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REBRANDING

New York Times, Sunday, December 20, 2015

Author:
Peter Wentz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
121-Across : Targets of cons
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Peter Wentz

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 1 Scrabble average: 1.73 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Wentz. Sunday freshness: 47%
Peter Wentz notes:
Several months ago, Will sent out an email of the NYT crossword inventory to Cruciverb-L, noting that there was a demand for non-rebus Thursday and Sunday puzzles. Coupled with having a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Famous ad slogans, "corrected." Neat finds; so many companies using grammatically incorrect slogans. I liked the ones which created ridiculous-sounding phrases. Funny to imagine a poor ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times12/20/15 ( No. 24,148 )
Across
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Chipped beef go-with : TOAST
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Plugged in : AWARE
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Subjects of frequent updates : APPS
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Tennis's Wawrinka, winner of the 2015 French Open : STAN
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Wet spot : OASIS
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Sophomore's choice : MAJOR
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"Language of the unheard," per Martin Luther King Jr. : RIOT
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"Duh, I get it" : AHSO
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"Corrected" slogan for a tech company? : THINKDIFFERENTLY
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Matriarch of six of the 12 Tribes of Israel : LEAH
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Bounce : OUST
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Regarding : ASTO
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Keeper of the flame? : WICK
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Majority of Saudi Arabians : SUNNI
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Kind of tone : EARTH
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"Corrected" slogan for an office supply chain? : YESWEHAVETHAT
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Anna Karenina's lover : ALEXEI
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Deer hunter's prize : STAG
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Skaters' leaps : AXELS
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Who might say "I'm I. M." : PEI
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Rating for many HBO shows : TVMA
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Early co-host of "The View" : STARJONES
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"Corrected" slogan for a fast-food franchise? : EATFRESHLY
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Feudal superiors : LIEGES
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"The Boy Next Door" star, to fans : JLO
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Elbow : JOSTLE
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Sources of some rattling : SABERS
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Milkmaid's handful : TEAT
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Earnings, so to speak : BACON
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Tubs : VATS
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Fall back on, as in desperation : RESORTTO
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"Corrected" slogan for a dessert brand? : EVERYBODYLIKESSARALEE
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Gambit : BOLDMOVE
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Gambit : PLAY
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Molly who wrote "Bill of Wrongs" : IVINS
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Hogwarts delivery system : OWLS
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Dweeb : WIENIE
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Confine : ENCAGE
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Measure of inflation, for short : PSI
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Calligraphers : PENMEN
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"Corrected" slogan for a hairstyling product? : ADABWILLDO
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Shows promise : BODESWELL
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Thom ___ shoes : MCAN
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Short note? : IOU
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"When in ___, tell the truth": Mark Twain : DOUBT
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Second : AIDE
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Took, as a test : SATFOR
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"Corrected" slogan for a frozen breakfast food? : LETGOOFMYEGGO
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Aunt in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" : CHLOE
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Reflective writing : ELEGY
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Certification for eco-friendly buildings, for short : LEED
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"Funny bumping into you here" : OHHI
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"Unfortunately ..." : ALAS
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Seaside scavenger : GULL
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"Corrected" slogan for a dairy product? : DOYOUHAVEANYMILK
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Hot rod's rod : AXLE
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Took a card : DREW
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President-___ : ELECT
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"Duck Dynasty" network : AANDE
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Action-oriented sorts, supposedly : LEOS
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Surfaces, in a way : TARS
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Targets of cons : MARKS
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Work with the hands : KNEAD
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"Africa" band, 1982 : TOTO
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First Ironman locale : OAHU
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"From my perspective ..." : ASISEEIT
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Possible black market cause : SINTAX
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"Naughty!" : TSK
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Buggy people? : AMISH
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Drift : WAFT
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Driver who won the Indy 500, Daytona 500 and Le Mans : AJFOYT
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European deer : ROE
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Get things wrong : ERR
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"The Terminator" star, to fans : ARNIE
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Bit of marketing : PITCH
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Oktoberfest dance : POLKA
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It's a mess : STY
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Signs of respect : SALUTES
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Hurricanes' grp. : THENHL
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Yoga poses : ASANAS
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Like three Cy Young games : NOHIT
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Indirect objects, grammatically speaking : DATIVES
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"Oh, gross!" : EWW
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Sides in a classic battle : SEXES
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"Acoustic guitar" or "terrestrial radio" : RETRONYM
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"Hey, relax!" : EASY
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___ Pepper : SGT
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Hudgens of "High School Musical" : VANESSA
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Big lug : APE
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Shepherd's workplace : LEA
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Pioneering stand-up comedian : SAHL
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El Paso setting: Abbr. : MST
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Admission of 1959 : ALASKA
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Josh : RIB
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Gibes : JEERS
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Figures in bedtime stories : OGRES
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Nordic wonders : FJORDS
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Charge : LEVY
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"Romeo Must Die" star, 2000 : JETLI
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Approach evening : LATEN
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Missouri River natives : OTOES
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It makes a turn at the entrance : STILE
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Globetrot : TRAVEL
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Some jazz : BEBOP
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Promises : AVOWS
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Ma uses them : CELLI
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Like ibexes : ALPINE
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Cover's opposite : ORIGINAL
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Greeted with respect : BOWEDTO
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Like shepherds' charges : OVINE
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Holds to be : DEEMS
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Scrutinized : EYED
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Mint : NEW
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Subject for one studying onomastics : NAME
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Ottawa-based media inits. : CBC
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Flooded with : AWASHIN
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Submarine near the Gulf Coast : POBOY
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TV character with the catchphrase "Booyakasha!" : ALIG
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Rope from a ship, say : LIFELINE
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"Whoop-de-___" : DOO
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Start of the Lord's Prayer : OUR
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Band with the first video on MTV, with "the" : BUGGLES
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Connectivity issue : LAG
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Having all the add-ons, say : DELUXE
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Singer of the aria "Ora e per sempre addio" : OTELLO
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Let, e.g. : DOOVER
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Barring no one : TOAMAN
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Corporate department : LEGAL
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Plants : FLORA
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Stephenie who wrote "Twilight" : MEYER
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Cartoonish shrieks : YEOWS
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URL ender : EDU
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I.M. sessions : CHATS
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"Fiddlesticks!" : HECK
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Photographer/writer Arlene : ALDA
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Short timetable? : SKED
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Chemical used to fight malaria : DDT
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Border line? : HEM
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Like : ALA
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Talk up a storm : YAK

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

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