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SEE 68-ACROSS

New York Times, Sunday, February 18, 2018

Author:
Elizabeth A. Long
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
102-Across : Actress Rowlands
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Elizabeth A. Long

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 144, Blocks: 80 Missing: {Z} This is puzzle # 13 for Ms. Long. Sunday freshness: 29%
Jeff Chen notes:
I find it incredibly frustrating when I can't figure out a theme until late in the game, so the payoff has to be worth it. Definitely the case today! Elizabeth is a NAME DROPPER, hanging ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times2/18/18 ( No. 24,939 )
Across
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___ aisle, part of a church : APSE
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Prayer books : MISSALS
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Bit of baloney : FIB
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Rep : CRED
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Two, in Toulouse : DEUX
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Neighbor of New York : ONTARIO
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Pesticide ingredient : URETHANE
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Still a contender : INIT
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Cousins of jaguarundis : OCELOTS
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City in Los Angeles County : TORRANCE
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Leave in the dust : OUTRUN
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European eruption site : ETNA
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Search engine failure? : BINGERROR
30
Is able to translate what was heard on the wall? : SPEAKSFLY
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Thwart : FOIL
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Choler : IRE
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Not stay the course? : VEER
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Gin, lime and soda combo : GIMLET
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Things that are bought and soled : SHOES
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Arizona tribe : HOPI
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Scotland's longest river : TAY
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River through Russia and Kazakhstan : URAL
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Is expecting : AWAITS
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Oddity : QUIRK
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More in order : NEATER
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Dole (out) : METE
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Tactic in a war of attrition : SIEGE
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It goes after go : KART
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Mattress tester's compensation? : SLUMBERPAY
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Word after big or oil : RIG
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Suggestion of what to do, slangily : REC
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Opposite of ennemies : AMIES
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Basics of education, briefly : RRR
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Super superstar : ICON
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Supercilious sort ... or the title for this puzzle : NAMEDROPPER
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A bushelful : LOTS
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Make faces in front of a camera : MUG
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European capital named after a saint : SOFIA
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"___ your head!" : USE
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Monster.com posting : JOB
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Dress code requirement for the Puritans? : PRIMCOLORS
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Peak in Suisse : ALPE
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City on the Erie Canal : UTICA
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Tops : AONE
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Goads : EGGSON
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Test prep aid : TUTOR
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Dark beer : PORTER
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France's ___ Noël : PERE
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What may follow a school period? : EDU
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Connect, as picture with sound : SYNC
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Annual CBS awards broadcast, with "the" : TONYS
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Playoff matchup : SERIES
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Years ago : ONCE
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"Mudbound" director Rees : DEE
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Actress Rowlands : GENA
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Hoped-for conclusion by someone with sore knees? : EARLYAMEN
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Make a really long-distance call? : PHONEMARS
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Rani's raiment : SARI
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Matador's foe : ELTORO
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Infamous Chicago bootlegger : ALCAPONE
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Mediterranean resort island : MINORCA
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"___ go bragh!" : ERIN
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Swimmers with flippers : SEALIONS
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Rufous ruminant : REDDEER
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Census datum : RACE
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Sp. miss : SRTA
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Follower of hi or lo : RES
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Slips into at a store, say : TRIESON
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Louver : SLAT
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"Hasta la vista" : ADIOS
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Corral : PENUP
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Software package : SUITE
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Like high-quality olive oil : EXTRAVIRGIN
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Nighttime event in the western sky : MOONSET
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Business magazine : INC
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Resolve : STEEL
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Coarse, as language : SALTY
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Elvis ___ Presley : ARON
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Engaged in arson : LITAFIRE
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Request for aid : SOS
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Pointless : FUTILE
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Go over one's wardrobe? : IRON
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Titanic's undoing : BERG
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Burn a little : CHAR
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Went wild : RANRIOT
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Added numbers : ENCORES
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Many mowers : DEERES
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Number of i's in "Sicilia" : TRE
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Hula accompaniment, for short : UKE
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With 29-Across, surprise in the mail : BILL
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With 30-Across, is blunt : FRANK
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Khayyám and others : OMARS
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Left only the exterior of : GUTTED
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Green of the L.P.G.A. : TAMMIE
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Fills : SATES
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24 heures ago : HIER
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Central command spots, for short : HQS
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Sénat affirmative : OUI
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Polish dumpling : PIEROGI
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Senate affirmative : YEA
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Big brand of grills : WEBER
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Gunpowder holder : KEG
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Overdue amount : ARREAR
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Things that might be grabbed by someone in an argument : LAPELS
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Authority on diamonds? : UMP
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Uprightness : PROBITY
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With 55-Across, big sleepover : ART
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What mos. and mos. add up to : YRS
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French vineyard : CRU
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Devilkin : IMP
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Apt rhyme for "grr" : CUR
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Everybody's opposite : NOONE
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New York Titans and Dallas Texans, in '60s sports : AFLERS
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Mine, in Milano : MIO
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Plains tribe : OSAGES
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Lackadaisical sorts : LOTUSEATERS
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Glaswegians, e.g. : SCOTS
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Protrude : JUT
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With 77-Across, red, blue and yellow : MARY
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Welcome at the front door : SEEIN
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"The Oblong Box" writer : POE
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Witch's home : ENDOR
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Against : CON
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Electrical connection? : ARC
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Like fried food vis-à-vis grilled food, typically : GREASIER
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Fey's co-star in "Baby Mama" and "Sisters" : POEHLER
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Simple variant of baseball : ONEOCAT
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Part of Potus: Abbr. : PRES
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Break, as a habit : UNLEARN
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QB's feat : TDPASS
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Way out : EGRESS
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Three-dimensional fig. : CYL
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Wear down : ERODE
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Buenos ___ : AIRES
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End of story? : MORAL
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With 103-Across, simple furniture style : ERICA
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Schubert's "Eine Kleine Trauermusik," e.g. : NONET
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Lion queen in "The Lion King" : NALA
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Prefix with dermis : EPI
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Anchor : MOOR
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With 108-Across, not talking loudly on a cell, e.g. : ANNE
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"The King ___" : ANDI
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"D.C. Cab" co-star : MRT
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Board hiree, for short : CEO

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

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