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New York Times, Sunday, August 9, 2015

Author:
Melanie Miller
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Children's TV character who refers to himself in the third person
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 68 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Miller. Sunday freshness: 27%
Jeff Chen notes:
Impressive debut! Sunday 140-word puzzles are incredibly tough, maybe five times harder to make than a weekday 15x puzzle. I was worried to see a new constructor's name on a Sunday ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times8/9/15 ( No. 24,015 )
Across
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Debate, with "out" : HASH
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How some TV series are sold : ONDVD
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Use a witching rod : DOWSE
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Travel with Sinbad, say : SAIL
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"Come ___ me, all ye that labor ..." : UNTO
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Port of Puerto Rico : PONCE
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Tony-winning Andrew Lloyd Webber musical : EVITA
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Children's TV character who refers to himself in the third person : ELMO
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Need rural real estate investor to ... : BUYTHEFARM
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Need retail marketer to ... : FILLTHEGAP
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Where to begin : STEPONE
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Peaceful : SERENE
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Kind of oil : SESAME
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Projector unit : LUMEN
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Characters in "The Hobbit" : RUNES
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Militant grp. in a 1994 peace agreement : IRA
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Chrome alternative : SAFARI
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Newspaper section, for short : OBITS
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See 44-Across : SNOWCAP
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What a 40-Across produces in the summer : MELT
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Need cocktail waitress to ... : CALLTHESHOTS
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Photocopier option: Abbr. : LTR
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Constellation between Perseus and Pisces : ARIES
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Starting or ending point for a commuter: Abbr. : STA
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Luxury rental : LIMO
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Polo of "Meet the Parents" : TERI
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Bit of sauce : LIP
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Need bakery assistant to ... : TAKETHECAKE
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Track runner : TRAIN
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"Get lost!" : LETMEBE
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Vicious : SAVAGE
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Biblical mount that can be seen from three countries : ARARAT
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Stockpiles : HOARDS
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Be that as it may : YET
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Acting monarch : REGENT
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What a chair might provide : AGENDA
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Sudden twist : WRENCH
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Entered uninvited : CRASHED
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Maguire of "The Great Gatsby" : TOBEY
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Need cruise ship band to ... : ROCKTHEBOAT
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Prefix with -graph : EPI
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Take orders, say : WAIT
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Complain, complain, complain : CARP
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___ Aviv : TEL
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Something rolling in the dough? : YEAST
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Letters of interest : APR
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Need orchestra conductor to ... : FACETHEMUSIC
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___ gear : RIOT
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Chianti, e.g. : REDWINE
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Stage of the Tour de France : ETAPE
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Onetime "Be all you can be" sloganeer : USARMY
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Onetime : OLD
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Benjamin of "Law & Order" : BRATT
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Diamond protectors : TARPS
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Crude house : SHANTY
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Go over again : REREAD
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They can leave scars : TRAUMAS
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Need blackjack dealer to ... : HITTHEDECK
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Need magician to ... : DOTHETRICK
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Member of the 3,000-hit club, informally : AROD
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P. C. Wren's "Beau ___" : GESTE
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Classical Greek theater : ODEON
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Like certain educational publishing : ELHI
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Musical pitch? : DEMO
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Board : GETON
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Homage with humor : ROAST
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Flow slowly : SEEP
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O'Hare and Dallas/Fort Worth : HUBS
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"What are you, some kind of ___?" : ANUT
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Bad eye sight : STYE
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Tabletop cooker : HOTPLATE
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Budding comic's opportunity : OPENMIC
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Free, as a bank account : NOFEE
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Part of a forensic database : DNA
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Obsolescent tape holders : VCRS
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Mark off? : DEMERIT
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One side in football : DEFENSE
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Like ones welcomed to the fold? : OVINE
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Foxiness : WILES
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The Rams, on scoreboards : STL
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Erodes : EATSINTO
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It takes two to do this : SEESAW
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Bit of marine life : ALGA
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Man of Allah : IMAM
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Less than a full run : LOPE
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The "xx" of xx:yy : HOUR
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___ welcome : HEROS
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First name on the Supreme Court : RUTH
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"Warrior" actor Nick : NOLTE
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Lowercase : SMALL
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Cliffside home : AERIE
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Need stunt pilot to ... : FLIPTHEBIRD
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Calf cries : BLATS
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Body opening? : SOME
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Need control tower operator to ... : CLEARTHEAIR
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Parts of Roman homes : ATRIA
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Part of a forensic database : PRINT
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Pumped : ASKED
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Coal-mining waste : SLAG
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One who walks on the wild side? : HIKER
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"Easy there" : STEADY
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Part of L.G.B.T., informally : TRANS
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Magical start? : ABRA
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Actress Salma of "Grown Ups" : HAYEK
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Wedding or concert, e.g. : EVENT
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Overhear : CATCH
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Accord : TREATY
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Pioneer in Impressionism : MONET
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Indian tourist mecca : AGRA
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Promised : SWORE
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Source of a gut reaction? : ECOLI
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Like feudal states, often : ATWAR
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Freak out : GOAPE
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Tkt. stub, e.g. : RCPT
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Highly emotional, in dated lingo : HETUP
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___ salts : EPSOM
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Jingle, e.g. : DITTY
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Campaign : RACE
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Under attack : BESET
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Easter treat : CANDYEGG
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Marks taken off? : ERASURES
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Muck : FILTH
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Listen : HEARKEN
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Suffix with cigar : ETTE
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Bull run target : MATADOR
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It's up in the air : CURRENT
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Is unsatisfactory : WONTDO
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Lovers' row : SPAT
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Port in western France : BREST
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Page opposite verso : RECTO
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D'Artagnan mentor : ATHOS
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Deep-bodied herring : SHAD
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Fill a position : HIRE
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Half of a two-volume encyclopedia, say : ATOM
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Dullard : DODO
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___ marker : MILE
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Feel pity (for) : ACHE
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Leave undone : SKIP
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When doubled, a Ramone : DEE
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Social : TEA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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