NY Times, Sun, Aug 09, 2009 MADE FOR TV-MOVIES

Author: Patrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels / Will Shortz
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { J Z }, Scrabble score: 570 (avg 1.54)
Open squares: 120, Cheater squares: 4, Freshness Factor™: 60.9, New York Times Across Lite file
This is puzzle 26 of 28 for Mr. Blindauer — solos: 20, collaborations: 8, Sundays: 7
This is puzzle 16 of 18 for Ms. Michaels — solos: 12, collaborations: 6, Sundays: 1

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1. Explorer who has a monetary unit named after him : BALBOA
7. Nasal tones : TWANGS
13. "Huddled" group inscribed on the Statue of Liberty : MASSES
19. Chip in : ANTEUP
20. Notre Dame cry : GOIRISH
21. Like an ass : EQUINE
22. Dirt-dishing lass who's been cut off? : GOSSIPGIRLINTERRUPTED
25. Summery : ESTIVAL
26. "Livin' la Vida ___" : LOCA
27. Danish coin : ORE
28. Star of football, to most of the world : PELE
31. Jeanne d'Arc, for one: Abbr. : STE
32. Seasoned rice dishes : PILAFS
36. Wayne ___ (Gotham City abode) : MANOR
38. Entertainer Béla : FLECK
40. "Right away, boss!" : IMONIT
42. Cheese choice : EDAM
44. Dad is familiar with top Broadway star? : FATHERKNOWSBESTINSHOW
51. Block buster? : TNT
52. Peeples of "Fame" : NIA
53. Played again : REPRISED
54. Constellation near Scorpius : ARA
55. More raspy : HOARSER
57. "Finnegans Wake" wife : ANNA
58. Epic poem in dactylic hexameter : ILIAD
60. Lhasa ___ (dog) : APSO
63. Fourth of September? : TEE
64. N.Y.C. subway syst. : IRT
65. See 114-Down : CARTE
66. Actor Joel's crime scene analysis? : GREYSANATOMYOFAMURDER
73. Printing on many a name tag : HELLO
74. Ballpark figs. : HRS
75. Japanese band : OBI
76. Some depictions on a pyramid wall : GODS
77. It may be blind : ALLEY
78. Bygone stadium : SHEA
80. Brand that's universally liked? : SARALEE
83. Used a tuffet : SAT
84. Backyard briquettes : CHARCOAL
86. Hack : CAB
87. Red head, once? : MAO
90. One-quarter of a mourning lacrosse team? : TWOANDAHALFMENINBLACK
95. Emma of "The Avengers" : PEEL
96. Dennis, to Mr. Wilson : MENACE
97. Comparatively right-minded : SANER
98. Ancient Jordanian city with rock carvings : PETRA
101. Landlord : LESSOR
103. O.E.D. filler : WDS
106. Jedi Council leader : YODA
107. "___ ELO" (1976 album) : OLE
108. Blow the whistle : TOOT
110. Fervent : INTENSE
113. Hollywood hanky-panky? : SEXANDTHECITYOFANGELS
121. Bad way to be caught : INALIE
122. Bone receptacle : OSSUARY
123. Lament : REGRET
124. Tomoyuki ___, creator of Godzilla : TANAKA
125. Just followed Nancy Reagan's advice? : SAIDNO
126. Some blackboard writing : LESSON
1. Tote : BAG
2. "Wheel of Fortune" purchase : ANO
3. Some U.S.N.A. grads : LTS
4. Beg : BESEECH
5. Some votes in Québec : OUIS
6. Calendar data: Abbr. : APPTS
7. When tripled, a W.W. II movie : TORA
8. Self-control : WILLPOWER
9. "Entourage" agent Gold : ARI
10. "Seduction of the Minotaur" author : NIN
11. Prime meridian std. : GST
12. Continental ___ : SHELF
13. Grand Marquis, e.g., for short : MERC
14. Superhero with an octopus named Topo : AQUAMAN
15. "How's it goin', man?" : SUP
16. Quash : SITON
17. First of 12 abroad : ENERO
18. Dinner that includes a reading : SEDER
20. Cry uncle : GIVEIN
23. "Skedaddle!" : GIT
24. Beverage brewed from petals : ROSETEA
28. Kaput : PFFT
29. Dash : ELAN
30. Mikhail Baryshnikov, by birth : LETT
33. Clouseau title: Abbr. : INSP
34. Common setting in an Indiana Jones movie : LIBRARY
35. Corroded : ATEINTO
37. Pro-___ : AMS
39. Game played at the Mirage : KENO
41. "Encore!" : MORE
43. Accomplished : DID
45. It's thrown from a horse : RIATA
46. Carpenter of note : KAREN
47. I.R.S. ID : SSN
48. Bob or weave : HAIRDO
49. Said "Friends, Romans, countrymen ..." : ORATED
50. Waterproof boots : WADERS
55. Noted rule maker : HOYLE
56. Briny : SEA
58. Set of hospital rms. : ICU
59. Fries order at McDonald's, maybe : LARGE
60. Shocked and awed : AGHAST
61. Poli sci student's major, maybe : PRELAW
62. Do business with : SELLTO
64. Real-time e-notes : IMS
67. Word with milk or sauce : SOY
68. Colorado State, athletically : THERAMS
69. Future presenters of the past : ORACLES
70. In favor of : FOR
71. Summers : ABACI
72. ___ Kundera, author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" : MILAN
78. Bulb in the kitchen : SHALLOT
79. "LOL!" : HAH
80. Do-gooder : SAMARITAN
81. One of the Baldwins : ALEC
82. Goes back : EBBS
84. B train? : CDE
85. ___ concern : OFNO
87. Hombre's hand : MANO
88. Passed with flying colors : ACED
89. Southern staple : OKRA
91. Financing fig. : APR
92. One who loves pick-ups? : NEATNIK
93. Something you love to play with : NEWTOY
94. What oviparous creatures do : LAYEGGS
98. Surmise : POSIT
99. "Marcus Welby, M.D." actress Verdugo : ELENA
100. Old TV western starring Rory Calhoun, with "The" : TEXAN
102. Character of a community : ETHOS
104. ___ Leppard : DEF
105. What traffic and dogs do : SNARL
109. Greek theaters : ODEA
111. "Wedding Bell Blues" singer Laura : NYRO
112. Snick's partner : SNEE
114. With 65-Across, like some orders : ALA
115. That, in Oaxaca : ESA
116. Hit TV show set in Las Vegas : CSI
117. Pill alternative, for short : IUD
118. Stumblers' sounds : ERS
119. One of 13 popes : LEO
120. Stop on a track: Abbr. : STN
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