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Film Adaptations

New York Times, Sunday, October 1, 2023

Author:
Jeffrey Lease
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Lease. Sunday freshness: 51%
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Jeffrey Lease, of Granite Bay, Calif., designs printed circuit boards for cellphones at Google. He writes, "The process of designing a board and getting all the connections to fit is its ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Several people are confused by 128-Across. "Deliberately procrastinate" is DRAG ONE'S FEET, but the instructions at 114-Across for CROUCHING TIGER imply the DRAG ON is hidden, leaving only ESFEET.

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© 2023, The New York Times10/1/23 ( No. 26,990 )
Across
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Flowers that Tiny Tim "tiptoed through" in a 1968 hit : TULIPS
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High-altitude grazer : ALPACA
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Jazz pianist ___ Jamal : AHMAD
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With 23-Across, second film to win all five major Academy Awards (1975) : ONEFLEW
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Disappear unexpectedly : GOAWOL
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Like ships at harbor : MOORED
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See 18-Across : THECUCKOOSNEST
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Land united by Theseus : ATTICA
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Word before likely or wanted : MOST
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Labors away at : TOILSOVER
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Districts in N.Y.C. and London : SOHOS
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Spacecraft for NASA's Artemis 1 mission : ORION
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Long of Hollywood : NIA
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Tolkien's Treebeard, for example : ENT
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"That's my cue!" : IMON
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Blockbuster sequel with an iconic plot twist (1980) : THEEMPIRESEKIRTS
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Ultimate medical breakthrough : PANACEA
48
What an opener precedes : MAINACT
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A praying mantis has just one, found on its stomach(!) : EAR
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Animated dinosaur film that spawned 13 sequels (1988) : THELANDTIME
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Midwest metropolis: Abbr. : CHI
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Heavy bass? : TUBA
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Oil holder, maybe : EASEL
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"___ nothing" : ITS
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Like many Instagram influencers : PHOTOGENIC
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Rocket-shaped candy : ASTROPOP
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Yogi Bear wears one, despite having no shirt : TIE
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Arles article : UNE
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Boozehound : SOT
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Romantic dramedy directed by Sofia Coppola (2003) : TRANSLOSTLATION
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Certain chess piece : BISHOP
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Livid state : IRE
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Name that's also a state abbreviation : IDA
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Iceberg and others : LETTUCES
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It might leave you smooth ... or rattled : CLOSESHAVE
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"OMG, enough already!" : TMI
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___ acid : AMINO
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Artfully nimble : DEFT
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"The Simpsons" grandpa : ABE
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Coen brothers farce involving the C.I.A. (2008) : READINGBURN
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Verbally hesitate : HEM
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Ones agreeing silently : NODDERS
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Started off gently : EASEDIN
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Crime thriller that takes some liberties with its namesake legal concept (1999) : JEOPARDYJEOPARDY
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Salacious : RACY
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Down's counterpart: Abbr. : ACR
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Driving aid : TEE
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Nail polish brand : ESSIE
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Precursor to Windows : MSDOS
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Practiced hypergamy : MARRIEDUP
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German title : FRAU
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Gets good and hot at the beach : BROILS
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With an unseen portion of 128-Across, Oscar-winning martial arts film (2000) : CROUCHINGTIGER
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Moved confidently : STRODE
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Caterpillars, e.g. : LARVAE
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Prix fixe offering : SETMENU
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"Dónde ___?" ("Where are you?") : ESTAS
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Home visits? : ATBATS
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Deliberately procrastinate : ESFEET
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Tyke : TOT
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Granite State campus, in brief : UNH
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Spike of cinema : LEE
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"Portlandia" airer : IFC
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Fruits that are 87% water : PLUMS
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Dry, like some Rioja wine : SECO
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Past : AGO
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Part of 108-Down : LOS
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Opposite of a rave : PAN
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Leave gobsmacked : AWE
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Subject of sticker shock : COST
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Lead-in to cumulus : ALTO
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Tampa's ___ Arena : AMALIE
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Warm offering at a sushi bar : HOTSAKE
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Line of Android smartphones : MOTO
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Semiautobiographical film set in rural Montana (1992) : ARIVERRUNS
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Dressed, so to speak : DECENT
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Cal. units : WKS
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Pub diversion : DARTS
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Plains tribe : OTOE
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Put into effect : INSTITUTE
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Enjoy a cuppa : SIPTEA
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Native Americans of Nebraska : OMAHAS
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"You can believe it!" : HONEST
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At the ready : ONALERT
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Send, as payment : REMIT
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Certain religious leaders : IMAMS
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Mayberry character : OPIE
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Author Anaïs : NIN
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Like many fourth graders : TEN
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Held : HAD
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Actress Brosnahan of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" : RACHEL
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Bounce back : ECHO
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"Must be something ___" : IATE
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Dietary measure : CALORIE
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Much of a waiter's income, typically : TIPS
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H.S. class : BIO
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Do something : ACT
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Locale for an orchestra : PIT
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"Right away, boss!" : ONIT
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Digital location markers : GEOTAGS
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Some golf scores : PARS
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Like many outstretched catches : ONEHANDED
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They deal with a lot of baggage, for short : TSA
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Entertainment at many a wedding : LIVEDJ
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Lucille Clifton's "Homage to My Hips," for one : ODE
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"Put ___ on it!" : ALID
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Book after Leviticus : NUMBERS
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Early alphabet trio : BCD
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Paris's ___ de la Cité : ILE
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Dark comedy about a carnivorous plant (1960, 1986) : SHOPOFHORRORS
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Madrid or Barcelona, por ejemplo : CIUDAD
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Physicist Fermi : ENRICO
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Bono and Liston : SONNYS
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Part of a dance : STEP
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Beyoncé's "If I Were ___" : ABOY
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Univ. of Maryland athletes : TERPS
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Longtime N.B.A. executive ___ Ujiri : MASAI
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Classic cars : REOS
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"The Hurt Locker" danger, for short : IED
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Horse's vote? : NAY
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Roald Dahl heroine : MATILDA
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"___-lish!" : DEE
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Door parts : JAMBS
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Cousin of euchre : ECARTE
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Possessive preceding Pieces and Puffs : REESES
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A.P.R. reducer, potentially : REFI
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Many shelter pups : MUTTS
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Uproar : RIOT
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Bruins' home, in brief : UCLA
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Idiot, in Britspeak : PRAT
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I.C.U. workers : RNS
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Pulitzer Prize winner for "A Death in the Family" : AGEE
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Poet's planet : ORB
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A.C.C. school : UVA
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Garfield or Sylvester : CAT
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Garfield and Sylvester : HES
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Global economic org. : IMF
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"Well, fancy that!" : GEE
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WSW's opposite : ENE
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Boring routine : RUT

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