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New York Times, Friday, June 7, 2019

Author:
Michael Hawkins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Michael Hawkins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Hawkins. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Friday freshness: 25%
Michael Hawkins notes:
This is by far my most resubmitted puzzle. The editors rejected my first try due to BSMETER which was "not usable, amusing as it is." ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
JUST SO nice to have so much sparkling color throughout the grid. I don't often sit up while doing themelesses, but entries like DO ME ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times6/7/19 ( No. 25,413 )
Across
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Ibsen heroine : NORA
5
Nickname in early jazz piano : FATHA
10
Mining target : DATA
14
"Is there anything else I can help with?" : AREYOUGOOD
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Rocker, perhaps : IDOL
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"I'd really appreciate this favor" : DOMEASOLID
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Of no value : NULL
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"___ mess" : IMA
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They fall apart when the stakes are raised : TENTS
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Flat screen? : TELLY
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John ___, secret identity of the Lone Ranger : REID
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Assembly : DIET
25
Outline in the Arby's logo : HAT
26
What "Mac" means : SONOF
28
United Christendom movement : ECUMENISM
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More than nods : NAPS
34
Western sidekick : PARDNER
35
To a tee : JUSTSO
38
Overlooks : LEDGES
39
Warrant : ENTITLE
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Wife of Albert Einstein : ELSA
42
They discuss texts : BOOKCLUBS
44
Western city that shares its name with a tree : ASPEN
48
Kind of replication : RNA
49
One of the friends on "Friends" : ROSS
51
Kotb on morning TV : HODA
52
Key presenter : MAYOR
54
Baseball's Buck : ONEIL
56
Track advantage : TIP
57
Dr. Seuss's "And to Think That ___ It on Mulberry Street" : ISAW
58
All-comers' discussion : OPENDEBATE
60
Popular assistant : SIRI
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One who's seen but not heard? Just the opposite! : VOICEACTOR
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Delicacy : TACT
63
Sleep ___ : APNEA
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"Boy Meets World" boy : CORY
Down
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Depths : NADIRS
2
Famous play call? : OROMEO
3
One side in the Brexit vote : REMAIN
4
Answer to one's mate : AYE
5
Became one : FUSED
6
Great pains : AGONIES
7
Early Nahuatl speaker : TOLTEC
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Elevate, redundantly : HOISTUP
9
Mention as an afterthought : ADD
10
Stiff a restaurant : DINEANDDASH
11
Doing grown-up things, in modern lingo : ADULTING
12
Ring : TOLL
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Entente member : ALLY
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Lead-in to a meal? : OAT
21
May in England : THERESA
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"No kidding!" : DONTIKNOWIT
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Speedster : FASTCAR
29
___ of America : MALL
30
Take in : SEE
31
Questionnaire check box option : MRS
33
Exit ___ : POLL
35
Bush in Florida : JEB
36
Game with a discard pile : UNO
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Something that might build character over time? : STORYARC
40
Ace of Base genre : EUROPOP
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Heart : ESSENCE
43
Steak option : BONEIN
45
Eye site : POTATO
46
One going over the line : EDITOR
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Table linens : NAPERY
50
The Beatles' "Hey Jude" vis-à-vis "Revolution" : SIDEA
52
Navigation hazard : MIST
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Land east of the Suez Canal : ASIA
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Verdant expanse : LEA
58
Results of oogenesis : OVA
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Include surreptitiously, in a way : BCC

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