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SUPREME INTELLIGENCE

New York Times, Sunday, January 14, 2018

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Illegal interference ... or what can be found in this puzzle's 1st, 3rd, 7th, 15th, 19th and 21st rows?
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Joel Fagliano

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 20 Words: 137, Blocks: 70 Missing: {QX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 56 for Mr. Fagliano. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick.
Jeff Chen notes:
I'll admit, I had no idea what was going on until well after I uncovered the OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE revealer. Okay, I'll admit it was well past filling in the last square-- and ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times1/14/18 ( No. 24,904 )
Across
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Mike who was the 2017 N.B.A. Coach of the Year : DANTONI
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Presidential advisory grp. : NSC
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Covers : ALIASES
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Worked on some screenwriting? : EMAILED
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Major work : OPUS
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Like the French directors Eric Rohmer and Jean-Luc Godard : NEWWAVE
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Poseur : WANNABE
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Kid's creation out of pillows : FORT
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Kind of elephant : ASIATIC
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Last monarch of the House of Stuart : ANNE
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Destructive sort : SABOTEUR
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Photographer Adams : ANSEL
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Lines in geometry : RAYS
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Android's counterpart : IOS
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___ Xtra (soda) : PIBB
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Scoundrel : HEEL
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Worked from home? : UMPED
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Cease communication : GODARK
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Bug-studying org. : NSA
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Steinbeck novella set in La Paz : THEPEARL
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Topic for Sun Tzu : WAR
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Has as a tenant : RENTSTO
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Shakespearean king : HENRYVI
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Retired chat service : AIM
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Military term of address : SIR
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Perry of fashion : ELLIS
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"I knew that would happen!" : CALLEDIT
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"Twelfth Night" twin : VIOLA
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Thin pancake : BLIN
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Spa treatment : PEEL
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Flowery : ORNATE
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___ Nation (record label for Jay-Z and J. Cole) : ROC
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Illegal interference ... or what can be found in this puzzle's 1st, 3rd, 7th, 15th, 19th and 21st rows? : OBSTRUCTIONOFJUSTICE
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Stewbum : SOT
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Noted brand of guitars : IBANEZ
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Use an ice pack on : NUMB
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What a conductor might conduct : HEAT
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Online admin : SYSOP
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Where a big bowl is found : PASADENA
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Indication to bow slowly, say : LENTO
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Creator of the "Planet Money" podcast : NPR
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Like a boiled lobster : RED
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Buoy : HEARTEN
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Poe ode : TOHELEN
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Nicknamed : AKA
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Largest moon in the solar system : GANYMEDE
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Got down : ATE
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Discharges : EGESTS
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Reasons for sneezin' : COLDS
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They might be backless : BRAS
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Fan favorite : IDOL
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Frequent Twitter poster : BOT
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Thick hairstyle : SHAG
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For the case at hand : ADHOC
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Hooded cloak : CAPUCHIN
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Home to the historic Moana Hotel : OAHU
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Connecticut city near New Haven : ANSONIA
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___ speak : SOTO
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Kind of race : MAYORAL
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Dum-dums : STUPIDS
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In ___ (entirely) : TOTO
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Bit of advice before taking off? : DIETTIP
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Evasive basketball move : HOPSTEP
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Brooding sort : HEN
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Häagen-Dazs alternative : BREYERS
Down
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Big name in Scotch : DEWAR
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Appliance brand : AMANA
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Word before goat or state : NANNY
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Sporks have small ones : TINES
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Suffix with crap : OLA
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Bird bills : NEBS
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Now there's a thought! : IDEA
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Sign by a pool : NOFOOD
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Features of monarch butterfly wings : SPOTS
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Add salt to, maybe : CURE
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Santa ___ : ANA
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Former Buick sedans : LESABRES
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"Victory is mine!" : IWIN
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Covered with water : AWASH
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Sleek fabrics : SATEENS
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Closest to base? : EVILEST
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Dry, as wine : SEC
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Daze : STUPOR
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Jessica of "The Illusionist" : BIEL
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Empty : RID
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Chocolate purchase : BAR
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Language with six tones : LAO
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180s : UEYS
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Dallas pro : MAV
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Limit on what can be charged : PRICECAP
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"All right, let's play!" : GAMEON
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Butcher's stock : KNIVES
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Nickname for Springsteen : THEBOSS
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Comics superhero with filed-off horns : HELLBOY
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Joins forces? : ENLISTS
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Run off : PRINT
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Actor Wheaton : WIL
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Prefix with -nomial : TRI
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Joins forces : ALLIES
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Insurance giant whose name begins with a silent letter : AETNA
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Spoke tediously, with "on" : DRONED
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Just for laughs : INFUN
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Marble marvel : TAJMAHAL
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Cuban province where the Castros were born : ORIENTE
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Found (in) : LOCATED
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Nail polish remover : ACETONE
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Trivia venue : PUB
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Margarine container : TUB
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Sign of wind on water : RIPPLE
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Range that's home to the Mark Twain National Forest : OZARKS
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Unit of 74-Across : THERM
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It stands for January : ONE
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Raiders' org. : DEA
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Big name in chips : LAYS
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Hamlet's plot in "Hamlet" : REGICIDE
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"To what ___?" : END
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Bill : TAB
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Italian castle town : OTRANTO
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Advance warning : HEADSUP
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Nancy Drew's boyfriend : NED
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"Finally!" : ATLAST
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Roman Empire invader : GOTH
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Part of S.S.N.: Abbr. : SOC
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Wrap tightly : COCOON
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Looks for purchases : SHOPS
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Crested ___ (Colorado ski resort) : BUTTE
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Like Santa's suit on December 26 : SOOTY
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Short-story writer Bret : HARTE
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The slightest margin : AHAIR
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Shows nervousness, in a way : GULPS
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Taking action : ONIT
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Kids' character who says "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day" : POOH
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What has casts of thousands? : IMDB
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Hair removal brand : NAIR
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Grate stuff : ASH
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Potent venom source : ASP
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"___-haw!" : YEE

Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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