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EMOTION

New York Times, Sunday, October 16, 2016

Author:
Tom McCoy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Tom McCoy

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. McCoy. Grid flow: 32.3 Sunday freshness: 67%
Tom McCoy notes:
This puzzle started with the title, with the specific theme developing from the word EMOTION (it's more common for me to think of a theme and then later to find a title fitting the theme, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
EMOTION is parsed as E-MOTION today, an E shifting place inside a word for kooky effect. Fun and perfectly apt title! Some worked well for me, GREAT SALT LEAK and MINUET HAND providing ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times10/16/16 ( No. 24,449 )
Across
1
Full of sound and fury : ALLTALK
8
Shampooing, e.g. : HAIRCARE
16
Hemsworth of "The Hunger Games" : LIAM
20
Mine craft? : COALCAR
21
Endanger : THREATEN
22
___-European : INDO
23
Goodyear's carefully guarded secrets? : TRICKSOFTHETREAD
25
Neutral tone : ECRU
26
Title for Palpatine or Amidala in "Star Wars": Abbr. : SEN
27
Lose it : SNAP
28
Novelist Pierre : LOTI
29
Polynesian inn locale, maybe : LAGOON
31
Unnerve : SPOOK
33
Revision that satisfies both author and publisher? : BALANCEDEDIT
35
Offspring : ISSUE
38
Jog the memory of : REMIND
40
Amer. money : USD
41
U.F.O. pilots : ETS
42
"Would you like me to?" : SHALLI
44
Be inclined (to) : TEND
45
Increases : GOESUP
48
What a pianist uses for triple-time pieces? : MINUETHAND
50
"Principia Discordia" figure : ERIS
51
___ donna : PRIMA
55
Ready : SET
56
Japanese honorific : SAN
57
Country with the smallest national capital in the European Union (about 9,000 people) : MALTA
59
Fall times: Abbr. : OCTS
60
Scalawag : RASCAL
63
Result of a Morton's factory explosion? : GREATSALTLEAK
67
Eng. or hist. : SUBJ
68
Strange and unsettling : EERIE
69
"Stay" singer Lisa : LOEB
70
Skater boys? : MALESONWHEELS
74
Absorbs : SOPSUP
76
Count in Lemony Snicket books : OLAF
77
Director's circle? : BOARD
78
Reaction to a puppy video, say : AWW
79
First in command? : CEE
81
Nurse : SIPON
83
___ Kringle : KRIS
84
Dating site? : MATEMARKET
88
Dependent (on) : RIDING
90
Unleavened cornbread : PONE
91
Makeup of many a tribal council : ELDERS
92
"Eww!" : ICK
95
El ___ : CID
96
Ones making lots of bucks? : BRONCS
98
Sap : PATSY
99
Privileged time period? : THECHOSENEON
103
Mulligans, e.g. : REDOS
105
Purveyor : SELLER
106
Make or break, e.g. : VERB
107
Nary ___ : AONE
108
Team V.I.P. : MVP
111
Flock : BEVY
112
Color used by teams from both San Jose and Jacksonville? : ATEALOFTWOCITIES
117
Like much of Chile : ARID
118
Strict disciplinarian : MARTINET
119
Rehnquist's successor as chief justice : ROBERTS
120
Unit of force : DYNE
121
Self-government : AUTONOMY
122
Place to rub elbows? : ARMREST
Down
1
Follower of John : ACTS
2
Rhyme for "door" and "more" in the first verse of "The Raven" : LORE
3
Gone flat? : LAIN
4
Giving chicken soup or a foot rub, informally : TLC
5
Comics exclamation : ACK
6
Get in the loop? : LASSO
7
Money in 74-Down : KRONOR
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URL start : HTTP
9
Reaction to a foot rub : AHH
10
Country whose capital is known to natives as Baile Átha Cliath : IRELAND
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Related in a different way : RETOLD
12
Magna ___ : CARTA
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Got room service, say : ATEIN
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Mens ___ : REA
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Like the coda of "Hey Jude," seemingly : ENDLESS
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Feudal superior : LIEGE
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12 9 11 5 20 8 9 19 3 12 21 5 : INCODE
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Adept : ADROIT
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Gun supporters : MOUNTS
24
Something not picked up at the beach : FAKETAN
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Make sense : ADDUP
31
"Mr." of "Star Trek" : SULU
32
Athlete on Time's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century : PELE
33
Hamstring : BIND
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Ridge with a gentle slope on one side and a steep slope on the other : CUESTA
35
Ideologies : ISMS
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One starting : SHIER
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You might wish upon it : SANTASLAP
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Chaps : MEN
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"Hey, whatever pays the bills" : ITSAJOB
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Is annoying : GRATES
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The "palm" and "olive" of Palmolive : OILS
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Orwellian hoi polloi : PROLES
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Malicious fictional computer : HAL
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Something to shoot off : EMAIL
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Kind of challenge : ICEBUCKET
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N.Y.C. org. that operates 24/7 : MTA
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Pose : ASK
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Words before a chivalrous act : ALLOWME
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Try to win : SUEFOR
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"The Price Is Right" airer : CBS
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Diamond's Lou : GEHRIG
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Orchestra section : REEDS
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"... ___ he drove out of sight" : ERE
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Blouse, e.g. : TOP
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1/, 2/, 3/, etc. : MOS
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"Da ___ G Show" : ALI
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Retirement community restriction : NOKIDS
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Give a heads-up : WARN
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Neighbor of Den. : SWE
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Equals : PEERS
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Was humiliated : ATECROW
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Place to buy handmade goods online : ETSY
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Ecological role : NICHE
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What Artemis is the goddess of : MOON
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___ Taylor (apparel store) : ANN
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Pet food brand : ALPO
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Nutrition amts. : RDAS
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Model for an artist, maybe : DIORAMA
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For free : PROBONO
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Bleak assessment of a situation : ITSBAD
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Optimistic : CHEERY
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Temperature unit : KELVIN
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"God Bless America" composer : BERLIN
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Term of address with a tilde : SENORA
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Partner in crime : CLYDE
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Turn inside out : EVERT
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"Goody!" : NEATO
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Ornamentation : DECOR
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Part of D.A.: Abbr. : ATTY
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Swamp : MIRE
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Nov. honorees : VETS
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Covert "Hey!" : PSST
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Torque symbol : TAU
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Like "alumna": Abbr. : FEM
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49-Down, with each letter shifted one place later in the alphabet (coincidence?) : IBM
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Thrice, in prescriptions : TER

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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