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New York Times, Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Author:
Adam G. Perl
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : Haunted house feeling
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Adam G. Perl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Perl. Wednesday freshness: 79%
Adam G. Perl notes:
I woke up one morning one day after a night of heavy partying and just didn't feel RIGHT. I was groggy and feeling OBTUSE with an ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
This former mathlete was embarrassed to not know what a REFLEX angle was. Relieved to hear that Jim didn't recognize it either! And ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times4/25/18 ( No. 25,005 )
Across
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As a result : ERGO
5
Dr.'s order : MRI
8
Legal assistants, for short : PARAS
13
Ripped the wrapping off : TOREOPEN
15
Glass component : SILICA
16
Kings' guards may be taken in it : NBADRAFT
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Haunted house feeling : FRIGHT
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QB's stat: Abbr. : ATT
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___ de toilette : EAU
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Moochers : SPONGES
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Young ___ : UNS
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Iota : SMIDGE
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Essence : GIST
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"Mangia!" : EAT
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Moscow's home : IDAHO
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Flat rate : SETFEE
33
Pops : DAD
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Holiday quaff : NOG
36
Is an expert on this puzzle's theme? : KNOWSEVERYANGLE
40
Christian inst. in Tulsa : ORU
41
Sleep stage : REM
42
Plaza girl in kid-lit : ELOISE
43
Amber, e.g. : RESIN
46
It's a gift : GAB
48
"___ that a lot" : IGET
49
Place to change at the beach : CABANA
51
Goddess of dawn : EOS
52
Decimal system : BASETEN
55
Novice, perhaps : NUN
57
Big Apple subway line, for short : LEX
60
Fills in for : ACTSAS
61
Set of documents on a legal matter : CASEFILE
63
Amounts paid to join poker games : BUYINS
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Like peaches around summer and early fall : INSEASON
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Totally wiped : SPENT
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Galley item : OAR
67
Periodic table fig. : ATNO
Down
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European smoker : ETNA
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Gen. ___ E. Lee : ROBT
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Provided but not asked for : GRATUITOUS
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Classic work originally in 10 vols. : OED
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Film-rating grp. : MPAA
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Decline : REFUSE
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QB's stat: Abbr. : INT
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Ravioli relative : PIROGI
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Trued up : ALINED
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Diana ___, 1969 Bond girl : RIGG
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Long : ACHE
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Concerns for many srs. : SATS
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Euripides tragedy : ORESTES
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Dirty Harry's org. : SFPD
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Instrument in "Norwegian Wood" : SITAR
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Office-inappropriate, briefly : NSFW
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Family guy? : MADEMAN
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Category : GENRE
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Online aid for finding a contractor : ANGIESLIST
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Gustav who composed "The Planets" : HOLST
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Curved molding : OGEE
31
Toffee candy bar : SKOR
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Ending with auction : EER
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Indigo, e.g. : DYE
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One unlikely to order ham and eggs : VEGAN
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Heir, legally : ALIENEE
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Scrubbed : NOGO
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Strands at a ski chalet, say : ICESIN
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Swimming : NATANT
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One of a bunch : BANANA
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Gershwin heroine : BESS
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Streisand, familiarly : BABS
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Small bra size : ACUP
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Eyelid ailment : STYE
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Red letters? : USSR
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Musk of SpaceX : ELON
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Prefix with phobia : XENO
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A.F.L.-___ : CIO
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"Towering" regulatory grp.? : FAA

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