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NY Times, Sun, Mar 04, 2007  YOU CAN LOOK IT UP

Author: Randolph Ross / Will Shortz
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 140, Blocks: 72, Avg Word Len: 5.27, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 552 (avg 1.50)
Open squares: 121, Cheater squares: 2, FITB: 13, XRef: 0 (indicated by + in grid below), Freshness Factor™: 67.4 (• 77.1 Sun. %-ile), NYT Across Lite file
This is puzzle 86 of 94 for Mr. Ross — solos: 94, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 40

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© 2007, The New York Times
Unique 1 other 2 others 3 others 4 others
Across Down
1. Likewise : DITTO
6. Chipped in : ANTED
11. ___ II razor : TRAC
15. Where to see "Monday Night Football" : ESPN
19. Ryan of Hollywood : ONEAL
20. Big throw : HEAVE
21. One of the Castros : RAUL
22. Pluck : GRIT
23. *Where to find para in the dictionary : ONEBELOWPAR
25. *? oatmeal : UNDEROATH
27. Minnesota ___ : FATS
28. History chapters : ERAS
29. Restriction on children, maybe : AGELIMIT
31. 4 x 4, for short : UTE
32. Exam for a future D.A. : LSAT
33. Link with : TIETO
34. Head-scratcher : ENIGMA
38. Independent country since June 5, 2006 : SERBIA
40. *? Suita : FOLLOWINGSUIT
42. Sneeze causers, for some : RAGWEEDS
45. Plant openings : STOMATA
46. *? Hancock : BEFOREHAND
49. Not fully formed : VAGUE
52. Speed: Abbr. : VEL
53. Like some Keats works : ODIC
54. Part of the Treasury Dept. : IRS
55. Rival of Cassio : IAGO
56. Apprised : AWARE
58. "The Man Who Knew Too Much" actress, 1934 : EDNABEST
61. Remark that might get one in trouble : ADLIB
62. When "Dallas" aired for most of its run: Abbr. : FRI
63. Dictionary source for each asterisked clue in this puzzle : RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGED
69. Slate workers, for short : EDS
70. Actress Kimberly of "Close to Home" : ELISE
71. Shooting match? : CRAPGAME
72. Big cavity : ABYSS
75. Course related to physiol. : ANAT
76. Volga feeder : OKA
77. Fashion designer Saab : ELIE
78. ___ Hill (R & B group) : DRU
79. Guidance system at sea : LORAN
81. *? boar : ABOVEBOARD
84. 1981 German-language hit film : DASBOOT
87. Talks monotonously : DRONESON
88. *? subscapular : OVERSUBSCRIBE
92. Model's job : POSING
96. "That's cheating!" : NOFAIR
97. Daffy Duck and others : TOONS
98. Spanish ___ : MAIN
100. Call to a calf : MOO
101. 1989 high-school film based on a song title : LEANONME
103. Charades player : MIME
104. Farming prefix : AGRO
105. *? war dance : AFTERWARD
108. *? ZZZ : THELASTWORD
111. Unhappy chorus : BOOS
112. Lincoln, maybe : LIMO
113. Rainwear brand : TOTES
114. Fervor : MANIA
115. Old flames : EXES
116. Stallone and others : SLYS
117. Medgar of Mississippi : EVERS
118. Hit the top : CREST
 1. Pinhead : DOOFUS
2. There from birth : INNATE
3. Show uncertainty : TEETER
4. Running things? : TABS
5. ___ Miss : OLE
6. Now, in Nueva York : AHORA
7. Unfamiliar with : NEWAT
8. A little night music? : TAPS
9. Longoria of "Desperate Housewives" : EVA
10. Wrecks : DERAILS
11. Faithful about : TRUETO
12. Needed more : RANLOW
13. A3 maker : AUDI
14. San ___, Calif. : CLEMENTE
15. "I" problem : EGOTISM
16. Abbr. before a Spanish surname : SRA
17. Stomach part : PIT
18. Extraordinary degree : NTH
24. Writer of "Gil Blas" : LESAGE
26. Leader of the All-Starr Band : RINGO
30. Shampoo form : GEL
32. Bad witness : LIAR
33. Sondheim protagonist : TODD
35. Jelly flavor : GUAVA
36. High hat : MITER
37. Subtitle starter, sometimes : ATALE
39. Fabrics with elaborate designs : BROCADES
40. Boggy lands : FENS
41. Terre Haute sch. : ISU
43. Rustling sound : WHISH
44. Broad, in a way : EARTOEAR
46. Cape settler : BOER
47. Old mythological work : EDDA
48. Trollope's "Phineas ___" : FINN
49. Assessor's figure : VALUE
50. Votin' no on : AGIN
51. Reverse : GOBACKON
55. To wit : IDEST
56. Take ___ (swing hard) : ARIP
57. Mallard cousins : WIDGEONS
59. Physiques, for short : BODS
60. Modem termini? : EMS
61. ___ Games, quadrennial event since 1951 : ASIAN
62. Monastic title : FRA
64. It's parallel to a radius : ULNA
65. Opposite of yellow : BRAVE
66. Big do : GALA
67. Dignitary from Dubai : EMIR
68. Lockbox document : DEED
72. Write a codicil : ADDON
73. "Huzzah!" : BRAVO
74. Jazz's ___ Lateef : YUSEF
76. One of the winds : OBOE
79. Frank Sinatra said he had "the silkiest chops in the singing game" : LOURAWLS
80. Handicapper's hangout, for short : OTB
81. Wall St. figures : ARBS
82. Spots : ESPIES
83. Something to be thankful for : BOON
85. Without support, in a way : BRALESS
86. Basket material : OSIER
87. Place for a small table : DINETTE
89. Turbulent : STORMY
90. Real estate ad section : CONDOS
91. CD-___ : ROM
93. "See ya!" : IMGONE
94. N.H.L. trophy honoree : NORRIS
95. Able to do well : GOODAT
98. Member of the track team : MILER
99. Stockpile : AMASS
102. Get the goods on : NAIL
103. Parcel (out) : METE
104. "Suppose they gave ___ and nobody came?" : AWAR
105. Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___ : ABE
106. "America's Most Wanted" airer : FOX
107. Small digit : TOE
109. Kind of lane : HOV
110. Inits. for a film buff : TMC
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Analysis

