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New York Times, Friday, December 28, 2018

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Across : "Gil Blas" author
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 90 for Mr. Steinberg. Friday freshness: 73%
David Steinberg notes:
This puzzle started as just a top stack that I'd fallen in love with! The seed was GOING BACK TO CALI, though ALFA ROMEO SPIDER was ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Day 5 of WTF? Week at XWI! I love having the chance to tell people What I'm Thankful For. So neat that the first and last across ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times12/28/18 ( No. 25,252 )
Across
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Dominant figure : LEADEROFTHEPACK
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High-end Italian sports car : ALFAROMEOSPIDER
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1997 Notorious B.I.G. hit whose title lyric precedes "strictly for the weather" : GOINGBACKTOCALI
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Queen who styled herself as Isis, familiarly : CLEO
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___ Lopez opening (chess tactic) : RUY
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Some superhero attire : CAPES
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Yankees All-Star pitcher Severino : LUIS
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Chris of "The Good Wife" : NOTH
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Four-thirds of a dram: Abbr. : TSP
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"___ time!" : ITS
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Brother-to-be : PLEDGE
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Cosmetics company whose letters appear in left-to-right order in "cosmetics company" : COTY
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Electron particle emission : BETARAY
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Relative of cashmere : ANGORA
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Money replaced by euros : LIRE
35
Thrash : MAUL
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Prepare for a bomb, say : GODEEP
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Euphoria : ECSTASY
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Court plea, briefly : NOLO
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County east of Devon : DORSET
45
"If u ask me ..." : IMO
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America's busiest airport after ATL and LAX : ORD
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___ América (soccer tournament) : COPA
48
Rose : GREW
49
Screw up : MISDO
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New toy? : PUP
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Legislative body of Russia : DUMA
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"Gil Blas" author : ALAINRENELESAGE
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Everywhere : ALLOVERCREATION
59
Things that contain 59-Across that contain 59-Across that ... : MATRYOSHKADOLLS
Down
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Online gamer's problem : LAG
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Orate : ELOCUTE
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"100 Years ... 100 Movies," e.g. : AFILIST
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Many employees of the Lego company : DANES
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So : ERGO
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Seriously shortchange : ROB
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___ Little, "The Wire" character : OMAR
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Prolific : FECUND
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Event of 1964 and 2020 : TOKYOGAMES
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It's two hours behind Pacific: Abbr. : HST
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Memorable time : EPOCH
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12 points, typographically : PICA
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Many a battery charger : ADAPTOR
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Instrument whose name comes from the Latin for "heavenly" : CELESTA
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Hard to eat quietly, in adspeak : KRISPY
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___ Dems (U.K. political party, informally) : LIB
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Highish bridge holding : TENACE
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"Je vous en ___" (French for "You're welcome") : PRIE
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City on the Mexican border : LAREDO
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Things that amaze : EYEPOPPERS
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Noted arms manufacturer : COLT
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Designer Gucci : ALDO
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Indicator of a coming storm : GUST
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Friend of Tarzan : GORILLA
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Tar : OLDSALT
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Communication means since 1911 : AIRMAIL
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Hobbit corrupted by the Ring : SMEAGOL
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"That HURTS!" : YOW
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Refusal with a contraction : NOMAAM
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Lewdness : RAUNCH
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Host Bert of old game shows : CONVY
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Vim : GUSTO
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Gucci competitor : DIOR
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Corner office, maybe : PERK
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Out of juice : DEAD
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Car that went defunct in 1936 : REO
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Place to count sheep : LEA
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Pair of nines? : ENS

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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