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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

New York Times, Sunday, October 14, 2001

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 78 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 81 for Ms. Gorski. Sunday freshness: 15%
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© 2001, The New York Times10/14/1 ( No. 18,968 )
Across
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Jack's love in "Titanic" : ROSE
5
Bug : FLU
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Certain school grade : PASS
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First name in 50's TV : DESI
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Rating : EVALUATION
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Words from 113-Across : BONAPPETIT
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Where 113-Across's creations may appear : PATISSERIE
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Contents of the Uffizi Gallery : ITALIANART
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Like some refugees : STATELESS
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It comes with strings attached : UKE
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Suffix with persist : ENT
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Calendario page : ENERO
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Devotes : SPENDS
30
Basketmaking need : ISTLE
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Start of a quote : IWASTHIRTYTWOWHEN
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Hopping mad : LIVID
44
Compares : LIKENS
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Bonny lass's reply, maybe : NAE
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In a state of reverence : AWED
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Actor Bates : ALAN
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Compliments, as to the chef : KUDOS
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Words : TEXT
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Kind of lock : YALE
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Psychological manipulation : MINDGAMES
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Head of England : LOO
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Ornamental shrub : SPIREA
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Buzzer : BEE
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Soprano Moffo : ANNA
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"Stay!" : DONTGO
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Doorkeeper's reply : ENTER
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Middle of the quote : ISTARTEDCOOKING
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See 71-Across : BEAME
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Surface : EMERGE
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Salon job : TINT
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With 66-Across, former New York politician : ABE
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Swear (to) : ATTEST
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Chemical suffix : ANE
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Got through to : CONTACTED
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1988 platinum-selling country album : REBA
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Out of control : AMOK
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It connects to the stem : SEPAL
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Posterior : HIND
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Mullah's land : IRAN
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Tube top : CAP
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Was almost out of stock : RANLOW
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Old ___ (Davy Crockett's rifle) : BETSY
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End of the quote : UNTILTHENIJUSTATE
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Melancholy, in music : MESTO
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Sore ankle application : ICEBAG
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"Whether times are good ___, happy ..." (1971 song lyric) : ORBAD
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Flock member : RAM
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General Assembly topic : WAR
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Shrimp, lobsters, etc. : CRUSTACEA
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Deli order : PLAINBAGEL
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113-Across, e.g. : FRENCHCHEF
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Speaker of the quote : JULIACHILD
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"The Godfather" actress : TALIASHIRE
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"You said it!," in Sonora : SISI
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Is idle : SITS
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Farm outbuilding : STY
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Gush : SPEW
Down
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Account execs : REPS
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Like lilac leaves : OVATE
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"Paradise Lost" figure : SATAN
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First-class : ELITE
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Cone makers : FIRS
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Novelist Gould : LOIS
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1981 film "___ Jeunesse" : UNE
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Packing a punch : POTENT
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Literary olio : ANA
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State capital? : SALESTAX
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Turn in many a children's game : SPIN
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TV site : DEN
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In-flight info, for short : ETA
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Charlie Chaplin title : SIR
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Onetime communications giant : ITT
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Log-on code : USERID
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"Must be ___ news day" : ASLOW
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Kind of shirt : TEE
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Some gang members : BIKERS
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Place for a grilling : PATIO
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___ smoke : UPIN
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Spike Lee's "___ Gotta Have It" : SHES
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Unit of force : DYNE
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Like palm trees in a storm : SWAYING
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Foil : THWART
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Actress Sobieski of "Joan of Arc" : LEELEE
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Make beloved : ENDEAR
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Certain homecoming attendees : ALUMNAE
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Pitching style : SIDEARM
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Fight enders, briefly : TKOS
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Soaks : WETS
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Gentle one : LAMB
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"Would ___ to you?" : ILIE
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Windmill part : VANE
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N.Y.C. subway : IND
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Philosophy 101 subject : KANT
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Oz visitor : TOTO
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Subject of Avogadro's law : GASES
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Rustic digs : LODGE
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Formerly : ONCE
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Prefix with -hedron : PENTA
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"Jurassic Park" actress : DERN
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Crumble : GOTOPOT
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Landing site of 4/1/45 : OKINAWA
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"This is no joke!" : IMEANIT
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Shipbuilder's stock : TEAK
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Like the Olympics: Abbr. : INTL
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Metal in witherite : BARIUM
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Ceaseless, in poetry : ETERNE
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Diamond stats : ATBATS
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Plugging away : ATIT
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Uncle ___ : BENS
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Swirl : EDDY
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Sign of refinement : TACT
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Warner Bros. inventory : CELS
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What's that, Carlo? : CHE
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Hawaiian foodfish : MAHIMAHI
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Syndicate since 1960 : OPEC
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Tight : SNUG
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Bringing a blush to the cheek, maybe : RIBALD
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Just open : AJAR
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Docking spots : BERTHS
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Singer Luft : LORNA
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Posts on the stairs : NEWELS
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Famed Leontyne Price role : TOSCA
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German musical family : BACHS
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Like ___ off the old block : ACHIP
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Plow pioneer : DEERE
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Rudiments : ABCS
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Suffix with techno- : CRAT
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Lean (on) : RELY
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Prefix with colored : UNI
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Not many : AFEW
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Bedwear : PJS
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French men's magazine : LUI
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Gore and others : ALS
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It's right on a clock : III
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"Skedaddle!" : GIT
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Garrisons: Abbr. : FTS

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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