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GOOD AND BAD

New York Times, Sunday, March 1, 2009

Author:
Robert W. Harris
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
34-Across : Some skirts
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 67 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Harris. Sunday freshness: 44%
Notepad: For the answer to each starred clue, including the first letter is good; dropping it is bad.
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© 2009, The New York Times3/1/9 ( No. 21,663 )
Across
1
1970s dance craze : HUSTLE
7
Sweet-talk : COAX
11
Call letters? : RSVP
15
Cartoonist who took on Boss Tweed : NAST
19
Involve : ENTAIL
20
Predecessor of George I : ANNE
21
Napoleonic army weapon : EPEE
22
Bullpen stats : ERAS
23
*Good and bad for a motorist : WRECKLESSDRIVING
26
Meridian : ACME
27
Evoking goose bumps, say : EERIE
28
Some excuses : LIES
29
Place with "Now Serving" numbers : DELI
30
Hot dog add-on : KRAUT
31
Insect repellent : DEET
32
Any entry on a Dear Santa list : WANT
33
Part of a frame : SILL
34
Some skirts : ALINES
35
Relaxation : LOLLING
37
*Good and bad for a marketer : CLOSINGASALE
39
Directional word : YON
40
Arachne had one : LOOM
41
Civil War side : NORTH
42
Dumbhead : ASS
45
Quarter-inch of snow, e.g. : COATING
48
Feverish conditions : AGUES
49
Where lieutenants are trained: Abbr. : OCS
52
*Good and bad for a West Point cadet : SHAVINGABEARD
55
Stole, for example : NECKLET
57
Cry before screeching brakes, maybe : TAXI
58
105-Down output : ARTE
59
Us outside the U.S. : NOUS
61
Aussie lass : SHEILA
62
"Take ___ from me" : ATIP
63
River through Interlaken : AARE
65
Buck : CLAM
67
"Three Places in New England" composer : IVES
68
Tab, at times : INSERT
71
Car with a griffin in its logo : SAAB
73
On : ATOP
75
Gomez's sweetie : TISH
76
Unoriginal work : RETREAD
78
*Good and bad for a jungle guide : TRUSTYMACHETE
81
Hosp. features : ERS
82
Major ecological community : BIOME
84
What's hot : THERAGE
85
Mao, e.g. : RED
86
Kind of drug that inhibits bacteria : SULFA
87
Bygone French coins : ECUS
88
MS. readers : EDS
90
*Good and bad for a vampire : BLACKOFNIGHT
94
Criminal's worry : WIRETAP
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Preferably : RATHER
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All nerves : EDGY
100
Sprees : JAGS
101
___ League : ARAB
103
No longer in the closet : OUTED
104
"No shirt, no shoes, no service," e.g. : RULE
105
Chihuahua cat : GATO
106
Note taker : STENO
107
Crop : TRIM
108
*Good and bad for a spy : COVERTOPERATIONS
111
"Take this!" : HERE
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Not a teetotaler : USER
113
Legal hearing : OYER
114
Theater features : AISLES
115
Runner's place : SLED
116
Places where free spirits aren't found? : BARS
117
Boston's ___ Ave. : MASS
118
Boulevard, e.g. : ARTERY
Down
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Cut down : HEWED
2
Remove from a spindle : UNREEL
3
Sound choice? : STEREO
4
Without words : TACITLY
5
Go for : LIKE
6
Third of July? : ELL
7
Sausage part : CASING
8
Beginning : ONSET
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Some operators in Boolean logic : ANDS
10
Today's thirtysomething, for short : XER
11
Parties : REVELS
12
Cause of a stain, perhaps : SPILLING
13
"___ Creator Spiritus" (Latin hymn) : VENI
14
Mastermind game piece : PEG
15
Relatively close : NEARISH
16
Deep mysteries : ARCANA
17
Justice Alito : SAMUEL
18
Menace along the Congo : TSETSE
24
Verve : ELAN
25
Local language, say : IDIOM
30
Book club gathering, e.g. : KLATSCH
32
Minnesota county or its seat : WINONA
33
Campaign staple : SLOGAN
34
Corresponds : AGREES
36
Places : LOCI
37
Test track obstacle : CONE
38
You name it : NOUN
40
Free : LIBERATE
42
"Royal Wedding" star, 1951 : ASTAIRE
43
2005 Emmy winner for "Boston Legal" : SHATNER
44
Certain jazz musicians : SAXISTS
46
Train stop between Delhi and Mumbai : AGRA
47
Byes : TATAS
48
Worships : ADULATES
49
Douglas's "Spartacus" co-star : OLIVIER
50
Frozen pizza brand : CELESTE
51
In a cache : STASHED
53
Dodge sports car : VIPER
54
Legendary bird : ROC
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Painter Haring : KEITH
60
Chorus member in an ancient Greek play : SATYR
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It may be cocked : EAR
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Home of "Christina's World," for short : MOMA
69
Took to task : REBUKED
70
Measuring tape user : TAILOR
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Exaggeratedly masculine : BUTCHY
74
Motorola products : PAGERS
77
Remove : DOFF
79
Sealed : SHUT
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Yield : CEDE
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End run, e.g. : MANEUVER
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Machinated : SCHEMED
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Ham and ___ (average Joe) : EGGER
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One favoring a strong, centralized government : STATIST
90
Soup starters : BROTHS
91
Mountain ___ : LAUREL
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Getup : ATTIRE
93
Layabouts : IDLERS
94
Sprinkles, maybe : WATERS
95
"M*A*S*H" private Straminsky : IGOR
96
Ring of color : AREOLE
97
Forty-niner, e.g. : PANNER
100
Makes sport of : JAPES
102
Domineering : BOSSY
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Santa ___, Calif. : ROSA
105
Painter of "The Naked Maja" : GOYA
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Ruckus : STIR
108
Kind of reporter : CUB
109
Singer Waits : TOM
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It's below the majors : AAA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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