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EVERYTHING EVENS OUT IN THE END

New York Times, Sunday, February 24, 2019

Author:
Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Erik Agard

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 75 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Agard. Sunday freshness: 61%
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© 2019, The New York Times2/24/19 ( No. 25,310 )
Across
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Solo partner : CHEWBACCA
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Multidecker sandwich : CLUB
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Stack at Starbucks : LIDS
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Word that follows "standard" and means something nonstandard : DEVIATION
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Abundant : RIFE
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Nettie's sister in "The Color Purple" : CELIE
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*Likely inexpensive place to get one's hair done : SMALLTOWNSALON
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During the time that : WHILST
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Baton Rouge sch. : LSU
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Auctioneer's cry : SOLD
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Brownish tint : SEPIA
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Final: Abbr. : ULT
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En ___ (chess move) : PASSANT
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Jolly time : YULE
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Sports rival of Union College, for short : RPI
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Chemistry unit: Abbr. : MOL
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Wee devil : IMP
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Cry like a baby : MEWL
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*Tourist activity in northern Scandinavia : REINDEERRIDE
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Backpack filler : GEAR
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"I dare you!" : DOIT
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Make a quick move : DART
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Chinese dynasty ended by Kublai Khan : SONG
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It's groovy : SCREW
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Get to the bottom of : PLUMB
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Lockup, to Sherlock : GAOL
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Villain's hideout : LAIR
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*Source of call-ups, in baseball lingo : THEFARMTEAM
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Prefix with culture : AGRI
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Virgil described its eruption in the "Aeneid" : ETNA
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"You got it, boss man!" : YESSIR
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*Posting that blows in the wind : SWINGINGSIGN
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Serenaded : SANGTO
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Odyssey : VOYAGE
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*Has little excitement for : ISNOTTOOINTO
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Florentine : spinach :: lyonnaise : ___ : ONIONS
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Curry go-with : NAAN
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To be abroad? : ETRE
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*Allen Ginsberg, e.g. : PROTESTPOET
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Baby beavers : KITS
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Bird akin to the nene? : DODO
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Arab country expelled from the Arab League in 2011 : SYRIA
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Green, in a way : SOLAR
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Word cried before and after "all" : LIES
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Governing org. of soccer : FIFA
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Reaction of shock : GASP
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Analytics fodder : DATA
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*Bottom-of-page design choice : FOOTNOTEFONT
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Spanish muralist José María ___ : SERT
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Actor Cariou : LEN
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Place for a bouquet : URN
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Boston's Mass ___ : AVE
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Pb : LEAD
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Away from the wind : LEEWARD
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U.F.C. fighting style : MMA
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Get Wired again, say : RENEW
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Hotel visit : STAY
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___-Magnon man : CRO
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Scarecrow portrayer Ray : BOLGER
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"How lucky was that?" ... or a hint to the answers to the starred clues : WHATARETHEODDS
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Seated yoga pose : LOTUS
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Well-being : EASE
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Seriously worry : LOSESLEEP
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What the Joneses may elicit : ENVY
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Tater : SPUD
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"Crazy Rich Asians" actress whose stage name puns on a bottled water brand : AWKWAFINA
Down
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Bank offerings, for short : CDS
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Fashion line : HEM
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Fashion model Marcille : EVA
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Documents that name executors : WILLS
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Tree resin used in fragrances : BALSAM
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On the same wavelength : ATTUNED
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A.F.L. partner : CIO
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Bullies : COWS
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Grate on : ANNOY
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Charging station for a smartphone : CRADLE
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Rapper ___ Yachty : LIL
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Sci-fi saucers : UFOS
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Part of N.B. : BENE
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Hula dancer's adornment : LEI
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Subject of many conspiracy theories : ILLUMINATI
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Knocking out of place : DISLODGING
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End a lawsuit, say : SETTLE
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Musical ___ : CHAIRS
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Speak indistinctly : SLUR
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Erase : WIPE
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One of South Africa's capitals : PRETORIA
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Oink-filled pen : PIGSTY
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Don who won an Oscar for "Cocoon" : AMECHE
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Converted splits : SPARES
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1400 : TWOPM
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Holiday marking the end of Ramadan : EID
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Feature of a Welsh accent : LILT
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Winter Olympics host before Salt Lake City : NAGANO
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Dreadfully slow : DRAGGY
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List in the credits : ROLES
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Wearers of striped shirts : REFS
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Calendar column: Abbr. : TUE
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Part of a trunk : WAIST
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Worker often found on hands and knees : MASON
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Mini maker : BMW
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Jargons : LINGOS
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Bled : RAN
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Not to be seen or heard by children : RRATED
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Tower construction material : IVORY
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Men : GENTS
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Infrequently : NOTOFTEN
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Howe nicknamed "Mr. Hockey" : GORDIE
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Restrict with a string : TIEOFF
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Challenge for a stain remover : INK
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Popular Japanese manga series with a schoolgirl heroine : SAILORMOON
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Counterpart of local channels : NATIONALTV
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Beginning : ONSET
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Pranks, in a way, informally : TPS
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Mini, for one : IPOD
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"How fancy!" : OOLALA
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Like a tidied-up room, now : NEATER
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Bit of hair : STRAND
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Alternative to .net : ORG
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Some Spanish babysitters : TIAS
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Art studio prop : EASEL
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Alternatives to nets : SNARES
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HuffPo purchaser in 2011 : AOL
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Make easier to eat, as an infant's food : PRECHEW
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Clumsily drop : FUMBLE
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Finished : OVER
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Like a set of measuring cups, typically : NESTED
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"Later, luv!" : TATA
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Mother ___ : TERESA
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Role in "Our Gang" or "Queen Sugar" : DARLA
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"To the Lighthouse" novelist : WOOLF
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___ milk : EWES
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Swatting sound : WHAP
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"Jeez, that's hot!" : YEOW
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Man : GUY
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The Sun Devils, for short : ASU
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"No, you shouldn't have" : TSK
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Opus ___ : DEI
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Iniquity site : DEN
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Springs for a vacation? : SPA

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

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