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New York Times, Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Author:
Alex Bajcz
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
16-Across : Singer Fitzgerald
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Alex Bajcz

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 77, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Bajcz. Wednesday freshness: 77%
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© 2018, The New York Times8/29/18 ( No. 25,131 )
Across
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Open, as an envelope : UNSEAL
7
Big Ten school: Abbr. : NEBR
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Grp. co-founded by Helen Keller : ACLU
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Boaster's retort to a boast : SOCANI
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Singer Fitzgerald : ELLA
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Title that translates as "lord" : KHAN
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Work as a metropolitan health official? : DIAGNOSESANDIEGO
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Duncan of the Obama cabinet : ARNE
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"Go" signal, maybe : NOD
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Junker : CRATE
24
Home for a clown fish : REEF
26
Headwear for bank robbers : SKIMASKS
29
Works as a metropolitan census taker? : COUNTSTUCSON
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Grilled sushi offering : EEL
34
Starts : ONSETS
35
"Rock of Love" star Michaels : BRET
36
Rough spots for teens? : ACNE
37
Extra-large : OBESE
38
Operator of weather.gov : NOAA
39
It gets depressed on the road : BRAKE
40
Fellas : LADS
41
Jeté, e.g. : LEAP
42
Beach toy : BUCKET
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Key above "∼" : ESC
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Work as a metropolitan traffic engineer? : HASTENATHENS
46
Not overly optimistic types : REALISTS
48
Works of Dalí, e.g. : ARTE
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Word before flush or pain : ROYAL
50
"Take me ___ am" : ASI
51
Reputation : NAME
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Works as a metropolitan reclaimant? : SALVAGESLASVEGAS
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Item with a bore and a bell : OBOE
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Cuckoo : NUTS
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Least likely to harm : TAMEST
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Things get crazy when all of them are off : BETS
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Lhasa ___ (dog) : APSO
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Actress Milano of "Charmed" : ALYSSA
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Org. to take your beefs to? : USDA
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1950's "The Asphalt Jungle," for one : NOIR
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Check out : SCAN
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Zeal : EAGERNESS
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Taylor of fashion : ANN
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Nala, but not Simba : LIONESS
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Morning coffee, for many : NEED
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Yellow belly? : ELS
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Danube's outlet : BLACKSEA
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Went wild : RANRIOT
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Dog with a thick double coat : AKITA
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Dessert that's often topped with berries : CHEESECAKE
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Gamer's frustration : LAG
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Cry with one card in hand : UNO
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Like Brie : SOFT
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"Phooey!," only stronger : DAMN
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Suffix with kitchen : ETTE
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Pickle : SCRAPE
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Numbers game : KENKEN
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Wet blankets? : SLEETS
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Beachgoer's take-along : COOLER
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In scoring position, in a way : ONBASE
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Place for junkers : USEDCARLOT
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They hid beneath the surface : UBOATS
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Voldemort, to Harry Potter : ARCHENEMY
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Snuggle (against) : NESTLEUP
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Tush : BUTT
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Multilayered dish : LASAGNA
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Fitting occupation for a "Joe" : BARISTA
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Slangy greeting : HIYA
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Org. doing exploratory work : NASA
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Amours : LOVES
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"Not only that ..." : ALSO
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Forever, seemingly : AGES
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Cathedral service : MASS
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This: Sp. : ESTA
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React dramatically to a tearjerker : SOB
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16th prez : ABE
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Sides of a block: Abbr. : STS
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Actor Kilmer : VAL

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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