dannmann's NYT crossword puzzle ramblings

SUNDAY, december 16, 2007
david j. kahn and steve kahn / will shortz
movies you may have missed
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difficulty factor: harder than sundays as a rule but not crazy bad


title/theme: movies you may have missed... the title is somewhat cutesy, but the theme is better explained at 78D lois lane player of early tv, whose first name is a hint to this puzzle's theme... NOEL NEILL... no 'el'... each one of the themed answers is missing a letter 'l'... and the groaning ensues!


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in the "notes of record" category
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in the "most googled" category
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in the "cool mutiple word answer" category
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in the "abbreviations, truncations, etc." category
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more later...









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in the "damn-brand-new-t'-me" category
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in the "your mileage may vary" category
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keep on keepin' on...

dann
all elements of the puzzle (grid layout, clues, and answers), NYT, NY Times, and The New York Times logo are ©2007 The New York Times
1. current 7. one making a delivery 10. "_ fan tutte" 14. get set 18. fished with a baited line 20. garden figure 21. "too bad" 22. cookie introduced in 1912 23. movie critic kael 24. prison movie about a medical miracle? 27. wine made from the moscato bianco grape 28. o.k.: var. 30. global warming? 31. tim allen comedy about unionizing seasonal workers? 34. loser's cry 35. "born under _ sign" (1960s blues album) 36. monkey business 38. i.s.p. of note 41. in addition 44. with 95-down, investigate 45. court pseudonym 46. pay to play 47. home of golfs sony open 48. turn over 50. prequel to "reservoir dogs?" 53. onetime host of "classic concentration" 55. home of chennai 58. airports 59. judicial cover-ups? 60. "answer the question" 62. tuscany city 63. request to vanna white 64. ingmar bergman classic narrated by jacques cousteau? 67. brick holder 70. scintilla 72. "out of africa" author 73. with 69-down, not just hard of hearing 75. positive potential 77. meal with bitter herbs 78. cloud of gas and dust 79. chaplin comedy about a religious migration? 83. attend 85. on and after 86. funny louis and others 87. conductor _-pekka salonen 88. game resembling crazy eights 90. like the letters on a dreidel 92. kreskin claim 93. joan baez's "farewell, _," written by bob dylan 96. "_ and janis" (comic strip) 97. part of the old world 98. chiller about glass-climbing reptiles? 104. stamp 107. private telephone channel 108. "it's _" (pet shop boys hit) 109. tom cruise action thriller about a nasty argument? 112. embellishment 114. thingum 115. jealous olympian 116. skull and bones member, e.g. 117. one heading down a slippery slope 118. sonoma neighbor 119. oaxaca women: abbr. 120. red _ #2 121. hens, but not roosters 1. parade honoree, for short 2. refuse 3. way to go 4. jazz guitar great herb _ 5. laila who dances in and out of the ring 6. sci-fi movie about gender discrimination? 7. french red 8. had thirds, maybe 9. meter or liter 10. pic taker 11. suffix with pay 12. nautical danger 13. "honest!" 14. good ones are cracked 15. home of 1-down 16. advanced 17. expensive box 19. toothed, botanically 25. 1950s tv name 26. part of da: abbr. 29. pops 32. "delightful!" 33. creamy color 37. keystone _ 38. spoof about the soul of a fraternity? 39. midwest native 40. magnifier 41. singer _ neville 42. bogart/bacall mystery about serious basement dampness? 43. london underground, with "the" 44. intuited 46. loads 47. other: sp. 49. medieval hymn start 50. awarded zero stars, say 51. romeo's last words 52. goalie's area 54. chihuahua, por ejemplo 56. not wanting to fight, say 57. sister of queen beatrix of the netherlands 60. itch 61. county of cooperstown, n.y. 62. id theft target 65. hotfooted it 66. "my _!" 68. turned down, in a way 69. see 73-across 71. fixes 74. winter lift? 75. _ reader 76. m.d. 78. lois lane player of early tv, whose first name is a hint to this puzzle's theme 80. assemble again 81. operate 82. pizzeria in spike lee's "do the right thing" 84. assemblages 88. not shown 89. with nothing to hide 91. vampy wear 93. "like, no way!" 94. odd shares 95. see 44-across 96. "just _ thought!" 97. kitchen attraction 99. pitcher of milk? 100. _ wagon 101. in reserve 102. cowboy rival 103. many rice grads: abbr. 104. victor's cry 105. _hari 106. get set 110. disco _ 111. had a life 113. clover locale