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IT'S ALL RELATIVE

New York Times, Sunday, January 26, 2014

Author:
Daniel A. Finan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
55-Across : Sapling
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Daniel A. Finan

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 69 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Finan. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Sunday freshness: 91%
Daniel A. Finan notes:
This puzzle's theme involves implied words — that is, words that don't actually appear in the grid. I think themes like these are interesting because they make the solver take that one ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
The literal interpretation of OVER/UNDER (TWO under PAR = EAGLE, etc.) has been done many times in crosswords, so constructors have to up their game if they want to go this direction. Dan ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times1/26/14 ( No. 23,455 )
Across
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Apply quickly : SLAPON
7
Wall ___ : STREET
13
Gringos' land : ELNORTE
20
Place with wheels and deals : CASINO
21
Summit planner : SHERPA
22
Worse : LOUSIER
23
Woodworking tool : RIPSAW
24
Untrustworthy sort : WEASEL
25
What players do at the start of a game of tag : SCATTER
26
Some bling : ICE
27
One for the "no" column : NAY
29
Most Cypriots, ethnically : GREEKS
31
Massages : KNEADS
32
Like some eagles and tires : BALD
34
Li'l Abner's surname : YOKUM
36
Company with the Havoline brand : TEXACO
38
Notre dame, e.g. : ELLE
39
Valdez of coffee advertising : JUAN
40
Period of the Cenozoic Era : NEOGENE
42
Language suffix : ESE
45
Servings of mashed potatoes, e.g. : GLOBS
47
Writer Kipling : RUDYARD
48
Let go : AXED
49
Cynic Bierce who once defined "alone" as "in bad company" : AMBROSE
52
Swear off : FORGO
53
Potentially dangerous : SKETCHY
55
Sapling : TREELET
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Relax : EASEUP
58
Goes in : ENTERS
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Stairway post : NEWEL
60
Twinkie filler : CREME
62
"Back to the Future" villains : LIBYANS
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Amo : I love :: ___ : I hate : ODI
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"The Merry Drinker" painter : HALS
66
Pop singer Del Rey : LANA
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In need of a lift : SAD
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"Adoration" subjects in a Leonardo painting : THEMAGI
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Maine college : BATES
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Irish county and seaport : SLIGO
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Have troops in : OCCUPY
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[What a bore] : SNOOZE
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Martin Sheen's real family name : ESTEVEZ
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Tops off? : BEHEADS
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Pam of "Jackie Brown" : GRIER
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Takeout choice : CHINESE
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All riled up : IRED
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Part of London where Eliza Doolittle is from : EASTEND
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One side of an 1899-1902 war : BOERS
91
Smidgen : TAD
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Source of ivory : WARTHOG
93
Uzbekistan's ___ Sea : ARAL
94
About a quarter of the population of Sicily lives on its slopes : ETNA
98
Title girl in a Chuck Berry hit : NADINE
99
Make enforceable : ENACT
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Opportunity : SHOT
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Learn well : ABSORB
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Take blows for : SHIELD
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A line in an A-line? : HEM
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Punk offshoot : EMO
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Be supported by : STANDON
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Movie director who was himself the subject of a 1994 movie : EDWOOD
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Gold-medal gymnast Mary Lou : RETTON
116
Powell's successor on the Supreme Court : KENNEDY
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Some starting help : ALEGUP
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"Keep going!" : ENCORE
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Love to hate? : ANTONYM
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Canon parts : TENETS
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On the receiving end of a Dear John letter : DUMPED
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Writer of old : SCRIBE
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Secular : LAICAL
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See 51-Down : ASPELL
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Gumshoes : PIS
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___ empty stomach : ONAN
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73-Down, relatively : NOWAYJOSE
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Denver-to-Albuquerque dir. : SSW
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See 52-Down : THEGUN
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Break a peace treaty, say : REARM
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Gaelic tongue : ERSE
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Lunging sport : EPEE
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93-Down, relatively : TALKTOYOULATER
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Lines to Wrigley Field : ELS
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See 82-Down : LOCKANDKEY
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Fine point : NUANCE
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Bone: Prefix : OSTEO
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Moreno of "West Side Story" : RITA
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Ticked (off) : TEED
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Goofs : ERRS
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"Yessiree!" : YOUBETCHA
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Dreamcast maker : SEGA
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Résumé datum : DEGREE
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___ in kangaroo : KAS
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Boomers' kids : XERS
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Sip on : NURSE
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Limit : EDGE
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95-Down, relatively : EXCESSIVE
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"___ gut" : SEHR
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Breyers alternative : EDYS
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Rest in a hammock, say : LOLL
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Wanders : ROAMS
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Abbr. at the start of a memo : ATTN
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He's 2, for one : ATNO
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He "will never speak unless he has something to say," in a song : MRED
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3-Down, relatively : BEWITCHED
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8-Down, relatively : FEELINGTHEHEAT
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"Bambi" doe : ENA
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Air freshener scent : PINE
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Cleaner's supply : RAGS
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One who might yell "Go home!" : BASECOACH
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Rested in a hammock, say : LAZED
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Gets up there : AGES
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Nap : DOZE
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Taking a certain tone : HUED
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Fuel economy authority, for short : EPA
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See 6-Down : MYDEADBODY
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Cartoon sound : BOING
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Hubbub : STIR
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Macros, e.g. : LENSES
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Words of remembrance, briefly : OBIT
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Michael of "Arrested Development" : CERA
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McFlurry flavor : OREO
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14-Down, relatively : SHELTERED
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Indian wrap : SARI
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Depots: Abbr. : STNS
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Built-in part of a tank top, maybe : BRA
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Block party? : WARDEN
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See 12-Down : ANDOUT
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See 42-Down : THETOP
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"Make it stop!" : NOMORE
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Observed Yom Kippur : ATONED
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Italian grandpa : NONNO
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Funeral delivery of old : ELOGE
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"___ stupid question ..." : ASKA
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Vitamin a.k.a. para-aminobenzoic acid : BTEN
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Director Gus Van ___ : SANT
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In a hammock, maybe : IDLE
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Gershwin biographer David : EWEN
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Many a Yelp link : MENU
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Big Apple N.L. team : NYM
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Fielding feats: Abbr. : DPS
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Cable inits. for a cinephile : TCM

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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