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SACK TIME

New York Times, Sunday, September 11, 2016

Author:
Ned White and George Barany
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
48-Across : In a slapdash way
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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 77 Missing: {JQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. White. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Barany. Sunday freshness: 54%
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© 2016, The New York Times9/11/16 ( No. 24,414 )
Across
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Figaro, e.g. : BARBER
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Foal : horse :: calf : ___ : ELK
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___ Trueheart (Dick Tracy's wife) : TESS
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Ahab's post : HELM
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Reply to "Look at that!" : ISEEIT
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Jungle menace : BOA
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Things insomniacs count : SHEEP
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Lollapalooza : ONER
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Magazine's lead : COVERSTORY
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Rock Hudson/Doris Day romantic comedy : PILLOWTALK
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Habituate : ENURE
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Roosevelt of note : ELEANOR
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Fear of a claustrophobe, for short : MRI
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Month before juin : MAI
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Hatchery sound : PEEP
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There are no ifs, ands or buts about it : BLANKETSTATEMENT
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Craft the U.S. government has never recognized : UFO
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Memo segue : ASTO
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Tryster with Tristan : ISOLDE
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Study of caves : SPELEOLOGY
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One making a pitch? : TUNER
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In a slapdash way : LAXLY
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Pajama party : SLEEPOVER
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Stone, to Caesar : LAPIS
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French Dadaist : ARP
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Toss in : ADDTOTHEMIX
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Buttonless garment : SARI
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Cried over spilled milk, maybe : MEOWED
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Snore loudly : SAWLOGS
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Reddish-brown : RUSSET
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One in front of a train : BRIDE
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Prince Valiant's love : ALETA
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Cocktail sauce ingredient : CATSUP
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What a child may think is under the [puzzle's central image] : MONSTER
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Positive response to "Parlez-vous anglais?" : YESIDO
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Slushy drink brand : ICEE
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Most jump shots : TWOPOINTERS
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Charisse of "Brigadoon" : CYD
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Gumbo ingredients : OKRAS
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What a parent may think is under the [puzzle's central image] : DUSTBUNNY
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Lout : YAHOO
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"What services ___ thou do?": King Lear : CANST
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London home to many John Constable paintings : TATEMUSEUM
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"___ on Cards," classic 1949 book : SCARNE
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Like O's in most typefaces : OVAL
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Letters between two names : AKA
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Rained cats and dogs : CAMEDOWNINSHEETS
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"Huh?" : WHAT
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Kwik-E-Mart clerk : APU
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Like Verdi's "Caro nome" : INE
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Poll worker's request : VOTERID
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Command to a dog : SHAKE
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Item on a telephone stand : MESSAGEPAD
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Line at the end of a day's diary : ANDSOTOBED
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Choice: Abbr. : PREF
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Speedily : APACE
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Twist-___ : TIE
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Rang : CALLED
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"That ___ wrong" : ISSO
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"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
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The other woman : HER
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Super-handsome : DREAMY
Down
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Big feature of Popeye, informally : BICEP
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United : ASONE
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Variety show : REVUE
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Tavern tap handle : BEERPULL
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Galway Bay locale, to locals : EIRE
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QB guarders : RTS
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Menace in 2014 news : EBOLA
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Record six-time David di Donatello Award winner for Best Actress : LOREN
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Popular airfare finder : KAYAK
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Yen : THIRST
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Fish that can swim forward and backward : EEL
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2014 Oscar-nominated film set in Alabama : SELMA
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___ Life, "Porgy and Bess" character : SPORTIN
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All the rage : HOT
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Paint choice : ENAMEL
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Cadillac founder Henry : LELAND
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Title character in a "Sgt. Pepper" song : MRKITE
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TV ads : SPOTS
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Office no. : TEL
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Late author and Peace Nobelist : WIESEL
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PBS supporter, for short : NEA
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Relative of a raspberry : BOO
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Tribal figures : TOTEMS
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Sloughs : MORASSES
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Elflike : FEY
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Dis : SLAM
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Trim : PAREBACK
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The world's largest is China : EXPORTER
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Acid : LSD
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Ma and pa, with "the" : OLDS
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"___ grip!" : GETA
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"That hurts!" : YEOW
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New England state sch. : URI
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1970s-'80s TV's "The ___ Club" : PTL
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"I see what you're doing!" : OHO
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Kick back, with "out" : VEG
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Hodgepodge : PASTICHE
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"Roger that" : IREADYOU
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Command to a dog : SIT
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More than capable : ADEPT
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Doctors' orders : XRAYS
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Know-it-all : WISEACRE
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Start to -tainment : EDU
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Relative of -let : ULE
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Corporate tech head, for short : CIO
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Alternative to boeuf or poulet : MOUTON
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Word with black or photo : OPS
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Sarcasm clarification : NOT
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Bro or sis : SIB
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Fastener designed to leave a flush surface : TNUT
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Geographical eponym of an insurance company : ETNA
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The check that's in the mail, maybe : RENT
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Former Laker Lamar : ODOM
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O.E.D. contents: Abbr. : WDS
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Companion to whiskey in "American Pie" : RYE
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New Mexico's ___ National Laboratories : SANDIA
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Chortle : YUK
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All things considered : ASAWHOLE
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Motel sign filler : NEONGAS
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"No ___!" ("I give!") : MAS
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Shrimp ___ : SCAMPI
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Shenanigans : CAPERS
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Tickles : AMUSES
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Lively, on a score : VIVACE
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Battery part : ANODE
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D-Day vessel: Abbr. : LST
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Teary-eyed : WEEPY
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___ bar (popular candy) : HEATH
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Muppet with a "rubber duckie" : ERNIE
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Source of some quilt stuffing : EIDER
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Pride of Lions, for short? : TDS
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"___ español?" : HABLA
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Prince ___, Eddie Murphy's role in "Coming to America" : AKEEM
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Roosevelt of note : TEDDY
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Part of a rating : STAR
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Destination for some BART riders, for short : SFO
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Put down in writing? : PAN
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Cause of a tic, for short : OCD

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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