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New York Times, Sunday, February 5, 1995

Author:
Frank A. Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : CHALTUPID
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
9110/29/199411/24/20192
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RebusScrabDebutFlowFresh
41.4868638.987%
Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 72 Missing: {JQZ} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Longo. Grid flow: 31.0 Sunday freshness: 74%
Jim Horne notes:

These are cryptic-style clues.

Clue Answer Explanation
CHALTUPID STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE HALT in CUPID
VISSADAGE BLUE IN THE FACE SAD in VISAGE
JASOWB PIG IN A POKE SOW in JAB
SNILTIR MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING STIR about NIL
GAINBEAK WIN BY A NOSE WIN by (next to) a NOSE (beak)
BEDORISING A DAY IN THE LIFE DORIS (Day) in BEING
SPORETAFF READ BETWEEN THE LINES PORE (over) inside (musical) STAFF
1
R
2
I
3
B
4
B
5
E
6
D
7
F
8
L
9
A
10
O
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M
12
E
13
A
14
S
15
S
16
A
17
M
18
A
L
L
U
R
E
19
R
E
M
20
O
D
E
L
21
S
T
A
L
E
22
R
23
F
L
A
N
G
E
24
E
T
A
M
I
N
E
25
S
U
L
T
R
Y
26
S
T
O
P
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I
N
T
H
E
N
A
M
28
E
O
F
L
O
V
E
29
A
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I
T
31
E
S
C
32
G
I
G
33
L
I
F
E
34
B
L
U
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E
36
I
N
T
H
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E
38
F
A
C
E
39
E
L
Y
40
T
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R
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A
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B
O
L
E
S
44
S
I
L
O
S
45
R
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O
M
47
A
H
A
B
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A
N
A
L
O
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G
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S
I
P
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P
I
G
I
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N
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A
P
O
K
E
54
S
A
S
S
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A
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L
M
S
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P
I
E
D
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E
S
P
R
I
T
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C
L
I
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H
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A
L
O
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E
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D
I
T
I
O
N
S
64
M
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U
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C
H
A
D
67
O
A
B
O
U
68
T
N
O
T
H
I
N
G
69
N
A
R
R
A
T
O
R
70
A
P
S
O
71
C
H
E
72
E
L
A
I
N
E
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E
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A
T
S
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R
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U
S
E
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A
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R
79
C
80
H
81
W
I
N
B
Y
A
82
N
O
S
E
83
H
U
N
84
R
85
O
M
E
R
O
86
E
C
U
S
87
I
S
H
88
M
E
L
E
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E
90
L
Y
M
A
N
91
R
E
S
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I
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T
O
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A
95
D
A
Y
I
N
T
96
H
E
L
I
F
E
97
O
N
E
R
98
M
E
N
99
T
A
O
100
S
T
Y
101
R
102
E
103
A
D
B
E
T
104
W
E
E
N
105
T
106
H
E
L
I
107
N
108
E
S
109
E
X
T
E
R
N
110
A
D
M
I
R
E
R
111
S
E
R
I
112
A
113
L
114
N
A
N
T
E
S
115
F
L
E
X
I
L
E
116
T
R
I
O
D
E
117
M
O
O
D
Y
118
T
Y
R
119
O
D
D
120
S
O
N
N
E
