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New York Times, Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Down : ___ flask (thermos)
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Alex Eaton-Salners

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Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Eaton-Salners. Wednesday freshness: 47%
Alex Eaton-Salners notes:
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© 2020, The New York Times2/19/20 ( No. 25,670 )
Across
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Drop a line? : FISH
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Verb conjugated suis, es, est, etc. : ETRE
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Third-place finisher in 1992 : PEROT
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Language group of southern Africa : BANTU
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Neighbor of Cambodia : LAOS
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Jelly option : GRAPE
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Reduces to bits : RICES
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One competing with Uber : LYFTDRIVER
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Iron alloy that includes a bit of tungsten and chromium : BLUESTEEL
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People in go-karts : RACERS
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Mast : SPAR
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Picture from a parlor, informally : TAT
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When repeated, a hip-hop dance : NAE
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Add (up) : TOT
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Volunteer for another tour : REUP
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Not yet out of the running : INIT
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Physics 101 subject : ATOM
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Tchotchkes : KNICKKNACKS
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Fountain choices : SODAS
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Verbal tussle : SPAT
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Response to a computer crash : GROAN
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Incompetent figure of old slapstick : KEYSTONEKOP
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___ pony : POLO
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Tennis champ Mandlikova : HANA
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Just gets (by) : EKES
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Pony ___ : KEG
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T.S.A. requests : IDS
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Grammy category : RAP
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Something of little interest, a homeowner hopes : REFI
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Himalayan language : NEPALI
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Reject romantically ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to 18- and 35-Across, phonetically : SWIPELEFT
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Show interest romantically ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to 20- and 44-Across, phonetically : SWIPERIGHT
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Lollipop-sucking TV detective : KOJAK
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Wyatt and Warren of the Old West : EARPS
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Suffix with senior : ITIS
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Muse of love poetry : ERATO
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Something done up in an updo : TRESS
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Popular game that needs no equipment : ISPY
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Few and far between : RARE
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Not get above 60, say : FAIL
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Behind bars : INCUSTODY
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Like a double black diamond trail : STEEP
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Hungarian horseman : HUSSAR
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Fashion magazine with more than 40 international editions : ELLE
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Actor Diggs : TAYE
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Not just "ha ha" : ROFL
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Winter zone in D.C. : EST
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What a curse might lead to : PGRATING
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Former attorney general Holder : ERIC
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Baltimore N.F.L.'er : RAVEN
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"Don Giovanni," e.g. : OPERA
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Lacking in detail : TERSE
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"Just a sec!," in a text : BRB
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Chugged or sipped : DRANK
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Go the distance? : TREK
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Popular video-sharing service : TIKTOK
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Project manager's assignment : TASK
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Onetime buffalo-hunting tribe : OTOE
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Open, as a purse : UNSNAP
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Part of a church organ : PIPE
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Camper's cover : TARP
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Pulp : MASH
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Wedding reception staple : CAKE
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Embarrassing thing to have one's hand caught in : COOKIEJAR
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Member of the cabbage family : KALE
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Kiss amorously : SNOG
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Like an overcast night : STARLESS
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Studio sign : ONAIR
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___ walk : PERP
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Harry Potter's Quidditch position : SEEKER
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Alaska or Hawaii, often : INSET
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___ flask (thermos) : DEWAR
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Steeple topper : SPIRE
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Herbivore's diet : FLORA
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24-Down and others : APPS
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Capt.'s inferiors : SGTS
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Legislature V.I.P. : WHIP
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Tiny, informally : ITSY
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It's unavoidable : FATE
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Ring result, for short : TKO
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:15 number : III

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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