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NOT IN SO MANY WORDS

New York Times, Sunday, June 16, 2019

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
67-Across : Complete fool
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Joel Fagliano

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 124, Blocks: 56 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 65 for Mr. Fagliano. Grid flow: 82.1 Sunday freshness: 100%
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© 2019, The New York Times6/16/19 ( No. 25,422 )
Across
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It was first officially designated in a 1966 Lyndon Johnson proclamation : FATHERSDAY
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Holders of tiny mirrors : COMPACTS
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Apple Store purchase : IPHONECASE
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What studies show that men do more than women, conversationally : INTERRUPT
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It might require a quick check : SPEEDCHESS
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Star treatment : VENERATION
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Male swan : COB
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Static, as an exercise : ISOMETRIC
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Access with a password : LOGONTO
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"Lord, show me ___" : ASIGN
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World's largest cosmetics company : LOREAL
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Post office? : NEWSROOM
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Oscar winner Jared : LETO
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Kitchen cabinet : PANTRY
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Major academic achievements : PHDS
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"Yeah, whatever" : SURE
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Having locks : TRESSED
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Cocktail of tequila and grapefruit soda : PALOMA
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Load : TON
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Specious arguer : SOPHIST
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Risk taker : DARER
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One taking the bait : FISH
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Like Earth's orbit : ELLIPTIC
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2019, zodiacally : YEAROFTHEPIG
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Mine entrance : ADIT
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Calle ___, landmark street in Miami's Little Havana : OCHO
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Arcade game based on a film of the same name : TRON
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"You listening?" : HEARME
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N.Y.U.'s ___ School of the Arts : TISCH
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Got by : SUBSISTED
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Traces left by burning candles : DRIPS
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Complete fool : ASSHAT
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Call of the wild : ROAR
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Catch a break? : SURF
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Promote : TOUT
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Deli machine : CHEESESLICER
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Auditorium section beneath the balcony : PARTERRE
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Word before web or chocolate : DARK
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Bundle : SHEAF
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Heather has two, in a children's book title : MOMMIES
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Onetime U.S. soccer prodigy Freddy : ADU
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Dates not found on the calendar : TRYSTS
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Hot sauce : TABASCO
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Bank takeback : REPO
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Great work : OPUS
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Without profit : ATCOST
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Kid around : JOSH
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Owing : INTHERED
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Greek goddess of the moon : SELENE
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Police, slangily : FIVEO
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Negatively charged : ANIONIC
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Oppositely : VICEVERSA
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Internet ___ : ERA
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Weapon with a distinctive hum : LIGHTSABER
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Classic play with a Delphic oracle : OEDIPUSREX
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It's seen near Pennsylvania Avenue : SHORTLINE
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Bright shade of red : FIREENGINE
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Casino attraction : THESLOTS
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Buzzer beater? : FLYSWATTER
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Kind of conservative : FISCAL
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Put side by side : APPOSE
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Something to champ at : THEBIT
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It makes the earth turn : HOE
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Finish with : ENDIN
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Parts of a college app : RECS
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Thomas Aquinas and others, philosophically : SCHOLASTICS
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Inferior deities : DAEMONS
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Put forward : ASSERTED
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Number one on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Pop Songs" list : YESTERDAY
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Polite : CIVIL
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What "accommodate" is often inaccurately spelled with : ONEC
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___ Dew (stylized brand name) : MTN
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Stripped : PEELEDOFF
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Sinclair Lewis novel for which he received (but declined) the Pulitzer Prize : ARROWSMITH
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Parts of bluffs : CRAGS
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Coaches : TUTORS
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Nascar mishap : SPINOUT
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"My Neighbor ___," acclaimed animated film from Hayao Miyazaki : TOTORO
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The "Tullius" of Marcus Tullius Cicero : NOMEN
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Sci-fi weapon : RAY
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Tied the knot : GOTHITCHED
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Org. for the Vegas Golden Knights : NHL
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Sauce traditionally prepared in a mortar : PESTO
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Repeats mindlessly : PARROTS
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Embarrassing sound when bending over : RIP
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Fruits baked in wine : PEARS
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Tapped, as a cigarette : ASHED
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Delta Air Lines hub : SEATAC
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Getting up there : OLDISH
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Puckered fabric : PLISSE
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Many a local volunteer : RETIREE
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Ticker symbol? : HEARTEMOJI
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Meanspirited person : CHURL
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Best : ONEUP
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A ___ (based on logic) : PRIORI
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Sinful : IMPURE
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Brave deeds celebrated in verse : GESTES
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They're found among the reeds : OBOISTS
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Attacks vigorously : HASAT
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Goldman ___ : SACHS
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An Emmy is awarded for the best one : DRAMASERIES
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Many action movie villains : TERRORISTS
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White coat : FROST
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Face-to-face interaction? : SKYPECALL
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Recite from memory : RATTLEOFF
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Cable inits. for cinephiles : TMC
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Muslim niqab, e.g. : FACEVEIL
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Standard Windows typeface : ARIAL
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Co-owner of Paddy's Pub on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" : DENNIS
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Not loose : UPTIGHT
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Afrique du ___ : SUD
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Desiccated : BONEDRY
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"Pick me! Pick me!" : OHOHOH
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Agcy. created after the Manhattan Project : AEC
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No longer interested : OVERIT
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Placid : SERENE
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Scam artist : HOAXER
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Between: Fr. : ENTRE
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Begets : SIRES
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The birds and the bees, e.g. : FAUNA
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Clothes dryer attachment : VENT
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Gush : SPEW
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Part of a Twitter page : BIO
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Private instructor: Abbr. : SGT

Answer summary:
9 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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