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SILENT TREATMENT

New York Times, Sunday, June 18, 2017

Author:
Sam Trabucco
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Sam Trabucco

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 73 Missing: {JX} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Trabucco. Sunday freshness: 89%
Sam Trabucco notes:
I've always disproportionately enjoyed plays on silent letters; this is the second crossword I've written themed around them, the first being what eventually became my 2016 Indie 500 ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Silent letters have been played upon in many crosswords, but there's still room for a new twist. I like what Sam did today, featuring base phrases turned into kooky ones when the silent ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times6/18/17 ( No. 24,694 )
Across
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Chimp relatives : ORANGS
7
Free spot, for short : PSA
10
Mouth pieces : LIPS
14
Pac-12 team : UTES
18
Asian plumlike fruit : LOQUAT
19
Rihanna's 2016 ___ World Tour : ANTI
21
Puma alternative : AVIA
22
QB Tony : ROMO
23
Reversals of reversals in sentences? : DOUBLEKNOTS
25
Ribald : RACY
26
Making the honor roll, e.g. : GOAL
27
Org. involved in an annual open house : PTA
28
Directional suffix : ERN
29
Shell containers : OILTANKS
31
Railroad name starting in 1832 : ERIE
32
Golf ball's path : ARC
33
Result of waves hitting rocks : SEASPRAY
35
"Don't worry about me!" : IMOK
37
With 73-Across, a symbol of Massachusetts : ELM
38
Laundry unit : LOAD
40
Small egg : OVULE
41
Donates shelter to some beavers? : GIVESADAMN
44
Bedding in a horse's stall : STRAW
46
Name that's Hebrew for "my God" : ELI
47
Relative of "POW!" : BAM
48
Crop-damaging rodent : VOLE
49
"Don't give up!" : TRY
51
New pony : FOAL
53
One following the dotted lines? : PACMAN
57
Soup, black bread and, for the wealthy, meat? : RENAISSANCEFAIRE
62
Neutrogena dandruff shampoo : TGEL
66
John or James : APOSTLE
67
"What nerve!" : THEIDEA
68
___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA
69
Gear for a hike : BOOTS
70
Part of E = mc2 : MASS
73
See 37-Across : TREE
74
Not quite leaders of the pack : BETAS
75
Social Security fig. : IDNO
76
Based on theoretical deduction : APRIORI
78
Like concrete that's shaped in advance : PRECAST
80
Road sign silhouette : DEER
81
Kings and queens bringing their steeds to a halt? : REIGNINGMONARCHS
84
Nelson who wrote "The Man With the Golden Arm" : ALGREN
86
James who wrote "A Death in the Family" : AGEE
87
Freddy once hailed as "the next Pelé" : ADU
88
Husband to Emilia in "Othello" : IAGO
90
Golfer Ernie : ELS
92
Tiny bit : TAD
94
Popeye creator E. C. ___ : SEGAR
98
"Excuse me, but my partner's and my kids go first!" : AFTERHOURS
102
"___, Escher, Bach" (Pulitzer-winning book) : GODEL
104
Tackle box item : LURE
105
When repeated, "All right, that's enough!" : NOW
106
Up (for), paradoxically : DOWN
107
Better than normal : ABOVEPAR
110
Gchat notes, e.g. : IMS
111
Medical professional on TV : DROZ
113
Part of a classic diner sign : NEONTUBE
115
"Listen up, Luis!" : OYE
116
WSJ competitor : NYT
117
Fantasy game role : OGRE
118
Icelandic saga : EDDA
119
Feast consisting entirely of Hawaiian foodstuffs? : TAROTSPREAD
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Flight destination? : NEST
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"Enough!" : STOP
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Word with pink or cow : SLIP
125
Illinois college town : URBANA
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James of R&B : ETTA
127
Ring ___ : TOSS
128
Sot's woe : DTS
129
Like elves' ears : POINTY
Down
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Cronies : OLDPALS
2
Plant disease whose two words differ by only one letter : ROOTROT
3
Amphibious auto : AQUACAR
4
Essence of an idea : NUB
5
Powerful winds : GALES
6
Lead-in to phonic : STEREO
7
Greek god depicted on the cover of "The Wind in the Willows" : PAN
8
Onetime rap moniker : SNOOPLION
9
Clothe : ATTIRE
10
Tomb raider ___ Croft : LARA
11
"The Terrible" czar : IVANIV
12
When repeated, plea to a stage magician : PICKME
13
Powers to decide : SAYSOS
14
Goad : URGE
15
"Ugh, that hits close to home!" : TOOREAL
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"Shoot over your response" : EMAILME
17
Very serious : SOLEMN
20
Part of las Filipinas : ISLA
24
Scoundrel : KNAVE
30
Popular rapper with a feline-sounding name : TYGA
34
Bacteria-battling drug : SULFA
36
Intoxicating Polynesian drink : KAVA
39
Cloud's purpose : DATASTORAGE
42
Hurt : IMPAIR
43
#1 Presley hit : DONTBECRUEL
45
Court orders : WRITS
47
"Ugh!" : BLEH
50
Big fashion inits. : YSL
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Follows, as advice : ACTSON
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One might represent a representative : AIDE
55
Sleazeball : CREEPO
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___ culpa : MEA
57
Frothing at the mouth : RABID
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Lyric poem : EPODE
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Who has ever won a debate over the internet? : NOONE
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Start of the Marines' motto : SEMPER
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Honoring grandly : FETING
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Did so-so at school : GOTAC
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Digital currency : ECASH
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Hangs in there : LASTS
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Singer India.___ : ARIE
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One of 56 in 1776 : SIGNER
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Some Mardi Gras wear : BEADS
76
S. Amer. land : ARG
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Inlets : RIAS
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Genetic material : RNA
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"Oh, boohoo!" : GETOVERIT
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Gettysburg general : MEADE
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Head of an estate : LORD
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"Hmm ... it's escaping me" : IFORGET
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"If all else fails ..." : ATWORST
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Exam for future attys. : LSAT
93
Warehouse : DEPOT
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Native of Conakry : GUINEAN
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Little raider : ARMYANT
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Athlete's time off : RESTDAY
98
Single shot awarded for being fouled while scoring, in basketball lingo : ANDONE
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Straight : HONEST
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Had because of : OWEDTO
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Start of a Spanish count : UNODOS
102
Clear one's head? : GOBALD
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Confines due to injury : LAYSUP
108
Qualifying words : BUTS
109
Facsimile, for short : REPRO
112
It follows epsilon : ZETA
114
Fuzzes : NAPS
120
Photo ___ : OPS
121
Stat for Lou Gehrig or Manny Ramirez : RBI

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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