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IF I WERE YOU ...

New York Times, Sunday, August 12, 2018

Author:
Ross Trudeau
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
35-Down : Big name in soda cans and foil
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Ross Trudeau

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 70 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Trudeau. Grid flow: 39.8 Sunday freshness: 54%
Ross Trudeau notes:
This idea is fairly straight-ahead, but I'm a sucker for revealers as tidy as IF I WERE YOU. My original cluing idea for CURSES FOULED AGAIN was "Shaq's lament during the hack-a-Shaq ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
The final day of LAUGH AT MYSELF (LAM-poon) week! It's been a fun exercise in forcing myself to rethink what I'm doing. Today's puzzle amused the heck out of me, so many of the themers ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times8/12/18 ( No. 25,114 )
Across
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Begin : START
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Commercial aunt since 1889 : JEMIMA
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Prep to find fingerprints : DUST
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Checkup sounds : AHS
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Deduce : INFER
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Rabid supporters : ULTRAS
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Steel head? : JPMORGAN
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Land O'Lakes and Breakstone's? : BUTTERRIVALS
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Part of the SkyTeam Alliance : ALITALIA
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With severity : STERNLY
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The only way to get respect, so they say : EARNIT
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Kind of torch : TIKI
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Commies : REDS
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Ministering? : WORKINGTHESOUL
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Giant in direct sales : AMWAY
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Pro or con : SIDE
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Vientiane native : LAO
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Stag's mate : DOE
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Laundry unit : LOAD
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"Inside the N.B.A." analyst beginning in 2011 : ONEAL
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Wunderkinds, say : PHENOMS
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"Damn, I can't seem to get a ball into fair territory!"? : CURSESFOULEDAGAIN
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Fabrication : LIE
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Chicago airport code : ORD
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Wide divide : CHASM
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Lose an all-in hand, say : GOBUST
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Vitriol : BILE
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Aziz of "Master of None" : ANSARI
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Most susceptible to sunburn : PALEST
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Biblioklept's targets : BOOKS
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Like a trip overland from Venezuela to Bolivia? : JUNGLEALLTHEWAY
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Musical closings : CODAS
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Easy buckets : LAYUPS
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Tiny, multitentacled creatures : HYDRAS
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Operating system since the early '70s : UNIX
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Mother ___ : TERESA
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"Robinson Crusoe" author : DEFOE
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Fútbol stadium cry : OLE
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Ingredient in a Cuba libre : RUM
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Expensive line of nonsense someone throws you? : HUNDREDDOLLARBULL
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Novel endings, maybe : EPILOGS
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Informal assertion of authority : SEZME
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Indigo source : ANIL
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Part of NGO : NON
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Orders : HAS
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"Feed me!," maybe : MEOW
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Tannery stock : HIDES
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"What are you hauling in there?" and "How many axles you running?" : TRUCKQUESTIONS
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Course : PATH
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Actress Moreno : RITA
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One putting others down : ABASER
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Ivory, e.g. : BARSOAP
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In a state : AGITATED
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Entering your middle name, then date of birth, then adding a "1," etc.? : PASSWORDHUNT
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Missile in a mating ritual : LOVEDART
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Best of all possible worlds : UTOPIA
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Amounts to : COSTS
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Amount to : ARE
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"... ish" : ORSO
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Nitpicky know-it-all : PEDANT
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Scoring factor at a crossword tournament : SPEED
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Bros, e.g. : SIBS
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Letter-shaped fastener : TNUT
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Subsequently : AFTERWARDS
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Sadly unoriginal works : RETREADS
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In vogue : TRENDY
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Box of 12? : JURY
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Manning with two Super Bowl M.V.P. awards : ELI
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"I want my ___" (1980s slogan) : MTV
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Suggestion from a financial adviser, for short : IRA
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Rami ___ of "Mr. Robot" : MALEK
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Attack vigorously : ASSAIL
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Title role for Jamie Foxx : DJANGO
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Like the Statue of Liberty at night : UPLIT
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Most common U.S. surname : SMITH
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Wee one : TOT
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Trattoria option that means "garlic and oil" : AGLIOEOLIO
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Poem name whose singular and plural forms are the same : HAIKU
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Slowness embodied : SNAIL
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Betrays, in a way : RATSON
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"Treasure Island" monogram : RLS
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Genetic messenger : RNA
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Excessive lovers of the grape : WINOS
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Classical theater : ODEUM
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Concrete : REAL
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Temptation location : EDEN
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Big name in soda cans and foil : ALCOA
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Show grief : MOURN
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Guest bed, in a pinch : SOFA
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Extended writer's blocks? : LEGALPADS
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Scrapbooking need : PASTE
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Big success : HIT
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Good source of calcium : MILK
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Grasps : SEES
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Hosiery shades : ECRUS
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Hebrew letter on a dreidel : SHIN
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American Girl products : DOLLS
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Keep watch for, maybe : ABET
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Overdo it on the praise : GUSH
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"The Lord of the Rings" actor Billy : BOYD
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He fought alongside Achilles : AJAX
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Remote button : PAUSE
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Aspirin maker : BAYER
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Narrow valleys : GLENS
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Oreo ingredient until the mid-'90s : LARD
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One ogling : EYER
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"You just blew my mind!" : WHOA
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Medical breakthrough : CURE
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"Movin' ___" : ONUP
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Tiny : DIMINUTIVE
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Wide-swinging blow : ROUNDHOUSE
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CBS's "Kate & ___" : ALLIE
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Peddles : SELLS
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Harbor sight : TUG
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Box of 12, say : DOZEN
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"Ticklish" toys : ELMOS
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Raced : FLEW
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[The light turned green! Go!] : HONK
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Free trial version : DEMO
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Where you might open a whole can of worms? : BAITSHOP
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Track down : LOCATE
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Move in the direction of : HEADTO
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Jerk : ASS
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Rise to the occasion : STEPUP
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Comedic duo? : HARDCS
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Skipping syllables : TRALA
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Difficulty : RIGOR
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2022 World Cup host : QATAR
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Alternatives to cabs : UBERS
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About to blow one's top : IRATE
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3, 4 or 5, usually : PAR
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What a 76-Down pulls : BOAT
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Certain buy-in : ANTE
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Vet's malady, for short : PTSD
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Kerfuffle : ADO
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Turf : SOD
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Luxury hotel amenity : SPA
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Get gold from one's lead? : WIN

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

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