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HEARD AT THE MOVIES

New York Times, Sunday, August 31, 2014

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
108-Across : Kind of garden
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Joel Fagliano

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 136, Blocks: 70 Missing: {KQX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Fagliano. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Sunday freshness: 60%
Joel Fagliano notes:
I love themes that make me laugh as I come up with them. Something about the "aha" moment that comes from saying a group of words over and over until the hidden movie magically appears ... read more
Will Shortz notes:

My assistant Joel and I edited this puzzle together over a large pizza at a local pizzeria a few weeks ago. There wasn't a lot to edit, actually, as Joel writes good clues.

Jeff Chen notes:
Really nice Sunday puzzle, featuring BEST PICTURE WINNERs sounded out through strung together words. I enjoyed sussing out the titles, WARDEN HAIRY PEEPHOLE my favorite. It's too bad the ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times8/31/14 ( No. 23,672 )
Across
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Halle Berry was once runner-up for this : MISSUSA
8
Foreheads : BROWS
13
Hanes competitor : BVD
16
Identify on Facebook : TAG
19
Ties up : ENLACES
20
French filmmaker who led the Cinéma Pur movement : RENECLAIR
22
When Earth Day is celebrated: Abbr. : APR
23
Jewish bread/Played, as a violin/Throw (1950) : CHALLAHBOWEDHEAVE
25
Tan line producer, maybe : BRA
26
Ring material : CANVAS
27
___ cloud (source of comets) : OORT
28
Org. in "The Sopranos" : FBI
29
Spend time in idle reverie : MOON
30
One quarter of a quartet : ALTO
31
Toyota rival/Measure of power/Insult (1954) : HONDAWATTAFFRONT
36
Parisian possessive : SES
37
Sound units : BELS
38
Strip club fixture : POLE
39
Anagram - and synonym - of 71-Across : AYES
40
Peace in the Middle East : SALAAM
42
Forbes competitor : INC
44
Ca, Ce, Co or Cu : ELEM
47
Reside/Savage/Puzzle (out)/Wash (2013) : DWELLFIERCESUSSLAVE
53
Greatly desired objects : GRAILS
54
Any of the "South Park" characters : TOON
55
Strike concern : PAY
56
Kiss's partner : TELL
58
Bananas : NUTSO
59
Number by a door? : CAROL
61
Islamic spirit : JINN
62
Inner: Prefix : ENTO
63
Dating service datum : AGE
64
Hooligan/Strange/Silo contents (1972) : THUGODDFODDER
68
Only non-U.S. M.L.B. team: Abbr. : TOR
69
Some cameras, for short : SLRS
71
See 39-Across : YEAS
72
Like a milquetoast : WUSSY
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Complete reversal : UTURN
75
Comedian Kevin : HART
76
Seed : PIT
77
Obama follower? : CARE
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Sad news : ASHAME
79
Wildlife protector/Difficult/Hotel door feature (1980) : WARDENHAIRYPEEPHOLE
84
Have the lead : STAR
85
"Chances ___ ..." : ARE
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Load bearer? : HAMPER
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Memo opener : INRE
90
California roll ingredient : CRAB
93
"That's what she ___" : SAID
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Road block? : JAM
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"In what way?"/Like overcooked steak/Possess/European capital on a gulf (1985) : HOWTOUGHHAVERIGA
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Get whipped : LOSE
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British author who wrote "The Old Devils" : AMIS
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"___ man!" : BEA
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Oklahoma tribe : OTOE
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Brave group, informally? : NLEAST
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Kind of garden : ZEN
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What you get when you say 23-, 31-, 47-, 64-, 79- or 97-Across out loud : BESTPICTUREWINNER
113
Meringue ingredient : EGG
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P.O.W.'s, e.g. : INTERNEES
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Rush-hour subway rider, facetiously : SARDINE
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___ Islas Filipinas : LAS
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"Inglourious Basterds" org. : OSS
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___ nous : ENTRE
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Holes in shoes : EYELETS
Down
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Shopping malls on Black Friday, e.g. : MECCAS
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Scarf down : INHALE
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Some wide receiver routes : SLANTS
4
Round of shots : SALVO
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Campus attended by Elle in "Legally Blonde" : UCLA
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Beach homes? : SEASHELLS
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Kind of blond : ASH
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Ponder, with "on" : BROOD
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Prepare to put back in the fridge, say : REWRAP
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Pair of socks? : ONETWO
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Unite : WED
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Duke, e.g.: Abbr. : SCH
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Start of a children's rhyme : BAABAA
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Make more intense, as colors : VIVIFY
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Rap mogul, briefly : DRE
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Prohibited : TABOO
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Where a golf fairway transitions into a green : APRON
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President after Johnson : GRANT
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One half of a 10-Down : LEFT
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Growing art form? : BONSAI
29
Fred Flintstone's boss : MRSLATE
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Minnesota's St. ___ College : OLAF
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Strange : ALIEN
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Heavenly bodies? : TENS
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Mood : FEEL
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Plebiscite, e.g. : BALLOT
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Número of Mexican states that border the U.S. : SEIS
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Subway systems : METROS
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Figures on some Valentine's Day cards : CUPIDS
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Ultimate : EVENTUAL
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"Careless Hands" crooner : MELTORME
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Narcs enforce them : DRUGLAWS
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Marsh rodent : WATERRAT
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Cross : ROOD
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It was satirized in "Dr. Strangelove" : COLDWAR
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Kind of blond : SANDY
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Last word of an annual holiday song : SYNE
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Grind : GNASH
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"S.N.L." producer Michaels : LORNE
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Bring up to speed : CUEIN
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First name in mysteries : AGATHA
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Rachel's firstborn, in the Bible : JOSEPH
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Build up : HYPE
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Alecto, Megaera or Tisiphone : FURY
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Made haste : RUSHED
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Some shipping routes : STRAITS
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One of the superheroes in 2012's "The Avengers" : THOR
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Former Oldsmobile model : CIERA
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Road starting at the Porta Capena : APPIANWAY
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Film villain with prosthetic hands : DRNO
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Cheeky : ARCH
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Less puzzling : EASIER
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Kindle purchase, in brief : EMAG
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"Daniel in the Lions' Den" artist : RUBENS
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Discharges : EGESTS
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Long-legged shorebird : AVOCET
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Surpass : BETTER
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"Happy Days" girl : JOANIE
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Green light : ASSENT
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96 for Big Ben, heightwise : METRES
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Eye shade : HAZEL
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Symbol for ohms : OMEGA
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Common bar food : WINGS
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Kind of mail : HATE
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Get up : ROUSE
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Three-time French Open champ : LENDL
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Euros replaced them : LIRE
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Work for Plutarch, informally : BIO
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Not post- : PRE
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Hog's Head, in the Harry Potter books : INN
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Tip of the tongue? : ESE

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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