T
© 1995, The New York Times2/5/95 ( No. 16,525 )
Across
1
Needled : RIBBED
7
Neighbor of Ala. : FLA
10
Where to 'ang one's 'at : OME
13
Its capital is Dispur : ASSAM
18
Tempt : ALLURE
19
Create a new look : REMODEL
21
More platitudinous : STALER
23
I-beam projection : FLANGE
24
Lightweight cotton fabric : ETAMINE
25
Like an August day : SULTRY
26
29
Island in a river : AIT
31
Helpful PC key : ESC
32
Light rowboat : GIG
33
Magazine founded 11/23/36 : LIFE
34
VISSADAGE : BLUEINTHEFACE
39
'60s Tarzan : ELY
40
Song syllable : TRA
43
Tree trunks : BOLES
44
Cylindrical buildings : SILOS
45
Computer storage acronym : ROM
47
Jezebel's husband : AHAB
48
Kind of clock : ANALOG
50
Thimbleful : SIP
51
JASOWB : PIGINAPOKE
54
Mouth off : SASS
55
Relief : ALMS
57
Multicolored : PIED
58
Lively intelligence : ESPRIT
59
Second-century date : CLI
60
Saintly ring : HALO
62
Printings : EDITIONS
64
69
Raconteur : NARRATOR
70
Lhasa _____ (terrier) : APSO
71
Bearded revolutionary : CHE
72
"The Graduate" role : ELAINE
73
Grub : EATS
75
Artifice : RUSE
77
Parade passageway : ARCH
81
GAINBEAK : WINBYANOSE
83
Barbarian : HUN
84
The Joker, on TV : ROMERO
86
Old French coins : ECUS
87
Like: Suffix : ISH
88
Donnybrook : MELEE
90
The "L" of L. Frank Baum : LYMAN
91
_____ gestae : RES
92
Judge Lance : ITO
94
BEDORISING : ADAYINTHELIFE
97
Lulu : ONER
98
Dudes : MEN
99
Philosophical universal : TAO
100
Mudhole : STY
101
109
Hospital worker : EXTERN
110
Fan : ADMIRER
111
"Flash Gordon," e.g. : SERIAL
114
Seaport on the Loire : NANTES
115
Tractable : FLEXILE
116
Vacuum tube type : TRIODE
117
Temperamental : MOODY
118
One-handed Norse god : TYR
119
Curious : ODD
120
Browning work : SONNET
Down
1
British pilots' grp. : RAF
2
Unsatisfactorily : ILL
3
Metazoan stages : BLASTULAS
4
It can be a sacrifice : BUNT
5
So : ERGO
6
Intensify : DEEPEN
7
Gallic characteristic : FRENCHISM
8
Riga native : LETT
9
Oriental pram-pusher : AMAH
10
Warlike : ODINIC
11
Carnival exhibit : MENAGERIE
12
First sch. : ELEM
13
Pardon, once : ASSOIL
14
Pompous : STUFFY
15
_____ à manger (dining room): Fr. : SALLE
16
Kind of clef : ALTO
17
First name in TV talk : MERV
20
Bulova rivals : OMEGAS
22
Kind of flour : RYE
27
Adherents : ISTS
28
Fragrant resin : ELEMI
29
Coptic bishops' titles : ABBAS
30
Actress Massey : ILONA
35
Electricity generators : EELS
36
Prefix with bar or bath : ISO
37
_____ Cook Jr. of "The Maltese Falcon" : ELISHA
38
Beau Brummell : FOP
40
Radon isotope : THORON
41
Garden work : RAKING
42
Does lookout at a heist : ABETS
46
It's south of Brigham City : OGDEN
47
Ancient Rome's _____ Forum : APPII
49
Raphael's "Triumph of _____" : GALATEA
51
God-loving : PIOUS
52
Reply to a bad choice : NEITHER
53
"_____ World Turns" : ASTHE
56
Famous beach : LIDO
57
Sits heavily : PLOPS
59
Siberian salt lake : CHANY
61
Slacken : ABATE
63
Medics : DOCS
64
Factor in sentencing, perhaps : MALICE
65
Discovery of March 13, 1781 : URANUS
66
Swipes : CRIBS
67
Hydrox alternatives : OREOS
68
Insects' antenna sockets : TORULI
69
More novel : NEWER
74
With embarrassment : ASHAMEDLY
76
Intact, as a pharaoh's tomb : UNENTERED
77
Univalent chemical group : AMYL
78
Amnesty : REMISSION
79
Macramé, e,g, : CRAFT
80
Pooh's prize : HONEY
82
Capital of Deux-Sèvres : NIORT
83
"Yo!" : HEY
85
Flamenco cheer : OLE
88
Mike Connors role : MANNIX
89
List ender : ETAL
92
Connate : INBRED
93
Wee : TEENSY
95
Judge : DEEMER
96
Uses a crane : HOISTS
97
Keats' "_____ Psyche" : ODETO
101
Nickelodeon cartoon character : REN
102
Term finisher, often : EXAM
103
Words before time or expense : ATNO
104
Float : WAFT
105
Rock's Salt-N-Pepa, e.g. : TRIO
106
Embraced : HELD
107
Claudius' successor : NERO
108
Actress Gray : ERIN
112
American fabulist : ADE
113
Give the go-ahead : LET

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 11 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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