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New York Times, Sunday, May 3, 2015

Author:
Dan Schoenholz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
43-Across : Took over
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Dan Schoenholz

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {J} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Schoenholz. Sunday freshness: 78%
Dan Schoenholz notes:
Drop-a-letter and add-a-letter themes have been done so often that it's tough to get traction with editors for this type of puzzle. Consequently, I don't construct many of them. I made the ... read more
Jill Denny notes:
A tidy Sunday grid with an eat theme. Er, rather, a neat theme. Ow, we're cooking with gas! Drop-a-letter themes are common enough, so the burden is on the constructor to choose clever, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:

Even with his crossword-friendly vowel/consonant alternation, Milton OBOTE is vastly outnumbered by Idi AMIN in terms of Shortz-era appearances, at a score of 7 to 44. If only he had changed his name to BOTE. Or TESS.

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B
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A
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K
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H
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R
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A
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R
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O
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B
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A
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K
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F
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T
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C
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M
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A
M
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K
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D
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C
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C
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B
A
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D
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E
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A
R
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H
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E
A
R
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B
A
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A
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N
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P
O
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A
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D
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Z
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O
R
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A
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C
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U
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E
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S
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T
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Y
A
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E
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P
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C
O
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T
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G
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I
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C
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A
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C
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A
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G
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P
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B
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M
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C
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W
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B
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S
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N
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C
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M
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N
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B
H
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P
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T
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R
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T
R
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N
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M
I
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A
L
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V
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N
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W
C
A
T
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T
E
A
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C
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118
D
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119
O
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120
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© 2015, The New York Times5/3/15 ( No. 23,917 )
Across
1
Schnozzolas : BEAKS
6
More reserved : SHYER
11
Mali, mostly : SAHARA
17
Variety of primrose : OXLIP
18
New York Giants founder who's in the Pro Football Hall of Fame : TIMMARA
20
Jacks or better, say, in poker : OPENERS
22
Philadelphia's ___ Ross Bridge : BETSY
23
Arctic hideaway? : ANOOKOFTHENORTH
25
Take for a ride : SCAM
26
Higgledy-piggledy : AMOK
27
Nonviolent protests : SITINS
28
Mother of Hermes : MAIA
29
Strikes : REDLINES
32
R&B's Peniston : CECE
33
Restrained : BATED
34
Neck-stretching yoga position? : EARTOONESHEART
37
Haymakers? : BALERS
38
Constellation next to Scorpius : ARA
39
Hound : NAG
40
Many a candidate, briefly : POL
41
Hersey novel setting : ADANO
43
Took over : SEIZED
45
Big win for a prominent TV financial adviser? : ORMANCONQUEST
51
Where Bill and Hillary Clinton met, briefly : YALEU
52
___ Domenici, longtime New Mexico senator : PETE
54
Benefit offsetter : COST
55
Old carrier name : USAIR
56
___ score (newborn health measure) : APGAR
58
Original Beatles bassist Sutcliffe : STU
59
Padre's hermano : TIO
61
Something a GPS recalculates: Abbr. : RTE
62
Monk's hood : COWL
65
Like makers of one-way street signs? : ARROWMINDED
69
High point : APEX
70
Exclamation accented on the second syllable : AHA
71
Entry-level position, for short? : CPA
72
High-level, as a farm team : AAA
73
Bit of folk wisdom : ADAGE
75
Parts of a kingdom : PHYLA
77
Thai money : BAHT
79
Certain bond, for short : MUNI
81
Hardly Mr. Right : CREEP
85
Environmentalists' concern in northern France? : OISEPOLLUTION
88
Classic joke target : BLONDE
89
Either half of a diphthong : VOWEL
90
1970s sitcom production co. : MTM
91
Eminem producer, informally : DRE
92
Dead end? : DEE
93
Descendant of a son of Noah : HAMITE
96
Igloo, e.g.? : ICEPIECEOFWORK
101
Milton who led Uganda to independence : OBOTE
102
"The race ___!" : ISON
103
Melees : FRACASES
104
State that borders three Can. provinces : MONT
105
Locale of a 1984 industrial disaster : BHOPAL
107
Shuffle, e.g. : IPOD
108
Lend, slangily : SPOT
111
One sending money from France or Germany? : EUROTRANSMITTER
114
Bayer brand : ALEVE
115
Winter vehicle : SNOWCAT
116
Sneak previews : TEASERS
117
Roman harvest goddess : CERES
118
Completely strip : DENUDE
119
Starting words of some 120-Across : OLORD
120
See 119-Across : HYMNS
Down
1
Some haircuts : BOBS
2
C.O.O., e.g. : EXEC
3
Communion spot : ALTARRAIL
4
Fate : KISMET
5
Sleeper, maybe : SPY
6
Takes part in a joint session? : SMOKESPOT
7
Kaiser, e.g., for short : HMO
8
Jabbers : YAKS
9
Beethoven's Third : EROICA
10
Whitewater enthusiast : RAFTER
11
Herr's heirs? : SOHNE
12
Humans' cousins : APES
13
Brooder : HEN
14
Irregular : ANOMALOUS
15
Adjust at Moody's, say : RERATE
16
Not so conventional : ARTIER
18
Petruchio's task vis-à-vis Katharina : TAMING
19
___ sense : INONE
21
Herring relatives : SHADS
24
Mini mints : TICTACS
26
Take ___ off : ALOAD
30
Beautified : DONEUP
31
Sandpiper's domain : SHORE
33
Whom the witches deem "lesser than Macbeth, and greater" : BANQUO
34
"Hold on there, cowboy!" : EASY
35
Domain : AREA
36
American ___ : ELM
37
Shut out : BAN
42
Epitome of attention to detail : DOTTEDI
44
Passion : ZEAL
46
Opening on Broadway : ACTI
47
One might appear next to an article : NOUN
48
Tombstone figure : EARP
49
Something in a bookmarks tab : SITE
50
Image in the "Jurassic Park" logo, familiarly : TREX
52
"The Prodigal Son," for one : PARABLE
53
Screw up : ERR
57
Feature of the Nixon tapes : GAP
58
Wee, in Dundee : SMA
60
First lady McKinley : IDA
62
Guitar accessory : CAPO
63
"What a surprise to run into you!" : OHHI
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Means : WAYS
66
Island that may have an apostrophe in its name : OAHU
67
Light amount? : WATT
68
Martial arts level : DAN
69
Plane-related : AERO
71
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" novelist : CAPOTE
74
Heads of staff? : GCLEFS
76
Archetypal postwar suburb : LEVITTOWN
78
___ Janney, four-time "West Wing" Emmy winner : ALLISON
79
Theme : MOTIF
80
Coming from out of nowhere, as an insult : UNMERITED
82
Nourishment for a plant embryo : ENDOSPERM
83
Hessian river : EDER
84
Hide-and-seek no-no : PEEK
86
Be behind : OWE
87
Angel's opposite : IMP
88
Overarching : BROAD
91
Looks inside a house : DECORS
93
Subjects of some loans : HOMES
94
Teem : ABOUND
95
"The Prince and the Showgirl" co-star, 1957 : MONROE
97
Admits : COPSTO
98
Canine protector : ENAMEL
99
Bit of monkey business : CAPER
100
John who founded Methodism : WESLEY
102
"___ to break the news ..." : IHATE
105
Little nail : BRAD
106
Chinese dynasty of a thousand years ago : LIAO
109
___-ready : OVEN
110
Hardy heroine : TESS
112
The Horned Frogs of the Big 12 Conf. : TCU
113
Original Dungeons & Dragons game co. : TSR
114
Berlin cry : ACH

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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