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New York Times, Thursday, October 31, 2019

Author:
Ezra Brauner and Jeff Chen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
English county that's the setting for Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None"
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11411.6292255%
Jeff Chen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Brauner. This is puzzle # 103 for Mr. Chen. Thursday freshness: 4%
Constructor notes:
Happy Halloween! I'm a sophomore at Rutgers studying computer science. I have been interested in puzzles for a long time, but an ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
You don't know ze difference between MACAROONS and MACARONS? Pah! (Said in a snooty French accent.) Fun experience working with ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times10/31/19 ( No. 25,559 )
Across
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Sofa feature : ARM
4
Vent : UNLOAD
10
Nasty campaign accusations : MUD
13
Mauna ___ : LOA
14
Lincoln ___, creator of the comic strip "Big Nate" : PEIRCE
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Small-scale : MINI
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Abbr. that's almost always preceded by a comma : ETC
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They get kicked around a lot : SOCCERBALLS
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Ceremonial goblets : CHALICES
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Against expectations, say : IRONIC
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Another go : REDO
23
Basic cable channel : USA
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Travelers from afar, for short : ETS
25
Rural shindigs : HOOTENANNIES
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Co. milestone : IPO
31
Brouhaha : TODO
32
Train to a plane : TRAM
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Remove abruptly : YANK
38
English county that's the setting for Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" : DEVON
39
Money in Istanbul : LIRA
40
Not to mention : ALSO
41
One-named supermodel of the 1970s-'80s : IMAN
42
German article : DER
43
"You flabbergast me" : IMSPEECHLESS
48
Fill (up) : GAS
51
Prefix with tourism : ECO
52
Digs up some dirt : HOES
53
Profile persona : AVATAR
55
Mélanges : AMALGAMS
59
Kind of experiment ... or a hint to 10 Down answers in this puzzle : DOUBLEBLIND
61
Trouble : WOE
62
Takes responsibility for : OWNS
63
You're out of it if you're in it : TRANCE
64
Wiliness : ART
65
ID checker : TSA
66
Something with a movable feast : EASTER
67
"Absolutely!" : YES
Down
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A Baldwin brother : ALEC
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Kind of I.R.A. : ROTH
3
Colorful French cookies : MACARONS
4
Good potential : UPSIDE
5
Former liberal, maybe : NEOCON
6
Whopper : LIE
7
Surgery sites, for short : ORS
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Star pitcher : ACE
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Mockery : DERISION
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Get the lead out? : MINE
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Foot, fathom or furlong : UNIT
12
Playing pieces in Othello : DISCS
15
Who said "Where there is oppression, there is resistance" : MAO
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Scottish hillside : BRAE
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Court cry : LET
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Japanese noodle dish : UDON
25
"Hey there!" : HIYA
26
Bud : PAL
27
Returning to the original speed, on scores : ATEMPO
28
Fertilization targets : OVA
29
The Blues of the N.H.L., on scoreboards : STL
33
Goes off into the sunset, say : RIDESAWAY
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Is for two? : ARE
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Damage : MAR
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Swimmer in an ornamental pond : KOI
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Separate : DISCRETE
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What corn can be ground into : MEAL
45
Orange Monopoly card : CHANCE
46
One kneeling with the ball in a field goal attempt : HOLDER
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Relay part : LEG
48
Gal in "Wonder Woman" : GADOT
49
Swears : AVOWS
50
Hot spot : SAUNA
54
TV channel with the slogan "We're comedy" : TBS
55
[Sigh] : ALAS
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Huge fortune : MINT
57
What a glutton always wants : MORE
58
Makeup of a match : SETS
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Provider of support : BRA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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