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New York Times, Sunday, February 7, 1999

Author:
Nancy Nicholson Joline
Editor:
Will Shortz
104-Down : Middle of a suit?
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Nancy Nicholson Joline

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 78 Missing: {FJQZ} This is puzzle # 87 for Ms. Joline. Sunday freshness: 10%
Notepad: The names of 12 common animals are concealed inside some of the answers in the completed grid, reading across and down. Can you find them all?
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G
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R
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E
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C
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O
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S
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L
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M
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M
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N
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T
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C
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E
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K
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T
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O
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S
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H
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P
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A
S
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S
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O
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U
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R
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W
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T
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W
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R
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A
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C
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D
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R
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K
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D
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W
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G
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Y
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T
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U
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G
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D
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N
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C
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C
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B
O
X
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I
N
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A
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A
D
E
L
A
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G
U
A
R
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N
O
N
S
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N
S
E
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R
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E
S
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© 1999, The New York Times2/7/99 ( No. 17,988 )
Across
1
El ___ : GRECO
6
It helps you see plays : SLOMO
11
N.L. batting champ, 1964, '65 and '67 : CLEMENTE
19
Dish sometimes served with bacon : LIVER
20
Kind of roll : HONOR
21
House style : COLONIAL
22
Active again : UPANDAROUND
24
Way out, computerwise : ESCAPEKEY
25
Kind of strength : TENSILE
26
It won't hold water : SIEVE
28
Odd cat : ONER
29
Figure of Arthurian legend : ENID
30
Strains : TRIES
32
___ ha-Shanah : ROSH
35
La Fenice productions : OPERAS
38
Wrap : STOLE
40
Somerset Maugham's "___ Betters" : OUR
43
Raillery : WIT
45
Diner owner in "Beverly Hills 90210" : NAT
46
One of the newly rich : LOTTERYWINNER
50
Eur. nation : IRE
51
North Carolina county named for a Revolutionary War commander : ASHE
53
"A Doll's House" wife : NORA
54
Peak resort time : MIDSUMMER
56
Twos in the news : ITEMS
58
Ring-shaped : TORIC
61
___-high : ACE
62
They're done for tests : DEMOS
63
Describe : RELATE
65
Persian Gulf emirate : DUBAI
67
Cross out : REDLINE
69
Korean autos : KIAS
70
Bon mot : EPIGRAM
73
Pop's Celine ___ : DION
74
Gave a rest : SPELLED
77
"Beloved" director, 1998 : DEMME
78
Woman's shoe : WEDGIE
81
Synthetic fiber : ARNEL
82
Some TV drama sets : ERS
85
Pan-fry : SAUTE
87
Peels : RINDS
88
Much-discussed sociopolitical phenomenon : GENDERGAP
90
Like the White Rabbit : LATE
92
Movie following, maybe : CULT
93
Pennsylvania ___ : AVE
94
Legendary fashion editor : DIANAVREELAND
99
Scottish river known for its salmon fishing : DEE
100
1986-87 Mets All-Star Fernandez : SID
101
N.Y. Knicks venue : MSG
102
Some dummies : EASTS
103
Sunken ship explorers : DIVERS
105
Trading letters : NYSE
108
Raised : ERECT
110
"Hand it over!" : GIVE
111
Holidays overseas : TETS
114
Kind of manual : USERS
116
Unremarkable either way : AVERAGE
120
Settle : DETERMINE
124
Place to crouch : CATCHERSBOX
126
Member : INITIATE
127
"A Passage to India" woman ___ Quested : ADELA
128
"The House of Blue Leaves" playwright : GUARE
129
Cry of disagreement : NONSENSE
130
Arrested : RANIN
131
Satisfactory marks : ESSES
Down
1
Superabundance : GLUT
2
Ready : RIPE
3
Sen. Bayh : EVAN
4
Church vessel : CENSER
5
Second, e.g. : ORDINAL
6
Scintilla : SHRED
7
John of London : LOO
8
Cross to bear : ONUS
9
Keep track of : MONITOR
10
Hospital figure : ORDERLY
11
Hospital amts. : CCS
12
Unglued : LOCO
13
Dash : ELAN
14
Melancholiac : MOPER
15
Calendario part : ENERO
16
Suffix with neat : NIK
17
___ kwon do : TAE
18
Bishop of ___ ("Henry V" character) : ELY
23
Novelist Lurie : ALISON
24
Width specification : EEE
27
Penthouse feature : VIEW
31
Like a depth finder : SONIC
33
Skinny-dipping : SWIMMINGNUDE
34
Employ : HIREON
35
Walking ___ : ONAIR
36
Nursery school need : PASTE
37
Head of a noted clan : ETHELKENNEDY
38
Went boldly : STRODE
39
Destroy : TEARUP
41
Anesthetized : UNDER
42
Staff positions? : RES
44
Pauciloquent : TERSE
47
Tad : TOT
48
The Beatles' "___ Loser" : IMA
49
More rubicund : RUDDIER
52
Like modern messages : EMAILED
55
Like a Puccini aria : MELODIC
57
Not going anywhere : STALLED
59
Start of a bridge declaration : IBID
60
They may be rattled : CAGES
64
Ship's dir. : ESE
66
1996 French film "___ Vep" : IRMA
68
One of eight Eng. kings : EDW
71
Necklace piece : AMULET
72
Some are precious : METALS
74
Continuing stories : SAGAS
75
Noted peripatetic conductor : PREVIN
76
"Cotton-Broker's Office" artist : DEGAS
79
Goof-off : IDLER
80
___ Park : ESTES
83
Missile stat : RANGE
84
Bath installation : SPA
86
Traveler's info : ETA
89
Confines : RIM
91
French ___ : ENDIVE
95
Flashed signs : VEES
96
It may be found in a pit : RACECAR
97
"CHiPs" star of 70's-80's TV : ESTRADA
98
Fork off : DIVERGE
104
Middle of a suit? : VERSUS
106
Retains : STETS
107
Like "The Shining," e.g. : EERIE
109
"For you there's rosemary and ___": "The Winter's Tale" : RUE
110
Cartoonist Wilson : GAHAN
112
Ness, for one : TMAN
113
Meets : SITS
115
W.W. II gun : STEN
117
"___ le roi!" : ABAS
118
Staple of many video games : GORE
119
Union busters? : EXES
120
Hullabaloo : DIN
121
Rock composer Brian : ENO
122
The ___ Man : TIN
123
Family tree word : NEE
125
Year in Antoninus Pius's reign : CLI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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