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New York Times, Sunday, October 6, 2019

Author:
Howard Barkin and Victor Barocas
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
69-Down : Choreographer Twyla
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Victor Barocas

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 73 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Barkin. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Barocas. Sunday freshness: 33%
Will Shortz notes:
Howard Barkin is a software quality-assurance specialist — and an ace crossword solver — from Hillsborough, N.J. He won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in 2016 and is a perennial ... read more
Constructor notes:
VICTOR: I powered up the Wayback Machine to share some of the failed themers that Howard and I discussed. EE CUMMINGS (EEC) and DH LAWRENCE (DHL) both had nice initialisms, but we ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Initialisms, well-known(ish) trigrams mirroring famous people's initials. Some interesting finds — with as much ARTHUR C CLARKE as I've read, I've never thought about his monogram matching ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times10/6/19 ( No. 25,534 )
Across
1
What helicopter rotors do : WHIR
5
"___ to Psyche" : ODE
8
Bartók and Lugosi : BELAS
13
Seven Sisters school that went coed in 1969 : VASSAR
19
Famous feature of the Florence Cathedral : DOME
20
Romulus, exempli gratia : REX
21
It goes up with alcohol consumption : REACTIONTIME
23
Cereal mascot since 1933 : SNAP
24
N.Y.C.-based dance troupe : ABT
25
↑ Memoirist : ALICEBTOKLAS
26
Psalm 63 opening : OGOD
28
Unable to choose : TORN
30
Blood drive worker : NURSE
31
On the way : SENT
32
Many : ALOTOF
34
Tactless : RUDE
36
Marsh flora : REEDS
38
Rapper Lil ___ X : NAS
39
↓ Journalist and author : HUNTERSTHOMPSON
42
Maui setting: Abbr. : HST
44
Downwind : ALEE
45
Mimic : APER
46
Quarry, e.g. : PIT
47
Raise one's spirits : TOAST
49
Weighed on : BURDENED
51
Gangster's gun : GAT
52
Large print source : BEARPAW
54
Org. for the Demon Deacons and Blue Devils : ACC
55
↑ Sci-fi author : ARTHURCCLARKE
58
Observance on Yom Kippur or during Ramadan : FAST
61
H.S. class for future engineers, say : APPHYSICS
62
Spoke with a forked tongue : LIED
63
Guides of a sort : GURUS
64
"From where I sit," briefly : IMO
65
Increases : UPS
66
Word appearing on only one current U.S. coin (the nickel) : CENTS
67
Bit : ATOM
68
Yonder : OVERTHERE
72
Medium on display at Brickworld : LEGO
73
↓ Famed rights advocate : SUSANBANTHONY
75
Agcy. that supports entrepreneurs : SBA
77
Many a middle schooler : PRETEEN
78
Sounds during a strep test : AHS
79
1976 hit whose title is sung just before the line "Take it easy" : SLOWRIDE
84
Buenos ___ : AIRES
85
Sis's sib : BRO
86
Isn't in the black : OWES
87
Information on a game box : AGES
88
The so-called "winter blues," for short : SAD
89
↑ Noted politician and orator : STEPHENADOUGLAS
93
"Honor"-able org. : BSA
95
Gush : SPURT
97
Largest cell in the human body : OVUM
98
Got by : MADEDO
99
Yeats's homeland : EIRE
101
Brings up : REARS
103
Award for Best Moment, e.g. : ESPY
105
The "1" of 10-1, say : LOSS
106
↓ American composer and lyricist : GEORGEMCOHAN
109
Canyon maker : GMC
111
Kissers : LIPS
113
"I can't understand this at all" : ITSGREEKTOME
114
Half of a blackjack : ACE
115
Hideout : LAIR
116
Star of the "Taken" film series : NEESON
117
Wind ___ : SHEAR
118
"Erie Canal" mule : SAL
119
Certain IDs : SSNS
Down
1
MS. units : WDS
2
Site of the first Ironman race (1978) : HONOLULU
3
Words accompanying "Uh-oh!" : IMAGONER
4
Moved, as in a greenhouse : REPOTTED
5
___ pro nobis : ORA
6
Factor affecting a bond's rating : DEBT
7
Took by threat : EXTORTED
8
Actor on Time's list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century : BRANDO
9
California's ___ River : EEL
10
Reclined : LAIN
11
Hex'd : ACCURST
12
Playing on both sides : STEREO
13
"I ___" (sticker message) : VOTED
14
"I'll take that as ___" : ANO
15
Parts of a portfolio: Abbr. : STKS
16
Iconic environmental book : SILENTSPRING
17
Maker of the classic Radarange : AMANA
18
Concludes one's case : RESTS
22
"Ghosts" playwright : IBSEN
27
Forest mother : DOE
29
River through Dortmund : RUHR
32
Model of vengeful obsession : AHAB
33
Part of a Swiss bank account : FRANC
35
One good at reading emotions : EMPATH
37
Boating hazard : SHOAL
40
Something a house might be built on : SPEC
41
Epigrammatic : PITHY
43
Brand in the dessert aisle : SARALEE
47
Clue collectors, for short : TECS
48
Grow a fondness for : TAKETO
50
Grub : EATS
51
Assoc. : GRP
52
Includes surreptitiously : BCCS
53
Melds : WEDS
55
Left on board : APORT
56
High percentage of criminals? : USURY
57
No longer green, say : RIPE
58
Popular sans-serif typeface : FUTURA
59
Truism based on a line by Gertrude Stein : AROSEISAROSE
60
Major source of coffee beans : SUMATRA
61
Mass-produced response? : AMEN
63
Inspiration for a horror movie? : GASP
64
Nobelist Pavlov : IVAN
66
Hammer feature : CLAW
68
U.K. honours : OBES
69
Choreographer Twyla : THARP
70
Trio often heard in December : HOHOHO
71
Northern borders? : ENS
74
Can't do without : NEEDS
75
Runners support it : SLED
76
Place of security : BOSOM
79
What causes a will-o'-the-wisp : SWAMPGAS
80
Ann and Andy, notably : RAGDOLLS
81
The King of Latin Pop : IGLESIAS
82
Popular sports news website : DEADSPIN
83
ExxonMobil abroad : ESSO
85
Promise : BETROTH
86
Heavy responsibility : ONUS
89
Comment following an unrepentant admission : SUEME
90
Symbolic socioeconomic divider : TRACKS
91
Less bumpy : EVENER
92
Suffix with sex or text : UAL
93
Get the show on the road : BEGIN
94
Número de Maravillas del Mundo Antiguo : SIETE
96
Get one's hair just right : PREEN
100
Bits of work : ERGS
102
Something a cobbler may hold : SHOE
104
"It's fun to stay at the ___" (1978 hit lyric) : YMCA
107
Miracle-___ : GRO
108
Org. for docs : AMA
110
Bit of animation : CEL
112
About one-quarter of a high school: Abbr. : SRS

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 6 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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