11.10.13 — Bye-Lines

Sunday, November 10, 2013

“Bye-lines” — Puzzle by Alan Olschwang / Edited by Will Shortz

HI-YO SILVER AWAY (23A. The Lone Ranger), THE BALCONY IS CLOSED (47A. Roger Ebert), TH-TH-TH-TH-THAT’S ALL FOLKS (64A. Porky Pig), SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE (79A. George Burns) and …AND MAY GOD BLESS (109A. Red Skelton) constitute the interrelated group of this swell Sunday crossword.  For more of the same, HERE.

A few more words…

Other — AERATING (34A. Infusing with a soda maker), ALBERTA (103A. Home of Banff National Park), ARIANE (2D. Massenet opera based on Greek myth), ASPERSES (14D. Defames), BAD TRIP (98A. Something you want to come down from quickly), EMINEM (112A. Record of the Year Grammy nominee for “Lose Yourself”), IDI AMIN (50D. Oscar-winning Forest Whitaker role), INCENSE (18D. Holy smoke), IN UTERO (21A. 1993 5x platinum Nirvana album), IPOD NANO (81D. Apple product), MAGENTA (113A. Primary pigment for printers), OGLALA (74D. Black Hills native), SABENA (1A. Former Belgian national airline), SAVANT (22A. Wise guy), SURF CITY (9D. Nickname for Huntington Beach, Calif.), TANKING (17D. Going down in the rankings, say), TIE RODS (116A. Auto steering system components), TOLTEC (56D. Ancient Mexican), ULALUME (84D. Poem that ends “This ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir”), YES IT’S ME (80D. Possible answer to “Is that you?”).

“… tomorrow is another day!”

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11.09.13 — Cassiopeia's Crossword

The king of Ethiopia Cepheus and the queen Cassiopeia thank Perseus for freeing their daughter Andromeda, La Délivrance d'Andromède (1679) Pierre Mignard, Louvre

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Saturday, November 9, 2013

Puzzle by Michael Ashley / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Made a seat-of-the-pants error?, BUTT DIALED; 11. “Your mama wears army boots,” e.g., GIBE; 15. Rioting, ON A RAMPAGE; 16. Popular pizza place, informally, UNOS; 17. Washington, D.C., has a famous one, TIDAL BASIN; 18. Greets enthusiastically, in a way, MOBS; 19. One working in an corner in an office?, STAPLER; 20. Eastern Woodlands native, SAC; 22. Noted eavesdropper, for short, NSA; 23. Covenants, PACTS; 25. Splendiferous, LOVELY; 27. Bar supply, ICE; 30. SIMI Valley; 31. Sulky, IN A PET; 32. Tandoori-baked fare, NANS; 34. “Yes” to an invitation, LET’S; 36. One way to stand, ASIDE; 37. They may result when you run into people, BRIEF ENCOUNTERS; 40. Hognose snake, ADDER; 41. Of two minds, TORN; 42. SCUT work; 43. Lender, legally speaking, DEBTEE; 45. Lo MEIN; 47. 50% nonunion?, ENS; 48. “Gunsmoke” setting, SALOON; 49. Marina sight, SLOOP; 51. Classic Northwest brew ski, OLY; 52. Charlie’s land, NAM; 54. Like a tennis match without a break?, ON SERVE; 58. Like many a gen., RET’D; 60. Mother of Andromeda, CASSIOPEIA; 62. “Iliad” locale, TROY; 63. Settles in, say, TAKES A SEAT; 64. Job application info, for short, SSNS; 65. Nootropics, more familiarly, SMART PILLS.

