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A TALE OF MANY CITIES

New York Times, Sunday, May 24, 2015

Author:
Kevin G. Der
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Kevin G. Der

This puzzle:

Rows: 23, Columns: 23 Words: 176, Blocks: 95 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Der. Sunday freshness: 10%
Notepad: When this puzzle is completed, the circled letters will form a path (starting in the first circle of 93-Across) spelling out the puzzle's theme. Each long Down answer contains a hidden city, reading in order from top to bottom, not necessarily consecutively. The location of the city, and its number of letters, are indicated.
Jeff Chen notes:
"Around the World in 80 Days" amazed me as a kid. A book written over a century ago, capturing the attention and imagination of a ten-year old boy is a pretty good criteria for defining a classic. So it ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times5/24/15 ( No. 23,938 )
Across
1
Exactly : JUST
5
Obama vis-à-vis Columbia : ALUM
9
Deg. from Columbia : MBA
12
Much-anticipated nights out : HOTDATES
20
Company with a fleet : UHAUL
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Prefix with watt : TERA
23
Window shopper's cry : OOH
24
Like the roots of democracy : ATHENIAN
25
Mario's brother, in gaming : LUIGI
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Breeding ground : STUDFARM
28
Eventually became : GREWINTO
29
Relative of a kite : ERN
30
Proofer's mark : STET
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"O, never say that I was false of heart ...," e.g. : SONNET
34
"Not only that ..." : ALSO
35
Used a pouffe : SAT
36
Some spicy cuisine : THAI
37
Once, old-style : ERST
38
Competitor of Petro-Canada : ESSO
40
Laura who wrote and sang "Wedding Bell Blues" : NYRO
44
Join : FUSE
46
"That's a ___" : NONO
48
Stuck in a mess? : ONKP
50
"Ain't gonna happen" : NOSOAP
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Heart : CORE
54
Imminent : NIGH
56
Local theater, slangily : NABE
58
Ones in an annual hunt : EGGS
60
Ulan-___ (capital of a Russian republic) : UDE
61
Vehicle with a folding top : SHAY
62
Suffix with stink : EROO
63
Fulda tributary : EDER
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Jack's partner : COKE
65
Cousins : KIN
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Goes for the gold? : PANS
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Not quite right : WONKY
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Alternative to metal : EMO
70
Goddess in "The Tempest" : IRIS
71
Win at auction, say : NAB
72
Warrior in the "Discworld" fantasy books : ORC
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Small force : DYNE
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Form a coalition : ALLY
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Jokesters : WAGS
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Personnel list : ROTA
78
___ chi ch'uan : TAI
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Travelers at the speed of light : RAYS
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Former Jets coach Ewbank : WEEB
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Tavern menu heading : ALES
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One with a stiff upper lip? : EWER
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Speed-skating champion Kramer : SVEN
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Captain's spot : HELM
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Kind of adapter : ACDC
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Act the rat : GNAW
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It's folded before a meal : TACO
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Dodge Aries, e.g. : KCAR
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"Walk ___" (1964 hit) : ONBY
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Red Rock dweller : OTOE
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Magazine mogul, familiarly : HEF
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"Pretty Maids All in ___" : AROW
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The sun's "10th planet," once : ERIS
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Half of a Senate vote : NAYS
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"This looks bad" : UHOH
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Singer ___ Rose : AXL
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Barber's supply : GEL
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Routine response? : JEER
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Kyrgyz province : OSH
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Trite : TIRED
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Needle holder : ETUI
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___ Paradise of "On the Road" : SAL
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Was bankrupt, say : OWED
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Blue shade : AQUA
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Stupefy : STUN
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Like some missed pitches : WIDE
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Stupefy : AWE
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Baritone in "The Mikado" : KOKO
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Dyspepsia reliever : TUMS
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All at the start? : OMNI
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Home of the Big 12's Cyclones : AMES
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One who's behind : LAGGER
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Solomonic : WISE
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___ colada : PINA
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Plantation machines : GINS
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Holes in Swiss cheese : EYES
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Grasps : KENS
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"The Night Circus" author Morgenstern : ERIN
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Chicago mayor Emanuel : RAHM
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Yamaha Grizzly, e.g., for short : ATV
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Trunk part : HASP
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Pond or sand trap : HAZARD
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One of the Jackson 5 : TITO
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"___-haw!" : YEE
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Long-running event? : MARATHON
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"Et voilà!" : HEREITIS
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One following an order : FRIAR