Puzzle has normal crossword symmetry.

There are 0 circles and 0 rebus squares.
The grid has 2 cheater squares.

Puzzle has 9 unique words:
AFTERWARD FOLLOWINGSUIT LOURAWLS ONEBELOWPAR OVERSUBSCRIBE RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGED WHISH WIDGEONS YUSEF

StatsAverage Values by Day of Week — 15 x 15 only21 x 21 only
This puzzleMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Blocks7237.537.437.436.731.531.074.2
Words14077.176.976.574.869.969.1139.5
Open Squares12169.869.569.973.090.793.6123.2
Scrabble Avg1.501.551.571.581.571.541.531.54
Avg Word Length5.274.874.884.905.045.555.635.26
Freshness Factor™67.450.252.654.458.868.170.863.5

Distribution of answer words by length

CountLengthWords
243ABE DRU EDS EMS EVA FOX FRA FRI GEL HOV IRS ISU MOO NTH OKA OLE OTB PIT ROM SRA TMC TOE UTE VEL
404AGIN AGRO ANAT ARBS ARIP AUDI AWAR BODS BOER BOON BOOS DEED EDDA ELIE EMIR ERAS ESPN EXES FATS FENS FINN GALA GRIT IAGO LIAR LIMO LSAT MAIN METE MIME NAIL OBOE ODIC RAUL SLYS TABS TAPS TODD TRAC ULNA
335ABYSS ADDON ADLIB AHORA AMASS ANTED ASIAN ATALE AWARE BRAVE BRAVO CREST DITTO ELISE EVERS GUAVA HEAVE IDEST LORAN MANIA MILER MITER NEWAT ONEAL OSIER RINGO TIETO TOONS TOTES VAGUE VALUE WHISH YUSEF
166CONDOS DOOFUS ENIGMA ESPIES GOODAT IMGONE INNATE LESAGE NOFAIR NORRIS POSING RANLOW SERBIA STORMY TEETER TRUETO
67BRALESS DASBOOT DERAILS DINETTE EGOTISM STOMATA
128AGELIMIT BROCADES CLEMENTE CRAPGAME DRONESON EARTOEAR EDNABEST GOBACKON LEANONME LOURAWLS RAGWEEDS WIDGEONS
29AFTERWARD UNDEROATH
210ABOVEBOARD BEFOREHAND
211ONEBELOWPAR THELASTWORD
213FOLLOWINGSUIT OVERSUBSCRIBE
121RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGED

Letter distribution
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
441351846611524011612223640282925966120
Scrabble Score: 123 45810

Freshness Factor

FF: 67.4 — 76.5 percentile, 77.1 Sunday percentile

This chart lists the most unusual to the most common answer words. Click here for an explanation.

