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New York Times, Friday, June 29, 2018

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
49-Across : "This is killing me!"
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 83 for Mr. Steinberg. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Friday freshness: 22%
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© 2018, The New York Times6/29/18 ( No. 25,070 )
Across
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"Voilà!" : BADABINGBADABOOM
17
Invisible social group : IMAGINARYFRIENDS
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Napoleon's foe at Waterloo : DUKEOFWELLINGTON
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"Telephone Line" band, informally : ELO
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Knighted conductor : SOLTI
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Reserve squad : BTEAM
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Head of Napoleon's army? : TETE
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They provide quarters for dollars : INNS
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___ leches cake : TRES
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Some bucks : STAGS
30
2014-15 dance craze : NAENAE
33
"Yeah, yeah, little ___" (repeated line in a 1964 hit) : GTO
34
Underground crop : YAMS
36
7-Eleven treats : SLURPEES
38
Hannibal's foe in the Second Punic War : SCIPIO
41
Package of Linux software, informally : DISTRO
42
Decide randomly : CASTLOTS
45
Amusingly ironic : RICH
46
Kind of financing : APR
47
Anastasia ___, woman in "Fifty Shades of Grey" : STEELE
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"This is killing me!" : AARGH
53
Romney's 2012 running mate : RYAN
55
Lover of Aphrodite : ARES
56
Contraction that's also a past-tense verb : WERE
57
Development phases : BETAS
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Golden ___ : RATIO
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Ink container : SAC
64
Field for a Hollywood agency : TALENTMANAGEMENT
67
Athlete for whom Portugal's Madeira Airport was renamed : CRISTIANORONALDO
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Overseer of all other systems : MASTERCONTROLLER
Down
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Luxury bathroom features : BIDETS
2
Charm : AMULET
3
___ Territory : DAKOTA
4
122 is a record one : AGE
5
Features on some jackets, in brief : BIOS
6
Dope : INFO
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Where po' boys are eaten : NAWLINS
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___ Green, historic eloping destination : GRETNA
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Journalists' credits : BYLINES
10
Former workers' or sports org. : AFL
11
Tiny bit : DRIB
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"___ It Fun" (2014 Best Rock Song Grammy winner) : AINT
13
Sire : BEGET
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Accurate : ONTARGET
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Middle of a dash? : ODOMETER
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Browser option : MSN
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Land known in the Bible as Mizraim : EGYPT
25
Show filmed in Studio 8H, for short : SNL
27
Just fine : SOSO
29
Wind catchers : SAILS
31
Parent company of Lamborghini : AUDI
32
TV journalist Hill : ERICA
35
No longer important : MOOT
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"Phooey!" : PSHAW
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Memorable line? : SCAR
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Cousin of a guinea pig : CAPYBARA
40
Knesset assembly : ISRAELIS
43
Sweet ___ : TEA
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Mouth-burning chili pepper : SERRANO
45
Shutdown alternative : RESTART
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Get support from : LEANON
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List on eBay, say : RESELL
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Starbucks order size : GRANDE
52
Badger : HECTOR
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Much-criticized trial, briefly : NTEST
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Pot grower? : ANTE
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Rouse : STIR
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Horror movie assistant : IGOR
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Prefix for vintners : OENO
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Channel for cinephiles : TCM
65
Buddy : MAC
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French ailment : MAL

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