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GO WITH THE FLOW

New York Times, Sunday, October 14, 2007

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
90-Across : Ready for an emergency
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 74 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 155 for Ms. Gorski. Sunday freshness: 25%
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© 2007, The New York Times10/14/7 ( No. 21,159 )
Across
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Film character who says "Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake" : ILSA
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Clear furniture material : LUCITE
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Doctrines : ISMS
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Having no cost, in Cologne : FREI
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Arrive : LAND
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Choirs may sing in it : UNISON
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On : ATOP
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Make over : REDO
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Base for many French fries : IDAHOPOTATO
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"Are we finished?" : MAYIGONOW
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C2H4, e.g. : ALKENE
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1987 Nicolas Cage/Holly Hunter film : RAISINGARIZONA
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Caterpillar competitor : DEERE
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One of two school colors (along with heliotrope) of New York's Purchase College : PUCE
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Beluga delicacy : ROE
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French pupil : ELEVE
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Ends of sandwiches? : ESSES
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Light, maybe : MATCH
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"Nearer the Moon" author Nin : ANAIS
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Was really agitated : SEETHED
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"The fix ___" : ISIN
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French way : RUE
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Letters of compassion : TLC
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Setting of Blackmore's "Lorna Doone" : EXMOOR
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Titles at A.B.A. mtgs. : ESQS
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Doesn't keep from : TELLS
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"Boola Boola" singer : ELI
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Big car racer sponsor : STP
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1950 #1 hit for Patti Page : TENNESSEEWALTZ
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Tenor in "The Flying Dutchman" : ERIK
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Yuletide quaff : NOG
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Time ___ : INC
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Sounds of relief : AAHS
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Robert Redford film ... and a hint to what occurs at 23-, 28-, 54-, 77-, 111- and 116-Across : ARIVERRUNSTHROUGHIT
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"Buona ___" : SERA
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Pops : PAS
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85-Across, e.g.: Abbr. : ISP
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Tiny fraction of a min. : NSEC
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Lead-in to "Show me!" : IMFROMMISSOURI
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"Get it?" : SEE
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AOL alternative : MSN
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Tedious : PROSY
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Excellent, slangily : PHAT
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Ready for an emergency : ONCALL
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Ear: Prefix : OTO
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High fashion inits. : YSL
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Like cotton candy : SPUN
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Works on, as a set of tires : ROTATES
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Toscanini's birthplace : PARMA
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Anwar's successor : HOSNI
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Florida snapper : GATOR
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She was wild about Harry : LEONA
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Rock's ___ Fighters : FOO
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Not showing one's age, in a way : SPRY
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Harding who made headlines in 1994 : TONYA
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1915 song that popularized the phrase "Hail! Hail! The gang's all here" : ALABAMAJUBILEE
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Muscle relaxant : VALIUM
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Party people? : POLITICOS
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Ice cream treat : BAKEDALASKA
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Zodiac symbol : BULL
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"Bee Season" star, 2005 : GERE
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Not unaware of the joke : INONIT
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Pugilist Spinks : LEON
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Eye doctor's concern : STYE
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"What are the ___?" : ODDS
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Soaks in water : STEEPS
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Timeless Turner : TINA
Down
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Poem that ends with the funeral of Hector : ILIAD
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Scooper : LADLE
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Gem State stream : SNAKE
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Follow : ADHERETO
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1966 hit "Little Latin ___ Lu" : LUPE
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Card game with a draw pile : UNO
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Kumquat, for one : CITRUS
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Esau's father : ISAAC
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Funny Fields : TOTIE
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Genesis son : ENOS
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Retort to "You are a liar!" : IAMNOT
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They get props for their work on Broadway : STAGECREW
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1998 French Open winner Carlos ___ : MOYA
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Church bell locale : SPIRE
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Like some assets and smiles : FROZEN
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Give a face-lift : RENOVATE
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Al Bundy player : EDONEILL
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A Siouan : IOWA
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Having no sequel : ONESHOT
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Grand Canyon State stream : GILA
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Modern home of ancient Media : IRAN
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Walker, briefly : PED
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Composed : SERENE
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Volunteer State and Show Me State stream : MISSISSIPPI
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Dance accompanied by a gourd drum : HULA
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Astron., e.g. : SCI
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Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko : SESE
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Cast of thousands : EXTRAS
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Variety of apple : EMPIRE
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British verb ending : ISE
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Geometric figs. : SQS
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Pipe joint : ELL
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Many a NASA worker: Abbr. : ENGR
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Georgia ___ : TECH
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Antler holder : STAG
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Lillehammer's land: Abbr. : NOR
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Med. specialty : ENT
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Newswoman Paula : ZAHN
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Soprano ___ Te Kanawa : KIRI
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Treat as a villain : HISSAT
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Political writer Shelby ___ : STEELE
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Improvise : VAMP
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"Nothing ___ sleeve" : UPMY
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"Platoon" setting : NAM
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Laughfest : RIOT
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Big Ten sch. : OSU
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Pull out : UPROOT
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Toon pics : CELS
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Stay too long at the beach : FRY
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___ Hashana : ROSH
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Body of water seen in Munch's "The Scream" : OSLOFJORD
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Moo ___ pork : SHU
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___ Clemente : SAN
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Altogether : INTOTAL
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Swab : MOP
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Abruptly stop : STALLOUT
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"I'm serious!" : NOREALLY
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Supermodel on the cover of Sports Illustrated's 1982 swimsuit issue : CAROLALT
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Name-dropper, perhaps : SNOB
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Unit of light : RAY
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Heart of Dixie stream : MOBILE
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Gray matter?: Abbr. : ANAT
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Juicers : SOUSES
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Author of "The Third Man," 1949 : GREENE
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Friend of Carlos : AMIGO
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Pitch : SLANT
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Orange ___ : PEKOE
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Child of Asian parents : NISEI
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The Last Frontier stream : YUKON
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Range maker : AMANA
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Alerts, for short : APBS
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Opposite of blew : ACED
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Cousin of a stork : IBIS
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Chocolate factory needs : VATS
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Salsa or guacamole : DIP

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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