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Alex Eaton-Salners
Alex Eaton-Salners

NY Times, Sun, Jun 27, 2021 DIAGRAMLESS

40-Down : Chart-toppers

Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 77, Blocks: 92
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© 2021, The New York Times
Across
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Common winter ailment : FLU
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Sanitation conduits : SEWERS
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Tehran's home : IRAN
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Home of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame : CLEVELAND
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Great American Ball Park team : THEREDS
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John Glenn, once : USSENATOR
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55-Down resident's nickname : BUCKEYE
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Assignment at The Plain Dealer : METRODESK
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Yoko who loved John Lennon : ONO
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Deg. option at Case Western Reserve : MBA
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Make a bow : TIE
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___ got a clue (is lost) : HASNT
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Amniotic membrane enclosing a fetus : CAUL
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Burning desire : ARDOR
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"Governor" or "President," once, for William McKinley : TITLE
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Listings in Billboard : SONGS
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Low-ranking worker : PEON
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Big-nosed Muppet : GONZO
34
Browns' or Bengals' org. : NFL
35
Roof coating : TAR
36
Overly self-confident : SMUG
37
Take a turn for the worse : GOSOUTH
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Back-and-forth on Wikipedia, say : EDITWAR
43
Delhi cheese? : RAJA
44
Hosp. scan : MRI
45
"Already?" : SOSOON
46
Oodles : TONS
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Slightly : ABIT
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Family name of Elizabeth I : TUDOR
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Females in a flock : EWES
50
Oversupplies : GLUTS
51
55-Down has the only nonrectangular one : STATEFLAG
53
Came up : AROSE
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"All ___ go!" : SYSTEMS
55
One-eyed Norse god : ODIN
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Problem linked to CFCs : OZONEHOLE
58
Use a baton, in a way : TWIRL
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Tale of ___ : WOE
Down
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Morgan of "The Shawshank Redemption," which was filmed primarily in 55-Down : FREEMAN
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Official insect of 55-Down : LADYBUG
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Opens, as a plastic baggie : UNSEALS
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Pond coating : SCUM
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"What ___ can I say?" : ELSE
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Youngstown-to-Akron direction : WEST
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Liverpool soccer team : EVERTON
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"The Bathers" artist : RENOIR
9
Glam band with six U.K. chart-toppers : SLADE
10
Tick off : IRK
12
Had snacks, e.g. : ATE
13
Having snacks : NOSHING
14
Titular TV toon therapist : DRKATZ
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Loin cut : TBONE
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Fox-and-hounds activity : HUNT
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Earth-friendly prefix : ECO
25
"Birthplace of Aviation" and "The Heart of It All," for 55-Down : SLOGANS
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Capital named for an explorer : COLUMBUS
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Exams that might give coll. credit : APTESTS
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Instrument displays : READOUTS
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Cincinnati-born singer/actress of old : DORISDAY
30
See the sights, say : TOUR
31
Bay Area airport letters : SFO
33
"Boardwalk Empire" fig. : GMAN
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Cryptanalyst's org : NSA
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Solemnly affirmed : SWORETO
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Breakfast drinks, in brief : OJS
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No longer fresh : TRITE
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Chart-toppers : HITS
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Blows one's horn : TOOTS
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Film director Nicolas : ROEG
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Quaint contraction : TWASNT
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How soloists perform : ALONE
49
Orange-nosed Muppet : ELMO
50
Cookout fixture : GRILL
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Tasseled headdress : FEZ
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Love, love, love : ADORE
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Birthplace of seven presidents ... and what this grid is shaped like : OHIO
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"Gross!" : EWW
Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle.

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