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MAKE THAT A DOUBLE

New York Times, Sunday, July 31, 2016

Author:
Ruth Bloomfield Margolin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
76-Across : Playful
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Ruth B. Margolin

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 68 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Margolin. Sunday freshness: 93%
Ruth B. Margolin notes:
I was first introduced to crossword puzzles in college when my friends and I would attempt to solve the NYTimes Sunday puzzle collaboratively, lingering over Sunday brunch in the dining ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Ruth's Sunday debut! KEEP IT TOGETHER gives us a rationale for a rebus puzzle smashing I and T together, and the title, MAKE THAT A DOUBLE, tells us that each themer has two IT rebuses. ... read more
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T
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G
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© 2016, The New York Times7/31/16 ( No. 24,372 )
Across
1
What an urgent message may be in : ALLCAPS
8
Person in handcuffs, for short : PERP
12
The Fonz, for one : GREASER
19
Dish site, maybe : ROOFTOP
20
Leaf : FOLIO
21
Stuffed, in Mexican cuisine : RELLENO
22
Flip-flop : SWITCHPOSITIONS
24
Puts on : AFFECTS
25
Times for many Tours tours : ETES
26
Holds up : ROBS
27
Juniors : SONS
29
Mentalist Geller : URI
30
___ Tamid (synagogue lamp) : NER
31
Question asked at the cash register : CREDITORDEBIT
35
Match : AGREE
37
Drink with mint or lemon : ICETEA
39
Ed of "Up" : ASNER
40
See 46-Across : RECRUITER
42
Persistent : CHRONIC
44
It may require a password : WIFI
46
With 40-Across, visitor on high-school career day : ARMY
47
Spot for a shopping list : MEMOPAD
51
Collect : REAP
53
Some email attachments : PDFS
56
Travis who sang "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" : TRITT
59
Occasion to learn a secret handshake : INITIATIONRITE
63
Opposite of fast : EAT
64
Man of morals : AESOP
66
Blackening : TARRING
67
Tangle of hair : MAT
68
Spot for vaccinations, for short? : PSA
69
Chest organs : THYMUSES
71
Q neighbors : RST
72
Knock unconscious : COLDCOCK
74
Q neighbor : TAB
75
Apartment ad abbr. : RMS
76
Playful : JOCULAR
78
Q preceder, in song : SUSIE
79
Passing note? : OBIT
80
83
Romance writers' awards : RITAS
84
___ buco : OSSO
86
"Amazing Grace" verse ender : ISEE
87
Bush campaigns? : SAFARIS
89
Ho-hum response : YAWN
91
Pet cause, in brief : SPCA
94
French city known for its porcelain : LIMOGES
98
Laugh uproariously : BUSTAGUT
101
Powerhouse in women's b-ball : UCONN
105
"... or I quit!," e.g. : THREAT
106
Trophies for Tiger Woods and LeBron James : ESPYS
107
Way to get to know a father in law? : PATERNITYSUIT
110
Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Cyclones : ISU
111
King of Portugal : REI
112
Regarding : ASTO
113
Actor Bremner of "Black Hawk Down" : EWEN
114
One side of the Bosporus strait : ASIA
115
Lead-up to mating : ENDGAME
118
Stay cool ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : KEEPITTOGETHER
123
It might land you in a trap : TEESHOT
124
Singer with an eponymous 1956 #1 album : ELVIS
125
Persona non grata : OUTCAST
126
Melodic passages : STRAINS
127
Fossey who was "in the mist" : DIAN
128
Ones who say "We'll be right back" : TVHOSTS
Down
1
What gets As in chemistry? : ARSENIC
2
Hardly electronic wizardry : LOWTECH
3
One who's outstanding? : LOITERER
4
Ozone destroyers, for short : CFCS
5
Phys ed dept. : ATH
6
Carbonated drink : POP
7
Reproduction unit : SPORE
8
Cause of Romeo's death : POISON
9
"Xanadu" group, for short : ELO
10
___ Tin Tin : RIN
11
Group surrounding a star : POSSE
12
Curling stone stone : GRANITE
13
Makes the calls : REFS
14
Keebler baker : ELF
15
Carbonated drink : ALE
16
Landlord's request : SECURITYDEPOSIT
17
Something with two sides? : ENTREE
18
More promising : ROSIER
20
Activity-tracking devices : FITBITS
23
Carbonated drink : SODA
28
Newswoman Soledad : OBRIEN
31
End of geologic time? : CENE
32
"The Evil Dead" director : RAIMI
33
"<<" button: Abbr. : REW
34
Wash'n ___ (towelette brand) : DRI
35
Flight board abbr. : ARR
36
Oscar-winning Hanks role : GUMP
38
Beat it : TOMTOM
41
What a star may denote : CAPITAL
43
Doesn't accept, say : CONTESTS
45
Throat problem : FROG
48
Hummus holders : PITAS
49
Cause of inflation? : AIR
50
Lawyer who defended Leopold and Loeb : DARROW
52
Relating to heraldry : ARMORIAL
54
Tissue surrounding a muscle : FASCIA
55
What's at risk : STAKES
56
Something hard to get off your chest? : TATTOO
57
Places to get clean : REHABS
58
Climber in a children's rhyme : ITSYBITSYSPIDER
60
N.Y.U.'s ___ School of the Arts : TISCH
61
Senses : INTUITS
62
Terminal info, for short : ETDS
65
It's a stitch : PURL
70
Striking down : SMITING
72
Baby whale : CALF
73
Arrow on a screen : CURSOR
76
Private transportation? : JEEP
77
Shepherd's place : LEA
81
Anne Rice antihero : LESTAT
82
"It was you," à la Verdi : ERITU
85
Like Cheerios : OATY
88
Paintball cry : IMHIT
90
"I wish I ___ [sic] homeward bound": Paul Simon : WAS
92
Signal : CUE
93
Horizontal: Abbr. : ACR
95
Kimono-clad hostesses : GEISHAS
96
Like Monday crosswords : EASIEST
97
English royal family : STUARTS
98
Hats for artistes : BERETS
99
Early online forum : USENET
100
Overturns : UPSETS
102
The first to go on a strike, usually : ONEPIN
103
Dummies : NITWITS
104
Duma dissent : NYET
108
Took a hit : TOKED
109
Hoity-toity sort : SNOOT
112
Patron god of ancient Thebes : AMON
114
Record label for Cream and Sonny & Cher : ATCO
116
Federal management org. : GSA
117
Tuna type : AHI
119
Giant Manning : ELI
120
Señora Perón : EVA
121
Statehouse resident, informally : GUV
122
Archaic verb ending : ETH

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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