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GOING OFF SCRIPT

New York Times, Sunday, October 29, 2017

Author:
Ross Trudeau
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
76-Across : "The Force Awakens"
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Ross Trudeau

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 77 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Trudeau. Sunday freshness: 86%
Ross Trudeau notes:
A couple thoughts: 1. "Going off script" includes lines from four white actors. Moreover, the SHOW ME THE MONEY line was also spoken by Cuba Gooding Jr., a black actor who goes ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Ross showed me this concept a few months ago. I liked the general idea, but some themers felt much stronger than others. CRUISE LINE was perfect, as "cruise line" is a real thing, plus Tom ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times10/29/17 ( No. 24,827 )
Across
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Lecterns : PODIA
6
Some looping online animations : GIFS
10
No. 2's : VPS
13
Canine supporters : GUMS
17
It's all an act : CHARADE
19
Actor Epps : OMAR
20
"Abracadabra!" : ALAKAZAM
22
"The Lion King" : HAKUNAMATATA
24
Pool divider, or a further hint to 22-Across : LANELINE
25
Wine often served with dessert : ASTI
26
College department that might offer paid studies, informally : PSYCH
27
"Who, me?" : MOI
28
Majestic : REGAL
29
Get excited about crosswords, say, with "out" : NERD
30
Hockey feint : DEKE
31
Hallmark.com offerings : ECARDS
34
Bond, for one: Abbr. : AGT
35
Fig. on a master's application : GRESCORE
37
Geometry test directive : PROVE
38
Maître's domain : ECOLE
41
Suffix with legal : ESE
42
"Jerry Maguire" : SHOWMETHEMONEY
45
Box a bit : SPAR
46
Hunter in the night sky : ORION
47
Feature of Chairman Mao's cap : REDSTAR
51
Reaction to a bad joke : BOO
52
They're often cross-bred with apricots : PLUMS
53
Smart-alecky : WISE
54
American pale ___ : ALE
55
Bozo : DOLT
56
Get up : ARISE
57
Judge's seat : BANC
58
Neural conductor : AXON
59
Carnival, say, or a further hint to 42-Across : CRUISELINE
61
Musical score marking, or a further hint to 101-Across : LEDGERLINE
63
Full house, for one : HAND
64
___ mater : ALMA
65
Ideas spreading virally : MEMES
66
Duel tool : EPEE
67
Blue Devils' org. : ACC
68
Hephaestus' forge is said to be under it : ETNA
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Uninspired : VAPID
70
Satiated : FED
71
What I may turn into : ROYALWE
73
Coin at an arcade : TOKEN
74
"The Merry Drinker" painter : HALS
76
"The Force Awakens" : CHEWIEWEREHOME
79
Traffic-monitoring org. : FAA
82
Herb pronounced differently in the U.S. and U.K. : BASIL
84
Appears : SEEMS
85
Item with the words "Member Since" : AMEXCARD
87
White House extension? : GOV
88
George Takei's role on the U.S.S. Enterprise, in brief : LTSULU
90
Small beam : GRIN
91
When Macduff slays Macbeth : ACTV
92
They're first in the draft : ONEAS
95
"Sure" : YUP
96
Brunch offering : CREPE
98
Where Samson slew the Philistines : LEHI
99
F-150s or Thunderbirds, or a further hint to 76-Across : FORDLINE
101
"The Dark Knight" : WHYSOSERIOUS
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Onlooker : OBSERVER
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Ills : WOES
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"Friday I'm in Love" band, 1992 : THECURE
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Caviars : ROES
108
Defib locales : ERS
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"In that case ..." : IFSO
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Language in which the first four cardinal numbers are ane, twa, three and fower : SCOTS
Down
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Sci-fi weapons : PHASERS
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Symbol of strength : OAKTREE
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Stonehenge priests : DRUIDS
4
McKellen who played Gandalf : IAN
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City south of Seminole, Okla. : ADA
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Singer with the 2012 #1 hit "Somebody That I Used to Know" : GOTYE
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Apple desktop : IMAC
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New Year's Eve figure : FATHERTIME
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Mrs., abroad : SRA
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Ad ___ tax : VALOREM
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Daring thing to wear with polka dots : PLAID
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___ Gabriel Mountains : SAN
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Big gust : GALE
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Eponymous Israeli gun designer : UZIGAL
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Get by : MANAGE
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Refine : SMELT
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What metathesiophobia is the fear of : CHANGE
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Kind of penguin : EMPEROR
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Splat preceder : KER
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Out of whack : ASKEW
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Connoisseur : MAVEN
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Capital of Qatar : DOHA
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Some salmon : COHOS
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Get old : SENESCE
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$100 bills, in slang : CSPOTS
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Study : PERUSE
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Turn over : CEDE
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Yiddish cries : OYS
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José, Bengie and Yadier ___, catcher brothers with five World Series rings among them : MOLINA
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Redundant-sounding engine parts : ORINGS
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Like the 1-to-7 balls : SOLID
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Prepared for takeoff : TAXIED
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Stag : ALONE
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Actress Russo : RENE
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Like trampolines : BOUNCY
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___ ballerina : PRIMA
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Got one's feet wet? : WADED
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Harry's wizarding foe : DRACO
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Never-before-seen : ALLNEW
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Candy heart message : BEMINE
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Suisse peaks : ALPES
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A fish ... or to cook it, in a way : CHAR
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Have nutritious foods : EATWELL
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Pariahs : LEPERS
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Flinching, typically : REFLEX
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Play up : MAKEMUCHOF
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K-12 : ELHI
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What "w" is in Welsh, at times : VOWEL
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Window fixtures, for short : ACS
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Get ready to drive : TEEUP
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Most cozy : HOMIEST
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"Preach!" : AMEN
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Publishers : ISSUERS
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___ Productions, company behind TV's "Dr. Phil" : HARPO
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Look onto the street, say : FACEOUT
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First family after the Garfields : ARTHURS
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Counsel : ADVISE
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Endangered ape : BONOBO
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Opposed (to) : AVERSE
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Multicolored : CALICO
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Choose : GOFOR
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Jazz pianist McCoy ___ : TYNER
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Artist's base : GESSO
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Coolers in coolers : ADES
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Camera option, for short : SLR
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Loafs around a deli? : RYES
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"___ had it!" : IVE
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The U.S. joined it in 1917: Abbr. : WWI
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Quizzical utterances : EHS
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Fun, for short : REC

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

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