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New York Times, Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Author:
Ross Trudeau
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
1-Across : On VHS, say
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Ross Trudeau

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Trudeau. Tuesday freshness: 91%
Ross Trudeau notes:
This puzzle originally had DREAMWORKS as a revealer, which the editorial team vetoed because it made cluing tricky. I would have ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Looks like … artists with famous works with the word "dream" in them? I tried to figure out what else connected everything ... but ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times2/27/18 ( No. 24,948 )
Across
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On VHS, say : TAPED
6
Symbol in the middle of a Scrabble board : STAR
10
Nile viper : ASP
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The "S" of NASA : SPACE
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Many a summer cottage locale : LAKE
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Engagement at 20 paces, maybe : DUEL
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Garment that might say "Kiss the cook" : APRON
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Philosopher who said "Man is by nature a political animal" : ARISTOTLE
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"Montage of a Dream Deferred" poet : LANGSTONHUGHES
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Pa Clampett of "The Beverly Hillbillies" : JED
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Ex-G.I. : VET
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Firebugs' felonies : ARSONS
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Vicodin, e.g. : OPIATE
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Fitting : APT
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Sunshine unit : RAY
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"The Interpretation of Dreams" writer : SIGMUNDFREUD
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Macho sorts : HEMEN
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Dictator Amin : IDI
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"HAHAHA!," in texts : ROTFL
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"Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening" artist : SALVADORDALI
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National bird of Australia : EMU
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Singer Carly ___ Jepsen : RAE
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Thundered : BOOMED
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Where Red Square is : MOSCOW
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Fish in a 26-Down : AHI
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Remarks around cute babies : AWS
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"All I Have to Do Is Dream" singers : EVERLYBROTHERS
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States of emergency : REDALERTS
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Self-evident truth : AXIOM
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Chow : GRUB
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Show deference to an entering judge, say : RISE
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___ Park (Edison's lab site) : MENLO
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Special intuition, for short : ESP
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Beans high in protein : SOYS
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Early PC platform : MSDOS
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Org. with a 3.4-ounce container rule : TSA
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Food symbolizing America : APPLEPIE
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Exemplar : PARADIGM
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Class for a future M.B.A. : ECON
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Mao's successor : DENG
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Roofing material : SLATE
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Fortuneteller's deck : TAROT
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In the same mold as, with "to" : AKIN
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Mold anew : RESHAPE
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Orwell or Wells : AUTHOR
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Singer/actress Gomez : SELENA
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___ v. Ferguson (1896 Supreme Court ruling) : PLESSY
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Feet, slangily : DOGS
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John of "Do the Right Thing" : TURTURRO
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"Frozen" reindeer : SVEN
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Kid around : JOSH
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Iowa college town : AMES
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Common sushi order : TUNAROLL
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Superdry : ARID
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Opposite of soar : DIVE
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Medicine-approving org. : FDA
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Epitome of stupidity : DODO
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Ingredient in Worcestershire sauce : TAMARIND
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What Lindbergh famously did from New York to Paris : FLEWSOLO
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Jar tops : LIDS
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Many A.C.L.U. staffers : LAWYERS
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News item that its subject never reads : OBIT
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Come out : EMERGE
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Businesses that tend to be busiest at the starts and ends of months : MOVERS
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Depleted : USEDUP
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Grouch : CRAB
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Bohemian : ARTSY
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Sprays (down) : HOSES
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Pizazz : BRIO
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U.S. soccer great Mia : HAMM
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Strikes (out) : EXES
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Rapper ___ Def : MOS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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