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TAKING TURNS

New York Times, Sunday, May 14, 2000

Author:
Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
111-Down : Drink
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1512/1/199910/25/20155
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
10022100
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
241.6410351%
Bill Zais
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 75 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Zais. This is puzzle # 51 for Ms. Salomon. Sunday freshness: 14%
Jim Horne notes:

Several answers "take a turn" to complete their solutions. So, for example, 1 Across is BUT I DIGRESS.

1
B
2
U
3
T
4
I
D
6
L
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O
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O
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K
F
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C
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R
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A
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G
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S
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T
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I
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R
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O
M
A
N
I
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I
T
A
L
O
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P
O
C
O
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H
O
L
E
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A
P
I
N
G
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E
S
K
E
R
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A
U
T
O
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E
R
L
E
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S
I
P
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R
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E
D
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L
I
A
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R
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S
U
N
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G
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P
U
N
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T
R
A
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E
S
O
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E
N
N
E
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S
P
A
R
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S
E
S
T
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S
E
N
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D
S
A
W
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A
Y
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A
P
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S
E
B
E
N
D
E
R
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U
S
I
N
G
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U
N
S
E
A
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T
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W
O
O
D
Y
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B
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O
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E
R
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T
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O
N
G
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M
U
U
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M
U
U
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O
F
F
O
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N
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A
T
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P
A
L
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S
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R
A
P
T
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U
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R
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E
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N
L
F
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E
V
A
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D
E
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M
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B
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A
N
K
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S
P
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N
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G
A
O
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D
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R
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S
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U
L
S
T
E
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R
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H
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C
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O
T
R
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A
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A
G
L
A
R
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E
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A
P
H
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D
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I
S
A
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S
E
T
R
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A
T
E
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O
X
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E
N
E
T
A
91
B
L
E
S
92
C
L
E
N
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C
94
H
