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HIT THE DECK

New York Times, Sunday, January 29, 2017

Author:
Jim Hyres and David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
98-Across : Standard poodle name
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 79 Missing: {Q} Grid has mirror symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Hyres. This is puzzle # 59 for Mr. Steinberg. Sunday freshness: 42%
Constructor notes:
JIM: I contacted David after solving his superb "Out of this World" puzzle last year. I enjoy solving and constructing game-related crosswords and thought he might like to collaborate on a ... read more
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A BLACKJACK game! Er, TWENTY ONE. Curious how they have the same number of letters … there's a crossword theme in there somewhere. I missed the point of the puzzle in my first look, ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times1/29/17 ( No. 24,554 )
Across
1
One side of a 69-Across showdown : PLAYER
7
Strip of buttons : TOOLBAR
14
Other side of the showdown : DEALER
20
Collective works : OEUVRE
21
"Get lost!" : VAMOOSE
22
Pinball wizard's hangout : ARCADE
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Mother ___ : TERESA
24
Entertainment on a Jamaican cruise, perhaps : SKABAND
25
Kind of paper or test : LITMUS
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Lieutenant, informally : TWOSTRIPER
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It's unreturnable : SERVICEACE
30
Musicianship : EAR
31
Green plant? : MONEYTREE
33
Path to enlightenment : ZEN
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Cannon in movies : DYAN
36
Developer's purchase : LOT
37
Samoan staple : POI
38
Bullets legend Unseld : WES
40
Top-shelf : BEST
41
Sushi restaurant wrap? : OBI
43
Moxie : SPUNK
45
X-File subject : UFO
47
Fairy tale family : THREEBEARS
52
Celebratory request : GIVEMEFIVE
58
"Great!" : COOLBEANS
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One doesn't hold stock for long : DAYTRADER
60
"My man" : BRO
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"What ___?" : ELSE
62
Storied workshop worker : ELF
65
Sand wedge, e.g. : IRON
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Sean Lennon's mother : ONO
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Thanksgiving dish : YAMS
69
Game depicted in the shaded squares : TWENTYONE
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Carpenters with small jobs? : ANTS
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Last mustachioed president : TAFT
76
See 125-Across : SERIF
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Easy-breezy tune : LILT
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Place where taps may be heard : BARRACKS
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Skype alternative : FACETIME
86
Amount of separation, in a party game : SIXDEGREES
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Investment seminar catchphrase : CASHISKING
90
Lost big : ATEIT
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Big retailer in women's fashion : ANNTAYLOR
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Upscale bag brand : FENDI
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"Damn right!" : YES
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Indy 500 winner A. J. : FOYT
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Silly Putty holder : EGG
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Standard poodle name : FIFI
100
Hound : DOG
101
Digital camera mode : AUTO
102
Countenances : MIENS
104
Confession subjects : SINS
106
"The Call of the Wild" author : JACKLONDON
110
March Madness stage : ELITEEIGHT
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In the distance : AFAR
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Having a lot to lose, maybe : OBESE
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"___ Care of Business" (1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit) : TAKIN
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Eins + zwei : DREI
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Message with a subject line : MEMO
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Unlikely partygoer : LONER
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Lieu : STEAD
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Bring in : EARN
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1-Across's cry : IWIN
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Tel. no. add-ons : EXTS
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With 76-Across, like Arial and Helvetica : SANS
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14-Across's result : BUST
Down
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Like houseplants : POTTED
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Wiggle room : LEEWAY
3
Light show : AURORA
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The "Y" of Y.S.L. : YVES
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Once, at one time : ERST
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Behind : REAR
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Campaign expense : TVSPOT
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Wine barrel descriptor : OAKEN
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Linc's portrayer in 1999's "The Mod Squad" : OMAREPPS
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One may get smashed : LOB
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Chest-thumping : BOASTING
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"Up" voice actor : ASNER
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Changed, as voting districts : REDREW
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Artist who said "I don't do drugs. I am drugs" : DALI
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Speed skater Heiden : ERIC
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Entr'___ : ACTE
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Delivery instructions? : LAMAZE
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Infers from data : EDUCES
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Feel bitter about : RESENT
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"I think," in texts : IMO
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Neckline shape : VEE
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Word shortened to its last letter in texts : YOU
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Holiday air : NOEL
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Tabloid issue : LIBEL
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Total : SUMTO
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Citi rival, informally : BOFA
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Neuwirth of "Frasier" : BEBE
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Some SAT takers: Abbr. : SRS
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Tease : KID
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Item by many a reception desk : FERN
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Super Fro-Yo seller : TCBY
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"Hava Nagila" dance : HORA
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Hotel bill add-ons : ROOMTAXES
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Right on a map : EAST
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From square one : ANEW
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Marked by futility : VAIN
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Jane Rochester, nee ___ : EYRE
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"O.K. by me" : IDONTMIND
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Blow off steam : VENT
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Matchmaker of myth : EROS
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Suffix with acetyl : ENE
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Printer paper size: Abbr. : LTR
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BTW : FYI
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Famed Broadway restaurateur : SARDI
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Ruhr industrial city : ESSEN
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Butcher's discards : OFFAL
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How great minds are said to think : ALIKE
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Worried : FRETFUL
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Laser ___ : TAG
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Maui memento : LEI
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"O.K. by me" : ITSFINE
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Word after snake or sound : BITE
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Container that may have a sharpener : CRAYONBOX
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Superman, at other times : KENT
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Starting on : ASOF
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Like the sign of the fish : CHRISTIAN
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Marijuana, in modern slang : ENDO
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"___ cheese!" : SAY
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Composer Max who was called "the father of film music" : STEINER
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Young swans : CYGNETS
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Part of a tour : GIG
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Basis of some discrimination : AGE
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"Lawrence of Arabia" star : OTOOLE
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Maniacs : FIENDS
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City that's home to the Firestone Country Club : AKRON
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Divider in the Bible? : MOSES
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Venetian blind parts : SLATS
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Bottom of an LP : SIDEB
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"Twister" actress Gertz : JAMI
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Some : AFEW
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Intimate garment, for short : CAMI
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Bit of progress : DENT
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Company with a noted catalog : IKEA
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Dull color, in Düsseldorf : GRAU
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Word on a towel : HERS
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Shade : TINT

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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