Down — 1. Internet prowlers, BOTS; 2. Hand or foot, UNIT; 3. Cry frequently made with jazz hands, TA DA; 4. Georg von TRAPP; 5. Vice president after whom a U.S. city is thought to have been named, DALLAS; 6. Ninny, IMBECILE; 7. Best Picture of 1960, with “The”, APARTMENT; 8. LAS Palmas; 9. Breastplate of Athena, EGIS; 10. “The High One”, DENALI; 11. Where a canine sits?, GUM; 12. Whole, IN ONE PIECE; 13. Winter Olympics sight, BOBSLED RUN; 14. They use blue books, ESSAY TESTS; 21. TV show headed by a former writer for “S.N.L.”, CONAN; 24. “Mom” and “Mama’s Family”, SITCOMS; 26. Poetic expanses, VASTS; 27. Grumpy, IN BAD SORTS; 28. They use Blue Books, CAR DEALERS; 29. “The Wishing-Chair” series creator, ENID BLYTON; 33. Manage, SEE TO; 35. Whiner, of a sort, SORE LOSER; 38. Kind of compressor, FREON; 39. Yankee, once, UNIONIST; 44. Passes, ENACTS; 46. “Uh-uh!”, NO SOAP; 50. #2 pop, PEPSI; 53. Title with an apostrophe, MA’AM; 55. Appear stunned, REEL; 56. Apothecary item, VIAL; 57. Din-din, EATS; 59. Prefix with peptic, DYS; 61. 2 Tone influence, SKA.

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11.08.13 — Try to See It My Way

Meerkat family standing on home,meerkat.org 

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Friday, November 8, 2013

Puzzle by Alan Arbesfeld / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. African city of 4+ million whose name means, literally, “haven of peace”, DAR ES SALAAM; 12. Seeing things, CONTACT LENSES; 14. “Why such a fuss?”, WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL; 16. Start of a Jewish holiday?, ROSH; 17. Put one’s two cents in?, ANTE; 18. Arizona’s Agua FRIA River; 19. Not natural for, ALIEN TO; 21. Like Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 6 or 22, IN F; 24. Tilting figure: Abbr., KNT; 25. PEDRO Ximénez (dessert sherry); 26. Manipulative health care worker, OSTEOPATH; 29. Smash letters, SRO; 30. Destroy, informally, NUKE; 32. Range ridges, ARETES; 33. Classified, TOP SECRET; 35. Eatery where the Tony was born, SARDI’S; 38. Pitch, TOSS; 39. Juan’s “Hey!”, OYE; 42. Perseveres, PRESSES ON; 44. Some Deco pieces, ERTÉS  46. Lead film festival characters?, EFS; 47. Rhineland Campaign’s arena: Abbr., ETO; 48. Frito-Lay snack, CHEETOS; 50. NATE Silver of fivethirtyeight.com; 52. California city near Fullerton, BREA; 54. Author TAMA Janowitz; 55. Opening line of a 1966 #1 Beatles  hit, TRY TO SEE IT MY WAY; 59. One-hit wonder, FLASH-IN-THE-PAN; 60. Events for some antiquers, ESTATE SALES.

Ottawa chief Pontiac

Down — 1. Demonstration exhortation, DO AS I DO; 2. A bee might light on it,  ANTHER; 3. Some N.F.L.’ers,  RTS; 4. Irritate,  EAT AT; 5. Dopes, SCHNOOKS; 6. Restoration notation, STET; 7. Even though,  ALBEIT; 8. Polynesian island chain?, LEI; 9. ANG Lee with an Oscar; 10. Home row sequence, ASDF; 11. Kalahari Desert dweller, MEERKAT; 12. Irritability, CHOLER; 13. Femme canonisée, SAINTE; 14. Deli menu subheading, WRAPS; 15. Foundation for some roofing, LATHS; 20. Silence, NO NOISE; 22. Verges on, NEARS; 23. Anticipate, FORESEE; 27. Mind, SEE TO; 28. Irritable state, PET; 31. Election surprise, UPSET; 33. What some bombs result in, in brief, TDS; 34. Fanciful notions, CONCEITS; 35. Dead, SPENT; 36. Pair of boxers?, ARF ARF; 37. Give a makeover, RESTYLE; 38. Pontiac and others, OTTAWAS; 40. “Star Trek” extra, YEOMAN; 41. It’s definitely not the short answer, ESSAY; 43. “That’s that”, SO BE IT; 45. Fix a key problem?, RETYPE; 49. Kind of Yoga, HATHA; 51. Important info for people with connections, ETAS; 53. RENÉ Clément with two Oscar-winning films; 56. Düsseldorf direction, OST; 57. La la lead-in, SHA; 58. MEL Allen of play-by-play.

