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New York Times, Monday, August 8, 2016

Author:
Zhouqin Burnikel and Don Gagliardo
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : God, in the Torah
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Zhouqin Burnikel
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1211/13/20129/19/201712
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3151200
RebusCircleScrabblePOWFresh
131.58154%
Don Gagliardo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJKQWX} This is puzzle # 32 for Ms. Burnikel. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Gagliardo. Monday freshness: 89%
Constructor notes:
When I sent this idea to Don, there was no TITANIC. Don is always looking for ways to enhance a theme, and one is to cross theme ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
C.C. and Don try to see the BIG PICTURE today, interpreting the phrase literally to hint at "movies with a synonym for BIG in their ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times8/8/16 ( No. 24,380 )
Across
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Home of the N.F.L.'s Dolphins : MIAMI
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iPhone purchases : APPS
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Objects of an Easter hunt : EGGS
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Of the city : URBAN
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"Shoot!" : DARN
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Squirrel's home : TREE
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*1932 Greta Garbo classic : GRANDHOTEL
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___ diagram : VENN
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It acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 : DISNEY
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Squirrel away : HOARD
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Garfield's favorite food, in the comics : LASAGNA
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Upscale business accommodations : SUITES
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Like the accent in "é" : ACUTE
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Dishonorable : IGNOBLE
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Apologize for one's sins : REPENT
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007 creator Fleming : IAN
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Pale as a ghost : ASHY
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Contend : VIE
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*Winner of 11 1997 Oscars : TITANIC
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Iowa's ___ College : COE
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Sister brand of Gillette's Sensor : ATRA
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Sportscaster Berman : LEN
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Jewish mysticism : CABALA
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Sidewalks line them : STREETS
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Easy runs : LOPES
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Ear trouble : OTITIS
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Like the Burj Khalifa among all the buildings in the world : TALLEST
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Seeing stars : DAZED
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Orchestra section next to the cellos : VIOLAS
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City near Provo Peak : OREM
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Long view ... or what the answer to each starred clue is? : BIGPICTURE
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Easy win : ROMP
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Amoeba's shape : BLOB
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"The Tortoise and the Hare" fabulist : AESOP
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Editor's "Let it stay" : STET
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Leading man Grant : CARY
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Temper tantrum throwers : BRATS
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Root beer container : MUG
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Like the verb "to be": Abbr. : IRR
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Attorneys' org. : ABA
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What a landslide political victory confers : MANDATE
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Poor : INDIGENT
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God, in the Torah : ADONAI
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Fancy party spread : PATE
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Flies, to spiders : PREY
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"Weekend Update" show, for short : SNL
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"There you have it!" : ETVOILA
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*1963 Steve McQueen epic, with "The" : GREATESCAPE
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Rom-com or horror : GENRE
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Drops off at the post office : SENDS
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QVC alternative : HSN
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Airline's base of operations : HUB
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Immature stage : LARVA
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Nail the test : ACEIT
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*2004 documentary about fast food : SUPERSIZEME
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___ boom (what a jet may create) : SONIC
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*1956 James Dean western : GIANT
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Bert's sister in "The Bobbsey Twins" : NAN
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Scrabble rackful : TILES
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What colanders and Swiss cheese both have : HOLES
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Brewer's fermenting agent : YEAST
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Perch for a golf ball : TEE
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Eschew Uber, say : CALLACAB
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Have a go at : ATTEMPT
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Strengthen : BOLSTER
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Get ___ of (throw away) : RID
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Visit : STOPBY
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Dump emanations : ODORS
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Deck with 78 cards : TAROT
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"___ Baba and the 40 Thieves" : ALI
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Bob of TV's "This Old House" : VILA
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Hunchbacked assistant of film : IGOR
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TV channel established under a royal charter : BBC
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Springsteen's "Born in the ___" : USA
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Go beyond ripe : ROT
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Short albums, for short : EPS

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

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