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New York Times, Friday, April 24, 2020

Author:
John Guzzetta
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Across : Dine quickly
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John Guzzetta

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Guzzetta. Friday freshness: 65%
John Guzzetta notes:
This puzzle was accepted in January 2019. CATTLE RUSTLERS with its clue was the seed entry. I always spot a few things I'd improve ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
When people ask me what makes for a great themeless entry, I'm going to point to CATTLE RUSTLERS. It has the four qualities that make ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times4/24/20 ( No. 25,735 )
Across
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Haberdashery accessory : TIETACK
8
Round measures : GIRTHS
14
Homer with one R.B.I., in baseball lingo : SOLOSHOT
16
Certain spuds : IDAHOS
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Clearheaded : ALLTHERE
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Swear at : BEDAMN
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That's so irritating! : RASH
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Speed up : EXPEDITE
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Demesne : ESTATE
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Actress Fisher : ISLA
27
The night before on the day after, maybe : BLUR
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Whom basilicas are often named after: Abbr. : STS
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Carried the day : WON
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Dine quickly : GRABABITETOEAT
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Tree that's among the oldest known life forms on earth (4,800+ years) : BRISTLECONEPINE
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They have little respect for brand names : CATTLERUSTLERS
38
Reuters competitor : UPI
39
"Better ___ ..." : YET
40
What a person in trouble -- or performing on stage -- wants : HAND
41
Boll weevil, for one : PEST
43
Unwanted crowd sounds : HISSES
46
Kind of hickory : SHAGBARK
49
Hebrew for "father" : ABBA
53
Island governed by three different countries : BORNEO
54
Center of a maze : MINOTAUR
57
Apothegms : ADAGES
58
Thou, for one : ARCHAISM
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Things that are declared : MAJORS
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Pippi Longstocking types : TOMBOYS
Down
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Crimean War leader : TSAR
2
Joe Hardy's girlfriend in the Hardy Boys books : IOLA
3
Wings : ELLS
4
How die-hard defenders may hold out : TOTHELAST
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Volcanic ___ : ASH
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Castro comrade : CHE
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Locale of the 2018 Winter Olympics : KOREA
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Mock : GIBE
9
Pointed out, in a way : IDED
10
Sides of Pac-Man's mouth, essentially : RADII
11
"Huh!" : THATSWEIRD
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Things of interest to house buyers? : HOMELOANS
13
1040 fig. : SSN
15
Actual wording : TEXT
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Some trattoria preparations : PESTOS
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Without hitting someone over the head, say : SUBTLY
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Historic destination in County Kerry, Ireland : TRALEE
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Relative of a blind, in poker : ANTE
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Colonial rule in India : BRITISHRAJ
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___ place (part of a decimal) : TENTHS
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Inscribed pillars : STELAE
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Fanta product : GRAPESODA
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Name that's an anagram of THE BAR : BERTHA
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Place with drips, for short : ICU
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Prepares for the bar? : OPENSATAB
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Certain bra spec : BCUP
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One of the letters of NATO, in the NATO alphabet : TANGO
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Destructive 2017 hurricane : IRMA
45
Go around : SKIRT
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Actor Will of "The Waltons" : GEER
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Head honcho : BOSS
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Actor Scott of "Happy Days" : BAIO
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Packed : BUSY
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Assets for QBs : ARMS
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"Pow!" : BAM
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Sarge, for one : NCO
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Unit in a calculation of power : OHM

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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