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OSCAR DOUBLE FEATURES

New York Times, Sunday, March 2, 2014

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 136, Blocks: 70 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 105 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Sunday freshness: 60%
Jeff Chen notes:
Today gives us two Oscar winners / nominees smashed together to create quasi-wacky, quasi-realistic phrases. I was slightly confused at first because AIRPORT TRAFFIC was one of the first ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times3/2/14 ( No. 23,490 )
Across
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Compadre : AMIGO
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Director of "Carrie" and "Scarface" : DEPALMA
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Muss : TOUSLE
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They put up walls : MASONS
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Does some farrier's work on : RESHOES
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Berate : RANTAT
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Nelson Mandela? [1995, 1985] : BRAVEHEARTOUTOFAFRICA
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She, in Lisbon : ELA
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Strike the ground in a golf swing : BAFF
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On the line : RISKED
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Fraternal group : ELKS
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One giving unreliable testimony? [1976, 1985*] [* = Nominee] : ROCKYWITNESS
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Blood-related : HEMAL
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Gang girl : MOLL
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Paradigms : IDEALS
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Bread holder? : WALLET
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Magnate : TITAN
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Alternatively : ELSE
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Like yaks and mynas : ASIAN
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Muckraker Tarbell : IDA
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Flips over : ADORES
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Reason for missing a flight? [1970*, 2000*] : AIRPORTTRAFFIC
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Message from one who's all thumbs? : TEXT
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It's pitchfork-shaped : PSI
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"With the jawbone of ___ ..." (declaration of Samson) : ANASS
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Purposely misinform : LIETO
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First name in tyranny : IDI
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Real enthusiast : FIEND
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Ending for acro- or homo- : NYM
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Look-alike : TWIN
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Part of a line at O'Hare? [2002, 1976*] : CHICAGOTAXIDRIVER
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From the top : ANEW
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Hide-hair connector : NOR
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___ cologne : EAUDE
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Put away : ATE
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Leader of the pack : ALPHA
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Insurance giant : AETNA
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Part of a jazz duo? : ZEE
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Noted provider of pictorial instructions : IKEA
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Cheesy pickup line? [1944, 1995*] : GOINGMYWAYBABE
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Bears, but not Cubs : NFLERS
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Novelist Patchett : ANN
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Forfeits : LOSES
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Degrees for attys. : LLDS
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"Hound Dog" or "What's New Pussycat?" : OLDIE
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Baseball's Iron Man : RIPKEN
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Snowmobile brand : SKIDOO
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River to the Rhine : AARE
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V-shaped fortification : REDAN
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Reason why all the computers are down? [1976*, 2005] : NETWORKCRASH
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Gallic girlfriend : AMIE
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Surgically remove : RESECT
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Pulitzer winner James : AGEE
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Locale in Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" : LEA
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Seaside outing? [1955*, 1954] : PICNICONTHEWATERFRONT
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Former Gracie Mansion resident : EDKOCH
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Repeat : ITERATE
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Lying face up : SUPINE
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___ Channel ("Hannah Montana" airer) : DISNEY
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Successfully impersonate : PASSFOR
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Early Apple computers : LISAS
Down
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Yellow shade : AMBER
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Thomas of TV : MARLO
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Caravaggio's "The Sacrifice of ___" : ISAAC
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End of some URLs : GOV
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Individually : ONEBYONE
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Annual N.B.A. event : DRAFT
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Auction ending? : EER
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The Oscars are awarded on it: Abbr. : PST
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When repeated, a plea of Richard III : AHORSE
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Daughter in "The Sound of Music" : LOUISA
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1986 World Series champs : METS
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"Dilbert" intern : ASOK
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Reciprocal raising of tariffs, e.g. : TRADEWAR
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Lummox : OAF
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"Amazing!" : UNREAL
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Many a hanging : STILLLIFE
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Deficiency : LACK
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Some P.A. announcements : ETAS
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Knitted wrap : SHAWL
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TurboTax option : EFILE
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"Yuk!" : FEH
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Target competitor : KMART
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Not yet final, legally : NISI
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Linda of Broadway's "Jekyll & Hyde" : EDER
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"Holy cow!" : MANALIVE
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Historic fort on the Oregon Trail : LARAMIE
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Bygone boomers : SSTS
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Mince words? : EDIT
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Tijuana treat : TACO
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Star of "Mr. Hulot's Holiday" : TATI
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Put the finger on : IDED
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Poisonous : TOXIC
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"The Divided Self" author R. D. ___ : LAING
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"I'm not kidding!" : ITSTRUE
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Enliven, with "up" : SPICE
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Like Gamal Abdel Nasser's movement : PANARAB
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Jet black : ONYX
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Numismatic condition : FINE
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Ocean routes : SEAWAYS
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Achieved through trickery : FINAGLED
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"Rough day?" response : DONTASK
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Expand : WIDEN
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Chemistry Nobelist Otto : HAHN
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Award won 21 times by Harold Prince : TONY
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In a stupor : DAZED
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Like fall leaves : RAKED
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Hatcher or Polo : TERI
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Allay : EASE
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Food thickener : AGAR
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Actress Anderson : LONI
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Small irritations : PINPRICKS
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Meadow mamas : EWES
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"No one's ___ than me" (Eminem lyric) : ILLER
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Belgium or Denmark : MONARCHY
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Tons : ALOT
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Diddle away : BLOW
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Emphatic : FORCEFUL
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"Beetle Bailey" figure : SARGE
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Excited about : KEENON
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Moves slowly : INCHES
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Scares off : DETERS
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Astronaut Thomas on four space shuttle flights : AKERS
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Prefix with natal : NEO
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Western : OATER
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Dr. Alzheimer : ALOIS
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Medicinal plant : SENNA
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Can't stand : HATES
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Mimicked : APED
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Skirt style : MIDI
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Short cut : SNIP
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James portrayed by Beyoncé : ETTA
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Clinch : ICE
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Post-W.W. II female service member : WAF
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From ___ Z : ATO
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The Engineers of the N.C.A.A., for short : RPI

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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