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New York Times, Sunday, July 12, 2015

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Down : Breach of trust
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 199 for Mr. Berry. Sunday freshness: 9%
Jeff Chen notes:
Classic Patrick Berry, a wordplay theme executed extremely cleanly. Interesting idea to "double" the starts of common phrases, with some surprising results like COUP D'ETAT changing to ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times7/12/15 ( No. 23,987 )
Across
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Hamlet : BURG
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Possible cause of red eyes : FLASH
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Collared one : PERP
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Poker in a western : SPUR
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College sports' ___ Valley Conference : OHIO
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Disease spread by bats : RABIES
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Nefarious : EVIL
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"Casablanca" role : ILSA
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Bird involved in French government affairs? : CUCKOODETAT
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Fulminate : RAGE
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Come together : MEET
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Leading the pack : AHEAD
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Glittering ballet costume? : TUTUOFDIAMONDS
31
Brings up : REARS
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Was nosy : PRIED
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"Prince ___" ("Aladdin" song) : ALI
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Flipper? : SPATULA
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Raced with runners : SKIED
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"You can stop explaining" : IGETIT
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Tree with samaras : ELM
45
"La Bohème" song in which Rodolfo regrets saying too much to his lover? : MIMIANDMYBIGMOUTH
49
Except for : SAVE
51
Site of Italy's Blue Grotto : CAPRI
52
Barclays Center player : ISLANDER
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"I'll obey your medical advice!"? : AYEAYEDOCTOR
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Bath bathroom : LOO
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Prey for a dingo : EMU
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Coat of arms element : MOTTO
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1969 Nabokov novel : ADA
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Don Everly's singing brother : PHIL
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Reaction to a slug : OOF
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Guarantee : ENSURE
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Harry's 1948 Dixiecrat opponent : STROM
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Horror film featuring Ghostface : SCREAM
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Collared one : PET
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Miss Woodhouse of Hartfield : EMMA
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Stand-up comic's need : MIC
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Echo tester's word : HELLO
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Car care brand : STP
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Paul Newman title role : HUD
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Lionel trains? : CHOOCHOOTOYS
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Mesabi Range excavation : IRONMINE
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Oscar winner Garson : GREER
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Big butcher purchase : SIDE
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Group planning a hostile takeover of Swiss Miss? : COCOACONSPIRATORS
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"Here's an idea ..." : SAY
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Facebook profile feature : STATUS
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Plywood sheet : PANEL
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Nail-removing tool : PINCERS
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Driveway sealant : TAR
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Become tainted : SPOIL
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Former SAG president Ed : ASNER
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"That's my last trip to the store, ever!"? : BYEBYEPRODUCTS
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Indicates, as a gauge : READS
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Letup : LULL
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Reserve : BOOK
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One who's pretentious as hell? : CHICHIDEVIL
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Study too much, say : OGLE
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No-show in Hubbard's cupboard : BONE
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Fictional resort in a 1988 #1 hit : KOKOMO
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Washed up, careerwise : DONE
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Stands abuse? : BOOS
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Flexible Flyer, e.g. : SLED
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Climber's spike : PITON
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Wet blanket? : SNOW
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Florida city, for short : BOCA
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"Ain't gonna happen" : UHUH
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"Dirty" dish : RICE
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Track vehicle : GOKART
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Back again : FRO
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Youth : LAD
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Provides a hideaway for, maybe : ABETS
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Undisturbed, after "in" : SITU
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Qualifying race : HEAT
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Breach of trust : PERFIDY
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Skirt : EVADE
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Having no flex : RIGID
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Entreaty : PLEA
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Buck, in old slang : SIMOLEON
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More-than-adequate supply : PLENITUDE
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Like Goodwill wares : USED
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"Dagnabbit!" : RATS
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Half-witted : STUPID
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Classical performance hall : ODEUM
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Utah Valley University city : OREM
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Soft rock? : MAGMA
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Dennis the Menace's mom : ALICE
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Holiday Inn rival : RAMADA
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Oil source for Asian cooking : SESAME
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Exploit : PLAYON
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Lobbying org. formed in 1944 : AMVETS
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"Yeah, I bet," e.g. : SARCASM
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Intertwined : KNIT
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Digs in the Arctic : IGLOOS
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List entry : ITEM
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"Whatever Gets You ___ the Night" (Lennon song) : THRU
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Device once sold in a U2 Special Edition : IPOD
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Unwelcome bit of mail : BILL
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Prefix with metric : ISO
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Consume : EATUP
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The olden days : YORE
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Actress in "Selma," familiarly : OPRAH
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Chi-___ (Christian symbol) : RHO
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Sinful : IMMORAL
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Diez menos dos : OCHO
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Neck lines? : FRETS
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Law school course : ETHICS
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Network owned by Showtime : TMC
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Children's heroine with the dog Weenie : ELOISE
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Runner-up in every 1978 Triple Crown race : ALYDAR
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Perambulates, western-style : MOSEYS
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Source of four great rivers, in the Bible : EDEN
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"Law & Order: SVU" actor : ICET
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Ruler entombed in the Great Pyramid : CHEOPS
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Sets (on) : SICS
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Dressage gait : TROT
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Western city named after a Shoshone chief : POCATELLO
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Card game from Mattel : UNO
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Grimm figure : OGRE
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Hatch in the Senate : ORRIN
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Important people : NOTABLES
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Tabloid show beginning in 1991 : MAURY
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Given a start : SPOOKED
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Not working as a volunteer : PAID
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Favored by fortune : INLUCK
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Radio-era dummy : SNERD
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Religious doctrines : CREEDS
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Cylindrical holder : SPOOL
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Lying flat : PRONE
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Berkshire racecourse site : ASCOT
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Indistinct shape : BLOB
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1980s auto : YUGO
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Dies down : EBBS
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Blender setting : CHOP
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Polynesian idol : TIKI
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___-by-the-Sea, N.J. : AVON
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Rat Pack nickname : DINO
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Multitude : SLEW
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Coverage provider, for short : HMO
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Particle in seawater : ION

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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