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New York Times, Monday, April 22, 2019

Author:
Bruce Haight
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Across : In a trite way
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Bruce Haight

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 47 for Mr. Haight. Monday freshness: 31%
Bruce Haight notes:
My initial submission had ROOM SERVICE as a theme entry, clued as "Paris Hilton tennis shot maybe?" I must say I really liked the ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
My feeling toward this puzzle can be summed up by part of the final entry: LOVE. Now, is that the "adore" meaning, or the "zero" ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times4/22/19 ( No. 25,367 )
Across
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Turn away, as one's gaze : AVERT
6
Bird's beak : BILL
10
Varieties : ILKS
14
"Toy Story" studio : PIXAR
15
"Point taken" : ISEE
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Ne, on the periodic table : NEON
17
Tennis with dad? : POPSINGLES
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With 8-Down, dessert brand that "nobody doesn't like" : SARA
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Messy meal for pigs : SLOP
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Motorists' org. : AAA
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"Not in a million years!" : NEVER
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Losing tennis player's prayer? : GIMMEABREAK
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In a trite way : BANALLY
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Exam for a future atty. : LSAT
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Wonderland girl : ALICE
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"___ making myself clear?" : AMI
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Guzzle down : CHUG
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Dislike for tennis? : CONTEMPTOFCOURT
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Sharp as a tack : KEEN
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ExxonMobil business : OIL
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Jargon : LINGO
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Famous ___ (cookie brand) : AMOS
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Things for cleaning dishes : SPONGES
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"Wow, no wonder you're playing such great tennis!"? : WHATARACKET
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Overdo, as a stage role : HAMUP
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Assistance : AID
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"Good heavens!" : OHMY
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Letter-shaped beam : IBAR
59
Lose every set of a tennis match 6-0? : FALLINLOVE
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Ship of 1492 : NINA
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"___ be over soon" : ITLL
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Take home from the shelter, say : ADOPT
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And others: Abbr. : ETAL
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"Porgy and ___" : BESS
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Soda in an old blind taste test : PEPSI
Down
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Smartphone downloads : APPS
2
Relative of a cello : VIOL
3
Big fair : EXPO
4
Speak with a gravelly voice : RASP
5
First "T" in TNT : TRI
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Problem with more than one marriage? : BIGAMY
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Ayatollah's faith : ISLAM
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See 19-Across : LEE
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"___ Miz" : LES
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Arcade game instruction before playing : INSERTCOIN
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Depart : LEAVE
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Locale for Pyongyang and Seoul : KOREA
13
Snide remarks : SNARK
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Hammer's target : NAIL
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Org. for the Suns and the Heat : NBA
23
Tickled-pink feeling : GLEE
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Ticklish Muppet : ELMO
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"You wish!" : ASIF
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With 28-Down, part of a golf course : BACK
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___ vera : ALOE
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See 26-Down : NINE
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"Pretend nothing just happened" : ACTNATURAL
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Home to the world's busiest airport: Abbr. : ATL
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Like Christmas decorations and some juries : HUNG
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Egg on : URGE
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Sporty Pontiacs introduced in the '60s : GTOS
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Boggy wasteland : MOOR
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Italian city you might be "leaning" toward visiting? : PISA
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Congeal, as blood : CLOT
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Something with a "You are here" arrow : MAP
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Listings on a résumé : SKILLS
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Mani-___ (spa offering) : PEDI
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Complain annoyingly : WHINE
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Nun's wear : HABIT
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Kitchen appliance brand : AMANA
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"Let" and "Fault," from a chair umpire : CALLS
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Quaint, as a shoppe : OLDE
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Circular kind of earring : HOOP
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Some postseason awardees, for short : MVPS
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Hairy Himalayan humanoid : YETI
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Little lie : FIB
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Gobbled up : ATE
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Catch a few Z's : NAP

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

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