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11.07.13 — Measure for Measure

Slot Machine known as a One-Armed Bandit by Yale Joel 

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Puzzle by Alan Derkazarian / Edited by Will Shortz

{1} [ARMED] BANDITS (18A. Casino sites), {2} [BIT] [BIT] CROOKS (24A. Small-time thieves), {3} [CARD] [CARD] [CARD] MONTE (54A. Con game) and {4} [WAY] [WAY] [WAY] [WAY] STOP (62A. What an intersection may have) constitute the interrelated group of this well-measured clever Thursday crossword.

The downs utilizing the squares with the words ARMED, BIT, CARD and WAY:

1. SW[ARMED] (7D. Overran);
2. RARE[BIT] (1D. Dish with melted cheese) and INHA[BIT] (2D. Occupy);
3. SPORTS [CARD] (26D. Topps collectible), INDEX [CARD]S (30D. Cataloging things) and [CARD]AMOM (55D. Common spice in Indian food);
4. [SEA]WAY (49D. Ship’s route), S[WAY]ED (58D. Went to and fro); [WAY]NE (62D. Oscar-winning John) and [WAY] IN (63D. Entry).

 Ikebana Flower Arranging - Roses Are Red

Other — A TOUCH OVER (3D. Just above), AUDIO BOOK (5D. Some commuter “reading”), AVARICE (9D. Shylock trait), EIN and NIE, ERGOT (57D. Cereal killer), IKEBANA (22D. Japanese flower-arranging art), KINTE (45A. “Roots” surname), RETURN FIRE (32D. Fight back), STEAM PIPE (38D. Certain heat conduit).

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11.06.13 — Between You and Me

Assassins John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Puzzle by Jacob McDermott / Edited by Will Shortz

BETWEEN YOU AND ME (34A. “Let this be our little secret” … with a hint to 18-, 23-, 50- or 54-Across), along with SAID IT NOT (18A. “Don’t put words in my mouth!”), CAN’T FOOL (23A. “I wasn’t born yesterday!”), TALKIN’ TO (50A. “Wanna start something’?”) and DON’T SCARE (54A. “Ooh, I’m shaking in my boots!”) constitute the interrelated group of this Wednesday crossword.

Other — ACTOR (10D. John Wilkes Booth, e.g.), ANY MINUTE (33D. Very soon), GHOST TOWN (4D. Tumbleweed locale, stereotypically), MISO and MOSSO (30A. Soup with sushi; 6D. Rapid, in music), OSWALD (48A. Warren Report name), STRIFE (5D. Bitter conflict).

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11.05.13 — WI / SE Crack

Bellerophon on Pegasus (detail), 1747, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Puzzle by Paul Gamache / Edited by Will Shortz

WISECRACK (60A. Witticism … or, literally, a description of the answer to each of the four starred clues?), along with WILD GEESE (17A. *Migratory flock), WINEHOUSE (30A. *Singer Amy with six Grammys), WINGED HORSE (36A. *Pegasus, notably)  and WIN OR LOSE (42A. *Regardless of the outcome …”) constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword.

Other — ANTI-NUKE (11D. Like a “Better active today than radioactive tomorrow” sentiment), I’M BACK (46D. “It’s me again”), INDUS (31D. River through Pakistan), PHARAOH (27D. Dummy, maybe), WARNERS (24D. Brothers of old Hollywood), WINNIPEG (36D. Manitoba’s capital), YANKS (66A. Bronx Bombers).

