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New York Times, Friday, October 1, 2021

Author:
Jim Horne and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Across : Pacific evergreen with orange-red bark
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 37 Missing: {FJXZ} Grid has diagonal symmetry. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Horne. This is puzzle # 123 for Mr. Chen. Friday freshness: 5%
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Jim Horne notes:

This mini-theme is one that even I could understand. "Atomic batteries to power! Turbines to speed!" DA-da-da-da-DA-da-da-da...

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© 2021, The New York Times10/1/21 ( No. 26,260 )
Across
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Barrel of fun? : KEG
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Like Marcia, among the "Brady Bunch" daughters : ELDEST
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No longer following : LOST
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Diminutive suffix in Spanish : ITO
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Cry at sea : LANDHO
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Jay-Z's "___ the Next One" : ONTO
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Fictional home with a secret basement : WAYNEMANOR
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"___: Hawaii" (TV spinoff) : NCIS
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Whom Sarah had in her early 90s : ISAAC
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Super group : AVENGERS
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Part of FWIW : ITS
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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Pacific evergreen with orange-red bark : MADRONA
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___ Lynch, first African American woman to serve as U.S. attorney general : LORETTA
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Put away : ATE
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Range of consideration, metaphorically : RADARSCREEN
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Activity with a rake : CRAPSGAME
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Good name for a wrestler? : MATT
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Badger : RIDE
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Some corporate holdings, for short? : MBAS
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Open ___ : MRI
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Hydration locations : OASES
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Some formal promises : IDOS
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Open ___ : MIC
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Its products often come with Allen keys : IKEA
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Where uniforms are worn with sweaters? : GYMCLASS
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Environmentally friendly way to travel : SOLARCAR
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Soviet fighter jets : MIGS
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Locale below 17-Across, as suggested by three images in this puzzle's grid : THEBATCAVE
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Keeps informed, in a way : BCCS
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___ urbis conditae : ANNO
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Cartoon character who says "Come over here, you skwewy wabbit!" : ELMER
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Cover-up in old Rome : TOGA
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Completely, after "in" : TOTO
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Does some crime scene work : DUSTS
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Sample collector, maybe : QTIP
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This will never fly : KIWI
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Headwinds can push them back, in brief : ETAS
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His "La Maja Desnuda" was never publicly shown in his lifetime : GOYA
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Members of a certain college : ELECTORS
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Flight : LAM
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It's self-replicating : DNA
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First name of the poet whose "candle burns at both ends" : EDNA
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Past the approval stage, in construction slang : SHOVELREADY
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They don't put up with any bull : TOREROS
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Enduring : LONGTERM
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Years back : ONCE
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Not remain completely asleep : STIR
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Caber ___ (Scottish athletic event) : TOSS
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Depilatory brand : NAIR
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Snitch (on) : NARC
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Hitch or glitch : SNAG
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Econ subfield : MACRO
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Sunlit spaces : ATRIA
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Like the loser's locker room after a stunning upset : DEADSILENT
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Driver around a lot? : ADAM
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An eagle is the most common one in the U.S. : TEAMMASCOT
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Its players never want to be at the top : TETRIS
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Foolery : ANTICS
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Written designs that are also readable when flipped or rotated : AMBIGRAMS
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Cry to a baby : PEEKABOO
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Jaime ___ a.k.a. the Bionic Woman : SOMMERS
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Some hospital supplies : SERA
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College dept. : SCI
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Made a move : ACTED
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Inits. that often precede "+" : LGBTQ
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"Now!" : STAT
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"This can't be happening ..." : OHNO
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Org. with a list of Supreme Court cases on its website : ACLU
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Old pro : VET
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"Star Wars" staple, for short : CGI
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Fool : SAP

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

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