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Irene Smullyan
Irene Smullyan

DOS-À-DOS

New York Times, Sunday, August 16, 1992

105-Down : Speedy descent

Author:
Irene Smullyan
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 70, Avg Word Len: 5.30, Missing: { J Q X Z }, Scrabble score: 540 (avg 1.46)
Open Squares: 118, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 8, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 11
Irene Smullyan has 19 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
Jim Horne notes:

The following correction was published:

In [this puzzle], part of an answer was misspelled. The "complicated collaboration" (114A, third line from the bottom) included Richard Rodgers (not Rogers).

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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,622
Across
1
Wood sorrel : OCA
4
Ejected : SPEWED
10
Tu-144's : SSTS
14
Funest : FATAL
19
Via : PER
20
Kiribati's capital : TARAWA
21
Baltic-North Sea capital : KIEL
22
Vapid : INANE
23
Gibus or kady : HAT
24
UNACCEPTABLE ROMANCE : EREVENIUGLANCELOT
27
"East Lynne" heroine : ISABEL
29
Armenian capital : ERIVAN
30
Affiance : BETROTH
31
Do roadwork : REPAVE
32
___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
33
Agent : ASSIGNEE
34
Complied with commands : OBEYED
37
Gad : ROAM
40
Plaything : TOY
41
Graf ___ : SPEE
43
TOPSY-TURVY FRIENDSHIP : SAIHTYPDAMON
47
"___ longa, vita brevis" : ARS
50
Abounding in monticles : HILLY
52
Wild plum : SLOE
53
He goes where congers congregate : EELER
54
Entrance for Clementine's dad : ADIT
55
Grampus : ORC
56
DISORDERLY PARTNERSHIP : EDYLCBONNIE
59
Campaign issue : CRIME
60
Captivate : ENAMOR
62
Distort : SKEW
63
Spots for lounge lizards : SETTEES
65
Lacking vitality : ANEMIC
67
Heavy wts. : TNS
69
Most certain : SUREST
71
Curtain feature : TIEBACK
74
French coins: 1929-38 : ECUS
77
Some floor layers : TILERS
79
Contemn : SCORN
81
CONFUSING AMORISTS : SINODAVENUS
84
Japanese money of account : RIN
85
Diminutive coloratura : PONS
86
John Wilkes Booth, e.g. : ACTOR
87
Opera by Handel : NERO
88
Party leader? : EMCEE
90
Without limit : ANY
91
ILL-MATCHED ENCOUNTER : HTAILOGDAVID
94
Raison d'___ : ETRE
95
Also : TOO
96
Maxwell or Lanchester : ELSA
97
Galvanic: Comb. from : ELECTR
99
Compatriots : PAISANOS
103
Literary monogram : RLS
106
Metrical feet : PAEONS
109
Opposite of helter-skelter : ORDERED
110
Pontiac was one : OTTAWA
113
Gaelic poet : OSSIAN
114
COMPLICATED COLLABORATION : NIETSREMMAHROGERS
117
Mauna ___ : LOA
118
Hector : TEASE
119
Low digits : TOES
120
Hungarian-born conductor : DORATI
121
Ref's cousin : UMP
122
Ruhr city : ESSEN
123
Submerged : SANK
124
Shows clemency : SPARES
125
Fam. member : SIS
Down
1
Biblical land: I Kings 9:28 : OPHIR
2
Desist : CEASE
3
MISGUIDED COUPLE : ARTAPOELCANTONY
4
Longshoreman's derrick : STEEVE
5
Talks : PARLEYS
6
Before, to Keats : ERE
7
Brandish : WAVE
8
Kin of hydriae : EWERS
9
Fla. coastal city : DANIA
10
Feathered Arctic pirate : SKUA
11
Placard : SIGN
12
Part of I.T.T. : TEL
13
Thick slices : SLABS
14
Dickens's forte : FICTION
15
Deficiency of vigor : ANERGY
16
Cards left over after a deal : TALON
17
"There's not ___ of mine ... ": Shak. : ANOTE
18
River of oblivion : LETHE
25
Tusk material : IVORY
26
Wise man : NESTOR
28
Scene of cacophony : BABEL
33
Charlotte ___, Virgin Islands capital : AMALIE
35
Facile : EASY
36
Aromatic herbs : DILLS
38
Ready for business : OPEN
39
Mideastern city and gulf : ADENS
41
Ghillie or solleret : SHOE
42
City on the Elbe : PIRNA
44
Horse's ankle : HOCK
45
Jewish month : TEBET
46
Sports competitions : MEETS
47
UNRELIABLE RELATIONSHIP : ADISSERCTROILUS
48
Surround : RIM
49
Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: Abbr. : STE
51
Petty officers : YEOMEN
54
Spinning : AREEL
57
Small quantity : DRIB
58
Possessed : OWNED
59
Red shade : CERISE
61
Former Israeli Prime Minister and family : MEIRS
64
Renowned bishop : TUTU
66
First to strike Caesar : CASCA
68
Northern European : SCAND
70
City on the Mosel : TRIER
72
Municipalities : CITIES
73
Hillock : KNOLL
75
Part of the eye : UVEA
76
Best part of Ivanisevic's game : SERVE
78
Dagger of yore : SNEE
79
Aix-les-Bains, e.g. : SPA
80
Scan or scam : CON
82
Spanish card suit : OROS
83
Short textile fibers : NOIL
86
Penitent : ATONER
89
Doles : METES
91
Become harsh, as a voice : HOARSEN
92
Singer Brooks : GARTH
93
Boxeo or béisbol : DEPORTE
95
Deadly fly : TSETSE
98
Black-currant liqueur : CASSIS
99
___ Vecchio, at Firenze : PONTE
100
April 1 baby, e.g. : ARIES
101
Concepts : IDEAS
102
"Paradise Lost" playwright : ODETS
104
Enriches with fat : LARDS
105
Speedy descent : SWOOP
107
Wynonna Judd's mother : NAOMI
108
Cookies : SNAPS
110
Augury : OMEN
111
Chore : TASK
112
City on the Yamuna : AGRA
115
Extinct bird : MOA
116
Attention : EAR

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 8 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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