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PROVING THEM WRONG

New York Times, Sunday, June 3, 2018

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
118-Across : Encountered
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 78 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 179 for Mr. Kahn. Sunday freshness: 3%
David J. Kahn notes:
After I thought of this theme, I started looking at all pro sports teams where an "I" appears exactly once in both the first and second name. I wound up using only baseball teams because ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
David PROVING THEM WRONG today, showing that plenty of teams have Is. Although I've seen plenty of crosswords based around THERES NO I IN TEAM — perfect for a revealer at 15 letters! — I ... read more
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C
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O
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W
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I
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N
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E
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R
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T
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T
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E
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A
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M
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O
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V
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A
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N
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U
R
I
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D
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R
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U
N
D
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S
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T
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N
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O
V
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G
E
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B
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L
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M
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S
T
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W
S
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V
A
D
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A
T
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O
I
L
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D
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I
O
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R
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S
E
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L
L
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M
A
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T
R
A
S
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H
Y
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A
E
S
O
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P
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D
E
E
D
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S
H
O
A
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L
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U
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S
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A
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G
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S
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A
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R
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K
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N
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A
T
I
O
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A
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L
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S
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S
P
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A
L
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V
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A
G
E
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T
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T
O
O
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K
T
U
R
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S
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C
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H
I
D
E
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B
O
R
G
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F
E
N
N
E
L
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C
H
O
S
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N
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T
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H
E
R
E
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N
O
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I
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M
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A
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T
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W
O
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U
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C
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L
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E
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T
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T
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A
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F
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D
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C
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A
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R
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D
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L
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A
S
H
E
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A
L
I
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M
A
J
O
R
S
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N
O
C
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O
N
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T
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R
E
M
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S
O
L
A
C
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A
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T
A
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A
