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ON A ROLL

New York Times, Sunday, December 5, 2010

Author:
Ben Pall
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
88-Down : Take for granted
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Ben Pall

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 146, Blocks: 73 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Pall. Sunday freshness: 12%
Jim Horne notes:

Here's the PDF. There is an especially elegant aspect of this puzzle that shouldn't be missed. When every O inside the die shape is colored in, the spots on each side are properly oriented, but notice that the sides themselves are correctly aligned as well. So, for example, each pair of opposite sides adds up to seven, as they should.

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Q
2
U
3
A
4
F
5
F
6
S
7
O
8
M
9
A
10
H
11
A
12
S
13
A
14
P
15
P
16
I
17
E
18
R
19
A
N
G
O
L
A
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A
S
E
V
E
R
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I
N
A
H
O
L
E
22
T
E
R
R
O
R
23
C
U
T
O
N
B
24
O
L
D
L
I
N
E
S
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A
V
E
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P
A
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R
T
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E
N
S
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R
V
S
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L
I
M
E
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R
E
E
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K
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J
E
S
34
T
S
35
O
N
E
O
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F
37
Z
E
N
38
I
N
D
O
39
E
B
O
N
40
S
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A
P
O
R
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I
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D
E
N
T
44
I
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N
V
E
N
T
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H
U
R
T
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E
X
I
S
T
S
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N
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A
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M
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A
O
L
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B
O
N
A
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I
D
E
S
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O
P
E
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N
S
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S
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H
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A
D
E
T
H
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E
C
I
R
C
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L
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E
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S
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D
O
N
O
T
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O
M
A
R
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V
E
T
66
O
L
L
A
67
O
L
D
S
68
S
69
E
P
O
Y
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B
71
O
O
T
S
72
L
A
P
D
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F
L
E
E
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O
R
O
75
C
A
S
K
76
N
O
M
A
D
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F
O
L
D
78
A
L
O
N
79
G
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D
A
S
H
E
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S
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E
R
A
S
E
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I
V
E
S
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L
I
N
K
85
A
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G
O
87
S
O
N
88
P
89
E
90
E
V
E
S
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C
O
R
D
92
O
93
O
L
O
N
94
G
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R
U
L
E
R
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P
H
O
T
O
97
O
N
T
O
98
A
99
S
100
P
101
S
102
E
R
E
103
S
104
C
R
A
M
105
S
H
R
E
D
106
G
E
L
T
107
S
A
V
108
E
109
A
I
R
110
J
111
A
I
112
U
R
N
113
S
114
W
A
R
115
U
S
E
T
116
A
P
E
O
117
N
E
D
G
118
E
S
119
E
N
120
L
A
C
E
121
M
I
N
U
T
E
S
122
O
H
O
H
O
H
123
S
I
E
G
E
S
124
E
A
S
I
E
S
T
125
B
U
S
T
S
126
S
P
E
E
D
S
© 2010, The New York Times12/5/10 ( No. 22,307 )
Across
