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DON'T SUE US!

New York Times, Sunday, March 13, 2016

Author:
Tom McCoy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Writer of the line "Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December"
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Tom McCoy

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. McCoy. Sunday freshness: 10%
Tom McCoy notes:
Initially, I thought about making this a two-way rebus that was the letters OR in one direction and the registered trademark symbol in the other, with the idea being that solvers would ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Clever idea, using the "registered trademark" sign — a circled R — inside theme answers. It was a nice a-ha moment to realize that those circled Rs in the middle of themers were indeed ... ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Circles in grids have referred to circular things in the past. Elizabeth C. Gorski did it with champagne bubbles and with car wheels. Mr. McCoy goes a step further. As Jeff points out, today, the circles represent circles. Nice.

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© 2016, The New York Times3/13/16 ( No. 24,232 )
Across
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It returns just before spring: Abbr. : DST
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Univ. parts : DEPTS
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Black-and-white treat : OREO
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Sends an invitation for : ASKSTO
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Cell material : RNA
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Independently : APART
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Fur fighters? : PETA
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Combs : SCOURS
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Wooden arts-and-crafts piece : POPSICLESTICK
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Fantasy land : NARNIA
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"Fingers crossed!" : HOPESO
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"Sprechen ___ Deutsch?" : SIE
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Great American Ball Park team : THEREDS
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Collector's ___ : ITEM
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Quaint social occasion : TUPPERWAREPARTY
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Kind of poem : LYRIC
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___ Bo : TAE
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"I almost forgot ..." : OHYES
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Positive response : IAM
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Work : OPUS
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"Hands off!" : MINE
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Pre-euro coin : PESETA
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Shoelace alternative : VELCROSTRAP
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Get the message, say : DECODE
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With equal frequency : ASOFTEN
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Streak : RUN
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Cigar type : CHEROOT
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"Borrowed" : STOLE
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Titter : HEHE
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Modern "Carpe diem" : YOLO
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Locale for phalanges : TOE
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Cry that's a homophone of 81-Across : EEK
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Tool for reproduction : XEROXMACHINE
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"Heaven and earth in miniature," per a Chinese proverb : MAN
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Expressions of disgust : EWS
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Sole : LONE
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Marco ___ (shirt sold on Rubio's website) : POLO
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Come to an end : CEASE
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Shenanigans : HIJINKS
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Barely make, with "out" : EKE
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Appetizer : STARTER
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Section of a foreign travel guide, maybe : TABOOS
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Hybrid outdoor game : FRISBEEGOLF
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Prepared : GOTSET
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Fatty cut of fish at a sushi bar : TORO
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Named, informally : IDED
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Where, to Cato : UBI
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Burrowing insect : BORER
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___ glance : ATA
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Convulsion : SPASM
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Reagan, with "the" : TEFLONPRESIDENT
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Prefix with cumulus : ALTO
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Identifying lines at the bottoms of pages : FOOTERS
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Certain hosp. exam : MRI
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Caught sight of : ESPIED
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Ungraceful : GAUCHE
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Fixture in many a basement : PINGPONGTABLE
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Emulated one of Old MacDonald's animals : OINKED
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One that's out of one's head? : IDEA
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Response to "Who goes there?" : ITISI
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Poorly : ILL
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Brotherhood and sisterhood : ORDERS
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Neophyte, in modern slang : NOOB
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Cartridge filler : TONER
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Convened : SAT
Down
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Self-help guru who wrote "Life Code" : DRPHIL
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Hoity-toity : SNOOTY
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Jake of CNN : TAPPER
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Place for a throne : DAIS
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World Showcase site : EPCOT
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Hang (around) : PAL
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Take unwanted steps? : TRESPASS
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Line at the zoo : STRIPE
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Elect : OPT
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King, in Portugal : REI
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Series finale? : ETC
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Image on the Connecticut state quarter : OAKTREE
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Grant portrayer on TV : ASNER
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Line of cliffs : SCARP
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Land in two pieces? : KOREA
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Ingredient that's been left out? : SUNDRIEDTOMATO
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Pertaining to Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, e.g. : TRISTATE
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Spanish she-bear : OSA
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One for two of four : SEMI
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Show (out) : SEE
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"___ a real nowhere man ..." : HES
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Complete reversal : UTURN
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Source of the names of two months : ROMANEMPERORS
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Trounce : WHIP
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"Atlas Shrugged" author Rand : AYN
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Soprano Sumac : YMA
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Think piece? : CORTEX
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Writer of the line "Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December" : POE
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Leader elected in 1946 : PERON
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Prefix with tourism : ECO
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Fossil fuel residue : SOOT
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Still-life object : VASE
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First name in cosmetics : ESTEE
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Discoverer's cry : LOOKWHATIFOUND
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Org. of the Argonauts and the Alouettes : CFL
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Some natural history museum displays, for short : TREXES
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Tributary of the Rhine : RUHR
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Substation? : DELI
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The four seasons and others : CYCLES
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Brown-and-white treat : HOHO
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Start of many a bumper sticker : HONK
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Backing at a business meeting? : EASEL
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"Four Quartets" poet : ELIOT
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Two 1980s White House personages : RONS
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Isao of the P.G.A. : AOKI
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Online greetings : ECARDS
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Toy brand with soft sales? : NERF
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Genealogical grouping, informally : SIBS
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Bit of a joule : ERG
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Average guy : JOE
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French city said to have given its name to a car : SEDAN
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Bit of gymwear : TEE
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Start of a concession : TOBEFAIR
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Unoccupied : FREE
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Start eating : BITEINTO
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Inner feeling : GUT
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Court technique : TOPSPIN
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Bobby in skates : ORR
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"It's f-f-freezing!" : BRR
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Artful : ADROIT
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Daddy : PAPA
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Crime stories? : ALIBIS
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"Streetcar" call : STELLA
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You could have it in any color you wanted, as long as it was black : MODELT
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"Two Treatises of Government" philosopher : LOCKE
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Smallest slice of a pie chart, maybe : OTHER
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Must have : NEEDS
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Scapegrace : IMP
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Facetious response to "Describe yourself in three adjectives" : TERSE
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Recipe instruction : STIR
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Sticky stuff : GOO
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Line at a wedding : IDO
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Role for Keanu Reeves : NEO
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Chatter : GAB
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Ingredient in a white lady : GIN

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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