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All Keyed Up

New York Times, Sunday, August 17, 2003

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
106-Down : Word said with a slap
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 79 This is puzzle # 111 for Ms. Gorski. Sunday freshness: 97%
Jim Horne notes:

1 2 3, 4 5 6, 7 8 9, * 0 # are arranged as on a telephone.

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TWO
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C
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H
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FOUR
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FIVE
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SIX
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SEVEN
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EIGHT
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NINE
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STAR
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ZERO
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POUND
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H
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L
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S
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A
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L
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M
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H
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S
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© 2003, The New York Times8/17/3 ( No. 19,640 )
Across
1
"I Loves You, Porgy" singer : BESS
5
How some stocks are sold : ATPAR
10
Rat-___ : ATAT
14
Intimate : BOSOM
19
From scratch : ANEW
20
Ready to read the riot act : IRATE
21
"A Treatise of Human Nature" writer : HUME
22
Mojave plant : AGAVE
23
Many a homestead spread : ACRE
24
Reservists : MILITIAMEN
26
Bank that may be created by the government : LEVEE
27
Radiance : SHEEN
29
Part of Florida : PENINSULA
30
Creepy looks : LEERS
31
Chant : INTONE
32
Where a newspaper index often appears : PAGETWO
33
"Married filing separately" on an I.R.S. form 1040 : LINETHREE
35
Lady of la maison: Abbr. : MME
36
Unconvincing : LAME
37
Annex : ELL
38
Actor Keach : STACY
39
Salt shaker? : SEA
40
No longer sharp : FADED
41
Have a canyonlike effect : REECHO
44
Gossips : YENTAS
46
Greek theaters : ODEA
47
"Bingo!" : RIGHT
50
Places with a bird's-eye view : ROOSTS
52
Miniseries segment : PARTFOUR
54
Rest : TAKEFIVE
57
"Thumbs up" response : AOK
59
Like some internships, in length : SIXWEEK
60
Howard ___, "Mayberry R.F.D." character : SPRAGUE
62
Packing : ARMED
64
Raipur raiment : SARI
65
"Evil Woman" grp. : ELO
68
With 69-Across, bygone phone message : MABELL
69
See 68-Across : CALLED
71
Cook's abbr. : TSP
72
Brown & Williamson brand : KOOL
74
Shows inconstancy : FLITS
75
Some opening night theatergoers : CRITICS
77
World Series finale : GAMESEVEN
79
Tempe inst. : ASU
80
Women's dress sizes : EIGHTEENS
81
Skittles : NINEPINS
85
Minnesota twin? : STPAUL
87
It may be balding : TREAD
89
Sculpture student's subj. : ANAT
90
Big name in book publishing since 1818 : HARPER
92
"My Eyes Have Seen" singer : ODETTA
96
"Veni ..." : ICAME
97
Hardly likely to streak : SHY
98
Certain 111-Downs : NEAPS
101
Discount rack abbr. : IRR
102
Repeated cry while waving a hand : MEME
103
High ball? : LOB
104
Entry in a spaceship log : STARDATE
105
Low visibility figure : ZEROFEET
107
Hits repeatedly : POUNDSON
108
It may arrive with attachments : EMAIL
110
One may be picky about these : LOTTERIES
112
Skater Hughes : SARAH
114
Style : GENRE
115
Fortuitous : INCIDENTAL
117
Cops and robbers, e.g. : GAME
118
Hollywood family : ALDAS
119
Lot : SCAD
120
Cold shoulder treatment? : STOLE
121
Egyptian solar deity : ATEN
122
Causes dissolution of cells : LYSES
123
Apportion, with "out" : METE
124
Wished : HOPED
125
Mouth, so to speak : SASS
Down
1
Pastoral sounds : BAAS
2
"Big" one : ENCHILADA
3
One who sings to the balcony : SERENADER
4
Sugar-covered nuts, bonbons, etc. : SWEETMEATS
5
Ambition : AIM
6
Fall guy? : TRIPPER
7
Pub order : PALEALE
8
Like skin, after a facial : ATINGLE
9
Tighten one's laces, say : RETIE
10
Sounds of discoverers : AHAS
11
Kerfuffle : TUMULT
12
Title woman in a Joni Mitchell song : AMELIA
13
Holding of land : TENANCY
14
Call that may complete a full count : BALLTHREE
15
Curved molding : OGEE
16
Latecomer's plea : SAVEMEASEAT
17
Dominates : OVERMASTERS
18
1980's attorney general : MEESE
25
Halved : INTWO
28
"Thanks, but don't bother" : NONEED
34
Observer : EYER
38
Soak : SOG
39
Tucks (away) : STOWS
40
Fashion plate : FOP
42
Fishing baskets : CREELS
43
R & B group with the 1991 #1 hit "I Like the Way" : HIFIVE
45
Carbon, to a lab worker: Abbr. : NOSIX
48
Zimbabwe's capital : HARARE
49
"Laugh-In" regular on old TV : TOMLIN
51
LP flaw : SKIP
53
Tea time, maybe : FOURPM
54
Small drum : TABLA
55
Discriminating person : AGEIST
56
Civilization, to Hesse : KULTUR
58
Ancient Brits: Var. : KELTS
61
W.W. II heroes: Abbr. : RAF
62
Bow (to) : ACCEDE
63
Agnus ___ : DEI
65
Ticker tapes? : EKGS
66
In an offensive way : LOATHSOMELY
67
Oktoberfest entertainers : OOMPAHBANDS
70
Big jet : DCNINE
73
60's guru : LEARY
76
"Star Wars" and the like : SPACESAGAS
78
Old "You like it, it likes you" sloganeer : SEVENUP
80
Year that Augustus exiled Ovid : EIGHTAD
82
Juliet, to Romeo : INAMORATA
83
Cooperate with the feds, say : NAMENAMES
84
Québec map abbr. : STE
86
Make advances? : LEND
88
Aurora's counterpart : EOS
91
Corot painting style : REALISM
93
Connect with : TIEINTO
94
Place with a bird's-eye view : TREETOP
95
Picture show? : ARTSALE
96
Shuts up : IMPOUNDS
99
Right this minute : ATONCE
100
Garfield, for one : PETCAT
103
Kind of advice : LEGAL
104
Completely black, in a way : STARLESS
105
Focused (in on) : ZEROED
106
Word said with a slap : FRESH
109
"Dies ___" : IRAE
111
Beachcomber's concern : TIDE
113
___ teeth : HENS
116
Outranked : LED

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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