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New York Times, Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Author:
Samuel A. Donaldson
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Samuel A. Donaldson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQV} This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Donaldson. Tuesday freshness: 100%
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© 2019, The New York Times1/15/19 ( No. 25,270 )
Across
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Object of puppy love : CRUSH
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Acid's opposite : BASE
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Eponymous scale inventor : MOHS
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Skating gold medalist Sonja : HENIE
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Big farm workers : OXEN
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Country whose name can also be a full sentence : IRAN
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Welcome comment at a bar #1 : ITSMYTREAT
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Lead-in to bank : CITI
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"Ooh, ooh, let me look!" : CANISEE
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Cornered, as during a fox hunt : TREED
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Milky birthstone : OPAL
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Welcome comment at a bar #2 : DRINKSONME
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Actor George of TV's "The Goldbergs" : SEGAL
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Underhanded sort : SNEAK
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Some univ. instructors : TAS
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Friend of Harry in the Harry Potter books : RON
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The Cardinals, on scoreboards : STL
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"Hang on!" : WAIT
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Welcome comment at a bar #3 : ILLGETTHEBILL
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"This is not ___" (warning to kids) : ATOY
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Cleverly and ironically humorous : WRY
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Tina Fey's "30 Rock" role : LIZ
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___-1701 (U.S.S. Enterprise registry) : NCC
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Often-forbidden things to worship : IDOLS
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Caesar's first stabber : CASCA
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With 57-Across, welcome comment at a bar #4 : YOURMONEYS
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Sounds of support : RAHS
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Cousins of mandolins : LUTES
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Pestering people : NOODGES
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Words before "smoke" or "the air" : UPIN
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See 49-Across : NOGOODHERE
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Dirt ball : CLOD
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One coming to homecoming, maybe : GRAD
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"The Burning Giraffe" and "The Persistence of Memory" : DALIS
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Boy dolls : KENS
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"Beg pardon!" : OOPS
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They might make lids difficult to close : STYES
Down
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Women's clothing chain since 1983 : CHICOS
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Do again, as a radio bit : RETAPE
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Let off the hook? : UNSNAG
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Likewise : SIMILARLY
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Casual greetings : HEYS
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Termites and drills : BORERS
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Pink-slip : AXE
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Maritime milieu : SEA
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Tolkien tree being : ENT
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Tiny opening? : MICRO
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Avenue between Reading Railroad and Chance : ORIENTAL
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Poison-pen letters : HATEMAIL
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Most sarcastic : SNIDEST
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___ Talks : TED
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"Shame!" : TSK
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Fashionable : INSTYLE
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Home of The Hague: Abbr. : NETH
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Superman's birth name : KALEL
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Wood in a fireplace : LOG
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Change of locks? : NEWDO
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Pointed headgear often pictured with stars and moons : WIZARDHAT
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Tabloid twosome : ITCOUPLE
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Manner of speaking : LOCUTION
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1982 film inspired by Pong : TRON
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Big lighter brand : BIC
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"Were you successful at all?" : ANYLUCK
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Some digital chats, informally : IMS
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Holy councils : SYNODS
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How Solomon spoke : SAGELY
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French sweetheart : CHERIE
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Make a judgment of : ASSESS
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Rips to pieces : RENDS
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The Great Lakes' ___ Locks : SOO
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3:2 or 10:1, e.g. : ODDS
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Independent charity, for short : NGO
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Spanish gold : ORO
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Clothing chain since 1969 : GAP

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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