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New York Times, Sunday, November 23, 2014

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Chinese company whose 2014 I.P.O. was the world's largest in history
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 191 for Mr. Berry. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Sunday freshness: 1%
Jeff Chen notes:
Another rock-solid piece of work from Patrick today. I told myself I was going to up my standards for certain constructors, as I like the idea of spreading POW!s around. And honestly, I ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times11/23/14 ( No. 23,756 )
Across
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Canned food you don't eat : ALPO
5
"Black Swan" director Aronofsky : DARREN
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Compete in the Winter Games, say : SKI
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Lose strength : WANE
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Whistle prompters : FOULS
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Become invalid : EXPIRE
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Org. that prepares tables : IRS
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Norway's patron saint : OLAV
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Office missive sent out arbitrarily? : RANDOMMEMORANDUM
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"Rent" character ___ Marquez : MIMI
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It borders five U.S. states : ONTARIO
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Yarn : TALE
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What Gustave Doré's "The Confusion of Tongues" depicts : BABEL
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Stone fruit? : GRANITEPOMEGRANATE
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Fellow sailors : MATEYS
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Gourmand's want : MORE
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Tailor's sideline? : SEAM
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Dark horse : BAY
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Applicability : USE
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Back : SPONSOR
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Expander during inhalation : RIBCAGE
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Aeronaut who's headed for the moon? : LUNARBALLOONER
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Headmaster honorific : SIR
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Earnest request : ENTREATY
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Suffix with land or sea : SCAPE
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"Outside the Lines" broadcaster : ESPN
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Stickers? : CACTI
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Like audiences for R-rated films : MATURE
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D.C. transport : METRO
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It may be open at a bar : MIC
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Photographers who stalk future lieutenants? : ROTCPAPARAZZI
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Sunset shade : RED
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One getting a licking, informally? : LOLLY
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The Pequod, e.g. : WHALER
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Poverty relief organization : OXFAM
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Support for a proposal? : KNEE
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Animal that may carry its baby on its back : KOALA
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Wireless? : ACOUSTIC
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Subsist : ARE
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Desktop machine made of malleable metal? : PEWTERCOMPUTER
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Eddie ___, "Leave It to Beaver" boy : HASKELL
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Like some restrictions : DIETARY
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Blast furnace input : ORE
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Thurman of "The Producers" : UMA
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Turkey's place, in large part : ASIA
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Snowbelt city : ERIE
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Groused : MOANED
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Provides some idea of an object's size? : MENTIONSDIMENSIONS
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Communicate with the server, perhaps : ORDER
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Oscar nominee for "Silkwood" : CHER
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Feed supplier : TWITTER
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Wind up : RILE
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Lassie's affliction after failing to rescue Timmy? : COLLIEMELANCHOLY
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C.P.A.'s study : ECON
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1965 Johnny Mathis album of Latin American music : OLE
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Turn while seated : SWIVEL
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"Into the Wild" star Hirsch : EMILE
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___ mining : DATA
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Gender-neutral pronoun : ONE
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Excommunication provocation : HERESY
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"It's a pity" : ALAS
Down
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Age of Aquarius hairstyle : AFRO
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Student's burden : LOAN
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Bad choice on first down : PUNT
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Retirement period : OLDAGE
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Possessor? : DEMON
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Medieval battle weapon : AXE
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Dashboard abbr. : RPM
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Kia model : RIO
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Go astray : ERR
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"That's amazing!" : NEATO
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Moves obliquely : SIDLES
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Last name in horror : KRUEGER
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Doctrine : ISM
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George Eliot, but not Marilyn Manson : WOMAN
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Chinese company whose 2014 I.P.O. was the world's largest in history : ALIBABA
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Retail clerk's accessory : NAMETAG
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Glare : EVILEYE
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"You'll be ___!" : SORRY
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Some Veterans Day honorees, for short : MIAS
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Pentagon Papers subject, for short : NAM
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Babe in the woods : BAMBI
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Lead one to believe : IMPLY
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Plane, e.g. : TOOL
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"Cubist" Rubik : ERNO
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Dinero unit : PESO
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Not just see : RAISE
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Hybrid animal : MULE
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South American capital : ASUNCION
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Arm of the sea : TENTACLE
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Was in session : SAT
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Amenity in a G.M. vehicle : ONSTAR
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What some dreams and themes do : RECUR
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First Nations tribe : CREE
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What doesn't come full circle? : ARC
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Hear again : RETRY
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"Bugsy Malone" star Scott : BAIO
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___ avis : RARA
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Candy from Austria : PEZ
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Briggs & ___ (engine maker) : STRATTON
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Tinseltown event : PREMIERE
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Drift off : NOD
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Nyasaland, today : MALAWI
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Parody : APE
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Problem of mistaken identity : MIXUP
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Reformer from the time of D.D.E. to L.B.J. : MLK
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Tommy Lasorda's jersey number : TWO
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Require balm, say : CHAP
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Reacted to a shock, maybe : PALED
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Streak : ZOOM
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Boon for an investigative journalist : LEAK
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A.C.C. school : FSU
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Five-time Jockey Club Gold Cup winner : KELSO
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Farm name ender : ACRES
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Unforthcoming : COY
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Reputation, informally : CRED
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Have an encore presentation of : REAIR
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Abound : TEEM
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To be, to Balzac : ETRE
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Drops out of the sky : RAIN
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Played along with : HUMORED
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"A poem in our eyes," per Emerson : AMERICA
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Little pitcher's place : SANDLOT
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$5 picture : LINCOLN
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Jessica Simpson's sister : ASHLEE
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No longer standing tall? : MOWN
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In readiness : ONICE
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Bronchial woe : ASTHMA
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Singer ___ Marie : TEENA
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First of 50: Abbr. : DEL
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Source of the word "galore" : IRISH
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2006 World Cup winner : ITALY
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Work hard : TOIL
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"___ and Basie!" (1963 jazz album) : ELLA
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Jim Beam and Wild Turkey : RYES
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Gentle bird call : COO
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Palindromic animal : EWE
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Once-high station? : MIR
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"Paradise Lost" figure : EVE
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Media exec Moonves : LES

Answer summary: 8 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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