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New York Times, Monday, October 16, 2017

Author:
Jennifer Nutt
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Something that might be said with fingers crossed behind the back
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Jennifer Nutt

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Nutt. Grid flow: 41.1 Monday freshness: 65%
Jennifer Nutt notes:
This puzzle was inspired by Paula Gamache's 3/8/17 crossword, which included the entry "indoor cat." I noticed the hidden "orca" and ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I enjoy seeing how different constructors approach a similar idea, appreciating how the same seed of an idea sprouts into two ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times10/16/17 ( No. 24,814 )
Across
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Fancy neckwear : ASCOT
6
"Zip your lip!" : HUSH
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Something that might be said with fingers crossed behind the back : FIB
13
Classroom item that spins : GLOBE
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Kind of diet replicating that of early humans : PALEO
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Wedding vow : IDO
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It must be removed before pouring coolant into an engine : RADIATORCAP
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Writer Tolstoy : LEO
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Bedazzle : AWE
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Lower's opposite : UPPER
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Unkind : MEAN
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Elizabeth II's home outside London : WINDSORCASTLE
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Hand drum : BONGO
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Secreted : HID
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Quaint train amenity : PARLORCAR
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Churchill Downs event : DERBY
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Ye ___ Shoppe : OLDE
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Less outgoing : SHYER
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Big wind : GALE
40
Documents shown at border checkpoints : VISAS
42
Feline that doesn't stray : INDOORCAT
44
Test for seekers of a 21-Down, for short : GRE
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Sugary : SWEET
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Where rum and rye may be stored : LIQUORCABINET
53
Feverish chills : AGUE
54
Nerve : MOXIE
55
Fink : RAT
58
___-de-France : ILE
59
Creature found "swimming" in 16-, 22-, 28-, 42- and 47-Across : KILLERWHALE
62
___ v. Wade : ROE
63
Maze marking next to an arrow : ENTER
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Show host : EMCEE
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___ of a gun : SON
66
Famed loch : NESS
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Penguin or T. rex in the modern version of Monopoly : TOKEN
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Taj Mahal city : AGRA
2
BBQ side dish : SLAW
3
Substitute terms for sensitive subjects : CODEWORDS
4
Kimono tie : OBI
5
Afternoon repast : TEA
6
Marx brother who never spoke : HARPO
7
Stomach trouble : ULCER
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Google.com function : SEARCH
9
Partner of skip and jump : HOP
10
Serving of sole : FILET
11
Like a five-star Yelp review : IDEAL
12
Frontiersman Daniel : BOONE
14
Bursts, as a balloon : POPS
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Elizabeth I was the last of them : TUDORS
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Common grad sch. credential : MSDEGREE
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Joined (with) : INLEAGUE
24
Doctors Without Borders, e.g., in brief : NGO
25
What Doctors Without Borders provides : AID
26
"___ Ha'i" ("South Pacific" song) : BALI
28
Long-running PBS film series : POV
29
Home of the Cubs, for short : CHI
30
Firebrand Rand : AYN
31
Color in sunsets : RED
33
Churchill Downs, e.g. : RACETRACK
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Trombone honk, e.g. : BLAT
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"Are we there ___?" : YET
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More optimistic : ROSIER
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Sold-out box-office sign : SRO
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The "O" of B.Y.O.B. : OWN
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Valuable white fur : ERMINE
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Bears' retreats : LAIRS
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Probably not a summer home : IGLOO
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"Bohemian Rhapsody" band : QUEEN
50
Indianapolis team : COLTS
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Highway tolls may be based on the number of them : AXLES
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Casket stand : BIER
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Away from the wind : ALEE
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One under 20 : TEEN
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Documentarian Burns : KEN
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Sopping ___ : WET
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Wellness grp. : HMO

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

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