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New York Times, Monday, November 11, 2019

Author:
Evan Kalish
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Truckload
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
247/2/201812/7/20252
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31.6011430.439%
Evan Kalish

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Kalish. Grid flow: 35.4 Monday freshness: 66%
Evan Kalish notes:
Sometimes an idea just occurs to you, and re-parsing "think tank" as an instruction led right to this puzzle, which coalesced over the ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
If you're going to make a "words that can follow X" crossword, this is the way to do it. Elements that stand out: Great base phrases. ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times11/11/19 ( No. 25,570 )
Across
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Fallout from a volcano : ASH
4
Where the heart is : CHEST
9
Foundation : BASIS
14
Vietnamese bowlful : PHO
15
Southwestern plant with swordlike leaves : YUCCA
16
Skilled (at) : ADEPT
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*Hustler with a cue stick : POOLSHARK
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Japanese beer brand : ASAHI
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March 17 honoree, informally : STPAT
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Regrets : RUES
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Truckload : TON
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*Showy basketball two-pointer : WINDMILLDUNK
28
Way one positions one's legs : STANCE
31
"___ sure about that?" : YOURE
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Many book-marks, for short : URLS
33
Where a cat may be picked up : NAPE
37
Make a mess of : BOTCH
39
Newsstand purchase, for short : MAG
40
*Riot dispersal weapon : TEARGAS
42
On the ___ (fleeing) : LAM
43
Arabian Peninsula resident : OMANI
45
Little Red Riding ___ : HOOD
46
Money in Mexico : PESO
47
Completely flat surface : PLANE
49
Comes up : ARISES
51
*1960s-'70s teen idol with the hit "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" : BOBBYSHERMAN
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Everyone : ALL
56
Walkway : PATH
57
Chefs : COOKS
61
Ministore at a mall : KIOSK
64
Research institute ... or, when read as a direction, a hint to the ends of the answers to the starred clues : THINKTANK
66
Japanese mushroom : ENOKI
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"___, meenie ..." : EENIE
68
Lawyer's charge : FEE
69
Dance version of a song, maybe : REMIX
70
Definitely not look forward to : DREAD
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Stitch up : SEW
Down
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Downloadable programs : APPS
2
Photographed : SHOT
3
Circular earring : HOOP
4
___ fibrosis : CYSTIC
5
"Say again?" : HUH
6
Digital birthday greeting : ECARD
7
Rugby formation : SCRUM
8
George of the original "Star Trek" : TAKEI
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What makes a ewe turn? : BAA
10
Commercials : ADS
11
Water creatures that hatch on land : SEATURTLES
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Protection sold at an Apple Store : IPHONECASE
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Reek : STINK
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Things that are mowed : LAWNS
22
Wily : SLY
25
Protected Hawaiian bird : NENE
26
Arcing tennis hits : LOBS
27
Simon & Garfunkel, e.g. : DUO
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Competition between two heavyweights : SUMO
29
Gym equipment with springs : TRAMPOLINE
30
Rapid green growth in a lake or pond : ALGALBLOOM
34
"That feels so-o-o good!" : AAH
35
Expert : PRO
36
Lead-in to maniac : EGO
38
Certain insurers, for short : HMOS
40
Minuscule : TINY
41
One with a first-person narrative? : ADAM
44
Capture : NAB
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___ grigio (wine) : PINOT
48
Paranormal ability, for short : ESP
50
Arranged, as billiard balls in a triangle : RACKED
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Worker with an apron : BAKER
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Loathed : HATED
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Old anesthetic : ETHER
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760-mile river that starts in Switzerland : RHINE
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Bumbling sorts : OAFS
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Take a ___ (protest, in a way) : KNEE
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Make biased : SKEW
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Winter Olympics item : SKI
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General Mills cereal since 1937 : KIX
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Actress Vardalos : NIA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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