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New York Times, Sunday, June 26, 2016

Author:
Priscilla Clark and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
56-Across : Lead-in to dealer or dialer
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Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Clark. This is puzzle # 53 for Mr. Chen. Sunday freshness: 1%
Constructor notes:
PRISCILLA: To finally get a puzzle into the New York Times! I had been trying for years, always for a Sunday because they offered so many more theme possibilities. Some of the time Will ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Will sends some newbie constructors my way, usually when they have a decent idea but can't provide him with a satisfactory grid. I like going back and forth with the person as we trade ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times6/26/16 ( No. 24,337 )
Across
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Foyer fixture : COATRACK
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Paratroopers' gear : CHUTES
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Building material for an 80-Across (in two different ways?) : ADOBE
20
Unsympathetic response to a complainer : OHBOOHOO
21
Warhol's "Campbell's Tomato Juice Box," e.g. : POPART
22
Italian vessel? : CRUET
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Conflict at sea : MARINERSBATTLEPIRATES
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Asia's ___ Sea : ARAL
27
Geological flat top : MESA
28
Staple at a luau : POI
29
Orange Pixar character : NEMO
30
Main character in Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" : SAMSA
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River ___ (tributary of the Thames) : LEA
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Balls or fire preceder : SPIT
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Way off : AFAR
40
Decides, in a way : VOTESON
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Dura ___ (brain membrane) : MATER
46
"That's more than I want to know!" : TMI
47
Parenting problem at a zoo : TIGERSCANTHANDLECUBS
52
Luke Skywalker's landspeeder, e.g. : HOVERCAR
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Spill one's secrets : SING
54
"The Governator" : ARNIE
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Focus of study for Niels Bohr : ATOM
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Lead-in to dealer or dialer : AUTO
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Winter Palace resident : TSAR
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Particulars, in slang : DEETS
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Logician's word : NOR
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Show weariness : SAG
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Eight days after the nones : IDES
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Choice word? : EENIE
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Cold War synopsis : YANKEESDEFEATREDS
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Rimes with rhymes : LEANN
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Othello, for one : MOOR
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"Kewl!" : RAD
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Catch : NAB
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See 15-Across : ABODE
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It may be recounted : TALE
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Be highly esteemed : RATE
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Not mad : SANE
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Roger Bannister, notably : MILER
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Word repeated in James Brown's "It's a ___ ___ ___ World" : MANS
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"Please show some compassion!" : HAVEPITY
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Show of respect at the Vatican : PADRESBOWTOCARDINALS
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Wood in Lucius Malfoy's wand : ELM
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Dear one? : DIARY
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Rapt : FOCUSED
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Twosome : DYAD
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Incapacitate, in a way : TASE
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"Inside the N.B.A." airer : TNT
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Yemen, once : SHEBA
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Subj. for a radio astronomer : SETI
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One in a gray suit, for short : REB
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Most-applied-to sch. in the U.S. : UCLA
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Split pair : EXES
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Overthrow of a monarchy : NATIONALSTOPPLEROYALS
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Smart ___ : ALECK
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Only guest host in the 21 years of Leno's "The Tonight Show" : COURIC
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It requires a balancing act : UNICYCLE
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City of Light, informally : PAREE
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Gives the old heave-ho : EXPELS
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Faulty connections? : BADDATES
Down
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Food ___ (feelings after big meals) : COMAS
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John who wrote "Appointment in Samarra" : OHARA
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Hussein : Obama :: ___ : Garfield : ABRAM
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"Through many dangers, ___ and snares I have already come" ("Amazing Grace" lyric) : TOILS
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Burgundy of "Anchorman" : RON
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"Pardon ..." : AHEM
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Heart : CORE
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Big name in headphones : KOSS
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Number cruncher, for short : CPA
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Short shorts : HOTPANTS
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Until : UPTO
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The Seal of Solomon and others : TALISMANS
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Before, poetically : ERE
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Letters on many a racecar : STP
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Part of a plot : ACRE
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___ queen : DRAMA
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Pitched poorly : OUTOFTUNE
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Queen ___ : BEE
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SAT org. : ETS
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Raft material : BALSA
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Pentium creator : INTEL
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Profess : AVER
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Long stretch : EON
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Supercontinent of 200 million years ago : PANGAEA
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"___ be my pleasure" : ITD
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Scope : AMBIT
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Climbs : RISES
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World of Warcraft beast : ORC
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Waver of a wand : TSAAGENT
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Bathroom tile shade : ECRU
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Prepped : READIED
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Cowardly Lion harasser : TOTO
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Bathroom bar : IVORY
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The Pink Panther, in "The Pink Panther" : GEM
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Takes the place of, in batting : HITSFOR
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Seventh film in the "Rocky" series : CREED
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___ characters (basic means of writing Chinese) : HAN
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"___ the season ..." : TIS
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Leftover : ODDMENT
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Hardly original works : RETREADS
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Curled one's lip : SNEERED
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Police blotter letters : AKA
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Fair-hiring inits. : EEO
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Org. with the Eddie Eagle safety program : NRA
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Tree with catkins : ALDER
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Charms : ENAMORS
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Long stretch : ERA
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Delicacy usually eaten as an appetizer : SNAIL
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Marching band? : ANTS
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Queen ___ (pop music nickname) : BEY
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Stoked : AMPED
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Deli roll : BIALY
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Rubens or Raphael : OLDMASTER
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Gets fitted for a suit? : LAWYERSUP
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Drive-___ : THRU
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Pool site : SPA
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Leave runny on the inside, say : SOFTBOIL
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Compete : VIE
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Leftovers : ENDS
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Once-common campus event : SITIN
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Welcome to the fold? : BAA
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Downside : CON
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Go haywire : ACTUP
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Clear for takeoff? : DEICE
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OutKast chart-topper : HEYYA
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On the button : EXACT
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Southern beauty : BELLE
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Low mounts? : ASSES
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Take a hit : TOKE
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Sein : German :: ___ : French : ETRE
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Cotton or country follower : CLUB
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Siberian river : LENA
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Dry : ARID
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Time out? : NAP
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___ russe : ALA
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A card? : ACE
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Deli offering : LOX
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Alternatives to Macs : PCS
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What a constant hand-washer probably has, for short : OCD

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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