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Alex Eaton-Salners
Alex Eaton-Salners

NY Times, Sun, Jul 12, 2020 DIAGRAMLESS

40-Down : Ion ___, onetime Romanian tennis star

Author:
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 69, Blocks: 95
Notepad: The first Across answer starts in the third square
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D
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B
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A
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C
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K
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M
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A
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M
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B
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A
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A
R
A
M
A
I
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C
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A
A
L
A
R
G
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E
15
T
H
E
L
O
R
D
O
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F
T
H
E
R
I
N
G
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S
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R
E
A
M
S
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S
O
A
M
I
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S
T
A
G
E
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I
A
M
S
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M
U
M
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A
T
O
N
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M
D
S
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B
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O
B
C
A
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T
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S
29
E
N
D
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R
O
S
E
C
U
T
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R
I
P
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T
H
R
O
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B
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A
D
S
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S
I
N
C
E
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M
P
G
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N
I
K
E
38
S
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A
B
E
40
T
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S
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E
N
T
R
E
43
D
R
A
T
I
T
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G
I
B
E
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S
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D
O
C
T
O
R
E
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D
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S
P
O
K
E
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S
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S
I
G
H
T
L
I
E
R
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S
N
O
P
E
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S
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I
S
M
E
L
L
A
R
A
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T
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G
U
I
L
E
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C
H
A
S
E
S
C
E
N
E
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S
T
A
L
E
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D
O
X
© 2020, The New York Times
Across
1
Arizona pro baseball player, informally : DBACK
6
Venomous arboreal snake : MAMBA
11
Language Jesus spoke : ARAMAIC
13
Carton grade in a dairy case : AALARGE
15
Epic film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson : THELORDOFTHERINGS
18
Quantities of paper : REAMS
19
"Me, too" : SOAMI
20
Place where actors act : STAGE
21
Big name in dog food : IAMS
22
Silent : MUM
23
Loads : ATON
24
Physicians, in brief : MDS
25
Spotted lynxes : BOBCATS
29
Bring to a close : END
30
Like a diamond with a hemispherical faceted crown : ROSECUT
31
Embarrassment in the seat of the pants : RIP
32
Pulsate : THROB
34
Commercials : ADS
35
The Liberty Bell has been cracked ___ 1846 : SINCE
36
Abbr. on an auto sticker : MPG
37
Air Jordans, e.g. : NIKES
39
Aids in crime : ABETS
42
___ nous : ENTRE
43
"Oh, phooey!" : DRATIT
44
Taunts : GIBES
46
Tampered with : DOCTORED
48
Projections from hubs : SPOKES
50
More eye-pleasing : SIGHTLIER
51
Website that debunks urban legends : SNOPES
53
"Man, something here is rotten" : ISMELLARAT
55
Cunning : GUILE
56
Stunt driver's chance to shine in an action movie : CHASESCENE
57
Like day-old news : STALE
58
Maliciously publish private information about online : DOX
Down
1
Reveries : DREAMS
2
Soothing ointments : BALMS
3
Singer Tori : AMOS
4
Automobile : CAR
5
Children : KIDS
6
When repeated, a Hawaiian fish : MAHI
7
Order at a pub : ALE
8
Planet with the moons Phobos and Deimos : MARS
9
Water filter brand : BRITA
10
Related on the father's side : AGNATE
11
In the lead : AHEAD
12
___ test (screening method for blood transfusions) : COOMBS
13
Place to get cash, redundantly : ATMMACHINE
14
Prod : EGGON
15
Quick haircut : TRIM
16
They run hot and cold : FAUCETS
17
Mail or email : SEND
25
Moneys collected at some crossings : BRIDGETOLLS
26
"My bad!" : OOPS
27
Shavings produced when shaping metal on a lathe : TURNINGS
28
Brokers' suggestions : STOCKTIPS
31
Hip-hoppers' competition : RAPBATTLE
33
Devices for helping get drunk fast : BEERBONGS
36
John Philip Sousa pieces : MARCHES
38
Try to find : SEEKOUT
40
Ion ___, onetime Romanian tennis star : TIRIAC
41
Had the wheel : STEERED
43
Set of beliefs : DOGMA
45
Old-timey photograph color : SEPIA
46
China piece : DISH
47
Liquid-Plumr competitor : DRANO
49
Buy's opposite : SELL
50
[not my error] : SIC
52
"What did I tell you?!" : SEE
54
Cowboy's nickname : TEX
Answer summary: 4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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