CountWords
0AFTERWARD FOLLOWINGSUIT LOURAWLS ONEBELOWPAR OVERSUBSCRIBE RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGED WHISH WIDGEONS YUSEF
1ABOVEBOARD CONDOS CRAPGAME DASBOOT DERAILS EDNABEST POSING RAGWEEDS THELASTWORD
2BROCADES DRONESON EARTOEAR GOBACKON NOFAIR STOMATA UNDEROATH VAGUE
3AWAR BEFOREHAND CLEMENTE DOOFUS EGOTISM GOODAT HOV IMGONE RANLOW SLYS
4LEANONME
5BRAVE
6BODS BRALESS DINETTE NEWAT TRUETO
7ISU SERBIA STORMY
8AGELIMIT ARIP FOX LESAGE
9NORRIS TMC
10ARBS GUAVA TOONS
11AHORA LORAN MITER OKA VEL
12BOOS BRAVO ESPIES FENS
13TIETO
14BOON ODIC
15FINN VALUE
16INNATE
17AGRO HEAVE TOTES
18MIME
19TRAC
20FATS
21CREST DITTO MILER
22EVERS RAUL
23DRU RINGO
24ADDON GRIT
27ATALE TABS
28ENIGMA OSIER TEETER
29ABYSS
32BOER
33ANTED
34ADLIB
35TAPS
36ROM
37FRA OTB
38TODD
39ELISE
40AGIN EDDA MANIA
41FRI
43MAIN
46PIT
47NAIL
49AUDI
50IDEST
51AWARE
53ESPN LIMO METE
57GALA
58ASIAN DEED
62LSAT MOO
68EXES
71AMASS
74ONEAL
87ANAT
88EMS
89GEL IAGO
92ULNA
93ELIE
95LIAR
100SRA
110NTH
111EMIR
112IRS
121EVA
127ABE
134EDS
137TOE
138UTE
151ERAS
156OBOE
243OLE

Thumbnails for Sunday, March 04, 2007

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BLOCKS: 72, WORDS: 140
OPEN SQUARES: 121
VOWELS: 159, CONS: 208, Y: 2
SCRABBLE AVERAGE: 1.50
FRESHNESS FACTOR: 67.4

With answers

DITTOANTEDTRACESPN
ONEALHEAVERAULGRIT
ONEBELOWPARUNDEROATH
FATSERASAGELIMIT
UTELSATTIETOENIGMA
SERBIAFOLLOWINGSUIT
RAGWEEDSSTOMATA
BEFOREHANDVAGUEVEL
ODICIRSIAGOAWARE
EDNABESTADLIBFRI
RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGED
EDSELISECRAPGAME
ABYSSANATOKAELIE
DRULORANABOVEBOARD
DASBOOTDRONESON
OVERSUBSCRIBEPOSING
NOFAIRTOONSMAINMOO
LEANONMEMIMEAGRO
AFTERWARDTHELASTWORD
BOOSLIMOTOTESMANIA
EXESSLYSEVERSCREST
DITTOANTEDTRACESPN
ONEALHEAVERAULGRIT
ONEBELOWPARUNDEROATH
FATSERASAGELIMIT
UTELSATTIETOENIGMA
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RAGWEEDSSTOMATA
BEFOREHANDVAGUEVEL
ODICIRSIAGOAWARE
EDNABESTADLIBFRI
RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGED
EDSELISECRAPGAME
ABYSSANATOKAELIE
DRULORANABOVEBOARD
DASBOOTDRONESON
OVERSUBSCRIBEPOSING
NOFAIRTOONSMAINMOO
LEANONMEMIMEAGRO
AFTERWARDTHELASTWORD
BOOSLIMOTOTESMANIA
EXESSLYSEVERSCREST
DITTOANTEDTRACESPN
ONEALHEAVERAULGRIT
ONEBELOWPARUNDEROATH
FATSERASAGELIMIT
UTELSATTIETOENIGMA
SERBIAFOLLOWINGSUIT
RAGWEEDSSTOMATA
BEFOREHANDVAGUEVEL
ODICIRSIAGOAWARE
EDNABESTADLIBFRI
RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGED
EDSELISECRAPGAME
ABYSSANATOKAELIE
DRULORANABOVEBOARD
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OVERSUBSCRIBEPOSING
NOFAIRTOONSMAINMOO
LEANONMEMIMEAGRO
AFTERWARDTHELASTWORD
BOOSLIMOTOTESMANIA
EXESSLYSEVERSCREST
DITTOANTEDTRACESPN
ONEALHEAVERAULGRIT
ONEBELOWPARUNDEROATH
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UTELSATTIETOENIGMA
SERBIAFOLLOWINGSUIT
RAGWEEDSSTOMATA
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ODICIRSIAGOAWARE
EDNABESTADLIBFRI
RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGED
EDSELISECRAPGAME
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NOFAIRTOONSMAINMOO
LEANONMEMIMEAGRO
AFTERWARDTHELASTWORD
BOOSLIMOTOTESMANIA
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DITTOANTEDTRACESPN
ONEALHEAVERAULGRIT
ONEBELOWPARUNDEROATH
FATSERASAGELIMIT
UTELSATTIETOENIGMA
SERBIAFOLLOWINGSUIT
RAGWEEDSSTOMATA
BEFOREHANDVAGUEVEL
ODICIRSIAGOAWARE
EDNABESTADLIBFRI
RANDOMHOUSEUNABRIDGED
EDSELISECRAPGAME
ABYSSANATOKAELIE
DRULORANABOVEBOARD
DASBOOTDRONESON
OVERSUBSCRIBEPOSING
NOFAIRTOONSMAINMOO
LEANONMEMIMEAGRO
AFTERWARDTHELASTWORD
BOOSLIMOTOTESMANIA
EXESSLYSEVERSCREST

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