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AT TIMES

New York Times, Sunday, April 6, 2014

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
88-Down : Dress in fancy duds
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 185 for Mr. Berry. Sunday freshness: 3%
Jeff Chen notes:
Another fun one from the master. This theme plays on the awkward -ER answers often seen in crosswords like TENTER or HAILER (person who tents, person who hails). Patrick takes snappy ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times4/6/14 ( No. 23,525 )
Across
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Improvisational music : JAM
4
Brick color : MAROON
10
Bibliographical abbr. : ETAL
14
Indigenous people known for their tattoos : MAORI
19
NPR journalist Shapiro : ARI
20
1986 girl's-name song by Boston : AMANDA
21
"Catch-22" profiteer Minderbinder : MILO
22
DuPont trademark of 1941 : ORLON
23
Clumsy pharmacist, at times? : MEDICINEDROPPER
26
Easily misled : NAIVE
27
String section members : BASSES
28
Dressage rider, at times? : COLTREVOLVER
30
Smidgen : TAD
31
Suffix with social : ISM
34
___ suit : ZOOT
35
Maintain : ASSERT
36
Grant for a filmmaker? : CARY
38
Indonesian tourist haven : BALI
39
London ___ (British Ferris wheel) : EYE
40
Reminiscent of : LIKE
41
Tucked away : ATE
42
Some supplies for Hershey's : ALMONDS
44
Overzealous sorts : MANIACS
47
Old-fashioned barber, at times? : FOAMRUBBER
49
Missile launched at Goliath : STONE
51
National Book Mo. : OCT
53
Circus performer Kelly : EMMETT
54
Inexperienced shucker, at times? : OYSTERCRACKER
58
Low pair : TWOS
60
Out of fashion : PASSE
61
Subject of a van Gogh series : SEINE
62
Software user's shortcut : MACRO
65
No-limit Texas hold'em player, at times? : ALLBETTER
69
People may be down on them : KNEES
70
TWA competitor : USAIR
71
Dual-sport athlete Sanders : DEION
72
Answers that may anger : SASS
74
Farmer, at times? : CHICKENTENDER
78
Unfettered : LOOSED
82
Knowledge : KEN
83
"Shall we proceed?" : READY
84
Sleeping sunbather, at times? : BACKBURNER
87
Buyer's final figure : NETCOST
90
Spirits in Scandinavia : ABSOLUT
91
New Haven alum : ELI
92
Breaks down : ROTS
93
Stanford rival, informally : CAL
95
Job everyone wants : PLUM
96
Sound at a horror film : GASP
97
Florentine dynasty name : MEDICI
100
"Cut that out!" : DONT
101
West African vegetable : YAM
102
Double-handed cooking vessel : WOK
103
Dieter, at times? : SNACKCOUNTER
106
Fall stopper : GROUND
109
French : merci :: German : ___ : DANKE
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Person getting out of a tub, at times? : BATHROOMSLIPPER
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Transpire : OCCUR
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Memo opener : INRE
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Detestable : ODIOUS
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Something that may be amalgamated : ORE
118
Manual parts? : STEPS
119
Giants or Titans : TEAM
120
Porcelain purchase, perhaps : TEASET
121
As matters stand : NOW
Down
1
Entrance side : JAMB
2
Department : AREA
3
Current location? : MIDSTREAM
4
Brought to tears, possibly : MACED
5
"Time's Arrow" novelist Martin : AMIS
6
Took off : RAN
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Wedded : ONE
8
Unconventional : ODD
9
Person moving against traffic? : NARC
10
Bring on : EMPLOY
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Go quietly : TIPTOE
12
Fully attentive : ALERT
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Some hand-me-downs? : LORE
14
Snowboard relative : MONOSKI
15
Polluted Asian lake : ARALSEA
16
Peridot color : OLIVE
17
Vehicle on Mars : ROVER
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Lifeless : INERT
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"Goodness me!" : ISAY
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Exudes : OOZES
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Less humble : VAINER
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One of four in "As I Was Going to St. Ives" : IAMB
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Problematic roomie : SLOB
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Sal of "Rebel Without a Cause" : MINEO
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Lunch spot : CAFE
37
Thing that might decay : ATOM
38
Bearded comic strip bully : BLUTO
40
Old cavalrymen : LANCERS
42
Illustrations, e.g. : ARTWORK
43
In need of spicing up, say : DRY
44
-- --- .-. ... . : MORSE
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News analyst Roberts : COKIE
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Word on a clapperboard : SCENE
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Like some measuring units : METRIC
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Right away : STAT
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It's got problems : TEST
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Valéry's "very" : TRES
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Disburse : SPEND
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Goes to court? : ASKSOUT
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Offensive line striker : CENSOR
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Melancholy : SADNESS
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Flood residue : MUCK
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Ghostly : ASHEN
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"The Ipcress File" star, 1965 : CAINE
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"___ c'est moi" : LETAT
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Told stories : LIED
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Way too thin : BONY
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Not a single thing? : ALBUM
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Blue : EROTIC
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Diminish : EBB
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Opposite of smooth : RASPY
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Take by surprise : SNEAKUPON
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Mud ___ (bottom-dwelling fish) : EELS
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Total bore : DRIP
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Slurpee flavor : COLA
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Supermodel Heidi : KLUM
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Dress in fancy duds : TRICKUP
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Long-eared dogs, informally : COCKERS
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Reshape : ALTER
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Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense member : CONTRA
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It's played in ballparks : ANTHEM
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Viscous substance : GOOP
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PC platform of old : MSDOS
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Ratify : ENACT
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The Harlem Shake or the Dougie : DANCE
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One of the Allman Brothers : DUANE
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Flick site? : WRIST
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Expiration notice : OBIT
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Fundamental part : ROOT
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Modelist's need : GLUE
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Julio-Claudian dynasty ruler : NERO
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Attracted : DREW
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Horatian ___ : ODE
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Hamm of soccer : MIA
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Signal that replaced "CQD" : SOS

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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