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MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT

New York Times, Sunday, April 25, 2010

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
97-Across : Humdingers
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 70 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 177 for Ms. Gorski. Sunday freshness: 81%
Notepad: When this puzzle is done, the seven circled letters can be arranged to spell a common word, which is missing from seven of the clues, as indicated by [ ]. Connect the seven letters in order with a line and you will get an outline of the object that the word names.
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C
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K
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H
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© 2010, The New York Times4/25/10 ( No. 22,083 )
Across
1
Tubs : FATSO
6
Dead : KAPUT
11
Large amount : SCAD
15
Imported cheese : EDAM
19
Tribe of Israel : ASHER
20
Resident of a country that's 97% mountains and desert : OMANI
21
Sailor's direction : ALEE
22
"Here I ___ Worship" (contemporary hymn) : AMTO
23
27
Fling : TOSS
28
English connections : ANDS
29
"Le Déjeuner des Canotiers," e.g. : RENOIR
30
You may get a charge out of it : TNT
31
Gwen who sang "Don't Speak," 1996 : STEFANI
33
Top of a mountain? : SKICAP
35
Saintly glows : AURAE
37
41
Leaving for : OFFTO
44
"Go on!" : DOIT
45
"A pity" : ALAS
46
Charles, for one : ROI
47
Very friendly (with) : TIGHT
49
Start of a famous J.F.K. quote : ASKNOT
52
Price part: Abbr. : CTS
55
[ ] : YOGAPOSE
58
Pizza orders : SLICES
59
Glossy black birds : DAWS
60
New York City transport from the Bronx to Coney Island : DTRAIN
61
Throat soother : HOTTEA
63
Like clogs : SLIPON
65
After, in Avignon : APRES
66
Paris attraction that features a [ ] : THELOUVRE
69
Passes over : OMITS
70
Football shoes : CLEATS
72
Nervousness : UNEASE
73
Low clouds : STRATI
75
Fannie ___ (some investments) : MAES
76
Prenatal procedures, informally : AMNIOS
78
[ ] : CARDGAME
80
Coast Guard rank: Abbr. : ENS
81
Snow fall : FLAKES
82
Run ___ of : AFOUL
84
Willy who wrote "The Conquest of Space" : LEY
85
Whites or colors, e.g. : LOAD
86
NASA's ___ Research Center : AMES
87
Trumpet : BLARE
89
[ ] that was the creation of an architect born 4/26/1917 : GLASSDESIGNBYIMPEI
97
Humdingers : LULUS
98
Atomic centers : NUCLEI
99
Mozart's birthplace : AUSTRIA
103
Network that airs "WWE Raw" : USA
104
Breakdown of social norms : ANOMIE
106
Naval officer: Abbr. : CMDR
108
Bop : CONK
109
114
O'Neill's "Desire Under the ___" : ELMS
115
"___ Death" (Grieg movement) : ASES
116
Flat storage place : CDROM
117
Headless Horseman, e.g. : RIDER
118
Way: Abbr. : SYST
119
Larry who played Tony in "West Side Story" : KERT
120
Compost units : HEAPS
121
Professional grps. : ASSNS
Down
1
Almanac tidbits : FACTS
2
"Give it ___" : ASHOT
3
"___ Foolish Things" (1936 hit) : THESE
4
Deems worthy : SEESFIT
5
Canadian-born hockey great : ORR
6
Walter of "Star Trek" : KOENIG
7
"Diary of ___ Housewife" : AMAD
8
Crash sites? : PADS
9
Prefix with sex : UNI
10
Cookie holder : TIN
11
Seattle's ___ Field : SAFECO
12
Like some cell growth : CLONAL
13
Part of a Virgin Atlantic fleet : AEROPLANE
14
Prefix with monde : DEMI
15
"Let's ___!" : EAT
16
Composer Shostakovich : DMITRI
17
Like Berg's "Wozzeck" : ATONAL
18
Williams of TV : MONTEL
24
Smallville girl : LANA
25
Sudoku feature : GRID
26
Genesis landing site : ARARAT
32
"I love," in Latin : AMO
33
Tizzy : SNIT
34
"Krazy" one : KAT
36
Financial inst. that bought PaineWebber in 2000 : UBS
38
Upper hand : EDGE
39
"I'm impressed!" : OOH
40
At ___ for words : ALOSS
41
Suffix with contradict : ORY
42
Nutritional regimen : FOODPLAN
43
Parts of some Mediterranean orchards : FIGTREES
47
French pronoun : TOI
48
Exists no more : ISNT
49
High: Lat. : ALTUS
50
It doesn't hold water : SIEVE
51
1980s Chrysler debut : KCAR
52
April first? : CAPITALA
53
Double-crosser : TWOTIMER
54
Payroll stub IDs : SSNS
56
Fields : AREAS
57
History : PAST
58
Covered walkways : STOAS
59
Joltin' Joe : DIMAG
61
"Thin Ice" star Sonja : HENIE
62
Bars from the refrigerator : OLEOS
64
"___, is it I?" : LORD
65
Tip-top : ACME
67
Pinup boy : HUNK
68
"___ Wood sawed wood" (start of a tongue twister) : ESAU
71
Light lunch : SALAD
74
Bygone daily MTV series, informally : TRL
77
Clapped and shouted, e.g. : MADENOISE
78
"___ fan tutte" : COSI
79
Ophthalmologist's study : EYE
81
Anatomical cavities : FOSSAE
82
Both: Prefix : AMBI
83
Tina of "30 Rock" : FEY
85
Baton Rouge sch. : LSU
86
"Wheel of Fortune" purchase : ANE
87
Wanna-___ (imitators) : BES
88
They're nuts : LITCHIS
89
Sitting areas, slangily? : GLUTES
90
How rain forests grow : LUSHLY
91
Bells and whistles, maybe : ALARMS
92
Kind of romance : SUMMER
93
Least friendly : ICIEST
94
Valley : GLEN
95
House keepers : MADAMS
96
Knitting loop : PURL
100
Some have forks : ROADS
101
How some people solve crosswords : INPEN
102
Singer/actress Karen of Broadway's "Nine" : AKERS
105
Neighbor of Sask. : NDAK
106
Mrs. Dithers of "Blondie" : CORA
107
Run before Q : MNOP
110
Ballpark fig. : EST
111
Brown, e.g.: Abbr. : SCH
112
Chemical suffix : IDE
113
Spanish Mrs. : SRA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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