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New York Times, Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Author:
Bruce Haight
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
29-Down : Symbol of depravity
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Bruce Haight

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 77, Blocks: 44 Missing: {Q} Grid has mirror symmetry. There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 44 for Mr. Haight. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Wednesday freshness: 25%
Bruce Haight notes:
I remember sending a punny Halloween puzzle to the NYT about a year ago. They replied that the puzzle was OK, but they already had a ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I love it when constructors break rules (for a good reason.) There have been plenty of grids where one section is completely separated ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times10/31/18 ( No. 25,194 )
Across
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___ rug : SHAG
5
Audibly horrified : AGASP
10
Quarrel : TIFF
14
Stephen King title about a dog : CUJO
15
Cabaret show : REVUE
16
A transcontinental traveler might go by this : RAIL
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Saint who lent his name to a Minnesota college : OLAF
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Justice Kagan : ELENA
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It's not a good look : OGLE
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Listings in the Internal Revenue Code : TAXLAWS
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C.I.A. infiltrator during the Cold War : KGBMOLE
24
Part of I.P.A. : ALE
25
Sound at a séance : RAP
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Savings for a rainy day : NESTEGG
30
Not self-parked : VALETED
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Afore : ERE
35
A. A. Milne character : ROO
36
Drips in the O.R. : IVS
37
Biblical judge : ELI
38
Nabokov title : ADA
39
___ turkey : TOM
40
Goddess: Lat. : DEA
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Toward the most common part of a boat to fish from : AFT
42
Prize on "The Bachelor" : ROSE
44
Wooden rod : DOWEL
46
Story of a lifetime, for short? : OBIT
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Public ruckus : SCENE
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P, for Plato : RHO
50
Like the ocean : BRINY
51
Groups that typically meet weekly for lunch : ROTARYCLUBS
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Drug also called angel dust : PCP
56
Language spoken by Jesus : ARAMAIC
57
Lincoln or Ford : CAR
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Visa alternative : AMEX
62
Discovering the word at 67-Across, for this puzzle : THEME
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Place underground : BURY
64
Pay (up) : PONY
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Baltic capital : RIGA
66
Animated film of 1998 : ANTZ
67
Resting place hinted at by 28-, 5-, 45-, 9- and 31-Down, in that order : CRYPT
68
Oodles : ATON
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Macbeth, e.g. : SCOT
2
Dance with percussion accompaniment : HULA
3
Battler of Hector in the "Iliad" : AJAX
4
Lose carbonation : GOFLAT
5
"Do you still like me?" : AREWEGOOD
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Comes together : GELS
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N.Y.C.'s Park or Fifth : AVE
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Destroyed, as an armada : SUNK
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Walkway option in lieu of paving : PEAGRAVEL
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___ l'oeil (illusion) : TROMPE
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Rival of Cassio, in Shakespeare : IAGO
12
Truckload at a garbage dump : FILL
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Get out of Dodge : FLEE
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Tip off : ALERT
23
Material for Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki : BALSA
26
Becomes imminent : NEARS
27
Worker in a trauma ward, for short : ERDOC
28
Image on an ancient mariner's map : SEASERPENT
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Symbol of depravity : GOMORRAH
30
Security device, informally : VIDEOCAM
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Serving at a 4:00 social : TEABISCUIT
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Pixielike : ELFIN
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Jingle, e.g. : DITTY
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"Music for Airports" musician : ENO
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"What did I do to deserve this?" : WHYME
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Image on the king of clubs : ORB
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When one is expected, for short : ETA
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Tampa Bay pro, informally : BUC
52
It is "either plagiarism or revolution," per Paul Gauguin : ART
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Be horizontal : LIE
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___ John : PAPA
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"You're pulling my leg!" : CMON
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Hit 2012 movie whose plot involves a plan to make a movie : ARGO
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House leader after Boehner : RYAN
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___ Affair : XYZ
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Playtex product : BRA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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