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NASCAR ROCKS!

New York Times, Sunday, September 21, 2014

Author:
Michael Ashley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
111-Down : Old Fords
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Michael Ashley

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 136, Blocks: 78 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Ashley. Sunday freshness: 70%
Michael Ashley notes:
First off, I have to confess that I know next to nothing about things with motors, not cars in general nor NASCAR specifically. In fact, I am so lame that once, when a guy at the next gas ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
NASCAR ROCKS is a clever title, pointing to the theme of "rock songs punned upon to get NASCAR-related entries." Extremely tough for this non-pop-savvy, non-NASCAR watching crossword ... read more
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© 2014, The New York Times9/21/14 ( No. 23,693 )
Across
1
Coping mechanisms? : SAWS
5
Dog for a "gentleman detective" : ASTA
9
White, informally : ANGLO
14
"Germinal" novelist : ZOLA
18
Ton : HEAP
19
Drama critic John of The New Yorker : LAHR
20
Teeing off : RILING
22
Popular children's "find it" book series : ISPY
23
Rescue film of 2012 : ARGO
24
It's normal for NASA : ONEG
25
Comedy classic of 1978 : ANIMALHOUSE
27
"Hey, what did you think when you missed that last pit stop?" [The Who, 1971] : WONTGETFUELEDAGAIN
30
___ rating system (world chess standard) : ELO
31
Ken of "thirtysomething" : OLIN
32
Surgically remove : RESECT
33
"Who, me?" : MOI
36
Bogs down : MIRES
38
Hydroxyl compound : ENOL
40
Fanny : REAREND
42
"Did you do anything for luck before today's race?" [Katy Perry, 2008] : IKISSEDAGRILLE
48
Scrumptious : TASTY
49
"Like this" : DOASIDO
50
Seth of "Late Night" : MEYERS
52
Rock's Everly or Collins : PHIL
53
Stopover spot : INN
54
Summoned, in a way : PAGED
57
Perform some magic : CASTASPELL
60
Okla. City-to-Dallas direction : SSE
62
4 letters : GHI
63
Gen ___ : XER
64
Exams for some coll. applicants : APTESTS
65
"How did that new car handle out there on the track?" [Maroon 5, 2011] : MOVESLIKEJAGUAR
70
Soft-shell clam : STEAMER
73
Steinful, maybe : ALE
74
Article in Aachen : EIN
75
Orly bird, once? : SST
78
Tend : MINISTERTO
80
Giant in heating and air-conditioning : TRANE
83
Hack : CAB
85
City SSW of Moscow : OREL
86
Toy company on track to success? : LIONEL
89
Unacceptable to polite society : NOTDONE
91
Late disc jockey Casey : KASEM
93
"What did you try to do after the caution flag came out?" [The Doors, 1967] : BRAKEONTHROUGH
96
Cover with a hard outer surface : ENCRUST
99
Dame ___ : EDNA
100
Cast part : ACTOR
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Ming of the N.B.A. : YAO
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Relatively up-to-date : NEWISH
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Beauties : GEMS
108
Slow-witted : DIM
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"Are you enjoying your time out on the Nascar circuit?" [Ricky Martin, 1999] : LIVINLAVEHICLELOCA
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Movie with the line "Old age. It's the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you don't look forward to being cured of" : CITIZENKANE
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Lend a dirty hand to : ABET
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"___ do" : ITLL
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George Will piece : OPED
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Someone a little short? : NEEDER
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The Swedish Nightingale : LIND
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Sporty option : TTOP
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Love letter sign-off : XOXO
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Outfit : DRESS
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Antoine Domino Jr., familiarly : FATS
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Ditz : YOYO
Down
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Only Literature Nobelist also to win an Oscar : SHAW
2
Dynamic start? : AERO
3
"Ring" lovers : WAGNERIANS
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Impeccable : SPOTLESS
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Succulent plant : ALOE
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___ Domingo : SANTO
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Posthumous John Donne poem that includes "It suck'd me first, and now sucks thee" : THEFLEA
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At it : ARGUING
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___-Caspian Depression : ARAL
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Bay Area gridder : NINER
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Skate : GLIDE
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Green beans : LIMAS
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Asian wild ass : ONAGER
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Jerusalem : ZION
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Big Ten sch. : OSU
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Old track holders : LPS
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Reply to a captain : AYE
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Candied, as fruit : GLACE
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Assail : HITAT
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Yenta : GOSSIP
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Huge, in poetry : ENORM
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Semitransparent fabrics : MESHES
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Suffering a losing streak, in poker : ONTILT
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Rustic poems : IDYLLS
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Noon, in Nantes : MIDI
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Sacred images: Var. : IKONS
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Not be straight : LIE
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"___ Delight," pioneering song by the Sugarhill Gang : RAPPERS
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Writer LeShan : EDA
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Almost any poem that starts "Roses are red ..." : DOGGEREL
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Élève's destination : LYCEE
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High-speed ride : LEARJET
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Sounds of equivocation : ERS
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Still : STAGNANT
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"So-so" responses : EHS
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Eye opener? : DILATOR
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Kwik-E-Mart guy : APU
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Stop: Abbr. : STA
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Spammer, e.g. : EMAILER
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Classic sports car : XKE
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Words of retreat? : OMS
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Nov. honoree : VET
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Actress Massey : ILONA
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Travel option : AIR
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Poster bear : SMOKEY
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European capital : TIRANA
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"Romanian Rhapsodies" composer : ENESCO
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"Be prepared" : SCOUTMOTTO
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Sierra follower, in code : TANGO
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Needle : RIB
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Drama with masks : NOH
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Online investment option : ETRADE
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Big name in house paint : BEHR
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Squeeze (out) : EKE
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Place to dangle one's legs : LEDGE
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Tameness : DOCILITY
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Frankie who starred on "Malcolm in the Middle" : MUNIZ
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See 97-Down : ONEHALF
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Home of some Bushmen : NAMIBIA
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94-Down x 14 : SEVEN
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Coiled about : TWINED
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Tattoo artist : INKER
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Glam band with six #1 hits in Britain : SLADE
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Brief name? : HANES
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Trail : SCENT
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"Death in Venice" locale : LIDO
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___ libre (poetry style) : VERS
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Old Fords : LTDS
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Get old : CLOY
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Dog Chow alternative : ALPO
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Crew member : COX
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One means of corp. financing : IPO
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Okla. neighbor : TEX

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5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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