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THE IN CROWD

New York Times, Sunday, June 14, 2015

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
41-Across : Chemistry unit: Abbr.
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 132, Blocks: 66 Missing: {X} This is puzzle # 102 for Mr. Ross. Sunday freshness: 99%
Randolph Ross notes:
The theme started with IN VESTMENTS. Seemed like a breakup that could lead to some interesting wordplay. I thought there would be plenty like PRIVATE IN VESTMENTS where the IN word could ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Normal phrases using words starting with IN, where the IN is separated out for wacky results. It took me all the way to the bottom before I uncovered my first themer, where I was delighted ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times6/14/15 ( No. 23,959 )
Across
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Theoretically, at least : ONPAPER
8
Social exchanges : CHATS
13
Creator of Stupefyin' Jones : ALCAPP
19
It's said to be "the mother of success" : FAILURE
20
Offshore sight : OILRIG
22
Painted amateurishly : DAUBED
23
Dispute between Loretta Lynch and her co-workers? : FIGHTINJUSTICE
25
1994 movie based on an "S.N.L." character : ITSPAT
26
Nike competitor : AVIA
27
Naval bases? : KEELS
28
B'way buy : TKT
29
Manila moolah : PESOS
30
Words before "Be" and "Go" in two hit songs : LETIT
32
Option for a non-grad : GED
33
Fowl pole? : ROOST
35
Rank above bey : PASHA
37
Army V.I.P. at a military parade? : GENERALINFORMATION
41
Chemistry unit: Abbr. : MOL
44
System starter? : ECO
45
Early times, for short : AMS
46
"Voulez-___" ("Mamma Mia!" song) : VOUS
47
Deck (out) : TOG
48
Smartest one to consider a case? : BRAININJURY
52
Ballet jumps : JETES
53
Suffix with Manhattan : ITE
54
Dreamboat : ADONIS
55
Org. that regulates arsenic and asbestos : EPA
56
Oscar Wilde poem "The Garden of ___" : EROS
57
Say for sure : AVER
58
"It brings tears to my eyes" : SOSAD
59
Loafer, e.g. : SLIPON
62
Winter coats : ULSTERS
64
Municipal building located where major roads intersect? : COURTINJUNCTION
68
The same as : EQUALTO
71
Empty ___ : NESTER
72
One fry short of a Happy Meal : LOOPY
76
Sally ___ (sweet bun) : LUNN
77
Letter from the teacher : MARK
79
Religious title : FRA
80
Became enamored with : TOOKTO
81
Dorm V.I.P.s : RAS
82
Sprays, with "down" : HOSES
83
Nun for the defense? : SISTERINLAW
85
Sch. in Norfolk, Va. : ODU
86
Abbr. on a town's welcome sign : ESTD
87
Dead-on : APT
88
Attention getters : YOS
89
Dummkopf : ASS
90
G.I. dressed like a priest? : PRIVATEINVESTMENTS
96
Exposed : OUTED
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Not look forward to at all : DREAD
98
Play ___ with (harm) : HOB
99
Standard deviation symbol : SIGMA
103
Desiccate : PARCH
105
Where It.'s at : EUR
106
Truman's Missouri birthplace : LAMAR
108
Third-class : POOR
109
Dick ___, Pro Football Hall of Fame coach who popularized the zone blitz : LEBEAU
110
Felon at a campground? : CRIMINALINTENT
113
Least active : IDLEST
114
In the future : TOCOME
115
New parent's purchase : LAYETTE
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Early online forum : USENET
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Night lights : NEONS
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Lowlifes : SLEAZES
Down
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Slaughterhouse scraps : OFFAL
2
Green : NAIVE
3
Live in squalor, informally : PIGIT
4
Secretary of state after Ed Muskie : ALHAIG
5
Wall Street order : PUT
6
Tenor in "The Flying Dutchman" : ERIK
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Back away from : RENEGEON
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Might have, informally : COULDA
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Blow off steam? : HISS
10
Flight stat. : ALT
11
Spiral seashells : TRITONS
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Fed up with : SICKOF
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Go for ___ (swim) : ADIP
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It might allow a student to avoid detention : LATEPASS
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Vituperate, informally : CUSSAT
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Best blood type for a transfusion recipient : ABPOSITIVE
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Toy blowgun : PEASHOOTER
18
Summer hours in L.A. : PDT
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Recovers from : GETSOVER
24
Raspberry : JEER
31
Any member of One Direction : TEENIDOL
33
Frost-covered : RIMY
34
Bring forward : TROTOUT
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Ticks off : ANGERS
38
Most-watched TV series of 2012-13 : NCIS
39
"S.N.L." castmate of John, Dan and Gilda : LARAINE
40
Breakfast cereal : MUESLI
41
Degs. for future financiers : MBAS
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Great Seal word : ORDO
43
Landlocked Asian land : LAOS
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How most Campbell's soup comes : INACAN
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Kid : JEST
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Satellite connections : UPLINKS
52
Longtime reality TV family on the E! channel : JENNERS
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When there's "darkness" in a classic Arthur Koestler novel : ATNOON
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Sleepers, for short : PJS
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Closet collection : OUTFITS
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Featured musicians : SOLOISTS
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Maximum : UTMOST
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Like some peanuts and celebrities : ROASTED
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Political suffix : CRAT
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Cheap smoke, in slang : ELROPO
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Most mammals : QUADRUPEDS
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Not appropriate : UNSUITABLE
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Home of Broken Arrow and Broken Bow: Abbr. : OKLA
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Mom-and-pop orgs. : PTAS
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Pained plaints : YOWS
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Follow-up to a cross-examination : REDIRECT
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1982 Disney film : TRON
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Nut job : HEADCASE
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Earned a citation, maybe : SPED
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Watches : EYEBALLS
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It's a sin : AVARICE
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Tony winner for "Pippin" : VEREEN
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One making cell transmissions : NEURON
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Macbeth and Macduff : THANES
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Where to see a van Gogh in N.Y.C. : MOMA
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What many English do in the afternoon : SIPTEA
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Bernhard ___, so-called "Subway Vigilante" of 1984 : GOETZ
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Con game : MONTE
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Song and dance, in Seville : ARTES
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Jabba, for one, in "Star Wars" : HUTT
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Portray : LIMN
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Unit of currency for some oil : RIAL
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Lucy of TV's "Elementary" : LIU
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___ shu pork : MOO
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Science advocate Bill : NYE

Answer summary:
11 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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