Crossword: Fault-Finding

Here are the theme-related clues to this week's Sunday New York Times crossword. This was an annoying one. I finally got the theme--though I'm still a little confused by it--but it seemed like a stupid one. Anyway, here goes:

ACROSS

28 *Common Guernsey bull
41 *1968 firm featuring murderous cheerleader
46 *Urban farce
61 *Where stars can be seen fluffing and folding
71 *What theaters play
79 *Bean, e.g.
97 *Onetime legal status of Shanghai or Canton
98 *Get blankets
111 *Novice in an ad campaign

DOWN
41 *Bad drivers back them up
117 *What each starred clue--and its answer--contains

The answers are encrypted. To decrypt them, select whichever ones you want to see, throw them into the Crossword Decrypting Widget below, and hit the red button:

THE ANSWERS ACROSS 28 GJRAGL CBHAQ ABGR [ERNQ ORYY SBE OHYY] 41 CERGGL CBVFBA [SVYZ SBE SVEZ] 46 PVGL CBYVPR [SBEPR SBE SNEPR] 61 PRYROEVGL CBXRE [OYHSSVAT SBE SYHSSVAT] 71 QVEGL CBBY [PURNGREF SBE GURNGREF] 79 HAVIREFVGL CBFG [QRNA SBE ORNA] 97 GERNGL CBEG [YRTNY SBE ERTNY] 98 CNEGL CBBCREF [JRG SBE TRG] 111 CHOYVPVGL CBFGRE [ABGVPR SBE ABIVPR] DOWN 41 CRANYGL CBVAGF [ENPX SBE ONPX] 117 GLCB [OHG VG FNLF GUNG GUR NAFJRE PBAGNVAF N GLCB GBB. JUNG NZ V ZVFFVAT?]

DECRYPTION WIDGET

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Comments

[nerdykat]

1.

Each of the theme answers contains the letters TYPO in it. Hope this helps! :)

[Debra Hamel]

2.

D'oh! I can't believe I missed that. Thank you!