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New York Times, Friday, October 19, 2018

Author:
Trenton Charlson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
37-Down : Place to get ribs or pulled pork
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Trenton Charlson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Charlson. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Grid flow: 43.8 Friday freshness: 74%
Trenton Charlson notes:
I started this puzzle with X-RAY SPEX, and once I built out the upper-left corner, I noticed BBQ JOINT might work well in the ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I felt like Trenton made this puzzle specifically for me. There's so much of the goodness you'd usually expect in a themeless; ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times10/19/18 ( No. 25,182 )
Across
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Objective worked toward during crunch time? : SIXPACK
8
"Get off the stage!" : BOOHISS
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43-Across that shares its name with part of a flower : COROLLA
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Catching rays for days, say : ONVACAY
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Need for a certain outlet : ADAPTOR
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Outlet's opposite : DEADEND
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Singer with the 2012 hit "Let Me Love You" : NEYO
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"Later, alligator!" : SEEYA
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Successful hacker's declaration : IMIN
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Tubes : TVS
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Agrees to compromise : BENDS
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Chihuahua, for one : STATE
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Seriously muscular : RIPPED
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Hagatna is its capital : GUAM
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Big Apple team, on scoreboards : NYY
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Deep blue : OCEAN
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Word on some Emmy awards : SERIES
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Cutting-edge, as an electronic product : NEXTGEN
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Alpha male, perhaps? : FRATBRO
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Some Girl Scout cookies : SAMOAS
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Any of three sisters of old Hollywood : GABOR
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See 15-Across : CAR
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The worst of times : LOWS
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___ wrench : TORQUE
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Taps, as a keg : OPENS
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Cliff notes? : YODEL
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4x platinum album of 2001 : JLO
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Eric of "Munich" : BANA
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Hitherto : SOFAR
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Pound, e.g. : POET
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Suffered humiliation : ATECROW
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Early tool : NEOLITH
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Participate in quid pro quo : LOGROLL
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Region of Ghana known for gold and cocoa : ASHANTI
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Plucks : TWEEZES
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Roll of 4 and 6, in craps : EASYTEN
Down
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Teacher's timesaver for grading tests : SCANTRON
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PC modem or drive : IODEVICE
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Novelty item in vintage comic book ads : XRAYSPEX
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Law enforcers, in slang : POPO
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Start of some rock genre names : ALT
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One side of a store sign : CLOSED
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Real first name of writer Isak Dinesen : KAREN
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Rides the waves without a board : BODYSURFS
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Prime draft pick : ONEA
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Tiny tube travelers : OVA
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Lost all patience : HADIT
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Profession in a Eugene O'Neill title : ICEMAN
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"___ and happiness are an impossible combination": Mark Twain : SANITY
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Where Nemo was found in "Finding Nemo" : SYDNEY
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Nip in the end : EDGE
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A.F.C. North team : BENGALS
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Notable ring bearer : SMEAGOL
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A.F.C. East team, informally : PATS
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Intangible quality : AIR
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Official birds of Quebec : SNOWYOWLS
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Center of a Scrabble board : STAR
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Kind of phase for some teens : EMO
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Place to get ribs or pulled pork : BBQJOINT
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Literally, "little wheel" : ROULETTE
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Low-cal version of a classic cookie : OREOTHIN
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From : ASOF
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Deep blue : COBALT
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Director of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "This Is 40" : APATOW
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Fail to follow suit : RENEGE
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Missionaries of Charity founder : TERESA
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Button material : NACRE
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Mother of Perseus : DANAE
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Only : SOLE
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Recorder button : PLAY
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"Frasier" role : ROZ
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Post's Honey ___! : OHS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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