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OH, WHO?

New York Times, Sunday, May 18, 2014

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 70 Missing: {Q} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 119 for Mr. DiPietro. Sunday freshness: 91%
Jeff Chen notes:
What a fun theme, common words and phrases reimagined in Irish ways. ANGIOGRAM becomes ANGIE O'GRAM and WILLOW TREES becomes WILL O'TREES, for example. Neat that Joe found nine of these, ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times5/18/14 ( No. 23,567 )
Across
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Pat : DAB
4
Nosed around : PRIED
9
Univ. divisions : DEPTS
14
Early third-century year : CCIV
18
Univ. in Troy, N.Y. : RPI
19
Quarter back, possibly : CHANGE
20
Like some workers : APIAN
21
Edison's middle name : ALVA
22
Irish chemist? : ANGIEOGRAM
24
Irish arborist? : WILLOTREES
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Harvey of Hollywood : WEINSTEIN
27
China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI
28
How pastrami is usually ordered : ONRYE
29
Serenaded : SANGTO
30
"Scary Movie," for one : SPOOF
31
Love letters? : SWAK
32
Irish secretary? : JEANOTYPING
36
Targets for a delivery : SHIPSTO
39
One may take you in : SCAM
41
Mists : SPRAYS
42
Bird on a Canadian dollar : LOON
43
All-human bridge? : TOO
44
Barely bite : NIPAT
46
When the day's done, to Donne : EEN
47
Irish algebra teacher? : COREYOGRAPH
51
Missile Command maker : ATARI
52
Noodges : NAGS
54
Big name in restaurant reviews : ZAGAT
55
"Hard ___!" (nautical command) : ALEE
56
Digs of pigs : PEN
57
When the day's done, to Denis : NUIT
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End of a game? : ALAI
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Long, angry complaint : SCREED
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Irish woodworker? : PATTYOFURNITURE
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Lie : REPOSE
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Part of a dishwasher : RACK
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California county or its seat : NAPA
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Beat : TOP
75
Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g. : ARUM
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Finger-pointer : NAMER
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___ City (Baghdad area) : SADR
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Lie : STORY
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Irish mountain climber? : NATEOSUMMIT
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Family nickname : SIS
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Canadian blockhead : HOSER
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Suffix with zinc : ITE
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Victory goddess : NIKE
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Set crowd, maybe : EXTRAS
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Where the Storting meets : OSLO
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Light reddish-brown horses : SORRELS
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Irish dogsled racer? : JUNEOALASKA
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1979 Roman Polanski film : TESS
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Places for fuel : TANKS
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Places for panels : DAISES
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Fall shade : OCHRE
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Some investment bonds, for short : MUNIS
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Band with the 1974 #1 hit "The Night Chicago Died" : PAPERLACE
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Irish health care worker? : MAEOCLINIC
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Irish painter? : MELOYELLOW
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Do sometimes called a "natural" : AFRO
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Support : BRACE
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"So true" : IAGREE
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Yard filler, maybe : ALE
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Snorkeling locale : REEF
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Director von Sternberg : JOSEF
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Put up with : STAND
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"___ not!" : DID
Down
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Ties : DRAWS
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Problem in bed, for some : APNEA
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Like some bands with only modest Western popularity : BIGINJAPAN
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Light quanta : PHOTONS
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Burning sensation? : RAGE
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Calvary inscription : INRI
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Richard of "A Summer Place" : EGAN
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___ Bums (Brooklyn Dodgers nickname) : DEM
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Suddenly strike : DAWNON
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Novel ending : EPILOG
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Rice dish : PILAF
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Anklebones : TALI
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___-Caps (candy) : SNO
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Steal, as a vehicle : CARNAP
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Chaucer work that invokes the book of Job, with "The" : CLERKSTALE
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Tony-winning actress Judith : IVEY
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Still-life subject : VASE
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Jai alai basket : CESTA
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___ Johansson, 1959-60 world heavyweight champion : INGEMAR
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AAA service : TOWING
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Protestant denom. : EPISC
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One who bugs people? : SPY
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Riddles with bullets : SHOOTSUP
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Christmas Day urging : OPENIT
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Compact : TREATY
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Positive principle : YANG
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Versatile bean : SOYA
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Pith helmet : TOPEE
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Voiced some pleasure : OOHED
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Breeze : SNAP
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Quote : CITE
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Advantage, with "up" : LEG
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"Tony n' ___ Wedding" : TINAS
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Springfield Plateau area : OZARKS
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Pour : RAIN
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Numismatist's classification : RARE
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Preinstalled iPhone browser : SAFARI
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Setting set : UTENSILS
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Montréal suburb Côte St.-___ : LUC
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Hard drive malfunction : CRASH
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Pear or quince : POME
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Utah city : OREM
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One of the Gandhis : INDIRA
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Foot bone : TARSAL
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Indian princesses : RANIS
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Orphic hymn charmer : ERATO
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"Let's shake!" : PUTERTHERE
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Prepare the first course, say : TOSSASALAD
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Pitcher Hershiser : OREL
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Lighting expert? : PYRO
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"Great" birds : AUKS
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Marie Curie, e.g.: Abbr. : MME
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About : ASTO
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Got sick : TOOKILL
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"I'll be right with you" : ONESEC
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Some distance races : TENKS
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Marks (out) : XES
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Depressed-looking : SADEYED
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Cover with new shingles : REROOF
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She married Bobby on "The Sopranos" : JANICE
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Social welfare org. : UNICEF
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Eastern wrap: Var. : SAREE
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Bonito relatives : TUNAS
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Possible water contaminator : ECOLI
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Tailored : SEWED
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Barbra's "Funny Girl" co-star : OMAR
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___ noir : CAFE
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"The Hunter (Catalan Landscape)" painter : MIRO
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Fertilizer ingredient : PEAT
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Bit of stagnant-water growth : ALGA
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Lucrative Internet biz : PORN
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War on Poverty prez : LBJ
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What can open files? : MIS

Answer summary:
17 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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