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AFTER WORD

New York Times, Sunday, April 4, 2010

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
84-Down : Like some census categories
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Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 59 for Mr. Klahn. Sunday freshness: 60%
Notepad: Bonus question: What word can follow each half of the answer to each starred clue?
Jim Horne notes:

The answer to the bonus question is BOARD.

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© 2010, The New York Times4/4/10 ( No. 22,062 )
Across
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Economy : COACH
6
"Spare" part : RIB
9
Direction for violinists : UPBOW
14
Rubbish : TRIPE
19
Relieve : ALLAY
20
"Cold Mountain" heroine : ADA
21
Hot stuff : SALSA
22
High trump card : HONOR
23
*"Either that ___ goes, or I do" (Oscar Wilde's reputed last words) : WALLPAPER
25
*Legislative V.I.P. : FLOORLEADER
27
"As You Like It" role : CELIA
28
Curved nail, perhaps : CLAW
29
Dentiform : tooth :: pyriform : ___ : PEAR
30
Certain : ASSURED
33
Chin : CHAT
34
*Object of superstition : BLACKCAT
38
Wiped out : BEAT
39
*Annual N.F.L. event : COLLEGEDRAFT
42
Project Blue Book subj. : UFO
43
Get a flat : RENT
44
"___ Love" (1978 hit for Natalie Cole) : OUR
45
German unity : EINS
46
Kind of crazy? : STIR
47
Org. that gives approval : USDA
48
Dirt : SMUT
50
Obloquy, e.g. : ABUSE
52
___ dish : PETRI
53
Print maker : PAW
54
*Zigzag trail up a mountain : SWITCHBACK
56
Better writing, e.g. : REVISE
57
Wry : TWISTED
59
Big band : HORDE
60
Navigator William with a sea named after him : BARENTS
61
Jazzy Chick : COREA
62
Decline in value : SAG
63
Sitting around for years waiting to get drunk? : AGING
64
Tedious trips : SCHLEPS
66
Something that might be hard to drink? : CIDER
68
Open up : BLOSSOM
71
Jostles : ELBOWS
72
*Green Bay Packers fan : CHEESEHEAD
74
Chartres shout : CRI
75
Femme fatale : SIREN
76
They may offer rides : FAIRS
77
Site of numerous firings : KILN
78
A guard may protect it : SHIN
79
Imitated : APED
80
Real first name of Alfalfa of the Little Rascals : CARL
81
Trouble : AIL
82
Bring around : COAX
83
Display in the Auckland Museum : MOA
84
*Tally : RUNNINGSCORE
89
Choice : AONE
90
*Lamp holder : ENDTABLE
92
"The Flying Dutchman" tenor : ERIK
93
Armpits : AXILLAS
95
Exotic berry in some fruit juices : ACAI
96
Missed signals from Little Boy Blue, maybe : BAAS
97
Director Kurosawa : AKIRA
98
*Lure : DRAWINGCARD
102
*Cover-up : WHITEWASH
106
1986 rock autobiography : ITINA
107
New addition : HIREE
108
Lunkhead : ASS
109
Babushkas : NANAS
110
Actress Streep : MERYL
111
Cultivates : TENDS
112
Interjection added to the O.E.D. in 2001 : DOH
113
Land called Mizraim in the Bible : EGYPT
Down
1
Harsh call : CAW
2
Suffix with boff : OLA
3
Purely : ALL
4
Birthplace of William Thackeray and Satyajit Ray : CALCUTTA
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Wired : HYPER
6
Spanish fleet? : RAPIDO
7
Brain matter? : IDEA
8
Block : BAR
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June "honoree," briefly : USFLAG
10
Sense of taste : PALATE
11
Big wind : BLOW
12
Spanish bear : OSO
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F-14, e.g. : WARPLANE
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1977 Liza Minnelli musical : THEACT
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Family name in Frank Miller's "Sin City" series : ROARK
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Gary's home: Abbr. : IND
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"The Purloined Letter" writer : POE
18
Foozle : ERR
24
A Baldwin : ALEC
26
Pages (through) : LEAFS
28
Gregg Allman's wife who filed for divorce after nine days : CHER
30
Sudden : ABRUPT
31
Oscillate : SEESAW
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*Wonder product : SANDWICHBREAD
33
Critical situation : CLUTCH
34
Sharp and stimulating : BRISK
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*Risking detention : CUTTINGSCHOOL
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Something unprecedented : AFIRST
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Major party : TORIES
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Yahoo : LOUT
41
Dickens : DEUCE
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Some naturals : SEVENS
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Wins everything : SWEEPS
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Cursed alchemist : MIDAS
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Sands, e.g. : ABRADES
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Stars in many westerns : BADGES
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Stop sign? : PERIOD
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Cast about : STREWN
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One stocking stockings : HOSIER
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Coat named for a British lord : RAGLAN
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Made an individual effort : SOLOED
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Scene of confusion : BABEL
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"Open ___" : SESAME
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Like some earrings : CLIPON
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Serving from a pot : CHILI
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Football do-over : REKICK
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Epithet for Elizabeth I : ORIANA
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Sassy lassies : MINXES
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Meat, as in 66-Down : CARNE
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Liliuokalani Gardens site : HILO
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Half-circle window over a door : FANLIGHT
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Rogue : SCALAWAG
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Resident of Daiquirí : CUBAN
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Frequent disclaimer : ASIS
84
Like some census categories : RACIAL
85
Closed in on : NEARED
86
Marks : GRADES
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Dashing : RAKISH
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Out : EXIT
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Light brown : TAWNY
94
Galsworthy's Mrs. Forsyte : IRENE
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One raised on a farm : BARN
97
"Got it!" : AHSO
98
Empty-headed : DIM
99
Rural address abbr. : RTE
100
It's in circulation : AIR
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French firm: Abbr. : CIE
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Bankroll? : WAD
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A little or a lot : ANY
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Dupe : SAP
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Pres. with the Marshall Plan : HST

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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