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GAME HUNTING

New York Times, Sunday, October 14, 2018

Author:
Ross Trudeau
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
19-Across : O.K. to play, in a way
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Ross Trudeau

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 134, Blocks: 69 Missing: {QWZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Trudeau. Sunday freshness: 84%
Ross Trudeau notes:
My original title for this puzzle was "I'm Not Playing Around!," and the final theme answer was GUESS WHO IT IS. Much credit is due to the editorial team, who massaged the idea into its ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Plays on games — you might even describe it as plays on plays! (sorry) Nope, I'm sorry, NOT SORRY! SORRY NOT SORRY is still a little new to me. Feels petty to use in actual ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

The theme works for me. I don't understand Jeff's objections.

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© 2018, The New York Times10/14/18 ( No. 25,177 )
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___ Page, the Queen of Pinups : BETTIE
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Flavorful meat coating : SPICERUB
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End-of-week cry : TGIF
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O.K. to play, in a way : UNHURT
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Obsession with a single subject : MONOMANIA
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Country's McEntire : REBA
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"We can't play that game - I can't reach it on our shelf!" : THERISKISTOOHIGH
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Operating system developed at Bell Labs : UNIX
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Onetime White House family : TAFTS
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Corroded : ATE
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Sunken ship sites : SEABEDS
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Travel option for Birthright trips : ELAL
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Natural gas component : ETHANE
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Dress (up) : TOG
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Standout : ACE
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Turning point in history : ONEBC
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"My sincerest apologies, but that game is off the table" : SORRYNOTSORRY
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Unearth : DIGUP
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Bills : BEAKS
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Many a Snapchat posting : SELFIE
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Suit that's hard to get into : ARMOR
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Old Buick : LESABRE
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What's plucked in "she loves me, she loves me not" : COROLLA
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"We can't play that game unless we borrow someone else's" : IHAVENTACLUE
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Laughs and laughs : HAS
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French city grid : RUES
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People vis-à-vis gods : MEREMORTALS
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It's a trek : HAJ
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"It ___" ("Who's there?" reply) : ISI
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Show overuse, as a sofa : SAG
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They may have attachments : EMAILS
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Strand : MAROON
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Hammarskjöld once of the U.N. : DAG
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Provisions : IFS
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___ school : MED
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Bone connection with convex and concave fittings : SADDLEJOINT
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___ Mode, woman in "The Incredibles" : EDNA
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Word repeated in the openings of "Star Wars" movies : FAR
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"I'm begging you, let's not play that game!" : PLEASEDONTGO
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Antinuclear treaty topic : TESTBAN
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Pop-up site : TOASTER
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Daniel who wrote "Flowers for Algernon" : KEYES
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Island greetings : ALOHAS
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Take over : COOPT
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Info in dating profiles : TYPES
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"No, that game would be over in a flash" : LIFESTOOSHORT
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One of 26 for Walt Disney : OSCAR
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Common filler words : ERS
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Common filler words : UMS
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"If you are always trying to be ___, you will never know how amazing you can be": Maya Angelou : NORMAL
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Praise for a picador : OLES
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Frida Kahlo, por ejemplo : ARTISTA
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Novelist McEwan : IAN
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Grammy winner Mary J. ___ : BLIGE
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Cosmonaut Gagarin : YURI
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"I've finally decided! I'm ..." : ASKINGFORTROUBLE
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Small matter : ATOM
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"Looking to go somewhere?" : NEEDARIDE
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Densest natural element : OSMIUM
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Bead source : PORE
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Officials in ancient Rome : TRIBUNES
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They vary from past to present : TENSES
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Isolated hill : BUTTE
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Surround with light : ENHALO
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1996 Robert De Niro/Wesley Snipes psychological thriller : THEFAN
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Bird in a holiday song : TURTLEDOVE
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"Black ___," Georgia O'Keeffe painting at the Met : IRIS
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Ewoks or Jawas, in brief : ETS
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One of academia's Seven Sisters : SMITH
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Impersonate : POSEAS
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It might result in a defensive TD : INT
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Aviary sound : COO
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Full of broodiness, say : EMO
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Cheerleader's cheer : RAH
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Synchronized states : UNISONS
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Narcissist's quality : BIGEGO
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Who you really are : TRUECOLORS
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M->F->M, e.g. : GENDERFLUIDITY
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One of the first birds released by Noah after the flood, in legend : IBIS
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Kind of number not much seen nowadays : FAX
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"Of course!" : AHA
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Krazy ___ of the comics : KAT
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More villainous : BASER
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Hosp. readout : ECG
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Penalties for illegal bowls in cricket : NOBALLS
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Largest active Antarctic volcano : EREBUS
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Little 'un : TYKE
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Vessels seen in 2004's "Troy" : BIREMES
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Like albino alligators : RARE
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General ___ chicken : TSOS
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Work (up) : RILE
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Things needed in passing? : YEAS
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Supervillain in DC Comics : ULTRAMAN
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More smoky, as Scotch : PEATIER
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Goals : AIMS
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Bird named for a Titan : RHEA
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Polling calculations : MARGINSOFERROR
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Spill coffee on, maybe : SCALD
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Blandishment : CAJOLERY
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Actor's honor, informally : NOM
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Rigid : HARDSET
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Attacked : HADAT
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They're shared among friends : INJOKES
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Whiz : MAESTRO
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Classic work whose "shorter" version comes in two vols. : OED
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Image on the ceiling of la chapelle Sixtine : ANGE
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Classic Pontiacs : GTOS
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He's often pictured carrying an hourglass : FATHERTIME
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Apply haphazardly : SLAPON
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It comes just before a period : ONESCOLUMN
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List-ending abbr. : ETAL
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Scale site : DELI
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Fleet : FAST
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When doubled, dismiss out of hand : POOH
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Low voices : BASSI
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Turn's partner : TOSS
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Secondary loan signer : COMAKER
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D.C. insider : POL
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Get-go : OUTSET
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Old vacuum tube : TRIODE
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Suspect statements? : ALIBIS
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Fix, as a model plane : REGLUE
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___-nest : MARES
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Aesop's "The ___ and the Grasshopper" : ANT
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Is for all intents and purposes : SEEMS
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Taurus or Touareg : AUTO
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___ Marino : SAN
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Big name in speakers : BOSE
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Go on and on : YAP
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Tyrant Amin : IDI
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Catch : NAB
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"Despicable Me" protagonist : GRU
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Ominous sight at a beach : FIN
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Go bad : ROT

Answer summary:
15 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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