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WHICH IS WISH

New York Times, Sunday, April 26, 2015

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
___ Del Rey, singer with the 2014 #1 album "Ultraviolence"
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 136, Blocks: 77 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 197 for Mr. Berry. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Grid flow: 34.8 Sunday freshness: 61%
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© 2015, The New York Times4/26/15 ( No. 23,910 )
Across
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Rye, N.Y., or Fort Lee, N.J. : SUBURB
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Like some photographs and cliffs : SCALED
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Bouquet tossers : BRIDES
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Means of access : AVENUE
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Viola's love in "Twelfth Night" : ORSINO
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Tombstone material : GRANITE
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Wordlessly indicated "uh-oh" : GULPED
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Valiant attempt to finish off a seven-course meal? : LASTDISHEFFORT
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___ gel : ALOE
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Forestall, with "off" : STAVE
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Mauna ___ : LOA
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Minerals to be processed : ORES
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What an investor in golf courses might buy? : LAWNSHARES
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Beat soundly : PLASTER
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Look for : SEEK
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Grazing in a meadow and jumping fences, for two? : SHEEPTHRILLS
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Include surreptitiously, in a way : BCC
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Vacation unit, often : WEEK
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H of antiquity : ETA
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Cybertrade : ETAIL
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"Be sure to lose!"? : YOUBETTERWASHOUT
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Org. of concern to Edward Snowden : NSA
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Like some communities : GATED
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___ bone (U-shaped bone above the larynx) : HYOID
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Big small screen : PLASMATV
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Pac-12 team : UTES
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Jazzmen : CATS
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Modest hacienda : RANCHO
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Two blender settings? : MIXANDMASH
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Dojo Mart, e.g.? : KARATESHOP
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Hunting milieu : FOREST
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Dismounted : ALIT
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Audiophile's preference, maybe : HIFI
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Hone : FINETUNE
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Caesar's dressing? : TUNIC
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Rendezvoused : METUP
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Acting as a group : ONE
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What I unexpectedly had for breakfast? : MUSHTOMYSURPRISE
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Another time : AGAIN
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Toothpaste brand : AIM
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Obstacle for a golfer : TREE
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2012 Mark Wahlberg comedy : TED
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Swamp fever? : MARSHMADNESS
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Doesn't keep up : LAGS
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Oxford institution : OLEMISS
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Floating casinos? : POKERSHIPS
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See 108-Down : ROLL
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Face value, in blackjack : TEN
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Relative of cerulean : AZURE
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Deep South delicacy : OKRA
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Reviewer of the paperwork? : SHEAFINSPECTOR
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"Don't get yourself worked up" : NOWNOW
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Chow : VITTLES
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Be in the offing : IMPEND
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Vic with the 1949 #1 hit "You're Breaking My Heart" : DAMONE
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Fraud : POSEUR
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Compact containers : PURSES
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Like cherry-picked data : SKEWED
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"Sons of Anarchy" actress Katey : SAGAL
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It's down in the mouth : UVULA
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Not on deck, say : BELOW
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Releases : UNPENS
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Repentant feeling : RUE
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Sleep on it : BEDSHEET
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Green energy option : SOLAR
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Fancy : CRAVE
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Size up : ASSESS
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English ___ : LIT
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Discontinue : END
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"How ___ look?" : DOI
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What runners may run out of : BREATH
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W.W. II "Dambusters," for short : RAF
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About to be read the riot act : INFORIT
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New Look pioneer : DIOR
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Raison d'___ : ETRE
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Match makers? : SETS
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Dead man walking? : GHOST
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Indicator of freshness? : SLAP
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"... the Lord ___ away" : TAKETH
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Did some surgical work : SEWED
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They rarely have surnames : PETS
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Mother of Levi and Judah : LEAH
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Poetic preposition : ERE
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Flip response? : HEADS
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___ Del Rey, singer with the 2014 #1 album "Ultraviolence" : LANA
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Errand-running aid : LIST
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Pole, e.g. : SLAV
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"Dagnabbit!" : BYGUM
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Raccoonlike animal : COATI
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Nail-care brand : CUTEX
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Ring alternatives : KEYCASES
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Worrier's farewell : BESAFE
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Mock tribute : ROAST
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___ honors : WITH
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Painter of illusions : OPARTIST
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Arm twister's need? : ULNA
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Boor's lack : TACT
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___-devil : SHE
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Dancer in a pit : MOSHER
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Unfair? : RAINY
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"___ fair!" : NOT
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One to beat : DRUM
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Preprandial reading : MENU
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Supermodel Heidi : KLUM
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Bandleader's shout : HITIT
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Good to have around : OFUSE
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Added after a silence, with "up" : PIPED
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They make up everything : ATOMS
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Fire extinguisher output : FOAM
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"Young Frankenstein" character : INGA
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___ East : NEAR
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Permanent thing : CURLER
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Some digital videos, briefly : MPEGS
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Franz's partner in old "S.N.L." sketches : HANS
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Rackful in a closet : TIES
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Hits back? : REARENDS
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Single out : ISOLATE
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Org. of the Jets and the Flyers : NHL
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Occupation : METIER
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Church chorus : AMENS
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Roars : DINS
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Outpourings : SPATES
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"Prove it!" : SHOWME
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UV light blocker : OZONE
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Residents of a certain -stan : KURDS
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"You already said that!" : IKNOW
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Lying flat : PRONE
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Cut : SAWED
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Be a polite invitee : RSVP
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Mississippi River's largest tributary : OHIO
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With 106-Across, "It's time to do this thing" : LETS
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Kind of season : FLU
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Die spot : PIP
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___ oil (Australian folk medicine) : EMU
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E.M.S. technique : CPR
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Wine barrel wood : OAK

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

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