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New York Times, Thursday, August 1, 2019

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Across : JKL
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 36 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 1 Scrabble average: 1.88 This is puzzle # 89 for Mr. Merrell. Thursday freshness: 24%
Jeff Chen notes:
A shame that this one came so close behind another alphabetic string puzzle, one executed more elegantly. Patrick's concept works, but ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times8/1/19 ( No. 25,468 )
Across
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Card holder at a casino : SHOE
5
Leave in a hurry : BOLT
9
Sensation : SMASH
14
Artist's collection : PORTFOLIO
16
"Got it, I'm on it," in radio lingo : WILCO
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ABCDE : ABSCONDED
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Warmly lit : AGLOW
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Pasture sound : MOO
20
Stomach problem : GAS
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FGHI : AFGHANI
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Gross amount : SUM
24
Change clothes? : DYE
25
Pronoun in Proverbs : THEE
26
JKL : JUNKPILE
30
Under Prohibition : DRY
32
Tolerable : OKAY
33
Who sings "America" in "West Side Story" : ANITA
35
Prized athlete, for short : MVP
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Bank stamp abbr. : NSF
43
Powerhouse in cricket : INDIA
44
Doesn't delay : ACTS
45
World champion athlete under two different names : ALI
46
QRST : SQUAREST
49
Zipped : SPED
52
Winter Wyoming hrs. : MST
54
Temperature test, of a sort : SIP
55
UVW : PURVIEW
57
Fooled : HAD
58
Long life: Abbr. : CEN
61
When the Lyrid meteor shower occurs : APRIL
62
XYZ : OXYGENIZE
65
TV character who said "Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them" : SPOCK
66
Commute communally : RIDESHARE
67
Standish on the Mayflower : MYLES
68
Passes : DIES
69
Boatful : LOAD
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Food invention of 1937 : SPAM
2
So-called "king of the road" : HOBO
3
Qualifying phrase : ORSO
4
+, briefly : ETC
5
B(r)est friend? : BONAMI
6
Geezers, with "the" : OLDS
7
Concoction : LIE
8
Rush order deadline : TODAY
9
Sponsors' giveaways : SWAG
10
Herculean : MIGHTY
11
Figure also called "the Creator," "the King" and "the All-Seer" : ALLAH
12
Afternoon tea offering : SCONE
13
TV host Mandel : HOWIE
15
What bathroom mirrors may do : FOGUP
22
Gave, as a meal : FEDTO
23
"The ___ the limit" : SKYS
24
One who knows the drill : DENTIST
26
Doe; a Deere? : JOHN
27
Some of them come in "pineapple" and "soprano" varieties, informally : UKES
28
Green one : NAIF
29
Developer's purchase : LAND
31
Specialty of Bad Boy Records : RAP
34
Modern home of the ancient king Gilgamesh : IRAQ
35
They might squeak by : MICE
36
May marchers : VETS
37
Covert come-on : PSST
39
Nice chunk of money : MIL
40
Cartoon genre : ANIME
41
Image on an Irish euro : HARP
45
Counsel : ADVICE
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Accepted applications : USAGES
48
Staffers : AIDES
49
Uncontrolled jerk : SPASM
50
Small part of a pound? : PUPPY
51
Flynn of "Captain Blood" : ERROL
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Symbol of power : SWORD
56
Sorts : ILKS
57
Douglas ___, first president of Ireland : HYDE
58
"So long" : CIAO
59
Poet Pound : EZRA
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Kitchen, for a chef : NEED
63
Common clock topper : XII
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Calgary is in it: Abbr. : NHL

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2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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