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New York Times, Sunday, September 4, 2016

Author:
Tom McCoy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
66-Down : City where Mexico's routes 1 and 2 meet
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Tom McCoy

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. McCoy. Grid flow: 43.6 Sunday freshness: 64%
Tom McCoy notes:
[SPOILER ALERT FOR THE AUGUST 14 DIAGRAMLESS] Ever since I read "Figgs and Phantoms" in elementary school, ampersands have been some of my favorite characters, so I'm glad to finally ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Rebus variant from Tom today, two letters used as a straight rebus in the down direction, while an ampersand is inserted for the across direction. Example: B&O RAILROAD crosses EL(BO)WS. ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times9/4/16 ( No. 24,407 )
Across
1
Flair : ELAN
5
Indication of freshness : SLAP
9
Weak : INFIRM
15
___ bag (party giveaway) : SWAG
19
Have a one-person apartment, say : LIVEALONE
21
"Old MacDonald" sounds : MOOMOO
22
"Check and ___" : MATE
23
Neighbor of Illinois : B&ORAILROAD
24
Response to a flatterer : STOPIT
25
Subordinate: Abbr. : ASST
26
"That ___ part of our agreement!" : WASNT
27
Short dagger : STILETTO
29
Flattened at the poles : OBLATE
31
Concorde, e.g. : SST
32
Ball in a socket : EYE
34
24 in a caffeine molecule : ATOMS
35
Release from TLC or Alicia Keys : R&BALBUM
36
Tee seller : PROSHOP
39
Like many a lad or lass : WEE
40
"Since you didn't hear me the first time ..." : ISAID
41
Actor Reeves : KEANU
43
Start of a time capsule direction : OPENON
45
Retired Steeler Taylor : IKE
46
Takes it easy : GETSALITTLER&R
48
End-of-seminar feature : Q&ASESSION
53
___ letter (college app part) : REC
54
Scads : TONS
55
Sources of mescaline : PEYOTES
57
Prefix with parasite : ENDO
58
School in Oxford, informally : OLEMISS
60
___-Atlantic : MID
61
Burns's refusal : NAE
62
Where bees be : HIVES
63
Slithy one, to Carroll : TOVE
64
Diamond head? : MANAGER
66
___ salad : TUNA
67
Shout made while pointing : THERE
69
Cops, with "the" : LAW
70
___ Alamos : LOS
71
Targeted : AIMEDAT
74
Spanish prefix with líneas : AERO
75
Begin a voyage : SETSAIL
77
___ Fresh (Tex-Mex chain) : BAJA
78
Airport posting, for short : ETA
79
Multicolored candy in a yellow package : PEANUTM&MS
81
Noted index : S&PFIVEHUNDRED
84
Grp. sponsoring the Muzzle Loading Championship : NRA
85
Footnote material : DETAIL
86
Stemmed (from) : AROSE
87
Transition : SEGUE
90
Go on : AIR
91
1997 film megahit : TITANIC
93
Site of the George Bush Presidential Library : TEXASA&M
94
Material in two states : SLUSH
96
Droop : SAG
97
The "e" of i.e. : EST
100
Descend in a controlled fashion : RAPPEL
101
Might be able to do it : HASASHOT
104
Oscar-winning Berry : HALLE
106
The "E" of HOMES : ERIE
107
Like three men of rhyme : INATUB
109
Beverage since 1922 : A&WROOTBEER
111
Bareilles who sang "Love Song" : SARA
112
"Negotiations are off!" : NODEAL
113
Some fuel oils : KEROSENES
114
Leave in : STET
115
Gertrude ___, first woman to swim the English Channel : EDERLE
116
Meh : SOSO
117
Lead-in to Victoria or Albert : LAKE
Down
1
Things aggressive people may throw : ELBOWS
2
Turkish money : LIRAS
3
"Cease!" on the seas : AVAST
4
Answer to "Is Bonn the capital of Deutschland?" : NEIN
5
Kind of camera, for short : SLR
6
Releases : LOOSES
7
Bio course: Abbr. : ANAT
8
Mani-___ : PEDI
9
"Ready!" : IMSET
10
"It's all good" : NOTTOWORRY
11
They mind their manors : FOOTMEN
12
Foist (upon) : IMPOSE
13
Most important piece in échecs : ROI
14
Relatives of scooters : MOTORBIKES
15
One of two in the Adidas logo : SMALLA
16
Sushi go-with : WASABI
17
Offered for breeding : ATSTUD
18
"Don't let those guys escape!" : GETEM
20
Choice : ALTERNATIVE
28
A U.S. flag is a common one : LAPELPIN
30
Ammonia and lye : BASES
33
Calvin Coolidge's reputed reply to a woman who bet she could get more than two words out of him : YOULOSE
36
Old men : PAS
37
Red ___ : HOTS
38
Go (for) : OPT
41
Ocean bottom? : KEEL
42
And more : ETCETERA
44
"Going somewhere?" : NEEDALIFT
45
"That makes sense" : ISEE
46
Miracle-___ : GRO
47
Electees : INS
48
2022 World Cup host : QATAR
49
Surrounder of la Grande Jatte : SEINE
50
Martians, in "The War of the Worlds" : INVADERS
51
Wordsworth work : ODE
52
Negatives : NOS
56
Word often replaced with "your" : ONES
59
Ignoramus : MORON
60
Big mouths : MAWS
62
United Nations concern : HUMANRIGHTS
64
Tangles : MATS
65
Behemoths : GOLIATHS
66
City where Mexico's routes 1 and 2 meet : TIJUANA
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Word that becomes its own synonym when spelled backward : TAP
68
Giggle syllable : HEE
69
Basic form of a word : LEMMA
71
Spa sound : AAH
72
Do to ___ : ATEE
73
Bit : TAD
75
Simplify : STREAMLINE
76
Just like always : ASPERUSUAL
77
Big swig : BELT
80
Neglect : UNUSE
82
Number of hills in ancient Rome : VII
83
Rx writer : DOC
85
Optometrist, at times : DILATER
87
Pirate, in old slang : SEARAT
88
Breathe out : EXPIRE
89
View in awe : GAPEAT
90
Slightly : ASHADE
92
Noted philanthropic family : ASTORS
93
Lock : TRESS
95
Relative of a weasel : SABLE
97
Justice Kagan : ELENA
98
Smooth and glossy : SLEEK
99
Like Calvin Coolidge : TERSE
102
Neocons, e.g. : HAWKS
103
Ice cream flavor : OREO
105
Cain mutiny victim? : ABEL
108
Positive sign : NOD
110
Game-winning line : OOO

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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