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FAMOUS LAST WORDS

New York Times, Sunday, June 21, 2009

Author:
Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
27-Across : "Die, my dear? Why, that's the last thing I'll do!"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
501/17/200810/24/20197
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1703016464
RebusCircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
331.5731232.674%
Matt Ginsberg
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
184/18/20067/16/20177
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
6042501
RebusCircleScrabDebutFlowFresh
251.6013334.665%
Pete Muller

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 71 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Ginsberg. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Muller. Grid flow: 35.2 Sunday freshness: 85%
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© 2009, The New York Times6/21/9 ( No. 21,775 )
Across
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(With 13-Across) "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go" : OSCAR
6
"Pow!" : WHAM
10
Cutup : HAM
13
See 1-Across : WILDE
18
Kapa haka dancer : MAORI
19
"I, Robot" extras : AUTOMATA
21
Fit, once : BESEEM
22
Cuba y Puerto Rico : ISLAS
23
Carpet store bargain bin : REMNANTS
24
Get angry : RILEUP
25
Concern coming up? : THEBENDS
27
"Die, my dear? Why, that's the last thing I'll do!" : GROUCHOMARX
29
Mineral suffix : ITE
30
Pair in an ellipse : FOCI
31
Red ball? : EDAM
32
"That was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted" : LOUCOSTELLO
37
Way up : STAIR
39
Actress Thurman : UMA
42
Huskies' org. : AKC
43
Cushion site : SOFA
44
Mathematician ___ de Fermat : PIERRE
46
PC cores : CPUS
47
Scottish hillsides : BRAES
50
Words of disappointment : DOGGONEIT
52
Character sets? : CASTS
53
"Where is my clock?" : SALVADORDALI
55
Adolescent admonishment : BEPOLITE
57
Fleischer and Onassis : ARIS
58
Vocalist Yoko : ONO
59
Puts in a box, maybe : PENALIZES
60
Kim Jong-il, e.g. : DESPOT
63
Yellowknife is its cap. : NWT
64
Madison or Monroe: Abbr. : JAS
65
Mild-mannered Mister : ROGERS
66
Taxpayer request : EXTENSION
68
___ American : BUY
69
Hose color : ECRU
70
Ibsen title character : PEERGYNT
71
"Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub" : CONRADHILTON
76
Others, in Andalusia : OTROS
77
Building safety features : FIREDOORS
79
Pot grabber : NARCO
80
Wii user, maybe : TEEN
81
Rial spender : YEMENI
82
Ones sharing Durocher's astrological sign : LEOS
84
Took sides? : ATE
85
Packed, in brief : SRO
86
Communal customs : MORES
87
"I've had 18 straight whiskies. I think that's the record" : DYLANTHOMAS
91
Press : IRON
92
Some pitcherfuls : ADES
93
Dark time, for short : EEN
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"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something" : PANCHOVILLA
98
Vatican rules : PAPACIES
103
"You are not!" response : IAMTOO
104
Raid targets : ILLEGALS
106
The Amazing ___ (magician) : RANDI
107
Korean carmaker : DAEWOO
108
Magnified : PLAYEDUP
109
Yore-ic? : OLDEN
110
(With 113-Across) "I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it" : ERROL
111
Nine-digit ID : SSN
112
Supreme leader? : ROSS
113
See 110-Across : FLYNN
Down
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Strike out : OMIT
2
Tiara go-with : SASH
3
Porter, for one : COLE
4
Like 1, not I : ARABIC
5
Meet : RISETO
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Voting area : WARD
7
Apricot and tangerine : HUES
8
Green machine? : ATM
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Invader of Europe in 1241 : MONGOL
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McCain residence for 5 1/2 years : HANOI
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U.S. island occupied by Japan during W.W. II : ATTU
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Not fem. : MASC
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___ Republic, toppled in 1933 : WEIMAR
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Its literal translation is "submission" : ISLAM
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Look like a wolf : LEER
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French pair : DEUX
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Nero, e.g.: Abbr. : EMP
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"I have not told half of what I saw" : MARCOPOLO
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1970 N.F.L. M.V.P. John : BRODIE
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Capone's nemesis : NESS
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Cheer : HEARTEN
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Hail : FLAGDOWN
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Bell ___ : LABS
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New Orleans staple : OKRA
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It has 10 branches: Abbr. : UCAL
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Minor errands : TODOS
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___ effort : EFOR
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Date : SEE
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Chief concerns? : TRIBES
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Enlarge : UPSIZE
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[Grumble, grumble, grumble] : MUTTER
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Weigh : ASSESS
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Magician's name suffix : INI
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"I live!" : CALIGULA
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"Eva is leaving" : EVAPERON
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Some beachwear : SARONGS
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Eugene ___, hero of "Look Homeward, Angel" : GANT
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Fill with a crayon : COLORIN
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Clueless : DITSY
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Exsiccate : PARCH
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Employers must meet them : PAYROLLS
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Points on some lines : DEPOTS
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Academy town : EXETER
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Two-channel : STEREO
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"I'm late!" : NOTIME
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2007 film that won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay : JUNO
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Ball of fire : INFERNO
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"I'm going to heaven!" : BODIDDLEY
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Pelé's real first name : EDSON
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About 877,000 hrs. : CEN
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Info in a real estate ad : AREA
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Disneyland sight : TRAM
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Eight: Prefix : OCTA
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Con man's responses? : NOES
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Hi-___ : RES
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"Hello-o-o!" : YOOHOO
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Part of a program : STEP
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Hipster's persona : MRCOOL
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First supersonic human : YEAGER
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Learn by word of mouth : HEAROF
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Like many hospital doctors : ONCALL
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Cloven : INTWO
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Detective Pinkerton : ALLAN
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Carson's predecessor : PAAR
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Part of O.A.S.: Abbr. : AMER
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Stars : VIPS
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Contents of Pandora's box, except for hope : ILLS
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Anode indicator : PLUS
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Phobia of 100-Down : ASPS
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Ford role, familiarly : INDY
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Xanadu : EDEN
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___ Fein : SINN
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Chemical suffix : IDE
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Kerfuffle : ADO

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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