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This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 72 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. Madison. Sunday freshness: 76%
Jeff Chen notes:
Listing of code names for MAC OPERATING SYSTEMS. Although Caleb only gives us a subset (Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra are the three most recent ones), it's nice that he grabbed the ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times10/30/16 ( No. 24,463 )
Across
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One talking on the phone, nowadays? : SIRI
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Numerical prefix : OCTA
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Glitz : GLAM
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Coronas, e.g. : CIGARS
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What sweet gestures may mean : ALOT
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Whitman sampler? : POEM
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Like sardines : OILY
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The princess in "The Princess Diaries" : AMELIA
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"Fine, see if I care!" : BETHATWAY
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Banned pollutants : PCBS
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With reason : SANELY
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Reading comics, doing crosswords, etc. : ESCAPISM
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*2000s group with three eponymous Disney Channel films, with "the" : CHEETAHGIRLS
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U.S.C.G. rank : CPO
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Woman of whom it's begged "Please don't take my man," in a 1973 hit : JOLENE
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Place : LIEU
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*Athletic footwear once promoted by Pelé : PUMASNEAKERS
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Bled : RAN
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Bo'sun for Captain Hook : SMEE
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Soon enough : ANON
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Prefix with -pathy : SOCIO
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School in Berkshire : ETON
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Shelf supports : LBARS
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Set (against) : PIT
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Result of Québec's vote to leave Canada : NON
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Event code-named Operation Neptune : DDAY
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Endure, in an expression : BEARIT
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B flat equivalent : ASHARP
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Lie on the beach : BAKE
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*Enzo Ferrari called it "the most beautiful car ever made" : JAGUARXKE
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Make sense of : SORTOUT
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Lush : WINO
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Acronym for an outdoor fantasy game : LARP
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Things found at the starts of the answers to the six starred clues : MACOPERATINGSYSTEMS
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Get bored (of) : TIRE
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Prefix with -stat : HEMO
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Not go home by curfew : STAYOUT
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*Showy orange bloom : TIGERLILY
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Artist Magritte : RENE
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Chest bones : STERNA
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Some acids : AMINOS
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Fantasy creatures : ORCS
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Band with the 1991 #1 hit "Unbelievable" : EMF
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Like nonprescription meds : OTC
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Colt 45 brewer : PABST
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Home to Hernando : CASA
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American ___ : SAMOA
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Start of many congregation names : BNAI
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Suit : EXEC
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Woodrow Wilson was the only U.S. prez to have one : PHD
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*Something spotted on a runway? : LEOPARDPRINT
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Margarine : OLEO
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Axis foe : ALLIES
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When sung five times, a 1974 Rolling Stones hit : DOO
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*1968 Peter O'Toole drama, with "The" : LIONINWINTER
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1998 Faith Hill hit that describes "perpetual bliss" : THISKISS
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Cold-weather conveyance : SNOCAT
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Part of P.S.U.: Abbr. : UNIV
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Annual California music festival : COACHELLA
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Symbol of wisdom : ATHENA
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Small change : DIME
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"I'll take care of that" : ONIT
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Employments : USES
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Threw out : TOSSED
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In view : SEEN
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Comes together : GELS
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Football gear : PADS
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Kemo ___ : SABE
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Corsica et d'autres : ILES
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Recruiting org. : ROTC
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Odysseus, by birth : ITHACAN
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Possible paths : OPTIONS
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Intimidates : COWS
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Faction in "Twilight" fandom : TEAMJACOB
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Funny Schumer : AMY
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Minnesota athlete : GOPHER
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Able to practice, say : LICENSED
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Pulitzer-winning Edward : ALBEE
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Best-selling PC game before The Sims : MYST
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Convert chips to money : CASHIN
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X-ray, e.g. : IMAGE
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Tech help station : GENIUSBAR
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'Stro, e.g. : ALER
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Streamlet : RILL
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"Goes" : SAYS
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Tinder and others : APPS
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Miss ___ (late TV psychic) : CLEO
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Astronaut Shepard : ALAN
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U.S. base site in the Pacific : OKINAWA
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Half of a 1960s pop group : PAPAS
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Popular sleep aid : UNISOM
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Godzilla foe : MOTHRA
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Ages and ages : EON
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Prince and others : ROYALS
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Who said "Revolutions are the locomotives of history" : MARX
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Composer Satie : ERIK
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Dirección geográfica : ESTE
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___ Boston (luxury hotel) : TAJ
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Eagerly seized : LEAPTAT
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One side of the climate change debate : DENIERS
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Pops : BURSTS
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J.F.K. tower grp. : ATC
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Plant malady caused by overwatering : ROOTROT
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Teacher's head count : PUPILS
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Familiar folks : KITH
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Target audience of Out magazine : GAYS
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Actress Polo : TERI
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"Don't quit ___ now!" : ONME
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Browser button : RELOAD
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Flipped : GONEAPE
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Assess : EYE
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Angel who visited Joseph Smith : MORONI
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Lie on the beach : SUNTAN
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Implied : TACIT
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Tailor's need : TAPE
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Kind of theater : IMAX
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Barb : GIBE
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Settles snugly : ENSCONCES
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1000, 1500 and 2000: Abbr. : YRS
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Best Supporting Actress nominee for "Birdman" : EMMASTONE
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Make a "T" gesture in basketball : CALLTIME
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Pro : FOR
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Eats : CHOW
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Setting for a sunset on the Seine : SOIR
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Rehab attendees : ADDICTS
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Split : BROKEUP
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The fingers of a hand, e.g. : PENTAD
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One plus one? : ELEVEN
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Fancy-schmancy : POSH
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Actress Balaban : LIANE
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Hit musical with the song "N.Y.C." : ANNIE
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Exam with logic games, briefly : LSAT
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Digging : INTO
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Sounds after a magic trick : OOHS
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Some contraceptive devices : IUDS
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Loudly acclaim : HAIL
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"___, She Wolf of the SS" (1975 cult film) : ILSA
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Cold-weather conveyance : SLED
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Lip : SASS
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Part of a wheel : COG

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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