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New York Times, Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
12-Down : Big sister?
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVZ} This is puzzle # 125 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Wednesday freshness: 66%
Jeff Chen notes:
When Jill and I first started dating (almost ten years ago!), I quickly learned that she enjoyed crosswords and Scrabble. So when she ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times10/9/19 ( No. 25,537 )
Across
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Pilgrim's journey : HAJJ
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Big name in water filters : BRITA
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Verse-vs.-verse event : SLAM
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Vacation destination : ISLE
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Elizabeth I was the last one : TUDOR
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North Sea feeder : ELBE
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*Storefront cover that's totally busted? : SHOTAWNING
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Dem. or Rep., e.g. : ABBR
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Feature of many a mailbox : SLOT
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Facial hair for Uncle Sam and others : GOATEES
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Stir up : STOKE
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*Army camp that stinks to high heaven? : RANKBASE
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*Old Seattle sports page headline? : SONICSWIN
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Extremely small : EENSY
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Bio datum : AGE
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Lead-in to cast : POD
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Nothing but : ALL
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1980 sci-fi thriller ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues : ALTEREDSTATES
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Schumer of comedy : AMY
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Constellation whose brightest star is Regulus : LEO
42
Appetizer bowlful : DIP
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Wing it : ADLIB
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*High schooler's intuition? : TEENSENSE
50
*Super-impressed? : REALAWED
52
"Could you repeat that?" : AGAIN
53
Internationally popular French comic book series since 1959 : ASTERIX
54
The Jonas Brothers or Dixie Chicks : TRIO
56
Appearance : MIEN
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*What the census provides, in part? : RACIALINFO
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Coffee specification : ICED
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Reason for a food recall : ECOLI
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Member of an elite team : SEAL
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Lacking : SANS
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Rod in carpentry : DOWEL
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One of math's three M's : MODE
Down
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___ Accidency, nickname for John Tyler : HIS
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Light-colored wood : ASH
3
Star of 2019's "Hustlers," informally : JLO
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Lakeside rental : JETSKI
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Vitamin also known as riboflavin : BTWO
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Pipsqueak : RUNT
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Dictator Amin : IDI
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Resident of the Polynesian capital Nuku'alofa : TONGAN
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Neighbor of krypton on the periodic table : ARGON
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Travel restriction? : SEATBELT
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J.Crew competitor : LLBEAN
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Big sister? : ABBESS
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River through Liverpool and Manchester : MERSEY
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Eldest of the Baldwin brothers : ALEC
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"The Jungle Book" wolf : AKELA
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Org. that's got your number? : SSA
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Caesar wrap : TOGA
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What the British don't spell "marvelous" or "canceled" with : ONEL
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Full of holes : RIDDLED
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Quick on one's feet : SPRY
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Misfortune : WOE
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Plenty : ATON
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Final parts : TAILENDS
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Block, old-style : EMBAR
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Go out with : SEE
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"Hairspray" mom : EDNA
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Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-___ : SISI
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Hotel room amenity : PEN
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Friend of d'Artagnan : ARAMIS
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Vittorio ___, director of "Bicycle Thieves" : DESICA
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Triangular 48-Down : LATEEN
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Milton Berle's longtime sponsor : TEXACO
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Part of a ship : SAIL
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Narcissist's problem : EGOISM
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Tense with excitement : WIRED
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Scrabble unit : TILE
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Complain loudly : RAIL
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Intimidate : COW
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"The Matrix" hero : NEO
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Beanie Babies, once : FAD
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World Cup cry : OLE

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