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MAKING PROJECTIONS

New York Times, Sunday, May 31, 2015

Author:
Tom McCoy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Across : Not as exciting
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Tom McCoy

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. McCoy. Sunday freshness: 55%
Notepad: When this puzzle is completed, an apt phrase can be found by starting at the top central letter and reading clockwise.
Tom McCoy notes:
The phrase DROP DOWN MENU was a lifesaver in constructing this puzzle. Every decent grid arrangement I found required a theme answer to end with a U, which was troublesome because U shows ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
PROJECTIONS sticking up from the top of the puzzle and down from the bottom, the projecting letters aptly spelling out SORE THUMB. Stuck out like a sore thumb, indeed! I appreciated ... read more
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T
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A
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C
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O
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T
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E
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A
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C
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H
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P
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I
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L
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L
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S
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A
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R
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F
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A
L
B
U
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M
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W
A
N
D
A
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I
N
D
I
A
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D
E
L
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I
T
S
N
O
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W
O
N
D
E
R
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L
O
F
T
Y
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I
O
U
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T
R
E
S
S
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K
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R
O
N
A
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S
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K
O
R
T
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T
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A
M
E
R
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P
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R
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O
F
I
T
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I
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R
O
N
A
G
E
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C
I
R
C
L
E
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R
A
B
I
D
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R
T
E
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E
N
S
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A
M
O
K
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G
O
T
O
N
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S
U
H
W
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E
E
T
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S
E
M
I
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A
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N
N
U
A
L
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T
O
M
F
O
O
L
E
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R
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Y
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T
R
A
N
S
F
A
T
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C
O
L
O
U
R
S
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N
O
I
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L
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L
T
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S
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E
A
W
O
R
L
D
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S
N
A
P
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A
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N
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D
E
S
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K
E
L
V
I
N
S
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Q
U
A
D
S
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T
O
R
Y
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H
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O
A
R
S
E
N
S
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N
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O
U
N
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O
V
O
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D
E
C
R
I
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D
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V
A
N
I
S
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H
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E
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D
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M
A
P
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L
E
L
E
A
F
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M
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R
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H
O
N
E
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D
E
F
E
A
T
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R
O
O
M
Y
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I
M
A
C
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N
O
V
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N
N
E
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L
A
P
U
P
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S
