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DOUBLE DOWN

New York Times, Sunday, April 19, 2015

Author:
Don Gagliardo and Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
6-Down : "Candle in the Wind" dedicatee
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Zhouqin Burnikel

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 75 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Gagliardo. This is puzzle # 16 for Ms. Burnikel. Sunday freshness: 90%
Constructor notes:
DON: The German physician Franz Mesmer inspired this theme. The name MESMER has always intrigued me, and I noticed that it nearly repeats itself except for the last letter. I started ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
C.C. and Don's Sunday debut! And what a devious idea, a rebus variant that I haven't quite seen before. There have been ones which require you to read the rebus answers twice (in different ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times4/19/15 ( No. 23,903 )
Across
1
Penny-pinching : CHEAP
6
Place of business: Abbr. : MKT
9
Shoot the breeze : CHIN
13
Mini revelation? : THIGH
18
Requests a table for one, say : EATSALONE
20
Company behind the Hula-Hoop craze : WHAMO
21
Source of the line "They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind" : HOSEA
22
Private things that are embarrassing : DIRTYLINEN
23
Moving in a nice way : HEARTWARMING
25
Hungarian city : EGER
26
Not caged : FREERANGE
28
Things in cages : ROOSTS
29
Regarding : ASTO
31
Mal de ___ (French woe) : TETE
32
Pulitzer winner for "Seascape" : ALBEE
34
Mystifying Geller : URI
37
Canine command : HEEL
39
Get hitched : SAYIDO
41
Disagreement : RIFT
45
Actress Elke : SOMMER
47
Stuck, after "in" : AJAM
49
Three Stooges laugh sound : NYUK
51
Prefix with -morphism : ENDO
52
How some stocks are sold : ATPAR
53
A piano has 36 of them : EBONIES
55
Inverse trig function : ARCSIN
57
Friendly : GOODNATURED
59
Warning just before a cutoff of service : FINALNOTICE
62
Misdo something : ERR
63
Some grillings : ORALS
64
Quick cut : SNIP
65
Hair option : BUN
66
Was unfaithful : STRAYED
69
Bit of exercise, in Britain : PRESSUP
72
Iranian pilgrimage city : QUM
73
Aid to Zen meditation : KOAN
76
Flavor : SAPOR
78
Title TV character who was over 200 years old : ALF
80
Celebratory event for a new company or product : LAUNCHPARTY
83
Venus : EVENINGSTAR
86
Shakespearean king : ALONSO
87
Changes the placement of in a tournament bracket : RESEEDS
89
Neutral shade : BEIGE
90
Indian bread : ROTI
91
Long-tailed monkey : TITI
94
That girl, in Genoa : ESSA
95
Tell on : RATOUT
96
Graduation V.I.P. : DEAN
97
Ewe two? : BAABAA
99
Yew, too : TREE
101
Atari 7800 competitor, briefly : NES
102
Bridge writer Charles : GOREN
105
Life ___ know it : ASWE
107
Scruggs on a banjo : EARL
109
Bass role in a Gilbert & Sullivan opera : MIKADO
112
Order at a Mexican grill : TACOSALAD
115
Product with a Lubrastrip : ATRA
119
Plus-size model? : STATIONWAGON
121
Hard evidence a lawyer follows : PAPERTRAIL
123
Kind of pain : ROYAL
124
Prisoners' wear : IRONS
125
Hammed it up : OVERACTED
126
Investigation : PROBE
127
Whups : TANS
128
Something grown - or eaten - in rows : EAR
129
Powerhouse in African soccer : GHANA
Down
1
Give up : CEDE
2
Secretary of state under Reagan : HAIG
3
Peut-___ (perhaps: Fr.) : ETRE
4
Stars, in a motto : ASTRA
5
One way to complete an online purchase : PAYPAL
6
"Candle in the Wind" dedicatee : MONROE
7
Place for a brace : KNEE
8
Part of a platform : TENET
9
Number two of 43 : CHENEY
10
Den ___ (home of the International Criminal Court) : HAAG
11
"Let's do this thing" : IMREADY
12
Later : NOTNOW
13
Sharp pain : THROE
14
Old man? : HOMOERECTUS
15
Mideast grp. : ISIS
16
Hat tipper, maybe : GENT
17
Some Halloween costumes : HAGS
19
Ending with shop or weight : LIFTER
20
Question ending a riddle : WHATAMI
24
Hedge fund pro : ARB
27
Smooths over : RESANDS
30
Princess of Power : SHERA
33
Pro wrestler Albano : LOU
34
What an electric meter measures : USAGE
35
Fans have them : ROTORS
36
Certain trade barrier : IMPORTQUOTA
38
Many a Seeing Eye dog : LABRADOR
40
Living ___ : INSIN
42
Sly suggestion : INSINUATION
43
Initialism on a bank door : FDIC
44
Muscle ___ : TONE
46
Lunatic : MADMAN
48
Follower of 21-Across : JOEL
50
Big brand of dog food : KALKAN
53
Largest coastal city between San Francisco and Portland : EUREKA
54
Poor grades : EFS
56
Holds up : ROBS
58
Hula-Hoop, e.g. : TOY
60
Went for, puppy-style : NIPPEDAT
61
They come with strings attached : APRONS
67
Drinking now, paying later : RUNNINGATAB
68
Some movie theaters : AMCS
70
"___ tu" (Verdi aria) : ERI
71
One of 10 in Exodus : PLAGUE
74
Sunlit spaces : ATRIA
75
Big name in antiscience debunking : NYE
76
Fluctuates wildly : SEESAWS
77
Greetings of old : AVES
79
Bars of music? : FRETS
80
Pie crust ingredient, maybe : LARD
81
Staple of skin care : ALOE
82
Asian stew often eaten with a dipping sauce : HOTPOT
84
Pro hoopster : NBAER
85
"Go" preceder : GETSET
88
TV units : SEASONS
92
"May ___ frank?" : IBE
93
Bit of fanfare : TANTARA
95
Kindle, e.g. : READER
98
___ Rebellion (event of 1676) : BACONS
100
Farm machine : REAPER
103
"Swan Lake" figure : ODILE
104
Milne young 'un : ROO
106
Author of "MS. Found in a Bottle," for short : EAPOE
108
Conifer that loses its leaves in the fall : LARCH
109
Window sticker fig. : MSRP
110
"Click ___ ticket" : ITOR
111
Floor : KAYO
113
Ancient Greek contest : AGON
114
Coulee's contents : LAVA
116
"S'long" : TATA
117
"De ___" ("You're welcome": Fr.) : RIEN
118
Gershwin portrayer in "Rhapsody in Blue" : ALDA
120
Dunderhead : NITWIT
122
Motley : RAGTAG

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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