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New York Times, Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Author:
Weird Al Yankovic and Eric Berlin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
38-Across : Jousters' equipment
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Eric Berlin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 41 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Yankovic. This is puzzle # 40 for Mr. Berlin. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. See all the celebrity crosswords. Wednesday freshness: 10%
Notepad: CELEBRITY CROSSWORD
This puzzle is a collaboration by the singer/songwriter Weird Al Yankovic, working together with Eric Berlin, a writer and puzzle editor from Milford, Conn. This is Eric's 40th puzzle for The Times.
More information about the making of today's puzzle appears in the Times's daily crossword column (nytimes.com/column/wordplay).
Jeff Chen notes:
Man, did I ever think Weird Al's songs (and name) were funny when I was a kid. Heck, I still think they're hilarious and awesome! ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times4/4/18 ( No. 24,984 )
Across
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Imperfection : DEFECT
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Shouts made with the waving of white hankies : OLES
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Yo-yo : ASS
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___ Brothers, duo who sang "Wake Up Little Susie" : EVERLY
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Part of a bottle : NECK
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Skin art, informally : TAT
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Satirist Tom : LEHRER
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Prefix with cultural : AGRI
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Airport info, for short : ETA
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Cheesy 1992 military drama? : AFEWGOUDAMEN
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Aid and ___ : ABET
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Fish with tiny scales : EEL
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Earned a ticket, maybe : SPED
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Cheesy 1987 thriller? : FETAATTRACTION
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Supply for Wile E. Coyote : TNT
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Many promgoers: Abbr. : SRS
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Singer/songwriter Bareilles : SARA
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Mediterranean building material : STUCCO
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Jousters' equipment : LANCES
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Rock that rolls? : LAVA
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___ G, Sacha Baron Cohen character : ALI
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Contents of a vein : ORE
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Cheesy 1993 legal drama? : THEPELICANBRIE
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___ beans : SOYA
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Summertime setting: Abbr. : DST
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Cluster at many a highway interchange : INNS
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Cheesy 2001 animated film? : MUENSTERSINC
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The CW superseded it : UPN
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Roman moon goddess : LUNA
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"Easy-peasy!" : NOPROB
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Locale for a bathysphere : SEA
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Poker stake : ANTE
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John famous for "silly walks" : CLEESE
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"___ dead, Jim" : HES
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Something you might slip on : PEEL
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"Wait a minute ..." : HANGON
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It's SE of Penn. : DEL
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Wall-E's love : EVE
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Dismissive interjection : FEH
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Typos, e.g. : ERRATA
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Curly musical symbol : CLEF
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"Pericles, Prince of ___" : TYRE
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Wild equine : ONAGER
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Tolkien elf played in film by Orlando Bloom : LEGOLAS
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Beige-ish : ECRU
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Result of driving on ice, perhaps : SKID
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Resuming the previous speed, in music : ATEMPO
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Glossy fabric : SATEEN
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Custer's "last" thing : STAND
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Hoses down : WETS
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Kind of cuisine with stir-frying : ASIAN
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Times of day in classifieds : AFTS
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Like the wire in clothes hangers : BENT
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Question for Brutus : ETTU
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Songwriters' org. : ASCAP
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Valuable collection : TROVE
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Certain lily : CALLA
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Coach ... or what a coach is part of : TRAIN
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Mr. ___ : CLEAN
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Cheesy stuff : CORN
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Leprechauns' land : ERIN
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Goes out with : SEES
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Just firm enough : ALDENTE
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Follower of John : ACTS
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Rug you don't walk on : TOUPEE
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Shenzi, Banzai and Ed, in "The Lion King" : HYENAS
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Acre's land : ISRAEL
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Inexpensive writing implement : BICPEN
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Reduce to a pulp : SMUSH
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Certain shot in hockey : SLAP
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Adjust, as a piano : TUNE
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Nonmetric measure : INCH
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The Big Easy : NOLA
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Gas option: Abbr. : REG
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Spanish bear : OSO
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Editor Bradlee of The Washington Post : BEN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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