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GRID IRON

New York Times, Sunday, April 15, 2012

Author:
Kevin G. Der
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
92-Across : Literally, "my Lord"
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Kevin G. Der
Titanic

This puzzle:

Rows: 17, Columns: 31 Words: 178, Blocks: 109 Grid has up-down mirror symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Der. Sunday freshness: 51%
Notepad: When this puzzle is finished, 12 special squares, along with the shaded squares, will create an image of 56-Down. The 12 squares corresponding to the "reflection" of the special squares, when read clockwise from top left, will spell an alternative name for 56-Down.
Jim Horne notes:

I've highlighted the "reflection" squares. They spell out SHIP OF DREAMS. This titanic puzzle stretches several conventions. It's the first Shortz-era grid with up-down mirror symmetry. It is by far the widest. It's even bigger than Kevin's previous huge rectangle. It's not a size record, though, falling nearly 100 squares short of the seven 25x25 Millennium puzzles from 1999. (Here's one.)

I claim this is the world's first cubist crossword. There's the profile view of the ship and its reflection you have to draw yourself and, just maybe, if you squint at the arrangement of black squares, a top view of a ship sailing west. Do you see it? Also, GRID IRON is a great title for a puzzle that looks like a football field but isn't. The constructor tells the story of how he made this puzzle here on Quora.

