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New York Times, Sunday, April 29, 2018

Author:
Peter Wentz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
129-Across : Provider of aerial football views
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Peter Wentz

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 78 Missing: {GQX} Spans: 2 Scrabble average: 1.70 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. Wentz. Sunday freshness: 13%
Peter Wentz notes:
This puzzle's genesis sprang from overhearing someone jokingly use the term "PC police", and being amusing at the thought of an actual militia enforcing a ban on Macs. That one was one ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Who would have known that so many phrases would have this property, that they start with two letters that stand for something, but those two letters also commonly stand for something else? ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times4/29/18 ( No. 25,009 )
Across
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Projects : JUTS
5
Nowhere close : FAROFF
11
First name on the Supreme Court : RUTH
15
Delight : JOY
18
Supercollider bit : ATOM
19
Online tracker : COOKIE
20
Country whose capital lent its name to a fabric : SYRIA
21
"___ reading too much into this?" : AMI
22
Meadows filled with loos? : WATERCLOSETFIELDS
25
Originally : NEE
26
Bar that might be dangerous : SHOAL
27
Ax : FIRE
28
Be agreeable : SITWELL
30
Negligent : REMISS
35
Old letter opener : SIRS
37
Blotto : LOOPED
38
Where sailors recover from their injuries? : PHYSICALTHERAPYBOATS
42
No longer edible : BAD
43
Square figure : STATUE
44
Actor Paul of "There Will Be Blood" : DANO
45
Lead-in to -tainment : EDU
46
Quashes : ENDS
48
Chart again : REMAP
50
Checkpoint offense, for short : DWI
52
Gusto : ELAN
55
Goings-on in accelerated classes? : ADVANCEDPLACEMENTNEWS
61
"My man" : DADDYO
62
Subject for The Source magazine : RAP
63
Sch. of 30,000+ on the Mississippi : LSU
64
Bill's support : YEA
65
It dethroned Sophia as the #1 baby girl's name in the U.S. in 2014 : EMMA
67
Home for a Roman emperor : VILLA
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Onetime Bond girl ___ Wood : LANA
71
"So obvious!" : AHA
74
Common core? : EMS
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Like : ALA
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Prime-time time : NINEPM
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Dog that doesn't offend people? : POLITICALLYCORRECTLAB
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Come down hard, as hail : PELT
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Barnyard male : TOM
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First name on the Supreme Court : SONIA
90
Dreyfus Affair figure : ZOLA
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Subject for Ken Burns, briefly : NAM
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Burg : TOWN
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Went by air? : WAFTED
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Dorm monitors : RAS
100
Cry of devotion from a non-academy student? : PUBLICSCHOOLILOVEYOU
105
Source of the line "They shall beat their swords into plowshares" : ISAIAH
106
Things that may be rolled or wild : OATS
107
Soprano Tebaldi : RENATA
108
Some fasteners : LATCHES
110
They aid in diagnosing A.C.L. tears : MRIS
112
Funny face? : EMOJI
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Old White House nickname : ABE
117
Morning zoo programming? : ANTEMERIDIEMRADIO
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Panama City state: Abbr. : FLA
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Substantive : MEATY
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"Don't doubt me!" : ICANSO
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Clue : HINT
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Divinity sch. : SEM
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Chatty bird : MYNA
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Provider of aerial football views : SKYCAM
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Actress Kendrick : ANNA
Down
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Best Picture nominee with three sequels : JAWS
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Pac-12 school that's not really near the Pacific : UTAH
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Completely, after "in" : TOTO
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Like wet makeup : SMEARY
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Media watchdog grp. : FCC
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Parent co. of HuffPost : AOL
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Hundred Acre Wood denizen : ROO
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Agrees to : OKS
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Lord's domain : FIEF
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Fixation : FETISH
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Slice for a Reuben : RYE
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Things that have slashes : URLS
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With nothing out of place : TIDILY
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"What other explanation is there?!" : HASTOBE
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Former "Today" show host : JANEPAULEY
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Word before pan or after Spanish : OMELET
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Investment figures : YIELDS
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GMC truck : SIERRA
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Like poor months for oysters, it's said : RLESS
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Mentally wiped : FRIED
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Stiff : WOODEN
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Sch. with an annual Mystery Hunt : MIT
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Words of compassion : ICARE
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Stuffed : SATED
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Weak period : SLUMP
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"Fifty Shades of Grey" subject, briefly : SANDM
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Symbol of China : PANDA
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Onetime Blu-ray rival : HDDVD
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Blue-green : TEAL
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Albright's successor as secretary of state : POWELL
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Craft shop item : BEAD
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"The Sweetest Taboo" singer, 1985 : SADE
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Combo bets : PARLAYS
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Absolutely harebrained : INSANE
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Astonishment : AWE
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Cryptanalysis org. : NSA
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Queens player, for short : NYMET
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Pledge : COMMIT
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___ Poly : CAL
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Green org. : EPA
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Caesar dressing? : TUNIC
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Some neckwear : ASCOTS
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Italy's ___ d'Orcia : VAL
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Laid up : ILL
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Second U.S. feature-length computer-animated movie, after "Toy Story" : ANTZ
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Modern subject of reviews : APP
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Row maker : HOE
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Elite court group : ALLNBATEAM
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Ecuadorean coastal province known for its gold : ELORO
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Micronesian land : PALAU
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Some future execs : MBAS
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Inclined to stress? : ITALIC
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Bygone gas brand with a torch in its logo : AMOCO
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Druid's head cover : COWL
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Studio sign : ONAIR
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Ransack : RIFLE
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Boca ___ : RATON
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2007 female inductee into the National Soccer Hall of Fame : MIAHAMM
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Hex : WHAMMY
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Our, in Tours : NOTRE
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin" girl : EVA
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Stave off : DETER
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Rice dishes : PILAFS
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Of service : USABLE
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Gore's successor as vice president : CHENEY
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Green-skinned god of the underworld : OSIRIS
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Harley-Davidson competitor : YAMAHA
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"___ Against Evil" (IFC series) : STAN
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Totally awesome, in slang : SICK
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Role in "Thor," 2011 : ODIN
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Islamic spirit : JINN
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Second letter after 118-Down : IOTA
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Second letter before 115-Down : ETA
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Word with camp or care : DAY
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L.L.C. alternative : INC
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That: Sp. : ESA
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Dr. ___ : MOM

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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