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THE DESCENT OF MAN

New York Times, Sunday, January 4, 2015

Author:
Finn Vigeland
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
76-Across : Abalone
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Finn Vigeland

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 70 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Vigeland. Sunday freshness: 93%
Finn Vigeland notes:
Unsurprisingly, the "Frozen" song was the seed here. I was brainstorming contemporary entries that might span a 21x grid, and my disappointment at finding it was three letters too long ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
A literal interpretation of THE DESCENT OF MAN, Darwin's seminal treatise on evolutionary theory. Neat how those five theme entries seemed incomplete … or was it perhaps a rebus? I first ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times1/4/15 ( No. 23,798 )
Across
1
The "1" of 1/4 : JAN
4
Org. portrayed in "American Hustle" : FBI
7
Conceal, in a way : PALM
11
Aloof : OFFISH
17
Subj. that gets into circulation? : ANAT
19
Caterer's container : URN
20
Starters : ATEAM
22
Spring : POUNCE
23
Greeting at the door : COMEONIN
25
Daily newspaper feature, informally : XWORD
26
Rabelaisian : EARTHY
27
Signs from above : OMENS
28
Part of U.N.C.F. : NEGRO
30
"Nobody's infallible, not even me" : IMONLYHUMAN
32
Literary genre of "David Copperfield" or "Ender's Game" : BILDUNGSROMAN
34
World-weary : BLASE
35
U.K. record label : EMI
37
States : SAYS
38
So-called "herb of remembrance" : ROSEMARY
40
Jimmy : CROWBAR
43
Serenader, maybe : BEAU
45
Something a chair has : AGENDA
47
"Candid Camera" feature : PRANK
48
To the same extent : ASFAR
51
What a hippie lives in? : THENOW
54
Takes to court : ARRAIGNS
56
Novelist Frank who wrote "The Octopus" : NORRIS
58
She, in Brazil : ELA
59
Hipster beer, for short : PBR
61
Most IRT lines in the Bronx, e.g. : ELS
62
Cry of discovery : OHO
63
___ cotta : TERRA
65
Like smoothie fruit : PUREED
67
Rocker Weymouth of the Talking Heads : TINA
71
Title song question in Disney's "Frozen" : DOYOUWANTTOBUILDASNOWMAN
75
___ jacket : ETON
76
Abalone : SEAEAR
77
Southern African desert : NAMIB
78
You can bank on it : ATM
79
Bygone French coin : ECU
81
Foreign policy grp. : NSC
82
Window units, briefly : ACS
83
___ Stark, Oona Chaplin's "Game of Thrones" role : TALISA
85
Friend's couch, perhaps : CRASHPAD
89
Stuffed Jewish dish : KISHKA
92
Leslie of "Gigi" and "Lili" : CARON
93
Singer Mann : AIMEE
94
"Tom ___" (#1 Kingston Trio hit) : DOOLEY
96
Reclined : LAIN
98
Sang like Ella : SCATTED
100
What may eat you out of house and home? : TERMITES
103
Hon : DOLL
107
37-Across, informally : SEZ
108
Some police attire : VESTS
110
Academy Award winner who has played both a U.S. president and God : MORGANFREEMAN
112
Cover subject on Ms. magazine's debut issue, 1972 : WONDERWOMAN
115
Easily bribed : VENAL
116
City burned in Genesis : SODOM
117
___ algebra : LINEAR
118
Scope : AMBIT
120
1990s craze : MACARENA
122
Eats up : SNARFS
123
Kitchen gadget : PARER
124
Free ad, for short : PSA
125
Water carrier : MAIN
126
See 52-Down : DESOTO
127
Like stereotypical TV neighbors : NOSY
128
Application info: Abbr. : SSN
129
Spanish article : LAS
Down
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Pioneering urbanologist Jane : JACOBS
2
Inability to recall the names of everyday objects : ANOMIA
3
To wit : NAMELY
4
Entertainment : FUN
5
Elicit : BRINGOUT
6
"Delaware Water Gap" painter George : INNESS
7
Long period of stability ending circa A.D. 180 : PAXROMANA
8
Part of Lawrence Welk's introduction : ATWO
9
Enthusiastic, sociable, confident type, it's said : LEO
10
Norma Jean, later : MARILYN
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Kitchen gadget : OPENER
12
Certain weanling : FOAL
13
One of a Greek trio : FURY
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100% guaranteed : INTHEBAG
15
"Kinderszenen" composer : SCHUMANN
16
Exclamation repeated in the Monkees' TV theme song : HEY
18
Is a mixologist : TENDSBAR
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Drug also known as Ecstasy : MDMA
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Big Ten rival of UMich : OSU
29
College sr.'s test : GRE
31
Award for Hunt and Peck : OSCAR
33
Shooters' org. : NRA
34
Its drafts may be crafts : BREWPUB
36
Bothers : IRKS
39
Fourth word in the "Star Wars" prologue : AGO
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Kind of blue : OPAL
42
Ones holding hands? : WRISTS
44
"Un Ballo in Maschera" aria : ERITU
46
Hesitant start to a question : DAREIASK
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+ end : ANODE
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"Ooh-la-la!" : SOHOT
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Cold treat, informally : FROYO
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With 126-Across, first European to cross the Mississippi : HERNANDO
53
Thrills : ELATES
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Website billed as "the front page of the Internet" : REDDIT
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Clinches : SEWSUP
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Repast for a late riser : BRUNCH
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Singer Carly ___ Jepsen : RAE
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___ favor : POR
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Good wood for cabinetmaking : ELM
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Where bombs are bursting, per Francis Scott Key : INAIR
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"Au contraire!" : NOTSO
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"Gimme a break!" : AWMAN
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Quick round of tennis : ONESET
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Takes on : TACKLES
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Summers of old? : ABACI
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President Arthur's nickname : CHET
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Feature of much modern architecture : ASYMMETRY
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Hill or dale : LANDFORM
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Mama ___ : CASS
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Popular Eastern beverage : RICEWINE
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Largest state of Brazil : AMAZONAS
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Deadly viper : ADDER
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Suffix with hotel : IER
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Container in a 34-Down : ALEGLASS
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Place to kick your feet up : OTTOMAN
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Solid rock center? : ASA
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Very much : EVERSO
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___ thruster (NASA system) : ION
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Wanders (around) : TRAMPS
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Traveling around the holidays, maybe : ORDEAL
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New Jersey town next to Fort Lee : LEONIA
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1960s-'80s Pontiac : LEMANS
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Substitute : SWAP
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Edward Snowden subj. : NSA
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"Quo Vadis" character : NERO
114
Nutty : DAFT
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Tries to win : VIES
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You can trip on it : LSD
119
Dude : BRO
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Has the ability to : CAN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 12 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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