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© 2012, The New York Times4/15/12 ( No. 22,804 )
Across
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Plushlike : SOFT
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Anjou relatives : BOSCS
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"Love Train" singers, with "the" : OJAYS
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Brit. decorations : DSOS
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Low men? : BASSI
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Peace Nobelist Root : ELIHU
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Without problems : ALLOK
27
Holiday decoration : MENORAH
29
Where 56-Down embarked : SOUTHAMPTON
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Stress reliever : EASER
32
Actress Téa : LEONI
33
Iconic line shouted in "56-Down" : IMTHEKINGOFTHEWORLD
35
With 37-Across, #1 song from "56-Down" : MYHEART
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See 35-Across : WILLGOON
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Martini go-with? : ROSSI
40
Bit of chiding : TSK
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Shiva's wife : KALI
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Cat genus : FELIS
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Italian holiday : FESTA
45
Sinn ___ : FEIN
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Easter ___ : EGG
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Forest specimens : FERNS
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"Be my guest" : FEELFREE
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Silence indicator : TACET
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"Cool" amount : MIL
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In ___ place : ASAFE
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Rafael, to friends : RAFE
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Trims, say : EDITS
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Jefferson or Madison : DEIST
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Rest on : SITATOP
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High clouds : CIRRI
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Mess of a mess : SNAFU
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Auto-___ : DAFE
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Footstool : POUFFE
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Georgia O'Keeffe Museum site : SANTAFE
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Slowpokes' fines : LATEFEES
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Filled, as an office : STAFFED
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Coup d'___ : ETAT
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Builder of a 2x2 vessel? : NOAH
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Blue Ribbon maker : PABST
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Hosp. scan : EEG
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Winner of a 1970s-'80s war : VHS
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Singer Jones : NORAH
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Literally, "my Lord" : ADONAI
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Amount before overtime : BASEPAY
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Shake : TREMOR
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Tried to win : WOOED
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Major operation? : DRILL
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To this moment : TILLNOW
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Fads : RAGES
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Run together, in a way : ELOPE
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Tater : SPUD
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Toddlers' coddlers : MOMMIES
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Third string : CTEAM
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Once more: Abbr. : AGN
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It's not basic : ACID
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Dict. info : DEF
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Tabula ___ : RASA
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Yorkshire river : AIRE
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Flags : EBBS
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Clear (of) : RID
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Triumphant end? : QED
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"56-Down" co-star : WINSLET
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"56-Down" co-star : DICAPRIO
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"King Lear" role : REGAN
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Pittance : SOU
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Protection around the world? : OZONE
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Some buggy drivers : AMISH
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Record-tying achievement for "56-Down" : ELEVENACADEMYAWARDS
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Said yea or nay : VOTED
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Bank support? : LEVEE
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Spirit : ESSENCE
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56-Down, e.g. : LUXURYLINER
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Pulitzer-winning critic Richard : EDER
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It's hard to get across : CHASM
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Palm products : TREOS
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Flight data: Abbr. : ETDS
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Some salads : SLAWS
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Look : SEEM
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Oil producer : OLAY
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Implement with a spatulalike blade : FISHKNIFE
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Where dawn arises : THEEAST
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Latvian, e.g. : BALT
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Cry to a matador : OLE
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Brake : SLOW
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They carry needles : CONIFERS
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Omelet holders : SKILLETS
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Aware of : ONTO
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Dear person? : JOHN
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Exist : ARE
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Jabber : YAK
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Stuffed ___ : SHIRT
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Ski-___ : DOOS
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Muslim mystic : SUFI
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Slugger Mel : OTT
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"Zip it!" : SHH
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Autobahn sights : BMWS
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Pig in ___ : APOKE
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Orchestra grp. : STR
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Roman sun god : SOL
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Like Beethoven's Second : IND
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Caspian feeder : URAL
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"Top Gun" jets : MIGS
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Funnyman Philips : EMO
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Ban Ki-moon and others: Abbr. : SGS
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Insurance giant : AETNA
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Professor Chomsky : NOAM
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Widespread : RIFE
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Invention : LIE
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Parts of yards : FEET
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Small-runway aircraft, briefly : STOL
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Is alarmed : FEARS
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"It ___" (answer to "Who's there?") : ISI
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Tennis's Steffi : GRAF
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Bad slip : GAFFE
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Stable supply : FEED
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Nutritional stat : RDA
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Saverin who co-founded Facebook : EDUARDO
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Shield bearer, typically : LEFTARM
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Small flute : FIFE
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[See blurb] : TITANIC
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Frozen : ATAHALT
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Many a Wi-Fi hotspot : CAFE
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Cause of 56-Down's demise : ICEBERG
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About a month, for a fruit fly : LIFESPAN
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Rotted : FESTERED
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Bad blood : FEUD
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Devote : SPEND
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Supercilious one : SNOOT
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Wild banana : PAPAW
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Mark up, say : RETAG
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Conrad ___, early matinee idol : NAGEL
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Chiwere speaker : OTO
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Furthermore : AND
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Prof's helpers : TAS
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Harden : SET
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Golfs, e.g., briefly : VWS
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Emulate a frog : HOP
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Unpleasant thing to hit : SOURNOTE
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Rival suitor's expletive : HIM
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"Shalom ___" (Hebrew greeting) : ALEICHEM
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Martinique, e.g. : ILE
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One with a terrible opening : BOMB
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Oenologist's concern : YEAR
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How it's done : MODE
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Slanted column? : OPED
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Interference detector? : REF
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Voice of Carl in Pixar's "Up" : EDASNER
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Acts the middleman : LIAISES
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Dundee denial : NAE
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Discovery Channel subj. : SCI
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Ginnie ___ : MAE
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Mrs., abroad : SRA
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"Gimme ___" : ASEC
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"In my view ..." : IDSAY
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Zero-emissions vehicle : SLED
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Athlete's pointer? : EPEE
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Scottish hillsides : BRAES
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Cower : QUAIL
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Didn't go straight : WOVE
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Polo competitor : IZOD
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Bottled mineral : TALC
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Palais Garnier star : DIVA
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"Kidnapped" inits. : RLS
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Suffix with luck : IEST
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"Now you speak" : OVER
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Hoedown attendee : GAL
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Together, in music : ADUE
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Cashier's cry : NEXT
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Late-night fliers : OWLS
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Word of indifference : MEH
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Suffix with alk- : ENE
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Barracks V.I.P. : NCO
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Setting for some wrestling : MUD
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"___ truly" (abbreviated sign-off) : YRS
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Biological chain : RNA
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It appears overnight : DEW
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Grads-to-be: Abbr. : SRS

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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