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LITERARY CIRCLES

New York Times, Sunday, May 10, 2015

Author:
Jacob Stulberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Jacob Stulberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 80 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Stulberg. Sunday freshness: 78%
Jacob Stulberg notes:
Shortly after I taught "The Locust Tree in Flower" to a class of undergraduates, it crossed my mind that Williams' thirteen one-word lines might be a good fit for a 15x15 crossword grid. ... read more
Jill Denny notes:
First question: did you know the poem? I didn't. William Carlos Williams is familiar to me — his short story "The Girl With The Pimply Face" contains one of my favorite lines* — but I ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

My kind of puzzle — a fun NORWAY fact, a reference to a great Mike Leigh film, and a poem.

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© 2015, The New York Times5/10/15 ( No. 23,924 )
Across
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Theater purchase: Abbr. : TKT
4
Fertility doctor's focus : OVUM
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Little sucker? : VAC
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Mountain-to-mountain transport : ROPEWAY
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Sch. with a Manchester campus : UNH
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Apple product : NANO
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Fail to grant, in court : DENY
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Showed humility : ATEDIRT
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"Spoon River Anthology" poet Edgar ___ Masters : LEE
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California's Rancho ___ : CUCAMONGA
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Appeared amazed : GOGGLED
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Tattler's threat : ILLTELL
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At a high rate : OFTEN
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"___ Folks," Charles Schulz's first strip : LIL
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Scheme : PLOY
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Visibly sad : TEARFUL
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Making environmentally friendly : GREENING
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No. expert : CPA
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One in a jungle trail : ANT
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Walk with swaying hips : ROLLINGGAIT
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Arduous : GRUELING
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Relative of a Great Dane : MASTIFF
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6 letters? : MNO
48
Like cars in a used car lot : RESOLD
49
Source of feta cheese : EWE
51
Prominent parts : SALIENCES
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Put-on : ACT
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Clinton secretary of state : ALBRIGHT
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Ingratiate : ENDEAR
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Like the American pronunciation of many Polish names : BUTCHERED
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7 1/2-foot Ming : YAO
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Item extending over a gunwale : OAR
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"Sesame Street" subjs. : RRR
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An airbag can prevent it : BROKENRIB
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Fixer-upper's need, for short : TLC
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Counterpart of Aurora : EOS
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Good part of a record : WIN
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Diverge : BRANCHOFF
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Look good on : BECOME
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Citizen : NATIONAL
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Camera option, for short : SLR
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She's courted in "The Courtship of Miles Standish" : PRISCILLA
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Shipping unit: Abbr. : CTN
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Country that's won the most medals in the history of the Winter Olympics : NORWAY
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+ or - thing : ION
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How-to aid : DIAGRAM
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Kind of omelet : EGGWHITE
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1990 Mike Leigh comedy/drama : LIFEISSWEET
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Maven : PRO
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First word of Dante's "Inferno" : NEL
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"E.T." boy and others : ELLIOTTS
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"Would you let me take a look?" : MAYISEE
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Plagues : ILLS
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Funny : ODD
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Coffee mate? : DONUT
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Lady in "Lady and the Tramp," e.g. : SPANIEL
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Fix, as a braid : REWEAVE
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From the top : OVERAGAIN
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Battery size : AAA
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Put forth : EXERTED
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107-Down subject : RENT
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Org. concerned with toy safety : SPCA
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___ Search (Bing forerunner) : MSN
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Renaissance fair wear : CORSETS
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Put on : ADD
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Road ___ : TEST
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Where costumes are worn : SET
Down
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Dutch pot contents : TULIP
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Toll : KNELL
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1935 poem with one word per line ... as spelled out by this puzzle's circled letters : THELOCUSTTREEINFLOWER
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Start of a reminiscence : ONCE
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Where bills may accumulate : VAULT
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Sullied : UNCLEAN
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Extinct wingless bird : MOA
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California's ___ Freeway : VENTURA
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Common pizzeria name : ANGELOS
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Blue shade : CYAN
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Piece of Tin Pan Alley music : RAG
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Midwest tribe : OTO
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Ahab, e.g. : PEGLEG
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Decorative border : EDGING
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Writer of 3-Down : WILLIAMCARLOSWILLIAMS
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Exist : ARE
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Pay stub abbr. : YTD
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Remove, in a way : DOFF
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Mad magazine cartoonist Drucker : MORT
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Like about 45% of human blood : TYPEO
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Internet troll, intentionally : ANGERER
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Cells that protect neurons : GLIA
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Ransack : RIFLE
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In conclusion: Fr. : ENFIN
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Levi's Stadium athlete, informally : NINER
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Some Pontiacs : GTOS
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One who's much praised : ALLAH
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Capt.'s inferiors : LTS
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Clutch : GRAB
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Cause déjà vu, perhaps : RECUR
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___ talk : IDLE
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"Family Guy" daughter : MEG
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Certain heiress : WIDOW
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___ Period, 1603-1868 : EDO
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"___ Arizona Skies" (John Wayne movie) : NEATH
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"Just a minute," in texts : BRB
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Cousin of an aardwolf : HYENA
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Army Rangers beret color : TAN
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Branded footwear : CROCS
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Circle : ORBIT
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Cousins : KIN
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Ones whose work is decreasing? : IRONERS
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Severe penalty : BAN
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Harp's home key : CFLAT
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Liberal arts subj. : SOC
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Da ___, Vietnam : NANG
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Fright wig wearer : CLOWN
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Comic impressionist David : FRYE
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Lie in the hot sun : BROIL
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Thick : MIDST
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Group mailing tool : ELIST
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"31 Days of Oscar" network : TCM
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Mound : PILE
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Code contents : LAWS
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Barrier to some websites : AGE
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River through Deutschland : RHEIN
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What a cousin can be twice : REMOVED
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Done : ATANEND
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Flips : GOESAPE
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What may make you duck down? : EIDERS
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Certain salt : IODATE
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Falafel holder : PITA
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Steppes dwelling : YURT
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"Beowulf" and others : EPICS
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It might have an escalator : LEASE
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Bias : SLANT
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Artist Maar depicted in Picasso's "The Weeping Woman" : DORA
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MCAT topic: Abbr. : ANAT
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___ room : REC
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Intro to biology? : EXO
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Screen : VET
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Lib. listings : EDS
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Astronomer's std. : GST

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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