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New York Times, Sunday, August 7, 2011

Author:
Tony Orbach and Janie Smulyan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Down : Birth control option, briefly
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 74 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Orbach. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Smulyan. Sunday freshness: 46%
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© 2011, The New York Times8/7/11 ( No. 22,552 )
Across
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Airplane amenities : LEGRESTS
9
"The Dublin Trilogy" dramatist : OCASEY
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Kind of attraction : FATAL
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Windward : AWEATHER
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Fashion frill : RUFFLE
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Add-on meaning "galore" : AGOGO
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Start-press order for a New York daily? : LETTHETIMESROLL
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Shaded shelter : BOWER
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Sleuth Lupin : ARSENE
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Suffix with form : ULA
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Dresden's river : ELBE
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St. Pete-to-Savannah dir. : NNE
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Flaps : ADOS
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Make out : DESCRY
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Big name in potatoes : OREIDA
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Explorer's writing : LOG
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Flippered animal that runs a maid service? : HOUSEKEEPINGSEAL
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Legal assistants : PARAS
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Mart start : WAL
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Sparks : AROUSES
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Request for candy from a kid at camp? : SHIPLOLLIPOP
52
Nutritional abbr. : RDA
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Like the yin side: Abbr. : FEM
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Author Sinclair : UPTON
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Start : ONSET
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Dewlapped creature : IGUANA
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When to call, in some ads : EVES
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"Rocky III" co-star : MRT
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Gnarly : RAD
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Ohio university : AKRON
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Congratulatory phrase at a "Peanuts" bar mitzvah? : YOUREAMANCHARLIEBROWN
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"Sounds like ___!" : APLAN
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Western Indian : UTE
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High lines : ELS
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Romeo's predecessor? : ALFA
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Keir of "2001: A Space Odyssey" : DULLEA
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End of a Greek run : OMEGA
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Ones gathered for a reading, maybe : HEIRS
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___ result : ASA
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One of the Bobbsey twins : NAN
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Jaded comment from a constantly updated person? : NONEWSISNEWS
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1981 German-language hit film : DASBOOT
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Part of some itineraries? : VIA
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Leisurely time to arrive at the office : TENAM
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1970s, to a schmaltzy wedding band? : THEERAOFFEELINGS
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See 106-Across : DNA
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Musée d'Orsay artist : RENOIR
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Things determined by 104-Across : TRAITS
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Everybody, to Erich : ALLE
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"___ me" (phone comment) : ITS
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Match part : GAME
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Geneviève, for one: Abbr. : STE
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Denmark's ___ Islands : FAEROE
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"Scooby-Doo" girl : VELMA
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Amnesiac's vague recollection of having a hobby? : IMINTOSOMETHING
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Construct : ERECT
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Environment : MILIEU
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TV character who worked for Steinbrenner : COSTANZA
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Six-pack holder? : TORSO
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Certain newspaper advertisement : INSERT
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Washed : DETERGED
Down
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Substitute for forgotten words in a song : LALA
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Pour thing? : EWER
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Stops panicking : GETSAGRIP
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Valued : RATED
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Prefix with -centric : ETHNO
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"I can't believe it!" : SHEESH
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Holiday celebrated with bánh chung cakes : TET
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Asian title that's an anagram of an English one : SRI
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Unsettling last words : ORELSE
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Two-time Oscar nominee Joan : CUSACK
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Home to about 15% of the world's population: Abbr. : AFR
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W. Coast air hub : SFO
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Fashion magazine : ELLE
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"2, 4, 6, 8 - Who do we appreciate?," e.g. : YELL
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___ egg : FABERGE
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Back : AGO
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College-area local : TOWNIE
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What a chair should cover? : AGENDA
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Cosmetics brand with the classic slogan "Because I'm worth it" : LOREAL
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Swiss mix : MUESLI
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Often-trimmed tree : BONSAI
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Designed for two : DUAL
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Takes in : REAPS
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"___ out!" : YER
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Serpentine shape : ESS
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"Beatles '65" and others : LPS
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Hanauma Bay locale : OAHU
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Antipollution mascot Woodsy ___ : OWL
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AOL's Web site, e.g. : PORTAL
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Birth control option, briefly : IUD
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Lacking a surrounding colonnade, as a temple : APTERAL
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Ljubljana resident : SLOVENE
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Ready to be called : ONEA
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French meat : PORC
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Active : ONTHEGO
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Casino offering : FARO
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Poetic "plenty" : ENOW
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Singer Aimee : MANN
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Muffs : ERRS
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What a pajama party often is : GABFEST
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It's NW of Georgia : UKRAINE
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Sch. that plays Texas A&M : SMU
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Memory: Prefix : MNEM
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Calendario unit : DIA
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When tripled, et cetera : YADA
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Musical number : OPUS
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"The Producers" character who sings "When You Got It, Flaunt It" : ULLA
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Mucho : ATONOF
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Actor Rickman : ALAN
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K-12 : ELHI
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"Broken Arrow" co-star Michael : ANSARA
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Type in : ENTER
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Portrayal : RENDERING
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Zeus' disguise when fathering Helen of Troy : SWAN
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Blood-typing system : ABO
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Modern party planning aids : EVITES
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Sports column : WINS
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Go south, as sales : SAG
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Scot's "wee" : SMA
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In excelsis ___ : DEO
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Japanese "thanks" : ARIGATO
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Frequent, in verse : OFT
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Stand on short feet : TRIVET
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Straight : HETERO
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Eve who wrote "The Vagina Monologues" : ENSLER
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___ egg : EASTER
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Beat it : LITOUT
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Best in crash-test ratings : SAFEST
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Order to a barista : LATTE
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"Zigeunerliebe" composer : LEHAR
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"La Bohème" soprano : MIMI
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Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4: Abbr. : EMIN
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Eleven, to Héloïse : ONZE
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Edwardian expletive : EGAD
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Ones putting on a show, for short : MCS
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They: Fr. : ILS
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German rejection : NIE
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Cause of some repetitive behavior, in brief : OCD
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A Stooge : MOE

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

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