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Action Figures

New York Times, Sunday, November 22, 1998

Author:
Nelson Hardy
Editor:
Will Shortz
79-Across : Branch of Islam
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Nelson Hardy

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Hardy. Sunday freshness: 70%
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© 1998, The New York Times11/22/98 ( No. 17,911 )
Across
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Superman's father : JOREL
6
Assess : GAUGE
11
Pang : THROE
16
Small ammo : BBS
19
"...in ___ tree" : APEAR
20
Absorb the cost, in slang : EATIT
21
Actor ___ S. Ngor : HAING
22
Certain investment, for short : IRA
23
Her car broke down : PATSONTHESHOULDER
26
Short, for short : LIL
27
Horses : EQUINES
28
Hardly flighty : STAID
29
Supply : SELLTO
31
Mystical character : RUNE
32
"___ Girl Like You Loved a Boy Like Me" (old song) : IFA
34
Sketch-based TV show, briefly : SNL
35
Deep-six : JETTISON
37
Mystic : SEER
38
"Whew!" : MAN
39
"___ Mio" : OSOLE
41
Amtrak stops: Abbr. : STNS
42
He's exploring new terrain : MARKSOFFTHEPATH
47
Nationality indicator : ENSIGN
51
Sweet-sounding Horne : LENA
52
Mandela's org. : ANC
53
Fizzles out : DIES
55
Licks : ROUTS
56
Cats : BEATNIKS
58
Spiral shell : CONCH
59
Paper deliverers have them: Abbr. : RTES
60
Blink rapidly : BAT
61
Time keeper, at times : TOE
62
Uses mouthwash : GARGLES
64
Codgers' replies : EHS
65
He has mood swings : BOBSUPANDDOWN
69
The Everlys' "When Will ___ Loved" : IBE
70
Helps with : DEFRAYS
72
Latin foot : PES
73
Choice words : ORS
74
Nightmare : FEAR
75
Certain sing-along : ROUND
76
Genetic research aid, often : FRUITFLY
79
Branch of Islam : SUNNI
80
In the past, in the past : ERST
81
"Chuang-tzu" principle : TAO
82
Intensity : ZEAL
83
"Stay!" : DONTGO
84
He's gotten carried away : CHUCKSOVERBOARD
88
Tater : SPUD
90
Soprano Lehmann : LOTTE
91
Practice : PLY
92
Goya subject : MAJA
96
Yenta's quality : NOSINESS
98
"Sleepy Time ___" (1925 song) : GAL
101
Speech with a lesson: Abbr. : SER
102
Drafts, maybe : ALES
103
Value : ESTEEM
104
Unveiling cries : TADAS
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Beethoven contemporary : ROSSINI
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___ Z : ATO
109
He's always asleep by midnight : PETERSOUTATTHEEND
113
Rag : KID
114
Modern cartoon genre : ANIME
115
Actor Jonathan of "Brazil" : PRYCE
116
Four-time Masters champion, to fans : ARNIE
117
Babe's abode : STY
118
Challenges for college srs. : LSATS
119
Strained : TAXED
120
Inspirations : MUSES
Down
1
Comics : JAPERS
2
Unclear : OPAQUE
3
Get in sync again : RETUNE
4
Not so strenuous : EASIER
5
Scientology guru ___ Hubbard : LRON
6
Makes a lot of progress : GETSFAR
7
What to say to a doctor : AAH
8
Sporty trucks, for short : UTES
9
Basic ideas : GISTS
10
Patriot Allen : ETHAN
11
Cousin of plop : THUD
12
"Alfie" lyricist David : HAL
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Purge : RID
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Ballroom dance : ONESTEP
15
Everglades bird : EGRET
16
He has a lawyer : BILLSTHECLIENT
17
Londoner, e.g. : BRITON
18
They fix locks : SALONS
24
Longtime Playboy artist LeRoy : NEIMAN
25
___ Olay : OILOF
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Entry : LISTING
33
Low socks : ANKLETS
35
Long ___ : JOHNS
36
A util. : ELEC
40
Gambled : STAKED
42
Classic sports cars : MGS
43
The deep : SEA
44
Prov. on Hudson Bay : ONT
45
What science fiction writers do : FANTASIZE
46
Trim : ADORN
47
Made a muff : ERRED
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"Let's wait" : NOTHERE
49
She likes having children around : SUESFORCUSTODY
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"___ De-Lovely" : ITS
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"Whole" thing : SHEBANG
56
Barbara, to friends : BABS
57
Charged item : ION
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Cornfield sounds : CAWS
60
"Hopalong Cassidy" actor : BOYD
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Fit for a King? : GORY
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Prefix with comic : SERIO
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African language group : BANTU
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Displace : UPROOT
67
Tiny bit, in France : PEU
68
Globs : DOLLOPS
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Much sought-after author : RUSHDIE
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Jollies : FUN
76
Admits nothing? : FASTS
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Three times, in prescriptions : TER
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Groovy : FAB
79
Golf course purchase, maybe : SOD
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W.B.A. outcomes : TKOS
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Timber trouble : DRYROT
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Author Samuel : CLEMENS
86
70's detective series : VEGAS
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Sent smoke signals, maybe : ALERTED
88
Some sportswear, slangily : SNEAKS
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Tacky note : POSTIT
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Capital of Lesotho : MASERU
93
The Coneheads, e.g. : ALIENS
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Actress Garth : JENNIE
95
Sotto voce remarks : ASIDES
97
Gurkha's home : NEPAL
99
Embrace : ADOPT
100
1944 Preminger film : LAURA
104
Very, in Vichy : TRES
105
Where Achilles was bathed : STYX
107
Ersatz : SHAM
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___ Maria : TIA
111
Ambulance V.I.P. : EMT
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More than pass : ACE

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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