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MARK MY WORDS

New York Times, Sunday, February 17, 2013

Author:
Ian Livengood and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Editor:
Will Shortz
19-Across : Body of water on the Uzbek border
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Ian Livengood

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 74 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Livengood. Sunday freshness: 55%
Jim Horne notes:

Compare with this 1998 grid by Robert H. Wolfe. It even has the same central answer, only running vertically. The puzzle here differs in that, for the Down answers, the punctuation marks must be spelled out.

FROST/NIXON was the answer to one of my favorite recent clues: Slashed picture of 2008?

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© 2013, The New York Times2/17/13 ( No. 23,112 )
Across
1
Summation symbol in math : SIGMA
6
Baseball team's leading hitter : BIGBAT
12
Gotham police procedural : CSI:NY
18
"Your ___ ..." : HONOR
19
Body of water on the Uzbek border : ARALSEA
21
Post-1968 tennis : OPENERA
22
Silly : INANE
23
Magic, once : LALAKER
24
Rear guard? : MUDFLAP
25
CVS competitor : RITEAID
27
What a faker may put on : ACT
28
Gotham-bound luggage letters : LGA
30
Estuary, e.g. : ARM
31
Like a walk in the park : EASY
32
Group with the monster 1994 album "Monster" : REM
34
Like the dish kimchi : KOREAN
36
Followers of 1-Acrosses : TAUS
38
"Aida" figure : PHARAOH
41
Preserve, as fodder : ENSILE
43
It's good for what ails you : SPA
45
Cool people : THEIN-CROWD
48
Sugar suffix : OSE
49
What a raised hand may signal : STOP
50
Nuts : LOONS
51
Show tune with the lyric "Here am I, your special island" : BALIHAI
53
Cosine reciprocal : SECANT
55
1960s-'70s drama set in San Francisco : IRONSIDE
58
Allow : ENABLE
60
Egg choice : LARGE
61
Go up against : DEFY
62
Heart : PITH
64
Bitmap image : GIF
65
Thor's domain : THUNDER
67
1968 movie directed by Paul Newman : RACHEL,RACHEL
70
Forerun : PRECEDE
74
Chaney of "Of Mice and Men" : LON
75
Beast that killed Adonis : BOAR
76
Way off : AFAR
80
Actor Quinn : AIDAN
81
"Heavens to Betsy!" : YEGODS
84
What many op art designs appear to do : UNDULATE
86
Fictional Indiana town where "Parks and Recreation" is set : PAWNEE
88
Upside-down container : CAKEPAN
90
Space effect, for short : ZEROG
91
Word from Hamlet while holding a skull : ALAS
92
Pince-___ : NEZ
94
Tony-nominated play made into an Oscar-nominated movie : FROST/NIXON
97
Paper size: Abbr. : LTR
98
Dance in 3/4 time : BOLERO
100
China and environs : THEEAST
101
It might come out in the wash : ODOR
103
Lacking scruples : AMORAL
105
B&O and others : RRS
106
Silent interval : REST
110
1945 Pacific battle site, informally : IWO
111
Catch : NAB
112
Abe : FIN
114
Relatively inexpensive wrap : FAKEFUR
116
Had a senior moment : BLANKED
119
Work from a folder : ORIGAMI
122
Island SW of Majorca : IBIZA
123
Some paneling : VENEERS
124
Old North State native : TARHEEL
125
Piece of the past : RELIC
126
Co-founder of Death Row Records : DR.DRE
127
Some ocean debris : JETSAM
128
Pastime for Barack Obama at Camp David : SKEET
Down
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English division : SHIRE
2
Coastal Anatolian region : IONIA
3
Barbecue annoyances : GNATS
4
Miss at the movies? : MONEYPENNY
5
Region : AREA
6
Twaddle : BALDERDASH
7
Tax law subj. : IRA
8
Big do : GALA
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There's no escaping this : BLACKHOLE
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Request that one attend : ASKTO
11
Certain joint : TEE
12
Apple core, briefly : CPU
13
Unruffled : SEDATE
14
Prefix with red : INFRA
15
One of the usual suspects? : COLONELMUSTARD
16
Org. with an eagle in its logo : NRA
17
Piehole : YAP
20
"Blues in the Night" composer Harold : ARLEN
21
Certain sultan's subjects : OMANIS
26
Country with a supreme leader : IRAN
29
Petroleum distillate : GASOIL
33
Source of the line "What's done is done" : MACBETH
35
Ginger feature : REDHAIR
37
Drunkard : SPONGE
39
Angry cat's sound : HISS
40
1/24 of un giorno : ORA
42
"___ Miz" : LES
44
Better suited : APTER
45
Careered : TORE
46
Split part of a reindeer : HOOF
47
Rank below group captain : WINGCOMMANDER
49
Car radio button : SCAN
50
Top : LID
52
'90s-'00s Britcom : ABFAB
54
Month after Av : ELUL
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Microsoft Surface competitor : IPAD
57
Uncertain : DICEY
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Tom Cruise's character in "Mission: Impossible" : ETHAN
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Hägar's wife in the funnies : HELGA
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Round up : HERD
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___ Laënnec, inventor of the stethoscope : RENE
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Pursue : LOOKFOR
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Certain bid, informally : COUNTER
70
Kind of court or cross : PAPAL
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Bridge dividing the San Marco and San Polo districts : RIALTO
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Early 20th century, in British history : EDWARDIANPERIOD
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Pink-slips : CANS
76
Answer man? : ALEXTREBEK
77
Old West casino game : FARO
78
Oceans : ATON
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Pump option: Abbr. : REG
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Itch cause : ECZEMA
83
It brightens up a performance : SPOTLIGHT
85
Yom Kippur War weaponry : UZIS
87
Record producer Brian : ENO
89
Gray shade : ASH
93
Twisty-horned creatures : ELANDS
95
"Halloween," e.g. : SLASHERFILM
96
Opportunity creator : NASA
98
Go-between : BROKER
99
Sci-fi staple : ROBOT
102
Partner of operated : OWNED
104
Blazing : AFIRE
107
Submit an online return : EFILE
108
"___ Q" (Creedence Clearwater Revival hit) : SUZIE
109
Plot : TRACT
113
Dundee denials : NAES
115
Cocktails with crème de cassis : KIRS
116
Letters on briefs : BVD
117
Celtic water deity : LER
118
Poet's "before" : ERE
120
Post-1858 rule : RAJ
121
"Give ___ break!" : MEA

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

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