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FANGS FOR THE MEMORY

New York Times, Sunday, October 31, 2010

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Down : Longtime Yankee nickname
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Elizabeth C. Gorski
Fangs

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 144, Blocks: 79 Missing: {Z} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 181 for Ms. Gorski. Sunday freshness: 32%
Notepad: When this puzzle is completed, connect the circled letters in alphabetical order from A to R to show the outline of an 84-Across.
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© 2010, The New York Times10/31/10 ( No. 22,272 )
Across
1
Home of "Hardball" : MSNBC
6
"Love is blind," e.g. : ADAGE
11
Moolah : BREAD
16
Even : EQUAL
17
Doltish : IMBECILIC
21
Odd Fellows' meeting place : LODGE
22
Kind of acid : AMINO
23
1922 Max Schreck film : NOSFERATU
24
Words of empathy : ICARE
25
Heavyweight : TITAN
26
High-water mark : FLOODLINE
27
"Enough, Jorge!" : NOMAS
28
Super ___ (old game console) : NES
30
It might come after you : ARE
31
___ Balls (Hostess snack food) : SNO
32
As written : SIC
33
Tijuana table : MESA
36
Parking spot : CURB
38
Actor McGregor : EWAN
40
"Beetle Bailey" dog : OTTO
44
Lover of Isolde : TRISTAN
46
Oodles : SCADS
50
Cozy place? : TEASHOP
52
Wagnerian opera setting : VALHALLA
54
Crime scene matter : DNA
55
Saturnalia participants : FEASTERS
56
1995 Eddie Murphy film : VAMPIREINBROOKLYN
59
Tech whiz : GEEK
61
Athenian porch : STOA
62
Some gravesite decorations : URNS
63
Arctic herder : LAPP
66
Composer Ned : ROREM
68
1931 Bela Lugosi film : DRACULA
72
Fix, as laces : RETIE
73
Coolers, for short : ACS
74
System of beliefs : ISM
77
"The Rights of Man" writer : PAINE
78
Mauna ___ : KEA
80
Argentine article : UNA
81
Furry adoptee : PET
82
Water brand : NAYA
84
[See instructions] : BAT
85
Cobb of "12 Angry Men" : LEEJ
86
A bit of cheer? : RAH
87
Like some fondue pots : ENAMELED
89
Halloween cry : BOO
90
Compel : OBLIGATE
92
When Italian ghouls come out? : SERA
93
Poodle's greeting : YIP
95
Bygone flightless bird : MOA
96
___ Bator : ULAN
97
1979 George Hamilton film : LOVEATFIRSTBITE
105
"Fine" : ITLLDO
108
Stage direction that means "alone" : SOLUS
109
Ring figures : CARATS
113
1987 Adrian Pasdar film : NEARDARK
116
___ Tin Tin : RIN
117
2008 Robert Pattinson film : TWILIGHT
119
Bones also called cubiti : ULNAE
120
"Piece of cake!" : EASYASPIE
123
Pianist/composer Schumann : CLARA
124
Tandem twosome : SEATS
125
1986 Brad Davis film : BLOODTIES
126
George who wrote "The Spanish Gypsy" : ELIOT
127
Walk the earth : EXIST
128
"___ Ben Adhem" : ABOU
129
Belonging to you and me : OURS
130
Many visitors to Legoland : DANES
Down
1
Coconut filler : MEAT
2
Acreage fig. : SQMI
3
When French ghouls come out? : NUIT
4
Fruit-based fountain treat : BANANASHAKE
5
Make a copy of : CLONE
6
Sucks up : ABSORBS
7
Crusoe's creator : DEFOE
8
Breezed through : ACED
9
Grade school door sign : GIRLS
10
Noted New York eatery : ELAINES
11
Russian pancakes : BLINI
12
What Chippendale furniture was made in : ROCOCOSTYLE
13
Cheese ball? : EDAM
14
"Slumdog Millionaire" locale : AGRA
15
Subpar grades : DEES
17
Gershwin's "Concerto ___" : INF
18
Canine cousin : MOLAR
19
"Do ___!" ("Stop procrastinating!") : ITNOW
20
Maestro's sign : CUE
29
Skull caps? : SCALPS
32
Sly sorts : SNEAKS
33
"Jersey Shore" airer : MTV
34
All alternative : ERA
35
Medal of valor : SILVERSTAR
37
Like the inside of a coffin : UNLIT
39
Used, as a dinner tray : ATEON
41
Bernard Malamud's first novel : THENATURAL
42
Rocky pinnacle : TOR
43
Saturn's wife : OPS
45
Souvenir from Scotland : TAM
47
Early fifth-century year : CDI
48
"Slander" author Coulter : ANN
49
Bit of Vaseline : DAB
51
Communication syst. : ASL
53
Longtime Yankee nickname : AROD
55
Roman squares : FORA
57
O.K. Corral figure : EARP
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Exclude, with "out" : RULE
59
Bunch at a grocery store : GRAPES
60
Epoch in which mammals arose : EOCENE
64
One getting hit on at a party? : PINATA
65
Female fowl : PEAHEN
67
Selfish person's cry before and after "all" : MINE
69
Common rhyme scheme : AABB
70
"Later!" : CIAO
71
Biblical preposition : UNTO
72
N.F.L. defensive lineman B. J. ___ : RAJI
75
___ soda : SAL
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"... And I'm the queen of England!" : MYEYE
78
Serving on a stick : KEBAB
79
Sushi bar order : EEL
83
Sarah McLachlan hit : ADIA
85
It may be hidden at a hideout : LOOT
88
Shopping center regulars : MALLRATS
91
Kind of warfare : GUERILLA
94
Units of cream: Abbr. : PTS
95
Slush pile contents: Abbr. : MSS
98
Least typical : ODDEST
99
Cold war broadcasting inits. : VOA
100
Gift giver's words : FORYOU
101
Epic translated by Alexander Pope : ILIAD
102
Reaches altogether : RUNSTO
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"Vous êtes ___" : ICI
104
Sprinkled with baby powder : TALCED
105
Like a locked lavatory : INUSE
106
Old-style fax : TELEX
107
Hawaiian veranda : LANAI
110
Question shouted in exasperation : AGAIN
111
Spasm : THROE
112
Some of the fine print on sports pages : STATS
114
1988 #1 country album : REBA
115
Newsman Marvin : KALB
117
Layer : TIER
118
Jazz saxophonist/flutist Frank : WESS
121
Ontario's ___ Canals : SOO
122
"A ___ tardi" ("See you later," in Italy) : PIU

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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