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11.04.13 — It's Reigning Men

King Arthur, Constantine, Charlemagne and Richard III

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Monday, November 4, 2013

Puzzle by John Lieb / Edited by Will Shortz

IT’S RAINING MEN (15D. Camp classic by the Weather Girls … or a homophonic hint to 3-, 8-, 26- and 31-Down), KING ARTHUR (3D. “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” protagonist), CONSTANTINE (8D. Eponym of the city now known as Istanbul), CHARLEMAGNE (26D. So-called “Father of Europe”) and RICHARD III (3D. Shakespeare play that begins “Now is the winter of our discontent”) constitute the interrelated group of this commanding Monday crossword.

Other — ALCATRAZ (30A. Former penitentiary in San Francisco Bay), ASS and IDIOTS (68A. Imbecile; 48D. Imbeciles), MADDEN and M AND M  (47D. Infuriate; 51D. Bit of candy that “melts in your mouth, not in your hand”), PARMESAN (46A. Grated cheese), YOGI (20A. Lead-in to Bear or Berra).

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11.03.13 — Daylight Saving Time — the Acrostic

Sunday, November 3, 2013

ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

Edited by Will Shortz

This timely Sunday acrostic draws a quotation from Small Is the New Big: and 193 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas by Seth Godin.

Seth Godin, one of today's most influential business thinkers, writes best-selling books like Purple Cow and All Marketers Are Liars. And in between those annual books, he delivers a daily stream of ideas on one of the world's most popular blogs.  Collected here for the first time are eight years of his very best blog posts, magazine columns, and e-books. Small is the New Big offers ideas and stories that can change how you work, what you buy, and how you see the world. ~ Amazon.com editorial review

The quotation:  LOBBYING FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME STARTED … ABOUT ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO (JUST EIGHTY YEARS AFTER TIME WAS STANDARDIZED … BEFORE TRAINS TRAVERSED THE CONTINENT, IT DIDN’T MATTER THAT TIME WAS DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT TOWNS).

The author’s name and the title of the work:  SETH GODIN, SMALL IS THE NEW BIG

The defined words:

A. Oldest U.S. state capital (2 wds.), SANTA FE
B. Hang on through thick and thin, ENDURE
C. Laugh while trying not to, TITTER
D. Hydrotherapy device (2 wds.), HOT TUB
E. High-tech doodads, GADGETRY
F. Not working (2 wds.), OFF DUTY
G. Like two-dimensional map projections, DISTORTED
H. Use Schedule A when filing, ITEMIZE
I. Idle chitchat, empty blather, NATTERING
J. Orderly way of proceeding, SYSTEM
K. Titular diarist of a Gogol story, MADMAN
L. Having no particular goal or destination, ADRIFT
M. Transport for many a corporate executive, LEARJET
N. Pirate involved in the Battle of New Orleans, LAFITTE
O. Stated succinctly (2 wds.), IN BRIEF
P. Weapons research lab in New Mexico, SANDIA
Q. Unattractive bottom feeder, TOADFISH
R. Tool that can be played with a bow, HANDSAW
S. Brand whose logo is a cat jumping through the number 9, EVEREADY
T. Total assets less total liabilities (2 wds.), NET WORTH
U. Surrounding area, vicinity, purlieu, ENVIRONS
V. Rock concert souvenir of sorts, WRISTBAND
W. Water under the bridge, BYGONES
X. Stake; concern, INTEREST
Y. Hit the jackpot, maybe (2 wds.),. GOT RICH

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11.03.13 — Fruit Flies

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Puzzle by Andy Kravis and Victor Barocas

