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SUPER LOOPER

New York Times, Sunday, September 17, 2017

Author:
Mark MacLachlan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
64-Down : Like the Dalai Lama
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Mark MacLachlan

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 68 Missing: {JZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. MacLachlan. Grid flow: 28.3 Sunday freshness: 62%
Mark MacLachlan notes:
I'm really excited to get my first Sunday puzzle in the NYT! I started this puzzle late in 2015, with the concept of each word being a roller coaster track that goes from left to right ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
We've had a couple of puzzles involving looping answers over the past few years, including one with the letters L O O P looping, Coriolis force, and my favorite — one with things that ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times9/17/17 ( No. 24,785 )
Across
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Naval engagements : SEAWARS
8
Setting a world record, e.g. : FEAT
12
"The Hallucinogenic Toreador" artist : DALI
16
Evidence in an arson investigation : ASH
19
"No point arguing with me!" : IMRIGHT
20
Some rounds : AMMO
21
"The only beauty that never fades," per Audrey Hepburn : ELEGANCE
23
Fancy French shellfish dish : LOBSTERTHERMIDOR
25
Beer parlor : BEVERAGEROOM
26
"Then again ...," in a tweet : OTOH
27
Collection of Hindu aphorisms : SUTRA
28
Palindromic bird : TIT
30
It's got you covered : ATTIRE
31
Tennis's Novak Djokovic, by birth : SERB
32
Rex Tillerson's alma mater, for short : UTAUSTIN
34
Proteins responsible for mad cow disease : PRIONS
35
Special ___ : OPS
37
It's got you covered : SHELTER
39
Carved emblem : TOTEM
41
Keys for Keys? : PIANO
44
German pronoun : SIE
46
South American plains : LLANOS
48
Tikkanen who won five Stanley Cups : ESA
49
All together, as a family : UNDERONEROOF
51
Classroom item : BLACKBOARDERASER
54
Schoolboy : LAD
55
More chichi : TONIER
57
Get a bite? : TEETHE
58
Team finale? : STER
60
Hot spot, both literally and figuratively : MIDEAST
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Roman philosopher who wrote "All cruelty springs from weakness" : SENECA
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Buenos ___ : AIRES
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Central Park's SummerStage, e.g. : CONCERTSERIES
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At the limit, with "out" : MAXED
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Save from disaster : RESCUE
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The same as : EQUALTO
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"Homer and ___ Exchange Cross Words" (2008 episode of "The Simpsons") : LISA
79
Music genre for Weezer or the Shins : ALTPOP
83
Catch like Spider-Man : ENMESH
85
Child's seat, maybe : LAP
86
Tech overseer : COMPUTEROPERATOR
91
Reason to stop reading : SPOILERALERT
93
Stranded cellular stuff : RNA
94
___ plane : ASTRAL
95
Addis Ababa's country: Abbr. : ETH
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Claim deposits : LODES
97
"I rock!" : YAYME
100
Backup group for Gladys Knight : THEPIPS
102
Mahmoud Abbas's grp. : PLO
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Quarter deck? : SPADES
105
Tiny conductor of heat or electricity : NANOTUBE
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Email best not replied to : SPAM
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Mulled wine ingredient : CLOVES
113
Extra periods at TD Garden : OTS
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Mythical beast with goatlike features : SATYR
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Jazzy Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Premise of the film "Freaky Friday" : ROLEREVERSAL
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Some positives and negatives : BATTERYTERMINALS
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Welcoming diners at midnight, say : OPENLATE
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Singer India.___ : ARIE
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Adds water to : DILUTES
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Director Anderson : WES
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Surveys : EYES
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"Darn it!" : RATS
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A good place to start : STEPONE
Down
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Grain containers : SILOS
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Theatricalize : EMOTE
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National ___ Day (last Friday in April) : ARBOR
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Football formation : WISHBONE
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007, for one: Abbr. : AGT
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___ monkey : RHESUS
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Cocky walk : STRUT
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Copyright concern : FAIRUSE
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Symbol for a break : EMDASH
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___, amas, amat : AMO
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Taquito wrap : TORTILLA
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What may grow with interest : DEBT
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Barley wine, e.g. : ALE
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Burton of "Reading Rainbow" : LEVAR
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"Totally understood" : IGETIT
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Blessed : ANOINTED
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Frequent director of De Niro : SCORSESE
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Pigment in red blood cells : HEME
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"Star Wars" droid : ARTOO
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Letters on N.Y.C. trains : MTA
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Together : INTACT
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Swiss folk hero with a crossbow : TELL
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Dig for answers : PROBE
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After-dinner drink : PORT
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Speed skater Karin who won eight Olympic medals : ENKE
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Scratch : MAR
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Celestial object that emits radio waves : PULSAR
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Drawn : INATIE
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Poisonous snakes : ADDERS
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Anthropomorphic hedgehog of gamedom : SONIC
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"Don't mind ___!" : IFIDO
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Elbow-benders : SOTS
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___-pah-pah : OOM
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Pair : BRACE
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"Excuse me" : AHEM
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Kidney-related : RENAL
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Dark time, in poesy : EEN
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Wrap-up : RECAP
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1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 ..., e.g.: Abbr. : SEQ
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Less mendacious : TRUER
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Like the Dalai Lama : EXILED
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One of the Borgias : CESARE
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Evolves : ADAPTS
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The Philippines' ___ Sea : SULU
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Author Rankin : IAN
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1428 ___ (horror film address): Abbr. : ELMST
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The N.B.A.'s Curry, informally : STEPH
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Singer James : ETTA
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Baja bear : OSO
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Vermin : PESTS
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Straight: Prefix : ORTH
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Signer of many a permission form : PARENT
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Congress, with "the" : HILL
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___ wolf : CRY
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Not level : ONASLOPE
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Old outdoor dance sights : MAYPOLES
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Place to try patatas bravas : TAPASBAR
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Actress Lena : OLIN
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"Relax!" : LOOSENUP
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Trusts and ___ (law school class) : ESTATES
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Authority : MAVEN
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Gertrude who swam the English Channel in 1926 : EDERLE
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Brand of note? : POSTIT
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Teen driver's acquisition : PERMIT
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The New Yorker piece : ESSAY
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Western tribe : UTE
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"Turn! Turn! Turn!" band, with "the" : BYRDS
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One-named philosopher : PLATO
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Paul ___, Microsoft co-founder : ALLEN
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En ___ (as a group) : MASSE
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Boast : CROW
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Bullfight chorus : OLES
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Homophone for the atomic number of oxygen : ATE
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Altar constellation : ARA
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St. Pierre, par exemple : ILE

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

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