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New York Times, Monday, February 10, 2020

Author:
Bruce Haight
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
47-Down : Letter before tau
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Bruce Haight

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 53 for Mr. Haight. Monday freshness: 67%
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A
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D
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F
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E
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E
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T
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H
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U
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G
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B
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C
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U
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P
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I
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X
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V
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I
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W
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R
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A
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L
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A
N
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A
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M
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A
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L
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E
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X
T
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J
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A
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B
B
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D
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U
S
A
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A
C
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S
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A
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A
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O
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U
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T
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C
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C
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R
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W
C
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S
H
O
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K
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G
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H
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P
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N
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H
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E
A
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M
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A
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Y
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S
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E
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C
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I
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K
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H
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F
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E
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Z
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G
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D
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O
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T
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M
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A
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S
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A
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B
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© 2020, The New York Times2/10/20 ( No. 25,661 )
Across
1
Cost for a radio or TV commercial : ADFEE
6
Mafia enforcer, e.g. : THUG
10
Bra size specification : BCUP
14
Glacier climber's tool : ICEAX
15
What Tarzan swings on : VINE
16
College in New Rochelle, N.Y. : IONA
17
Suitable for moviemaking? : WORTHASHOT
19
Hauls with effort : LUGS
20
___ Taylor (clothing chain) : ANN
21
Geometric calculation : AREA
22
Impressionist Claude : MONET
23
Movie munchkin, maybe? : ALITTLEEXTRA
26
Sharply punched : JABBED
29
Speedster Bolt : USAIN
30
One of the 40 in "the back 40" : ACRE
31
Big name in kitchen wrap : SARAN
33
Ump's call for a batter : OUT
36
___-Town (the Windy City) : CHI
37
Movie clip where the grips, boom operator and gaffer all appear? : CREWCUT
39
HBO rival : SHO
40
Party item that has a tap : KEG
41
Caustic : HARSH
42
Menial laborer : PEON
43
Image on a valentine : HEART
45
Like wetlands : MARSHY
47
Finalize the music for the movie? : SETTLEASCORE
51
"There, there ..." : ITSOK
52
Bangs on the head? : HAIR
53
Tasseled hat : FEZ
56
Make headway : GAIN
57
Redo of a movie scene? : DOUBLETAKE
60
Style of skirt that reaches just below the knees : MIDI
61
Opposed : ANTI
62
Chairlift rider, perhaps : SKIER
63
Author Waugh : ALEC
64
___ Picture (Oscars category) : BEST
65
Midsection of the body : TORSO
Down
1
Japanese consumer electronics brand : AIWA
2
Rodent control brand : DCON
3
Plant with fronds : FERN
4
Dine on : EAT
5
What to do after you breathe in : EXHALE
6
Appliance with a screen and a remote : TVSET
7
Part of a drum kit : HIHAT
8
Card game with Draw Two cards : UNO
9
Understand : GET
10
Mississippi port city with an Air Force base : BILOXI
11
Add up the number of people present : COUNTNOSES
12
Felix of "The Odd Couple" : UNGER
13
Fettuccine or farfalle : PASTA
18
Low-humidity : ARID
22
Had in mind : MEANT
23
Civil War prez : ABE
24
Move suddenly and unsteadily : LURCH
25
Jacob's biblical twin : ESAU
26
"J" in a deck of cards : JACK
27
Feel sore : ACHE
28
Optimist's perspective : BRIGHTSIDE
31
Mattress brand : SERTA
32
Sounds at a nursery viewing window : AWS
34
"Someone made a boo-boo!" : UHOH
35
Broadway award : TONY
37
White stuff on a blackboard : CHALK
38
Few and far between : RARE
42
___✓ (T.S.A. convenience) : PRE
44
Big name in athletic shoes : ETONIC
45
Drudgery, in older usage : MOIL
46
Put in handcuffs : ARREST
47
Letter before tau : SIGMA
48
Cybercommerce : ETAIL
49
Closes : SHUTS
50
Go by taxi, in slang : CABIT
53
Ump's call for a batted ball : FAIR
54
Barely makes it, with "by" : EKES
55
Digit in binary code : ZERO
57
Small amount of cream : DAB
58
Digit in binary code : ONE
59
W.B.A. result, in brief : TKO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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