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I.E., NOT I

New York Times, Sunday, September 19, 2004

Author:
Kyle Mahowald
Editor:
Will Shortz
74-Down : Sting, of sorts
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Kyle Mahowald

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 71 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Mahowald. Sunday freshness: 26%
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© 2004, The New York Times9/19/4 ( No. 20,039 )
Across
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Many Bob Marley fans : RASTAS
7
Criticized severely : BASHED
13
Call it quits : BREAKUP
20
No holds barred : ALLOUT
21
Big Ten team : ILLINI
22
Cause for delay : REDTAPE
23
The Good Witch of the North : GLINDA
24
Key of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 : GMINOR
25
"This is serious!" : IMEANIT
26
DNA sample for lab analysis? : GENEINABOTTLE
28
Fixes : BINDS
29
Civic group : ELKS
30
Football Hall-of-Famer Ford : LEN
31
Cause for an R rating : SEX
32
Continue : ADD
35
"L.A. Law" actress : DEY
36
Librarian? : SOUNDBARRER
42
Big name in watches : CASIO
44
Al dente : FIRM
45
On the ball : AWARE
46
Pressure unit equal to one newton per square meter : PASCAL
47
Good-for-nothings : BADEGGS
50
Checkout procedures : SCANS
51
Venom : ILLWILL
52
Saucers may hold them : ALIENS
53
Zeno, notably : STOIC
54
Noted 2000 guest at Camp David : ARAFAT
55
Sidekick of radio, TV and film : TONTO
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Airline's exercise program? : PEINTHESKY
58
"___ Blue" : NYPD
61
Atlanta's ___ Center : CNN
62
TV Land showing : RERUN
64
Up : AHEAD
66
Revolutionary Guevara : CHE
67
Lab instruction? : HEEL
69
Recently nicked? : JUSTMARRED
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Hollywood's Hawke : ETHAN
75
N.F.L. team named after a poem : RAVENS
77
Gifts on October birthdays : OPALS
78
Uncovered the most : BAREST
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Regatta : SEARACE
81
Beatnik's exclamation : CRAZY
82
Wine vessels : CARAFES
83
Proceed without a game plan : WINGIT
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"___ yourself!" : BRACE
85
Rear : RUMP
86
Shakespearean forest : ARDEN
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Dictator's snide remark? : SOILEDSUEME
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Poet's monogram : TSE
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Popular soup ingredient : PEA
94
It may get glossed over : LIP
95
1863 German invention, for short : TNT
96
Holdings of some banks : DATA
97
Lady of honor : MADAM
100
Pajama sellers? : BEDTIMESTORES
106
"God willing" : IHOPESO
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Ring of color : AREOLA
109
"Want to grab a bite?" : HUNGRY
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Neanderthals : CAVEMEN
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Tourists' counterparts : LOCALS
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Favorite daughter of Zeus : ATHENA
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Garbage dump, say : EYESORE
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"Shame!" : TSKTSK
115
Sales reps' goals : QUOTAS
Down
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Uneven : RAGGED
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Cause of hereditary variation : ALLELE
3
Spring toy : SLINKY
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Softens, with "down" : TONES
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Maker of the A4, A6 and A8 : AUDI
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1972 Wimbledon winner Smith : STAN
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London landmark : BIGBEN
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Popular candy bar ingredient : ALMOND
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Crack : SLIT
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Touch : HINT
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Hydroxyl compound : ENOL
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Life-or-death : DIRE
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Underhanded one : BRIBER
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Dance version of a record, say : REMIX
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First family's home : EDEN
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Slightly : ATAD
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Midwest cook? : KANSASCITYCHEF
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News inits. : UPI
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Honeybunch : PET
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Graduates, briefly : ALUMS
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"Was that so hard!?" : SEE
33
Dove competitor : DIAL
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Honeybunch : DOLL
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Mister in Milan : SIGNOR
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Grps. : ORGS
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Part of an Atkins breakfast : BACON
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Look forward to : AWAIT
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Italian alternative : RANCH
41
Some transp. stocks : RRS
42
Leg part : CALF
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City just north of Lake Nasser : ASWAN
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Leg ends : FEET
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Spanish beach : PLAYA
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Baker's unit : BATCH
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Peerless : ALONE
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Playboy's agenda? : DINNERANDAMOVE
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Time on the job : STINT
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Teed off : IRKED
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Writer/illustrator of the story "Gertrude McFuzz" : SEUSS
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Smoking result : ASHES
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Bush whack? : PRUNE
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With time to spare : EARLY
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Full moon, e.g. : PHASE
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Dings : DENTS
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Give the heave-ho : EJECT
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"Goodness gracious!" : DEARME
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Goodly : LARGE
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Tale end : MORAL
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With celerity : APACE
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Leveled : RAZED
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Sting, of sorts : TRAP
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Puffed up : VAIN
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Creator of 23-Across : BAUM
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Switch : SWAP
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Leprechaun's land : EIRE
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Dernier ___ : CRI
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Domain of King Minos : CRETE
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Thwack : BOP
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2002 film about a virtual actress : SIMONE
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Movie shots : STILLS
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Expose : UNMASK
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Mega-retailer based in Minneapolis : TARGET
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Breastbones : STERNA
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Snap courses : EASYAS
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Vision-improving device : LASER
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"Tiny Bubbles" singer : DONHO
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Makes like : APES
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Try it : DEMO
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Estonian or Lithuanian : BALT
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Olympic archer : EROS
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Knock down : DECK
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Just so : TOAT
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Self-proclaimed "The Big Aristotle" : SHAQ
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You might go for a spin in it : TUTU
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Kind of beer or bag : ICE
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Stable staple : HAY

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