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New York Times, Friday, November 2, 2018

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Across : [Knock, knock]
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {FJQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 87 for Mr. Steinberg. Friday freshness: 38%
David Steinberg notes:
I built this themeless in a different style than I usually do. Rather than balancing a traditional number of long "seed entries" with ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
My favorite aspect of this puzzle was the clever clues — a ton of them! My top three: AD BLOCKER is already a great entry, ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times11/2/18 ( No. 25,196 )
Across
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It might give you a headache : MSG
4
Tank top : GASCAP
10
"Westworld" network : HBO
13
Restaurant chain with a "never-ending pasta bowl" : OLIVEGARDEN
16
Slip : ERR
17
"You wanna fight?!" : COMEATMEBRO
18
Remote inserts : AAS
19
Doughnut-loving toon : HOMER
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___ Air : BEL
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Kind of ball that's edible : MATZO
23
Did a pantomime of : APED
24
Ukulele accessory : CAPO
25
Like many textbook publishers : ELHI
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Show letters : USO
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Game in which I is 1 : SCRABBLE
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Belt under the waist? : LOWBLOW
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Some Tornado Alley residents : KANSANS
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Explosion cause : IRE
37
Country music's ___ Young Band : ELI
38
Figures in some "Twilight Zone" episodes, for short : ETS
39
9-to-5, maybe : RUT
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[Knock, knock] : LETMEIN
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Has as a tenant : RENTSTO
44
Composer of symphonic "verse" : TONEPOET
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"Heck, yeah!" : DOI
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Didn't keep quiet : TOLD
48
Level : SHIM
50
Talk smack to : SASS
54
Stopped debating : CHOSE
55
Bear in a hit 2012 film : TED
56
Invite, as to one's penthouse : ASKUP
57
___ package : AID
58
Wasted vacation days? : BOOZECRUISE
61
Show with a musical guest, for short : SNL
62
Genre for Anthrax and Megadeth : THRASHMETAL
63
An end to jargon? : ESE
64
Classic gag gift : SEXTOY
65
See 56-Down : ANT
Down
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Hot chocolaty drink : MOCHA
2
Simple craft : SLOOP
3
Confidence booster on a test : GIMME
4
Its teeth are pointy : GEAR
5
Hollywood title: Abbr. : AGT
6
Latin rhythm : SAMBA
7
Unsavory fellows : CREEPS
8
Spot remover? : ADBLOCKER
9
Bits ___ second : PER
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Hershey toffee treats : HEATHBARS
11
Its shell has three sides : BRAZILNUT
12
Guesstimate words : ORSO
14
German wheels : VEEDUB
15
Emphatic rejection : NOMEANSNO
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Fathers' clothes : ALBS
24
"Sweet" : COOLIO
27
What insomnia causes to build up over time : SLEEPDEBT
29
Like Call of Duty: Black Ops : RATEDM
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This, to Tomás : ESTO
31
Breezy air : LILT
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Spinoff Nabisco cookies : OREOTHINS
33
Wimp : WETNOODLE
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Establishment to which customers have come for years? : WINESTORE
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Classic TV diner : MELS
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Tears don't rip it : TISSUE
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Stubborn Dr. Seuss pair : THEZAX
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Clarifier in texts : IDEST
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Very furry, muscular dog : AKITA
52
Elder of the sisters who visited Narnia in "The Chronicles of Narnia" : SUSAN
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Said "O-D-O-U-R," e.g. : SPELT
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Ukulele accessory : CASE
56
With 65-Across, fierce marcher : ARMY
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Post cereal made with honey : OHS
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___ Chang (ex-girlfriend of Harry Potter) : CHO

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

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