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TOIL AND TROUBLE

New York Times, Sunday, February 2, 2014

Author:
Dick Shlakman and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
12-Down : "Yep"
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32/2/20144/11/20213
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Dick Shlakman
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11411.6292255%
Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 83 Missing: {JQZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Shlakman. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Chen. Sunday freshness: 9%
Constructor notes:
Dick: If the byline for co-constructors was set in type reflecting the respective contributions of each, my name would be in eight point pica type and Jeff's in 20 point, BOLDED and ... read more
Will Shortz notes:
This puzzle has everything — a fresh, literary theme, beautifully executed, with a bonus visual element, and a handsome construction to boot. Besides the theme I like DURAN DURAN, POLO ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Thus continues the saga of JEFF VS. DAN, wherein I try my durndest to beat ACPT champ Dan Feyer on a puzzle I wrote. My solving time: 6:39. You'll find Dan's time (and that of the other ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times2/2/14 ( No. 23,462 )
Across
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Turns left : HAWS
5
Ogles offensively : LEERSAT
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One for the money? : UNUM
16
Actors Ken and Lena : OLINS
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Gettable : INREACH
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___ Foods : WHOLE
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Cash in : REDEEM
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Tiny tunneler : TERMITE
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Big gun : KAHUNA
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Ones doing aerobics : EXERCISERS
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Popular British band named after the villain in "Barbarella" : DURANDURAN
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Sinister señor : BANDOLERO
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Lacoste offering : POLOSHIRT
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Soul maker : KIA
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Channel showing old Hollywood hits : TCM
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Disposables maker : BIC
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Modus operandi : HOW
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Kind of accounting : COST
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Bistro glassful : EAU
40
Sturdy ones : OAKS
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Org. using X-rays : TSA
45
Equally, say : INHALF
47
Tangled : INAKNOT
50
Legit : KOSHER
52
Words before and after "my lads" in the United States Merchant Marine anthem : HEAVEHO
54
___ acid : OLEIC
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Sides are often alongside them : ENTREES
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Entry fee? : ANTE
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"Don't look now ..." : UHOH
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Bell or shell preceder : TACO
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Regarding : ASTO
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Super Bowl successes, for short : TDS
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Key of Bach's most famous Mass : BMINOR
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Furniture style of Louis XV : ROCOCO
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Dupe : CON
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___ the Explorer : DORA
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"That's all folks," for Mel Blanc : EPITAPH
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Batman : Robin :: Green Hornet : ___ : KATO
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Strand, somehow : SNOWIN
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Girl's name meaning "happiness" : FELICIA
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Squirm : WRITHE
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John Cusack's co-star in "Say Anything ..." : IONESKYE
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Dir. of the Missouri between S.D. and Neb. : ESE
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Like leftovers, often : REHEATED
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Born : NEE
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Actor Richard who played Jaws in Bond films : KIEL
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Some A.L. (but not N.L.) players : DHS
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It may be indicated with a ring : MOOD
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More than pique : IRE
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Too smooth : GLIB
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Dudley Do-Right's love : NELL
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Second place? : TENS
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Part of N.R.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
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Email button : SEND
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Erne or tern : SEABIRD
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Baloney, in Bristol : TOSH
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Entitle to wear vestments : ORDAIN
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Headstrong : WILLFUL
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East Asian stew : HOTPOT
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"Ta-ta!" : TOODLEOO
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It may be radical : ION
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Places where polar bears fish : ICEHOLES
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They may be sprayed on : TANS
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HBO competitor : SHO
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Bill's partner : COO
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Pro : FOR
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Major, for example : RANK
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Poetic rhapsody : ODE
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Soak (up) : SOP
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Summer White House setting: Abbr. : EDT
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"Lady" of the lea : EWE
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Rocky shout-outs : YOS
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Biblical peak : HOREB
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Actress Vega of "Spy Kids" : ALEXA
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Expand : WIDEN
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Mortimer of old radio : SNERD
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Contributors to The Paris Review, e.g. : LITERATI
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First of 12 in South America : ENERO
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Muffs : ERRS
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Band with the 1994 album "Monster" : REM
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"He" and "she" follower : SAID
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Not perform as expected : ACTUP
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Dance popularized by Michael Jackson : THEROBOT
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"Yep" : UHHUH
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Iraqi P.M. ___ al-Maliki : NOURI
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Like one of the arm bones : ULNAR
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Destined (for) : MEANT
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Like vino de Rioja : SECO
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Gobs : WADS
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Compassion, figuratively : MILKOFHUMANKINDNESS
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Start of many jokes : KNOCKKNOCKWHOSTHERE
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Dos x tres : SEIS
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Latin "others" : ALIA
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Blue-green : TEAL
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Part of many an anniversary celebration : CAKE
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Tax-free bond, for short : MUNI
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Pair of cymbals in a drum kit : HIHAT
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Ceaselessly : ONEND
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Tautological statement of finality : WHATSDONEISDONE
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Cavs, on a scoreboard : CLE
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Elbow-bender : SOT
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Superstitious thespian's name for a work of Shakespeare ... from which 21-, 23-, 37-, 58- and 60-Down all come : THESCOTTISHPLAY
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Take care of : SEETO
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Cause of an insurance investigation : ARSON
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One of 17 on a Monopoly board: Abbr. : AVE
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What a goner has : NOHOPE
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Army threats? : OCTOPI
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Mendoza Mrs. : SRA
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"___ get it!" : OHI
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System prefix : ECO
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A single stroke : ONEFELLSWOOP
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What the lucky person leads : ACHARMEDLIFE
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Lively : BRISK
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Piqued : RILED
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500 events : RACES
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Equipped to row : OARED
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Have debts : OWE
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"The Addams Family" nickname : TISH
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___ Maria : TIA
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Rat : SING
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Carol : NOEL
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Towel designation : HERS
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Elysium : EDEN
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Cry before "haw" : YEE
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Big stretch? : EON
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Moccasin decorations : BEADS
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You might bow your head to receive one : LEI
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Play about Capote : TRU
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Famous Titanic victim : ASTOR
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Zilch : NIL
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One of "The Honeymooners" : ALICE
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Drippings appropriately positioned under the circled letters : BLOOD
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Alternatively : IFNOT
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"Lo-o-ovely!" : OOH
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Director Preminger : OTTO
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You may find a fork in it : ROAD
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Prefix with -phile : OENO
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Some reproaches : TSKS
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Palindromic cry : OHO
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Intimidate : COW

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

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