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New York Times, Sunday, April 3, 1994

Author:
Ernie Furtado
Editor:
Will Shortz
2-Down : Start-of-meal comment
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Ernie Furtado

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 82 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Furtado. Sunday freshness: 63%
Notepad: The 10 unclued answer in this puzzle are familiar phrases presented literally. When the puzzle is completed, the 12 circled letter - reading in order from top to bottom - will spell an appropriate phrase
Jim Horne notes:

The circles spell out SEEING DOUBLE.

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© 1994, The New York Times4/3/94 ( No. 16,217 )
Across
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"My Life as ___" (1985 film) : ADOG
5
Mandela's org. : ANC
8
Ultraviolet light protector : PABA
12
Refinement : TASTE
17
Louise of "Gilligan's Island" : TINA
18
50's war zone : KOREA
21
1977 Scott Turow book : ONEL
22
Slowpoke : SNAIL
23
See notepad : AGENTAGENT
25
See notepad : EAGLEEAGLE
27
Steve McQueen's TV horse : RINGO
28
Rights org. : ACLU
30
Hot clue : LEAD
31
Like the White Rabbit : LATE
32
See notepad : INDEMNITYINDEMNITY
37
"___ evil..." : SEENO
38
Sight from Albertville : ALP
39
Puccini's Floria : TOSCA
42
Spitfire fliers: Abbr. : RAF
45
Sought by bibliomaniacs : RARE
47
"Give ___ rest!" : ITA
49
Pertaining to medicine : IATRIC
51
Some nest eggs : IRAS
53
See notepad : VISIONVISION
57
Pop music's Plastic ___ Band : ONO
58
Say it again? : STUTTER
60
Transcript figures, for short : GPA
61
Kinfolk : CLAN
62
Slob's home : STY
63
Actress Sally of old Hollywood : EILERS
64
Be an appetizer for : WHET
65
Follows : ENSUES
68
___ store by : SETNO
69
Gives excessive care to : WETNURSES
72
Bead material : NACRE
75
From a spring : FONTAL
77
Legendary Wildcats coach : RUPP
78
Made a whirring sound : BIRRED
79
Battery size : AAA
81
Reagan Secretary of State : HAIG
83
Journal's end : ESE
84
Printer's ems : MUTTONS
85
Bug : FLU
86
See notepad : DECKERDECKER
89
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
90
Creditor : BILLER
92
Big Band ___ : ERA
93
Word between up and down : SIDE
94
Gal of song : SAL
95
"___ far, far better thing...": Dickens : ITISA
96
"Shame!" : FIE
98
"Cheers!" : TOAST
101
See notepad : OCCUPANCYOCCUPANCY
109
Professional org. : ASSN
112
Co-star for Marlene : EMIL
113
Van ___ : GOGH
114
Buddy, in Bologna : AMICO
115
See notepad : SPACESPACE
118
See notepad : SPEAKSPEAK
121
Anklebone : TALUS
122
Plenty, to a bard : ENOW
123
Miniature kangaroo of Australia : TUNGO
124
Teen bugbear : ACNE
125
Classy horses : ARABS
126
Cooked : DONE
127
Brillo rival : SOS
128
Sparks and namesakes : NEDS
Down
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Arcade name : ATARI
2
Start-of-meal comment : DIGIN
3
Upright : ONEND
4
Allahabad's river : GANGES
5
Rap-sheet letters : AKA
6
Fireside drink : NOG
7
Architects : CREATORS
8
Teller of tales : POE
9
Invigorating : ANALEPTIC
10
Deck out with jewels : BEGEM
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8 Down's middle name : ALLAN
12
Literary initials : TSE
13
Shrink : ANALYST
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It's a long story : SAGA
15
Show bias : TILT
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Robt. ___ : ELEE
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Reference work: Abbr. : ENCY
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Gudrun did him in : ATLI
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Volume : TOME
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First ones are special : EDITIONS
29
Merkel of the movies : UNA
33
Jitters : NERVES
34
Where bombs burst, so we sing : INAIR
35
Sixth-century date : DLIV
36
Bring ___ end : TOAN
40
See notepad : CROSSCROSS
41
Temptations' "___ Too Proud to Beg" : AINT
42
Escalates : RISES
43
Auerbach of "The Jack Benny Show" : ARTIE
44
See notepad : FAULTFAULT
46
Skating maneuver : EIGHT
48
Fast ___ : ASLEEP
50
Holding back, in a way : COY
52
Person in a pool : STENO
54
Unrolled : OPEN
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Good-___ (amiable) : NATURED
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Johns, in the Highlands : IANS
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1982 Jeff Bridges film : TRON
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"...but we know what ___" : WELIKE
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Military squad : UNIT
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___ the ground : EARTO
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W.W. II miss : WAAC
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Chicanery : RUSE
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Goggles : SPECS
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___-car : RENTA
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Detroit's Corsair or Citation : EDSEL
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Site of a Marx Brothers movie : THERACES
78
F.B.I. center : BUREAU
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Denver's Lowry, e.g.: Abbr. : AFB
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Et ___ : ALII
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Arctic bird of prey : GERFALCON
84
French wine center : MEDOC
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Offspring: Abbr. : DESC
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Classic play based on a Maugham tale : RAIN
88
Galleys : KITCHENS
91
Circus young 'un : LIONCUB
97
Heart printout, for short : ECG
99
Body shops? : SPAS
100
West coast Floridian : TAMPAN
102
Called the game : UMPED
103
One grand : PIANO
104
Eddie ___, The Walking Man of baseball : YOST
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Old Russian secret-police org. : OGPU
106
Part of a family tree : NIECE
107
"___ Company" (Namath film) : CCAND
108
Couples : YOKES
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Movie pooch : ASTA
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Argue : SPAR
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Hacienda division : SALA
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Pluralizer : ESS
117
Shropshire she : EWE
119
"Give it ___" : AGO
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Flattens : KOS

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 8 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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