Edited by Will Shortz

FRUIT FLIES (108A. Short-lived pests … or an alternative title for this puzzle), along with OXODNVERSIY (99A. Where Margaret Thatcher studied chemistry, after 108-Across?); GRAPE LEAVES and EMNSHEHRDS (29A. They get stuffed at Greek restaurants; 23A. Many service dogs, after 29-Across?); DATE BOOKS and COMPOUNDFRCUR (48A. Schedule planners; 40A. Serious break, after 48-Across?); LEMON DROPS and OCHNSSSTER (66A. Tart treats; 60A. Legendary Scottish swimmer, after 66-Across?); BANANA SPLITS and RUMDBILEY (89A. Ice cream treats; 81A. Circus founders, after 89-Across?) constitute the interrelated group of this odd Sunday crossword.

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11.02.13 — Soup with Nuts

Pork Ribs Soup with Winter Melon and Gingko Nuts

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Saturday, November 2, 2013

Puzzle by Tom Heilman / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Insignificant row, SQUABBLE; 9. Traffic reporter’s aid, JAMCAM; 15. Big rush, maybe, EUPHORIA; 16. Twin’s rival, ORIOLE; 17. Offerer of stock advice, TIP SHEET; 18. Grown-up who’s not quite grown up, KIDULT; 19. No big shot?, BBS; 20. Nasty intentions, MALICE; 22. Threatening word, ELSE; 23. Overseas rebellion cry, ABAS; 25. One may be played by a geisha, KOTO; 26. Wasn’t given a choice, HAD TO; 27. “You be “ILLIN” (1986 hip-hop hit); 29. Super German?, WUNDERBAR; 31. Pressure, LEAN ON; 33. Launch site, PIER; 34. Where many airways are cleared, briefly, ERS; 35. Antithesis of 32-Down, SOUP; 37. Common sound in Amish country, CLOP; 39. Large amount, SEA; 42. Classics with 389 engines, GTOS; 44. Scrammed, LIT OUT; 48. Like Fabergé eggs, EXQUISITE; 51. Schoolyard retort, CAN SO; 52. Carry A TUNE; 53. So great, SUCH; 55. Paving block, SETT; 56. Golf lesson topic, GRIP; 57. Goes downhill, DECAYS; 59. Troubling post-engagement status, briefly, MIA; 60. Doctor, REVISE; 62. They were labeled “Breakfast,” “Dinner” and “Supper”, K RATIONS; 64. 2002 César winner for Best Film, AMELIE; 65. Real rubbish, UTTER ROT; 66. Lease significant, MEREST; 67. It really gets under your skin, PET PEEVE.

Down — 1. Determine the value of freedom?, SET BAIL; 2. Carp, QUIBBLE; 3. Scandinavia’s oldest university, UPPSALA; 4. Sneeze lead-ins, AHS; 5. Austrian conductor Karl BÖHM; 6. Recess, BREAK; 7. Be quiet, say, LIE LOW; 8. Savor the flattery, EAT IT UP; 9. It’s bad when nobody gets it, JOKE; 10. “The Guilt Trip” actress ARI Graynor; 11. Like some cartilage piercing, MID EAR; 12. “Possibly”, COULD BE; 13. Dream team member, ALL-STAR; 14. Planet threateners, METEORS; 21. Like a top, CONIC; 24. Stain producers, SINS; 26. Gallant, HEROIC; 28. Result of knuckling down?, NOOGIE; 30. Hollow, DELL; 32. Antithesis of 35-Across, NUTS; 36. Pageant judging criterion, POISE; 38. Ed supporters, PTAS; 39. Park Avenue’s SEAGRAM Building; 40. Radical, EXTREME; 41. Shaking, AQUIVER; 43. Sniffing a lot, STUCK UP; 45. What a slightly shy person may request, ONE MORE; 46. 1967 Emmy winner for playing Socrates, USTINOV. “As you like it” phrase, TO TASTE; 49. What a bunch of footballers might do, UNPILE; 50. Game in which the lowest card is 7, ECARTE; 54. Marriott rival, HYATT; 57. Preventer of many bites, DEET; 58. Bit of action, STEP; 61. Household name?, SIS; 63. Soreness, IRE.

