Author: | Charles M. Deber |
Editor: | Will Shortz |
1 E | 2 X | 3 T | 4 R | 5 A | 6 S | 7 A | 8 T | 9 D | 10 O | 11 G | 12 A | 13 M | 14 O | 15 E | 16 B | 17 A |
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18 W | I | L | E | S | 19 I | V | E | 20 I | K | E | 21 M | A | U | L | E | D |
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22 E | X | C | I | T | 23 E | M | E | N | 24 T | 25 G | A | R | 26 D | E | N | T | O | O | L |
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27 N | O | L | O | 28 D | A | 29 I | S | Y | 30 I | S | E | L | I | N | ||||||
31 O | 32 P | 33 S | 34 C | O | N | 35 S | R | I | 36 C | O | S | T | A | |||||||
37 R | O | M | 38 O | P | E | 39 R | 40 A | S | I | N | 41 G | E | R | 42 Y | 43 E | 44 A | 45 H |
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46 G | R | O | 47 U | S | E | 48 E | T | E | S | 49 A | D | A | 50 M | 51 S | A | G | O |
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52 C | O | N | T | R | 53 A | S | T | 54 A | S | A | M | A | 55 N | 56 S | R | O |
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57 B | I | T | S | 58 C | O | N | 59 C | 60 E | N | T | R | A | T | E | 61 T | O | P |
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62 U | N | H | E | 63 A | 64 L | E | D | 65 A | V | E | R | S | 66 R | I | 67 M | E | ||||
68 D | E | F | A | M | E | D | 69 P | R | I | M | O | 70 S | O | L | A | R | 71 I | 72 A |
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73 A | L | I | A | 74 P | O | E | T | I | 75 G | U | N | S | T | A | N | D |
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76 L | 77 O | B | 78 S | P | 79 L | I | T | S | E | C | 80 O | N | D | 81 A | N | A | S |
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82 E | R | R | 83 S | T | E | N | T | S | 84 R | A | S | 85 P | 86 U | T | I | N | ||||
87 N | C | I | 88 S | 89 O | D | I | E | 90 H | 91 O | U | R | 92 E | N | A | M | E | 93 L |
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94 T | A | C | T | 95 P | O | D | 96 D | E | D | P | L | 97 A | N | T | 98 A | L | E |
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99 A | 100 I | 101 D | A | N | 102 E | R | E | 103 R | C | A | 104 L | Y | E |
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105 V | 106 E | R | S | U | S | 107 S | C | O | U | 108 T | 109 M | I | S | 110 C | ||||||
111 B | I | R | T | H | S | T | 112 O | N | E | 113 M | O | 114 R | A | L | T | E | 115 N | 116 E | 117 T |
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118 O | C | E | L | O | T | 119 B | U | N | 120 W | A | D | 121 E | D | U | C | E |
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122 B | E | S | E | T | S | 123 S | G | T | 124 S | P | A | 125 D | E | M | O | N |
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1. Superfluous : EXTRA 6. Posed (for) : SAT 9. Follow persistently : DOG 12. Tiny blob : AMOEBA 18. Charms : WILES 19. The Beatles' "All ___ Got to Do" : IVE 20. Old White House nickname : IKE 21. Badly beaten up : MAULED 22. 45-Down near Baton Rouge? : EXCITEMENT 25. 124-Across near Dover? : GARDENTOOL 27. ___ contendere : NOLO 28. Flower girl? : DAISY 30. New Jersey town bordering Rahway : ISELIN 31. Photo ___ : OPS 34. Swindle : CON 35. Hindu title : SRI 36. ___ Brava : COSTA 37. CD-___ : ROM 38. 117-Down near Salem? : OPERASINGER 42. When sung three times, part of a Beatles refrain : YEAH 46. Bellyache : GROUSE 48. Seine summers : ETES 49. First name? : ADAM 51. Starch-yielding palm : SAGO 52. Old TV knob : CONTRAST 54. How Shakespeare's Rosalind dresses : ASAMAN 56. Sign by a theater ticket booth : SRO 57. Smithereens : BITS 58. 