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New York Times, Monday, August 13, 2018

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Start of a mixed message, as illustrated by 17-, 23-, 39- and 54-Across
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Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 84 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 10%
Lynn Lempel notes:
This had to be the fastest acceptance of all time. I snail-mailed the puzzle on a Friday and got an email back on Monday!! I couldn't ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I loved this concept, phrases that can represent GOOD NEWS or BAD NEWS, depending on how you look at them. To GO DOWN IN HISTORY is ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times8/13/18 ( No. 25,115 )
Across
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Pear variety : BOSC
5
Fiction's opposite : FACT
9
Peruvian animal : LLAMA
14
Toledo's home : OHIO
15
Carpet layer's measurement : AREA
16
Common golf shirts : POLOS
17
Leave a lasting legacy ... or do worse at school : GODOWNINHISTORY
20
Drug giant ___ Lilly : ELI
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English school on the Thames : ETON
22
The Gershwins' "Of ___ I Sing" : THEE
23
Succeed on the gridiron ... or invite a slap in the face : MAKEPASSES
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Word after Near, Middle or Far : EAST
27
Waders with curved bills : IBISES
28
Gunky roofing stuff : TAR
30
Diplomat's forte : TACT
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Cannabis variety used for rope : HEMP
35
Times Sq. squad : NYPD
38
Sound of annoyance : TSK
39
Score in baseball ... or ruin some hose : GETARUN
41
Part of Adam from which Eve was fashioned : RIB
43
"SportsNation" station : ESPN
45
Shoe with holes : CROC
46
Helper : AIDE
47
Curling surface : ICE
49
One of the Baltic States : LATVIA
51
Femme fatale : VAMP
54
Be lucky in Scrabble ... or come up short memorywise : DRAWABLANK
58
Gel-producing succulent : ALOE
59
Starting point for a horse race : GATE
60
Have dinner : EAT
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Start of a mixed message, as illustrated by 17-, 23-, 39- and 54-Across : GOODNEWSBADNEWS
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Excessive : UNDUE
67
Vichyssoise vegetable : LEEK
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Drop that might run down the face : TEAR
69
Land with pyramids : EGYPT
70
"Roseanne" actress Gilbert : SARA
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Jason's fleece-seeking ship : ARGO
Down
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Spongy ground : BOG
2
"Well, whaddya know!" : OHO
3
Trusty companions : SIDEKICKS
4
Most hip : COOLEST
5
Devoted follower : FAN
6
Zodiac ram : ARIES
7
¢ : CENTS
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Chevy model named for a Western lake : TAHOE
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Carole King's "Tapestry" and "Music" : LPS
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Small chance to win big bucks : LOTTERY
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Hawaiian hello : ALOHA
12
Group's basic customs : MORES
13
Up to now : ASYET
18
Clean (off) : WIPE
19
The "I" of M.I.T.: Abbr. : INST
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Barack's opponent in 2012 : MITT
24
Demean : ABASE
25
Arthur with a namesake stadium : ASHE
29
TV journalist Curry : ANN
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List shortener: Abbr. : ETC
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Damage somewhat : MAR
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One giving you the aye? : PRO
36
Nongovernmentally owned ship decked out for war : PRIVATEER
37
Brought to ruin : DIDIN
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Health products chain : GNC
40
Sch. near Hollywood : UCLA
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A pelican has a big one : BEAK
44
Chimed in on the conversation : PIPEDUP
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U.S. city with the world's busiest airport : ATLANTA
48
Margin : EDGE
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Under the covers : ABED
51
Unclear : VAGUE
52
Sing-___ (hootenanny feature) : ALONG
53
Temperamental : MOODY
55
Lou with more than 70 albums : RAWLS
56
Out on a naval deployment : ATSEA
57
Big name in grills : WEBER
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Bit of fishery equipment : NET
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Stephanie Clifford ___ Stormy Daniels : AKA
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Jokester : WAG
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Letters suggesting a sellout : SRO

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