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New York Times, Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
17-Across : What the beat cop didn't want to be?
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {DJKQVWXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 105 for Ms. Gamache. Tuesday freshness: 92%
Jeff Chen notes:
Puns on *LESS words today. I really liked the ones involving a drastic change to the first part of the word, SEAMLESS my favorite. So ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times8/2/16 ( No. 24,374 )
Across
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Reaction to a crack : HAHA
5
Pickled garnish : CAPER
10
Briton of old : PICT
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"Uh-huh, sure it is" : IBET
15
Fashion cut : ALINE
16
___ about (approximately) : ONOR
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What the beat cop didn't want to be? : COLLARLESS
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"Good heavens!" : OHMY
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Sheer : PURE
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What the 1920s Yankees didn't want to be? : RUTHLESS
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Christopher Robin's creator : MILNE
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No friend : FOE
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Sparkling effect : ECLAT
27
Martha's Vineyard alternative : THECAPE
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Serving goofs in tennis : FAULTS
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"Wow!" : GOSH
31
Generally speaking : ASARULE
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Short albums, for short : EPS
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What the museum curator didn't want to be? : ARTLESS
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Have a bawl : SOB
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Try to answer or estimate : GUESSAT
40
Onetime Nintendo rival : SEGA
41
Harbor high hopes : ASPIRE
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"Good heavens!" : MYSTARS
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Tibetan capital : LHASA
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Apple devices run on it : IOS
49
V and X, on a sundial : TIMES
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What the G.I. didn't want to be? : BASELESS
52
Phone : CALL
53
Business letter abbr. : ENCL
54
What the trial attorney didn't want to be? : MOTIONLESS
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Mideast money : RIAL
59
Incoming text ding, e.g. : ALERT
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___ ID : USER
61
Chaucer offering : TALE
62
Cartoonist Trudeau : GARRY
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Pro bono spots, briefly : PSAS
Down
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Sot's sound : HIC
2
Blood-typing letters : ABO
3
What the mansion owner didn't want to be? : HELPLESS
4
Out for a bite, maybe : ATLUNCH
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Worry : CARE
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100% : ALL
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Painter ___ di Cosimo : PIERO
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Happen next : ENSUE
9
Chill : REST
10
It has a tip for players in the game room : POOLCUE
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Suffering, figuratively : INHELL
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Orbiting info relayer : COMSAT
13
Assignations : TRYSTS
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Something a line lacks : AREA
22
Makes better : HEALS
23
Part of F.N.M.A.: Abbr. : MTGE
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Denny's alternative : IHOP
25
Fun gatherings : FESTS
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Gay ___ : PAREE
29
Rigidly old-fashioned : FUSTY
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Lou Gehrig's disease, for short : ALS
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Bawls (out) : REAMS
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Heard only : AURAL
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What the coal company didn't want to be? : SEAMLESS
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Tyrannical sort : OGRE
38
One who can't hit high pitches? : BASS
39
Princess in Disney's "Enchanted" : GISELLE
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Not yet slumbering : STILLUP
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Queen Victoria's husband : ALBERT
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"Any Man of Mine" singer Twain : SHANIA
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French mathematician Blaise : PASCAL
45
Tennis great Smith : STAN
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Sicilia, for one : ISOLA
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Blender maker : OSTER
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Online publication, informally : EMAG
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Big name in perfumery : COTY
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Like some mdse. marked "as is" : IRR
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It has arms and waves : SEA
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Commencement participants: Abbr. : SRS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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