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GETTING AROUND

New York Times, Sunday, June 10, 2012

Author:
Xan Vongsathorn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
57-Down : TripTik, e.g.
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Xan Vongsathorn

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 78 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Vongsathorn. Sunday freshness: 11%
Jim Horne notes:

This tricky theme confused many solvers. Look closely at the circles in the grid. TUBE and FASTBALL are inside circles. GIFT is wrapped by them. SELF is contained by them. PLANETS are ringed by them. ORGANS are internal to them. UP is bubbled inside. The especially nice coincidence is that the Nine-banded ARMADILLO gets nine bands because Armadillo has nine letters.

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© 2012, The New York Times6/10/12 ( No. 22,860 )
Across
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Benedictine monk who founded Scholasticism : ANSELM
7
Fire : ZEAL
11
Initial request? : RSVP
15
One of three in Toyota's logo : OVAL
19
Lunchtime errand : NOONER
20
Have an ___ grind : AXTO
21
What a koala really isn't : BEAR
22
Horseplay? : POLO
23
*Ready for the present? : GIFTWRAPPED
25
*Makeshift swing : INNERTUBE
27
Pennsylvania city or county : ERIE
28
Blocks : OPPOSES
30
Hockey feint : DEKE
31
Call from a crow's nest : CAW
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Sit on it : REAR
33
Chimera, e.g. : BEAST
34
They're seen but not recognized : UFOS
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Bit of fallout : ASH
38
___ populi : VOX
39
Grievances : BEEFS
40
Ring around the collar? : LASSO
43
Vessel commanded by J.F.K. : PTBOAT
47
*Brushback pitch : INSIDEFASTBALL
51
*All-in-one : SELFCONTAINED
53
Lot to take in : EYEFUL
54
Soulful Baker : ANITA
55
"Yeah, right" : ASIF
56
Bub : MAC
58
___ Martin Cognac : REMY
59
Pickup capacity, maybe : ONETON
61
Bit to split : ATOM
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Wife of Uranus : GAEA
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*Animal that gives birth to identical quadruplets : NINEBANDEDARMADILLO
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Don't fess up to : DENY
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Kind of counter : DELI
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"Excalibur" role : MERLIN
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Protest singer Phil : OCHS
79
Comical Charlotte : RAE
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South Pacific capital : APIA
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Silent goodbyes : WAVES
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Cry of delight popularized by Homer Simpson : WOOHOO
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*Saturn and others : RINGEDPLANETS
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*Contents of a chest? : INTERNALORGANS
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Heated patch : IRONON
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Broken off : ENDED
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Maker of watches and calculators : CASIO
96
Signs off on : OKS
97
Unlock, poetically : OPE
98
"Jabberwocky" starter : TWAS
99
Slack-jawed : AGAPE
102
Title acquired the moment someone is born? : MAMA
106
7x - 6 = 2x2 subj. : ALG
108
Five-spots : ABES
110
Salon supply : HAIRGEL
112
Curbside buys : ADES
113
*Surfaced, in a way : BUBBLEDUP
116
*Be repetitive ... or what parts of the answers to the starred clues do? : GOINCIRCLES
118
Lipstick print, maybe : CLUE
119
Co-worker of Clark : LOIS
120
Alternatively : ELSE
121
It's got chops : KARATE
122
Like some praises : SUNG
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Start to matter? : ANTI
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Keeps the nest warm : SITS
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Narcissus, e.g. : EGOIST
Down
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Get riled up : ANGER
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Afrique ___ : NOIRE
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World capital that's also a girl's name : SOFIA
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Embark (on) : ENTER
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"Ben-Hur" novelist Wallace : LEW
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Styx song with some Japanese lyrics : MRROBOTO
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Frank with the album "Sheik Yerbouti" : ZAPPA
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Nationals, before they were Nationals : EXPOS
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Big blast, informally : ATEST
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Rock band composition? : LODE
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Diamond stat : RBI
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Party for departing parties : SENDOFF
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Redgrave of "Atonement" : VANESSA
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Nursery school, briefly : PREK
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Decide (to) : OPT
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Deign : VOUCHSAFE
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Duke of ___ (noble Spanish title since 1472) : ALBA
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Big name in cinemas : LOEW
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Tiptop : APEX
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Lots and plots : REALTY
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Hush Puppies material : SUEDE
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Oats, e.g. : FEED
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___-toothed : SABER
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Cleared out : VACATED
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Recycling holder : BIN
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Gentrification target, maybe : SLUM
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Nonsense word repeated before "oxen free" : OLLY
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Antidrug ad, e.g., briefly : PSA
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Half a dovetail joint : TENON
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Shrovetide pancakes : BLINI
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Repeatedly : OFTEN
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"___ open!" : ITS
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Greek water nymph : NAIAD
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Searched (through) : SIFTED
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Be a union buster? : SECEDE
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Repeating part of "Hey Jude" : NANANA
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___ Grand : MGM
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TripTik, e.g. : AAAMAP
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"A Midsummer Night's Dream" fairy king : OBERON
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Uplifting piece : ODE
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Spanish wine : MALAGA
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High conflicts : AIRWARS
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TV scientist Bill : NYE
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Gain maturity : RIPEN
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Grassy plain : LLANO
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Add spring to, with "up" : LIVEN
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"You're ___ talk!" : ONETO
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Boo-boo : OWIE
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Mass. neighbor : CONN
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Cookout item : HOTDOGBUN
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Ones you can count on? : SHEEP
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Fingers : IDS
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Job application fig. : SSN
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No walk in the park : ORDEAL
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Parks with no intention of moving : ROSA
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Dander : IRISH
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South Vietnam's first president ___ Dinh Diem : NGO
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Have a crush on, in middle school lingo : LIKELIKE
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Responded to, as a tip : ACTEDON
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Something to try : LAWSUIT
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Grp. that includes Ecuador and Venezuela : OPEC
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Garlicky sauce : AIOLI
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Meal : GRIST
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"___ of God" (1985 drama) : AGNES
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Certain lens : MACRO
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First name in 1960s diplomacy : ADLAI
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Shakes hands with, maybe : MEETS
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Plus : ASSET
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Kindergarten stuff : ABCS
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Wower : LULU
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Banjo master Fleck : BELA
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Gains maturity : AGES
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Command to a dog : BEG
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23rd in a series : PSI
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Sponge alternative : RAG

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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