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New York Times, Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Author:
Seth A. Abel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
28-Down : *Bag manager
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Seth A. Abel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWX} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Abel. Wednesday freshness: 29%
Jeff Chen notes:
We've seen a lot of ANAGRAM puzzles in the NYT, including ones where the anagram describes the entry, but these particular ones were ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times12/19/18 ( No. 25,243 )
Across
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Hit hard : SLUG
5
Beats it : SPLITS
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Org. with the Wizards and Warriors : NBA
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Prefix meaning "wine" : OENO
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Pub spigot : ALETAP
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Path of a blooper : ARC
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Rating for many a sitcom : TVPG
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Ahab's inspiration? : SEAAIR
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Give a whuppin' : TAN
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*Acts phony : SYCOPHANT
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Chopin piece : ETUDE
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Sweat units : BEADS
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Beehive contents : HAIR
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Carl who wrote "Contact" : SAGAN
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"WTF With Marc Maron," for one : PODCAST
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Industry kingpin : CZAR
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2002 animated film with a woolly mammoth : ICEAGE
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Warm, action-oriented sort, they say : LEO
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Part of S O S, in popular usage : OUR
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Each asterisked clue vis-à-vis its answer : ANAGRAM
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Little trickster : IMP
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Scepter's go-with : ORB
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Like an evangelical Christian : REBORN
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Phrase on a yard sale tag : ASIS
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Kitchen gadgets for mixing : BEATERS
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Unable to sit still : ANTSY
46
Mother that might have a beard : GOAT
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Fast-food utensil : SPORK
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2000s teen drama set in California : THEOC
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*Hint: hotel : THEHILTON
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Sharpshooter's asset : AIM
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Kevin ___, investor on TV's "Shark Tank" : OLEARY
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As a result : ERGO
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Rx watchdog : FDA
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Sweetums : DEARIE
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Alaska, before 1959: Abbr. : TERR
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Start of many CB radio codes : TEN
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Stands in a studio : EASELS
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"So it may ___" : SEEM
Down
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Ones always tossing things back? : SOTS
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Impose, as a tax : LEVY
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Potentially offensive, in brief : UNPC
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Relative of a discotheque : GOGOBAR
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One of the Obama daughters : SASHA
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Implore : PLEAD
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Slants : LEANS
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"Let's leave ___ that" : ITAT
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Mai ___ : TAI
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Order from a police officer : SPREADEM
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*A trails nut : NATURALIST
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Thin fastener : BRAD
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Target of an astringent : ACNE
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"The tongue of the mind," per Cervantes : PEN
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Little jerk : TIC
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Paul of "Crocodile Dundee" : HOGAN
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Cartoon uncle of Scrappy-Doo, informally : SCOOB
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Bright blue : AZURE
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*Bag manager : GARBAGEMAN
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Catherine who married Henry VIII : PARR
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Big rigs : SEMIS
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Young slave girl in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" : TOPSY
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Like gases in the rightmost column of the periodic table : INERT
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They measure miles in meters : CABS
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"I" strain? : EGO
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One of seven for New York City : AREACODE
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Common wear for female tennis players : ANKLETS
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Besides : TOO
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Shapiro of NPR : ARI
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Social media button : SHARE
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Danger : PERIL
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"Absolutely!" : OHYES
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President who later served as chief justice : TAFT
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Cry to guests at a surprise party : HIDE
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Twinings products : TEAS
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One leaving in the spring? : TREE
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Brutish sort : OGRE
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Average guy? : NORM
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Pasture : LEA

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