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Two-For-One Special

New York Times, Sunday, February 2, 2025

Author:
Derrick Niederman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
44-Across : Provoked an online fight
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Derrick Niederman

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 77 This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Niederman. Sunday freshness: 98%
Will Shortz notes:
Derrick Niederman, of Charleston, S.C., recently retired from the mathematics department at the College of Charleston, is the author of numerous books, including "Math Puzzles for the ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

77-Across: The popular singer Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. performed under the STAGE NAME John Denver.

Today's constructor also created this weekend's Variety Puzzle.

The 13 rebus pairs use all 26 letters, once each.

1
M
2
A
3
R
4
T
5
S
6
A
7
Y
8
P
9
R
10
A
11
D
12
A
13
H
14
A
15
W
16
K
17
A
R
I
A
18
S
P
R
E
19
E
20
D
O
G
E
S
21
A
M
I
E
22
R
A
C
H
23
E
LW
E
I
S
Z
24
QB
U
I
C
K
25
ZM
A
N
Y
26
S
T
O
O
L
I
E
27
M
R
28
M
A
G
O
O
29
C
A
R
E
D
30
M
M
M
D
31
CV
32
A
R
C
H
33
U
T
E
R
I
34
A
35
L
36
F
A
S
37
C
O
38
G
39
S
H
A
40
D
41
E
42
E
S
T
A
S
43
R
E
L
44
T
45
R
O
L
L
46
E
D
47
G
E
M
48
D
UI
T
C
H
49
E
T
A
50
S
51
O
P
T
I
M
A
52
E
S
P
53
Y
54
T
O
K
55
A
T
T
I
56
C
A
57
D
I
S
58
S
59
C
O
O
60
K
S
61
M
E
T
R
O
DN
62
O
63
M
E
64
H
O
65
M
E
R
U
N
66
B
67
A
68
O
69
A
R
E
70
N
O
N
E
O
71
F
72
C
A
N
I
N
E
73
E
M
P
74
P
A
RY
75
G
I
T
A
N
O
76
S
77
S
T
A
GT
E
78
N
A
M
E
79
J
A
S
O
N
80
E
L
81
E
C
82
U
S
E
D
O
N
83
C
84
I
A
85
E
A
S
86
T
87
I
N
A
88
B
89
A
R
90
T
O
N
I
91
L
O
N
G
92
O
93
S
T
A
94
C
D
R
A
C
K
95
S
96
L
I
N
97
E
N
S
U
E
98
T
O
R
99
M
E
100
A
N
O
101
U
102
SF
L
A
G
103
A
V
I
A
N
104
T
A
R
105
P
106
G
U
107
M
M
I
108
P
E
D
R
O
109
B
110
A
N
D
S
A
111
W
112
S
A
M
E
113
O
114
L
115
D
116
T
R
E
XK
117
JP
O
K
E
R
118
T
OA
119
S
T
M
A
S
T
E
R
120
O
G
R
E
121
E
L
I
S
E
122
HE
R
N
I
A
123
T
I
N
A
124
N
E
S
S
125
G
L
O
S
S
126
D
O
C
127
A
S
S
T
© 2025, The New York Times2/2/25 ( No. 27,480 )
Across
1
Trading post : MART
5
For example : SAY
8
Italian fashion house : PRADA
13
Hard-liner : HAWK
17
"Ave Maria" finale, appropriately? : ARIA
18
Buying binge : SPREE
20
Venetian magistrates of old : DOGES
21
French friend : AMIE
22
Lead actress in "The Lovely Bones" (2009) and "The Bourne Legacy" (2012) : RACHELWEISZ
24
Fast/car : QUICK/BUICK
25
Wild/bunch : ZANY/MANY
26
Informer, informally : STOOLIE
27
Cartoon character inspired by W.C. Fields : MRMAGOO
29
Gave a darn : CARED
30
3,605, in ancient Rome : MMMDCV
32
Image on a Missouri state quarter : ARCH
33
Wombs : UTERI
34
Italian sports cars, informally : ALFAS
37
Gear tooth : COG
39
Desirable condition for hostas : SHADE
42
"Cómo ___?" : ESTAS
43
Divinity sch. subj. : REL
44
Provoked an online fight : TROLLED
47
Treasure : GEM
48
Holland/tunnel : DUTCH/DITCH
49
Figs. on flight boards : ETAS
51
Onetime Kia model : OPTIMA
52
Spot : ESPY
54
Tik___ challenge : TOK
55
Home of the Temple of Poseidon : ATTICA
57
Put-down : DISS
59
They put things on the back burner : COOKS
61
Stadium/timekeeper : METRODOME/METRONOME
64
Smash hit : HOMERUN
66
Steamed Chinese bun : BAO
69
Exist : ARE
70
Your business start-up? : NONEOF
72
Word often shortened to a letter and a number : CANINE
73
Catherine the Great, e.g.: Abbr. : EMP
74
Average/income : PAR/PAY
75
Jeans popular in the 1980s : GITANOS
77
Denver/Colorado : STAGENAME/STATENAME
79