1
Hearty drinks : QUAFFS
7
Midwest city named for an Indian tribe : OMAHA
12
More sentimental : SAPPIER
19
Major diamond exporter : ANGOLA
20
Closing to some letters : ASEVER
21
Trapped : INAHOLE
22
It makes the hair stand on end : TERROR
23
First step of instructions for what to do with this finished puzzle : CUTONBOLDLINES
25
N.Y.C.'s ___ of the Americas : AVE
26
Goal of a screen test : PART
28
Many an extra on "Star Trek": Abbr. : ENS
29
Vacation conveniences, for short : RVS
30
Vitamin C source : LIME
31
Raise a big stink? : REEK
33
Kids : JESTS
35
"___ Us," 1995 Joan Osborne hit : ONEOF
37
Path of enlightenment : ZEN
38
European leader? : INDO
39
Black : EBON
40
Flavor : SAPOR
42
Part of PIN: Abbr. : IDENT
44
Make up : INVENT
46
"Where does it ___?" : HURT
47
Is : EXISTS
48
'60s-'70s 114-Across locale : NAM
51
Web browser provider : AOL
52
___ fide : BONA
53
Part of every month : IDES
54
Reveals : OPENS
56
Instructions, part 2 : SHADETHECIRCLES
63
Prohibition's start : DONOT
64
___ Little, "The Wire" gangster : OMAR
65
Old Philadelphia stadium, informally, with "the" : VET
66
Earthen pot : OLLA
67
Bygone Starfire, e.g., informally : OLDS
68
___ Rebellion of 1857-59 : SEPOY
70
Evicts : BOOTS
72
Org. in 2005's Oscar-winning "Crash" : LAPD
73
Hightail it : FLEE
74
Alternative to plata : ORO
75
Cellar item : CASK
76
Bedouin : NOMAD
77
Instructions, part 3 : FOLDALONGDASHES
82
Demagnetize, say : ERASE
83
St. in a children's rhyme : IVES
84
Coupling : LINK
85
Previously : AGO
87
Half of many a business partnership : SON
88
Ticks off : PEEVES
91
Plug's place : CORD
92
It's between green and black : OOLONG
95
Viceroy, e.g. : RULER
96
Snap : PHOTO
97
Aware of : ONTO
98
Nile biters : ASPS
102
"We shun it ___ it comes": Emily Dickinson : ERE
103
"Beat it!" : SCRAM
105
Little bit : SHRED
106
Moolah : GELT
107
Except for : SAVE
109
Certain tankful : AIR
110
___ alai : JAI
112
Some funerary ware : URNS
114
See 48-Across : WAR
115
Last step of the instructions : USETAPEONEDGES
119
Tie up : ENLACE
121
Cell phone plan units : MINUTES
122
"Pick me! Pick me!" : OHOHOH
123
Long fights : SIEGES
124
Least puzzling : EASIEST
125
Pedestal toppers : BUSTS
126
Barrels along : SPEEDS
Down
1
Doha native : QATARI
2
Lopsided : UNEVEN
3
Said "yea" : AGREED
4
The Beatles' "___ No One" : FOR
5
Edsel : FLOP
6
1984 Olympics site : SARAJEVO
7
The Cowboys of the Big 12 Conf. : OSU
8
Portions : METES
9
Connecticut town named for an English river : AVON
10
Coop group : HENS
11
Wall St. worker : ARB
12
Second place : SILVER
13
"___ it goes" : ANDSO
14
Bud : PAL
15
Dr. ___ : PHIL
16
Charges, in a way : IONIZES
17
Honda model : ELEMENT
18
Begrudges : RESENTS
20
Follows through with : ACTSON
24
Ripley's last words? : ORNOT
27
Insurgent group : REBELS
32
Pond fish : KOI
34
Acme product in Road Runner cartoons : TNT
35
Long-running hit TV show based in Chicago : OPRAH
36
___-upper : FIXER
40
Farrier : SHOER
41
Polly of literature, e.g. : AUNT
43
Fade, maybe : DISCOLOR
45
Condé ___ : NAST
47
Revises : EDITS
48
Doze : NODOFF
49
Artemis' twin : APOLLO
50
Pea observer : MENDEL
52
Time for a party, in brief : BDAY
53
Rapper with the 1988 platinum album "Power" : ICET
55
Plummet : NOSEDIVE
57
Board : HOPON
58
Latin lover's word : AMO
59
Elicit : EVOKE
60
Alpaca relatives : LLAMAS
61
Home of minor-league baseball's Diablos : ELPASO
62
Depress : SADDEN
68
Undersides : SOLES
69
Greek god whose name is one letter off from 118-Down : EROS
70
Soak up rays : BASK
71
Second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan : OSH
75
"No problemo" : CANDO
76
"On tap" sign, sometimes : NEON
78
Affirms : AVERS
79
Depressing darkness : GLOOM
80
Scuttlebutt : DIRT
81
Device for winter sidewalks : SALTER
86
Virtue : GOODNESS
88
Take for granted : PRESUME
89
Superstate in Orwell's "1984" : EURASIA
90
Good rolls in craps : ELEVENS
91
One-named singer/actress : CHARO
92
"___-la-la!" : OOH
93
Stampede : ONRUSH
94
[That's awful!] : GAG
96
The rite person? : PRIEST
99
Waste : SEWAGE
100
Finished second : PLACED
101
Gray hair producer, they say : STRESS
104
Superman's closetful? : CAPES
105
Vista : SIGHT
108
Pin holder : ETUI
110
King in II Kings : JEHU
111
Brouhahas : ADOS
113
Trim : SNIP
116
Packed away : ATE
117
Head, in slang : NOB
118
Greek goddess whose name is one letter off from 69-Down : EOS
120
Virginia's ___ Highway : LEE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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