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New York Times, Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Author:
Natan Last, Finn Vigeland and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
60-Down : Walgreens rival
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
407/17/200710/5/202410
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812521012
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
471.6128367%
Natan Last
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2110/20/20106/26/20225
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10134012
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
231.6518766%
Finn Vigeland

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Last. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Vigeland. Wednesday freshness: 44%
Constructor notes:
FINN: After Natan was abroad for a semester, I had the good fortune of taking over the reins at J.A.S.A. (the Jewish Association ... read more
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Too bad this puzzle wasn't published around Jan 1st, otherwise it could help to ring in the new year! (groan) So cool that ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Fans of Hamilton or Harry Potter and the Cursed Child may disagree but I still insist that Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (the ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times7/27/16 ( No. 24,368 )
Across
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Attracted : DREW
5
Talk and talk and talk : YAK
8
Opposites of busts : BOOMS
13
Scent in incense and insect repellents : PATCHOULI
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"That's unbelievable!" : OHWOW
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Place to find one O : THEHOBBIT
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___ vincit amor : OMNIA
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"On top of that ..." : ALSO
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In a Yoda-like manner : SAGELY
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Do the wrong thing : ERR
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Place to find two Os : VENNDIAGRAM
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Mexican shekels : PESOS
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"That's what ___ said!" : SHE
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Place to find three Os : CIRCUSTENT
32
"___ said!" : NUFF
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Messes with 007's martini : STIRS
37
Year, in the Yucatán : ANO
38
2003 Bennifer bomb : GIGLI
39
"That's clear to me now" : ISEE
40
Place to find four Os : AUDIDEALER
42
Vegas performance : ACT
44
"Maleficent" star, 2014 : JOLIE
45
Place to find five Os : OLYMPICFLAG
51
"That's unbelievable!" : GEE
52
Snatched : STOLEN
53
Snatches : NABS
57
Type of type : ROMAN
59
Wagner work ... or a possible title for this puzzle : RINGCYCLE
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Start of el 37-Across : ENERO
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"Oh, stop moping!" : GETOVERIT
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Muscle/bone connection : SINEW
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It's said at the exchange of Os : IDO
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Rung : STEP
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Creator of the Oompa-Loompas and the BFG : DAHL
2
They're marked on maps: Abbr. : RTES
3
"Hello ... hello ... hello ..." : ECHO
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First baseman in a classic comedy routine : WHO
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Maxwell House alternative : YUBAN
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Sync up : ALIGN
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Floated, as a bad check : KITED
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"How do you like dem apples?!" : BOOYAH
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Resistance measure : OHM
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Ted Turner vis-à-vis the Atlanta Braves, once : OWNER
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Shearer of "The Red Shoes" : MOIRA
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Bunch of bees : SWARM
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Local fund-raising grp. : PTA
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Lose sleep (over) : OBSESS
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Itemize : LIST
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You, in Nice : VOUS
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Nice : GENIAL
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Tire-changing spots : PITS
25
Lake that stretches from Toledo to Buffalo : ERIE
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Scary movie that spawned the spoof "Scary Movie" : SCREAM
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Forensic TV franchise : CSI
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Letter on a sorority house : TAU
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A O doesn't have one : END
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"There's ___ in team" : NOI
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Citrus hybrid whose name suggests its appearance : UGLI
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Head for the hills : FLEE
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Common Yuletide purchase : FIR
38
Sci. with maps : GEOG
40
Going ___ (battling) : ATIT
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Title role in a 2012 Tarantino film : DJANGO
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British scientist/novelist with a wintry name : CPSNOW
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Fiona and Shrek, for two : OGRES
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Star of "Madam Secretary" : LEONI
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Present-day locale of ancient Sheba : YEMEN
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Pet at Queen Elizabeth II's side : CORGI
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___ out (didn't make it on base, in a way) : FLIED
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Slow, in music : LENTO
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Refusal from Putin : NYET
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One of 100 in Winnie-the-Pooh's wood : ACRE
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Tiny anomaly : BLIP
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Collector's goal : SET
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"___ You the One?" (MTV reality show) : ARE
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Walgreens rival : CVS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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