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New York Times, Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Author:
Johanna Fenimore
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Down : Grow too old, as for an insurance benefit
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Johanna Fenimore

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {FJQV} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Fenimore. Tuesday freshness: 73%
Johanna Fenimore notes:
When I first saw the theme answer BEER ME in a puzzle it made me smile. It's a fun phrase that obviously stuck in my head because ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Something so BADASS about Johanna telling us to BEER ME! I've had many a BUD, STELLA, BLUE MOON, CORONA in my life. Oddly, CORONA ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Four BEERs and a NOONER? Ms. Fenimore is clearly a BADASS party girl.

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© 2021, The New York Times2/16/21 ( No. 26,033 )
Across
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Supremely cool person : BADASS
7
Prime Cuts dog food brand : ALPO
11
Do something : ACT
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"Game of Thrones" actress Clarke : EMILIA
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Shape, as clay : MOLD
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What truth is said to be the first casualty of : WAR
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Stop before it can grow bigger : NIPINTHEBUD
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Ernst & Young employee, in brief : CPA
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Martini's lemon twist, e.g. : ZEST
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Greek god pictured with wings and a bow : EROS
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"Famous" cookie name : AMOS
23
Most arias : SOLI
25
Chicken stock, e.g. : BROTH
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British fashion designer who's the daughter of Linda and Sir Paul : STELLAMCCARTNEY
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Something a Eur. singer might embark on : USTOUR
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Foretell : AUGUR
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"I haven't a clue!" : BEATSME
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Club Med and others : RESORTS
40
Where G.I.s go to shop : THEPX
42
"Um, I guess so" : OHOKAY
43
Very rarely : ONCEINABLUEMOON
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Bête ___ (bugaboo) : NOIRE
48
Feedbag fill : OATS
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___ Storm and the Hurricanes (Ringo's band before the Beatles) : RORY
50
Skirt down to the ankles : MAXI
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Not the brightest bulb in the pack : DOLT
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Nelson Mandela's org. : ANC
57
Long, straight-sided smoke : CORONACIGAR
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Brooks who directed "Blazing Saddles" : MEL
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Gathering clouds, to some : OMEN
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"I'll have a cold one, please" ... or a hint to 17-, 26-, 43- and 57-Across : BEERME
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Lead-in to calculus : PRE
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Acid's opposite : BASE
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Acquire : COMEBY
Down
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Luxury car nickname : BENZ
2
Friend in France : AMIE
3
Some dance moves or stock market events : DIPS
4
Landed : ALIT
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Sloth or envy, it's said : SIN
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Plopped down : SAT
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"Sweet land of liberty," in song : AMERICA
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Timber wolf : LOBO
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It makes an "A" even better : PLUS
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Peculiar : ODD
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"Pretty, pretty please" : AWCMON
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Truman who wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's" : CAPOTE
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Disreputable : TRASHY
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Captain's position : HELM
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Atelier : ARTROOM
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Drink that can cause brain freeze : SLUSHIE
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Some crew team members : OARMEN
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Items often used in front of mirrors : BRUSHES
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Hoagie : SUB
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Literary monogram : TSE
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Airplane capt.'s announcement : ETA
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Mega Millions, for one : LOTTERY
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Mean-tempered mutt : CUR
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Grow too old, as for an insurance benefit : AGEOUT
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Org. that monitors air quality : EPA
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Onetime rival of MGM : RKO
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Chinese "way" : TAO
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Listing in Roget: Abbr. : SYN
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Popular video game console released in 2013 : XBOXONE
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Entrance to an interstate : ONRAMP
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Lunchtime tryst : NOONER
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Orbit : CIRCLE
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Reclined : LAIN
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Place to see a Kandinsky or Calder : MOMA
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Symbol of militarism : ARES
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Per ___ (daily) : DIEM
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Figure that might give a child nightmares : OGRE
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Symbol of gentleness : LAMB
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Deuce topper : TREY
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Corn throwaway : COB
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Easy as ___ : ABC
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Corp. head : CEO

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