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"NO DUH!"

New York Times, Sunday, December 30, 2018

Author:
Luke Vaughn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
7-Across : Sound quality
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 70 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Vaughn. Sunday freshness: 92%
Luke Vaughn notes:
I started constructing this puzzle with the nine theme answers arranged horizontally, but I couldn't get a good skeleton grid. Finally, I tried crossing four pairs of themers, and it ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Day 7 of WTF? Week at XWI! I love having the chance to tell people What I'm Thankful For. Just a simple removal of a word theme, yeah? Subtract THE to get kooky answers? But look ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times12/30/18 ( No. 25,254 )
Across
1
Fixture on a ski lodge deck : HOTTUB
7
Sound quality : TIMBRE
13
West African capital : BISSAU
19
Like counting your chickens before they've hatched : UNWISE
20
Going great guns, as business : ROARING
22
Come to terms with : ACCEPT
23
"Good golly!," across the pond : BLIMEY
24
Close enough : INRANGE
25
Cloaklike garment : SERAPE
26
Nosh : BITE
27
Goes around : ORBITS
29
Hardly a right-minded individual? : LIBERAL
31
N.C.A.A. rival of Duke : UNC
32
To which one might respond "Salud!" : SNEEZE
33
Superlative suffix : IEST
34
Summer setting in Seattle: Abbr. : PDT
36
Reason for an R rating? : BEHINDSCENES
39
McGregor who played Obi-Wan Kenobi : EWAN
42
Gobble : EAT
44
Quaint photos : SEPIAS
45
Cuban or Zuckerberg? : WELLOFFMARK
48
Archie's pal at Riverdale : JUGHEAD
51
Dry as a bone : SERE
52
Largest species of the genus Leopardus : OCELOT
53
Fighting : ATIT
54
Sprang : LEAPT
57
More ready to go : EAGERER
60
Show stopper? : FINALE
62
Pure and simple : MERE
64
Part of the eye where vision is sharpest : FOVEA
65
Old hand : VET
68
Maker of the MDX luxury S.U.V. : ACURA
69
Needing certain ink for a color printer? : OUTOFBLUE
71
Epitome of laziness : SLOTH
73
Freestyle, e.g. : RAP
74
Harbor city of NW France : BREST
76
Went to court, say : SUED
77
It may be right under your nose, informally : STACHE
78
Fixture behind the bar : BEERTAP
80
IHOP order : STACK
82
Billy of infomercial fame : MAYS
83
Only European capital on both a river and an ocean : LISBON
86
Kind of vision : XRAY
88
Fit for the job : HIRABLE
90
Impetus behind a paternity test? : POPQUESTION
93
Not so far : NEARER
95
"Straight Outta Compton" group : NWA
96
"The path to the dark side," per Yoda : FEAR
97
On a Paleo diet, say? : AGAINSTGRAIN
102
Slow boat : ARK
104
___ Studies (college major) : FILM
106
Big Starbucks orders : VENTIS
107
Year the Office of Homeland Security was created : MMI
108
Some paints : ENAMELS
111
Rumbles : MELEES
112
"The world's greatest ...," e.g. : HYPE
113
Opposite : ACROSS
115
Capital of Thessaly : LARISSA
117
Washington air hub : SEATAC
119
Post-workout activity : SHOWER
120
Unusually short : STUNTED
121
Start to take off, in a way : UNLACE
122
Shanghai : KIDNAP
123
Accents and Sonatas : SEDANS
124
100-meter and 200-meter : EVENTS
Down
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Commotion : HUBBUB
2
Connected : ONLINE
3
Reaction to a really bad pun : TWITCH
4
Something you might need to kill : TIME
5
Treat like an object : USE
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Really, really needing some sun? : BEYONDPALE
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Neighborhood north of the World Trade Center : TRIBECA
8
Charges : IONIZES
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Weasel's relative : MARTEN
10
Beach tops : BRAS
11
___ Tin Tin : RIN
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2003 Economics Nobelist Robert : ENGLE
13
One's most ardent supporters : BASE
14
Finisher of cakes : ICER
15
86 : SCRAP
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Buy one circus animal, get one circus animal free? : SEALDEAL
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Most newspapers have one : APP
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Sport-___ : UTE
21
Theodor ___ (Dr. Seuss's real name) : GEISEL
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Live : RESIDE
30
Stealth bomber, familiarly : BTWO
32
Partner of snick : SNEE
33
French Alpine river : ISERE
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Root of Polynesia : TARO
37
Mesopotamian mother goddess : ISHTAR
38
Female in a pen : EWE
40
In front of, old-style : AFORE
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Cowboys' home, for short : NFCEAST
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It's more than a warning: Abbr. : TKT
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Street handout, maybe : LEAFLET
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View from la plage : MER
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"Aladdin" villain : JAFAR
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City between Albany and Rochester : UTICA
50
Stimulate : GINUP
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2017 World Series winner, for short : STRO
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Something required : AMUST
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Dog or cat transporter : PETTAXI
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Often-smoked cheese : GOUDA
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First lady : EVE
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Shia of "Transformers" : LABEOUF
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Beginnings of fame and fortune? : EFS
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Some SAT study : VOCAB
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Kind of alcohol : ETHYL
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"___ Days" (1990s platinum Bon Jovi album) : THESE
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Anthem contraction : OER
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On another call : BUSY
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Hedy ___, subject of the 2017 documentary "Bombshell" : LAMARR
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Woman's name meaning "born again" : RENEE
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Installment of a women's clothing catalog? : SKIRTISSUE
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Common potato chip flavor, in brief : BBQ
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Hybrid tourney style : PROAM
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Pure : CHASTE
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Worker at a hosp. : LPN
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Waterloo's home : IOWA
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Something up for grabs on a fishing boat? : SPAREROD
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Director Lee : ANG
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Rules, informally : REGS
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Untagged : SAFE
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Quavering sounds : TRILLS
93
Rating somebody? : NIELSEN
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The Supreme Court and the Muses : ENNEADS
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Zoroastrianism's sacred text : AVESTA
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Author of "The Joy Luck Club" : AMYTAN
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Collision : IMPACT
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Barbara and Jenna Bush, to Jeb : NIECES
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Famous : KNOWN
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Exams for future J.D.s : LSATS
109
Traveling from coast to coast, maybe : ASEA
110
Car sticker fig. : MSRP
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"Do you ___?" : MIND
112
Robust : HALE
113
Part of A.M.A. : ASK
114
X : CHI
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Medicinal plant : RUE
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Part of S.A.S.E.: Abbr. : ENV

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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