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Countermanded : OVERRODE
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Verdi's "___ tu" : ERI
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Power play result, often : GOAL
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Pope's vestment : FANON
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They're blown at some weddings : BAGPIPES
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Yahoo! alternative : MSN
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Do a body scan? : OGLE
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Meanie : OGRE
Down
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With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle's theme : JULES
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Shipmate of Spock : UHURA
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Brooklyn Heights school [U.S.; 3,9] : SAINTFRANCISCOLLEGE
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Yank : TUG
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En route, as a tanker : ATSEA
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Relaxing [U.K.; 6] : LETTINGONESHAIRDOWN
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Host of the first World Cup, 1930: Abbr. : URU
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Michael of "Reservoir Dogs" : MADSEN
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Spooky sounds : MOANS
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1988 Bon Jovi hit [India; 6] : BORNTOBEMYBABY
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Words said with a sigh : AHME
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Witchy woman : HAG
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Others, in Oaxaca : OTRAS
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1996 Geena Davis thriller [China; 4,4] : THELONGKISSGOODNIGHT
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Mountain ___ (soft drinks) : DEWS
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What chemists find attractive? : ANIONS
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Cookie holder : TIN
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"Dig in!" : EAT
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___-Cat : SNO
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Leans : LISTS
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As an example : FORONE
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PBS craft show for 21 seasons [U.S.; 3,4] : THENEWYANKEEWORKSHOP
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Sci-fi narcotic : TEK
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Military trial for a misdemeanor [India; 8] : SPECIALCOURTMARTIAL
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"Get it?" [Japan; 8] : YOUKNOWWHATIMSAYING
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Send off : RADIATE
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Popular party feature : OPENBAR
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Often-illegal turns, informally : UEYS
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"Hmm, gotcha" : OHOK
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Wolfe of mystery : NERO
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Sugar suffixes : OSES
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Benjamin : CSPOT
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Mitchell heroine : OHARA
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Firehouse catching fire, e.g. : IRONY
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"Someone Like You" singer, 2011 : ADELE
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Overdo it at dinner : GORGE
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Two-masted craft : YAWL
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Dr. of hip-hop : DRE
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Ones pressed into service in the kitchen? [Egypt; 4] : LEMONSQUEEZERS
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Spitball, e.g. : WAD
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Mens ___ (legal term) : REA
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Asseverate : VOW
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Ambulance destinations, for short : ERS
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Anatomical sac : CYST
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Book before Esth. : NEH
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Event often in a front yard : TAGSALE
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Passage between buildings : AREAWAY
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Stream : CREEK
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___ Tate, onetime English poet laureate : NAHUM
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Secretariat's org. : THEUN
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Send off : EXUDE
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Pilots : FLIES
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One-liner, e.g. : JOKE
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Stable bagful : OATS
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Gets broadcast : ISON
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McGregor of "Big Fish" : EWAN
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Dream : ASPIRE
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A neighbor : GSHARP
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"Kind of" ending : ISH
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Rainbow color : INDIGO
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"Ta-ta" : IMOFF
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Lyric poem : EPODE
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Eager, informally : RARIN
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Overflow seating area : AISLE
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"Coffee, ___ Me?" : TEAOR
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See 1-Down : VERNE
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Longfellow bell town : ATRI
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"Um, pardon ..." : AHEM
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Rabble : MOB
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A.I. woman in 2015's "Ex Machina" : AVA
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Std. : REG
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Old game console inits. : NES
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Dress (up) : TOG
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1990s Indian P.M. : RAO

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

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