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COULD YOU REPEAT THAT NUMBER?

New York Times, Sunday, September 6, 2020

Author:
David Kwong
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
6-Across : Pyramids, often
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David Kwong

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 81 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Kwong. Sunday freshness: 13%
Will Shortz notes:
David Kwong is a magician and crossword constructor in Los Angeles who regularly combines puzzles and sleight of hand in his performances. His 2014 TED Talk includes a trick with a New ... read more
David Kwong notes:
Hello puzzledom! So pleased to be back in the Sunday magazine. And with a puzzle that was years in the making. I love constructing puzzles in which the grid numbers are relevant. As you ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I'll admit, I was befuddled by this puzzle. Just four themers? Why not include more? Surely there are tons more "Double ___" phrases to play on ... perhaps even numbering into the ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

The best thing about TINKER TO EVERS TO CHANCE is that it reminds us of the glorious phrase, gonfalon bubble.

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© 2020, The New York Times9/6/20 ( No. 25,870 )
Across
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Part of a backpack : STRAP
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Pyramids, often : TOMBS
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Dutch requirements : ROPES
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Evan : Welsh :: ___ : Scottish : IAN
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One of Chekhov's "Three Sisters" : IRINA
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Hunter of myth : ORION
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Bring to bear : EXERT
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Result, maybe, in brief : RBI
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Many apartments in old warehouse districts : LOFTS
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Japanese comics style : MANGA
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Labor Day baby, e.g. : VIRGO
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Shape formed by an extended thumb and index fingers : ELL
27
Good person to believe in : ONESELF
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Switz. neighbor : GER
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Writer Tarbell who took on Standard Oil : IDA
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Pins are placed at the end of them : LANES
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Some E.M.T. cases : ODS
40
Buying binges : SPREES
41
Count in music : BASIE
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Logical start? : ECO
44
U preceder : VEE
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Picked from a lineup, informally : IDED
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Hurt : AIL
47
Proverbs : OLDSAWS
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Like puppeteers, usually : UNSEEN
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Maven : WIZ
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Leafy crown material : LAUREL
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Day competitor : LITTLEBROWNANDCOMPANY
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Bailiwicks : AREAS
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Legal : LICIT
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Chief Chirpa and others, in sci-fi : EWOKS
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Wastes away : ROTS
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"Fantasy" Grammy winner : ONO
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Cool, in old slang : HEP
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"The way things are currently going ..." : ASIS
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Muscle problem : SPASM
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Muscular : BUILT
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Grammy-winning country singer Black : CLINT
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Play combo of old : TINKERTOEVERSTOCHANCE
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Mark ___, winner of the 1998 Masters : OMEARA
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George Carlin was its first host, for short : SNL
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State capital on the Colorado River : AUSTIN
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Subject of Newton's first law of motion : INERTIA
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Dealers do this : LIE
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Have an in-tents experience? : CAMP
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QB's pass: Abbr. : ATT
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"___ to My Socks," Pablo Neruda poem : ODE
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Larsson who wrote "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" : STIEG
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Additionally : TOBOOT
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Deletes, with "out" : XES
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Tree alternative : INTERCONTINENTAL
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Kind of salami : GENOA
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N.Y.C.'s first subway line : IRT
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Like some gas: Abbr. : REG
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"Big Sur" novelist, 1962 : KEROUAC
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A suggestion : RTE
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World capital whose name comes from the Greek for "wisdom" : SOFIA
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Humble : ABASE
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Jazz composer with an Egyptian-inspired name : SUNRA
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"___ your call" : ITS
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"Elements of Algebra" author, 1770 : EULER
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First lady of the 1950s : MAMIE
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Kind of pear that resembles an apple : ASIAN
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Rapper with the 2003 hit "I Can" : NAS
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"Judge ___" (1995 Stallone movie) : DREDD
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___ and curl (salon treatment) : PRESS
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Not interfere with : LETBE
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Tower over the field : SILO
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Sci-fi film with vehicles called "light cycles" : TRON
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Loaded (with) : RIFE
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Prone to fidgeting : ANTSY
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Some 1990s Toyotas : PASEOS
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American fashion designer who once served as the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent : TOMFORD
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___ pro nobis : ORA
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Mixed together : MINGLED
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Gets one over on : BOGEYS
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Junkyard warning, maybe : SNARL
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Play back? : REVIVAL
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Rust and quartz : OXIDES
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Equity valuation stat : PERATIO
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Tiny bit of work : ERG
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Vodka brand, informally : STOLI
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She gained fame from her leading role in "Fame" : IRENECARA
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Having the means : ABLE
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___ Lofgren, guitarist for the E Street Band : NILS
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Wolflike : LUPINE
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Great two-pair poker hand : ACESUP
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Once called : NEE
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Spanish resort island : IBIZA
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"Sure, I guess ..." : WELLOK
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Relating to egg cells : OVULAR
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Actor who won a 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom : DENIRO
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Six-line verse : SESTET
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Wilson of "Meet the Parents" : OWEN
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Colloquial contraction : AINT
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Stops up : DAMS
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Surreptitious : SLY
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Greek H's : ETAS
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Golfer Ernie : ELS
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It ended on Nov. 11, 1918 : WWI
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Swell up : BLOAT
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Laundry soap since 1908 : RINSO
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"___, all ye faithful" : OCOME
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Classic fruity sodas : NEHIS
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Occupied, with "in" : DWELT
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Accept as charged : COPTO
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"How sad!" : ALAS
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Liquor levy, e.g. : SINTAX
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Provoke : INCITE
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Surgical inserts : STENTS
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Painter José María ___ : SERT
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Kind words : PRAISE
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"Va ___" (Italian "All right") : BENE
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Something to bookmark : URL
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Film director Jon : CHU
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You, to Yves : TOI
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"___ doctor, but ..." : IMNO
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Trait of a clingy romantic partner : NEEDINESS
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Lead singer of rock's Yeah Yeah Yeahs (who uses just the initial of her last name) : KARENO
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Churchill's trademark gesture : VSIGN
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Author born Truman Streckfus Persons : CAPOTE
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Not much at all : ATRIFLE
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Ballet attire : LEOTARD
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Pig in a poke or pigeon drop : CONGAME
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"The Simpsons" grandpa : ABE
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"More of the ___" (1967 #1 album) : MONKEES
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Weepy 1954 Patti Page hit : ICRIED
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Haberdasher's clasp : TIEBAR
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Of the ankle : TARSAL
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Stunned, in a way : TASED
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Walk heavily : TRAMP
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Contemptible sort : LOUSE
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Toothy smile : GRIN
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Jazz's James : ETTA
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Condo, e.g. : UNIT
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Kaffiyeh wearer : ARAB
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Christmas tree hanging : CANE
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Just between us? : OUR
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Family nickname : SIS

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

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