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SUBSTITUTES

New York Times, Sunday, January 21, 2018

Author:
Victor Barocas and Andy Kravis
Editor:
Will Shortz
7-Down : Grainy, in a way
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 66 Missing: {X} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Barocas. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Kravis. Sunday freshness: 45%
Constructor notes:
We enjoyed creating the puzzle and coming up with possible pairs (WATER FOR ELEPHANTS / LARGE-EARED = "Like the water in Africa" and PAN FOR GOLD / LEPRECHAUN = "He keeps his pan in a pot" ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
FORE! Er, four. For. No! Four FORs today! (I'm definitely not four for four.) Victor and Andy pair up theme answers, RECIPE FOR DISASTER transforming [Recipe that entails a lot ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times1/21/18 ( No. 24,911 )
Across
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Enjoy some rays? : SCUBA
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Skip one's senior year, say : GOPRO
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Off-kilter : ALOP
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Affectedly quaint : TWEE
19
Plácido Domingo, for one : TENOR
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Was part of a crew : OARED
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Colorful toys with symbols on their bellies : CAREBEARS
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Stall : PLAYFORTIME
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They may sit next to sofas : ENDTABLES
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"God's in his heaven - ___ right with the world" : ALLS
27
Adjudge : DEEM
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Make out, at Hogwarts : SNOG
30
Understand : GROK
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Sounded : TOLLED
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At risk of being offensive : NOTSAFEFORWORK
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Deputies : AIDES
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A pop : EACH
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Oil-rich nation, for short : UAE
42
Prefix with -logism : NEO
43
Subtle sign from the distressed : CRYFORHELP
47
Wasn't straight up : LEANT
49
Holiday poem starter : TWAS
50
Blade with no sharp edge : EPEE
51
The "A" in TV's ALF : ALIEN
53
Director Lee : ANG
54
In the vicinity of : NEAR
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Tupperware feature : LID
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Very bad plan : RECIPEFORDISASTER
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Enjoys some rays : BASKS
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Auction units : LOTS
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Seat of Lewis and Clark County : HELENA
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Positive responses : ASSENTS
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"Vacation" band : GOGOS
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Fake news items : CANARDS
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It's said to cause a smile : CHEESE
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Bash : GALA
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Cosmic bursts : NOVAS
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Seasonal cry (remember 43-Across) : TEMPORARYEMPLOYEE
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TV show with the most Primetime Emmy noms : SNL
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Per ___ : DIEM
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Lyft alternative : CAB
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Farm refrain : EIEIO
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Prince Philip's spouse, for short : QEII
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West Coast law force, for short : SFPD
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House whose symbol is a red-and-white rose : TUDOR
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Recipe that entails a lot of shaking (remember 56-Across) : EARTHQUAKE
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Ben-___ : HUR
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Stick (out) : JUT
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Campus grp. that organizes marches : ROTC
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Stay home for dinner : EATIN
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Play of Shakespeare (remember 23-Across) : ELIZABETHANERA
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Edy's onetime ice cream partner : DREYER
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Number two : VICE
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Pro ___ : BONO
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Computer menu heading : EDIT
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Color feature : TONE
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Beethoven's "Archduke," e.g. : PIANOTRIO
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Not safe at home (remember 33-Across) : TELECOMMUTE
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Racetrack display : TOTEBOARD
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Author Zola : EMILE
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Like horses and lions : MANED
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Takes to court : SUES
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Achievements of Henry Kissinger and Martin Luther King Jr., in brief : PHDS
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Links link them : SITES
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Ticked off : ANGRY
Down
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Patron of the Archdiocese of New York, briefly : STPAT
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It's bowed between the legs : CELLO
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Not calmed : UNALLAYED
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Scout's magazine : BOYSLIFE
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Terrier's warning : ARF
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Horror movie stuff : GORE
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Grainy, in a way : OATEN
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Choice : PRIMO
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___ sleep (a chance to dream) : REM
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1941 siege target : ODESSA
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Leader in a red suit : ACEOFHEARTS
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Actress Jessica : LANGE
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Chicago airport code : ORD
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Nanny around the house? : PETGOAT
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Ex-N.F.L. QB Tim : TEBOW
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Perform a miraculous feat : WALKONWATER
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Before, poetically : ERE
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End of days? : ESS
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Ballet support : BARRE
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Less ordinary : ODDER
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It dissolves in H2O : NACL
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River east of Tokyo : EDO
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Home that sounds like two letters of the alphabet : TEPEE
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Mushrooms, e.g. : FUNGI
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Derrière : REAREND
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Flattens, for short : KOS
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Sights in a Hooverville : SHACKS
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Goofy drawing? : CEL
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Sch. on the upper Hudson : RPI
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Ancient land where the Olympics began : ELIS
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Important body part for a tuba player : LIP
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"No ifs, ___ or buts" : ANDS
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They're charged for rides : TESLAS
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Certain Monday night entertainment : NFLGAME
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Hip-hop dance move : NAENAE
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Holding charge : RANSOM
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Chemical source of fruit flavor : ESTER
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"Hollywood Squares" win : OOO
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Lose one's shadow, say : SHAVE
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Dorm V.I.P.s : RAS
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Sounded like R2-D2 : BEEPED
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Pretense : ACT
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Quantity of garden tools : SHEDFUL
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Like two-bed hospital rooms : SEMIPRIVATE
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The Castro in San Francisco and Chelsea in Manhattan : GAYBORHOODS
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Stadium cheer : OLE
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Trickster of Navajo mythology : COYOTE
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Alum : GRAD
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Couleur du café : NOIR
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Below 90° : ACUTE
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Component : PIECE
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Pasture : LEA
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Co-star of Harrison Ford in "Blade Runner" : SEANYOUNG
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Ending with beat or word : NIK
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Be flat : LIE
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John Wayne movie set in Ireland, with "The" : QUIETMAN
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That woman : SHE
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Shoulderless, sleeveless garment : TUBETOP
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Horse color : ROAN
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Saw no alternative : HADTO
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12 mins., in the N.B.A. : QTR
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Marley of "A Christmas Carol" : JACOB
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They take 2-10 yrs. to mature : TNOTES
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Fan publications, informally : ZINES
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Sporty car of old : TBIRD
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Like a candle that's gone out, maybe : RELIT
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"Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" singer, 2015 : ADELE
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Come onstage : ENTER
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Very thin : REEDY
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Knocks off : ICES
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Rewards card accumulation: Abbr. : PTS
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Debtor's letters : IOU
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Stadium cheer : RAH
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Old Parlophone parent : EMI
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U.F.C. sport : MMA

Answer summary:
15 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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