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New York Times, Friday, June 9, 2017

Author:
Steve Overton
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
44-Across : Mars, but not Earth
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Steve Overton

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Overton. Friday freshness: 63%
Steve Overton notes:
Greetings, solvers. Just a bit of snarky, frivolous, late-week fun. Never seen the phrase YOUR OTHER LEFT in a crossword before, felt ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Great feature entry in YOUR OTHER LEFT. Hard to parse out, and such a fun clue: [Not right, sarcastically]. The wordplay around the ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times6/9/17 ( No. 24,685 )
Across
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Road movie producer? : DASHCAM
8
Brokerage famous for its "spokesbaby" : ETRADE
14
It'll give you a break : ENTERKEY
16
Movie villain modeled after Ernst Stavro Blofeld : DREVIL
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"Nailed it!" : PERFECTO
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Home of the Red Cross : GENEVA
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Overplay a part : EMOTE
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Fields of energy : AURAS
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-1, for sine: Abbr. : MIN
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Small drinks : NIPS
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Unwelcome kind of message : ERROR
25
Terse refusal : CANT
26
"Was ist ___?" : DAS
27
Where Manila is : LUZON
28
Apple apparatus : CORER
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Unit of brilliance? : CARAT
30
Aussie girl : SHEILA
31
Out for a week or two, say : AWAYONHOLIDAY
34
Tie-ups : SNARLS
35
Flight attendants point them out : EXITS
36
Mañana preceder : HASTA
37
Hat features : BRIMS
38
Natl. Women's History Month : MAR
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Really long : ACHE
42
Sweet, in scores : DOLCE
43
Story with many parts : SAGA
44
Mars, but not Earth : GOD
45
Long-distance call? : YODEL
46
Seltzer, e.g. : MIXER
47
With 9-Down, Spanish leaders? : UNODOS
49
Like "Roma," to Romans : FEMININE
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It can dirty your Windows : ADWARE
52
Rears : TAILENDS
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Fulminated : RANTED
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"Easy peasy" : NOSWEAT
Down
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Count (on) : DEPEND
2
Lack of oomph : ANEMIA
3
Razor sharpeners : STROPS
4
Weighs, in a way : HEFTS
5
Manitoba tribe : CREE
6
Lab grp. : AKC
7
Famous introduction that was never actually used : METARZAN
8
Mystery prize : EDGAR
9
See 47-Across : TRES
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"Star Wars" villain Kylo ___ : REN
11
Mass number : AVEMARIA
12
From on high : DIVINELY
13
Korean compact : ELANTRA
15
Not right, sarcastically : YOUROTHERLEFT
21
Ginny's brother, in the Harry Potter books : RON
24
They may have images of Mozart and Cervantes : EUROS
25
Some University of Virginia undergrads in 1969, for the first time : COEDS
27
1972 top 10 hit that ran for 7+ minutes : LAYLA
28
Markers : CHITS
29
Garçon's offering : CARTE
30
Snail trail : SLIME
31
Rain forest menace : ANACONDA
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Chase with a drink : WASHDOWN
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Household brand famous for its infomercials : OXICLEAN
34
Austin Powers's car with a portmanteau name : SHAGUAR
37
Dad ___ : BOD
38
Rep. Waters of California : MAXINE
39
Set of priorities : AGENDA
40
Like AB negative among blood types : RAREST
42
Treated, in a way : DOSED
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Might : SINEW
45
Time long ago : YORE
46
Units of wire thickness : MILS
48
"Who ___?" : DAT
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Italian possessive : MIO

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