Theme Explanation: Any number in a capitalized clue must be replaced by its corresponding answer in the grid. For example, the clue for 24-Across ASSOCIATES reads [99 LEAGUES]; the answer to 99-Down is COL, and replacing "99" with "COL" yields the intended clue, [COLLEAGUES].
1 A | 2 R | 3 A | 4 R | 5 C | 6 H | 7 A | 8 F | 9 F | 10 S | 11 I | 12 D | 13 E | 14 S | 15 D | 16 E | 17 N |
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18 L | A | N | E | 19 R | A | T | I | O | 20 C | N | O | T | E | 21 M | A | K | O |
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22 A | B | D | I | 23 C | A | T | O | R | S | 24 A | S | S | O | C | 25 I | A | T | E | S |
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26 G | O | F | E | R | 27 T | 28 A | L | E | S | 29 E | C | T | A | D | ||||||
30 D | 31 E | 32 C | A | N | T | S | 33 L | E | V | E | L | 34 I | D | E | E | |||||
35 E | M | O | T | E | S | 36 S | E | R | I | N | 37 E | M | E | R | S | 38 I | 39 O | 40 N |
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41 P | I | N | E | Y | 42 P | A | S | S | E | 43 N | G | E | R | S | 44 N | B | A |
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45 O | L | D | 46 S | 47 A | 48 P | O | R | 49 A | R | R | S | 50 A | T | L | I |
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51 T | E | E | 52 M | 53 B | O | U | N | 54 D | 55 A | 56 R | I | E | S | 57 A | R | E | A | L |
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58 M | I | 59 N | U | E | T | 60 A | L | O | F | T | 61 E | C | A | R | T | E |
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62 L | 63 I | N | N | E | T | S | 64 T | U | T | U | S | 65 S | T | I | R | R | E | D |
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66 E | N | A | T | E | S | 67 G | E | N | A | E | 68 S | U | N | D | A | E | ||||
69 A | S | T | E | R | 70 B | R | A | T | I | S | 71 L | A | V | A | 72 S | L | 73 A | 74 T |
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75 S | A | I | D | 76 R | I | O | S | 77 A | L | A | S | 78 S | 79 A | S | H |
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80 E | N | O | 81 P | E | R | F | E | 82 C | 83 T | 84 E | R | S | 85 P | 86 O | T | T | O |
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87 S | E | N | 88 S | I | B | L | E | 89 H | I | N | G | E | 90 T | A | V | E | R | N |
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91 O | S | O | S | 92 T | A | N | G | O | 93 F | I | R | E | D | O | G |
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94 P | 95 I | L | A | U | 96 M | O | R | E | L | 97 E | A | G | E | R | ||||||
98 R | E | N | O | U | N | 99 C | I | N | G | 100 I | 101 M | P | R | E | S | A | 102 R | 103 I | 104 O |
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105 U | R | N | S | 106 D | O | N | E | E | 107 S | H | E | E | R | 108 T | O | O | K |
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109 B | I | O | 110 S | L | E | D | S | 111 H | O | E | R | S | 112 E | D | N | A |
Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 10 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.