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TRIPLE SPOONERISMS

New York Times, Sunday, April 8, 2018

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
80-Across : They're easy to take
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 134, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 228 for Mr. Berry. Sunday freshness: 49%
Jeff Chen notes:
I've never seen spoonerisms done with three-word phrases. They were tricky for me to untangle, so here's the list of base phrases: BEAK OF LAD STRUCK: streak of bad luck. THE STUCK HOPS ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times4/8/18 ( No. 24,988 )
Across
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Anesthetic of old : ETHER
6
Forcefully remove : RIPOUT
12
Very good, as a job : BANGUP
18
Purple candy's flavor, often : GRAPE
19
Sea-dwelling : OCEANIC
21
Things a spy may have many of : ALIASES
23
Stares slack-jawed : GAPES
24
What caused the nosebleed on the playground? : BEAKOFLADSTRUCK
26
Sponsor of U.S. Olympic swimmers : SPEEDO
28
Ball hit for fielding practice : FUNGO
29
Burro's call : BRAY
30
Tagline in an ad for Elmer's Glue-Ale? : THESTUCKHOPSBEER
35
Holiday song closer : SYNE
36
Bygone channel that aired "Veronica Mars" : UPN
37
Chill in the cooler : DOTIME
38
Finish filming : WRAP
40
Gets up : RISES
43
Bernadette of Broadway : PETERS
45
Succumb to sleepiness : NODOFF
50
High-flown, as writing : FLORID
52
Big ox : LUG
53
Discreet attention-getter : PSST
57
Lash with a bullwhip : LARUE
58
Deliberative bodies : SENATES
60
Description of a yeti? : PALEHAIRYMASS
63
Parodied : APED
65
Capacitate : ENABLE
66
Tip jar fillers : ONES
67
Novice parasailer's fear? : TERROROFBADGLIDINGS
73
Ingredient in a Roy Rogers : COLA
74
Coarse : RIBALD
75
What a Möbius strip lacks : ENDS
76
Containers for electric guitars? : ROCKSTARCASES
80
They're easy to take : GELCAPS
85
Unfamiliar : ALIEN
86
Quite a few : LOTS
87
It hangs around the neck : BIB
89
Sandwich with Russian dressing : REUBEN
90
One-room apartment, to Brits : BEDSIT
92
Motifs : THEMES
95
Like the questions in 20 Questions : YESNO
96
Very worst : PITS
99
"Law & Order" actor Jerry : ORBACH
101
Sealer for sailors? : TAR
102
Drawbacks : CONS
106
Best place to buy a platter of fruit-flavored sodas? : THEFANTATRAYSALE
111
Square footage : AREA
112
Bishop's headgear : MITER
113
Paradisiacal : EDENIC
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Mend fences after Caesar's civil war? : HEALFIGHTATROME
120
Maker of PowerShot cameras : CANON
122
Apathetic response to "What's new?" : NOTMUCH
123
Leave behind : ABANDON
124
Something to live by : CREDO
125
Market offerings : SHARES
126
Trick-taking game : SPADES
127
"Napoleon Dynamite" star Jon : HEDER
Down
1
Easter ___ : EGG
2
It's a bunch of garbage : TRASHPILE
3
Discovers by chance : HAPPENSON
4
Pentathlon items : EPEES
5
Complete policy overhaul, in D.C.-speak : RESET
6
1987 action film originally given an X rating for violence : ROBOCOP
7
Winter driving hazard : ICE
8
Shell game object : PEA
9
Cooper's wood : OAK
10
Game with 108 cards : UNO
11
Small scraps : TIFFS
12
Hedgehog predator : BADGER
13
Second, or worse : ALSORAN
14
Quibble : NIT
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Dresses : GARBS
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There's enormous interest in it : USURY
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Nut in pralines : PECAN
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Caddie's selection : CLUB
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___ terrier : SKYE
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From scratch : ANEW
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Fizzler : DUD
30
Lays down the lawn? : TURFS
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Classic seller of compilation albums : KTEL
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Seek moolah from : HITUP
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Alphabet ender : OMEGA
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According to : PER
39
Cal ___ : POLY
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Setting for a period piece : ERA
42
Instrument whose name means "three strings" : SITAR
44
What shopaholics do : SPEND
46
"The Martian" star : DAMON
47
Long-armed climber, for short : ORANG
48
Joins : FUSES
49
Own (up) : FESS
51
Kick out : DEPORT
54
Dance akin to the jitterbug : SHAG
55
Prized Siberian animal : SABLE
56
Bathroom floor, often : TILING
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Podcast that won a 2014 Peabody Award : SERIAL
61
Detectives run them down : LEADS
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More rare, perhaps : REDDER
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Resonator guitar : DOBRO
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John Kennedy ___, author of "A Confederacy of Dunces" : TOOLE
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Charlton Heston title role : ELCID
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Aids in golf course maintenance : RAKES
70
Irrefutable point : FACT
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Play at maximum volume : BLAST
72
R&B's ___ Brothers : ISLEY
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Sideways scuttler : CRAB
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Cutlet? : SNIP
78
"Life Itself" memoirist Roger : EBERT
79
Swahili for "lion" : SIMBA
81
Actor's last line, maybe : CUE
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Stayed sober : ABSTAINED
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Rules for forming sentences : PENALCODE
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Mock sound of disinterest : SNORE
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Exhausted : BEAT
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Tufted songbirds : TITMICE
93
Sweetie : HON
94
Multiplex count : SCREENS
97
Dark meat options : THIGHS
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Jimmy's "Late Night" successor : SETH
100
Deceived : HAD
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"High Hopes" lyricist Sammy : CAHN
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Snacks in stacks : OREOS
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Opposite of o'er : NEATH
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"Frida" star Hayek : SALMA
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Spanakopita ingredient : FETA
108
Ones who grasp elbows in greeting, by tradition : ARABS
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"How revolting!" : YECCH
110
Drum kit component : SNARE
115
Lab coat? : FUR
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FISA warrant objective : TAP
117
Genetic macromolecule : RNA
118
Unmatched : ODD
119
One of the Three Stooges : MOE
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Winner of the most medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics: Abbr. : NOR

Answer summary: 11 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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