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The Invisible Man

First you see him, then you don't -- it's the Invisible Man! He first (dis)appeared in H. G. Wells' eponymous 1897 novel, and a century later he's still going strong, the subject of the recent documentary Hollow Man. In between, he was not seen in a wide variety of scenes, ranging from the sublime (the classic 1933 film starring Claude Rains) to the ridiculous (the 1951 film Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man). But despite all this publicity, a fascinating part of his personality has remained unrevealed: his considerable skills as a crossword constructor. We hereby remedy this oversight with the example below.

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ACROSS
1 Cancer companion
6 Thick, mushy food
12 Beta decay cause
20 In a roadshow
21 Stab in the back, in a way
22 Generous
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25 Like-minded
26 Stagger about
27 Inquisition figure
28 In a horrible situation
29 With what meaning
30 Stopped the spread of
32 Shaft in the night
37 Make a victim of
39 Elm, for one
40 Got rid of all the people from
41 Once more
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48 Major precursor
49 Draw, as a dagger
52 Nightmare visitee
53 Like a certain night in 1889
54 Last word, perhaps
55 Dracula, say
58 See 60-Across
59 Lizard King's group
60 Final resting place of 58-Across
61 It's "dark as a dungeon"
64 Lifeless body
67 Thing
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73 Minor arcana members
74 Semicircular support
76 When answering
78 McGrew's lady
79 He may have been killed by a scorpion
80 Of the people, by the people, or for the people
83 One of its sections is "Inferno"
84 Opposite of takeout
86 Put an end to
88 Criminal Parker
90 Ice cream flavor
91 Sign of something
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96 Celtic killer
98 Cruddy
99 Yours truly
103 Under control
104 "Hit men" helpers
105 Pungent root
107 Funeral pyre remains
109 Mac Liammoir ghost story title start
112 Come to blows?
113 Mambo relative
114 He used a rattlesnake for a lasso
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122 Test type
123 Allow
124 Tear into tiny pieces
125 The republic of India
126 Tar-Baby creator
127 Long look
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1 Meat dish served in its own body fluids
2 Existing forever in someone
3 "Love Potion #9" coauthor
4 Worthless, unfriendly beast
5 Break out in a rash
6 The Savage Innocents actor
7 "Begone!"
8 Directly confronting
9 Put ingredients together
10 Patter provider
11 First name in spy novels
12 1970 Newman / Woodward movie
13 Author Bagnold
14 King of the demons
15 Stay healthy
16 Ala. abutter
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18 Anti-racketeering act: abbr.
19 Beast with a blue-black tongue
24 Exclamation of horror
28 Meat-eating mammal
31 Joe Fulks helped kill it
32 DCLXVI + CCCXL
33 Clumsy, stupid creature
34 Business equipment co.
35 Old pro-Nazi organization
36 And the like
38 Half a French painter?
40 Midnight: GMT :: 8 pm: ?
41 Tuberous root
42 Med. country
43 Drescher role
45 Therefore
46 Husky thing?
47 Pokemon provider
49 Former frequent flier
50 Storyteller
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53 Any moment now
55 Talk indiscreetly
56 Make a choice
57 Flightless bird
59 Bracero's work, e.g.
62 Mohammed's master
63 Country singer who starred in one of HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"
64 Ladybug sheepdog
65 Story start part
66 Let out
68 Mr. Manson
70 Over
71 Champion of the Gobbos
72 Polished stone
75 Small water sprite
77 Plant with sword-shaped leaves
80 Larvae envelope
81 Seeing red?
82 It has strings attached
85 Hit high
86 She has her faults
87 Les Miserables actress Thurman
88 Make an offer
89 Bring about
90 Auto pioneer's initials
92 Chopped flesh stuffed in an intestine
93 "Out, damned Spot!"
94 Eric's tormentor
95 They're a heartbeat away: abbr.
97 Supremely happy
100 Leaves of grass
101 She descended to the underworld
102 Like a sacrificial virgin
105 Thing that gripped necks
106 They grow horns on people
107 "... will beat ____ ..."
108 Goosebumps, for example
110 Gross of The Ghost and the Guest
111 Boris's film bride
112 War of the Worlds, originally
115 Crypt for dead words: abbr.
116 Up
117 "... ____ gloom of night..."
118 Kind of club
119 Enforcer, of a sort
120 1983 comedy film
121 Light, swingy rhythm