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New York Times, Saturday, August 18, 2018

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
7-Down : President between James and Grover
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Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 73 for Mr. Diehl. Saturday freshness: 21%
Mark Diehl notes:
Constructing a themeless puzzle is hardly like navigating a major river — the fill rarely flows smoothly and obviously to ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
A surprise to see Mark build a 70-worder! He usually stays in low word-count territory, and does so often using no cheater squares, ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times8/18/18 ( No. 25,120 )
Across
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Certain fish ... or sailboats : SKIPJACKS
10
Jon of 2010's "The Town" : HAMM
14
Cover for a cowboy : STETSONHAT
15
Here, in Honduras : AQUI
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Beset, as a castle : LAYSIEGETO
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Garb : DUDS
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Ones frequently called on to give, for short : ALUMS
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Makeshift fly swatter : SHOE
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Toward the poop deck : AFT
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___ the King Prawn (Muppet in "Muppets Tonight") : PEPE
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Urban open space : CITYPLAZA
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Hit with a charge : TASE
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Charm : SEDUCE
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Tea party member : MARCHHARE
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Ones in charge, for short : ADMIN
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Primitive wind instrument : OCARINA
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Turned : GONEBAD
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Story of past glories, maybe? : ATTIC
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Private leaders : CORPORALS
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City along the old Oregon Trail : TOPEKA
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IV, to III : HEIR
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Hint of things to come : FORETASTE
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Up to snuff : ABLE
50
Priest in the Books of Samuel : ELI
51
"___ problem" : NOTA
52
Suffer in the sun : BROIL
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Picked rock against paper, say : LOST
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Open investigation? : DENTALEXAM
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State as a matter of fact : AVOW
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Computer statisticians : DATAMINERS
60
TV host who won a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor : LENO
61
Ink holders : STAMPPADS
Down
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Like twice-told tales : STALE
2
Make psyched : KEYUP
3
"You know who I am" : ITSME
4
Symbols of wave functions : PSIS
5
Regular guy : JOE
6
Lee with three Oscar-garnering films : ANG
7
President between James and Grover : CHESTER
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Lead female role in "Singin' in the Rain" : KATHY
9
Gets down, in a way : STOOPS
10
Made a meal of : HAD
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In-pool fitness program : AQUAZUMBA
12
Rejuvenating treatment at a spa : MUDFACIAL
13
Vegetable aisle freshener : MIST
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Give an unexpected hand : SLAP
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Rigby of songdom : ELEANOR
23
"My Kind of Town" lyricist : CAHN
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Almost-sacrificed son in the Bible : ISAAC
25
Summer : ADDER
26
Add cornstarch to : THICKEN
28
___ of the earth : ENDS
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Defensive ring : MOAT
30
Selfless gesture : ACTOFLOVE
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One use for arsenic : RATPOISON
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Former news agent : CRIER
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Gulf Coast flier : EGRET
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Concern for TV's Aunt Bee : OPIE
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Mariah Carey holiday song that was a #1 Adult Contemporary hit : OHSANTA
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Out of sync : ATODDS
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Irked constantly : ATEAT
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Curling venue : ARENA
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Exchanged some crosses : BOXED
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Figures in a classic logic problem : LIARS
49
National Mall liners : ELMS
50
Airline in the early 1950s' Operation Ali Baba : ELAL
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Minor deviation : BLIP
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Derek Jeter's retired number : TWO
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Top of Scotland : TAM
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Bit of dance club equipment : AMP

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

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