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MULTIFACETED

New York Times, Sunday, February 8, 2015

Author:
Jeremy Newton
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : Sainthood prerequisite
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Jeremy Newton

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Newton. Sunday freshness: 75%
Jeremy Newton notes:
First, I want to credit Will and Joel for the puzzle title. I suggested "Final Cuts", but "Multifaceted" is a much cooler way to hint at the gemstones. Thank you, guys! So, this here ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Jeremy goes one step further than the standard "words hidden in themers" puzzle type, by incorporating SET IN / STONE for an additional layer of complexity. I appreciated the puzzle even ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Electronic versions of this puzzle had the clue for 111-Across as you see it here. The magazine had a different one, with an error. The NYT published this correction: "The crossword puzzle ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times2/8/15 ( No. 23,833 )
Across
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You may find it on your hands or side : TIME
5
Use a scalpel on : SLIT
9
"O.G. Original Gangster" rapper : ICET
13
One connected with the force? : CBER
17
Not as brazen : SHIER
19
It's worth $200 in Monopoly : PASSINGGO
21
Princess of Power from 1980s cartoons : SHERA
22
Get noticed : GARNERATTENTION
24
Wiped : WEARY
25
DuVernay who directed "Selma" : AVA
26
100% : PURE
27
Ring call, for short : TKO
28
More hot : SEXIER
30
"Sounds about right" : RECKONSO
32
In stitches : SEWN
34
Knocking : DISSING
37
Load of money : PILE
38
Like some windows : TINTED
40
Easily defeats, in sports : CRUISESBY
42
___ Vogue : TEEN
44
JFK probers : TSA
45
You may put stock in it : SOUP
46
Director Coen : ETHAN
47
Enterprise for which a 14-year-old Buffalo Bill worked : PONYEXPRESS
51
One of 15 until 1991: Abbr. : SSR
52
"Baywatch" stars often jogged in it : SLOMO
54
Brownie unit : TROOP
55
Japanese "yes" : HAI
57
___ Nova (musical style) : ARS
60
Will, given the chance : MEANSTO
62
Ninny : ASS
63
Dickens heroine : NELL
64
Cold-climate cryptid : YETI
66
End for an organisation's name : LTD
67
Exploit a loophole, say : GAMETHESYSTEM
71
Radio knob abbr. : VOL
72
Switch off : KILL
74
Unjammed : FREE
75
Cable airer of vintage films : TCM
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Feeling low : INAFUNK
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Word between two last names : NEE
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Trouble : AIL
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Conductor announcements : STOPS
82
Baloney : TRIPE
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Newswoman Curry : ANN
85
Lean back and enjoy the ride? : POPAWHEELIE
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Jumbo-sized : OBESE
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___ fide : BONA
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A Giants giant : OTT
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Pick out : ESPY
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Washington landmark that lent its name to a Senate committee : WATERGATE
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Equally : JUSTAS
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Get the show on the road : TOUR
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Pursued, as perfection : SHOTFOR
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Big bra feature : DCUP
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Sticks in a purse? : LIPBALMS
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Rotten : NOGOOD
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Little ___ : UNS
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Company with two lameds in its name : ELAL
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Lifesaver's inits. : EMT
113
Facetious string? : AEIOU
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Big fall from the sky? : QUARTERSIZEHAIL
119
Large shrimp : PRAWN
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Wavering wail : ULULATION
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Like crayons : WAXEN
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One of the Ivies, informally : PENN
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Organization with an Exalted Ruler : ELKS
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Aid in identifying a bird : SONG
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Insignificant : MERE
Down
1
Hero in a John Irving best seller : TSGARP
2
"Eureka!" : IHAVEIT
3
Sainthood prerequisite : MIRACLE
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It was a dark period for Poe : EEN
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Short supply : SPARSITY
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*Like puberty at age 16 : LATEONSET
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Fatal ending? : IST
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*Biter in Niger : TSETSE
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Following behind : INTOW
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Specialty of Industrial Light & Magic, for short : CGI
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Alphas might clash over them : EGOS
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Buff : TONEDUP
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*One making the rounds at a party, perhaps : CHEESETRAY
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Having an unfavorable outlook : BEARISH
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Blunder : ERR
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Bit of hope : RAY
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Bad recollection? : REPO
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Tattooed : INKED
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Alternatives to cheddars : SWISSES
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Peanut : RUNT
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Topmost part of a face : XII
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Persevere : KEEPON
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Drill sgts., e.g. : NCOS
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What buckets are made in, for short : NBA
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Ob-___ : GYN
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It may be a high percent for the 1% : TAXRATE
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Football stat : RUSHES
43
Chinese restaurant assurance : NOMSG
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Natl. Courtesy Month : SEP
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Disapproving (of) : NOTAFAN
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Swank : POSH
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*First spacecraft to orbit a comet (2014) : ROSETTA
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What always comes in halves? : SILENTL
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With 59-Down, permanent ... or, literally, a feature of the answers to the seven starred clues : SETIN
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Cider server : LADLE
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Certain operatic voices : ALTI
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Energize : REVUP
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See 52-Down : STONE
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Symbol of equality, briefly : MLK
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Ahab's father : OMRI
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Randy types : NYMPHOS
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Variety : ILK
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Underwater trap : EELPOT
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Flat-bottomed boat : SCOW
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Hank's wife on "Breaking Bad" : MARIE
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*Car dealership option : LEASETOOWN
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Event with a cantina, maybe : FIESTA
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___ treatment : SPA
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*Chooses in the end : SETTLESON
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Zombie Strike SlingFire Blaster, for one : NERFGUN
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Linear, informally : ONED
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Amazon activity : ETAILING
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Hurtful comments? : OWS
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"Ridiculous!" : BAH
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Agent 007, e.g. : ETONIAN
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Really involved : BAROQUE
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Long-reaching weapon of yore : POLEAXE
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More delish : YUMMIER
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Bit of baby talk : GOO
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What a general may lead : JUNTA
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*Goals for underdogs : UPSETS
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"I'm such a ___" (klutz's comment) : SPAZ
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Givens on "Wheel of Fortune" : RSTLNE
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Weightlifter's exercise : CURLS
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Went off : BLEW
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Yawn-inducing : DULL
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Android runner, often : APP
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Poet's "prior to" : ERE
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Arctic flier : AUK
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Olympics host after London : RIO
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Spotlight hog : HAM

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