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New York Times, Sunday, February 3, 2019

Author:
Natan Last
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
85-Down : Like oral history
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Natan Last

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 134, Blocks: 75 Missing: {QVZ} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Last. Sunday freshness: 76%
Natan Last notes:
This puzzle is a nice example of the benefits of having thoughtful soundboards for theme ideas — my original concept focused on only soccer, and I toyed with two extra thematic layers: a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I was so confused by ARM CHILI. I'm a big spice guy, so I thought I simply hadn't heard this slang term for completely bland chili. I didn't even bother to look it up before shrugging and ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Fun puzzle. I like this one.

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© 2019, The New York Times2/3/19 ( No. 25,289 )
Across
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Patron of the high seas : STELMO
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Metric in digital journalism : CLICKS
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Some marble works : BUSTS
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Den mother : SHEBEAR
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Make less stuffy : AIROUT
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Opening : INTRO
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Reason for an ejection in the M.L.B. : BEANBALL
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Reason for an ejection in the N.B.A. : FLAGRANTFOUL
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Bank takebacks, for short : REPOS
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Snug as a bug in a rug : COMFY
27
Make mention of : NOTE
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N.F.L. star ejected from 102-Across : RICE
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"Right on!" : AMEN
30
Actress/singer Janelle : MONAE
31
Rudimentary : BASIC
32
Treats, as a sprain : ICES
33
Reason for an ejection in FIFA : ILLEGALSLIDETACKLE
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The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards : NYY
38
Intent : AIM
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Soon : INAFEW
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Student taking Torts or Property : ONEL
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Snowshoe hare predator : LYNX
44
Brian with the album "Before and After Science" : ENO
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Shorten : ABRIDGE
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N.B.A. star ejected from 105-Across : ONEAL
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Sound heard in Georgia? : SOFTG
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Musician's skill : EAR
54
Onetime Sprint competitor : GTE
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Burn a perfume stick in : CENSE
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Meursault's love in Camus's "The Stranger" : MARIE
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Reason for an ejection in the N.F.L. : HELMETHIT
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"Love, when we met, ___ like two planets meeting": Ella Wheeler Wilcox : TWAS
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Sepals of a flower : CALYX
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Rolls up : FURLS
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M.L.B. star ejected from 87-Across : RUTH
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Belief in one's role as a savior : MESSIAHCOMPLEX
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Anatomical lashes : CILIA
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Drum held between the knees : BONGO
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On fire : LIT
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___ milk : OAT
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English dialect in which "food shopping" is "makin' groceries" : CAJUN
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Aries and Taurus : AUTOS
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Result of a judicial conflict of interest : RECUSAL
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Kabuki sash : OBI
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Bloke : GENT
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Polish up, in a way : EDIT
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"Actually, come to think of it ..." : OHWAIT
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Skill : ART
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Part of a "fence" in the game Red Rover : ARM
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Seeming opposite of "Ignorance is bliss" : THETRUTHWILLSETYOUFREE
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Pollyannaish : ROSY
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Mends, in a way : DARNS
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Some flaws in logic : LEAPS
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Plays charades, say : ACTS
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Tweeter's "Then again ..." : OTOH
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Set down : ALIT
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Fruity soda brand : FANTA
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A Musketeer : ATHOS
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Entry fee : PRICEOFADMISSION
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Stew that's decidedly not very spicy : ONEALARMCHILI
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Durkheim who helped found the field of sociology : EMILE
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Browned at high heat : SEARED
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Hit from behind : REAREND
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Array in a cockpit : DIALS
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Butterfly-attracting flowers : ASTERS
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Actress Jean who played Joan of Arc in "Saint Joan" : SEBERG
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Well-formed : SHAPELY
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"Receiving poorly," in CB lingo : TENONE
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Retreats : EBBS
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Grazing land : LEA
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Organization of Afro-American Unity founder : MALCOLMX
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1960s group with a fabric-related name, with "the" : ORLONS
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Joe can provide it : CAFFEINEFIX
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Bell-shaped flower : LILY
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Writer/critic ___ Madison III : IRA
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Hebrew "shalom" to Arabic "salaam," e.g. : COGNATE
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"Seven Samurai" director : KUROSAWA
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Unchanging : STATIC
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Pinch : BIT
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Drop from one's Facebook circle : UNFRIEND
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Poker-faced : STOIC
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Armistice : TRUCE
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They may hit the ground running : SOLES
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Respectable : SEEMLY
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Genius : BRAIN
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Head turner? : NECK
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It gained independence from France in 1960 : MALI
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Principal : MAIN
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Discombobulate : BEFOG
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King of morning TV : GAYLE
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Poet who invented the terza rima rhyme scheme : DANTE
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Bay of Biscay feeder : LOIRE
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Easter activity : EGGHUNT
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"Move on already!" : LETITGO
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Rodeo ring? : LASSO
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Politico Abzug : BELLA
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Members of the flock : RAMS
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Of base 8 : OCTAL
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One getting onboarded : NEWHIRE
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Made into law : ENACTED
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Bargain hunter's delight : SALE
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Margaret Atwood's "___ and Crake" : ORYX
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Standard of living? : ETHOS
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Country south of Sicily : MALTA
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Amazon Prime competitor : HULU
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Ireland, to poets : ERIN
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"Rainbow" fish : TROUT
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Tax pros, for short : CPAS
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They're located between Samoa and Vanuatu : FIJIISLANDS
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Entrance to a cave : MOUTH
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Revolutionary group : CABAL
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Language family that includes Xhosa and Zulu : BANTU
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Monastery garb : COWLS
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Metonym for local government : CITYHALL
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They're only a few stories : LOWRISES
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Noted Belle Epoque locale : GAYPAREE
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Psyche's beloved : EROS
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Suggests : HINTSAT
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Typical summer intern : TEEN
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Forming an upward curve : ARCHING
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Like oral history : RETOLD
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FIFA star ejected from 65-Across : MESSI
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Choice of cheese : EDAM
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___ Stark, Oona Chaplin's "Game of Thrones" role : TALISA
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Russian ethnic group : TATARS
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Church title : FATHER
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Partitioned, with "off" : ROPED
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People of south-central Mexico : OTOMI
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Director Coppola : SOFIA
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Author Jonathan Safran ___ : FOER
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Land parcel : ACRE
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___ Moines : DES
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Pique : IRE
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Literary fairy queen : MAB

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

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