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New York Times, Sunday, July 19, 2020

Author:
Wyna Liu
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
109-Across : Celebrity ... but just barely
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Wyna Liu

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 68 Missing: {JQVX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Liu. Sunday freshness: 86%
Will Shortz notes:
Wyna Liu, of New York City, is an artist and jewelry designer working with magnets and tensegrity. (You can see examples of her craft at wynaliu.com.) She has been solving crosswords for ... read more
Wyna Liu notes:
The theme for this puzzle came to me in December 2017, almost a year before I started constructing crosswords. In January 2019, after sitting on it for a while and making my first few ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
The first time I saw this concept, it blew my mind. I was so, so, so stuck ... until everything flipped and I roared on to glorious victory! Variations on this theme have been done many ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

TENSEGRITY has never appeared in an NYT crossword, but you can see an example on Wyna Liu's beautiful website.

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© 2020, The New York Times7/19/20 ( No. 25,821 )
Across
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Ones out of this world, for short : ETS
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Club setting for scenes in "GoodFellas" and "Raging Bull" : THECOPA
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Something pressed in an emergency : PANICBAR
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___ Lee (dessert brand) : SARA
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Gets better : HEALSUP
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Oppressive dominance : IRONRULE
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*Performers who set the bar high? : TRAPPARTISTS
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*Go-getter's maxim : CCTHEDAY
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In a way : OFSORTS
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Eves : NITES
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One-named Grammy-winning singer : SADE
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Worried exclamation from Astro on "The Jetsons" : RUHROH
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Writer and film critic James : AGEE
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Platinum-selling rapper-turned-TV cop : ICET
33
Sr.'s hurdle : GRE
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English cathedral city : ELY
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Brand with a jingle to the "Dragnet" theme : TUMS
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*Public health agency's mission : DIZZCONTROL
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Part of a ventilation system : AIRDUCT
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Actress and civil rights activist Ruby ___ : DEE
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Boors : YAHOOS
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*Feature of a Chippendales show : STRIPTT
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Fix the colors on, say : RETOUCH
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Boor : BRUTE
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Special orders on new autos : TRIMS
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It means well in Italy : BENE
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P.R. event : PHOTOOP
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Smooth sailing : EASE
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Gas numbers : OCTANES
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Bug : WIRETAP
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Stand-up comic Wong : ALI
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*Places for coasters : AMUUMENTPARKS
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Move in a hurry, quaintly : HIE
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Best horse of the 20th century, per The Associated Press : MANOWAR
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Language spoken on Easter Island : RAPANUI
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Jazz's Jackson : MILT
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Matriarch's title, maybe : GRANDMA
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Chats away : GABS
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Large musical combo : NONET
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Spud : TATER
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Palate cleansers between courses : SORBETS
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*How to screw in a light bulb : CLOCKYY
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Common chords : TRIADS
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"I didn't need to know that" : TMI
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Tries hard : STRAINS
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*What keeps up standards in the radio business? : OLDDSTATION
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Temple cabinets : ARKS
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End of many addresses : COM
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Pioneer of detective fiction : POE
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Reed in a pit : OBOE
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A while back : ONCE
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Author/magazine editor Welteroth : ELAINE
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Singer/activist Horne : LENA
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Half of a record : SIDEA
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Celebrity ... but just barely : DLISTER
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*"Holy moly!" : GGLOUISE
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*Occasion for hiding in the dark : SURPRIIPARTY
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In trouble, metaphorically : UPACREEK
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Genre for the Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair : ALTROCK
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Beat poem allegedly inspired by a peyote vision : HOWL
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Carpentry contraption : SAWHORSE
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Words of understanding : YESISEE
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Italian diminutive suffix : INO
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Lengthy reprimand, so to speak : EARFUL
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Lowbrow : TRASHY
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Taste : SAPOR
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"Ouch!" : THATHURT
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Half of some matching sets : HERS
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Put away : EAT
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Hold tightly : CLING
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National Medal of Arts winner Davis : OSSIE
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Played miniature golf : PUTTED
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Altar place : APSE
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Snap : PIC
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Inverse trig function : ARCSEC
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Choking hazard label : NOTATOY
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How TV shows may be shown : INHD
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Some Montanans : CREE
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Plant part : BUD
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___ king : ALA
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Spanish chess piece : REY
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Put away for later : STORE
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Expert advice : PROTIPS
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Evaluate, as an opponent : SIZEUP
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Phoenix sch. : ASU
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Like polka : CZECH
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What sheep participate in : GROUPTHINK
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Plant part : ROOT
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Alternatively : ELSE
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Summer hrs. in Colorado : MDT
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Words of commitment : IDO
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Pyle's portrayer on "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." : NABORS
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Pang : THROE
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Love, in Lyon : AIME
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Defeat soundly : CREAM
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Couple of fins : TENNER
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Head of ___ : STEAM
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Happy refrain : TRALA
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National economic prosperity, metaphorically : RISINGTIDE
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Adolescent : TEENAGE
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"What's up?," in textspeak : HOWRU
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A.C. measure : BTU
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First man, in Maori mythology : TIKI
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Oil-rich nation that's not in OPEC : OMAN
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Sour milk product : CURDS
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Cathedral in N.Y.C. : STPATS
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"Revelations" choreographer : AILEY
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Small, in a way : PETTY
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Oscars, e.g. : AWARDS
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Blue Ribbon brand : PABST
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It's found in a key: Abbr. : ANS
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Mountain nymph of Greek myth : OREAD
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Comfy shoes, for short : MOCS
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Writing on many a license plate : MOTTO
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Opposing forces in Risk : ARMIES
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Preventing spills, say : NONSLIP
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Sporty option : TTOP
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Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
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H.S. class : BIO
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Monopoly token : CAR
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Have a serious crush on, informally : LIKELIKE
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Less expressive : STONIER
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Issa of "Insecure" : RAE
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Puts down : ABASES
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Little bump : NODULE
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Ancestor of the modern lemon and lime : CITRON
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Ring combo : ONETWO
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She played "the devil" Miranda in "The Devil Wears Prada" : MERYL
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"Dagnabbit!" : NERTS
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Kind of pants : CAPRI
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Japanese beer brand : ASAHI
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Partially landlocked bay : LOCH
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Drachma replacement : EURO
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"My word!" : ISAY
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Five of these are needed to play Yahtzee : DICE
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Astronaut Grissom : GUS
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Transcript fig. : GPA
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Topic discussed by the bar : LAW
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Barely manage, with "out" : EKE
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Children's author Asquith : ROS

Answer summary:
15 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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