS 25. It covers a lot of leg : KNEESOCK 27. Good for nothing?: Var. : FREEBEE 28. Alexander the Great conquered it : PERSIA 30. Rarely counterfeited bills : ONES 31. Fictional Plaza Hotel resident : ELOISE 33. Alexander the Great conquered it : IONIA 34. Group formed at C.C.N.Y. in 1910 : TAUDELTAPHI 36. Weapon with many warheads : MIRV 37. Roof of the World natives : TIBETANS 40. Monaco is one : PRINCEDOM 45. Given an eyeful, you might say : MACED 47. Accepting bribes : ONTHETAKE 48. Brazil's ___ Alegre : PORTO 49. "And all too soon, I fear, the king shall ___": "Richard II" : RUE 50. 1971 album dedicated to Buddy Holly : AMERICANPIE 52. Picasso's ___ Period, 1901-04 : BLUE 53. Surname of two British P.M.'s : PITT 54. Waterford purchase : VASE 55. Empties : DRAINS 57. Labor leader Chávez : CESAR 58. Bridal wish list : REGISTRY 62. Like some twisted ankles : ICED 63. Sam's Club rival : COSTCO 64. 1992 Damon Wayans comedy : MOMONEY 65. "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" sounds : OINKS 67. Womanizers, slangily : TOMCATS 68. Nitrogen compounds : AMINES 69. Weenie roast needs : BUNS 70. Cars that go toward other cars : TRADEINS 72. Subjects of pneumography : LUNGS 73. Fended (off) : WARDED 75. Something that's been clarified : OLEO 76. Tavern orders : ALES 77. Old cracker brand : HIHO 78. Co-organizer of the Montgomery bus boycott, 1955 : RALPHABERNATHY 84. Ill-looking : WAN 85. Renaissance painter Uccello : PAOLO 87. Bavaria and others, once : DUCHIES 88. Bout of revelry : SPREE 89. By and large : INTHEMAIN 91. Engine attachment : AIRHOSE 92. Claw alternative : PEEN 93. Group formed at Howard University in 1911 : OMEGAPSIPHI 94. Sci-fi author's creation : WORLD 96. Kentucky Derby drinks : JULEPS 98. Fire extinguisher's output : FOAM 101. Mideast hub : BEIRUT 103. Fill a box, say : EMPANEL 106. Jason Bourne, in the Bourne series : AMNESIAC 108. Four groups found in this puzzle : FRATERNITIES 112. Bounder : CAD 113. Umpire's wear : MASK 114. Retro headgear : FEDORA 115. Jay Silverheels role : TONTO 116. Have a bite of : TRY 117. Quelques-___ (some: Fr.) : UNES 118. 2000 Olympics locale : SYDNEY 119. Golfer who said "Never concede a putt" : SNEAD		1. "No ___" : MSG 2. First word in many church names : OUR 3. Pursue violent options : USEFORCE 4. 1980 double album by Springsteen : THERIVER 5. Raises : HIKES 6. C&W singer Wooley : SHEB 7. British art museum : TATE 8. Book of Hours entry : RITE 9. ___ & Tina Turner Revue : IKE 10. Determination : PURPOSE 11. Ruhr industrial city : ESSEN 12. Gets several views : ASKSAROUND 13. Actress Anderson : LONI 14. Social reformer Margaret Fuller, to Buckminster Fuller : GREATAUNT 15. "I already ___" : ATE 16. Skin So Soft seller : AVON 17. Lab test subjects : MICE 18. Asian bovines : YAKS 24. Sheltered side : LEE 26. Meryl Streep title role : SOPHIE 29. Most corrugated : RIPPLIEST 31. Novel on which "Clueless" is based : EMMA 32. Writer O'Flaherty : LIAM 33. Like final contracts : INKED 35. Mexican-style fast-food chain : DELTACO 37. Comfortably warm : TOASTY 38. Personal, as thoughts : INNER 39. Group formed at Miami University in 1839 : BETATHETAPI 41. Furies : IRES 42. Antihistamine brand : DRISTAN 43. Steals the show from, say : OUTACTS 44. Urban railways : METROS 46. Figures out intuitively : DIVINES 51. Legal precedents : CASES 52. No longer on vacation : BACK 53. Oscar winner for "GoodFellas" : PESCI 56. Remove the suds : RINSE 57. Inducements : COMEONS 58. Pointy-eared "Star Trek" character : ROMULAN 59. Highly respected : EMINENT 60. Round percussion instruments : GONGS 61. Term for a judge : YOURHONOR 63. Enigma machine, e.g. : CODER 64. Nyasaland, nowadays : MALAWI 66. ___-European : INDO 67. New Journalism pioneer Gay : TALESE 69. Areas of expertise : BAILIWICKS 71. Choir attire : ROBES 73. Liveryman's command : WHOA 74. Celtic priest of old : DRUID 79. Group formed at Trinity College in 1895 : ALPHACHIRHO 80. Wisconsin home of Lawrence University : APPLETON 81. Timberland limit : TREELINE 82. Villainous Uriah : HEEP 83. Desires : YENS 85. Product with a circular red, white and blue logo : PEPSI 86. Semiterrestrial organism : AMPHIBIAN 87. The Who's lead singer : DALTREY 90. Match played at the local arena : HOMEGAME 95. Elizabethan collars : RUFFS 96. Dean's 1960s singing partner : JAN 97. Apartments, e.g. : UNITS 98. Undisputed point : FACT 99. W.W. II general Bradley : OMAR 100. Red's pal in "The Shawshank Redemption" : ANDY 102. Slip (into) : EASE 103. English collar : ETON 104. French family member : MERE 105. Speak up? : PRAY 107. The Mustangs of the N.C.A.A. : SMU 109. Get a total : ADD 110. J.F.K. board info : ETA 111. Ground cover : SOD