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WHO WANTS TO BE A QUIZ SHOW CONTESTANT?

New York Times, Sunday, September 3, 2000

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Customs request
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 132, Blocks: 76 Missing: {QX} Spans: 6 This is puzzle # 66 for Mr. Kahn. Sunday freshness: 40%
Notepad: Each answer at 26-, 39-, 63-, 84- and 101-Across is a quiz question for which there is one correct response among the four choices in the clue. The circled letter in the answer is the correct response.
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© 2000, The New York Times9/3/0 ( No. 18,562 )
Across
1
Alley : LANE
5
Fashionable 70's wear : MIDIS
10
Duke of ___, historic Spanish general : ALVA
14
Bit of cleverness : MOT
17
Solemn responses : AMENS
19
Captivate : RAVISH
20
Kind of cloth : LOIN
21
Suffix with brilliant : INE
22
Singer-actress Janis : PAIGE
23
Mario Puzo best seller : OMERTA
24
Medical advice, often : REST
25
IV measurements : CCS
26
A. God of war B. Goddess of the earth C. God of love D.Ruler of the gods : INGREEKMYTHWHOWASARES
30
Most of Mauritania : SAHARA
31
Flu source : ASIA
32
Wear and tear : USE
33
Head, slangily : DOME
34
Designer Wang : VERA
36
Story of France : ETAGE
38
Big voting bloc : LABOR
39
A. "Les Troyens" B. "Pelléas et Melisande" C. "La Mer" D. "Faust" : NAMEDEBUSSYSONLYOPERA
46
Pay stub? : OLA
47
1962 film set in Jamaica : DRNO
48
Consents : OKS
49
Tao founder : LAOTSE
50
Early Eastern mercenary : NINJA
53
Boeing rival : AIRBUS
55
Talk, talk, talk : JAW
56
Snowy ___ : EGRET
57
Zip : TEAR
58
Olympics : GAMES
60
Two-time link : ATA
63
A. Egg and matzo meal B. Tomatoes and cheese C. Corn or barley D. Chickpeas or beans : WHATISFALAFELMADEFROM
68
Dump : STY
69
Dish eaten with rice : CURRY
70
Britney Spears, to some : IDOL
71
Part of 1,000 : COMMA
72
"Whew!" : BOY
73
Calls off the romance : ENDSIT
75
Translucent quartz : TOPAZ
76
Heartbeat quickener : CRISIS
80
Gen. Lee's grp. : CSA
81
Snowmobile parts : SKIS
83
Judge in 1995 news : ITO
84
A. Karl Malden B. Robert Mitchum C. George C. Scott D. Burt Lancaster : THISACTORPLAYEDPATTON
89
Make it up to : REPAY
90
Big East team : HOYAS
91
Where Bill met Hillary : YALE
92
Movie pooch : ASTA
93
See 5-Down : MIA
94
Anaïs ___ "The Novel of the Future" : NINS
97
Friction : STRIFE
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A. "Mommie Dearest" B. "Lonesome Dove" C. "Angela's Ashes" D. "Times to Remember" : WHICHBOOKISNOTAMEMOIR
106
Pot top : LID
107
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
108
Like an early-evening sky : TWILIT
109
"___ Crooked Trail" (1958 western) : RIDEA
110
Preceding, in verse : ERE
111
Singer with wings : WREN
112
Not thinking well : SENILE
113
Spell : STINT
114
From, in France : DES
115
"Sure, I'm game" : LETS
116
Staggering : AREEL
117
Within: Prefix : ENDO
Down
1
Gemstone : LAPIS
2
Oven maker : AMANA
3
[I'd like some oats over here...!] : NEIGH
4
Chisel : ENGRAVE
5
With 93-Across, words of delight : MAMMA
6
Actresses Dana and Judith : IVEYS
7
Besmirches : DIRTIES
8
Last question in this puzzle : ISTHATYOURFINALANSWER
9
"Rich Man, Poor Man" novelist : SHAW
10
1953 A.L. M.V.P. : ALROSEN
11
Composer Frederick : LOEWE
12
Customs request : VISA
13
Busy bodies : ANTS
14
Disease-causing bacteria : MICROBES
15
Piano teacher's request, maybe : ONCEMORE
16
Mosaic piece : TESSERA
18
Hit the roof : SEERED
19
1950's soldier, in brief : ROK
27
Like some seals : EARED
28
Awards for Asimov and Clarke : HUGOS
29
Put in a new medium : ADAPT
35
Start and end of a magician's cry : ABRA
37
Emulates Regis? : ASKS
38
Card game with a pool : LOO
39
"Haven't heard a word" : NONEWS
40
Land : ALIGHT
41
One of Dada's daddies? : MANRAY
42
Indivisible : UNITARY
43
Very much : SORELY
44
Subject of a Nash poem : LLAMA
45
Swung, nautically : YAWED
51
___ set : JET
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Problem ending? : ATIC
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Meadow sound : BAA
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Resembling preserves : JAMLIKE
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Certain photo : GLOSSY
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Faction : SECT
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Ban locale? : ARMPIT
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Slice for a pizza? : TOMATO
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Popular dot-com stock : AMAZON
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___ Bay, Philippines : SUBIC
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Fall event : FROST
66
TV announcer Hall : EDD
67
Egg ___ yung : FOO
73
Perceive : ESPY
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Fastidious : TIDY
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County near Liverpool : CHESHIRE
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Cause of some disturbances : RIPTIDES
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Stern with a bow : ISAAC
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For instance : SAY
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Barely speak : CROAK
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Shudder, e.g. : SPASM
84
Fished with a net : TRAWLED
85
The Wright brothers, e.g. : OHIOANS
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Fatuous : ASININE
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Revamps : ALTERS
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Tunneler : TERMITE
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Noted Impressionist : MONET
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"It's the truth" : NOLIE
96
Even so : STILL
98
Medicinal aid: Var. : IODIN
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Evil one : FIEND
100
Muse for a lyricist : ERATO
102
Holler : HOWL
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Unwanted guest : BORE
104
"___ done deal" : ITSA
105
Gulped : ATE

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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