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Alex Eaton-Salners
Alex Eaton-Salners

NY Times, Sun, Nov 14, 2021 OUT OF ORDER

51-Across : Twirls

Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44
Notepad: The answer to every clue in this puzzle has an anagram. To solve, answer a clue, then rearrange its letters to get a new word, name, phrase or other crossword entry to be filled in the grid. For example, 1-Across, "Rights org.," is ACLU. That's an anagram of UCLA, which you may enter at 1-Across.
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© 2021, The New York Times
Across
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Rights org. : UCLA
5
Jazzy improv singing : CATS
9
Mideast land: Abbr. : EAU
12
Ends of fishing lines : SHOOK
14
Some music in Mumbai : AGRA
15
Grouch : CARB
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Lost consciousness (7,3) : BUCKETLOAD
18
Untruths : ISLE
19
Dubai dignitaries : MISER
20
Mail alternative to stamped : DEMETER
22
Cathedral recesses : PASSE
25
Musical pauses : TRESS
26
___ smear : APP
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Once around the track : PAL
30
Dance at a Jewish wedding : HOAR
31
Soup utensil : SNOOP
33
Window pieces : NAPES
35
Expected, as a baby : EDU
38
Info like 23C, 47F, etc., for airplane passengers (4,11) : INSTANTMESSAGES
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2,000 pounds : NOT
42
Thieve : LEAST
43
Harvest : ANGLE
44
Itsy-bitsy bit : MOAT
46
Sign outside a hit play, in brief : ORS
48
"___ 'em, Rover!" : CSI
49
Streetcars : SMART
51
Twirls : SNIPS
53
Howling spirit : HASBEEN
55
Together (2,3) : AEONS
59
Tidy : ANTE
60
Fruit-filled dessert with streusel topping (5,5) : PAPERCLIPS
64
Asked to see a driver's license, say, informally : DIED
65
Hoppy brews, in brief : PISA
66
Fragrance of roses : TATAR
67
Issa of "Insecure" : EAR
68
Roster : SLIT
69
Blood vessel : VENI
Down
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Kids' transport to school : USB
2
A lot : CHUM
3
Shape of a spring : LOCI
4
Good, long bath : AOKS
5
Fond du ___, Wis. : CAL
6
Smallest Indian state : AGO
7
Like movies, by the Motion Picture Association : TRADE
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Fruity beverages : SADE
9
Sets apart : EASTEREGGS
10
Eye surgeon's tool : ARLES
11
An eye for an "I," say : UBERS
13
Surreptitious look : KEEP
15
Jong who wrote "Fear of Flying" : CIERA
17
Piece : TRAP
21
John of "Full House" : MTOSSA
23
The Devil : SANTA
24
Sockeye and coho : SLAMSON
26
Billionth: Prefix : ANNO
27
Baseball and football, as opposed to boxing (4,6) : POSTMASTER
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Bottom's opposite : POT
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"Steady as ___ goes" : HES
31
Connections : SIN
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Eagerly accept, as an opportunity (4,2) : PALATE
34
Balderdash : PETRI
36
Not doing anything : DELI
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Take to court : USE
39
Half a score : NET
40
Soda container : ANC
45
Filled with ennui : ORBED
47
Hip-hop performances : SPAR
49
Opposite of tails : SHADE
50
Inner soul : MANIA
51
Things hammers hammer : SNAIL
52
"___ la vie" : SECT
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Livens (up) : EPPS
56
Flattened circle : OLAV
57
Fork prong : NITE
58
Siestas : SPAN
61
Dainty drink : PSI
62
___ kwon do : EAT
63
Tax org. : SRI
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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