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New York Times, Monday, June 24, 2019

Author:
Ross Trudeau
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : "Affliction" suffered by Fab Four devotees
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Trudeau. Monday freshness: 96%
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© 2019, The New York Times6/24/19 ( No. 25,430 )
Across
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Talks with a gravelly voice : RASPS
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Fastener with a twist : SCREW
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Brevity is said to be the soul of it : WIT
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Sir John of London : ELTON
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Not get caught by, as a pursuer : ELUDE
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Patient's insurance option, for short : HMO
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"Affliction" suffered by Fab Four devotees : BEATLEMANIA
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"The Simpsons" storekeeper : APU
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___ stage left : EXIT
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Prefix with air or afternoon : MID
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Big person on the small screen : TVSTAR
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Prince Charles's onetime partner, affectionately : LADYDI
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Removes from nursing, as a foal : WEANS
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"Affliction" suffered by bracketologists : MARCHMADNESS
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Child, legally speaking : MINOR
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Villain's retreat : LAIR
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Quartet minus one : TRIO
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Has left the office : ISOUT
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Triage locales, for short : ERS
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Enjoy the taste of : SAVOR
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Move like a butterfly : FLIT
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Green stone popular in Chinese craftwork : JADE
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Woods who voiced Cinderella : ILENE
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"Affliction" suffered by clothes lovers : FASHIONCRAZE
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Track-and-field competitions : MEETS
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Insinuates : GETSAT
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Person with a chrome dome : BALDIE
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Cow's sound : MOO
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"Gone With the Wind" plantation : TARA
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Atty.'s org. : ABA
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"Affliction" suffered by the winter-weary : SPRINGFEVER
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Big part of a T. rex : JAW
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What diamonds and straight-A students do : SHINE
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Gown : DRESS
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Commercials : ADS
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Japanese port of 2+ million : OSAKA
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"Same here" : ASDOI
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One in revolt : REBEL
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Amazon Echo persona : ALEXA
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Reserved in manner : STAID
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Spewing naughty language, as a child : POTTYMOUTHED
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Weekly show with a cold open, for short : SNL
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Vehicle that can jackknife : SEMI
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Attired : CLAD
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Go for elected office : RUN
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Tussle between wiki page modifiers : EDITWAR
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Bobbed and ___ : WEAVED
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"Well, I never!" : WHATNERVE
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Fill with zeal : IMPASSION
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P.G.A. ___ : TOUR
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Kuwaiti leader : EMIR
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Mail addressed to the North Pole : SANTALETTERS
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Missile aimed at a bull's-eye : DART
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Off drugs : CLEAN
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The fourth letter of "circle," but not the first : HARDC
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Scrooge : MISER
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Achy : SORE
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Make peeved : MIFF
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Capital of Pakistan : ISLAMABAD
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Peace-and-quiet ordinances : NOISELAWS
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Small, medium or large : SIZE
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Brooklyn's St. ___ College : JOSEPHS
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"Quite correct" : ITISSO
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Wide-eyed : AGOG
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Placed money in the bank : SAVED
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"Am not!" comeback : ARESO
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Ankle bones : TARSI
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___ California : BAJA
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Stole fur : MINK
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Prime draft status : ONEA
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Narrow waterway : RIA
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Agcy. overseeing Rx's : FDA

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

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