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New York Times, Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Author:
Joe Deeney
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
56-Down : Fleet-footed ("A Maypole")
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Joe Deeney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Deeney. Wednesday freshness: 96%
Jeff Chen notes:
POETS CORNER, literally represented in each of four corners today. Alexander POPE / Ezra POUND, Adrienne RICH / Thomas HARDY, Jonathan ... read more
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© 2023, The New York Times4/19/23 ( No. 26,825 )
Across
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Leader of the world's smallest nation ("An Essay on Man") : POPE
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Procedure fee : COPAY
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Loaded ("Diving Into the Wreck") : RICH
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Actor Wilson : OWEN
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Opposite of mainstream : INDIE
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___ breve (2/2 time) : ALLA
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Potentially insulting, for short : UNPC
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Prefix with meter, to a versifier : TETRA
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Junket : TOUR
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Kathmandu residents : NEPALIS
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Proceeded effortlessly : CRUISED
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Situation of intense conflict : DRAMA
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Many a craft brew, informally : IPA
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Restless : ANTSY
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Volatile state of affairs : POWDERKEG
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Press releases? : INKS
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___ Estby, Norwegian-born U.S. suffragist : HELGA
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Meal starter, maybe : SOUP
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Sushi topper : ROE
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Didn't abstain : HADSOME
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Inflation measure, in brief : PSI
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Cry of denial : ARENOT
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Prod with a stick, say : POKEAT
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Westminster Abbey section hinted at by this puzzle's architecture : POETSCORNER
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Secretly loops in, in a way : BCCS
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Big commotion : HOOHA
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Major crop in Nigeria : YAMS
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Address to click : URL
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1990s hit with the line "keep playing that song, all night" : HEYMRDJ
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Got the picture : SAW
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Not cramped : ROOMY
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Antitraffic org. : DEA
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Prokaryotic model organism : ECOLI
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"S.N.L." alum Pedrad : NASIM
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Open about one's sexuality, say : OUT
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Bass staff symbol : FCLEF
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Drinking vessel that may have a lid ("Sacred Emily") : STEIN
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Device that might say "In two miles …" : GPS
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Coat put on when it's cold? ("Mending Wall") : FROST
Down
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Use a hammer on ("In a Station of the Metro") : POUND
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One with a deed : OWNER
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Pig of children's TV : PEPPA
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Sets up tents : ENCAMPS
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___ Field (Shea Stadium successor) : CITI
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Not competitive : ONESIDED
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Summer hrs. in Sonoma : PDT
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Freight in flight : AIRCARGO
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Vintage : YEAR
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All-important numbers for TV execs : RATINGS
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Competitor's concession : ILOST
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This puzzle has 78 of them : CLUES
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Able to weather difficult conditions ("Channel Firing") : HARDY
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Mekong Valley language : LAO
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Abu Dhabi's grp. : UAE
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New Orleans N.B.A. team, informally : PELS
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Expression of befuddlement : WHATTHE
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Ikea founder Ingvar ___ : KAMPRAD
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Nest egg letters : IRA
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Conjunction used three times in the first line of Shakespeare's Sonnet 65 : NOR
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Not leave unattended : KEEPCLOSE
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Aria, typically : OPERASOLO
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"God Bless the ___" : USA
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Place to retire in a hurry? : PIT
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Groundbreaker? : HOE
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Ages and ages : EON
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Discouraging words : NOS
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Critically important : KEY
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Vegan cookout option : SOYDOG
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Occur in conversation : COMEUP
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"Well, darn!" : OHRATS
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Incinerates ("To a Mouse") : BURNS
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Dubrovnik resident : CROAT
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Bucks, boars and bulls : MALES
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Fleet-footed ("A Maypole") : SWIFT
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"How Firm a Foundation," for one : HYMN
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"Survivor" host Probst : JEFF
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Customizable Nintendo avatar : MII
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"Proud Mary" band, in brief : CCR

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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