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New York Times, Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Author:
Michelle Kenney and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
43-Across : "___ be my pleasure"
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19/5/20171
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Michelle Kenney
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
11411.6292255%
Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 77, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Kenney. This is puzzle # 73 for Mr. Chen. Tuesday freshness: 98%
Constructor notes:
Michelle Kenney: When I was a freshman in college, I told my advisor that I wanted to write crossword puzzles for money someday, only to have ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I enjoy working with new constructors, and I really enjoy it when they're like Michelle. Open to feedback, never quitting, willing to work as ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times9/5/17 ( No. 24,773 )
Across
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What some castles are made of : SAND
5
Goaded (on) : EGGED
10
Clock setting for an alarm : AMPM
14
2015 "Rocky" sequel : CREED
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String quartet member : VIOLA
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Unadorned : BARE
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Honolulu-based carrier, informally : HAWAIIANAIR
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Corp. money managers : CFOS
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"Big Blue" : IBM
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Like caves with streams running through them : DANK
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Early Uber policy unpopular with drivers : NOTIPS
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"Coke is it!" or "Say 'Pepsi, please'" : SLOGAN
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Piece of pottery featuring Achilles, say : GREEKVASE
30
Interoffice notes : MEMOS
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They're heard but not seen : SOUNDS
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Firecracker that goes pfft : DUD
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Money owed : DEBT
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Ike's monogram : DDE
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Cut (off) : LOP
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Break ... such as at the middle of 18-, 27-, 50- or 58-Across? : INTERMISSION
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___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
41
Perch for a ball : TEE
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Humble response to a compliment : ITRY
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"___ be my pleasure" : ITD
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"There's something else you should know ..." : OHWAIT
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Desert refuge : OASIS
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Military bottoms, informally : CAMOPANTS
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How you can shop without leaving home : ONLINE
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In the thick of : AMIDST
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Getting close, in a guessing game : WARM
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Trail Blazers' org. : NBA
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Bar mitzvah, e.g. : RITE
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Made snappy comments : WISECRACKED
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Meter or liter : UNIT
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Rose petal oil : ATTAR
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Enrique Peña ___, Mexican president beginning in 2012 : NIETO
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Their maximum scores are 1600 : SATS
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Word before "wrong" or "welcome" : YOURE
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Bummer : DRAG
Down
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Serious rift : SCHISM
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Supportive of cultivation : ARABLE
3
One may attend a class on parenting : NEWMOM
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Antismuggling org. : DEA
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Actress ___ Rachel Wood : EVAN
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Tree whose leaves appear in many Chinese fossils : GINKGO
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___ long way : GOA
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Certain Ivy Leaguer : ELI
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Utmost, informally : DARNEDEST
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"Fresh Off the Boat" network : ABCTV
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Certain crime boss : MAFIADON
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Stops from slipping : PROPSUP
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Fooled (around) : MESSED
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Played some tunes, say : DIDASET
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McKellen of "The Hobbit" : IAN
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Gives the nod : OKS
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Emphatic rejection : GODNO
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Fashion designer Gernreich : RUDI
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Says "You and I are done," e.g. : ENDSIT
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Scattered : STREWN
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"Fine then!" : BETHATWAY
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Unwavering, as a friend : LOYAL
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"O.K., you got me" : IADMITIT
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Paleo diet staple : MEAT
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Tony Stark's alter ego in comics and movies : IRONMAN
40
Staying power : STAMINA
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Mythical figure who flew too close to the sun : ICARUS
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Special ___ (unconventional missions) : OPS
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"Cross my heart and hope to die!" : ISWEAR
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Baseball pitch that suddenly drops : SINKER
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Not quite ready for full release : INBETA
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Old salt : SEADOG
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Clifford who wrote "Golden Boy" : ODETS
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Bruin hockey legend : ORR
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Something to build on : ACRE
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Japanese figure skater Midori : ITO
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Nickname formed by three consecutive letters of the alphabet : STU
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El ___ (Spanish hero) : CID

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