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LIGHT THINKING

New York Times, Sunday, April 30, 2006

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Eats at home
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 141, Blocks: 74 There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 145 for Ms. Gorski. Sunday freshness: 90%
Jim Horne notes:

The rebus entries should all be read OFF horizontally and ON vertically.

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ONOFF
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© 2006, The New York Times4/30/6 ( No. 20,627 )
Across
1
"Exodus" hero : ARI
4
Film director Petri : ELIO
8
"Pow!" : WHAM
12
Chicago's ___ Aquarium : SHEDD
17
Novel by Toni Morrison : SULA
19
Coquette : MINX
20
View from Mauna Kea : HILO
21
Frighten away : SCAREOFF
22
Winning it is a sweet victory : PILLSBURYBAKEOFF
25
Many an archaeological site : PALACE
26
Lock, stock and barrel : INTOTO
27
Overdoes it : EMOTES
28
Eats at home : DINESIN
29
Goes over again : REREADS
31
River in Irkutsk : OKA
32
Meddle : INTRUDE
33
Big name in ice cream : EDY
34
Cheapskate : PIKER
36
Latin case : DATIVE
40
Lo-___ : RES
41
TV show since 1/6/75 : WHEELOFFORTUNE
43
Treasury : COFFERS
45
Imported wheels : AUDI
48
D.C. bigwig : SEN
49
"À votre ___!" : SANTE
50
Signature piece? : BIC
51
Emulated a cat burglar : CREPT
53
West Indies isle : TOBAGO
55
Deflected : FENDEDOFF
59
Gradually decline : TAPEROFF
61
Car wash sight : RAG
62
Stern who saved Carnegie Hall : ISAAC
64
Whopper : LIE
65
Music producer Brian : ENO
66
Add light, or not (and do this 13 more times to solve this puzzle) : USETHEONOFFSWITCH
69
Ocean State sch. : URI
70
Put down, on the street : DIS
71
Gushes forth: Var. : SPUES
72
Owns : HAS
73
Criminal : OFFENDER
75
Not in the middle : OFFCENTER
77
Something's brewing here : TEASET
80
Accompanies to the airport : SEESOFF
81
Film buff's cable choice : AMC
82
Nut tree : BEECH
84
Never, to Mozart : NIE
86
Followers: Suffix : ISTS
87
Sweeping : LARGE
90
Concealable weapon : SAWNOFFSHOTGUN
93
Prefix with friendly : ECO
94
1960's TV western : LAREDO
95
Lowermost ship deck : ORLOP
96
Abbr. in a personal ad : SWF
99
Like some student housing : OFFCAMPUS
102
Subject of a May tribute : MOM
104
License : EMPOWER
106
Bad state to be in : ARREARS
107
Security holder : BAILEE
110
Bacteriologist's study : AEROBE
111
Sound of a willow in the wind : RUSTLE
112
End-of-meal serving : DESSERTANDCOFFEE
114
More beloved : DEARER
115
Make up for : OFFSET
116
Needlepoint shop purchase : ETUI
117
One of two bath towels : HERS
118
Popular mixer maker : OSTER
119
Commuter map points: Abbr. : STAS
120
Some 20th-century art : DADA
121
Aug. clock setting : DST
Down
1
Have big plans (to) : ASPIRE
2
Like an imploded soufflé : RUINED
3
"Well, here goes ..." : ILLTRY
4
Personifies : EMBODIES
5
Lucy of "Ally McBeal" : LIU
6
Regarding, to counsel : INRE
7
Deafening silence, e.g. : OXYMORON
8
"Bummer!" : WHATADRAG
9
Word just before a snap : HIKE
10
Orders at McSorley's : ALES
11
Skylight? : MOON
12
Barely enough : SCANT
13
More strapping : HALER
14
Elimination : ERASURE
15
Judge : DECIDER
16
Quality of cooking : DONENESS
18
Spiky plant : ALOE
21
Resoluteness : SPINE
23
Hospital danger : STAPH
24
___ choy (Chinese vegetable) : BOK
28
Intentional loss, in boxing : DIVE
30
Trapshooting : SKEET
35
Where gringos live : ELNORTE
37
"___ cost to you" : ATNO
38
King in 1922 news : TUT
39
Follower of Paul? : INE
41
Use a towel : WIPE
42
Show Me State river : OSAGE
43
Pieces of cake : CINCHES
44
How Elvis albums are rereleased : ONCD
45
Followed, as advice : ACTEDON
46
Pertaining to element 92 : URANIC
47
Boot out : DEPOSE
50
Statue of Liberty attraction : BEACON
52
"I'm not making this up!" : TRUSTME
54
Skeptics' remarks : BAHS
55
Corpulent : FAT
56
Dodges : ELUDES
57
Most hopeless : DIREST
58
Little-used clubs : ONEIRONS
60
How many magazine articles are written : ONSPEC
62
"As ___ saying ..." : IWAS
63
"Yes sir!," south of the border : SISENOR
67
Land on the other side of the Atl. : EUR
68
Figures in Iranian history : SHAHS
74
"No, mein Herr" : NEIN
76
Badger : NAG
77
Shepherd : TEND
78
Commerce department staffers : ECONOMISTS
79
"The Da Vinci Code," e.g. : TITLE
82
High jump need : BAR
83
Collie's charge : EWE
85
"I" trouble : EGOMANIA
87
"Portrait of a Musician" artist, familiarly : LEONARDO
88
Earns over time : ACCRUES
89
Loudly enjoys, as a joke : ROARSAT
90
Freshness : SASS
91
Hit one out of the park : HOMERED
92
Raised : UPPED
94
Siren : LURER
96
Reacted to a heartthrob : SWOONED
97
Works of artist Max : WEBERS
98
Least restricted : FREEST
100
Oxford measure : METRE
101
Needing more sun : PALER
103
Hurrah for El Farruco : OLE
105
N.Y. Philharmonic, e.g. : ORCH
107
Trump : BEST
108
Voyaging : ASEA
109
Singer James : ETTA
112
Gets into : DONS
113
Place for a meeting: Abbr. : AUD

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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