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After All...

New York Times, Sunday, November 20, 1994

Author:
Matt Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : Esophagus
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Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Gaffney. Sunday freshness: 44%
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© 1994, The New York Times11/20/94 ( No. 16,448 )
Across
1
Kitchen pest : ROACH
6
John, in Wales : EVAN
10
Any fellow : BUD
13
Some are historic : SITES
18
"L.A. Law" lawyer : ARNIE
19
Desperate : DIRE
20
Pequod captain : AHAB
22
"Fiddlesticks!" : PSHAW
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26
Winged : ALATE
27
Have ___ at : AGO
28
Sulking fit : PET
29
Newel shapers : LATHES
30
Dugout : CANOE
31
Newspaper editor Charles Anderson ___ : DANA
33
Class that uses 29-Across : SHOP
36
Marks out : XES
37
1990 movie "___ Tie Me Down!" : TIEMEUP
39
Hill and namesakes : ANITAS
41
More current : NEWER
43
Word with Band or Farm : AID
44
Followers : ISTS
45
47
Like some vins : BLANC
49
"Rhinoceros" playwright : IONESCO
50
Food flavorer : DILL
52
Custard base : EGGS
55
Menacing : SCARY
58
Like Mozart : VIENNESE
60
Way to go : ROUTE
62
Blew in, so to speak : CAME
63
Candy brand : PEZ
64
"___ life!" : GETA
65
Pampered : CODDLED
67
One at Orly : UNE
68
71
Itinerary portion : LEG
72
They're plucked : BANJOES
74
Selene's counterpart : LUNA
75
Sight: Fr. : VUE
76
1989 Literature Nobelist : CELA
77
Extend : ADDON
78
Walker of football : HERSCHEL
80
Bacchus attendant : SATYR
81
Clarifying words : ASIN
82
Palindromic time : NOON
83
Not as timely : TARDIER
85
"Over my dead body!" : NEVER
87
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Jazz theme : RIFF
94
Wheat stalk part : AWN
95
Skiwear : PARKA
96
Not so strict : LOOSER
97
Recruits : ENROLLS
99
___ pump : AIR
100
Literary homophone for 99-Across : EYRE
102
'70s tennis champ Smith : STAN
103
Burning : AFIRE
104
Red and silver, e.g. : MAPLES
107
N.Y.S.E. listing : ATT
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Swedish cents : ORE
110
British cents : PENCE
111
115
In the beaver state? : EAGER
116
Pinlike : NEAT
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Milton's "sweetest nymph" : ECHO
118
Survive : EXIST
119
Habit : DRESS
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Literary monogram : RLS
121
Drudge : PEON
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Shaw contemporary : YEATS
Down
1
Park shelters : RAMADAS
2
Stew seasoning : OREGANO
3
Prospero's brother : ANTONIO
4
McLean, Va., grp. : CIA
5
Teen movie of 1965 : HELP
6
Mythologist Hamilton : EDITH
7
Tracer of note : VIC
8
Fortify : ARM
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Screenwriter Jordan of "The Crying Game" : NEIL
10
One who's up : BATTER
11
Casual noes : UHUHS
12
Venture : DARE
13
Leeway : SPACE
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Scottish chieftains : THANES
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Leave the kitchen : EATOUT
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Important TV period : SWEEPS
21
"Hush!" : BESTILL
24
Moderate : LESSEN
25
Graph lines : XAXES
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Costume : ATTIRE
34
It fits all : ONESIZE
35
'60s catchword : PEACE
38
Social reformer Wells : IDA
40
"Hey there!" : AHOY
42
Motorist's goof : WRONGTURN
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Having the stuff : ABLE
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Thermometers measure them : FEVERS
48
Square : NERDY
50
Vocal opponent : DETRACTOR
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Caesarean section? : ISAW
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Esophagus : GULLET
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Stalwart : STEELY
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Gear type : SCUBA
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"O" follower : CANADA
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What former foes make : AMENDS
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Some Plymouths : NEONS
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Literary award : EDGAR
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Pizza : PIE
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Hopeful plea : COULDI
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"___ to Psyche" : ODE
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"Death Be Not Proud" poet : DONNE
69
Singer Laine : CLEO
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"Gray's Anatomy" feature : OVERLAY
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Mexican novelist Fuentes : CARLOS
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Saddle part : HORN
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Ex-Aussie P.M. Bob : HAWKE
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Utah's state flower : SEGO
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Guy with a deadline : NEWSMAN
84
Miniature harbors : INLETS
86
Kilmer of "Top Gun" : VAL
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Ecdysiast : BARER
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Columbia River port : ASTORIA
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Directions-inquiry word : NEAREST
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Conductor Ansermet et al. : ERNESTS
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Brought in : REAPED
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How some people live : INFEAR
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Extreme : FRINGE
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Northwest workers : PILOTS
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Certain looks : LEERS
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Shock : APPAL
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Babbled : RANON
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Parodist : APER
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Procedure part : STEP
108
Community center, for short : THEY
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Chill : ICE
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"I get it now!" : OHO
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Can : AXE

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

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