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ACTION STARS

New York Times, Sunday, December 4, 2016

Author:
Bruce Haight
Editor:
Will Shortz
Poet who wrote "In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost"
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 71 Missing: {VX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Haight.
Bruce Haight notes:
My first Sunday NYT crossword- Woohoo!!! This has been my biggest goal in the crossbiz for some time now, so I'm really stoked to see this come out in print. Even if I never finish "the ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Apt title, ACTION STARS hinting at TV/movie stars whose last names are a verb. I like how Bruce modified those verb tenses so the results could be a stand-alone sentence — ORLANDO, BLOOM! ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times12/4/16 ( No. 24,498 )
Across
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Kind of marker : FELTTIP
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Auto-sharing company : ZIPCAR
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Solid : STABLE
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Attack : LAYINTO
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Harshly bright : AGLARE
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Earning a Purple Heart, say : HEROIC
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___ into a major film star : ORLANDOBLOOMED
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7Up, in old ads, with "the" : UNCOLA
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Vale : GLEN
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Salacious look : LEER
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Sibling of Helios and Selene, in myth : EOS
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Something to shoot with, briefly : SLR
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"Phooey!" : AWRATS
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___ for just the right film role : HELENHUNTED
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Many a suit has one, for short : MBA
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New employee : HIRE
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"You think I won't!" : DAREME
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Bio word : NEE
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Radius, for one : ARMBONE
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___ Doggie of old cartoons : AUGIE
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Psychedelic experience : LSDTRIP
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___ several filmmaking awards : JAMESGARNERED
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Maker of business jets : CESSNA
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Spellbound : AGOG
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Hybrid citrus fruits : UGLIS
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"The Lion King" villain : SCAR
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Stick close to : HUG
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Went after : ASSAILED
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Something that turns up when you snap your fingers? : THUMB
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Pay dirt : ORE
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___ a new film adaptation : SEANPENNED
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___ two film studios against each other : BRADPITTED
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___ nova (musical style of the late Middle Ages) : ARS
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Like businesses on Yelp : RATED
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Land near a wharf : QUAYSIDE
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Org. with the magazine America's 1st Freedom : NRA
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Spellbound : AWED
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Leader who was Time's 2007 Person of the Year : PUTIN
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Italy's Isola d'___ : ELBA
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"Ha! I was right!" : TOLDYA
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___ for meatier film roles : SHELLEYLONGED
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Brisk tempo : ALLEGRO
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Cads : ROUES
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Like food : EATABLE
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"Despicable Me" supervillain : GRU
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Evidence of a brawl : SHINER
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Baylor's home : WACO
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Salon offering : TAN
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___ the film deal : GLENNCLOSED
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Giggled : TEHEED
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Honey ___ Clusters (breakfast cereal) : OAT
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Milne character : ROO
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Java neighbor : BALI
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Church recess : APSE
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Too much, in music : TROPPO
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___ himself as a big-screen film star : RUSSELLBRANDED
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"If you say so" : IGUESS
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Strive : ASPIRE
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Actions of environmental extremists : ECOTAGE
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Stacking game : TETRIS
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Pines : YEARNS
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Confronts : TAKESON
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Lash : FLOG
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Lady's man : EARL
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Country singer Lovett : LYLE
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First African-American Disney princess : TIANA
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Spike TV's former name : TNN
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"___ be my honor" : ITD
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Sunbathing locale : POOLAREA
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Jewelry chain : ZALES
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Borodin's prince : IGOR
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1993 accord grp. : PLO
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Surveillance device : CAM
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Middle word in a mall map phrase : ARE
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Cash in : REDEEM
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"Quiet down!" : SHUSH
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Half a score : TEN
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Story ___ : ARC
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Immunity enhancer : BOOSTERSHOT
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French city near the Belgian border : LILLE
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Modern greeting : ECARD
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___ noire : BETE
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Student taking Contracts, maybe : ONEL
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Villagers the Grinch stole from in Dr. Seuss : WHOS
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Surround : RING
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Hogwarts groundskeeper : HAGRID
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Native New Yorkers : ERIES
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Eco-friendly building certification, for short : LEED
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Runner-up's amount in an auction : UNDERBID
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New York team : NETS
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Goya subject : MAJA
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Speak for oneself? : BRAG
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Some rounds : AMMO
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Settled a score old-style : DUELED
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Got going : BEGAN
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Aslant : ANGLED
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Seafood order : SCAMPI
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Temper : INURE
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Summoned, in a way : PAGED
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In bankruptcy : RUINED
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Michael ___, Brett Halliday detective : SHAYNE
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Things to chew on : CUDS
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Aid for a big painting project : SPRAYGUN
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Naval conflict : SEAWAR
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Put up : ANTE
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Straggles : TRAILS
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December temp : SANTA
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Morris who directed "The Fog of War" : ERROL
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Like you wouldn't believe : ASALLGETOUT
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Gable part : BUTLER
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Singer Marie : TEENA
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In line : QUEUED
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Buzz, so to speak : PHONE
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Pride parade letters : LGBT
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Actor Lugosi : BELA
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Yemen seaport : ADEN
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Laura of "Blue Velvet" : DERN
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Hindu honorifics : SRIS
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"A likely story!" : YEAHIBET
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Tie (up) : LACE
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Western tribe : OTOE
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1993 accord city : OSLO
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"Yippee!" : HOORAY
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"I'm waiting ...?" : WELL
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"Roger that" : GOTIT
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Vast : LARGE
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Betray : CROSS
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"The Twilight Zone" episodes, e.g. : TALES
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Poet who wrote "In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost" : DANTE
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Capital NW of Jungfrau : BERN
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Some info holders : PDAS
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___ lily : SEGO
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Depiction in Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights" : EDEN
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___ se : PER
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Tire measure: Abbr. : PSI
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Benefit : USE
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Unwinding spot : SPA
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Word before and after "yes," in the Army : SIR
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Home appliance giant : RCA
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Swell : AOK

Answer summary: 16 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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