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IN-NUENDOS

New York Times, Sunday, April 8, 2012

Author:
Daniel A. Finan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
29-Across : General refusal?
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Daniel A. Finan

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 72 Missing: {QX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Finan. Sunday freshness: 54%
Jim Horne notes:

Theme explanation: circled letters denote words IN-side the longer answers. So, "1997 Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones flick" is MEN in BLACK (African American,) "Preventive measure, proverbially" is STITCH in TIME (it's told using a watch,) "Headstone phrase" is REST in PEACE (treaty result,) "Lurid 1979 film about John Dillinger's girlfriend" is The LADY in RED (color for Valentine's Day,) "To be on the safe side ..." is JUST in CASE (judge's matter,) "Golf ace" is HOLE in ONE (the loneliest number,) and "One who looks friendly but isn't" is WOLF in SHEEP'S CLOTHING (wool, facetiously.)

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© 2012, The New York Times4/8/12 ( No. 22,797 )
Across
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Split the tab : GODUTCH
8
Left : VACATED
15
McEnroe rival : BORG
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Under development? : INUTERO
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Put on microfiche, maybe : ARCHIVE
21
Golfer with an "army" : ARNIE
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1997 Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones flick : AFRICANAMERICAN
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Van Gogh or Monet vista : SEINE
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"Frosty" air? : NOEL
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Knicks star Anthony, to fans : MELO
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Hikers' wear : KNAPSACKS
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General refusal? : NOSIR
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Attention getter : YOOHOO
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Bishop's locale : DIOCESE
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Preventive measure, proverbially : ITSTOLDUSINGAWATCH
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Yesteryear : YORE
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Huge, to Hugo : ENORME
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Prima donnas' features : EGOS
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Skip over water, as stones : DAP
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Some game : FOWL
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Headstone phrase : TREATYRESULT
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Camaro ___-Z : IROC
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Fraction of a min. : NSEC
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Phony: Prefix : PSEUD
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Commercial suffix with Power : ADE
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Baskin-Robbins unit : SCOOP
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Smooths : EASES
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Athlete wearing a calligraphic "D" logo : TIGER
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Lurid 1979 film about John Dillinger's girlfriend, with "The" : COLORFORVALENTINESDAY
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Went downhill fast : SKIED
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Misses part of a movie, maybe : DOZES
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Contortionist's bendy part : SPINE
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Letter seen twice in Philadelphia : PHI
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Stray sounds? : MEOWS
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Blocks (up) : DAMS
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Masculine principle : YANG
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"To be on the safe side ..." : JUDGESMATTER
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Bank take-back : REPO
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Seasonal potation : NOG
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Hook hand : SMEE
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Stone-pushing Winter Olympian : CURLER
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Japanese native : AINU
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Rogers's partner : ASTAIRE
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Swiss cheese concoction : FONDUE
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___ driver : SLAVE
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The Royal Game of India : PARCHEESI
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Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
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"There is ___!" : AGOD
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Refuges : ASYLA
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One who looks friendly but isn't : WOOLFACETIOUSLY
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31-Across, for one : SHOUT
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Like some bad language : ABUSIVE
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Hammy, say : EMOTIVE
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Compos mentis : SANE
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Spouse's acquiescence : YESDEAR
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Perched : ROOSTED
Down
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Designer Versace : GIANNI
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Hoofing it : ONFOOT
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Coercion : DURESS
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Multipurpose : UTILITY
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Private investigator, in slang : TEC
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Do a semester's worth of studying in one night, say : CRAM
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Breakfast items often eaten with spoons : HONEYDEWS
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"Amscray!" : VAMOOSE
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Total : ARE
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"Bad Moon Rising" band, for short : CCR
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Yellowfin tuna : AHI
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OFF! target : TICK
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Ex-senator Bayh : EVAN
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Reply to "Gracias" : DENADA
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Security crises : BREACHES
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Where skaters skate : ONICE
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Where skaters skate : RINKS
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V components : GEESE
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Org. : ASSOC
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Big name in the diamond business? : ALOU
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Set (against) : PIT
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It's often slanted : ROOF
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What [wink wink] may signify : HINT
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___ about (approximately) : ONOR
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Dungeons & Dragons figure : OGRE
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"Dianetics" author ___ Hubbard : LRON
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"Want me to draw you ___?" : AMAP
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Bedews : WETS
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Certain angel : GUARDIAN
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___ school : OLD
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Canonized mlle. : STE
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45, e.g. : DISC
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Western U.S. gas brand : ARCO
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Locale for many a lounge chair : POOLSIDE
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Lounge lizard's look : LEER
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Sasquatch's kin : YETI
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Torpedo : RUIN
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Does some yard work : EDGES
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Pan handler : COOK
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Virginia athlete, informally : CAV
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Get ready : PRIME
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What a texter of ":-(" might be : SAD
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"Xanadu" group, for short : ELO
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"Oh yeah? ___ who?!" : SEZ
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Glimpse : ESPY
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Retainers, e.g. : FEES
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N.B.A. forward Lamar ___ : ODOM
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"Game of Thrones" protagonist ___ Stark : NED
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Father of a grand duke : TSAR
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Word on a cornerstone : ANNO
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Person with a safe job? : YEGG
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Sleepers : PJS
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Run nicely : HUM
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Home of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame : WACO
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Leave thunderstruck : STUN
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Tyrannosaurus rex, archetypally : MEATEATER
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Prepare, as cotton candy : SPIN
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"Wake up and smell the coffee!" : GETACLUE
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Not kosher : TREF
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Cockney greeting : ELLO
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Head turner : REIN
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Cross to bear : ONUS
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Dieter : REDUCER
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Deutsch marks? : UMLAUTS
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Percussion instrument with a pedal : HIHAT
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Afore : ERE
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Wiggle room : LEEWAY
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"Why not?!" : SURE
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Quits, slangily : BAGSIT
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Not stay the same : EVOLVE
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Went back to brunette, say : REDYED
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Make ___ at : APASS
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An Obama girl : SASHA
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Check for fit : TRYON
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Drink with a lizard logo : SOBE
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Slips in pots : IOUS
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Bar car? : LIMO
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Onetime aid in psychotherapy : LSD
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"Bah!" : FIE
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Gardner of "The Barefoot Contessa" : AVA
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Tic-tac-toe winner : OOO

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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