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OH, SAY...

New York Times, Sunday, July 6, 2014

Author:
Daniel C. Bryant
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
80-Down : Bit of flimflam
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Daniel C. Bryant

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 74 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Bryant. Sunday freshness: 56%
Daniel C. Bryant notes:
Although a number of my puzzles have been published over the years, I'm only now realizing there are sites for constructor comments. I'm a retired physician with, like many physicians ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Ah, THERE'S the Fourth of July puzzle I was expecting! An homage to THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER today. One aspect that I really enjoyed about this puzzle was a post-solve analysis of the ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times7/6/14 ( No. 23,616 )
Across
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Serving edges : ADINS
6
Husband one's energy, say : RESTUP
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General servant : FACTOTUM
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Salle de bain fixture : BIDET
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Enunciate slowly : INTONE
22
Get to : IRRITATE
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First U.S. multimillionaire : ASTOR
24
Lawyer who wrote 65-Across : FRANCISSCOTTKEY
26
Land's end? : SCAPE
27
Throw up : LOFT
28
Sound of expiration : AHH
29
Skiing destination Val d'___ : ISERE
30
Year 24-Across wrote 65-Across : EIGHTEENFOURTEEN
35
Any knight : SIR
36
Jan. 1 till now : YTD
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Crayola color akin to fern : SEAGREEN
40
What the music to 65-Across was, originally : BRITISHPUBSONG
47
Some American Indian homes : ADOBES
51
As it happens : LIVE
52
Better to a rapper, worse to a patient : ILLER
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Herbal Essences shampoo company : CLAIROL
54
Standoffish : ICY
55
Fixed things? : ASSETS
57
James Douglas Muir ___ (TV host's birth name) : LENO
60
Looking up : ROSY
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Sun: Sp. : SOL
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Ancient walkway : STOA
63
Four-time N.B.A. All-Star Pau ___ : GASOL
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Farm female : SOW
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This puzzle's theme, whose first notes are indicated by shaded squares : THESTARSPANGLEDBANNER
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Camus, to Sartre, for many years : AMI
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Blood-related : HEMIC
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Sports org. founded in 1906 : NCAA
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Book jacket staple : BIO
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It's bound to be turned : PAGE
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Beginner for a while? : ERST
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Star in the Summer Triangle : ALTAIR
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"I should ___ die with pity, / To see another thus": Shak. : EEN
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Country whose national currency is the U.S. dollar : ECUADOR
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French evenings : SOIRS
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"Essays of ___" : ELIA
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What the curious may do : PEERIN
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Performer who gave a memorable rendition of 65-Across in 1991 : WHITNEYHOUSTON
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Setting of James Clavell's "Gai-Jin" : YOKOHAMA
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G.O.P. org. : RNC
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Gator's tail? : ADE
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Mission that 24-Across was on when he wrote 65-Across : PRISONEREXCHANGE
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He prophesied the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem : MICAH
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N.Y.C. subway inits. : IRT
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Cloth for a man of the cloth? : ROBE
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"The Tempest" spirit : ARIEL
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Where 24-Across was inspired to write 65-Across : BALTIMOREHARBOR
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It handles lettres : POSTE
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Later : INAWHILE
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Best Actor nominee for "Venus," 2006 : OTOOLE
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Vanilla : PLAIN
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Inked : TATTOOED
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Symbols of change : DELTAS
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Gossip : YENTA
Down
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Demean : ABASE
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They're thrown in decathlons : DISCI
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It may have a pet name : IDTAG
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Greenhorn : NEOPHYTE
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Overlapping fugue motifs : STRETTI
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Long arm : RIFLE
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"America's most innovative company" prior to its bankruptcy in 2001 : ENRON
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Locale for this puzzle's shaded squares : STAFF
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Sidekick of TV and film : TONTO
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Where Michael Jordan played college ball: Abbr. : UNC
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Louvre pyramid designer : PEI
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Bit of spawn : FISHEGG
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Sagittarius, with "the" : ARCHER
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___-Magnon : CRO
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New World monkey : TITI
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Giant Mel and Pirate Ed : OTTS
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Film units : TAKES
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Birth places? : UTERI
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___ Wolfsheim, gambler in "The Great Gatsby" : MEYER
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Old Nick : SATAN
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MS. managers : EDS
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Initialism in a Beatles title : USSR
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Old car company based in Lansing, Mich. : REO
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Oscar-winning Patricia : NEAL
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Author LeShan : EDA
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Wrinkle-free, say : NOIRON
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Second-rate : BLIST
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Big copier maker : RICOH
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Penn station? : IVYLEAGUE
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Their, singularly : HISORHER
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Crowd-___ : PLEASER
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Last: Abbr. : ULT
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Wanna-___ : BES
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High level in karate : BROWNBELT
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Counterpart of Aurora : EOS
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Winking, maybe : SLY
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Money in hand : COLDCASH
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Italian province or its capital : ASTI
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"Come ___?" (Italian greeting) : STA
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Tarry : LAG
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Immigrant's subj. : ESL
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"Stay out" : NOENTRY
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Health supplement co. : GNC
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River of western Germany : SAAR
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Like mascara in the rain : SMEARY
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Some natl. leaders : PMS
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River isle : AIT
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Political writer Matt : BAI
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Farm refrain : EIEIO
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Farrow of MSNBC : RONAN
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Oomph : PEP
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See 79-Down : ACE
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Get an ___ (77-Down) : AON
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Bit of flimflam : LIE
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God: It. : DIO
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Peeling potatoes, perhaps : ONKP
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Title name in a 2000 Eminem hit : STAN
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Salad green : ESCAROLE
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Sounded like a fan : WHIRRED
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Speed : HASTE
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Texter's qualification : IMO
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"The Hobbit" figure : ORC
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Blue : UNHAPPY
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Player in orange and black : ORIOLE
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Scope : AMBIT
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Princess played by Naomi Watts : DIANA
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Brilliance : ECLAT
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Flynn of old film : ERROL
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Metal worker? : ROBOT
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Menace named after an African river : EBOLA
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City whose name was the source of the word "sherry" : XERES
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Jewish month : NISAN
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"See?" : GETIT
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Justice Kagan : ELENA
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Periodic table abbr. : ATWT
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Sunshine cracker : HIHO
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"O Sole ___" : MIO
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Brick transporter : HOD
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Absorbed : ATE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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