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IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY

New York Times, Sunday, February 9, 2014

Author:
Charles M. Deber
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Plural French word that spells its singular English form in reverse
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Charles M. Deber

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 74 Missing: {KQXZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Deber. Sunday freshness: 33%
Charles M. Deber notes:
Listening to the Beatles' classic "Sgt. Pepper" album a few months back, I heard them sing, "It was 20 years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play". This led me in short order to ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Ah, the Beatles. There have been several puzzles incorporating JOHN, PAUL, RINGO, and GEORGE, including a stealth one by Peter Collins, but none incorporating their full names quite like ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Grid numbers correspond to the Across Lite version of this grid. The printed puzzle was slightly different.

A related instrument complete with tuning pegs was cleverly revealed in this 2010 Diagramless by Michael Shteyman.

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© 2014, The New York Times2/9/14 ( No. 23,469 )
Across
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Cellphones, in Britain : MOBILES
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Alone : APART
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13-Down, in Dresden : STRASSE
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A debater takes it : ONESIDE
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Jazz count? : BASIE
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In that direction : THITHER
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One favoring a strong central government : STATIST
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___ Vista : BUENA
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Turns in : REDEEMS
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Film terrier : TOTO
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Bar order, with "the" : USUAL
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Sadness : GRIEF
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Narrow cut : SLIT
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Move in an ungainly way : LOLLOP
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Mine, in Madrid : MIO
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Cherished by : DEARTO
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Literary inits. : TSE
40
It's below the humerus : ULNA
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Trig. function : COS
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"Let ___" : ITBE
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___ deferens : VAS
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Dweller on the Red Sea : YEMENI
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Less than right : ACUTE
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Crème de la crème : FINEST
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1996-2001 show featuring home videos : REALTV
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Actress Gardner : AVA
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The People's Champion : ALI
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"The Battleship Potemkin" locale : ODESSA
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An O'Neill : OONA
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More appropriate : APTER
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Houston sch. : RICEU
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Followers of exes : WYES
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Detour, e.g. : NUISANCE
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Coal distillate : TAR
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Announcer's aid : EARPHONE
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Plural French word that spells its singular English form in reverse : ETATS
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Much of the audience for 6-Down's show on 2/9/64 : TEENAGERS
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Trounces : ROUTS
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"When ___ younger, so much younger ..." ("Help!" lyric) : IWAS
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More modern, in Munich : NEUER
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Relative of a convertible : TTOP
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Part of a train from a refinery : OILCAR
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Servant, e.g. : OBEYER
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"Why ___ so shy when ...?" ("It's Only Love" lyric) : AMI
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Snack chip : NACHO
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Nest on a cliff : AERIE
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Author Umberto : ECO
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Dave Clark ___ : FIVE
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"___ the time ..." : MANYS
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Playwright Fugard : ATHOL
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General ___ chicken : TSOS
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Attractive legs, in slang : STEMS
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"Yuck!" : BLEH
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Actor Hemsworth of "The Hunger Games" : LIAM
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Bold : GUTSY
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Stuck, after "in" : ARUT
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Queen who fell for Zeus' swan song? : LEDA
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It may be a plot : ACRE
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Lone Star State sch. : UTEP
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500 letters? : STP
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Cause of the witch's demise in "Hansel and Gretel" : OVEN
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'60s war zone : NAM
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Rice-A-___ : RONI
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Fraternity chapter : RHO
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Big to-do : HOOPLA
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They're played at un conservatoire : ETUDES
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Undermines, as support : ERODES
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Living in a swing state? : MOODY
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Kind of jacket with pockets on the chest : SAFARI
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Tilted : ASLANT
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Oxford's St. ___ College : ANNES
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City on the Seine upstream from Paris : TROYES
Down
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A majority : MOST
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Aware of : ONTO
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Craze caused by this puzzle's subjects : BEATLEMANIA
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Schoolyard rejoinder : ISTOO
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Card count in Caesar's Palace? : LII
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Host for this puzzle's subjects on 2/9/64 : EDSULLIVAN
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Places atop : SETSON
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Eban of Israel : ABBA
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With 11-Down, subjects of this puzzle : PAULMCCARTNEYJOHNLENNON
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Enzyme suffix : ASE
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Rampage : TEAR
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Way to go : STREET
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Nickname for this puzzle's subjects : THEFABFOUR
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Free : RID
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Bikini blast, informally : ATEST
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Song sung by this puzzle's subjects on 6-Down's show on 2/9/64 : SHELOVESYOU
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Big rig : SEMI
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Lead-in to while : ERST
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___ creek : UPA
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Dictator Amin : IDI
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Broadway's ___-Fontanne Theater : LUNT
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Promise of payment : IOU
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Frist's successor as Senate majority leader : REID
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One of the six counties of Northern Ireland : TYRONE
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Escort to the door : SEEOUT
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Yes : ASSENT
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Balanced conditions : STASES
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Band material : ELASTIC
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Park, e.g., in N.Y.C. : AVE
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Wallach of "The Misfits" : ELI
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Subtitle for "Star Wars Episode IV," with "A" : NEWHOPE
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Just so, after "to" : ATEE
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Bakeshop worker : ICER
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Free throw avgs., e.g. : PCTS
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One team in the N.B.A. All-Star Game, with "the" : EAST
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City on the Nile : ASWAN
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Junior Olympics org. : AAU
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Certain NASA launch : PROBE
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Had a ball at : ENJOYED
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Unpredictable : ERRATIC
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Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
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Slave : TOIL
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Apes : OAFS
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Apes : IMITATORS
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Where this puzzle's subjects got their start : LIVERPOOL
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Song sung by this puzzle's subjects on 6-Down's show on 9/12/65 : YESTERDAY
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Earth's habitable parts : ECOSPHERE
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Dawnlike : ROSY
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Common monthly expense : CABLE
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Ladies' man : ROMEO
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Prey for a dingo : EMU
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Molly formerly on "S.N.L." : SHANNON
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Like some dessert orders : ALAMODE
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King in 1922 news : TUT
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Hot : STOLEN
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Instrument depicted by the shaded squares in this grid : GUITAR
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1965 and 1966 concert site for this puzzle's subjects : SHEA
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Sweeping : VAST
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Soon : ANON
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Be domestic : NEST
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Medical suffix : OSIS
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Calendar keeper, for short : PDA
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Medical suffix : OMA
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The "S" of CBS: Abbr. : SYS
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Sci-fi sighting : UFO

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

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