that one part of the Sistine Chapel painting? Ah, yes. There are seven works of art here, and while I would probably recognize all seven, I've only heard of *four* of these by title. BALLOON") (!?!) or in really bad taste (" THE 'RONA LISA") (nice that we're making COVID jokes now, thank god that disease is over and done with and definitely not killing anyone any more, am I right?). ugh, it's either boring (" THE STARRY FIGHT") or inscrutable (" R.E.O. In short, FORGERY is about the most inapt revealer I can think of here. Forgery involves *not making changes*-copying the original in every way. These theme answers are tweaked in such a way as to be highly, wackily distinguishable from their originals. Forgeries are meant to be indistinguishable from the originals. I wonder if anyone involved with the making of this puzzle knows or cares what " FORGERY" means. Word of the Day: RO-TEL ( 103D: Canned tomatoes brand). "CREATION OF ADA(Y/M)" (115A: Planning one's 24-hour itinerary? / An iconic Michelangelo, with "The") / "YA(Y, M)E!" (107D: "Aren't I somethin'?!")."(R/N)IGHTHAWKS" (95A: Opposite of liberal doves? / An iconic Hopper) / "IT BU(RN)S!" (69D: Vampire's cry in sunlight)."THE (E/S)ON OF MAN" (88A: Post-dinosaur period? / An iconic Magritte) / VIN(ES) (68D: Tree climbers, perhaps)."THE (G/B)IRTH OF VENUS" (65A: Reason Mercury gets eclipsed? / An iconic Botticelli) / L(GB)TQ FLAGS (60D: Rainbows in the sky, perhaps)."THE (R/M)ONA LISA" (48A: Slangy reply when Bart's sister asks "What's Covid?" / An iconic Leonardo) / WA(RM) BATH (37D: Relaxing soak).
"RE(O/D) BALLOON" (38A: Flying invention by a classic automaker? / An iconic Klee) / SET AT (OD)DS (12D: Pitted against one another)."THE STARRY (F/N)IGHT" (22A: Spaceship battle? / An iconic Van Gogh) / HE(FN)ER (8D: Subject of the biography "Mr.THEME: "Artistic Differences" - famous works of art have one letter that is both wrong *and* correct (you have to put both wrong and correct letters in the square for the Down crosses to make sense) there are two clues for each theme answer, one that is wrong and wacky, followed by one that is correct the wrong letters, taken together and in order, end up spelling FORGERY (124A: Apt word spelled by the new letters that alter this puzzle's seven works):
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