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New York Times, Monday, July 12, 2021

Author:
Kevin Christian
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
14-Across : It makes an auto shine
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Kevin Christian

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} Spans: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Christian. Monday freshness: 64%
Kevin Christian notes:
This puzzle started as a collaboration with Gareth Bain. I came up with three of the four theme answers. Gareth came up with ALBERTO ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Such a solid example of a "hidden words" theme. Kevin does it by the book, each AFRICAn country embedded within a colorful phrase, ... read more
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A
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M
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P
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C
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A
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P
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T
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A
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D
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L
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R
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B
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H
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L
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O
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G
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L
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T
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O
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O
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B
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J
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H
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A
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L
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A
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B
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P
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G
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S
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O
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B
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B
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N
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O
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D
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C
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© 2021, The New York Times7/12/21 ( No. 26,179 )
Across
1
Hard to understand : ARCANE
7
Vegan protein source : TOFU
11
Electric guitarist's need : AMP
14
It makes an auto shine : CARWAX
15
Spirited horse : ARAB
16
Luau finger food : POI
17
Song lyric before "short and stout" : IMALITTLETEAPOT
20
Turn down, as lights : DIM
21
"Check this out!" : LOOK
22
Out of practice : RUSTY
23
"The Simpsons" character voiced by Nancy Cartwright : BART
24
___ to the throne : HEIR
26
Attorney general under George W. Bush : ALBERTOGONZALES
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Sully : TAINT
34
1960s Ron Howard TV role : OPIE
35
Eggs in a fertility lab : OVA
36
End of a cigarette or rifle : BUTT
37
Were in accord : JIBED
39
Nephew of Donald Duck : HUEY
40
Number that never goes down : AGE
41
Morrison who said "A writer's life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity" : TONI
42
Some pork cuts : LOINS
43
Appeasing, idiomatically : THROWINGABONETO
47
Writes : PENS
48
Gape : GAWK
49
What designated drivers should be : SOBER
52
Taurus symbol : BULL
53
Give silent approval : NOD
56
Grilled Japanese dish on skewers : CHICKENYAKITORI
60
What a dipstick measures the level of : OIL
61
Prep for publication : EDIT
62
Where this puzzle's circled letters can be found : AFRICA
63
Part of the body that's stubbed : TOE
64
Trick : DUPE
65
___ network : NEURAL
Down
1
The "A" of DNA : ACID
2
Oscar-winning Malek : RAMI
3
Do some last-minute studying : CRAM
4
Leatherworker's pointed tool : AWL
5
Fancy work from a manicurist : NAILART
6
Squeeze money from : EXTORT
7
Format of much AM radio : TALK
8
Metal in a mine : ORE
9
What Jack Sprat couldn't eat, in a nursery rhyme : FAT
10
Transform using mobile technology, as a market : UBERIZE
11
TikTok and Zoom, for two : APPS
12
Not worth debating : MOOT
13
Feel sorry for : PITY
18
Band with the 1983 #1 hit "62-Across" : TOTO
19
Surrounding glow : AURA
23
Like the wire in paper clips : BENT
24
"Cross my heart and ___ to die" : HOPE
25
Oklahoma city : ENID
26
Facing the pitcher : ATBAT
27
Ha-ha : LAUGH
28
Dog to avoid : BITER
29
Pull out all the stops : GOBIG
30
Nephew of Donald Duck : LOUIE
31
100- or 200-meter, e.g. : EVENT
32
Final authority : SAYSO
37
Enlist : JOIN
38
Quaint lodgings : INNS
39
Sound of a car or goose : HONK
41
Brought up the rear? : TWERKED
42
Disreputable sort : LOWLIFE
44
International grp. with a 1970s U.S. embargo : OPEC
45
Water: Sp. : AGUA
46
Southeast Europe's ___ Peninsula : BALKAN
49
Person who may speak with a brogue : SCOT
50
Home of Cincinnati : OHIO
51
Ill humor : BILE
52
Unit that may be preceded by kilo-, mega- or giga- : BYTE
53
Black: Fr. : NOIR
54
Killer whale : ORCA
55
Telephone : DIAL
57
Univ. URL ending : EDU
58
___ in the bud : NIP
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___TV (cable channel with "Impractical Jokers") : TRU

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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