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New York Times, Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
47-Down : Upper-right keyboard button
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Joel Fagliano

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 64 for Mr. Fagliano. Wednesday freshness: 97%
Jeff Chen notes:
STATE CAPITALS … anagrammed? Not sure why you'd want to anagram LANSING, uh … ST PAUL … hmm … whatever ANTI-US anagrams to. I ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times5/1/19 ( No. 25,376 )
Across
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Word found before and after "and," in a phrase : SUCH
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Unit for a YouTube video : VIEW
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Object : THING
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Mr. : English :: ___ : Persian : AGHA
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Novel on which the film "Clueless" is based : EMMA
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Picky ___ : EATER
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Matter for the Postal Inspection Service : MAILFRAUD
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"Is this really necessary?" : MUSTI
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*Not formally worded : INSLANG
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*Like the pitcher in a batting order, often : UPLAST
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Ending with orange or lemon : ADE
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Basis of some scholarships : NEED
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Part of a Snickers bar : NOUGAT
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*Peacocks, but not peahens : MALES
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Mork's birthplace on "Mork & Mindy" : ORK
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Stack : PILE
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A, B, C, D and E, to nutritionists : VITAMINS
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Stop signal : RED
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What the answers to the starred clues are each anagrams of : STATECAPITALS
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When doubled, uncritically enthusiastic : RAH
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Joined the Army, say : ENLISTED
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Sheik's peer : EMIR
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Bask on the beach : SUN
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*Wandered : ROVED
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Post-championship celebration : PARADE
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Building by a barn : SILO
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Dark loaf : RYE
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*Like some foreign protests : ANTIUS
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*What keeps a part apart : HAIRGEL
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Engraved stone marker : STELE
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Pale-colored beer : BLONDEALE
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What Britain voted to Brexit from, for short : THEEU
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Cordon (off) : ROPE
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Give off : EMIT
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Wall St. "500" : SANDP
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Gets a Venmo request, say : OWES
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Article's start, in journalism jargon : LEDE
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Who asked "Would you eat them in a box? Would you eat them with a fox?" : SAMIAM
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Lake Victoria lies on its southern border : UGANDA
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A little chipper : CHISEL
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Campus building : HALL
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"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" author : VERNE
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Public perception : IMAGE
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Down Under bird : EMU
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Spitball, e.g. : WAD
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Conductor's beat : TEMPO
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Bring before a superior for reprimand : HAULUP
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Birth announcement : ITSAGIRL
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Bottom line figure : NETSALES
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Clenched, as teeth : GRITTED
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MuggleNet or The Leaky Cauldron, for "Harry Potter" readers : FANSITE
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Separate, as stitches : UNKNIT
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*Internet addresses : DOMAINS
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Compassionate "Uncle Tom's Cabin" girl : EVA
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Tears : RIPS
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What verb endings indicate : TENSES
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Free speech org. : ACLU
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Substance for a juicer : STEROID
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Killer Bee? : SAMANTHA
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Missing button in many an elevator : THIRTEEN
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Fuss : ADO
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Meals : REPASTS
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Argued vehemently (against) : RAILED
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Something that requires a special headset to play, informally : VRGAME
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Lash holder : EYELID
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Upper-right keyboard button : DELETE
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Next in line : DUEUP
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"Wouldn't that be nice!" : IHOPE
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Olympic pool divisions : LANES
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Walk dizzily : REEL
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"My man!" : BRO
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Part of PRNDL : LOW

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

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