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New York Times, Sunday, January 27, 2019

Author:
Randolph Ross
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 134, Blocks: 68 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 110 for Mr. Ross. Sunday freshness: 75%
Randolph Ross notes:
This is my 49th Sunday Times puzzle, and for the first time, I can say I had a glut of possible theme entries. Here are some of the other possibilities that didn't make the ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Ha! The poor MAGICIAN had his tricks confiscated. DIS-ILLUSIONED, shall we say? DIS-PATCHING a TAILOR would certainly be a cause for retirement. And how could a CATTLEMAN work if he had ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

This weekend's Variety puzzle is a form I particularly like called Going Too Far. We have the solution here.

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© 2019, The New York Times1/27/19 ( No. 25,282 )
Across
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Google Calendar, e.g. : WEBAPP
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In addition : ATTHAT
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"Foundation" author : ASIMOV
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Hit 2009 movie set in the 22nd century : AVATAR
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Cry of exasperation : SHEESH
21
When Hamlet dies : ACTFIVE
22
Unemployed salon worker? : DISTRESSEDHAIRDRESSER
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Venusians, e.g., informally : ETS
26
In base 8 : OCTAL
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Bob ___, 1968 record-setting long jumper : BEAMON
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Foreign title that's an anagram of its English equivalent : SRI
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Unemployed nail polisher? : DEFILEDMANICURIST
33
Most preferred : PET
34
Coffee order : ICED
35
Jokester : WAG
36
Some TV drama settings, for short : ERS
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Hot : SEXY
38
Troublemaker since birth : BADSEED
41
Something paid to a hero : HOMAGE
44
Cosby's "I Spy" co-star : CULP
45
Jack-in-the-box part : LID
46
Unemployed men's clothier? : DISPATCHEDTAILOR
51
Wing it : ADLIB
54
Remote figure: Abbr. : VOL
55
Hydro plant locale : DAM
56
Exam scored on a scale of 1 to 5, informally : APTEST
57
Designer Geoffrey : BEENE
58
"___ Live" (onetime cooking show) : EMERIL
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___ tear (sports injury) : ACL
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Jay preceder : DEE
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Unemployed educator? : DEGRADEDTEACHER
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Media inits. before One, Two or Four : BBC
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Wall Street order : PUT
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Question after "I'm back" : MISSME
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Fish in a tank : TETRA
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Rubber : ERASER
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Article in La Repubblica : UNA
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Kitty : POT
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Port Authority posting: Abbr. : SCHED
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Unemployed loan officer? : DISTRUSTEDBANKER
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Watchdog org. established by Nixon : EPA
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Salon supply : GELS
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"No returns," e.g. : CAVEAT
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"Extra! Extra!" shouter : NEWSBOY
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Repeated word in a 1957 Harry Belafonte hit : DAYO
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Fan noise : RAH
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Cote call : BAA
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___ spell : SITA
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It's kept in a pen : INK
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Unemployed rancher? : DERANGEDCATTLEMAN
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Capt.'s guess : ETA
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More balanced : EVENER
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Popular font : ARIAL
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Airport near D.C. : BWI
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Unemployed prestidigitator? : DISILLUSIONEDMAGICIAN
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Efficient kind of shopping : ONESTOP
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Iconic 1950s-'70s female TV role played by a male : LASSIE
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Achieve something by merit : EARNIT
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Like the lion slain by Hercules : NEMEAN
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Be short with : SNAPAT
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Peanut butter choice : SMOOTH
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Tested the waters, say : WADED
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Request for an online R.S.V.P. : EVITE
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Bluegrass instrument : BASSFIDDLE
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___.com, site with the category "Cellphones & tablets" : ATT
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One out? : PAROLEE
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Came before : PRECEDED
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___ tea : ASSAM
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Sheriffs, marshals, etc. : THELAW
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"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" character : TED
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Short snicker : HEH
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Easy ___ : ASABC
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President during the Vietnam War : THIEU
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Straddling : ACROSS
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Surgical tube : STENT
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Suppositions : IFS
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Like Feburary : MISSPELLED
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Advertise excessively : OVEREXPOSE
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It's the truth : VERITY
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Used as a role model : ADMIRED
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Part of S.O.P.: Abbr. : STD
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Beauty that's seldom seen : RAREGEM
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Suffix with linguist : ICS
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Okinawa port : NAHA
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"___ Rhythm" : IGOT
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Exec : SUIT
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Spill the beans : BLAB
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Second : AIDE
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Send in a different direction : DIVERT
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Fast-food sandwiches introduced in 1985 : MCDLTS
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"Bingo!" : AHA
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They go down easily : CAPLETS
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"Brave New World" drug : SOMA
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Responded in court : PLED
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Dash gauge : TACH
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AAA suggestion: Abbr. : RTE
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It borders Ky. : IND
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You can page through them : BEEPERS
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Like "A Star Is Born," several times : REMADE
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A mean Amin : IDI
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Blackjack combo : ACETEN
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Maven : GURU
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Locker room shower? : ESPN
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Every which way : AMOK
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___ center : REC
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Hospital unit : BED
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Two-masted sailing vessel : BRIGANTINE
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Longtime host of "American Top 40" : CASEYKASEM
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Source of a Boston "curse" : THEBAMBINO
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Defaulter's comeuppance : REPO
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Every 24 hours : ADAY
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Normandy invasion town : STLO
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Marie and Donny Osmond, e.g. : UTAHANS
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It borders Ida. : NEV
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Find with difficulty : SCAREUP
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Hon : BABE
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Not very much : ATAD
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Produces a revival of : RESTAGES
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Royal Charlotte's father : WILLIAM
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Abbr. in many an office address : STE
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Failed, as a cellphone or car to its user : DIEDON
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Estée Lauder competitor : REVLON
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"Evangeline" setting : ACADIA
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Symbol of change : DELTA
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Young and Simon : NEILS
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Preceder of "Do I have to?" : GROAN
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Headgear for a knight : ARMET
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Padre's hermana : TIA
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Look for : AWAIT
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Beethoven's "Choral" Symphony : NINTH
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Suffix with expert : ISE
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Code-cracking org. : NSA
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Special gift : ESP
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___-Magnon : CRO

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

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