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New York Times, Saturday, October 20, 2018

Author:
Ben Gross and James Somers
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Wyoming town that's home to the Buffalo Bill Museum
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Ben Gross
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JQV} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Gross. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Somers. Saturday freshness: 81%
Constructor notes:
We decided to build the puzzle when Ben realized that the phrase "Netflix and chill" was 15 letters. It felt a little risqué, so we ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times10/20/18 ( No. 25,183 )
Across
1
Gang member associated with the color blue : CRIP
5
Powerful ray : MANTA
10
Sorority letters : PSIS
14
Advanced : LENT
15
Spinning : AREEL
16
"I'm so sorry" : OHNO
17
Marie who married at 14 : ANTOINETTE
19
Bean town? : LIMA
20
Painting of a bouquet, e.g. : STILLLIFE
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Israeli P.M. between Netanyahu and Sharon : BARAK
22
With assurance : SAFELY
23
Make deep cuts in : LACERATE
25
Caesarean section? : ICAME
26
Easy-to-eat, in a way : BITESIZED
27
Wyoming town that's home to the Buffalo Bill Museum : CODY
28
Relatives of tails : TUXEDOS
29
Steamy place : SPA
30
Rapping : RATATAT
31
Switzerland's ___ de Neuchâtel : LAC
34
Something a lawyer might make : PARTNER
35
Something that's "free" (although that's debatable) : WILL
36
They're hard to beat : GREATODDS
39
Can't not : HASTO
40
Head case, so to speak : NEUROTIC
41
Rich cakes : TORTES
42
Man with ___ : APLAN
43
Ship-to-ship communication : AHOYTHERE
45
Courts : WOOS
46
Dead ringers? : FLIPPHONES
47
Best Picture before "12 Years a Slave" : ARGO
48
Contradict : BELIE
49
Olympic racer : LUGE
50
Texter's valediction : TTYL
51
Does nothing : IDLES
52
Spy : SPOT
Down
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Makeup of a high school reading list : CLASSICS
2
Mall authority figure : RENTACOP
3
Palestinian uprising : INTIFADA
4
Astronomer with a geocentric model of the universe : PTOLEMY
5
Macho : MANLY
6
"Whose woods these ___ ...": Frost : AREI
7
Modern invitation to hook up : NETFLIXANDCHILL
8
Chats : TETEATETES
9
A bitter pull to swallow? : ALE
10
Guiding light : POLARIS
11
Full-bodied red : SHIRAZ
12
Joint tenant? : INMATE
13
Gouged : SOAKED
18
Latin pronoun : ILLE
21
Stupefy : BESOT
24
Moth repellent : CEDAR
26
Ended a phone call? : BUTTDIALED
28
King of Cups, e.g. : TAROT
30
Sing about? : RATON
31
"Hey!" : LISTENUP
32
Hannah Montana, for one : ALTEREGO
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Narrowly spaced : CLOSESET
34
Protection from harmful rays : PARASOL
35
"Eight Elvises" and "Sixteen Jackies" : WARHOLS
36
Really annoy : GNAWAT
37
Bit of news : REPORT
38
Panegyric : EULOGY
39
Ice planet in "The Empire Strikes Back" : HOTH
41
Pecks, in a way : TYPES
44
Role for a young Ron Howard : OPIE
46
Spy grp. : FBI

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