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BAKER'S DOZEN

New York Times, Sunday, November 6, 2011

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
99-Down : Not so tough
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 74 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 189 for Ms. Gorski. Sunday freshness: 97%
Jim Horne notes:

I have highlighted the 12 "upside down" cakes.

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© 2011, The New York Times11/6/11 ( No. 22,643 )
Across
1
Number of coins in la Fontana di Trevi? : TRE
4
Singer Bryan : ADAMS
9
Formal occasion : PROM
13
Power option : ACDC
17
Roasted: Fr. : ROTI
19
Invader of 1066 : NORMAN
21
Logan of "60 Minutes" : LARA
22
___ fide : BONA
23
Muscat's land : OMAN
24
Focus of Gandhi's philosophy : NONVIOLENCE
26
Sweet's partner : SOUR
27
Radioactivity figure : HALFLIFE
29
Plans to lose : DIETS
30
S'pose : RECKON
32
Uppity sort : SNOOT
33
Degs. from Yale and Harvard : LLDS
35
TMC competitor : SHO
36
Fried chicken choice : CRISPY
37
"Odyssey" temptress : CIRCE
39
Infinite : BOTTOMLESS
42
Chem. unit : MOL
43
Turkish title : AGHA
45
Mediterranean isl. : SAR
46
Makes a scene : ACTSUP
49
"Humbug!" : BAH
50
Feminine suffix : ENNE
51
And others : ETALII
53
Credit card bill nos. : APRS
55
Wearing a wig and shades, say : INCOG
57
Marriage site : ALTAR
60
Baseball's Bando : SAL
61
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" storyteller : AESOP
62
Classic jetliner : DCNINE
64
Old hi-fi records : MONOS
66
Accurse : DAMN
68
Big grocery store chain : IGA
69
Tagalong : SHADOW
70
On the double : SWIFTLY
72
"Pinwheel and Flow" artist : CALDER
74
"Fee, fi, fo, ___" : FUM
75
Ratchet bar : PAWL
77
"Cheers!" : SKOAL
78
How you might get change for a twenty : INTENS
79
Perfumery rootstock : ORRIS
81
PJ-clad mansion owner : HEF
83
Henry ___ Lodge : CABOT
85
"Paper Moon" girl : ADDIE
86
It means nothing to the French : RIEN
87
Musician who won a 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom : YOYOMA
89
Shake, rattle or roll : VERB
91
Poetic preposition : OER
92
Brightly colored lizards : AGAMAS
94
Museum hanging : OIL
95
It has banks in St. Petersburg : NEVA
96
Bugs, e.g. : VWS
97
Peak leaf-peeping time in Pennsylvania : MIDOCTOBER
100
Certain antibody : LYSIN
102
Raise, as a topic : BROACH
105
Part of a Q&A: Abbr. : ANS
106
Hurt : ACHE
108
"Be silent," in music : TACET
111
Cheesemaker's supply : RENNET
112
Empty spaces : VOIDS
114
Subdued : OVERCAME
116
Have ___ for (desire) : AYEN
117
Police protection : RIOTSHIELDS
120
Dust Bowl witness : OKIE
121
English general in the American Revolution : GAGE
122
About : INRE
123
Personal contacts? : LENSES
124
Dangerous speed : METH
125
Bygone spray : ALAR
126
Gets in the pool, say : BETS
127
Like bell-bottoms or go-go pants : RETRO
128
Barbecue sound : SSS
Down
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Not having quite enough money : SHORT
2
Circus Maximus patron : ROMAN
3
Schokolade : GERMANCHOCOLATE
4
Years, to Tiberius : ANNI
5
Manna, according to the Bible : ANGELFOOD
6
Synthetic fiber brand : ARNEL
7
Year of Super Bowl XXXIX : MMV
8
Declared : SAIDSO
9
Huge amounts : PLETHORAS
10
Pirate's demand : RANSOM
11
"The Lord of the Rings" menace : ORC
12
The "mode" of "à la mode"? : ICECREAM
13
Math coordinates : ABSCISSAE
14
Bakers, e.g. : COOKS
15
Canine shelter : POUND
16
Certain huckster : CARNY
18
How Hershey's Kisses are wrapped : INFOIL
20
"There is ___ in team" : NOI
25
Anne Rice vampire : LESTAT
28
P.O. box item : LTR
31
In the past, once : ERST
34
Corp. alias abbr. : DBA
38
No-___-do : CAN
40
Wooded area near the Rhine Valley : BLACKFOREST
41
One of the Alis : LAILA
42
Area known to the Chinese as Dongbei : MANCHURIA
44
___ Building, New York landmark north of Grand Central : HELMSLEY
47
Pastry chef creations ... and a hint to 12 other answers in this puzzle : UPSIDEDOWNCAKES
48
Children and more children : PROGENIES
49
Tries to get at auction : BIDSFOR
50
Squishy dish cleaner : SPONGE
52
Woman of one's heart : LADYLOVE
54
Less abundant : SPARSER
56
Suffix with human : OID
58
Drag : TOW
59
Córdoba cordial : ANIS
61
Word before republic or seat : BANANA
63
___ Beach, Hawaii : EWA
65
Spartan walkway : STOA
67
Former call letters? : MCI
71
Photo developer : LAB
73
Inc., abroad : LTD
76
"___ loves believes the impossible": Elizabeth Barrett Browning : WHOSO
80
So to speak : INAMANNER
82
Followers of some asterisks : FOOTNOTES
84
Girl's holiday party dress fabric : REDVELVET
87
Cause for bringing out candles : BIRTHDAY
88
Constriction of pupils : MIOSIS
90
High beam? : RAY
93
Cheese fanciers : MICE
95
Atomic energy oversight agcy. : NRC
96
MTV's owner : VIACOM
98
Gambol : CAVORT
99
Not so tough : EASIER
101
Orchestra section: Abbr. : STR
102
"Moon Over Parador" actress : BRAGA
103
Coat of paint : LAYER
104
Russia's ___ Bay, arm of the White Sea : ONEGA
107
"The Planets" composer : HOLST
109
Sends forth : EMITS
110
Bed cover : SHEET
113
FedEx rival : DHL
115
Former U.S. gas brand : ESSO
118
Follower of Ernest or Benedict? : INE
119
Austin-to-N.Y.C. path : ENE

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

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