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Isn't It Romantic?

New York Times, Sunday, January 16, 1994

Author:
Ernst Theimer
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Ernst Theimer

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 70 Missing: {FJQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 51 for Mr. Theimer. Grid flow: 14.7 Sunday freshness: 80%
Jim Horne notes:

117 Across: 1,049 steamships for MILLINERS seems like a clear error. To get 1,049, the Roman numeral should be MXLIX.

The only (very weak) linguistic argument would be to parse it as M (1,000) + ILL (which is not a standard Roman numeral, but sometimes used in very informal or archaic contexts to mean "50 minus 1"). However, since this puzzle follows standard additive/subtractive Roman rules elsewhere, this is almost certainly just a mistake.

1
M
2
U
3
S
4
E
5
C
6
Z
7
A
8
R
9
A
10
R
11
C
12
E
13
D
14
S
15
C
16
O
17
T
18
T
19
O
N
A
N
20
H
I
D
E
21
S
H
A
L
E
22
C
A
R
R
E
23
D
I
V
A
24
G
A
T
E
S
25
T
O
N
I
C
26
A
N
I
O
N
27
E
V
A
M
A
R
I
E
28
L
I
M
N
29
O
30
M
N
I
B
U
S
31
S
A
G
E
L
Y
32
C
A
N
B
E
33
R
R
A
34
S
I
T
E
35
C
E
L
L
36
R
37
O
O
M
38
S
T
O
O
39
P
40
O
41
V
E
R
L
A
42
P
43
S
44
E
U
R
A
45
S
46
I
47
A
48
N
49
M
50
A
51
M
52
E
53
I
M
R
I
54
E
W
55
E
56
S
I
L
E
N
C
E
57
I
M
I
T
58
A
T
E
59
C
60
A
N
A
R
61
D
62
S
I
L
V
E
R
63
D
E
C
I
M
A
L
64
S
65
S
E
T
T
O
66
S
67
S
E
E
68
I
N
R
O
M
E
D
O
69
A
S
T
H
E
R
O
70
M
A
N
S
71
D
72
O
73
O
L
E
74
S
U
T
U
R
E
75
P
R
E
D
A
T
E
S
76
R
77
E
B
A
T
78
E
79
R
E
M
A
S
80
H
81
B
R
E
T
O
N
S
82
P
R
E
T
E
L
83
L
84
N
E
T
85
O
86
P
E
C
87
E
R
G
O
88
M
I
S
E
R
I
E
89
S
90
D
E
91
S
P
O
T
I
92
C
93
S
C
A
L
94
P
95
V
E
T
S
96
H
97
O
98
S
99
S
100
S
101
P
102
A
103
S
104
I
D
O
L
105
A
106
T
E
R
107
A
E
R
A
T
108
E
109
C
L
I
M
110
A
T
E
111
A
D
I
N
112
M
113
I
G
R
A
T
E
S
114
R
E
M
I
T
115
N
116
A
T
A
L
117
M
I
L
L
I
N
E
R
S
118
I
N
E
R
T
119
E
M
O
T
E
120
O
G
L
E
121
G
E
N
E
122
M
A
R
K
S
123
D
O
S
E
S
124
A
S
S
T
125
E
N
O
S
© 1994, The New York Times1/16/94 ( No. 16,140 )
Across
1
Urania, e.g. : MUSE
5
Drug _____ : CZAR
9
Made a suborbital flight : ARCED
14
"Rob Roy" author : SCOTT
19
_____ errand of mercy : ONAN
20
Closet : HIDE
21
Oil source : SHALE
22
En _____ (roulette bet) : CARRE
23
504 marbles : DIVAGATES
25
Bar staple : TONIC
26
Electrolysis particle : ANION
27
Saint of Hollywood : EVAMARIE
28
Illustrate : LIMN
29
"Best of ..." volume : OMNIBUS
31
With intelligence : SAGELY
32
Capital near the Murrumbidgee River : CANBERRA
34
Whereabouts : SITE
35
D, for one : CELL
36
Leeway : ROOM
38
Small porch : STOOP
40
Is partly redundant : OVERLAPS
44
Like Russia : EURASIAN
49
Angela Lansbury role : MAME
53
Son of Bani, in the Bible : IMRI
54
Bellwether's belle? : EWE
56
Golden quality : SILENCE
57
Ape : IMITATE
59
False rumor : CANARD
62
Horse of 50's TV : SILVER
63
Some fractions : DECIMALS
65
Fracases : SETTOS
67
Spectate : SEE
68
Proverb giving a clue to this puzzle : INROMEDOASTHEROMANSDO
73
Stadium cry : OLE
74
Surgeon's work : SUTURE
75
