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TWISTING ONE'S WORDS

New York Times, Sunday, January 17, 2016

Author:
Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
What causes storms to swirl in opposite directions in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 78 Missing: {JQX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 48 for Mr. Chen. Sunday freshness: 88%
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© 2016, The New York Times1/17/16 ( No. 24,176 )
Across
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World champion figure skater Thomas : DEBI
5
"He did not just say that!" : OHSNAP
11
Email letters : BCC
14
Nothing but : MERE
18
"If only ..." : ALAS
19
Idahoan's pride : TATERS
20
___ Lubovitch Dance Company : LAR
21
Funnies drawing : PANEL
22
Luge or figure skating : WINTERSPORT
24
Basic : ELEMENTAL
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Advanced degree in math? : NTH
27
___ army, group that marches across the earth in Revelation : SATANS
28
Hesitate in speech : HEM
29
Loses juice? : DRIES
30
Round of four : SEMIS
32
Mao's successor : HUA
33
Thickets : COPSES
35
Dr. J's do, once : FRO
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Trespass : SIN
37
Big swig : BELT
38
Daily Planet photographer : OLSEN
39
Pop singer ___ Marie : TEENA
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Solidify : GEL
43
Newspaper desk : METRO
45
Motocross racers, for short : ATVS
47
Clatter : DIN
48
Fall apart : GOTORUIN
52
The king of Egypt has a part in it : AIDA
54
Furnace work : HEATING
56
Advancing : LOANING
57
Like villains, often : BOOED
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Blundering : ERRING
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1.5 in a jigger: Abbr. : OZS
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Waters who sang "Am I Blue?" : ETHEL
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Some HDTVs : LCDS
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Application info : SSN
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89-Down nickname, with "the" : BEEB
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Origin of "pooh-bah" : THEMIKADO
70
Pronoun with an apostrophe : YALL
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Toss in : ADD
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Suckers : SAPS
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"Lean Forward" sloganeer : MSNBC
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___-cow : MOO
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Castle-breaching explosive : PETARD
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Some bank jobs, for short : REFIS
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Shamans, e.g. : HEALERS
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Pepsi employee : BOTTLER
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Bela Lugosi's role in "Son of Frankenstein" : YGOR
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Highly rated issues : AAABONDS
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Journalist Nellie who went around the world : BLY
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Dutch export : EDAM
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19 things on a classical guitar : FRETS
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The "N" of NGO : NON
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Accord competitor : CAMRY
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"The food of love," per Shakespeare : MUSIC
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Relieves (of) : RIDS
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PC key : ESC
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Data storage acronym : ROM
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Snitch : TATTLE
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Symbol of strength : OAK
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"To repeat ..." : ISAID
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Rush : BLITZ
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Third X or O : TOE
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Word with party or pail : DINNER
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Tony-winning role for Robert Morse : TRU
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Nickname for the only man to play in a Super Bowl and a World Series : NEONDEION
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Wrongdoing : MALFEASANCE
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Some family histories : SAGAS
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Single : ONE
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Seedlets : OVULES
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Fictitious : TALL
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Benzene derivative, for one : ARYL
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Sen. Gillibrand's home: Abbr. : NYS
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Obsolescence : DISUSE
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Anticipatory times : EVES
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Anticipatory times : DAWNS
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A-teamers : ELITES
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Vietnamese sandwich : BANHMI
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Question asked while tapping a microphone : ISTHISTHINGON
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___ vez (again: Sp.) : OTRA
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Experiences fame : HASTHELIMELIGHT
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State capital in a mailing address : STPAULMN
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New baby : NEONATE
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Column on a flight board: Abbr. : ARRS
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Hrs. for eBay listings : PST
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Censors : BLEEPS
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It makes for smooth sailing : CALMSEA
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Drink for Hercule Poirot : CREMEDEMENTHE
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Spreading belief? : MANIFESTDESTINY
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Typed, as data : ENTEREDIN
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Logician's strong point : REASONING
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Building add-on : ELL
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According to : PER
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Super G shape : ESS
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M.R.I. readers : MDS
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"Star Trek" virtual reality room : HOLODECK
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What causes storms to swirl in opposite directions in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres : CORIOLISFORCE
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To the point ... or not pointed : BLUNT
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Russian line : TSARS
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Lee who directed "Life of Pi" : ANG
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War of 1812 battle site : ERIE
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Confucian doctrine : TAO
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___ libre (poetry form) : VERS
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Semiliquid lump : GLOB
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Exude : OOZE
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Shock, in a way : TASE
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Family name of old TV : ADDAMS
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Like eyes after an all-nighter : BLEARY
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Expressions of doubt : EHS
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New Left org. : SDS
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Plus or minus thing : BATTERYTERMINAL
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What a film may be emailed as : MPEGFILE
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Crawling, say : ONHANDSANDKNEES
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Last word of grace : AMEN
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Next-to-last word of grace, often : LORD
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Bereavement : LOSS
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Big name in Chicago politics : DALEY
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1856 antislavery novel : DRED
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"You don't know ___" : BEANS
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___ San Lucas, Mexico : CABO
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Klondike bar symbol : POLARBEAR
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Information often set in brackets : ETYMOLOGY
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[This is how it might have happened] : DRAMATIZATION
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Fury : IRE
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Big media inits. : BBC
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Malady caused by H2N2 : ASIANFLU
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Tasting like lamb : MUTTONY
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Shakespearean title role : TROILUS
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They're the pits : STONES
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GPS, e.g. : SATNAV
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Group of friends : CIRCLE
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Philosopher Lao-___ : TZE
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Org. with a hotline : IRS
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Lightsaber battles : DUELS
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Some recap highlights : TDS
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Actor Robert of "Licence to Kill" and "The Goonies" : DAVI
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Facility : EASE
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Intel org. officially formed by Truman : NSA
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Up-to-date : MOD

Answer summary: 8 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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