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THAT'S A MOUTHFUL

New York Times, Sunday, February 10, 2019

Author:
Lee Taylor
Editor:
Will Shortz
86-Down : Was on the verge of collapse
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Lee Taylor

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {X} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Taylor. Sunday freshness: 54%
Lee Taylor notes:
My first puzzle was published in the Times in 2015, and it was only the fourth puzzle I ever constructed. Four years and 36 unsuccessful New York Times submissions later comes puzzle ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I struggled to figure out the commonality between all these random tongue twisters. It's kind of neat that FIVE TIMES FAST is a bit tongue-twisting in its own right. I wish there were some ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Jeff is better at tongue twisters than I am. I can't say SHOE SECTION even twice fast.

Two twisters here debuted in a 1997 puzzle with a similar theme by Brendan Emmett Quigley.

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© 2019, The New York Times2/10/19 ( No. 25,296 )
Across
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Parabolas, essentially : ARCS
5
Part of a wedding 9-Across : TIER
9
See 5-Across : CAKE
13
Trophy winner : CHAMP
18
He planned for a rainy day : NOAH
19
Sled dog with a statue in Central Park : BALTO
20
Jewish month before Nisan : ADAR
21
Corolla part : PETAL
22
*Result of a foul on a long basketball shot : THREEFREETHROWS
25
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
26
Start of Euripides' signature : EPSILON
27
Bargain-basement : CUTRATE
29
See 92-Across : LISA
30
Took off the board : ERASED
32
Popular jeans : LEES
33
Does, as an animated character : VOICES
35
A, B or C, in Washington : STREET
38
*Albino orca, e.g. : REALRAREWHALE
41
"You're on!" and others : CUES
42
Skedaddles : SCRAMS
45
Country singer Chesney : KENNY
46
"It was all ___" : ANACT
48
Chops down : HEWS
49
Places for toasters and roasters : DAISES
51
Word after sock or bunny : HOP
54
Subjects of some New Year's resolutions : BADHABITS
56
Deli order : SUB
57
Reddish : RUFOUS
59
When repeated, emergency cry to a fighter pilot : EJECT
60
Wise-looking : OWLISH
63
Pub orders : PINTS
64
On base, say : SAFE
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*Part of a department store where people sit : SHOESECTION
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Legally confer, as a power : VEST
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Opulent : PLUSH
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Kind of joke : INSIDE
74
Lilac color : MAUVE
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High regard : ESTEEM
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Certain intersection : TEE
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Andrew Jackson's Tennessee home, with "the" : HERMITAGE
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Family reunion attendee, informally : COZ
84
One taking inventory? : LOOTER
87
___ Pueblo (World Heritage Site) : TAOS
88
Polite : CIVIL
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Expensive outing : SPREE
90
Philadelphia art museum, with "the" : BARNES
92
With 29-Across, source of a famous smile : MONA
93
*Home of the world's only 14-lane suspension bridge : UNIQUENEWYORK
98
"Atonement" author Ian : MCEWAN
100
Old barracks decorations : PINUPS
101
Catches up to : TIES
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Bollywood instruments : SITARS
105
Man Ray's genre : DADA
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Ham it up : OVERACT
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Wine orders : CARAFES
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Good servers : ACERS
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*Timekeeper on the Emerald Isle : IRISHWRISTWATCH
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"Free ___" : TIBET
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Text message status : SENT
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Assists in a way one shouldn't : ABETS
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One getting the red-carpet treatment : STAR
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Diary passage : ENTRY
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Avant-garde : EDGY
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Father : SIRE
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Scottish caps : TAMS
Down
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Hill and tunnel builder : ANT
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Architect Mies van der ___ : ROHE
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Complain : CARP
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*What a dairymaid does all day long : SHESEESCHEESE
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Poi plants : TAROS
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Chaiken who co-created "The L Word" : ILENE
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Printemps follower : ETE
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Source of a deferment in the 1960s draft : ROTC
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Syndicate : CARTEL
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Big fan : ADORER
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Yamaha competitor : KAWASAKI
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Formerly, once : ERST
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Figurehead? : CPA
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Tim ___, frequent collaborator with Adam Sandler : HERLIHY
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Ancient Greek state with Athens : ATTICA
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"The Marvelous Mrs. ___" (award-winning Amazon series) : MAISEL
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"I beg of you" : PLEASE
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A sharps : BFLATS
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Aer Lingus destination : EIRE
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Performances for Hawaii tourists : HULAS
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Plane, e.g. : EVENER
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Column in soccer standings : DRAWS
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Confesses : OWNSUP
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Picket line crosser : SCAB
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Hobbes's favorite food in "Calvin and Hobbes" : TUNA
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Text message status : READ
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Leading characters in "Mad Max" : EMS
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Matter in court : RES
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Pretentious : CHICHI
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1984 Olympic gymnastics sensation : RETTON
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___ Boston (noted hotel) : TAJ
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___ de leche : DULCE
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Somewhat : ABIT
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Put an edge on : HONE
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Loopholes : OUTS
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"Hey you!" : PSST
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Wanna-___ : BES
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Writer Stieg Larsson, e.g. : SWEDE
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Hard way to say the answers to the starred clues in this puzzle (good luck!) : FIVETIMESFAST
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Willow twig : OSIER
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San ___, Calif. : SIMEON
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Having a frog in one's throat : HOARSE
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Building direction, briefly : SPEC
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What "btw" means : ALSO
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Mess (with) : FUTZ
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Spanish direction : ESTE
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Book before Deut. : NUM
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Extend a hand to after a fall, say : HELPUP
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London's Old ___ : VIC
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Beyond that : MORESO
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Listens attentively : HARKS
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Declare : AVOW
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"Jane the Virgin" actress Rodriguez : GINA
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Pizazz : ELAN
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Wine: Prefix : OEN
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Was on the verge of collapse : TEETERED
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What "light" cigarettes are lower in : TAR
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Not so hip : SQUARER
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"The Garden of Earthly Delights" painter : BOSCH
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Cleverness : SMARTS
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App release : UPDATE
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One of the B vitamins : NIACIN
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Underwater : INDEBT
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Electrician's concern : WIRING
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Like the smell of some bread : YEASTY
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Where something annoying might be stuck : CRAW
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Less welcoming : ICIER
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Sample : TASTE
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What a headache might feel like : VISE
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Start of a classic Christmas poem : TWAS
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James of jazz : ETTA
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Ponzi scheme, e.g. : SCAM
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Wilbur's home in "Charlotte's Web" : STY
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Box score inits. : RBI
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Time sheet units: Abbr. : HRS

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

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