Is a forerunner of : PREDATES
76
Incentive of a sort : REBATE
79
Pulverize the spuds some more : REMASH
81
Dwellers by the English Channel : BRETONS
82
Forecast : PRETELL
84
Dealer's price : NET
85
Acronym in 70's news : OPEC
87
Proof word : ERGO
88
Scheherazade's string of tales? : MISERIES
90
Tyrannical : DESPOTIC
93
Resell, in a way : SCALP
95
November honorees : VETS
96
One of the Cartwrights : HOSS
100
French Lick and others : SPAS
104
Worshiper : IDOLATER
107
Freshen : AERATE
109
Finale of a 151-move chess game : CLIMATE
111
Tennis score : ADIN
112
1,001 log holders : MIGRATES
114
Pay : REMIT
115
Brazilian port : NATAL
117
1,049 steamships : MILLINERS
118
Like krypton : INERT
119
Chew the scenery : EMOTE
120
Gaze amorously : OGLE
121
Kind of pool : GENE
122
1,000 boats : MARKS
123
Groups of pills, e.g. : DOSES
124
Secretary: Abbr. : ASST
125
Cardinal Slaughter : ENOS
Down
1
1,000 poems : MODES
2
Pioneering computer of 1951 : UNIVAC
3
Doc of 30's pulps : SAVAGE
4
Pottery surface : ENAMEL
5
Cautious : CHARY
6
Tubular pasta : ZITI
7
"Zip-_____-Doo-Dah" : ADEE
8
Judge's matter : RES
9
Star of TV's "Addams Family" : ASTIN
10
Squished square : RHOMB
11
Bancroft, Meara and 98 others : CANNES
12
_____ Lilly & Co. : ELI
13
Well-behaved : DECOROUS
14
Survey : SCAN
15
Four and twenty blackbirds (and 76 more) : CANIS
16
Antelope with snakelike horns : ORIBI
17
Lake catch : TROUT
18
Itchy, in a way : TENSE
24
Noted wine family : GALLO
28
Persecuted priest : LAMA
30
New Zealand woodcarvers : MAORIS
32
Mulligrubs : COLIC
33
Hwy. : RTE
36
Combines again : REMELDS
37
Boston sports legend : ORR
39
Fort's defense : PALISADE
41
Autobiographies : VITAE
42
Gore, for example : PENETRATE
43
Bundles up : SWATHES
45
Chemical salt : SELENATE
46
Wall Street figure : INVESTOR
47
Good hole card : ACE
48
Saul's grandfather : NER
49
70's dress : MIDI
50
Revival cry : AMEN
51
1,099 regal garments : MICROBES
52
Whiten, as a plant : ETIOLATE
55
Noted Folies Bergère designer : ERTE
58
Electrical gauges : AMMETERS
60
Like an alias : ASSUMED
61
Village : DORP
64
Tart : SOUR
66
Frozen desserts : SORBETS
69
Amenhotep IVs sole deity : ATEN
70
Word of thanks : MERCI
71
Tiananmen Square crusher : DENG
72
_____ buco : OSSO
76
Dashboard reading: Abbr. : RPM
77
Silkworm : ERI
78
Draw forth : ELICIT
80
Optimist : HOPER
83
Made heavy : LEADENED
86
Big belly : POT
89
Highway caution : SLO
91
Cinematographer Nykvist : SVEN
92
Darling : CHERI
94
"_____ Republic" : PLATOS
97
Vitamin C source : ORANGE
98
Shiny fabric : SATEEN
99
Caterer's food warmer : STERNO
100
Curtain fabric : SCRIM
101
Full assemblies : PLENA
102
Pointer : AIMER
103
Brat's smile : SMIRK
105
"..._____ which will live in infamy" : ADATE
106
Bathroom decor : TILES
107
Shoelace tip : AGLET
108
Curves : ESSES
110
Bar members, for short : ATTS
112
A little over a million dollars? : MIGS
113
Afflictions : ILLS
116
Latin I word : AMO
117
Bird that's an anagram of 116 Down : MOA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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