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111-ACROSS!

New York Times, Sunday, March 19, 2017

Author:
Grant Thackray
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
95-Down : Jester
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Grant Thackray

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 144, Blocks: 74 Missing: {JQWZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Thackray. Sunday freshness: 47%
Grant Thackray notes:
Dealing with movie/book/television spoilers is always a dicey subject. For this puzzle, I wanted to only fill the grid with twist endings that 99% of puzzle solvers will either already ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
SPOILER ALERT! Hopefully, solvers have seen all of these movies already. Thankfully, Grant chose ones with iconic not-really-surprise-anymore endings. Fun pairs, and I like how he ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times3/19/17 ( No. 24,603 )
Across
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Poor-weather driving aid : CHAINS
7
Pale-faced : ASHY
11
Texting format, for short : SMS
14
Indonesian island : BALI
18
Possible weapon in a bar fight : POOLCUE
19
Resting place for a polar bear : FLOE
20
"I totally crushed that!" : NAILEDIT
22
It's actually made of 55-Down : SOYLENTGREEN
24
Companion of Jason : ARGONAUT
25
Wood that makes up the foundation of much of Venice : ALDER
26
Clomped (on) : TROD
27
Basil who designed England's Coventry Cathedral : SPENCE
28
Level : TIER
29
"___ All That" (1999 rom-com) : SHES
30
Who 93-Down was all along : LUKESFATHER
35
Product of Boston or Chicago : SONG
36
Part of a KFC order : LEG
37
Enthusiastic assent in Madrid : SISI
38
Cambodia's Lon ___ : NOL
39
What flows in une rivière : EAU
40
The "E" of Q.E.D. : ERAT
42
Boat with a very fine net : SHRIMPER
44
"Phooey!" : DANG
45
It turns out to be 99-Down : PLANETOFTHEAPES
49
Beefcake's pride : BOD
50
Fresh : SASSY
51
House call? : NAY
52
Up to this point : YET
53
Bad luck, old-style : UNHAP
56
Joke, slangily : YUK
57
Metal band around a pencil eraser : FERRULE
61
Peeping aid : SPYHOLE
63
Fashion : CREATE
66
It really is an 8-Down : ROSEBUD
69
Has pegged, say : ISONTO
70
Disappointment for someone looking for a parking spot : HYDRANT
72
Record-holder for the most times hosting the Academy Awards : BOBHOPE
74
Limit : CAP
75
Studio sign : ONAIR
76
Ga. neighbor : ALA
79
Indonesia's ___ Islands : ARU
80
Nothing, in Latin : NIHIL
82
Having a spare tire, maybe : FAT
83
What 11-Down does, shockingly : KILLSDUMBLEDORE
88
Computer-controlled players, in gaming lingo : BOTS
90
Relating to the sun : HELIACAL
91
Tolkien's trilogy, for short : LOTR
92
Cut : AXE
93
U.S. broadcaster overseas : VOA
94
___ row : SKID
95
The end: Fr. : FIN
96
"Dies ___" : IRAE
100
To whom the title "45-Down" was referring the whole time : NORMANBATES
103
Big name in headphones : BOSE
104
Hindu god of destruction : SIVA
105
Trims : ADORNS
106
Kids' character who says "A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside" : POOH
107
Annual meal : SEDER
108
Learned inside and out : MASTERED
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Warning for solvers of this puzzle : SPOILERALERT
114
Source of one's sense of balance : INNEREAR
115
Many resting places : URNS
116
Plant that's the source of a caffeine-free tea : REDBUSH
117
One way to sit by : IDLY
118
Squeeze (out) : EKE
119
Figure in statistics : MODE
120
Altercation : SCRAPE
Down
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"Gangsta's Paradise" rapper : COOLIO
2
Tomboy : HOYDEN
3
Subjects of some food package warnings : ALLERGENS
4
Cake finisher : ICER
5
Extra in "The Sound of Music" : NUN
6
Make it clear how things are going to go : SETTHETONE
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Natural dos : AFROS
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See 66-Across : SLED
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Ground breaker : HOE
10
Itch : YEN
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See 83-Across : SNAPE
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Muddles : MARESNESTS
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Accept, as a package : SIGNFOR
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"The Devil and Daniel Webster" author : BENET
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Nabokov novel : ADA
16
Lucy of "Charlie's Angels" : LIU
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TV "Cousin" : ITT
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Jrs. take them : PSATS
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Good person to ask for directions : LOCAL
23
Actor Kinnear : GREG
27
Not covering much : SKIMPY
29
Picket, e.g. : SLAT
30
Pre-euro money : LIRE
31
Govt. cultural org. until 1999 : USIA
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Big cheese : HEADHONCHO
33
Suffix with Jacob : EAN
34
Throw on the floor? : RUG
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Sound in the stacks : SHH
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"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" protagonist : REY
42
Lead-in to foam : STYRO
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Oh follower : PEE
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"Tiny Bubbles" singer : DONHO
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See 100-Across : PSYCHO
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Hill of R&B : LAURYN
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Inquired about : ASKEDAFTER
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Jamie of "M*A*S*H" : FARR
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Falls for : BUYS
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Brightest star in Aquila : ALTAIR
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See 22-Across : PEOPLE
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Swamp : FEN
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Kind of port : USB
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Regulus's constellation : LEO
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Draw back : EBB
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Slapstick prop : PIE
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Puccini pieces : ARIAS
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Stolen item in "Alice in Wonderland" : TART
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Moving aid : UHAUL
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State quarters? : DORM
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Rest : TAKEABREAK
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Penguin and others : PUBLISHERS
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Lead-in to Jon or Wayne : LIL
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Exclusive groups : ALISTS
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Nothing but ___ : NET
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Player of Nelson Mandela in "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" : IDRISELBA
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Interest for a limnologist : LAKE
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Some core classes: Abbr. : SCIS
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Treehouse builder, maybe : DAD
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Unattended : LONE
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Exclusion : BAN
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Big name in kitchen utensils : OXO
90
Center of a roast : HONOREE
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See 30-Across : VADER
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Jester : FOOL
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Cause a wedgie : RIDEUP
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Opposed : AVERSE
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See 45-Across : EARTH
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Bucko : MATEY
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Major John ___, Benedict Arnold's co-conspirator : ANDRE
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Western capital : BOISE
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Koi's habitat : POND
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Baghdad's ___ City : SADR
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Early millennium year : MII
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Not to mention : AND
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Show with a "cold open," for short : SNL
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Excel command : SUM
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For : PRO
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Remote button : REC

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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