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New York Times, Sunday, April 7, 2019

Author:
Peter A. Collins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
103-Across : Big do
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Peter A. Collins

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 108 for Mr. Collins. Sunday freshness: 40%
Will Shortz notes:
Peter A. Collins is the chairman of the math department at Huron High School, in Ann Arbor, Mich., where he has been teaching for 39 years. He has been creating crosswords for The Times ... read more
Peter A. Collins notes:
It was key to this puzzle's construction (in my opinion, anyway) that all the middle "O" words in the S-O-S phrases were different. I used OLD, ON, OUT, OUR, OIL and OF. I don't know that ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
In my early crossword construction days, I was so proud of making an M W out of black squares, hinting at the M* W* theme. But not a lot of friends actually noticed it. Initialisms ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times4/7/19 ( No. 25,352 )
Across
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It might end up in a sack : PASSRUSH
9
E neighbor : DSHARP
15
Nada : ZIPPO
20
Robots : AUTOMATA
21
"Not exactly, but close ..." : INAWAY
22
Filmmaker Coen : ETHAN
23
Checkout devices : SCANNERS
24
Tired tale : SAMEOLDSTORY
26
Seriously annoy : TRY
27
Roll out, as a flag : UNFURL
29
Stuff in a muffin, say? : EAT
30
Neighbor of Okla. : TEX
31
Exciting, in modern lingo : LIT
32
Rock, maybe : PUTTOSLEEP
36
Danson's "Cheers" role : MALONE
38
End of some hybrid dog breed names : POO
39
N.Y.C. dance company : ABT
40
Hounds : PESTERS
42
Tidbits for aardvarks : ANTS
43
Bearded beast : GNU
44
They go with potatoes in soup : LEEKS
46
Sting operator : CONMAN
49
Regarding : ASTO
51
Vitamin stat : RDA
52
Hosts, in brief : MCS
55
Italian cheese : PARMESAN
59
Peel place : SPA
61
Out at a library, say : ONLOAN
63
"Yeah, why not" : OKAYSURE
64
Cyrus who sang the 2013 #1 hit "Wrecking Ball" : MILEY
66
Once did : USEDTO
67
States, informally : SEZ
68
Be prone : LIE
69
Radiated : SHONE
70
Leafy salad ingredient : RADICCHIO
72
Didn't delay : ACTED
74
Inexperienced : NEW
75
Fool : ASS
76
Something frequently found in pink lipstick : SHORTI
77
Pupil's location : CLASS
78
Stabilizes with a heavy load : BALLASTS
81
Lump in the throat : TONSIL
82
Geologic period : EON
83
Get upset over : CRYABOUT
84
Lincoln-to-Madison dir. : ENE
85
Sunrise direction, in Stuttgart : OST
87
River in a 1914 battle : YSER
90
Skim : NONFAT
92
Not a science, but ___ : ANART
94
With 95-Across, what often seems to disappear in a dryer : ONE
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See 94-Across : SOCK
98
N.C. military installation : FTBRAGG
102
"___ Trois Mousquetaires" : LES
103
Big do : FRO
104
Appealed to a higher authority? : PRAYED
107
Religious time in spring : EASTERWEEK
109
Critical message that's a hint to the six longest entries in this puzzle : SOS
110
Circular components? : ADS
111
Cave dweller : BAT
113
Caruso and Pavarotti : TENORS
114
It makes for a boring job : AWL
115
1973 Beach Boys song : SAILONSAILOR
119
"Three Stooges" insult : IMBECILE
123
Sal of "Rebel Without a Cause" : MINEO
124
Course of action : AVENUE
125
Stretched tight : TAUTENED
126
Caribbean game fish : SNOOK
127
Changes back to 0000 : RESETS
128
Swollen : ENGORGED
Down
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Ballet step : PAS
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They have lots for sale : AUCTIONS
3
Not exactly hit the ground running : STARTOUTSLOWLY
4
PlayStation company : SONY
5
L.B.J. follower : RMN
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Home of the Burj Khalifa: Abbr. : UAE
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Showed 'em what we've got : STRUTTEDOURSTUFF
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"It ___ hit me yet" : HASNT
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State of abandonment : DISUSE
10
Traffic troubles : SNARLS
11
Where the phrase "To thine own self be true" comes from : HAMLET
12
What shocked people stand in : AWE
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Raja ___, Indian author of "The Serpent and the Rope" : RAO
14
Ernie ___, Pulitzer-winning journalist of W.W. II : PYLE
15
Keebler cracker brand : ZESTA
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Member of TV's Addams Family : ITT
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Something scientists make light of? : PHOTON
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Rear : PARENT
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Some cameo stones : ONYXES
25
Obstacle for a fish : DAM
28
Dandies : FOPS
31
Tour grp. : LPGA
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Bro : PAL
33
Cab alternative : UBER
34
Common Market org. : EEC
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Starting point in logic : PROPOSITION
37
Swimmers' assignments : LANES
41
Slippery vendor : SNAKEOILSALESMAN
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The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A. : KANSASSTATE
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Jason with the 2008 hit "I'm Yours" : MRAZ
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Poet Lowell : AMY
50
Store window sign : OPEN
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Dress seller : MODISTE
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Take root : CATCHON
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Sweet summer treat : SNOCONE
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1978 Dire Straits hit : SULTANSOFSWING
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The Ram : ARIES
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Doesn't just want : NEEDS
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Word said in passing? : AYE
62
Headed up : LED
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"Morning Joe" airer : MSNBC
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Rumor starter : IHEAR
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Timecard abbr. : HRS
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Prized pitcher : ACE
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Please too much : CLOY
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"Unto us ___ is given" : ASON
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Like a string bean : LANKY
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Blood-typing letters : ABO
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Word with bay or family : TREE
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Course registrant : ENROLLEE
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Cars that disappeared during the Depression : REOS
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"Don't know yet," on a schedule : TBA
92
Prefix with industry : AGRO
93
Bit of shaming : TSK
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Involuntary actions : SPASMS
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Make official : ORDAIN
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House of cards? : CASINO
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"Wheel of Fortune" sextet : RSTLNE
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Eschewed home cooking : ATEOUT
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Mystery and romance, for two : GENRES
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Download for a tablet : EBOOK
106
Skilled judoist : DAN
108
Draft : WRITE
112
Nicholas II was the last one : TSAR
114
Big name in laptops : ACER
116
The Lion : LEO
117
"___, Imperator!" : AVE
118
"-y" pluralizer : IES
120
Irk : BUG
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W.W. II arena: Abbr. : ETO
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Roush : EDD

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