You have to think twice to solve the theme answers. First, find a word that answers the clue. Second, find a meta clue that points to that answer. For example, at 97 Across, "Memorable humorous poet" could be NASH but for the answer, think twice, and enter ANTIQUE CAR.
Here's another. 36 Down, "Edward or Norman" points to LEAR so that would make the meta-answer REGAN'S FATHER.
1 J | 2 E | 3 A | 4 N | 5 B | 6 E | 7 B | 8 O | 9 P | 10 M | 11 A | 12 A | 13 M | 14 R | 15 O | 16 A | 17 R |
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18 A | C | R | E | 19 O | P | E | R | A | 20 B | E | L | L | A | 21 E | L | M | O |
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22 B | U | C | C | 23 A | N | E | E | R | S | 24 E | D | I | B | L | 25 E | B | E | A | N |
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26 K | L | E | E | S | 27 T | 28 O | L | E | T | 29 L | A | U | G | H | S |
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30 S | L | U | R | S | 31 C | I | L | I | A | 32 M | A | S | K | |||||||
33 S | H | A | M | 34 A | M | I | E | 35 B | A | R | T | E | 36 R | 37 E | 38 D |
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39 W | A | A | C | S | 40 G | 41 A | M | E | O | F | 42 C | A | R | D | S | 43 E | R | I |
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44 O | N | D | E | 45 S | O | L | E | 46 I | R | E | S | 47 A | G | O | N |
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48 L | E | E | 49 S | M | A | L | L | 50 H | 51 O | 52 R | S | E | S | 53 E | V | A | D | E |
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54 F | R | O | 55 N | T | E | D | 56 E | R | I | C | S | 57 C | R | A | N | E | D |
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58 F | O | O | L | S | 59 P | R | A | D | O | 60 B | R | A | S | S | ||||||
61 S | 62 A | G | E | S | T | 63 T | H | O | L | E | 64 R | E | S | T | F | 65 U | 66 L |
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67 T | I | R | L | S | 68 S | O | O | N | E | R | 69 S | 70 T | A | T | E | 71 A | N | I |
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72 O | R | E | S | 73 F | I | N | N | 74 A | C | N | E | 75 S | T | I | R |
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76 I | T | E | 77 C | I | T | Y | O | 78 F | 79 L | 80 I | G | H | T | 81 M | E | H | T | A |
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82 C | O | N | 83 D | O | N | E | S | 84 R | I | N | A | 85 A | D | E | S | |||||
86 O | N | E | S | 87 S | E | E | R | S | 88 A | 89 T | T | A | R | |||||||
90 C | 91 R | 92 O | O | N | S | 93 S | T | E | N | O | 94 A | L | O | S | T | |||||
95 H | I | T | M | U | S | 96 I | C | A | L | 97 A | 98 N | T | I | Q | U | E | 99 C | 100 A | 101 R |
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102 A | C | H | E | 103 E | B | O | N | Y | 104 D | O | N | A | U | 105 L | O | R | E |
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106 W | O | O | D | 107 D | O | T | S | 108 S | T | O | R | E | 109 Y | O | K | O |
Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.