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New York Times, Monday, June 17, 2013

Author:
Johanna Fenimore and Andrea Carla Michaels
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
48-Across : Vehicular antitheft devices
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
77/5/201110/27/20213
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0222100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.662940%
Johanna Fenimore
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866/12/20007/8/202455
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762122300
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
241.6430623%
Andrea Carla Michaels

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Z} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Fenimore. This is puzzle # 38 for Ms. Michaels. Monday freshness: 87%
Constructor notes:

ANDREA:

This is my second collaboration with Johanna Fenimore whom I have still yet to meet face to face. We had a fun add-an-o puzzle Tues 7/5/2011. Now Johanna had come up with a super fun idea of things that "pop up".

We both love puzzles that are visual and peppy. She had PRAIRIEDOG and JACKINTHEBOX (love that J and X) and maybe INTERNETAD. we needed a fourth, as Will felt PINGPONGBALL didn't "pop up" in the same way. It was a bitch coming up with a fourth 12 letter word. I think after a lot of trial and error, Johanna landed upon CARDOORLOCKS! Done!

(If only it were CARDOORLOCKZ we'd have had a pangram!)

I added TOAST at 1-Across and matched it with POPUP as the last word. It was a true collaboration and still so funny that we've never met.

1
T
2
O
3
A
4
S
5
T
6
H
7
A
8
R
9
A
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F
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A
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D
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S
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I
R
A
Q
I
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Y
V
E
S
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I
C
E
T
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V
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R
U
S
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D
I
S
C
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R
I
P
A
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O
G
E
E
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P
R
A
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R
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I
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D
O
G
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A
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R
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A
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D
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G
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S
T
S
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J
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A
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C
K
I
N
T
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H
E
B
O
X
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O
R
O
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O
N
E
A
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E
R
I
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C
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A
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S
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B
L
O
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C
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S
R
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A
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T
A
M
E
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S
O
L
O
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N
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G
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P
V
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T
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S
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L
O
W
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C
A
R
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D
O
O
R
L
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O
C
K
S
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K
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O
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O
K
I
E
R
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C
O
O
T
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N
T
E
R
N
E
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T
A
D
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E
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G
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O
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S
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T
R
E
Y
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A
W
E
D
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S
L
O
A
N
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E
Y
R
E
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D
O
N
O
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A
L
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H
A
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R
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© 2013, The New York Times6/17/13 ( No. 23,232 )
Across
1
Breakfast bread : TOAST
6
___-kiri : HARA
10
Rubik's Cube and troll dolls, once : FADS
14
Baghdad resident : IRAQI
15
Designer Saint Laurent : YVES
16
One-named rapper-turned-actor : ICET
17
Flu cause : VIRUS
18
Frisbee, checker or tiddlywink : DISC
19
Kelly of "Live! With Kelly and Michael" : RIPA
20
Curved molding : OGEE
21
Plains animal that tunnels : PRAIRIEDOG
23
Region : AREA
25
Condensed books : DIGESTS
26
Fast-food rival of Wendy's : JACKINTHEBOX
30
Acapulco gold : ORO
31
Fit for duty, draftwise : ONEA
32
Writer Jong and others : ERICAS
36
Voting group : BLOC
38
Madrid Mrs. : SRA
40
Wild's opposite : TAME
41
"See ya!" : SOLONG
44
Ones under sgts., in the Army : PVTS
47
Fan setting of 1, say : LOW
48
Vehicular antitheft devices : CARDOORLOCKS
51
More nutty : KOOKIER
54
Old geezer : COOT
55
Purchase from Google : INTERNETAD
57
Swelled heads : EGOS
61
Deuce topper, in cards : TREY
62
Dumbstruck : AWED
63
New York's Memorial ___-Kettering hospital : SLOAN
64
Brontë's "Jane ___" : EYRE
65
"First, ___ harm" : DONO
66
Warm 59-Down greeting : ALOHA
67
Senate majority leader Harry : REID
68
Conclusions : ENDS
69
Easy-to-catch hit ... or what 1-, 21-, 26-, 48- and 55-Across all do : POPUP
Down
1
Record for later viewing, in a way : TIVO
2
Not a copy: Abbr. : ORIG
3
Swiss river : AARE
4
Mouse's sound : SQUEAK
5
"___ the season to be jolly" : TIS
6
Infuses with water : HYDRATES
7
Adidas alternative : AVIA
8
Dwell : RESIDE
9
Give credit (to) : ASCRIBE
10
Way out in an emergency : FIREEXIT
11
Tums targets : ACIDS
12
Train station : DEPOT
13
Does' mates : STAGS
21
Ivy League school in Philly : PENN
22
Stravinsky or Sikorsky : IGOR
24
___ de Janeiro : RIO
26
Steve of Apple : JOBS
27
"Alice's Restaurant" singer Guthrie : ARLO
28
Snazzy : COOL
29
Brother of Chico and Groucho : HARPO
33
Class after trig : CALC
34
Run ___ (go wild) : AMOK
35
Puts in stitches : SEWS
37
Nutty : COCKEYED
39
Guacamole ingredients : AVOCADOS
42
Depilatory brand : NAIR
43
Lobbed weapon : GRENADE
45
Trampled (on) : TROD
46
___-mo (instant replay feature) : SLO
49
Tapped, as experience : DREWON
50
Verdi opera : OTELLO
51
Bad-check passer : KITER
52
How a ham sandwich may be prepared : ONRYE
53
Former "S.N.L." comic Cheri : OTERI
56
Take care of, as a garden : TEND
58
Sticky stuff : GOOP
59
Obama's birthplace : OAHU
60
Jacket fastener : SNAP
63
Tree juice : SAP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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