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TRAPPED MOISTURE

New York Times, Sunday, May 8, 2016

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
108-Across : Oceans?
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 72 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 167 for Mr. Kahn. Sunday freshness: 30%
David J. Kahn notes:

This type of rebus puzzle has been done more frequently in the last few years but the goal here was to make the Across themed clues and answers funny. The original working title of the puzzle was actually "Aqueous Humor".

Jeff Chen notes:
David uses WATER in one direction to form kooky theme phrases, and HHO (a representation of H20) in normal crossing entries. As a whole, the themers weren't quite kooky enough for my ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Finn Vigeland used a similar gimmick in 2013.

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© 2016, The New York Times5/8/16 ( No. 24,288 )
Across
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Wise ones : SAGES
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Suffered from : HAD
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Opened a bit : AJAR
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Presto : FAST
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Central courts : ATRIA
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Dentist's request : BITE
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"O.K., I'm game" : SURE
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Lock opener? : INTER
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Like some statements : SWORN
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City in "Slumdog Millionaire" : AGRA
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Tricky start to a tennis rally : SLICESERVE
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Spoke hesitatingly : HAWED
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Advice to captains plagued by pirates? : CHANGEYOURWATERWAYS
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Slyness : ART
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When repeated, toy on a track : CHOO
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Double-crosser : RAT
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The Dixie Chicks, e.g. : TRIO
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Sweaty : WET
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Direction taken by a large pipe? : WATERMAINCOURSE
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Give the once-over : SKIM
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Class taken for kicks? : KARATE
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Propose tentatively, with "out" : TOSS
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Impress, and then some : WOW
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Musical ___ : SCALE
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Segment of the 47-Across : REMI
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Bibbled : DRANK
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"Ta-da!" : DIDIT
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How many a medical problem ends? : ITIS
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With 36-Down, New England college town : ORONO
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Santa ___, Calif. : ANA
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Beethoven's "Kreutzer," for one : SONATA
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Fraction of time: Abbr. : NSEC
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Very small distinction : FINELINE
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Container to keep a canine cool? : DOGGYWATERBAG
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Timeout sign : TEE
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Magazine with an annual "500" list : INC
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C.I.A. concern : MOLES
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Noggin : NOB
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Part of Pres. Monroe's signature : JAS
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Telegrams sent by those in trouble? : HOTWATERWIRES
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Handyman's accessory : TOOLBELT
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Mediocre : SOSO
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Out of business : RUINED
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Nonstandard: Abbr. : IRR
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"That smarts!" : YOWIE
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Help badly? : ABET
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Country music's K. T. ___ : OSLIN
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Pay "tribute" to, as a comedian : ROAST
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"You ___ Seen Nothing Yet" (1974 #1 hit) : AINT
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1982 coming-of-age movie : DINER
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Dark time for poets : EEN
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Clinched, with "up" : SEWN
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Things held, in a saying : HORSES
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Musical curve : SLUR
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Conservative's opinion of the Republican presidential candidates? : GOODASGOLDWATER
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Give the once-over : EYE
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Expanses of H2O : SEAS
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"I need a sweater in here!" : BRR
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French suffix that's an anagram of 4-Down : IERE
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Chocolate ___ : LAB
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With 45-Down, jazz singer who worked with Woody Herman : ANITA
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1961 movie featuring Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats : THEHUSTLER
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Within bounds : FAIR
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Djokovic rival : NADAL
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Canadian rowdy : HOSER
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One of the Saarinens : EERO
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___ weight : TROY
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Actress Patricia and others : NEALS
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Animals in un zoológico : OSOS
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Reddish-brown : ROAN
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Chamber worker: Abbr. : SEN
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Safe places : ASYLA
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One of the Obamas : SASHA
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Battling it out : ATWAR
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Somatotropin, e.g. : GROWTHHORMONE
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Samuel Beckett's homeland : EIRE
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Desert feline : SANDCAT
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Very powerful : HIGHOCTANE
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Gillette product : ATRA
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1960s secretary of state : DEANRUSK
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Real estate and the like : ASSETS
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Hot time : JULY
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Running rampant : ARIOT
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Come back : RECUR
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Bait holders : FISHHOOKS
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From the start : ANEW
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Tatamis, e.g. : STRAWMATS
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Milkman made famous by Zero Mostel : TEVYE
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Burger topper : BACON
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Pause : REST
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Dwarf planet more massive than Pluto : ERIS
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Long-jawed fishes : GARS
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Rushed : HIED
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See 56-Across : MAINE
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Chaplin of "Game of Thrones" : OONA
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"Dallas" family : EWINGS
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Sugar coating? : ICING
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Longtime "60 Minutes" reporter : KROFT
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High retreat : AERIE
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See 112-Across : ODAY
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How excellent students graduate : WITHHONORS
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Be prone : LIE
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Mac key : ESC
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Home on the range : RANCHHOUSE
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Venetian dignitaries of old : DOGES
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Proscribed : TABOO
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Some of this, some of that : OLIO
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Like clogs, say : SOLED
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Prelude : INTRO
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Poet Mark Van ___ : DOREN
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In a masterly manner : ABLY
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Taking a dig at? : MINING
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Passover, e.g. : JEWISHHOLIDAY
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Garment cut : ALINE
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Leaves alone, in a way : STETS
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Trump International, e.g. : HOTEL
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Magician's skill : WILE
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Go from male to female or vice versa : TRANSITION
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Cooperative leaders? : BOARD
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In a blue state : SAD
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Tokyo wrap : OBI
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Beyond comprehension : SENSELESS
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Setting for "The Music Man" : IOWA
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Second and third versions : REDRAFTS
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Marvel Comics hero : THOR
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Causes of congestion : RUSHHOURS
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Ticked : SORE
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David Mamet play : OLEANNA
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Some vintage autos : REOS
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Second-largest moon of Uranus : OBERON
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Designer of Spain's Guggenheim Museum : GEHRY
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Tallinn native : ESTH
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Google rival : YAHOO
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Following : AFTER
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Fifth-century pontiff : STLEO
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The tiniest bit : ATALL
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Model wood : BALSA
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Baseball executive Epstein : THEO
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Olympian deity : HERA
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Tag in some dictionary definitions : RARE
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Dundee disavowals : NAES

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

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