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T
N
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C
K
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P
A
W
E
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D
A
T
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S
E
N
S
E
I
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T
W
E
E
T
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A
S
N
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R
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R
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E
L
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C
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R
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O
U
E
S
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P
A
M
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A
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L
E
X
A
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H
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I
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B
E
R
N
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T
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I
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O
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N
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A
L
E
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W
I
N
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T
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E
K
E
B
Y
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K
A
S
H
I
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S
S
N
111
S
E
C
T
S
112
R
E
L
A
X
113
T
O
M
B
© 2015, The New York Times5/31/15 ( No. 23,945 )
Across
1
Choco ___ (Klondike treat) : TACO
5
School : TEACH
10
Items that may be labeled SMTWTFS : PILLS
15
Dog sound : ARF
18
Series of numbers? : ALBUM
20
Kurt Vonnegut's "Happy Birthday, ___ June" : WANDA
21
Former part of the British Empire : INDIA
22
Joe Biden's home: Abbr. : DEL
23
"I expected as much" : ITSNOWONDER
25
Towering : LOFTY
26
Letters of obligation : IOU
27
Hair piece : TRESS
28
Currency which, in one denomination, features a portrait of Linnaeus : KRONA
30
Garment for tennis, perhaps : SKORT
32
Not as exciting : TAMER
34
Return from a store : PROFIT
37
When blacksmithing began : IRONAGE
39
Perfect orbit : CIRCLE
40
Fanatical : RABID
41
66, e.g.: Abbr. : RTE
42
Nav. rank : ENS
43
Run ___ : AMOK
44
Boarded : GOTON
45
"Awe-SOME!" : SUHWEET
47
Occurring in March and September, say : SEMIANNUAL
50
Shenanigans : TOMFOOLERY
53
Dietary no-no : TRANSFAT
54
Grey and ochre : COLOURS
55
"There is ___ in team" : NOI
56
Pleasant inflection : LILT
57
Park opened in 1964 : SEAWORLD
59
Easy-peasy task : SNAP
60
Chocolate mint brand with peaks in its logo : ANDES
63
Temperature units : KELVINS
64
Muscles worked by leg presses : QUADS
65
Anti-Revolutionary of 1776 : TORY
66
Gets harsher : HOARSENS
68
An example of itself : NOUN
70
Lacto-___ vegetarian : OVO
71
Condemned : DECRIED
72
Gone : VANISHED
76
Hockey team with a patriotic name : MAPLELEAFS
78
Distraction for many an idle person : SMARTPHONE
80
Bests : DEFEATS
81
Capacious : ROOMY
82
Apple desktop : IMAC
83
National Novel Writing Mo. : NOV
84
Havana-to-Palm Beach dir. : NNE
85
Eagerly accept : LAPUP
86
See 92-Across : STNICK
88
Handled roughly : PAWEDAT
90
Japanese for "teacher" : SENSEI
91
Message to one's followers : TWEET
92
Portrayer of 86-Across in "Elf" : ASNER
93
Artifact : RELIC
95
Rakes : ROUES
97
Cooking spray brand : PAM
98
"The Downeaster '___'" (Billy Joel song) : ALEXA
100
Sleep mode? : HIBERNATION
106
Malt product : ALE
107
Bring home the gold : WINIT
108
Barely manage : EKEBY
109
Breakfast cereal maker : KASHI
110
Hyphenated fig. : SSN
111
Factions : SECTS
112
"It was just a joke!" : RELAX
113
Where writing is on the wall? : TOMB
Down
1
Mai ___ : TAI
2
Bottom-row key : ALT
3
Capt. Kangaroo's network : CBS
4
Peak that's known as "The Great One" : MOUNTMCKINLEY
5
Rare notes : TWOS
6
Crisp bit in a stir-fry : BEANSPROUT
7
Further : AND
8
String after B : CDE
9
Seafood soup base : SHARKFIN
10
Series opener : PILOT
11
Privy to : INON
12
Attraction that operates under its own steam? : OLDFAITHFUL
13
Not in the dark : LIT
14
Authorization : SAYSO
15
Catcher of some waves : RADIOANTENNA
16
Shake-ups in corps. : REORGS
17
Champagne holder : FLUTE
19
Seasonal linguine topper : MOREL
24
"___ even" : WERE
29
Expunge : RID
31
Prepare to tie a shoelace, say : KNEEL
32
Staple of quiz bowls : TIMER
33
Redolence : AROMA
35
Pro ___ : RATA
36
Coin to pay for passage across the River Styx : OBOL
38
Put another way : REWORD
39
Strewn : CAST
41
Fodder for tabloids : RUMORS
44
Little bugger : GNAT
45
Wise ones : SOLONS
46
Daughter of Hyperion : EOS
48
Condition of sale : ASIS
49
TV's "The ___ Today" : NFL
50
Bring, as to a repair shop : TOWIN
51
Thoroughfare : ROAD
52
Dog sounds : YIPS
54
Collapsed, with "in" : CAVED
57
Ends of letters : SERIFS
58
Somebody ___ : ELSES
59
Words below an orange on a license plate : SUNSHINESTATE
60
One of 24 in a glucose molecule : ATOM
61
Bagel topper : NOVA
62
It might contain a list of postal abbreviations : DROPDOWNMENU
63
Something you might get a kick out of? : KARATE
64
Steven Wright's "I intend to live forever. So far, so good," e.g. : QUIP
66
Capital city founded during a gold rush : HELENA
67
Mariana, e.g. : OCEANTRENCH
68
___ a one : NARY
69
What's superior to Lake Superior: Abbr. : ONT
71
Hip-hop's Mos ___ : DEF
72
Hematophagous creature : VAMPIREBAT
73
Buddy : HOMIE
74
Pass : ENACT
75
Hand source : DECK
77
Bank to rely on : LEVEE
78
Soaks (up) : SOPS
79
Pouting expression : MOUE
81
Major stockholder? : RANCHER
83
"m" and "n" : NASALS
85
Hula hoop? : LEI
86
Dumbfound : STUN
87
Small change : TWEAK
88
June honorees : PAPAS
89
Parts, as blinds : DRAWS
90
Blind parts : SLATS
94
Highway number : EXIT
96
Variety of antelope : ORYX
99
Fiction : LIE
101
Old White House moniker : IKE
102
Unit usually seen with the prefix deci- : BEL
103
Equal: Prefix : ISO
104
Big name in current research? : OHM
105
Point of writing? : NIB

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