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Daniel Raymon
Daniel Raymon

NY Times, Sun, Dec 15, 2019 PUNS AND ANAGRAMS

31-Across : Background of a million leaving an art museum

Author:
Daniel Raymon
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 70, Blocks: 26
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© 2019, The New York Times
Across
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Detective fees : PIRATES
8
City with a crazy street sign turned around : POTSDAM
15
Tiny amount for a note I owe : ONEIOTA
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Magician's words to a live audience : ETVOILA
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Like a score you won't see a golf pro rave about : OVERPAR
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What bettors might do just short of an end zone marker : GOALLIN
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Attila the ___ (sweet conqueror) : HON
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Conked out, as in a bathroom : STALLED
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Not even Brenda : BED
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It's after B : BITS
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Sites for pigs : STIES
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Noted wrestler with acne : CENA
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Train with excellent service near L.A. : ACELA
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Wow, not even one milligram : OMG
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Mark for 50% of caretakers : CARET
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Background of a million leaving an art museum : HERITAGE
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Parlor piece to test with ease : SETTEE
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M - L : MADASHELL
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A t-tube for a car : ATTIRE
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Like the strategy Attila sees : TACTICAL
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Food that's hot and cold, they say : CHILI
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Guy in front : RON
45
What a hockey player takes to the rink : SKATE
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__ __sme__ics compan__ : COTY
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Rear car door features : RENDS
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East of this in Spain : ESTA
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Torte part that's left over : ORT
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Gets over one 5 mos. later : MOVESON
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Start to fall short : SEP
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Beginning of a cross-reference for "ooze" : SEEPAGE
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G.I.'s iron sources : ORIGINS
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Like one who tarried longer : TARDIER
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Woman who told a damn lie : MELINDA
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She uses an N in her name twice : SUSANNE
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One who laments leg ties : ELEGIST
Down
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A bigwig - nonsense and phooey! : POOHBAH
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Bill in speaking part : INVOICE
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Go through, as green terrain, again : REENTER
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___ to the throne (song about royalty) : AIR
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Best spot : TOPS
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Upstate : ETATS
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City from which singer Bareilles heads to Georgia : SARATOGA
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Support for Margaret L., for example : PEGLEG
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0 + 10 digits : OTOES
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Tiny piece about #5 commercial : TVAD
11
Very large sun : SOL
12
It'd be L->R in a comic strip : DILBERT
13
A lie born to a property receiver : ALIENEE
14
Order for a movie with a gay couple, maybe : MANDATE
21
Milestone with an L&M switch : LIMESTONE
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I'm silly in a vile way : SLIMILY
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Eat & lick in feline fashion : CATLIKE
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Someone from Doha beheaded : ATARI
30
Boston team with a second substitute from an Indianapolis team : CELTS
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Drink made first off : ADE
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Like a certain federal regulator's Champagne : SEC
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Hot, and then some : HANDSOME
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Some summer expenses, informally : ACCOSTS
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Au__ __ __ __, __ss__yist and nat__ralist : THOREAU
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Tritest laughs : TITTERS
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Designer who scans eyes : CASSINI
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@dddddddddd : ATTENDS
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Eagerly goes for ale taps : LEAPSAT
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Idolize Paul : REVERE
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Comic actor who's a goner : ROGEN
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Roles of a French philosopher : SOREL
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Water source for two states : MAIN
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Line on an African map : NILE
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Kissing pad, maybe : PDA
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Booking that can go either way : GIG
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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