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THE CAPTAIN GOES DOWN WITH THE SHIP

New York Times, Sunday, April 5, 2015

Author:
Tom McCoy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
81-Across : Twilight, poetically
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Tom McCoy

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 75 Missing: {Z} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. McCoy. Sunday freshness: 84%
Tom McCoy notes:
This puzzle was born out of a desire to make a crossword based on Moby Dick. While brainstorming possible Moby Dick-related themes, I had some music playing in the background, and the song ... read more
Jill Denny notes:
This is a very nice puzzle whose theme just happens to touch on two of my worst nightmares: ALMONDS and being lost at sea. RIP, Captains AHAB and SMITH. Captain BLIGH, I can't tell from ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times4/5/15 ( No. 23,889 )
Across
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White's partner : SAJAK
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Religious journey : HAJ
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Queen's attendant : ANT
12
Treasonous groups : CABALS
18
Home of Faa'a International Airport : TAHITI
19
Kindle, e.g. : EREADER
21
Union union : AFLCIO
22
Asian wild ass : ONAGER
23
1/100 of a peseta : CENTIMO
24
With formal properness : PRIMLY
25
Some Halloween decorations : WEBS
26
Kit ___ bar : KAT
28
"Leave!" : GONOW
29
Book that needs to be read word for word? : ROGETS
30
Picking up strength, for short? : ESP
31
Sony video recorder : BETACAM
33
Relatively recent : NEWISH
35
Postal abbr. : RTE
36
101, say : INTRO
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Corporate department : SALES
38
Party time, for short : BDAY
42
7/11 product? : QUOTIENT
45
Crime of those in Dante's second circle : LUST
46
When repeated, classic song with the lyric "Sayin' we gotta go, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah" : LOUIE
47
Bully, at times : TAUNTER
49
Begin's opposite? : SADAT
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Word of regret : SHOULDA
53
"So what?" : WHOCARES
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One who aims to hit singles? : CUPID
57
Quarters of a Quarter Pounder : OUNCES
58
Walk quietly : PAD
59
Keepers of appointments, for short : PDAS
61
Deficit, informally : HOLE
62
Went (for) : OPTED
63
Scoundrel : CUR
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Baseball V.I.P.s : GMS
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Gist : NUB
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Crucial : KEY
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Ayatollah's speech : FARSI
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Afflicts : AILS
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Hist. or Eng. : SUBJ
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Flee : LAM
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Ne'er-do-wells : ROGUES
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In good ___ : STEAD
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Twilight, poetically : GLOAMING
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It could go either way : EVENBET
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Adhered (to) : HEWED
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Amaretto ingredients : ALMONDS
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Best-selling children's series "___ Jackson & the Olympians" : PERCY
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Common address start : HTTP
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Bugs someone? : MELBLANC
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See 97-Across : SASH
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Explorer Meriwether ___ : LEWIS
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___-breath : BABYS
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Japanese 94-Across : OBI
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Claymation dog : GROMIT
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Helpful household pets : RATTERS
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Cut (off) : LOP
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Appraises : VALUES
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Some 99-Down : NANOS
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___ Period (part of Japanese history) : EDO
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___ regni : ANNO
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Go by : ELAPSE
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Lightly pound : KNOCKON
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Coming or going, say : GERUND
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Moderate : TEMPER
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"No, you really must!" : IINSIST
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Takes marks off : ERASES
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Yellow-and-white flowers : OXEYES
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Prefix with system : ECO
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Letters in the Greek spelling of "Parthenon" : NUS
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Capital on the Atlantic : RABAT
Down
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Least mad : SANEST
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Example from classic American literature : AHABPEQUOD
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Lively dances : JIGS
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Polished off : ATE
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Example from television : KIRKENTERPRISE
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Property unit : HECTARE
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"___ you even listening?" : ARE
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With 18-Down, structure that gets less stable with time : JENGA
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Deuce preceder, maybe : ADIN
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Example from sci-fi literature : NEMONAUTILUS
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Brick worker's tools : TROWELS
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Summer pants : CAPRIS
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Big dos : AFROS
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Example from 18th-century history : BLIGHBOUNTY
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Top : ACME
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Pleasant inflection : LILT
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Some beans : SOYS
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See 8-Down : TOWER
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Bond holder? : ATOM
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Clad : ATTIRED
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Flora and fauna : BIOTA
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Deceives : CONS
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Dampens : WETS
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Affix carelessly : SLAPON
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___ de leche : DULCE
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Cooperated with : AIDED
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Up side? : YEAS
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Duke rival, for short : UNC
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Game center? : TAC
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Watchmaker's tool : LOUPE
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County div. : TWP
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"I got it!" : AHA
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"I *finally* got it!" : DUH
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Example from fantasy literature : HOOKJOLLYROGER
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Some trilogies : SAGAS
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Get running smoothly, in a way : DEBUG
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Example from 20th-century history : SMITHTITANIC
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Example from advertising : CRUNCHGUPPY
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Words before a date : USEBY
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Is out : SLEEPS
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Point of sharpest vision : FOVEA
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Golden ___ : AGERS
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Cut (off) : SAW
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Told : BLABBED
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Metaphorical example from poetry : LINCOLNUSA
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As well as : AND
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Classic roadsters : MGS
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"One ... two ... three ...," in a gym : REPS
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On the left, for short : DEM
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Get together : AMASS
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Many a fed. holiday : MON
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British Invasion band : THEM
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Kind of ceiling : DEBT
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Much-vilified food : TWINKIE
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Some fingerprints : LATENTS
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Schlemiels : LOSERS
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Louse's place, in Robert Burns's "To a Louse" : BONNET
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See 108-Across : IPODS
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Watch over : RESEE
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Fearsome birds : ROCS
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Welcome, perhaps : ASKIN
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Ixnay : VETO
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"A Clockwork Orange" protagonist : ALEX
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Unbelievable, say : LAME
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Talking during a movie, e.g. : NONO
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___ League : ARAB
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Michigan rival, for short : OSU
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Post-Civil War Reconstruction, e.g. : ERA

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

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