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New York Times, Friday, September 6, 2019

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
52-Across : Plains natives
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Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 75 for Mr. Diehl. Friday freshness: 36%
Mark Diehl notes:
I was on an include-a-number kick when I constructed this puzzle, so it all started with 3 MUSKETEERS BARS crossing C3PO. Toying with ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
What's this, Mark Diehl on a Friday? The man renowned for his diabolical Saturday creations treats us to an easier Friday. And talk ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times9/6/19 ( No. 25,504 )
Across
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Blue dye : ANIL
5
Person in a "Class of ..." : ALUM
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Bad response from an audience : HISS
13
Snack items from Hostess : SUZYQCAKES
16
Nordqvist of the L.P.G.A. : ANNA
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Snack item from Reese's : PEANUTBUTTERCUP
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Skirts : EVADES
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Heads to Nome, say : LEADDOGS
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They have teeth but don't bite : RAKES
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Red ___ : HERRING
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Motors (around) : TOOLS
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Part of a makeup artist's kit : TONER
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People working at home : UMPS
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Back on board? : DEE
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Barn dance call : DOSIDO
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2002 George Clooney film set in space : SOLARIS
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Listen here! : WIRETAP
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Celiac concern : GLUTEN
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Honey : BAE
39
Half ___ (Yosemite attraction) : DOME
40
Not blackball, say : ADMIT
41
French day named after the Roman god of war : MARDI
43
Kimono fabric : BROCADE
45
"I'm here if you have any questions" : ASKME
50
Kind of force generated by the earth's rotation : CORIOLIS
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Plains natives : OMAHAS
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Snack items from Mars : 3MUSKETEERSBARS
55
Hide : PELT
56
Snack item from Nabisco : OREOCOOKIE
57
Pair of 11s? : ONES
58
Actress Best of old Hollywood : EDNA
59
Spam comes in them : TINS
Down
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In line with : ASPER
2
___ España (old colonial domain) : NUEVA
3
Walton who wrote "The Compleat Angler" : IZAAK
4
Paul who was the longtime "center square" on "Hollywood Squares" : LYNDE
5
Bills no more : ACTS
6
Setting in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" : LAB
7
Marilyn Monroe played one in "Some Like It Hot" : UKULELE
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They're fed by the street : METERS
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Unsentimental : HARDNOSED
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Undercover : INCOGNITO
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Very close : SNUG
12
Dim bulbs : SAPS
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Knight's undertaking : QUEST
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Part of the Hardee's logo : STAR
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Important movie credit : EDITOR
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Weeds, say : HOES
24
God who gave an eye in his search for wisdom : ODIN
26
Traditional product of North Holland : EDAM
27
It may be looped for a throw : ROPE
28
Green-conscious grp. : USGA
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Creation of a dentist or a potter : MOLD
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Surveyor's instrument : PLUMBRULE
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Horace and Juvenal, for two : SATIRISTS
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Went pffft! : DIED
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Gained back, as ground : RETOOK
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Suffix with kitchen : WARE
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Satan's spawn : BADSEED
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École teacher : MAITRE
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Response to a disbeliever : IAMSO
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Title female role in Shakespeare, informally : CLEO
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Wooden shoe : SABOT
47
Business casual material : KHAKI
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California county containing Muir Woods : MARIN
49
Trouble for Sylvester the Cat : ESSES
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Sci-fi character who claims fluency in more than six million forms of communication : C3PO
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It's a sign : OMEN
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Killer whale : ORCA
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Phanerozoic ___ (current period in the earth's history) : EON

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

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