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New York Times, Saturday, November 16, 2019

Author:
Daniel Larsen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Down : 2016 election meddlers
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Daniel Larsen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 4, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Larsen. Saturday freshness: 14%
Daniel Larsen notes:
I wrote this puzzle just after a big update to my word list. I'm generally pleased with how it came out, though I do wish the 15s were ... read more
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It's a shame that crosswords can't play music. If there only were a way to capture that rocking-out feeling you get when Blondie's ONE ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times11/16/19 ( No. 25,575 )
Across
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Goes after : GUNSFOR
8
One who's got something brewing : BARISTA
15
Somehow : ONEWAYORANOTHER
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What a performer does periodically during a musical : BREAKSOUTINSONG
18
Place for a pigeon : LEDGE
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Not barefoot : SHOD
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Weather balloon, maybe : UFO
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One in 10 people being left-handed, e.g.: Abbr. : EST
22
Nurses : SIPS
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Recognize silently : NODTO
27
Sporty car option : TTOP
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Puts in a box, perhaps : MAILS
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Some obligations : IOUS
33
"Great job!" : HOORAY
35
International marque whose logo is a pair of calipers : ACURA
36
Leader in a 24-Down : VICAR
39
Forbes rival : INC
40
Diminutive, informally : BITSY
41
Tapped : CHOSE
42
Use as a doormat : STEPON
44
Teased, teased, teased : RODE
45
[Eh] : SHRUG
46
Seed : GERM
50
Past presidential candidate who once worked for IBM : PEROT
52
Its chief agricultural export is dates : OMAN
54
Diminutive : WEE
55
Hollow, maybe : DEN
56
Part of a Cinderella story : BALL
58
Relatives of chalcedonies : OPALS
60
How Old Faithful erupts : ONAREGULARBASIS
64
Refuge, of sorts : HOMELESSSHELTER
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Opposite of crowed : ATEDIRT
66
Total train wreck : HOTMESS
Down
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Relative of a snifter : GOBLET
2
Brewing rebellion : UNREST
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Must : NEEDTO
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___ bag : SWAG
5
Basketball's jab step and others : FAKES
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Cries of dismay : OYS
7
Dweller in the Hundred Acre Wood : ROO
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Jets might be found in this : BATH
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They get minuses in chemistry : ANIONS
10
Musical movement with a recurring theme : RONDO
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"___ alive!" : ITS
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Public mention : SHOUTOUT
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Rogers : TENFOURS
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Cornstarch brand since 1892 : ARGO
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2016 election meddlers : RUSSIANTROLLS
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Texter's qualifier : IMO
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Domain led by a 36-Across : PARISH
26
Kitchen prep for onions and tomatoes : DICING
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It's a stunner : PHASER
30
School where Aristotle taught : LYCEUM
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"How about this ..." : SAY
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Carnotite, for example : ORE
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Kind of system in a hospital : ABO
36
Old RCA product : VCR
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"Heaven forbid!" : IHOPENOT
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"Rawhide," for Ronald Reagan : CODENAME
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Open organization, for short : PGA
45
Impresario : STAGER
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Discarded computer parts and such : EWASTE
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Hinges : RELIES
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Abbr. in a formal salutation : MESSRS
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Division signs : OBELI
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What "check" means in poker : NOBET
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2022 World Cup venue : DOHA
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___ for life : LUST
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Provider of a lifeline : PALM
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Nickname akin to Ginger : RED
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The letter Æ : ASH
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Part of the original spelling of "Sparta" : RHO

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