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FLIP-FLOPS

New York Times, Sunday, February 22, 2015

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
90-Across : Loud and harsh [start crowding the crotch]
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 80 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 195 for Mr. Berry. Sunday freshness: 3%
Jeff Chen notes:
Complex concept today, so bear with me as I try to summarize it: pairs of answers flip-flopped; words that can precede "up" moving up, and words that can precede "down" moving ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times2/22/15 ( No. 23,847 )
Across
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Furnishes : AFFORDS
8
Bit of body art, for short : TAT
11
"St. ___ Fire" (Brat Pack film) : ELMOS
16
Book reviewer? : CPA
19
Expel, as from a club : DRUMOUT
20
Historical chapter : AGE
21
Turnpike turnoffs [intimidate, in a way] : RESTAREAS
23
Narrator of "Amadeus" [go to bed] : SALIERI
24
Pet food brand [recover lost ground] : PURINACATCHOW
26
Compassionate [finally become] : TENDERHEARTED
28
City of Light creator at the 1893 World's Fair : TESLA
29
Welles of "The Third Man" : ORSON
30
Dunderhead : ASS
31
Attaches, in a way : SEWSON
32
Barbershop sound : SNIP
36
Dealer's enemy : NARC
38
Ridicule : TWIT
41
Country with the longest coastline : CANADA
44
Comic strip dog : ODIE
45
Skateboarder's safety item [salaam] : ELBOWPAD
51
Goodbyes [abate] : ADIEUS
52
Flagman? : REF
53
Point at the ceiling? [misbehave] : STALACTITE
55
She's not light-headed [amass] : BRUNETTE
57
Embarrassing putts to miss : TAPINS
59
Cosmic balance? : LIBRA
60
Lit group : SOTS
61
Film library unit : REEL
63
Guy's partner : GAL
64
Storied voyager : SINBAD
65
What each group of shaded words in this puzzle does : GOESUPANDDOWN
69
Dark looks : SCOWLS
73
Get some Z's : NAP
74
Subtle emanation : AURA
75
Concert poster info : DATE
79
Comic actress Catherine : OHARA
80
Four-legged orphans : DOGIES
83
Activity done in front of a mirror [clearly define] : PRIMPING
85
Office trash [resign] : WASTEPAPER
87
Start of many rapper names : LIL
89
Upset stomach [consume] : NAUSEA
90
Loud and harsh [start crowding the crotch] : STRIDENT
91
___ Tree State (Maine) : PINE
92
Like March Madness teams : SEEDED
93
Contentment : EASE
95
Theater giant? : IMAX
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Establishes : SETS
97
Release tension, possibly : EXHALE
102
Big tank : VAT
104
What sarongs lack : SEAMS
108
Finnish outbuilding : SAUNA
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Control of one's actions [fall in great quantities] : SELFRESTRAINT
114
Granite dome in Georgia [moderate] : STONEMOUNTAIN
117
Converses à la Tracy and Hepburn [pay in advance] : BANTERS
119
Athens landmark [arise] : ACROPOLIS
120
Retro music collection : LPS
121
Do without a radiator : AIRCOOL
122
Over there : YON
123
Brought on : LEDTO
124
Stan of Marvel Comics : LEE
125
Lectures : TALKSTO
Down
1
Super Bowl highlights, to some : ADS
2
House on campus : FRAT
3
Precamping purchase : FUEL
4
Luxury hotel chain : OMNI
5
Barrel racing venue : RODEO
6
Printmaker Albrecht : DURER
7
Mixes up : STIRS
8
Appetizer with puréed olives : TAPENADE
9
Fuego extinguisher : AGUA
10
Balustrade location : TERRACE
11
Physicist Rutherford after whom rutherfordium is named : ERNEST
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Radiation shield material : LEAD
13
Hosts, for short : MCS
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Muesli tidbit : OAT
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Electoral map division : STATE
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Setting for a castle : CHESS
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Painter Uccello : PAOLO
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City on the Nile : ASWAN
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They're all in the same boat : CREW
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"___ Late" (Ricky Nelson hit) : ITS
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Banquet V.I.P.'s : HONOREES
31
Wild guess : STAB
32
Strikers' replacements : SCABS
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"Taxi" character Elaine : NARDO
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Greenlandic speaker : INUIT
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Glazier's supply : PANES
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Estrangement : RIFT
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Detach (from) : WEAN
40
Misfortunes : ILLS
42
Fitting : DUE
43
Team with a mascot named Orbit : ASTROS
46
Firth of "The King's Speech" : COLIN
47
Mattress size : TWIN
48
Mr. ___ (soft drink) : PIBB
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Gillette brand : ATRA
50
Like a dull party : DEAD
53
Go across : SPAN
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Actress Swinton : TILDA
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Hanes purchase, informally : TEE
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Slack-jawed : AGAPE
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Big leap forward : LUNGE
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Courters : SWAINS
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Woodsy picnic spot : GLADE
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Brace : PAIR
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Divided houses : DUPLEXES
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#4 for the Bruins : ORR
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Plants in a field : SOWS
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I.M.'ing session : CHAT
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Longship propellers : OARS
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Summons, e.g. : WRIT
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Bamboozles : DUPES
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Brief digression : ASIDE
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Fundamental principle : TENET
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Quaint oath : EGADS
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Writer Richard Henry ___ : DANA
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Goes (for) : OPTS
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Nickname for a lanky cowboy : SLIM
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___ Jemison, first African-American woman in space : MAE
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Sport with double touches : EPEE
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To one way of thinking : INASENSE
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Unseen danger : PITFALL
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Nevertheless : EVENSO
97
English assignment : ESSAY
98
Knife brand : XACTO
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Iroquoian tribe : HURON
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Before long : ANON
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Boutonniere's place : LAPEL
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Keyboard abbr. : ALT
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Swinging occasion? : ATBAT
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"West Side Story" heroine : MARIA
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Unfriendly dog sound : SNARL
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One of a bridge foursome : SUIT
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Smelly : RIPE
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Check mark : TICK
112
Book of Mormon prophet : ENOS
113
Brisk pace : TROT
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Brother of Shemp : MOE
116
Getting on : OLD
118
___-pitch : SLO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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