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New York Times, Sunday, November 30, 2008

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
Richard Silvestri
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Richard Silvestri

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 78 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 146 for Mr. Silvestri. NYT links: Across Lite
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© 2008, The New York TimesNo. 1130 ( 21,572 )
Across
1. Like tests and dirt roads : GRADED
7. Web programmer's medium : HTML
11. Deadens : DAMPS
16. Adolphe ___, musical instrument inventor : SAX
19. "Honestly, man!" : NOJIVE
20. It may be gray : AREA
21. Economist Janeway : ELIOT
22. Open someone else's e-mails, maybe : PRY
23. Not accented : ATONIC
24. Will's opposite : WONT
25. Poker player's wear : VISOR
26. Brynner of stage and screen : YUL
27. Sale sweeteners : REBATES
29. Helpful comment to a judge? : THERESTHEROBE
32. "Stripes" actor, 1981 : RAMIS
34. Imago, e.g. : ADULT
35. Brunch time : TENAM
36. Maine, e.g.: Abbr. : USS
39. "Also Sprach Zarathustra" hitmaker, 1973 : DEODATO
41. A cadet might be asked to pick it up : PACE
43. Insurance paperwork : CLAIM
46. Snowy ___ : EGRET
47. Fruit flies? : PEACHFOES
52. Dirty radio sitcom? : LOAMANDABNER
55. Given to showy affectation : ARTY
56. Put to use : PLY
57. Monastery office : ABBACY
58. Polonius's hiding place : ARRAS
60. Bank holding : LIEN
61. Do some grapplin' : RASSLE
65. Makes a muffler, e.g. : KNITS
66. Weapon in the Charge of the Light Brigade : LANCE
67. Jokey question to a Verizon technician? : AREWEHAVINGPHONEYET
71. Summer swarm : GNATS
72. With regard to : ANENT
73. Beauty spots : SALONS
74. Line at a track : ODDS
75. Cowgirl Dale : EVANS
76. Chinese brew : OOLONG
80. Output of une législature : LOI
81. Bull: Prefix : TAUR
82. Darius the Scamp? : PERSIANROGUE
88. Pot-smoking cleric? : FRIARTOKE
91. Raccoon relative : COATI
92. Endor inhabitants : EWOKS
93. The story of the aftermath of Oceanic Flight 815 : LOST
94. Read the riot act to : SCOLDED
96. The Tigers, on scoreboards : DET
97. Donnybrook : SCRAP
100. Engine problem : STALL
101. One who may give you a shot in the arm : MEDIC
105. Result of excessive rowing? : PAININTHEBOAT
109. Makes clear : DECODES
113. Hairy TV cousin : ITT
114. Shade of pink : CORAL
115. ___ Torrence, American sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics : GWEN
117. Make merry : CAVORT
118. Casbah wear : FEZ
119. Set of keys? : ATOLL
120. Suffix for a collection : IANA
121. Henry Fielding novel and heroine : AMELIA
122. Fix, as fritters : FRY
123. Form beginning : LINEA
124. Cell suffix : CYTE
125. Beth, for one : LETTER
Down
1. Sound like an angry dog : GNAR
2. Saying again and again : ROTE
3. "Get ___" (doo-wop classic) : AJOB
4. Libyan money : DINAR
5. 1979 Broadway hit with the song "On This Night of a Thousand Stars" : EVITA
6. X : DECEM
7. Turn to the left : HAW
8. Home-run run : TROT
9. Herringlike fish : MENHADEN
10. Point near the deadline : LATEDATE
11. Evolve : DEVELOP
12. Celebs as a group : ALIST
13. Drops in the air : MIST
14. "Fiddlesticks!" : POOH
15. Like spandex : STRETCHY
16. Watch furtively : SPYON
17. One of the ABC Islands : ARUBA
18. Plant circulatory tissue : XYLEM
28. Joined forces (with) : SIDED
30. Line at a track : RUT
31. Scuba venue : REEF
33. Genesis creator : SEGA
36. "True blue" and gold team : UCLA
37. No neatnik : SLOB
38. Volvo rival : SAAB
40. Scepter topper : ORB
41. Tropical drink embellishment : PARASOL
42. Variety show lineup : ACTS
44. Turkish inns : IMARETS
45. Cousins of cockatiels : MACAWS
48. Singer Kitt : EARTHA
49. Voice a view : OPINE
50. Send to the Hill, say : ELECT
51. Lang follower : SYNE
53. Big Board: Abbr. : NYSE
54. Tolled : RANG
59. Criticizes in no uncertain terms : RIPS
60. Knocks down : LAYSLOW
62. Spring Jewish holiday : SHAVUOT
63. Historical Scottish county : LANARK
64. On a plane? : EVEN
65. Chess piece: Abbr. : KNT
66. Poe poem that ends "From grief and groan to a golden throne beside the King of Heaven" : LENORE
67. Compound conjunction : ANDOR
68. r's, in math : RADII
69. P.D. rank : INSP
70. When shadows are shortest : NOON
71. Green activity : GOLF
75. Grub : EATS
77. Hymn start : OGOD
78. Microwave : NUKE
79. Adventurous deed : GEST
81. Kind of storm : TROPICAL
83. Environment-related : ECOLOGIC
84. Bed on wheels : ROLLAWAY
85. In the dumps : SAD
86. Inventory unit : ITEM
87. Backed up : AIDED
89. Mathematician Turing : ALAN
90. Miss Havisham's ward in "Great Expectations" : ESTELLA
95. Fleet member : CAB
97. Spruce (up) : SPIFF
98. Provide the spread : CATER
99. Posh : RITZY
100. Fossil-yielding rock : SHALE
102. Windshield attachment : DECAL
103. Part of Caesar's boast : ICAME
104. Desire : COVET
106. "Don't look at me" : NOTI
107. 1982 Disney film : TRON
108. Setting for many a reception : TENT
110. Dummkopf : DOLT
111. War of 1812 battle site : ERIE
112. Celeb : STAR
116. Paisley denial : NAE

Answer summary: 8 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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