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THE MAGIC SHOW

New York Times, Sunday, August 13, 2017

Author:
Eric Berlin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. Berlin. Sunday freshness: 94%
Jeff Chen notes:
Great concept, literalizing magic tricks. Some solvers might not totally get what's going on, so we've fixed up a few things in the grid (see below). In particular, there's a LEVITATING ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times8/13/17 ( No. 24,750 )
Across
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Bit of a Bollywood soundtrack : RAGA
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Hawaiian giveaway : LEI
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Home of van Gogh's "The Starry Night," informally : MOMA
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Walgreens competitor : RITEAID
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Greek warrior of myth : AJAX
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Person from Calgary or Edmonton : ALBERTAN
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Source of material for a baseball bat : ASHTREE
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Magic trick performed at 78-Down : VANISHINGCOIN
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Company accountant's responsibility : PAYROLL
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Concern for wheat farmers : ERGOT
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Nickname for an Oxford university : OLEMISS
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Puzzle-loving group : MENSA
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Sugar found in beer : MALTOSE
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Mouselike rodents : VOLES
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Sometimes-stinky pair : GYMSHOES
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Adds to : AUGMENTS
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Agcy. that cares what airs : FCC
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Mauna ___ : LOA
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Magic trick performed at 119-Across and 104-Down : LINKINGRINGS
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Burden for Jack and Jill : PAIL
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Female org. since the 1850s : YWCA
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Lee of Marvel Comics : STAN
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Pals around (with) : HANGS
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Coca-Cola brand : FANTA
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___ duck (Chinese entree) : PEKING
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"Carmina Burana" composer Carl : ORFF
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Grant-making org. : NEA
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Like most doors : HINGED
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Followed closely, as a set of rules : HEWEDTO
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Zest source : RIND
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Feudal vassal : LIEGE
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Magic trick performed at 123- and 124-Across : SAWINGALADYINHALF
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Word repeated before "everywhere" : WATER
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Online "Very funny!" : LMAO
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Basic gymnastics flips : AERIALS
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Comic Aziz of "Master of None" : ANSARI
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"Is that true about me?" : AMI
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Movies with big budgets and no audience : DUDS
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At the proper moment : ONCUE
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Simple percussion instrument : GOURD
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Greenish-blue hues : CYANS
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Musical based on Fellini's "8 1/2" : NINE
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Ready to take part : GAME
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Escape maker : FORD
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Magic trick performed at 55-Across : CHANGINGCARD
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Blue, on some maps: Abbr. : DEM
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Onetime White House nickname : ABE
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Apt anagram of IS A CHARM : CHARISMA
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Eight-line poems : TRIOLETS
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Hullabaloo : NOISE
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Four-string instrument : UKULELE
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Kind of jar : MASON
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Crisp fabric : TAFFETA
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Tequila source : AGAVE
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"Whenever you want" : ANYTIME
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Magic trick performed at 15-, 16- and 17-Down : LEVITATINGMAN
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Skinny sort : STRINGBEAN
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Hydrogen has one : ELECTRON
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
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Swiss and others : CHEESES
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First name in jazz : ELLA
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Bad: Prefix : DYS
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Prohibitionists : DRYS
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Go gaga : RAVE
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Not quite closed : AJAR
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Bunch of friends : GANG
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Truisms : AXIOMS
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___-di-dah : LAH
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QB Manning : ELI
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Arabic for "son of" : IBN
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Advertising icon who wears a single earring : MRCLEAN
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Missouri River native : OTOE
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Hurt badly : MAIM
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Latin years : ANNI
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Output of N.W.A or DMX : RAPSONGS
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"This ___ test" : ISA
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Herbs related to mints : THYMES
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English lengths : METRES
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Baseball's Hank : AARON
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Physicist Bohr : NIELS
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Crème ___ crème : DELA
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They can be inflated or shattered : EGOS
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Lesley of "60 Minutes" : STAHL
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Manipulative type : SVENGALI
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Lane in Metropolis : LOIS
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12:50 : TENTOONE
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Schindler of "Schindler's List" : OSKAR
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Officers below capts. : LTS
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Relief carving : GLYPH
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Shout of pain : YOWEE
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Talkative birds : MACAWS
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"Yuk!" : UGH
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Relative of pop? : GRANDDAD
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Place from which to withdraw deposits : MINE
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Long tooth : FANG
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Give as an example : CITE
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Wearing, with "in" : CLAD
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Prefix with structure : INFRA
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Décor of many dens : PANELING
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Onetime honor for cable TV shows : ACEAWARD
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Mozart title character : FIGARO
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Part of P.E.I. : EDWARD
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Some dental work : FILLINGS
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Titter : HEHE
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South American monkey : TITI
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Old war zone, briefly : NAM
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Tangled up : INASNARL
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Ill-defined situation : GRAYAREA
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Offspring : YOUNG
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Front : FACADE
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Director of 1957's "12 Angry Men" : LUMET
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Looks like : SEEMS
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Name on some boxes of film : AGFA
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Neophyte, informally : NOOB
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Provide part of a coverage policy for : COINSURE
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___-pedi : MANI
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"Mirabile ___!" ("Wonderful to state!") : DICTU
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Reproves : CHASTENS
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Dweller in a virtual "City" : SIM
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Great Lakes city : ERIE
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Greek X : CHI
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J.Crew competitor : NAUTICA
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New York archbishop Timothy : DOLAN
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Furs from rabbits : CONIES
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Got a move on, with "it" : LEGGED
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"I would ___ surprised" : NOTBE
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Stand-up comic Williams : KATT
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Like the Spanish nouns "gato" (cat) and "perro" (dog): Abbr. : MASC
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Literary collection: Abbr. : ANTH
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Vaccine holder : SYRINGE
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Run away : FLEE
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Tumbled : FELL
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Stuntman Knievel : EVEL
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The New World: Abbr. : AMER
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Be inconsistent : VARY
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Book of Mormon book : ENOS
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Fannie or Ginnie follower : MAE
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Suffix with dull : ARD
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Small dog : TOY
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Entrances : INS

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

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