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11.01.13 — Velvet

Eleonora Duse portrayed by Franz von Lenbach

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Friday, November 1, 2013

Puzzle by Brad Wilber / Edited by Will Shortz

Across — 1. Common catch off the coast of Maryland, BLUE CRAB; 9. Light, in a way, LOW-FAT; 15. Crude alternative, OIL SHALE; 16. Jewelry box item, BROOCH; 17. Like a bout on an undercard, NONTITLE; 18. Dickens’s Miss Havisham, famously, JILTEE; 19. ID clincher, DNA; 20. Challenge to ambulance chasers, TORT REFORM; 22. Arcade game prize grabber, CLAW CRANE; 24. Fiacre, to taxi drivers, PATRON SAINT; 27. “AS A reminder …”; 30. Nook occupier, E-BOOK; 31. Toshiba competitor, NEC; 32. Some camcorders, RCAS; 33. Besmirch, TARNISH; 36. Isaac Bashevis Singer settings, SHTETLS; 38. Culmination, ACME; 39. Only proper noun in the Beatles’ “Revolution”, MAO; 41. “Something to Talk about” singer, 1991, RAITT; 42. Golf commentator’s subject, LIE; 43. Classic kitschy wall hanging, VELVET ELVIS; 46. Slip for a skirt?, FALLEN HEM; 47. “Billy Bathgate” novelist, E L DOCTOROW; 50. Ex-G.I.’s org., VFW; 53. Washington State mascot, COUGAR; 54. Pre-W.W. I in automotive history, BRASS ERA; 57. “If music be the food of love …” speaker in “Twelfth Night”, ORSINO; 58. Cry of despair, I’M RUINED; 59. Nothing: It., NIENTE; 60. Periods of warming … or cooling off, DETENTES.

Down — 1. M Asset, BOND; 2. Royal Arms of England symbol, LION; 3. Bone under a watchband, ULNA; 4. The Orange Bowl is played on it: Abbr., EST; 5. Acupuncturist’s concern, CHI; 6. Croupier’s stick material, RATTAN; 7. Acknowledges, ALLOWS; 8. Tab carrier in a bar?, BEER CAN; 9. Tourist attraction on Texas’ Pedermales River, LBJ RANCH; 10. Face in a particular direction, ORIENT; 11. “Champagne for One” sleuth, WOLFE; 12. Shot, informally, FOTO; 13. Serena Williams, often, ACER; 14. Novel in Joyce Carol Oates’s Wonderland Quartet, THEM; 21. Exasperates, TRIES; 22. Cauldron stirrer, crone; 23. “The Avengers” villain, 2012, LOKI;  24. Bit of sachet stuffing, PETAL; 25. Classroom clickers of old, ABACI; 26. Singer who once sang a song to Kramer on “Seinfeld”, TORMÉ; 37. When “Ave Maria” is sung in “Otello”, ACT IV; 28. 1970s pact partly negotiated in Helsinki, SALT I; 29. Right hands: Abbr., ASSTS; 32. Arena, REALM; 34. Orange garnish for a sushi roll, SMELT ROE; 35. Fox hunt cry, HALLO; 37. Bay, for one, TREE; 40. Prompt a buzzer on “The Price Is Right”, OVER-BID; 43. Unoccupied, VACANT; 44. Massive, in Metz, ENORME; 45. Block, THWART; 46. Keep from taking off, as a plane with low visibility, FOG IN; 47. Nobel category: Abbr., ECON; 48. Loughlin or Petty of Hollywood, LORI; 49. Italian actress Eleanora DUSE; 50. Let it all out, VENT; 51. Unoccupied, FREE; 52. Rolls of dough, WADS; 55. One of the Ms. Pac-Man ghosts, SUE; 58. “There is no SIN except stupidity”: Wilde.

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