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Alex Eaton-Salners

NY Times, Sun Mar 5, 2023 Takeaway

25-Down : Direct*r's sh*ut

Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 44
Notepad: One letter of the alphabet has been removed from each clue every time it appears in the clue. If you remove this letter from the clue's answer, the remaining letters will themselves spell a word, which is to be entered in the grid. For example, the clue "Be a sni*ch" would suggest "Be a snitch" with a missing T, leading to the answer TATTLE - which, with the T's removed, would be entered in the grid as ALE. Every answer is a word, name, familiar phrase or other regular crossword answer.
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Across
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Certain rental tr*ck (hyph.) : HAL
4
Chuck of "Mee* *he Press" : ODD
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Ra*hel of "Wedding *rashers" : MADAMS
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*ropical freshwa*er fish : ERA
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Ac*or Maguire : OBEY
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It *orders Peru and *razil : OLIVIA
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Refr*in from *nnoying(2 wds.) : LEVELONE
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Hab*rdash*ry fast*n*rs : TIPINS
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A*use*ents : PASTIES
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Gramm*-winning Knight : GLADS
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Gretel's brot*er : ANSEL
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Tree*ess p*ain : ANO
24
Deadly *erve age*t : SARI
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Cla**ic catalog i**uer : EAR
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The brai*y bu*ch? : MESA
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Playful, as a *ester : OCULAR
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Me*ieval perio* (2 wds.) : MILEAGES
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Ben*oyl peroxide targets : ITS
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Ma*ciano, Fo*eman and othe*s (2 wds.) : POBOXES
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Great*y irritates : GAS
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Sparklin* : LISTENIN
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S*ire's s*ot : STEELE
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Form*r Main* s*nator Olympia : SNOW
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Son*t* fin*le : COD
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*ong-hand*ed utensi*s : ADES
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C*nc*nnat*'s state : OHO
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One who once e*perienced celebrity (hyph.) : ESTAR
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Wo*d said ove* and ove* : MANTA
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H*rsut*sm : HARNESS
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Light s*rro*nding the head, as a halo : AREOLA
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I* measures s*reng*h (2 wds.) : FINESSES
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"If ___ fail* ." (2 wds.) : ALLELE
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Pig s*unds : INKS
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Graceful s*immer : SAN
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One *n the m*l*tary : SOLDER
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Gets ready, as to o*erate : RES
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Fails misera*ly : OMS
Down
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Ne*born puppy : HELP
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Madiso* Square Garde*, for o*e : AREA
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Several N*rwegian kings : LAVS
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*oppers onto freig*t cars : OBOES
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Actress R*chards : DENSE
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Place fo* a lint t*ap : DYE
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Ov*ract : MOT
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Defa*e : ALIGN
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*ac*ful sor* : DIPLOMA
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Of or*ithological i*terest : AVIA
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*xtract*d or* : MIND
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*nclosur*s to *ds. : SASS
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Starin* at su**estively : OLIN
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The *egula* p*ice : ETAIL
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Kind of st*nd : LEMONDE
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De*erms the throat, in a way : ARLES
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*irates' *lunder : SOILS
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Direct*r's sh*ut : ACTIN
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Gives for pro*ec*ion and care (2 wds.) : RUSSO
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*asten : AIX
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*eseeched : EGGED
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Puge* Sound ci*y : SEALE
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*erforms adequately : ASSES
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E*treme point : APE
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Un*roken pony : RONCO
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Slee*eless garment : EST
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Ve*ve : BIO
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I* black a*d white, perhaps (hyph.) : TWOTOED
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Gains know*edge : EARNS
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18th-centur* astronomer who discovered a comet : HALLE
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Ce*tain fez wea*e* : SHINE
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W*at "ma*alo" means in *awaiian : TANKS
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Ran*h units : ARES
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*ucatán p*ramid builders : MAAS
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Film produ*er Ponti : ARLO
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Solemn sound of a bell stri*ing : NELL
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Base for a paintin* : ESSO
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Ful*on's power : SEAM
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D*ad S*a Scrolls s*ct : SSNS
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*ul* *roduct : AER
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Co*pany : FIR
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