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New York Times, Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Author:
Eric Berlin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
28-Across : Battleship letters
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Eric Berlin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 42 for Mr. Berlin. Tuesday freshness: 77%
Jeff Chen notes:
The theme tickled me, people of different professions fighting in their appropriate way. The image of a jazz trombonist coming out ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times12/10/19 ( No. 25,599 )
Across
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Go ___ over : GAGA
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Appends : ADDS
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Recessed area in a church : APSE
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Radiate : EMIT
14
Dishonest sort : CROOK
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Recessed area in a kitchen : NOOK
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At the big brawl, the jazz musician ... : CAMEOUTSWINGING
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"___ Possible," 2000s kids' TV show : KIM
20
Jimmy of the Daily Planet : OLSEN
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Chicago transports : ELS
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In dire need of fuel : ONEMPTY
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Radiate : GIVEOFF
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Battleship letters : USS
29
Bottom, to a Brit : ARSE
30
Born, abroad : NEE
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Savory quality, as from MSG : UMAMI
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Sports org. that sets eligibility requirements : NCAA
35
Refer to : CITE
36
At the big brawl, the hairstylist ... : BOBBEDANDWEAVED
39
Its symbol resembles a C with two lines across the center : EURO
40
Drink that can cause brain freeze : ICEE
41
Bottomless hole : ABYSS
42
Waze suggestion: Abbr. : RTE
43
Condition treated with Ritalin, for short : ADHD
44
Ryder Cup org. : PGA
45
Freebie in a hotel bathroom : SHAMPOO
47
Ship's stabilizer : BALLAST
51
___ Tomé and Príncipe : SAO
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In need of refinement : CRUDE
54
Place where customers wear robes : SPA
55
At the big brawl, the king and queen ... : PUTUPTHEIRDUKES
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Yankee nickname until 2016 : AROD
60
Book that people take an oath on : BIBLE
61
Bombard, as with snowballs : PELT
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Mrs. : WIFE
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Small argument : SPAT
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Without purpose : IDLY
Down
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Lizard in insurance ads : GECKO
2
At full speed : AMAIN
3
"That's mine!" : GIMME
4
Gorged on : ATE
5
Pretentious : ARTSY
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Two tablets or five milliliters, say : DOSE
7
Reduce in status : DOWNGRADE
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Sporting item that may be waxed : SKI
9
Geometry class measure : ANGLE
10
Subject of the saying "Leaves of three, let it be" : POISONIVY
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Father and Holy Ghost go-between : SON
12
Hosp. readout : EKG
14
Fanatical groups : CULTS
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"My bad!" : OOPSIE
18
Actress Campbell of the "Scream" series : NEVE
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___ jumbo : MUMBO
25
Middle of Caesar's boast : ISAW
26
Big bashes : FETES
27
Scrollable features of Facebook and Twitter : FEEDS
29
Benefiting from benzoyl peroxide, say : ACNED
31
Alternatives to taxis : UBERS
32
Sass, with "off" : MOUTH
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Informed about : ABREASTOF
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Dippable snack item : NACHOCHIP
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Plotting group : CABAL
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Aeneas' love : DIDO
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Went two under par on a hole : EAGLED
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Each : APOP
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California baseballer : PADRE
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Title role for Bea Arthur : MAUDE
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Muscly : BUILT
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Didn't demand : ASKED
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Period of time : SPELL
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"Mmm!" : TASTY
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Singer McEntire : REBA
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What you might get offered if you say "Shake!" : PAW
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Mentalist Geller : URI
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"The Last O.G." network : TBS
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News letters : UPI

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