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THAT WOMAN

New York Times, Sunday, April 4, 1999

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: 74 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 79 for Mr. Silvestri. NYT links: Across Lite
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© 1999, The New York TimesNo. 0404 ( 18,044 )
Across Down
1. Unkind nickname : FATSO
6. "Hey ___" (1963 pop hit) : PAULA
11. Scrap : SPAT
15. Big do : AFRO
19. Word from a bird : CHEEP
20. Matching felony? : ARSON
21. Decathlete's need : POLE
22. Shed item : TEAR
23. Angel seeker? : CHERUBSCOUT
25. Undo : RUIN
26. Plane section : TAIL
27. Overindulge : GLUT
28. Urban alligator's home, they say : SEWER
30. Without qualification : FLATLY
32. He wrote "The Miser" : MOLIERE
35. Category : GENRE
36. Slight amount : TOUCH
37. Emulates Crosby : CROONS
38. Rid of the superfluous : PRUNE
39. Murmured softly : SOUGHED
41. Smoker or sleeper : CAR
42. Blue Grotto cats? : CAPRIPANTHERS
45. Johnny ___ : REB
47. Unaffiliated record company : INDIE
49. Criminal charge : RAP
50. Radial need : AIR
51. Something to pick : BONE
52. Geometric combining form : GON
53. Chief : KEY
54. Bottom bottom line? : NETHERPROFIT
59. Photographers' concerns : FSTOPS
61. Mixed bags : OLIOS
62. Worries : EATSAT
63. Complains sotto voce : MUTTERS
65. Second to none : PRIME
66. Peanut candy : BRITTLE
67. Have an inspiration? : INHALE
68. Cappuccino cousin : LATTE
69. Norman native : SOONER
70. Detect Dan's cologne? : SMELLARATHER
72. + or - item : ION
73. Thicken : GEL
75. "You Only Live Twice" scriptwriter : DAHL
76. Get off the fence : OPT
77. Deli order : BLT
78. Wall Street worry : PANIC
80. Lyrical lines : ODE
81. Undead in the water? : VAMPIREBATHER
87. Pontiac of song : GTO
88. Fine furs : ERMINES
90. Before curfew : EARLY
91. Execrate : LOATHE
93. Concerto movement : RONDO
94. Take out membership : ENROL
95. Tied up at the marina : BERTHED
96. Slugfest souvenir : SHINER
98. Opposite of dimin. : CRESC
99. Third of a Latin trio : AMAT
100. Bumper sticker starter : HONK
101. Continental prefix : EURO
103. If 50% survives the heat, then...? : HALFWITHERS
109. Natural impulse : URGE
110. Tater : SPUD
111. Digger of early TV's "The Life of Riley" : ODELL
112. Stand for Steen : EASEL
113. "Calm down..." : EASY
114. In billiards, what the English call English : SIDE
115. Where Irving is : TEXAS
116. Expressionless : STONY
 1. ABC and NBC overseer : FCC
2. A patient may say it : AHH
3. Swing site : TEE
4. Director Leone of old westerns : SERGIO
5. Plenty : OPULENCE
6. Word processing command : PASTE
7. Compass drawing : ARC
8. Canteen grp. : USO
9. Bungle : LOUSEUP
10. Roof sight : ANTENNA
11. Toot : SPREE
12. Serve sake, e.g. : POUR
13. Fatima's husband : ALI
14. Trucker's approval : TENFOUR
15. Stick on : ATTACH
16. The plume that's mightier than the sword? : FEATHEROFSTRENGTH
17. Commuter line : RAIL
18. European air hub : ORLY
24. Anatomical sac : BURSA
29. "Beau Geste" author : WREN
31. Schleps : LUGS
32. Thirteenth-century starter : MCCI
33. Rue Morgue murderer : ORANG
34. Kin to a kingfish? : LORDOFTHEHERRINGS
35. Stagehand : GRIP
36. It's human : TOERR
38. Says the rosary : PRAYS
39. Acts skittish : SHIES
40. Defense mechanism : DENIAL
43. Warm-ups : PREPS
44. Resort lake : TAHOE
46. "The Divine Miss M" : BETTE
48. Set up for service : INSTALL
51. Master artist's studio : BOTTEGA
53. Land in two pieces : KOREA
54. Needle point? : NORTH
55. Influential group : ELITE
56. VCR feature : TIMER
57. Eva Duarte, after marriage : PERON
58. Seeders make it : RAIN
60. Rat : TELL
63. Bungle : MISDO
64. Like some beds : UNMADE
65. Smith or Page : PATTI
66. "Sic semper tyrannis" shouter : BOOTH
68. Arctic residents : LAPPS
69. Alluvial : SILTY
71. Ladies' man : ROMEO
74. Graceful : LITHE
77. "Cinderella" event : BALL
78. Divides appropriately : PRORATES
79. Dorm dweller : COED
81. Hollywood crosser : VINE
82. "The Blue Max" actress : ANDRESS
83. Surrealist Magritte : RENE
84. You can't hear if you're out of it : EARSHOT
85. Rich fabric : BROCADE
86. Lacquer ingredient : ELEMI
89. 60's dance : MONKEY
92. In addition : ATTHAT
94. Destroy by degrees : ERODE
95. Bursts into tears : BAWLS
96. "Leaving Las Vegas" star : SHUE
97. Kibbutz dance : HORA
98. Dirty deposit : CRUD
102. Reuters rival : UPI
104. Roman law : LEX
105. Spring training state: Abbr. : FLA
106. "___ Beso" (1962 hit) : ESO
107. Cartoon canine : REN
108. Underhanded : SLY

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

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