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TWO TIMES THREE*

New York Times, Sunday, May 13, 2007

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Act of putting into circulation
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Jim Page

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 144 for Mr. Page. Sunday freshness: 54%
Jim Horne notes:

Each theme answer has a repeated trigram. For example, The ScarLET LETter and ShOVE OVEr.

This RegEx can help find them.

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S
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A
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S
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H
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E
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D
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D
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M
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B
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G
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R
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B
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G
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O
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C
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H
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W
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R
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L
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N
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C
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B
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H
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K
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G
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H
E
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L
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P
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M
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B
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T
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G
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F
A
O
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A
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O
U
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E
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L
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M
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L
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L
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P
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S
T
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D
M
A
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A
G
O
A
L
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E
D
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R
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A
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S
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© 2007, The New York Times5/13/7 ( No. 21,005 )
Across
1
Like windows and geishas : SASHED
7
Subject of a David McCullough political biography : ADAMS
12
Copper head? : ABE
15
Staying power : GRIT
19
Chevy introduced in 1958 : IMPALA
20
Time's 1977 Man of the Year : SADAT
21
Strong draft horses : BELGIANS
23
*What someone who looks at Medusa does : TURNSTOSTONE
25
Act of putting into circulation : ISSUANCE
26
Private line : ASIDE
27
"___-La-La" (Al Green hit) : SHA
28
"A Lonely Rage" autobiographer : SEALE
30
"Star Trek" series, to fans : TNG
31
Laws, informally : REGS
32
*1850 American literature classic : THESCARLETLETTER
37
From ___ Z : ATO
39
Suffix with convention : EER
40
Faulkner hero : ANSE
41
Shakespearean question after "How now!" : ARAT
42
*Demonstrate the method : SHOWHOWITSDONE
48
Staying power? : TENURE
50
Bus. card abbr. : TEL
51
Your highness?: Abbr. : ELEV
52
___-mo : SLO
53
Stuffs : SATES
54
Area of authority : REALM
56
It has gutters on each side : LANE
59
"The Lord of the Rings" creature : ENT
61
Mary of "Where Eagles Dare" : URE
62
Cost of time or space : ADFEE
63
Without a break : ONEND
65
Succeed : REPLACE
69
Agnus ___ (Mass prayers) : DEIS
70
*Push aside : SHOVEOVER
73
TV's "___-Team" : THEA
75
Meets, as a challenge : RISESTO
78
Kind of patch : BRIER
79
Received, as a message : HEARD
80
Eydie Gormé's "___ Es el Amor" : ESO
81
Hair-raising cry : EEK
84
Boxer Trinidad : TITO
85
Becker on "L.A. Law" : ARNIE
86
Verve : GUSTO
88
Run down : DIS
90
___ 88 : OLDS
92
State with the fewest counties (three): Abbr. : DEL
93
John who hosted TV's "Talk Soup" : HENSON
94
*Walk in the park, say : SIMPLEPLEASURE
98
"Wouldn't ___ Loverly?" : ITBE
99
House calls? : YEAS
101
Battery size : AAA
102
High-school dept. : ATH
103
*Put at bay : PAINTINTOACORNER
108
Appointees confirmed by Cong. : AMBS
112
Did not go fast? : ATE
113
Film noir, e.g. : GENRE
114
___ Schwarz : FAO
115
"Well, look ___!" : ATYOU
116
"Hamlet" setting : ELSINORE
119
*Miami baseball list : MARLINLINEUP
122
British composer Robert : STEADMAN
123
Have ___ in mind : AGOAL
124
Gertrude who swam the English Channel : EDERLE
125
Not included: Abbr. : ADDL
126
9-1-1 grp. : EMS
127
Percolates : SEEPS
128
They may be light or free : VERSES
Down
1
Relative of a mandolin : SITAR
2
Tickle : AMUSE
3
Cutting : SPRIG
4
It goes back and forth in a workshop : HANDSAW
5
Further : ELSE
6
"Gimme ___!" : DAT
7
"Steady ___ goes" : ASSHE
8
Computer input : DATASET
9
Big flap : ADO
10
Victorian roofs : MANSARDS
11
Leather source : STEER
12
McMurry University site : ABILENE
13
Lays siege to : BESETS
14
Mass transit choices : ELS
15
*Toothless South American animal : GIANTANTEATER
16
Seemed right : RANGTRUE
17
Money rival : INC
18
Bisected fly? : TSE
22
"___ Nacht" (German words of parting) : GUTE
24
Kyrgyzstan city : OSH
29
Support group : ALANON
32
Diligent student, in slang : TOOL
33
These: Fr. : CES
34
Eases off : LETSUP
35
Head set : EARS
36
MapQuest request: Abbr. : RTE
38
English class assignment : THEME
42
Pricey strings : STRAD
43
Attentive one : HEEDER
44
Sainted king called "the Stout" : OLAFII
45
Defeatees' comment : WELOST
46
Son of Cedric the Saxon : IVANHOE
47
Word of encouragement : OLE
49
Banjo-picker Scruggs : EARL
55
*Not so important : LESSESSENTIAL
57
Opposite of paleo- : NEO
58
P.O. item : ENV
60
Place for a star : TREETOP
64
Girl in a gown : DEB
66
"Misty" composer Garner : ERROLL
67
"___ the Magician" (old radio series) : CHANDU
68
More chilling : EERIER
71
Table scrap : ORT
72
Sundial hour : VII
74
Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of ___ Bloch-Bauer I" : ADELE
76
Start of Idaho's motto : ESTO
77
Woody's partner : SOONYI
79
Sets upon : HASAT
82
Kinetoscope inventor : EDISON
83
Mrs. Doonesbury, in the comics : KIM
86
"___ life!" : GETA
87
Fair-minded : UNBIASED
89
Modern and technologically advanced : SPACEAGE
91
Pricey : DEAR
93
Smart : HIP
94
Lush fabrics : SATEENS
95
___-tzu : LAO
96
Deerstalker fold-down : EARFLAP
97
"Boston Legal" Emmy winner : SHATNER
100
Memory trace : ENGRAM
104
Oversee : TEND
105
1980s major-league slugger Tony : ARMAS
106
Accomplishes perfectly, as a dismount : NAILS
107
Lot of time : EON
109
Fort ___, Fla. : MYERS
110
Synthetic gem : BOULE
111
Film extras, for short : SUPES
115
Page, for one : AIDE
116
Conductor ___-Pekka Salonen : ESA
117
Old Ford : LTD
118
East End abode : OME
120
Fish eggs : ROE
121
Pentateuch book: Abbr. : LEV

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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