1-Across near Hartford? : CONCENTRATE 61. Blouse, e.g. : TOP 62. Still broken, say : UNHEALED 65. Confirms : AVERS 66. "Ancient Mariner" verse : RIME 68. Bad-mouthed : DEFAMED 69. Bitchin' : PRIMO 70. Sun spots : SOLARIA 73. Inter ___ : ALIA 74. Dante e Boccaccio : POETI 75. Rack for a rifle : GUNSTAND 76. Toss-up? : LOB 78. 114-Down near Boise? : SPLITSECOND 81. Santa ___ (desert winds) : ANAS 82. Get it wrong : ERR 83. Certain implants : STENTS 84. Role in "Nicholas and Alexandra" : RASPUTIN 87. TV police drama : NCIS 89. Comics canine : ODIE 90. 11 or 12, but not 13 : HOUR 92. Paint choice : ENAMEL 94. "___ teaches you when to be silent": Disraeli : TACT 95. 76-Down near Springfield? : PODDEDPLANT 98. Mugful, maybe : ALE 99. Actor Quinn : AIDAN 102. Before, in verse : ERE 103. Pioneer in quadraphonic music : RCA 104. Caustic soda : LYE 105. Against : VERSUS 107. Badge earner : SCOUT 109. This and that: Abbr. : MISC 111. 61-Across near Phoenix? : BIRTHSTONE 113. 9-Across near Boston? : MORALTENET 118. Critter whose name comes from Nahuatl : OCELOT 119. Cookout item : BUN 120. Roll of bills : WAD 121. Bring out : EDUCE 122. Assails : BESETS 123. Staff ___: Abbr. : SGT 124. Whirlpool : SPA 125. Exorcism target : DEMON |
1. Farm mother : EWE 2. Women's suffrage Amendment : XIX 3. Pampering, for short : TLC 4. Pull (in) : REIN 5. Regarding the price : ASTOCOST 6. Jazzy Nina : SIMONE 7. Boston's Mass ___ : AVE 8. Lean : TEND 9. Doesn't budge : DIGSIN 10. "Sure!" : OKAY 11. E.U. member : GER 12. "What ___!" : AMESS 13. "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe" artist : MANET 14. Expenditures : OUTLAYS 15. "The Time Machine" people : ELOI 16. "___ your toes!" : BEON 17. B'nai B'rith grp. : ADL 23. Romeo or Juliet : ELOPER 24. French cup : TASSE 26. Many a museum display : DIORAMA 29. It might be blue, green or brown : IRIS 31. Assn. : ORG 32. Like a sty denizen : PORCINE 33. 6-Across near Indianapolis? : SMOOTHFABRIC 36. Some conifers : CEDARS 39. Do over, as a lawn : RESOD 40. Abbr. before a colon : ATTN 41. Prefix with -pod : GASTRO 43. 119-Across near Albany? : EASTERANIMAL 44. Prefix with business : AGRO 45. Basketball rim : HOOP 47. Open : UNSEAL 50. Housemother, e.g. : MATRON 53. Passed easily : ACED 54. Weak : ANEMIC 55. Armstrong and Sedaka : NEILS 57. Pal : BUD 59. Light touch : CARESS 60. Certain online request : EVITE 63. Not quite right : AMISS 64. Arrive at too quickly, in a way : LEAPTO 67. "Hakuna ___" : MATATA 69. In one's cups : POTTED 70. Brewskis : SUDS 71. How a fool acts : INANELY 72. Spots : ADS 74. Bird wing : PINION 75. Knot : GNARL 76. Spring time : LENT 77. Large-toothed whale : ORCA 79. Paraded by : LEDPAST 80. "Is she not down so late, ___ so early?": "Romeo and Juliet" : ORUP 85. Number 2, e.g. : PENCIL 86. Still to be sampled : UNTASTED 88. Shock : STARTLE 90. Sub : HERO 91. Site of a Greek tragedy : ODEUM 93. Big name in jeans : LEE 96. Respectable : DECENT 97. Naval force : ARMADA 100. "___ the Sheriff" : ISHOT 101. Tidies up a bit : DUSTS 105. Number two : VICE 106. "Tu ___ mi amor" : ERES 107. Cozy : SNUG 108. Drags : TOWS 110. Give up : CEDE 111. Weave's partner : BOB 112. Maternity ward workers, for short : OBS 114. Hip-hop : RAP 115. Deut.'s preceder : NUM 116. Environmental prefix : ECO 117. Perfect rating : TEN |
Answer summary: 12 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
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