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PERSONS OF NOTE

New York Times, Sunday, September 1, 2013

Author:
John Farmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
107-Across : It has 135-degree angles
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John Farmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 83 This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Farmer. Sunday freshness: 96%
John Farmer notes:
It all started at 1-Across. The genesis was a brief conversation I'd overheard about Washington. "Which one?" was the question, meaning to clarify whether city or state, but the way my ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Genius idea for a Sunday puzzle, a true WITT (Wish I'd Thought of That). The theme answers relate to American currency, so the one-dollar bill is represented by DENZEL WASHINGTON crossing ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Here are the people in question.

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D
2
E
3
N
4
Z
5
E
6
L
7
1
8
J
9
O
10
G
11
G
12
E
13
D
14
L
15
O
16
U
17
50
18
O
R
I
O
L
E
S
19
S
A
M
U
R
A
I
20
B
L
A
N
C
21
O
N
L
E
A
V
E
22
P
L
A
N
E
T
S
23
L
A
T
T
E
24
D
S
L
25
S
I
C
26
H
O
R
N
E
27
C
28
H
I
M
E
I
N
29
T
A
30
S
T
E
31
D
E
P
32
E
L
33
I
34
A
S
A
S
E
T
35
H
I
S
36
T
O
R
Y
37
R
E
T
38
O
R
T
S
39
M
A
C
40
A
N
E
41
Y
A
L
E
42
M
43
H
44
O
45
V
A
R
I
46
A
N
T
47
J
48
A
49
B
50
T
A
M
51
A
52
E
A
R
53
H
I
T
I
T
F
A
T
54
I
M
O
55
F
F
56
S
T
57
A
D
I
A
58
A
R
C
59
Y
O
G
A
60
B
A
Z
A
A
61
R
62
F
L
I
R
T
63
N
T
H
64
S
65
E
E
K
66
S
67
A
C
E
68
D
69
T
A
C
O
70
D
U
B
A
71
I
72
R
E
E
73
F
74
E
75
R
76
E
V
A
77
N
78
B
U
R
79
R
O
O
M
E
80
R
81
A
W
A
R
E
82
V
E
L
O
83
C
I
T
Y
84
U
S
X
85
D
O
86
W
N
87
Q
E
D
88
A
R
E
T
H
A
100
89
B
O
20
90
S
O
Y
91
A
92
C
L
E
93
L
A
S
94
P
95
H
E
N
O
M
96
S
97
H
O
U
S
98
T
O
N
99
G
100
A
101
S
L
I
T
102
F
E
E
103
A
R
E
104
A
N
T
105
E
106
D
107
O
C
T
A
G
O
108
N
109
S
W
110
A
N
N
111
E
G
G
112
K
O
113
A
114
D
E
A
T
H
115
A
116
A
L
A
R
G
E
117
M
O
A
118
N
I
N
G
119
E
L
M
O
5
120
T
S
A
R
I
S
T
121
A
R
G
O
N
N
E
122
L
A
P
S
123
L
I
N
D
A
10
124
G
E
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© 2013, The New York Times9/1/13 ( No. 23,308 )
Across
1
Star of four Spike Lee films : DENZELWASHINGTON
8
Exercised on a track : JOGGED
14
Longtime Ed Asner role : LOUGRANT
18
Birds at a ballpark : ORIOLES
19
1954 film septet : SAMURAI
20
White: Fr. : BLANC
21
Away, in a way : ONLEAVE
22
Gustav Holst septet : PLANETS
23
Barista's offering : LATTE
24
Cable alternative : DSL
25
[typo not fixed] : SIC
26
Star of a 1981 Broadway revue subtitled "The Lady and Her Music" : HORNE
27
Add one's views : CHIMEIN
29
Style : TASTE
31
Second-in-command: Abbr. : DEP
32
41-Across athlete : ELI
34
How his-and-hers towels are sold : ASASET
35
"Gossip well told," per Elbert Hubbard : HISTORY
37
Comebacks : RETORTS
39
Bud : MAC
40
Hydrocarbon ending : ANE
41
See 32-Across : YALE
42
Electrical unit, old-style : MHO
45
Webster's second? : VARIANT
47
Quick punch : JAB
50
Author Janowitz : TAMA
52
Bud's place : EAR
53
Strike turf before the ball, in golf : HITITFAT
54
Bye line? : IMOFF
56
Olympic venues : STADIA
58
It may extend for many minutes : ARC
59
Thoughtful exercise : YOGA
60
Overseas market : BAZAAR
62
Tease : FLIRT
63
Unspecified degrees : NTHS
65
Comic strip cries : EEKS
67
Waltzed through : ACED
69
___ de carne asada : TACO
70
Burj Khalifa locale : DUBAI
72
Joint : REEFER
76
Fashion label ___-Picone : EVAN
78
Prickly sticker : BUR
79
