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New York Times, Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Author:
Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {GQX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 46 for Mr. Agard. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Tuesday freshness: 92%
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© 2019, The New York Times10/1/19 ( No. 25,529 )
Across
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Travel aimlessly : ROAM
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Melville captain : AHAB
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Credit alternative : DEBIT
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___-Defamation League : ANTI
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___ gras : FOIE
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Loud public argument : SCENE
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Device for tapping groundwater : WELLDRILL
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Lovers' rendezvous : TRYST
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Debacle : FIASCO
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Pop hit? : SIP
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"Nope!" : UHUH
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What Apple's mobile devices run on : IOS
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$$$ pro, for short : CPA
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Hippo campus? : ZOO
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Vexation : IRE
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This-and-that dish : STEW
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In disguise for a mission : UNDERCOVER
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This-and-that dish : HASH
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Only four-term prez : FDR
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Echelons : TIERS
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Period after a championship : OFFSEASON
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Sky hue : AZURE
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Seabird of colder climes : AUK
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Singer Eartha : KITT
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What's hung on a clothesline : WETLAUNDRY
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Don't go : STAY
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Kitchen counter crawler : ANT
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General whose orders are sometimes carried out? : TSO
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"Plot twist!" : AHA
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"How you livin'?" : SUP
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Midmonth occasion : IDES
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Some party hirees, for short : DJS
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Not perfectly round : OBLATE
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They may protect diamonds : TARPS
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They usually attract (not in this puzzle, though) : OPPOSITES
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Visually assess : EYEUP
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Weirdo : KOOK
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"Dibs!" : MINE
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Papa : DADDY
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Airport approximations: Abbr. : ETDS
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Part of BFF : BEST
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Sashimi, e.g. : RAWFISH
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The slightest amount : ONEIOTA
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Map books : ATLASES
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"Cool" amounts : MILS
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Updo styled with an elastic band : AFROPUFF
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___ polloi : HOI
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Is down with something : AILS
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Its capital is Belmopan : BELIZE
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Spring forward/fall back inits. : DST
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Beigeish shade : ECRU
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Fans of singer Knowles, collectively : BEYHIVE
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Actuary's employer : INSURER
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Holds in place : TETHERS
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700, in ancient Rome : DCC
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Word before "favor" or "ejemplo" : POR
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No ifs, ___ or buts : ANDS
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Prefix meaning "eight" : OCTO
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Fingerprint shape : WHORL
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Really not look forward to : DREAD
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Sounds from a sty : OINKS
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Abbr. between two singers' names : FEAT
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Surrounding glow : AURA
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Signature shots of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar : SKYHOOKS
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Looked forward to : AWAITED
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One-named star of HBO's "Euphoria" : ZENDAYA
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Said aloud : UTTERED
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"Dead even!" : ITSATIE
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Loses slack : TAUTENS
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Prepare for printing : TYPESET
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Amer. currency : USD
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"Seriously!" : NOJOKE
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Crunches work them : ABS
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Tater : SPUD
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Help out, as a bench-presser : SPOT
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Partner for life : LIMB
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Do recon : SPY
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Rocket's escape vessel : POD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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