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GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER

New York Times, Sunday, September 15, 2019

Author:
Andrew Kingsley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Prop for a belly dancer
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 85 Missing: {JQX} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Kingsley. Sunday freshness: 32%
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Andrew Kingsley is a 2019 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a master's degree in education. His thesis was on how ninth-grade boys learn to think about aspects of identity ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times9/15/19 ( No. 25,513 )
Across
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Cookbook amt. : TBSP
5
"Careful where you watch this," in emails : NSFW
9
Wonder Woman foe : ARES
13
Canned brand : ALPO
17
"The ___ U Give" (2018 film) : HATE
18
Pro Football Hall of Fame locale : OHIO
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Sugar serving : LUMP
20
Claimed : SAID
21
Pound who wrote "Literature is news that stays news" : EZRA
22
Piece of cake? : TIER
23
Prop for a belly dancer : VEIL
24
"As I Lay Dying" father : ANSE
25
Something big in 1950s autodom : TAILFIN
27
___ Lane, home of the Muffin Man : DRURY
31
Marine mollusks that cling to rocks : LIMPETS
33
Symbol of strength : OAK
34
666, perhaps : OMEN
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Mimic : APE
37
Yahoo!, but not "Yahoo!" : SITE
38
Trig calculation : COS
39
It's a first : PREMIERE
41
F.D.R.'s job-creating agcy. : WPA
42
Film monster originally intended as a metaphor for nuclear weapons : GODZILLA
44
Zip : ZEST
45
"Way to go, team!" : WEDIDIT
48
Fashion brand with a rhinoceros logo : ECKO
49
Feature of many a state flag : MOTTO
50
Acclaimed 2017 biography subtitled "The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror" : LENIN
51
Childish comeback : CANSO
53
Diplomacy : FINESSE
55
Called for : PAGED
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Major accidents : PILEUPS
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Taiwanese computer giant : ACER
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___ bull : PAPAL
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Hoodwinks : DUPES
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"King Kong" co-star : WRAY
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Quattroporte and GranTurismo : MASERATIS
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Ballpark with the Home Run Apple : CITIFIELD
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Are loath to : DARENOT
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Issued : SENTOUT
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1980s TV ET : ALF
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Emperor who, in actuality, played the lyre, not the violin : NERO
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Suffix in Suffolk : ISE
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Lady Vols' home: Abbr. : TENN
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Sound investment? : AMP
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Let the air out? : BURP
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Posted warning near mountains : STEEPROAD
86
Lead-in to bargain or deal : PLEA
87
Actress Foy of Netflix's "The Crown" : CLAIRE
90
Notable Nixon gesture : VSIGN
91
Guzzles : SWILLS
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Fort ___ (where Billy the Kid was killed) : SUMNER
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More streaked, as marble : VEINIER
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Principles : TENETS
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Eight things that most spiders have : EYES
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Barack Obama's mother : ANN
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Lacto-___-vegetarian : OVO
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Black : INKY
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Hole number : PAR
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Vaulted : LEAPT
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It's bedazzling : OPART
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Stopper, of a sort : CAP
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N.A.A.C.P. ___ Award : IMAGE
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It's a tragedy when seen in close-up but a comedy in the long shot, per Charlie Chaplin : LIFE
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Co-star of 2011's "Bridesmaids" : WIIG
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Home of the Herald : MIAMI
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Memo taker : NOTER
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Flanged fastener : TNUT
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Promgoer's concern, maybe : ACNE
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John of "The Addams Family" : ASTIN
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Ring bearers? : TREES
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It's not a good look : OGLE
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Handbook info, for short : REGS
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Doctors' orders : DOSES
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Upstart's goal : THETOP
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Istanbul's Grand ___ : BAZAAR
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Perfect places for bowlers to aim? : STRIKEZONES
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Ring : PEAL
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Comment when you need a serious comeback at the end of a bowling game? : NOTIMETOSPARE
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What a slug may leave behind? : SHINER
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Bygone cry of outrage : FIE
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"You got that right!" : WORD
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___ Singer ("Annie Hall" protagonist) : ALVY
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French way : RUE
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Estevez of "The Breakfast Club" : EMILIO
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Whether to aim at 7 or 10, in bowling? : SPLITDECISION
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"Chop-chop!" : ASAP
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Disappointing news for a bowler? : LANECLOSURE
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Colt, maybe : PISTOL
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City in Texas or Ukraine : ODESSA
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Forces (upon) : FOISTS
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Short end of the stick : RAWDEAL
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Raising : UPPING
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Prepared : READIED
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Smoky agave spirit : MEZCAL
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Big advertising catchword : NEW
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Police rank: Abbr. : SGT
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Like some poetry : METERED
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"You didn't fool me!" : IKNEWIT
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Geographical anagram of ASLOPE : ELPASO
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Bring on : INDUCE
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Material found in countertops : MICA
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Birthstone of some Scorpios : OPAL
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Close kin, casually : FAM
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Lotus-___ (figures in the "Odyssey") : EATERS
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Stroked : PETTED
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Code for the busiest airport in Australia : SYD
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___ blanc : PINOT
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Niña companion : PINTA
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Projected, as a film : RAN
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First word across in the world's first crossword (1913) : FUN
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Relates : TIESIN
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Director Leone of spaghetti westerns : SERGIO
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Pre-K group? : ABCS
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Knockout : LULU
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Pace at which bowlers complete their games? : FRAMERATE
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"Wheel of Fortune" option : SPIN
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Hip bowling enthusiasts? : ALLEYCATS
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Go from one state to another? : MELT
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"Family Feud" option : PASS
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Like some car air fresheners : PINY
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Action-packed : EVENTFUL
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What people who agree speak with : ONEVOICE
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Like breast cancer awareness ribbons : PINK
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Three-___ (long movies, once) : REELERS
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Highland language : ERSE
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Mix up : STIR
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Changed like Ophelia in "Hamlet" : WENTMAD
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Modern activity banned in most high schools : VAPING
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Rodeo activity : ROPING
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Ben & Jerry's buy : PINT
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Beloved: Lat. : AMOR
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Adele, voicewise : ALTO
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Quite a long time : AGES
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Friendly femme : AMIE
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Bowlers' targets ... 10 of which can be found appropriately arranged in this puzzle : PINS
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"Gosh!" : GEE
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When Bastille Day occurs : ETE
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Major operation? : WAR
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Prefix with -morphic : ISO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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