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DONE WITH EASE

New York Times, Sunday, May 11, 2008

Author:
Tony Orbach and Patrick Blindauer
Editor:
Will Shortz
One willing to take a bullet for Martin or Charlie?
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 69 Missing: {V} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Orbach. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Blindauer.
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J
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K
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Q
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J
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M
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P
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© 2008, The New York Times5/11/08 ( No. 21,369 )
Across
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Rooter at the Meadowlands : JETSFAN
8
Lean and bony : ANGULAR
15
Superman, to his father : KALEL
20
Common solvent : ACETONE
21
Filled : REPLETE
22
Acid in proteins : AMINO
23
State of a bottle-fed baby? : NOWEANSITUATION
25
Woody Allen title role : ZELIG
26
Afternoon hr. : ONEPM
27
Construction bit : TNUT
28
Bleacher : PEROXIDE
30
Comme ci, comme ça : SOSO
31
Was visibly irked with : GLAREDAT
35
Shower with flowers, say : WOO
36
Soft drink brand : NEHI
38
A platform in front of Elsinore, in "Hamlet"? : ORIGINALSCENE
44
Contemporary of Duchamp : ARP
47
"Doctor Faustus" novelist : MANN
49
Jazz virtuoso Garner : ERROLL
50
The toe of a geographical "boot" : OMAN
51
Massage therapist's office? : FEELINGSTATION
55
Like a Rolek watch : ERSATZ
57
Fashion designer Bartley : LUELLA
58
Brown alternative : YALE
59
"You can ___ horse to water ..." : LEADA
61
Sentimentality : GOO
62
"Puppy Love" singer, 1960 : ANKA
63
Jawaharlal Nehru's daughter : INDIRA
65
Rouge roulette number : CINQ
67
Group of yo-yo experts? : TEAMDUNCAN
70
One willing to take a bullet for Martin or Charlie? : SHEENGUARD
76
Neighbor of Hung. : AUST
77
Fixes firmly : EMBEDS
79
Shade on the French Riviera : AZUR
80
Calypso offshoot : SKA
83
Actor Alain : DELON
86
It has banks in Bern : AARE
87
Urban area in a Cheech Marin film : EASTLA
89
1965 Peace Prize recipient : UNICEF
91
Little Bo-Peep's charges? : ABANDONEDSHEEP
94
Catty comments? : MEWS
95
87 or 93 : OCTANE
97
Turn on an axis : SLUE
98
Alphabet trio : CDE
99
Musicians at a marsh? : PEATORCHESTRA
103
Numerical prefix : OCTA
105
Corrosive chemical, to a chemist : HCL
106
Strong and deep : RESONANT
108
Oversight : MISS
112
Limo feature : JUMPSEAT
117
"Road" picture partner for Bob : BING
118
"Same here!" : SODOI
119
"The joke's ___!" : ONYOU
120
St. Paul sixth graders? : MINNESOTATWEENS
125
Indonesian island : TIMOR
126
Victimizes : PREYSON
127
Brewing needs : TEABAGS
128
Do : STYLE
129
Calendar divisions : SEASONS
130
___ Row : EMBASSY
Down
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___ Kádár, 1950s-'80s Hungarian leader : JANOS
2
Low-price prefix : ECONO
3
"The Love Boat" actress Lauren : TEWES
4
Squash, squish or squelch : STEPON
5
Head : FOAM
6
Gloucester's Cape ___ : ANN
7
Chick : NESTLING
8
Cuban-born jazz great Sandoval : ARTURO
9
Fix : NEUTER
10
3.9, e.g.: Abbr. : GPA
11
Final: Abbr. : ULT
12
Gift with a string attached? : LEI
13
Over : ATOP
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Fix-up : RENEWAL
15
Buzzers : KAZOOS
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Green card, informally : AMEX
17
Leslie Caron title role : LILI
18
Home of the Chisholm Trail Expo Center : ENID
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Front of a mezzanine : LOGE
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___ big way : INA
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Casually showed up : ROLLEDIN
31
Land west of Togo : GHANA
32
The less you see of this person the better : DIETER
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Intro to business? : AGRI
34
Alpine region : TIROL
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German biographer ___ Ludwig : EMIL
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___ of the above : NONE
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Romaine : COS
41
Online periodical, for short : EMAG
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Warsaw Pact counterforce : NATO
43
Automaker Ferrari : ENZO
44
Key of Elgar's Symphony No. 1 : AFLAT
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Get the class back together : REUNE
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___-boo : PEEKA
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"Bye Bye Bye" band, 2000 : NSYNC
52
Cousin of a camel : LLAMA
53
"Aren't I amazing?!" : TADA
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Skirt type : ALINE
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Called : RANG
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Good blackjack holdings : ACES
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Like G8 meetings: Abbr. : INTL
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"There's no such thing ___ publicity" : ASBAD
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Subdue : QUASH
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"My man!" : DUDE
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Resort to violence : USEFORCE
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"Three cheers" recipient : HERO
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Ideal sites : EDENS
73
Like some pyramids : AZTEC
74
Lined : RULED
75
Don, as a sari : DRAPE
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"Luncheon on the Grass" and others : MANETS
80
Well : SUMP
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Baby-bouncing locale : KNEE
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Sanyo competitor : AIWA
84
Words to live by : OATH
85
Hornet, e.g. : NBAER
87
Extracted chemical : EDUCT
88
"___ of Six" (Joseph Conrad story collection) : ASET
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Hrs. on the 90th meridian : CST
92
Addie's husband in "As I Lay Dying" : ANSE
93
Stretch ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme? : ELONGATE
96
Shop grippers : CCLAMPS
100
"And I'm the queen of England" : OHSURE
101
Director Mark of "Earthquake" : ROBSON
102
Particles in electrolysis : ANIONS
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Slide presentation? : AMOEBA
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Amazon ___ : ANT
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They might be bounced off others : IDEAS
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Troubadour's stock : SONGS
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Wimp : SISSY
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Scribbles (down) : JOTS
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Body of troops : UNIT
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"Well, I declare!" : MYMY
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Summer hangout : POOL
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Poop : TIRE
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Seaborne lackey : SWAB
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Org. interested in schools : NEA
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Albany is its cap. : NYS
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That's "that" in Tijuana : ESO
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Pro ___ : TEM

Answer summary: 9 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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