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New York Times, Thursday, July 19, 2012

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Across : "No fooling!"
TotalDebutLatest
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFlowFresh
51.596181030.942%
Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 33 Missing: {BJQWXZ} This is puzzle # 102 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Grid flow: 26.8 Thursday freshness: 85%
Jim Horne notes:

Theme answers must be interpreted literally. So, for example, ARETE is RET inside AE, EAGLE is L inside EAGE, SCOURING is CO inside SURING, etc.

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© 2012, The New York Times7/19/12 ( No. 22,899 )
Across
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Bring down : DEPRESS
8
Big dos : FIESTAS
15
You are here : ONEARTH
16
"No fooling!" : ITSTRUE
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ARETE : RETINAE
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EAGLE : LINEAGE
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Sale item, maybe: Abbr. : IRR
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Isl. off the coast of Australia : TASM
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Provide : ENDUE
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SCOURING : COINSURING
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Seed : GERM
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Put away : ATE
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Ease up on : LOOSEN
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Like some orange juice : PULPY
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PLATTE : TINPLATE
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Gardner of "The Barefoot Contessa" : AVA
38
Miss Piggy retort : MOI
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Mr. ___ (old detective game) : REE
42
Profile picture : MUG
43
GLANDS : LANDINGS
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Because of : DUETO
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Go extinct : DIEOUT
49
Arctic diver : AUK
50
Blockades, of a sort : DAMS
52
SPECTRES : REINSPECTS
57
Like the Green Berets : ELITE
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Many telenovela viewers: Abbr. : SRAS
60
Plastered : LIT
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ALEFS : FINALES
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TIMER : MINTIER
66
Tenet of Taoism : ONENESS
67
It broke from Russia in 1920 : ESTONIA
68
"Casablanca" villains : GESTAPO
69
Swell : DISTEND
Down
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Column style : DORIC
2
When to celebrate Día de Reyes : ENERO
3
Kind of dish : PETRI
4
Thor Heyerdahl craft : RAI
5
Coastal flier : ERN
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Many a pigeon's perch : STATUE
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Cut : SHEAR
8
"The Maltese Falcon," e.g. : FILMNOIR
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"What was ___ was saying?" : ITI
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Feudal laborer : ESNE
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Casey at the bat, once : STENGEL
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Listing in a business registry : TRADENAME
13
Presage : AUGUR
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"Now you ___ ..." (magician's comment about disappearing cards) : SEEEM
21
Bed liner? : SILT
24
Recover from an all-nighter, say : NAP
25
Block : STYMIE
26
Spent : GONE
30
Hit the accelerator : SPEDUP
31
Bud : PAL
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The Cavaliers' sch. : UVA
33
Hidden dangers : LANDMINES
35
When repeated, a mild reproach : TUT
36
Something big on the campaign trail? : EGO
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___ about : ONOR
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"Uh, probably" : IGUESSSO
44
Aloof : DISTANT
45
Big whoop : STIR
47
Luau accompaniment : UKE
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Birthplace of St. Francis : ASSISI
50
Clear for better viewing : DEFOG
51
Dior design of the 1950s : ALINE
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Appointed : NAMED
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Patsy who sang "Walkin' After Midnight" : CLINE
55
Connection : TIEIN
56
Expensive strings, familiarly : STRAD
58
Zeno's home : ELEA
62
Medium strength? : ESP
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Some Windows systems : NTS
65
For whom a sitter sits : TOT

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3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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