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New York Times, Sunday, June 9, 2013

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
80-Down : Certain templegoer
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Elizabeth C. Gorski
Horse Head

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 78 Missing: {X} This is puzzle # 203 for Ms. Gorski. Sunday freshness: 84%
Notepad: Complete the puzzle. Then connect the circled letters alphabetically from A to S to get an image related to the puzzle's theme.
Jim Horne notes:

Ms. Gorski is the inventor and still the master of this ingenious connect-the-dots puzzle form. Is that an eye or maybe even a blinder on the horse? And reins?

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© 2013, The New York Times6/9/13 ( No. 23,224 )
Across
1
Insect's feeler : PALP
5
Double-platinum Steely Dan album : AJA
8
Kitten's sound : MEW
11
Sharp as ___ : ATACK
16
Like some stimuli : AURAL
17
Participated in a derby : RAN
18
One of several Louises : ROI
19
___ Lauro (hijacked ship of 1985) : ACHILLE
21
Fountain site : PLAZA
22
Slightest idea : INKLING
24
Temple in Hollywood : SHIRLEY
25
Colorless sort : ALBINO
27
Parts of un archipel : ILES
28
Polite helper's question : MAYI
30
Coup d'___ : ETAT
31
Like 64-Across, in sports annals : CELEBRATED
33
Keep thinking about, as a victory : SAVOR
34
Bette Midler, e.g. : DIVA
35
Assessor : EYER
36
Nevertheless, briefly : THO
37
Lift : HIKEUP
38
Biblical dry measure : OMER
39
Rises up on two legs : REARS
41
Frankfurt's river : ODER
42
Like some Braten : SAUER
44
Lassie and Marmaduke, e.g. : PETDOGS
48
Circus employees : TAMERS
50
Super Bowl div. : QTR
51
Home of Odysseus : ITHACA
52
Star in the Swan constellation : DENEB
53
___ neutrino : TAU
55
Parapsychological subj. : ESP
58
Pan handlers : CHEFS
59
Crosses : MEETS
60
Raw meat dish : CARPACCIO
63
Not duped by : ONTO
64
95-Across who made the covers of Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated in the same week : SECRETARIAT
66
CD-___ : ROMS
67
They may be left by the side of the road : TIREMARKS
69
Like marshes : REEDY
70
Pats on the back, maybe : BURPS
71
Grade school subj. : SCI
72
Now or never: Abbr. : ADV
73
Some woods greenery : FERNS
74
Move like a penguin : WADDLE
75
The Eagles, on a scoreboard : PHI
77
Charlene who played Lucy on "Dallas" : TILTON
79
Stereotypical neighbors : JONESES
80
Third base coach's urging, maybe : SLIDE
82
"Ben-Hur," for one : EPIC
83
"Catch you later" : ADIOS
85
Jazz trumpeter Baker : CHET
86
Lack : DEARTH
88
"Regrets, ___ had a few" ("My Way" lyric) : IVE
89
Tit for tat? : SWAP
93
Bridge feature : ARCH
94
Set pieces? : GAMES
95
Time and Newsweek's cover description of 64-Across : SUPERHORSE
98
Bold Ruler, to 64-Across : SIRE
99
Those, to Jorge : ESOS
100
Mort who said "My life needs editing" : SAHL
101
Most peeved : SOREST
102
Out of this world? : INORBIT
104
Morale-boosting mil. event : USOSHOW
107
Bull or Celtic : NBAER
108
Units of force : NEWTONS
109
"Marry ___ Little" (Sondheim song) : MEA
110
Actress Thurman : UMA
111
"Same here" : DITTO
112
"Like it ___ ..." : ORNOT
113
Prominent part of Mickey Mouse : EAR
114
Hardly a knockout : HAG
115
Bonn exclamations : ACHS
Down
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Dumbwaiter part : PULLEY
2
Fit to be tilled : ARABLE
3
Less industrious : LAZIER
4
Alternative : PLANB
5
Name that's Hebrew for "lion" : ARI
6
Key employee? : JANITOR
7
Lowdown joint? : ANKLE
8
Drs. may order them : MRIS
9
Many a doctor's office wait, seemingly : EON
10
Expert with locks? : WIGMAKER
11
Yellowfin tuna, on menus : AHI
12
Wearied : TIREDOUT
13
What 64-Across holds in the three legs of 46-Down : ALLTIMERECORDS
14
One on the chopping block : CLEAVER
15
Hybrid musical instrument with a shoulder strap : KEYTAR
16
Quickly : APACE
19
"___ wish" : ASYOU
20
Smoke detector sounds when the battery runs low : CHIRPS
23
Was winning : LED
26
Taco sauce brand : ORTEGA
29
Declares : AVERS
32
Puzzle solvers' cries : AHAS
33
Backtrack? : SIDEB
37
Straightaway for 64-Across : HOMESTRETCH
39
Giants of the sky, in myth : ROCS
40
Turns this way and that : STEERS
43
A pastel : AQUA
44
Embroidery loops : PICOTS
45
Italian or Irish : ETHNIC
46
What 64-Across won on June 9, 1973 : THETRIPLECROWN
47
"Daybreakers" actor Willem : DAFOE
49
Not post- : ANTE
52
Really wallop : DECK
53
Dumbwaiter item : TRAY
54
On point : APT
56
"No sweat!" : SIMPLE
57
Rap stars often have them : POSSES
59
"Jeopardy!" creator Griffin : MERV
60
Richard of Rambo movies : CRENNA
61
Teleprompters, for speakers : AIDS
62
It needs refinement : CRUDE
64
Sorry : SAD
65
Commercial prefix with postale : AERO
68
Cleaner : MAID
70
Some dictators' proclamations : BANS
73
Moves like a moth : FLITS
74
Beaus : WOOERS
76
Until now : HITHERTO
77
Words from a Latin lover : TEAMO
78
"Supposedly" : IPRESUME
79
Baloney : JIVE
80
Certain templegoer : SHRINER
81
Enter stealthily : EDGEIN
84
Academic paper? : DIPLOMA
85
Game involving matching cards on the table : CASINO
87
Some bridge players : EASTS
89
___ acid (food preservative) : SORBIC
90
Victory wear for 64-Across : WREATH
91
They're worth something : ASSETS
92
___-Canada (northern gas station chain) : PETRO
95
Flier to Bergen : SAS
96
"Yep" : UHHUH
97
Passport producer : HONDA
100
Rise rapidly : SOAR
103
Ending with spam : BOT
105
Briny : SEA
106
Jokester : WAG

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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