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New York Times, Monday, December 3, 2018

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Down : Indy racer Al or Bobby
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Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 85 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 44%
Lynn Lempel notes:
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© 2018, The New York Times12/3/18 ( No. 25,227 )
Across
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Expressions of amazement : GASPS
6
Amaze : AWE
9
Illegal motions by pitchers : BALKS
14
Houston player : ASTRO
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Great Dane, e.g. : DOG
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Notable happening : EVENT
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Great Dane of animated cartoons : SCOOBYDOO
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Happen again : RECUR
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Immensely long stretches : EONS
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Broke bread : ATE
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Limited in number : FINITE
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Escalator feature : STEP
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Result of overnight condensation : MORNINGDEW
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Lipton offerings : TEAS
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"Bus Stop" dramatist William : INGE
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Nut often squirreled away : ACORN
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Basic trig ratio : SINE
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Invitation request, in brief : RSVP
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Sound on a dairy farm : MOO
38
"Impossible for me!" : NOCANDO
41
Harmful cigarette stuff : TAR
42
Equestrian's sport : POLO
44
Umpteen : MANY
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Lessen : ABATE
47
Fee payer, often : USER
49
Londoner, e.g., informally : BRIT
50
Words on returned mail : POSTAGEDUE
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Vegetarian's no-no : MEAT
58
Aviator Earhart : AMELIA
59
Cozy lodging : INN
60
Ricelike pasta : ORZO
61
Bring home, as a runner : BATIN
62
Couple's ballet dance : PASDEDEUX
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Turn aside : SHUNT
65
Number replaced by "hup" by a drill sergeant : ONE
66
Resort island near Naples : CAPRI
67
Key Watergate evidence : TAPES
68
72, maybe, on a golf course : PAR
69
Twin Mary-Kate or Ashley : OLSEN
Down
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Oxygen and nitrogen : GASES
2
Racecourse near Windsor Castle : ASCOT
3
Implement for a Neanderthal : STONETOOL
4
Thrive : PROSPER
5
Break down in tears : SOB
6
Make larger : ADDTO
7
Swain : WOOER
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Conscious self, to Freud : EGO
9
Explorer who lent his name to a strait off Alaska : BERING
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Member of a Marvel superhero team : AVENGER
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French play about a storied Spanish soldier : LECID
12
Gridiron legend Rockne : KNUTE
13
Spread here and there : STREW
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Thanksgiving dishes : YAMS
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Made to pay as punishment : FINED
25
Dingbat : NINNY
27
TV journalist Curry : ANN
29
Intensify, with "up" : AMP
30
Dove's sound : COO
31
Fright : SCARE
32
Knighted actor McKellen : IAN
34
Some down-ballot electees, informally : STATEREPS
35
Big tub : VAT
36
Lead-in to occupy : PRE
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From alpha to ___ : OMEGA
40
Rowboat mover : OAR
43
Summary of key points : OUTLINE
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Like a probability curve with two peaks : BIMODAL
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New Orleans footballers : SAINTS
49
Flex : BEND
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"Blue Ribbon" brew : PABST
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Nebraska's largest city : OMAHA
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Establish : SETUP
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Princess mourned in 1997 : DIANA
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Indy racer Al or Bobby : UNSER
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Sky-blue : AZURE
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Snake venom, e.g. : TOXIN
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Champagne-opening sound : POP
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Environment-related prefix : ECO

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

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