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NOSY NONSENSE

New York Times, Sunday, March 9, 2014

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 68 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 160 for Mr. Quigley. Sunday freshness: 77%
Jeff Chen notes:
Beautiful puzzle today, one that straddles the line between very different two camps of solvers, the old guard who likes the good old traditions, and the new generation of rule-breakers ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times3/9/14 ( No. 23,497 )
Across
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Top off, as someone's drink : FRESHEN
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Isolated hill surrounded by lava : STEPTOE
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Shine : GLEAM
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Lubrication point : OILHOLE
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Snapping things : CAMERAS
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Avoiding the rush, say : EARLY
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She "speaks things in doubt, / That carry but half sense" : OPHELIA
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They're not accented in music : UPBEATS
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Unimaginative : TRITE
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One unsatisfied with a "She loves me, she loves me not" result? : DAISYTRADER
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Picky little dog? : CHOOSYTOY
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Faint trace : WISP
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A lot : RAFTS
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Neglect : NONUSE
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Detests : ABHORS
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Game equipment : PIECES
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Haitian couple : DEUX
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Bandleader's cry : PLAYIT
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Called off : ENDED
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Lay atop : RESTEDON
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"L'Arlésienne" composer : BIZET
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It's not much : TAD
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Lake ___ (Australia's lowest point) : EYRE
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Audition winner's part, maybe : SOLO
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Peep : SPY
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Business transactions free from government regulation? : EASYCOMMERCE
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Spanish bear : OSO
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Vanquish : SUBDUE
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Narrow land projections into the sea : SPITS
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Floors : DAZES
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Billet-doux recipient : DEAREST
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Hands, informally : MITTS
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Orbit rival : DENTYNE
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Coat style : ALINE
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Bank run : PANIC
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Change structurally : REVAMP
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It's nothing at all : NIL
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Carefree dairy product? : BREEZYCHEESE
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"Really!" : OHO
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Radiohead head Yorke : THOM
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Modest response to a compliment : ITRY
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French 101 pronoun : MOI
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It covers Hector's death : ILIAD
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Continental free trade group : EUROMART
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Block, as a stream : DAMUP
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Likes lots : ISINTO
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F.S.U. player, for short : NOLE
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Bright red : CERISE
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One spinning one's wheels? : POTTER
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Optimally : ATBEST
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It's often heard at a ballpark : ORGAN
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Reconstruction-era cartoonist : NAST
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Optimistic theater audience? : ROSYHOUSE
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Marvel from Idaho's largest city? : BOISEWONDER
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Soot : GRIME
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Kind of seat : CATBIRD
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Straight-shooting : SINCERE
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It's bigger than a family : ORDER
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Slalom, for one : SKIRACE
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Winston's home in "1984" : OCEANIA
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Snapchat demographic : TEENS
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Nuts : BANANAS
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In words : PHRASED
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Kind of pyramid : FOOD
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TV's Kelly : RIPA
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Educ. book category : ELHI
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"___ Like the Wind" (song from "Dirty Dancing") : SHES
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Sunday reading : HOLYWRIT
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Supporter of the 1%, say : ELITIST
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Advances on : NEARS
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Missile name : SCUD
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Got to the point? : TAPERED
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Eagerly adopt : EMBRACE
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Polish leader? : PEE
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Developers' expanses : TRACTS
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Profanities : OATHS
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Canadian business often connected to a Tim Hortons : ESSO
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Makes bail, e.g. : GETSOUT
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Talking points? : LARYNXES
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"Un Ballo in Maschera" aria : ERITU
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Some chorus members : ALTOS
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"Like hell!" : MYEYE
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Mollify : APPEASE
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"Hold your horses" : ONESEC
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Boosted, as an ego : FED
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Heat alerts, for short? : APBS
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Tiny indicator : BLIP
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Barely remembered seaman? : HAZYSAILOR
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"Listen up, Lucia!" : OYE
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Hoosier capital, informally : INDY
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Detective writer Earl ___ Biggers : DERR
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Some loaves : RYES
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Sports score most likely to be on the highlight reel? : DOOZYPOINT
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Actress Elizabeth with older twins : OLSEN
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Fagin's end : NOOSE
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Pulled tight : TAUT
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Defib team : EMTS
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Post office workers, for short? : EDS
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CBS series that, oddly, was filmed in L.A. : CSINY
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Lens : OPTIC
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Sen. McConnell : MITCH
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"Downton Abbey" maid : EDNA
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Museum decoration : URN
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"Sherlock" channel, affectionately, with "the" : BEEB
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Bread box? : ATM
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"De Monarchia" writer : DANTE
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He discusses divine providence in Job : ELIHU
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Labyrinthine : MAZY
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An Arnaz : DESI
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Busy travel day, maybe : EVE
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Cheeky : PERT
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Goes back into business : REOPENS
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Venice's oldest bridge : RIALTO
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"Fûmes" is a form of it : ETRE
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Birds with inflatable neck sacs : EMUS
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"I ___ Hamlet" (Paul Rudnick play) : HATE
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Fumes may produce one : ODOR
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Financiers : MONEYMEN
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Brand of gloves and slippers : ISOTONER
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Blitzed : LIT
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Concertgoers who are into the hits? : MOSHERS
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Rice paper?: Abbr. : DEG
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Desert steed : ARABIAN
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One of the Balearic Islands : MINORCA
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County seat of Suffolk, England : IPSWICH
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Stupid sort : CRETIN
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Specialized talk : ARGOT
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2014 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee : TORRE
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The Beatles' "P.S. I Love You," e.g. : BSIDE
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Honshu port : OSAKA
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"The Two Pots" storyteller : AESOP
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College up the coast from L.A. : UCSB
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March time : IDES
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Certain tourney overseer : NCAA
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TV spots : DENS
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City near Presque Isle State Park : ERIE
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Like some tea leaves : READ
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Sports ___ : BRA

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10 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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