Name spelled by the initials of five consecutive months : JASON
80
The "E" in G.E.: Abbr. : ELEC
82
Applied to : USEDON
83
Org. once led by George H.W. Bush : CIA
85
Direction of the wind that brought Mary Poppins : EAST
87
Where "Cheers" is set : INABAR
90
Chart-topping Basil or Braxton : TONI
91
Start of "O Come, All Ye Faithful" : LONGO
93
Place to buy tickets: Abbr. : STA
94
Jewel case holders : CDRACKS
96
Architect Maya : LIN
97
Follow : ENSUE
98
Mel who sang the 1949 #1 hit "Careless Hands" : TORME
100
Year abroad : ANO
101
Stars and Stripes : USFLAG
103
For the birds : AVIAN
104
Rainproof cover : TARP
106
___ bears : GUMMI
108
Hall-of-Famer Martínez : PEDRO
109
Woodworking tool with a belt : BANDSAW
112
"Nothing much" : SAMEOLD
116
Dino/expedition : TREX/TREK
117
Card/game : JOKER/POKER
118
Certain emcee : TOASTMASTER
120
Grim Grimm figure : OGRE
121
Beethoven dedicatee : ELISE
122
Risk of heavy lifting : HERNIA
123
First name in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame : TINA
124
Costner's role in "The Untouchables" : NESS
125
Sheen : GLOSS
126
Happy companion : DOC
127
Right hand: Abbr. : ASST
Down
1
Red rover home : MARS
2
"I smell ___" : ARAT
3
___ Act (measure against mobsters) : RICO
4
Indigenous people's name for Mount Rainier : TAHOMA
5
Officer with a radar gun : SPEEDCOP
6
Shapiro of NPR : ARI
7
Antiquated assent : YESM
8
Fictional composer whose first three initials mean "A.S.A.P." : PDQBACH
9
Dietary plant fiber : ROUGHAGE
10
Foreign exchange fee : AGIO
11
Chrysler Building style, familiarly : DECO
12
Request : ASK
13
Protective outfits for handling radioactive material : HAZMATSUITS
14
Almond-flavored liqueur : AMARETTO
15
Stand in a cellar : WINERACK
16
Small entryway receptacle that might also house loose change : KEYDISH
18
Skinny/dip : SLIM/SWIM
19
Poet Pound : EZRA
23
Horror film locale, in brief : ELMST
28
Seasoning brand that dropped the first part of its name in 2020 : MRSDASH
29
Prompted, in a theater : CUED
31
Horse/power : COLT/VOLT
34
Tour aid : AREAMAP
35
What Hester Prynne wore in a Hawthorne novel : LETTERA
36
Excessive praise : FLATTERY
38
Like some eyeliners : GLIDEON
40
Lineage : DESCENT
41
Major shops : EMPORIA
45
Honking or screeching, for example : ROADNOISE
46
Bygone owner of Virgin Records : EMI
50
"Hello there, good ___" : SIR
53
One eager for radical change : YOUNGTURK
56
Kind of line that no one just stands in : CONGA
58
Party to the left of Dem. : SOC
60
Body parts with caps : KNEES
62
How caviar might be served : ONTOAST
63
Will, given the opportunity : MEANSTO
65
Sephora purchase : MASCARA
66
"Help me out here" : BEADOLL
67
Fast-evaporating cleaning agent : AMMONIA
68
Sicilian Defense in chess, e.g. : OPENING
71
Adversary : FOE
76
Deli devices : SLICERS
78
Pickleball need : NET
79
Classic British sports cars : JAGUARXKES
81
Conclusion : END
83
What parallel lines never do : CONVERGE
84
Ones in the know : INSIDERS
86
Feature of rhubarb pie : TARTNESS
88
[Kapow!] : BANG
89
Not plugged in, in a way : ACOUSTIC
91
Grabbed, as an opportunity : LEAPTON
92
Sommelier's prefix : OENO
95
Diploma modifier : SUMMA
99
Mothers, in Mexico : MADRES
102
Slumber/party : SIESTA/FIESTA
105
Trail/head : PATH/PATE
107
Crib call : MAMA
109
Cotton capsule : BOLL
110
Sony co-founder Morita : AKIO
111
Promise/keeper : WORD/WARD
113
Soul legend Redding : OTIS
114
Something to look through : LENS
115
Mild expletive : DRAT
117
Digital picture format : JPEG
119
___-cone : SNO

Answer summary:
22 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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