Author: | Richard Silvestri |
Editor: | Will Shortz |
1 F | 2 A | 3 T | 4 S | 5 O | 6 P | 7 A | 8 U | 9 L | 10 A | 11 S | 12 P | 13 A | 14 T | 15 A | 16 F | 17 R | 18 O |
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19 C | H | E | E | P | 20 A | R | S | O | N | 21 P | O | L | E | 22 T | E | A | R |
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23 C | H | E | R | U | 24 B | S | C | O | U | T | 25 R | U | I | N | 26 T | A | I | L |
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27 G | L | U | T | 28 S | E | 29 W | E | R | 30 F | 31 L | A | T | L | Y |
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32 M | 33 O | 34 L | I | E | R | E | 35 G | E | N | R | E | 36 T | O | U | C | H | ||||
37 C | R | O | O | N | S | 38 P | R | U | N | E | 39 S | O | U | G | H | E | 40 D | |||
41 C | A | R | 42 C | A | 43 P | R | I | P | A | N | 44 T | H | E | R | S | 45 R | E | 46 B |
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47 I | N | D | 48 I | E | 49 R | A | P | 50 A | I | R | 51 B | O | N | E |
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52 G | O | N | 53 K | E | Y | 54 N | 55 E | 56 T | H | E | R | 57 P | 58 R | O | F | I | T |
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59 F | S | 60 T | O | P | S | 61 O | L | I | O | S | 62 E | A | T | S | A | T |
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63 M | 64 U | T | T | E | R | S | 65 P | R | I | M | E | 66 B | R | I | T | T | L | E |
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67 I | N | H | A | L | E | 68 L | A | T | T | E | 69 S | O | O | N | E | R | ||||
70 S | M | E | L | L | A | 71 R | A | T | H | E | R | 72 I | O | N | 73 G | E | 74 L | |||
75 D | A | H | L | 76 O | P | T | 77 B | L | T | 78 P | A | N | I | 79 C |
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80 O | D | E | 81 V | 82 A | M | P | I | 83 R | 84 E | 85 B | A | T | H | 86 E | R | 87 G | T | O |
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88 E | R | 89 M | I | N | E | S | 90 E | A | R | L | Y | 91 L | O | 92 A | T | H | E |
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93 R | O | N | D | O | 94 E | N | R | O | L | 95 B | E | R | T | H | E | D |
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96 S | 97 H | I | N | E | R | 98 C | R | E | S | C | 99 A | M | A | T | ||||||
100 H | O | N | K | 101 E | 102 U | R | O | 103 H | A | 104 L | 105 F | W | I | T | H | 106 E | 107 R | 108 S |
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109 U | R | G | E | 110 S | P | U | D | 111 O | D | E | L | L | 112 E | A | S | E | L |
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113 E | A | S | Y | 114 S | I | D | E | 115 T | E | X | A | S | 116 S | T | O | N | Y |
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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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