Letter with a limited amount of space : ROOMER
81
Savvy : AWARE
82
Radar reading : VELOCITY
84
Steel giant, formerly : USX
85
Chug : DOWN
87
End of an argument : QED
88
Singer at Obama's 2009 inauguration : ARETHAFRANKLIN
89
Baseball All-Star who was also a football Pro Bowler : BOJACKSON
90
Edamame source : SOYA
92
Cross-state rival of CIN : CLE
93
Arizona's ___ Cienegas National Conservation Area : LAS
94
Hot prospects, say : PHENOMS
97
Home base for many a mission : HOUSTON
99
Like Victorian streets : GASLIT
102
Honorarium : FEE
103
Nirvana's "Come as You ___" : ARE
104
Paid to play : ANTED
107
It has 135-degree angles : OCTAGON
109
Proust title character : SWANN
111
See 115-Across : EGG
112
Campers' letters : KOA
114
___ by chocolate (popular dessert) : DEATH
115
Certain 111-Across specification : AALARGE
117
Ghostly sound : MOANING
119
First film Tarzan : ELMOLINCOLN
120
White Russian, e.g. : TSARIST
121
1918's Battle of the ___ Forest : ARGONNE
122
Formula One units : LAPS
123
"The Terminator" co-star : LINDAHAMILTON
124
Neighbor of Archie Bunker : GEORGEJEFFERSON
Down
1
"I ___ it!" (Skelton catchphrase) : DOOD
2
Bond villain ___ Stavro Blofeld : ERNST
3
Popular snack brand : NILLA
4
Actress/screenwriter Kazan : ZOE
5
Stretchiness : ELASTICITY
6
Assesses : LEVIES
7
"Be right there!" : 1SEC
8
Heap : JALOPY
9
Poet Khayyám : OMAR
10
Artillery crewman : GUNNER
11
Founder of the New York Tribune : GREELEY
12
Have something : EAT
13
Tiddlywink, e.g. : DISC
14
Peruvian pack : LLAMAS
15
Warren of "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" : OATES
16
Free : UNTIE
17
Rapper who feuded with Ja Rule and Nas : 50CENT
19
Round figure : SPHERE
20
Second-tier, among celebs : BLIST
28
Women's rooms? : HAREMS
30
Actress Belafonte : SHARI
31
With 33-Down, Skeptic's advice ... or a "noteworthy" hint to seven Across answers in this puzzle : DONTTAKEANYOF
33
See 31-Down : ITATFACEVALUE
36
Colorful songbird : TANAGER
38
Brazilian greeting : OLA
39
Pop/rock group with a 2002 hit co-written with Mick Jagger : MATCHBOX20
42
Story coloring? : MEDIABIAS
43
1980s British band : HAIRCUT100
44
Big deliveries? : ORATORY
45
Paganini or Rachmaninoff : VIRTUOSO
46
"He makes no friend who never made ___": Tennyson : AFOE
47
Schooner sail : JIB
48
Health org. since 1847 : AMA
49
Dickens pen name : BOZ
51
Raiding grp. : ATF
53
Polish the old-fashioned way : HANDRUB
55
Air safety org. : FAA
57
___-rock : ALT
61
Apotheosizes : REVERES
64
Uncle ___ : SAM
66
Wrap (up) : SEW
68
Hollow : DALE
71
Homemade bomb, for short : IED
73
Web site heading : FAQ
74
Before, in verse : ERE
75
Sanguine : RED
77
Recently : NOTLONGAGO
80
Met, as a challenge : ROSETO
83
"U.S.A." is part of one : CHANT
86
Ended up? : WON
91
Acronym for the hearing-impaired : AMESLAN
92
Louis Armstrong instrument : CORNET
94
"___ Republic" : PLATOS
95
Celebratory gesture : HIGH5
96
Alaska town that is mile 0 of the Iditarod Trail : SEWARD
97
Does a surfboard stunt : HANGS10
98
1913 Literature Nobelist from India : TAGORE
99
Douglas Hofstadter's "___, Escher, Bach" : GODEL
100
Amtrak bullet train : ACELA
101
Sign of approval : STAMP
105
Scratching (out) : EKING
106
"Meditation XVII" writer : DONNE
108
N.R.A. piece?: Abbr. : NATL
110
Vegas casino with a musical name : ARIA
111
Newsweek, e.g., now : EMAG
113
"Terrible" toddler time : AGE2
116
Auden's "___ Walked Out One Evening" : ASI
118
Often-partnered conjunction : NOR

Answer summary:
16 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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