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A WHIFF OF COLOGNE

New York Times, Sunday, February 3, 2013

Author:
Dan Schoenholz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Word missing twice in the Beatles' "___ Said ___ Said"
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Dan Schoenholz

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 75 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Schoenholz. Sunday freshness: 82%
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© 2013, The New York Times2/3/13 ( No. 23,098 )
Across
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Pop-___ : TARTS
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División of a house : SALA
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They may be running in a saloon : BARTABS
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Sun, in Verdun : SOLEIL
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Thin ice, e.g. : PERIL
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Survey : OVERVIEW
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Alternative to white : PUMPERNICKEL
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How overhead photos may be taken : AERIALLY
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"That's ___ excuse ..." : APOOR
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Like St. Louis vis-à-vis New Orleans : UPRIVER
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Name : DUB
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End to end? : DEE
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Torn : RENT
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Inexperienced : GREEN
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See 67-Across : YESON
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Kind of tape : DUCT
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"How I Met Your Mother" narrator : TED
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Put out : EMIT
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Who said "Familiarity breeds contempt - and children" : TWAIN
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Like Virginia among states to ratify the Constitution : TENTH
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Booth, e.g. : ASSASSIN
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Sphere : REALM
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Suit size: Abbr. : REG
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PC component : CPU
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Target of minor surgery : POLYP
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Dick ___, co-creator of "Saturday Night Live" : EBERSOL
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Tangle : SKEIN
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Either end of an edge, in graph theory : NODE
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Ph.D. hurdles : ORALS
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Diamond stat : RBI
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Worked the soil, in a way : SPADED
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"A Clockwork Orange" hooligan : ALEX
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Actress Loughlin of "90210" : LORI
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Soda fountain option : COLA
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Spritelike : ELFISH
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Skater Midori : ITO
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Cool : HIP
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Roosevelt's successor : TRUMAN
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Roosevelt's successor : TAFT
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Shade provider : EAVE
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With 31-Across, favor, as a ballot measure : VOTE
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1952 Brando title role : ZAPATA
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Enzyme ending : ASE
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Fairbanks Daily News-___ : MINER
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Geraint's wife, in Arthurian legend : ENID
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European coin with a hole in it : KRONE
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Sex partner? : THECITY
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Fraternity member : GREEK
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Theologian's subj. : REL
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Actress Dennings of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" : KAT
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Like many a fraternity party : BEERY
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Insect's opening for air : SPIRACLE
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Puppet of old TV : OLLIE
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French Champagne city : REIMS
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Make a call : RULE
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Mason's trough : HOD
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Noodle : BEAN
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Group of bright stars? : MENSA
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Baseball commissioner Bud : SELIG
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Homey : DAWG
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Bushel or barrel: Abbr. : AMT
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Chem ___ : LAB
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Potter's pedal : TREADLE
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Language related to Tahitian : MAORI
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Tousles : MUSSESUP
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Low grade? : KINDERGARTEN
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Noble rank : ARCHDUKE
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Playwright Joe who wrote "What the Butler Saw" : ORTON
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Tessellation : TILING
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Clipped : SHEARED
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Cool : NEAT
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Pass : ENACT
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Alternatives to comb-overs : TOUPEES
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Ingredients in some candy bars : ALMONDS
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Move, as a plant : REPOT
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Level : TIER
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Camera type, briefly : SLR
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Hidden : SECRET
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Alan of "Argo" : ARKIN
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Schreiber who won a Tony for "Glengarry Glen Ross" : LIEV
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Place for a Dumpster : ALLEYWAY
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Vaudeville singer's prop : BOA
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"In the American West" photographer : AVEDON
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Show over : RERUN
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Old New York paper, for short : TRIB
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Actress Gardner : AVA
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Novel that focuses on character growth : BILDUNGSROMAN
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High-quality : SELECT
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Peloponnesian War winner : SPARTA
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Import, as water or music : PIPEIN
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"Christina's World" painter Andrew : WYETH
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Paavo ___, 1920s Finnish Olympic hero : NURMI
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Practical approach to diplomacy : REALPOLITIK
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It's a blessing : GESUNDHEIT
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Customizable character in a computer game : SIM
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Cougar's prey : DEER
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E-mail forerunner : TELEX
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Los ___ mosqueteros : TRES
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Confident test-taker's cry : ACEDIT
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Some "Bourne" film characters : SPIES
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Ring event : RODEO
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Rapper? : POLTERGEIST
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Inner ___ : EAR
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Forceful advance : BLITZKRIEG
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Depressed at the poles : OBLATE
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Jungle vine : LIANA
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Big media to-do : SPLASH
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Informal social gathering : KAFFEEKLATSCH
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Inexperienced : NAIVE
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Caught at a 41-Down : ROPED
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Went after : SETAT
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St. Peter's Basilica feature : CUPOLA
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Snookums : HONEY
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More pink, maybe : RARER
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All's partner : ANY
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Goes off on a tangent : VEERS
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Small bit : MITE
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Mark of ___ : CAIN
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Discuss lightly : REMARKON
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Big ___ : BEN
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Ill-humored : SULLEN
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___ set (tool assortment) : PLIER
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Jumbled : CHAOTIC
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Cheap, as housing : LOWRENT
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Trim : EDGING
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Time's second African-American Person of the Year : OBAMA
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Primates with tails : LEMURS
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Scold : REBUKE
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Mark of a rifle's laser sight : REDDOT
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Conductor Kurt : MASUR
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Present-day personality? : SANTA
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Alfalfa's love in "The Little Rascals" : DARLA
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Mother of Castor and Pollux : LEDA
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Gaelic ground : EIRE
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Principal : MAIN
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Word missing twice in the Beatles' "___ Said ___ Said" : SHE
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One on foot, informally : PED
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Verizon forerunner : GTE

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

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