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New York Times, Monday, June 11, 2018

Author:
Gary Cee
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : Motorcycle attachment
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Gary Cee

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Cee. Monday freshness: 77%
Gary Cee notes:
Coming up with a worthy idea is one thing. Pulling it off is quite another. "DRINKS ARE ON ME" was the catalyst. Now if I could come ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
DRINKS ARE ON ME? What a nice offer, Gary! Make mine a quadruple — that is, four drinks literally atop the bigram ME. I had a nice ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times6/11/18 ( No. 25,052 )
Across
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Home made of mud and thatch : HUT
4
Mob informant : RAT
7
Knight's title : SIR
10
"I do," at a wedding : VOW
13
George Bernard Shaw wanted his to read "I knew if I stayed around long enough, something like this would happen" : EPITAPH
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Professional's opposite : AMATEUR
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Motorcycle attachment : SIDECAR
18
French ballroom dance : GAVOTTE
19
Chef Lagasse : EMERIL
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Tropical tree with hot pink flowers : MIMOSA
22
Sis's sibling : BRO
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Spreadsheet amount shown in parentheses : LOSS
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"The ___ shall inherit the earth" : MEEK
27
Gushing review : RAVE
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Inky mess : BLOT
30
Dermatological sacs : CYSTS
31
Result of iron deficiency : ANEMIA
33
The "k" of kHz : KILO
35
"I've got this round!" ... or a literal hint to this puzzle's theme : DRINKSAREONME
40
Moonwalker Armstrong : NEIL
41
Press agents, informally : FLACKS
43
Dresses in India : SARIS
47
Roster : LIST
49
Nerd : GEEK
50
Colored part of the eye : IRIS
51
Thomas Edison's middle name : ALVA
52
Hush-hush government org. : NSA
53
Hand tool for boring holes : GIMLET
55
One with only younger siblings : ELDEST
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Sticker that might start "Hello ..." : NAMETAG
61
Danny DeVito's role in 1975's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" : MARTINI
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Minor gain in football : ONEYARD
65
Fair way to judge something : ONMERIT
66
"Cool!" : RAD
67
Back talk : LIP
68
U.S.'s largest union, with 3.2 million members : NEA
69
Short albums, for short : EPS
Down
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"___ Just Not That Into You" : HES
2
Longtime inits. in newswires : UPI
3
Sustain temporarily : TIDEOVER
4
5K or 10K : RACE
5
On ___ with (even with) : APAR
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Surge of exhilaration : THRILL
7
Droop : SAG
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Muslim leaders : IMAMS
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Sitarist Shankar : RAVI
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Nixes from Nixon, e.g. : VETOES
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Beginning : OUTSET
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Unleashes, as havoc : WREAKS
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President pro ___ : TEM
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Designer Hilfiger : TOMMY
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"Pay attention out there!" : LOOKALIVE
22
Undergarment usually fastened in the back : BRA
23
Kentucky senator Paul : RAND
25
Mix, as paint : STIR
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Classic record label : EMI
29
Pie recipe directive : BAKE
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Pie recipe directive : COOL
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B&Bs : INNS
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Pointing in this direction: <-- : LEFT
36
Window ledge : SILL
37
Chronic complainer : NAG
38
Country's Reba : MCENTIRE
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Barely makes, with "out" : EKES
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Some Jamaican music : SKA
43
Mister, in Milan : SIGNOR
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Singer Grande : ARIANA
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Horn-___ glasses : RIMMED
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The ___ Brothers of R&B : ISLEY
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Fish sometimes served smoked : SALMON
51
Big name in arcade gaming : ATARI
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And others, in a bibliography : ETAL
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Copenhagener, e.g. : DANE
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Bombeck who wrote "Housework, if you do it right, will kill you" : ERMA
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Sault ___ Marie, Mich. : STE
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Meas. of a country's economic output : GDP
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Puppy's bite : NIP
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"___ over" ("We're done") : ITS

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

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