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I
N
K
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Y
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E
L
S
E
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S
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T
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O
A
T
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T
R
A
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I
T
S
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E
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L
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I
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D
E
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C
O
R
N
E
R
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O
R
B
S
110
S
T
O
V
E
P
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I
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P
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E
114
R
E
V
E
R
S
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E
S
116
E
T
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A
T
118
V
A
T
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M
A
V
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A
N
I
121
S
T
A
S
122
T
A
T
A
123
E
N
O
124
B
Y
E
125
W
A
L
126
L
127
O
V
I
128
D
129
G
A
L
130
A
S
131
U
132
N
I
O
N
133
L
I
L
A
134
R
E
N
O
135
E
R
A
S
E
136
R
O
B
L
E
137
S
L
E
D
138
E
D
G
E
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I
G
H
T
A
H
E
A
D
© 2000, The New York Times5/14/0 ( No. 18,450 )
Across
1
Wanderer's words : BUTIDIGRESS
6
What a writer might do : LOOKFORANANGLE
11
Outcropping : CRAG
15
Create a solution? : STIR
19
Like part of the Arabian peninsula : OMANI
20
Author Calvino : ITALO
21
Somewhat, in music : POCO
22
Eyelet : HOLE
23
Mockery, of a sort : APING
24
Geological ridge : ESKER
25
Insurable item : AUTO
26
Writer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
27
Bit of a draft : SIP
28
Old-style revolutionary : RED
30
Yarn spinner : LIAR
32
Tweeted : SUNG
34
Amuse with words : PUN
35
Caroler's syllable : TRA
36
That objeto : ESO
37
Feminine suffix : ENNE
38
Like hair on the top of a bald person's head : SPARSEST
40
Writes (for) : SENDSAWAY
43
Recess at St. Peter's : APSE
46
On drugs : USING
47
Oust : UNSEAT
49
Old station wagon, in slang : WOODY
50
___ War : BOER
53
Ice picker-upper : TONG
55
Waikiki wear : MUUMUU
57
Not adhering to the subject : OFFONATANGENT
61
Buds : PALS
63
Ecstasy : RAPTURE
67
Vietcong insurgent grp. : NLF
68
Give the slip : EVADE
70
Protect from floods : EMBANK
73
Farm team : SPAN
74
Fed. budget group : GAO
75
Some Amtrak cars : DINERS
77
Heavy overcoat : ULSTER
79
Telltale sound after "I haven't had a drop to drink" : HIC
80
Not this or that, in Spain : OTRA
82
Gazing hostilely : AGLARE
84
Orchard pest : APHID
85
"This ___ test" : ISA
86
Contracted cost : SETRATE
88
Teammates : OXEN
92
Bear hug : CLENCH
95
Black : INKY
97
"What ___?" : ELSE
98
Animal with a black-tipped tail : STOAT
101
Parts of a personality profile : TRAITS
103
Say "nothin'," say : ELIDE
107
Convenience outlet, often : CORNERSTORE
109
Moons, e.g. : ORBS
110
High hat : STOVEPIPE
114
Tricky football plays : REVERSES
116
Homme d'___ : ETAT
118
Overseas price add-on : VAT
119
Dallas cager, briefly : MAV
120
It's dotted : ANI
121
Training places?: Abbr. : STAS
122
"Later!" : TATA
123
Brian of Roxy Music : ENO
124
"Later!" : BYE
125
Parapet : WALL
127
Exiled Roman poet : OVID
129
Bashes : GALAS
131
Kind of boss : UNION
133
Country singer McCann : LILA
134
It has many slots : RENO
135
Clear the boards : ERASE
136
White oak : ROBLE
137
Firewood carrier : SLED
138
Upper hand : EDGE
Down
1
Crows : BOASTS
2
Strike caller : UMPIRE
3
James Clavell best seller : TAIPAN
4
Public house : INN
6
Prepare to sleep : LIEDOWN
7
Tie deciders: Abbr. : OTS
8
Deadeye Annie : OAKLEY
9
1980 Economics Nobelist Lawrence : KLEIN
11
Calculating sort : CPA
12
"The Sleeping Gypsy" painter : ROUSSEAU
13
Start to malfunction : ACTUP
14
Get soused : GOONABENDER
15
"___ Believes in Me" : SHE
16
Ruin : TORPEDO
17
Maltreated : ILLUSED
18
Critical rocket maneuver : REENTRY
29
Actor Morales : ESAI
31
Sales force : REPS
33
Matured : GREWUP
39
Aardvark features : SNOUTS
41
Spanish silver dollar : DURO
42
Part of a sales force: Abbr. : AGT
44
Religious sch. : SEM
47
Acapulco article : UNA
48
Pull off a complete reversal : TURNTHETABLES
50
Parts of samba bands : BONGOS
51
Recently : OFLATE
52
Industry : EFFORT
54
Kind of glasses : OPERA
56
Arrive, in a sense : MAKEIT
58
Beatty of "Deliverance" : NED
59
Pilot : AVIATE
62
Three-time Cotton Bowl winners: Abbr. : SMU
64
Like a tough battle : UPHILL
65
Fosters : RAISES
66
Crate : ENCASE
69
Start of many Italian surnames : DEL
71
Hold to a zero score : BLANK
72
Symbol of Egyptian royalty : ASP
76
Angel's favorite letters : SRO
78
Vit. info : RDA
81
Cabalistic : ARCANE
83
Play direction : EXITSTAGERIGHT
87
Sizes up? : ALTERS
89
Type sizes : ENS
91
[Make way!] : BEEP
93
It usually comes in stripes : CROSSING
94
Laugh syllable : HAR
96
To now : YET
98
They're hard to make out : SCRAWLS
99
Occasional paint surface : TOENAIL
100
Newsmaking brother of 1903 : ORVILLE
102
Scoffing retort : IBET
104
6-0, in tennis : LOVESET
105
Bizet opera title character : IVAN
106
Warning to motorists : DETOURAHEAD
110
Certain camp : STALAG
111
Drink : IMBIBE
112
Scandal subject : PAYOLA
113
Squared : EVENED
115
Having hangovers? : EAVED
117
Electronic game pioneer : ATARI
126
Little fella : LAD
128
John ___ : DOE
130
Pollutant : ASH
132
Play form using wooden masks : NOH

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

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