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GRAMMAR LESSON

New York Times, Sunday, January 15, 2017

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
80-Across : Result of a year-end review, maybe
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Joel Fagliano

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 64 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 52 for Mr. Fagliano. Sunday freshness: 62%
Joel Fagliano notes:
There were two inspirations for this theme. A while back, I saw an ad in the Economist for a magazine subscription that read "Present tense? Future perfect." I thought "Huh, that's a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
We get a kooky GRAMMAR LESSON today, phrases from English class getting fun reinterpretations. I liked RELATIVE CLAUSES as relatives of Santa Claus — too bad this puzzle just missed ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times1/15/17 ( No. 24,540 )
Across
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Kind of kick : SCISSOR
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Product of evaporation : SEASALT
15
Apple product : CIDER
20
Keep in : CONFINE
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Brunch menu heading : OMELETS
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Parts of college courses : UNITS
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Sources of stress for many modern workers : INBOXES
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Utopia? : FUTUREPERFECT
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Part of the Dept. of Transportation : FAA
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Channel buildup : SILT
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Packers' grp.? : NRA
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Old tabloid fodder : UFOS
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Piece still under consideration for a magazine? : INDEFINITEARTICLE
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Org. concerned with water quality : EPA
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Balsa or balsam : TREE
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Budgetary excess : FAT
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Signal meaning "no disease on this ship" : YELLOWFLAG
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Hurt sharply : SMART
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Workers in some labs, informally : TECHS
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Interminable task : SLOG
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"___ Must Die" (Claude McKay poem) : IFWE
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"Village" newspaper that's namby-pamby? : PASSIVEVOICE
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Bull's urging : BUY
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Fashion guru Tim : GUNN
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Behave : ACT
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___ of reality : DOSE
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Admitted (to) : COPPED
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Jacket material : TWEED
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Percolate : SEEP
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The "kid" in "Here's looking at you, kid" : ILSA
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Kia model : RIO
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Common flower that's poisonous to eat : AZALEA
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Santa's nieces and nephews? : RELATIVECLAUSES
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Indiana Jones trademark : FEDORA
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___ department : REC
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Uber-owned company that makes self-driving trucks : OTTO
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Agreement : PACT
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Result of a year-end review, maybe : RAISE
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"That so?" : OHYEAH
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Also-ran for the golden apple, in myth : HERA
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"I don't reckon" : NAH
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Home to Weber State University : UTAH
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Obama's signature health law, for short : ACA
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Like shoppers worrying about getting the right gift? : PRESENTTENSE
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___ pad : MEMO
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Top : BEST
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Scheduled to arrive : DUEIN
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Like kitsch : TACKY
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Fleet for many a commuter airline : PROPPLANES
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Doctor's orders, for short : RXS
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Japanese soup : MISO
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Specimen, for example: Abbr. : SYN
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Jailhouse? : SENTENCESTRUCTURE
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Prohibitionists : DRYS
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Craggy peak : TOR
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Several CBS dramas : CSIS
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Short, for short : LIL
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The Prada that one really wants? : OBJECTIVECASE
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Part of a postal address for a G.M. plant : FLINTMI
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Thomas of the N.B.A. : ISIAH
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___ Aquino, Time's Woman of the Year in 1986 : CORAZON
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With 113-Down, product of flax : LINSEED
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Miners' aids : LAMPS
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Women's fashion magazine : INSTYLE
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Warning before lunging : ENGARDE
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Genre for TV's "Stranger Things" : SCIFI
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First name in late-night : CONAN
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Unseemly : INBADTASTE
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W. Coast air hub : SFO
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When tripled, symbol of evil : SIX
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Toddler garment : ONESIE
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Amber, e.g. : RESIN
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Hand-held dish that doesn't crunch : SOFTTACO
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Outback animal : EMU
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Blue Cross competitor : AETNA
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Muddy mixture : SLURRY
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Makes fizzy : AERATES
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Network standard for smartphones, for short : LTE
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Recipe abbr. : TSP
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Time to go home : CURFEW
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Skinny : INFO
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Truck driver? : DIESELFUEL
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And so on: Abbr. : ETC
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Alphabet string : RST
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Panegyric : EULOGY
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Boater's wear : LIFEVEST
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Is off : ERRS
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Foul-smelling : FETID
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Set of principles : ETHIC
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"Will ya look at that!" : ILLBE
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Kind of computing : CLOUD
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Foe of the Cheyenne : PAWNEE
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Something set in a meeting : AGENDA
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Insect that spends its larval stage inside a fruit : FIGWASP
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Hot tubs : SPAS
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Knight club : MACE
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Car company that owns SolarCity : TESLA
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Golfer's need : SCORECARD
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"There it is!" : VOILA
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Grand : EPIC
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Source for "Book of the Marvels of the World," circa 1300 : POLO
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Chinese philosopher Mo-___ : TZE
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Part of a club selling clubs : PROSHOP
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Well-ventilated : AIRY
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After ___ (to some extent) : ASORT
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'Fore : ERE
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HBO political satire : VEEP
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Non-prophet group? : ATHEISTS
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Sch. in Knoxville : UTENN
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Dowdies : FRUMPS
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Cafe : EATERY
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Nickname for a Gilded Age businessman with a penchant for jewelry : DIAMONDJIM
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"In Trump We Trust" author, 2016 : ANNCOULTER
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Distillery item : CASK
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Not we : THEY
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"That deep, blue, bottomless soul," per Melville : OCEAN
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Lacks : HASNT
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Part of un jour : HEURE
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Ghost story? : ATTIC
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Most fit : ABLEST
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Awkward time at family movie night : SEXSCENE
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New York City's ___ River : EAST
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Almost falls : TEETERS
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Amps, with "up" : PSYCHS
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Vehicle at a ski resort : SNOCAT
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Light cotton fabric : MUSLIN
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Wild : CRAZY
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Long arm : RIFLE
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Covered in frost : RIMED
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Pass over : ELIDE
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Gather : REAP
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See 123-Across : OIL
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Troop grp. : BSA
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Roll call response in une école : ICI
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Wernher ___ Braun : VON
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Scale note : SOL
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Dutch financial giant : ING
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Govt. org. that offers a monthly "Puzzle Periodical" : NSA

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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