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R
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D
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R
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A
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W
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L
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R
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T
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A
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L
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E
R
I
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P
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D
A
M
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A
W
A
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T
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T
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E
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F
A
N
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A
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A
S
W
A
N
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M
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E
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S
O
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A
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E
R
O
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I
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O
N
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O
L
D
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O
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E
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C
O
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D
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R
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N
I
N
T
O
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L
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S
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© 2018, The New York Times6/3/18 ( No. 25,044 )
Across
1
Overawe : COW
4
Things falling out of Vogue? : INSERTS
11
Words to a Spanish sweetheart : TEAMO
16
Mover, but not a shaker (one hopes) : VAN
19
Atlantic 10 Conf. school : URI
20
Where techno music originated : DETROIT
21
Belly : UNDERSIDE
23
Camelhair color : TAN
24
Surplus : OVERAGE
25
Where the Sun shines? : BALTIMORE
26
Doesn't let it go : STEWS
28
"Star Wars" name : VADER
29
Got into a mess? : ATE
30
Pie-eyed : OILED
31
Wee bit : IOTA
32
Call it a day ... or a career : RETIRE
33
Sunday delivery: Abbr. : SER
34
Woolly ruminant : LLAMA
35
Very lowbrow : TRASHY
37
Fabulous fabulist : AESOP
39
Achievement : DEED
40
Riverboat hazard : SHOAL
42
Linguists' interests : USAGES
46
Boat that landed on 94-Down : ARK
49
Final, countrywide competition : NATIONALS
53
___ tap : SPINAL
54
Go (for) : VIE
55
Salary negotiator : AGENT
56
Alternated : TOOKTURNS
58
Dress down : CHIDE
60
Winner of 11 Grand Slam tennis titles : BORG
61
Common seasoning for Italian sausage : FENNEL
62
Elected : CHOSEN
63
Sports axiom refuted by this puzzle : THERESNOIINTEAM
69
"The Handmaid's Tale" author : ATWOOD
72
Not with it : UNCOOL
73
Place in a 1969 western : ETTA
77
Serious devotee : FIEND
78
Papal conclave members : CARDINALS
82
Ghostly : ASHEN
83
He said "It's not bragging if you can back it up" : ALI
84
Group with five members in this puzzle, with "the" : MAJORS
85
Court plea : NOCONTEST
87
Sleep stage : REM
88
Relief : SOLACE
89
Play the part of : ACTAS
90
Father of Phobos, the god of fear : ARES
92
Sound of the South : DRAWL
97
Liability of note? : TINEAR
100
Swagger : STRUT
102
___ Minella (Muppet monkey) : SAL
105
City ENE of Cleveland, O. : ERIEPA
107
Lady's title : DAME
108
Anticipate : AWAIT
109
Ball bearer : TEE
110
Fruit soda brand : FANTA
111
Temple of Isis site : ASWAN
112
Where General Mills is headquartered : MINNESOTA
114
Bank trouble? : EROSION
116
Dated : OLD
117
"Be there in a jiffy!" : ONESECOND
118
Encountered : RANINTO
119
Not be straight : LIE
120
Cold War-era inits. : SSR
121
Eppie's adoptive father, in a George Eliot novel : SILAS
122
Suffragist Elizabeth Cady ___ : STANTON
123
Not opposin' : FER
Down
1
Is up to the task : CUTSIT
2
Winston Churchill, notably : ORATOR
3
One concerned with aging? : WINETASTER
4
Wedding pair : IDOS
5
State since 1864: Abbr. : NEV
6
McQueen or King : STEVE
7
Things that corrections correct : ERRATA
8
Tour hiree : ROADIE
9
Aggressive types : TIGERS
10
Typical intro? : STEREO
11
Heavy winds : TUBAS
12
Maternally related : ENATE
13
Colleague of Freud : ADLER
14
Encountered : MET
15
Relatives of bobolinks : ORIOLES
16
Only African-American to win an Oscar, Tony and Emmy for acting : VIOLADAVIS
17
Relevant, legally : ADREM
18
With 47-Down, driver's question : NEEDA
22
"Say cheese!" : SMILE
27
County name in 30 states : WASHINGTON
32
House speaker after Boehner : RYAN
36
Sidesplitter : HOOT
38
___ platter : PUPU
39
"Runaway" singer Shannon, 1961 : DEL
41
"I'm off" : LATER
43
"My dear man" : SIR
44
Novelist Patchett : ANN
45
Fastball, in baseball slang : GAS
47
See 18-Down : RIDE
48
Sharp : KEEN
49
Pick up : NAB
50
Back : AGO
51
Unaccompanied : LONE
52
Company name ender after "&" : SONS
53
First U.S. city to host the Olympics : STLOUIS
57
"Baseball" documentarian Burns : KEN
58
Half a step? : CHA
59
What ballplayers look forward to after playing on the road : HOMESTANDS
61
Sustained : FED
62
Cartoon collectible : CEL
64
Mortar carrier : HOD
65
Hampton ___ : INN
66
Words of confidence : ICAN
67
Court plea, briefly : NOLO
68
Opera set in 1800 Rome : TOSCA
69
Not even close? : AFAR
70
Floor piece : TILE
71
German hunting dog : WEIMARANER
74
1904 Jack London novel : THESEAWOLF
75
Your, to Yves : TES
76
Caste member : ANT
78
State with five teams in the 84-Across: Abbr. : CAL
79
Double-platinum album for Steely Dan : AJA
80
Mythological bird : ROC
81
Harriet Beecher Stowe novel subtitled "A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp" : DRED
82
Lining up against : ANTI
84
Ways of doing things, for short : MOS
86
Numerical prefix : OCTA
88
Parlor pieces : SETTEES
91
Bankrupts : RUINS
93
Points (to) : REFERS
94
See 46-Across : ARARAT
95
Actress Ryder : WINONA
96
Admits : LETSIN
98
Charlotte ___ (Caribbean capital) : AMALIE
99
Proffer : RENDER
100
Greek island where Pythagoras and Epicurus were born : SAMOS
101
Delivery that's usually expected : TWINS
102
Prop for a lion tamer : STOOL
103
Insurance giant : AETNA
104
Some calls on a police hotline : LEADS
106
Kind of chips you shouldn't eat : PAINT
111
Before being outed, for short : ANON
113
H.S. study : SCI
115
Native Oklahoman : OTO

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

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