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New York Times, Monday, July 4, 2022

Author:
Bruce Haight
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Across : "There's another good reason!"
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Bruce Haight

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 59 for Mr. Haight. Monday freshness: 87%
Bruce Haight notes:
My first try at this puzzle had SUPPLY CHAIN as a theme entry — Lady Liberty is indeed striding over a broken chain, but it is half ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I've been obsessed with football's Statue of Liberty trick play ever since Boise State used it to win the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. Such ... read more
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© 2022, The New York Times7/4/22 ( No. 26,536 )
Across
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French fashion monogram : YSL
4
Completely lose it, with "out" : FREAK
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Did the backstroke, say : SWAM
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Broke a fast : ATE
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Boxing weight with a limit of 118 pounds : BANTAM
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Trifling : MERE
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Handing responsibility to someone else : PASSINGTHETORCH
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Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
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Soothing skin balm : ALOEGEL
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Major accomplishment in baseball or horse racing : TRIPLECROWN
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Sound of a diaphragm spasm : HIC
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Adamant affirmation : YESIDO
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Moe, Larry or Curly : STOOGE
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More's opposite : LESS
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"I think …," to texters : IMHO
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One way to deal with a pain in the neck : ASPIRINTABLET
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Air-conditioner measures, for short : BTUS
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Actor Jared : LETO
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Conan of late-night TV : OBRIEN
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Kansas City baseball team : ROYALS
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"This little piggy" : TOE
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Two interacting communities in the home of a college : TOWNANDGOWN
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"There's another good reason!" : THATTOO
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Historical periods : ERAS
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New York City landmark suggested by the ends of 17-, 22-, 34- and 50-Across : STATUEOFLIBERTY
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Hawaii's ___ Coast : KONA
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One of two on a shirt : SLEEVE
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Suffix with Egypt or Paris : IAN
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Online source of film facts : IMDB
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Threw a party for : FETED
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And so on: Abbr. : ETC
Down
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Threaten, as a little dog might : YAPAT
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Van Gogh's "The ___ Night" : STARRY
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Comic actress Jones, formerly of 32-Down : LESLIE
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Law enforcement org. : FBI
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Campaigned for office : RAN
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London's land: Abbr. : ENG
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Rose petal fragrance : ATTAR
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Mexican artist Frida : KAHLO
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Urban air pollution : SMOG
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Comment while pulling into the driveway : WEREHOME
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Intense illumination, as in old movie projectors : ARCLIGHT
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"That doesn't do much for me" : MEH
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Apes cats? : MEOWS
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Soaks (up) : SOPS
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Protection for an outdoor reception : TENT
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Woman's name that looks like Roman numerals for 51 + 51 : LILI
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River of central Germany : EDER
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Mozart's "___ Fan Tutte" : COSI
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Business bigwig, for short : CEO
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Product of Shell or ExxonMobil : OIL
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NBC comedy show, in brief : SNL
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When it comes down to it : ATBOTTOM
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Steadiness, as in leadership : SUREHAND
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This Greek letter: ψ : PSI
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Trillion: Prefix : TERA
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Lots and lots : ATON
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Woody ___, bartender on "Cheers" : BOYD
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Program that spits out spam : BOT
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Caesar's rebuke to Brutus : ETTU
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Memos : NOTES
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James ___, author who won a posthumous Pulitzer : AGEE
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Country singer Morgan : LORRIE
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Try to hit, as a gnat : SWATAT
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Virginia who wrote "Mrs. Dalloway" : WOOLF
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Free, as a bank account : NOFEE
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"Bye Bye Bye" boy band : NSYNC
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Open ___ (prepare to pay later) : ATAB
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Hit the slopes : SKI
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Permit : LET
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"Now ___ seen everything!" : IVE
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One of three things tried by Goldilocks : BED

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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