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New York Times, Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Something carried surreptitiously into an alt-rock concert?
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JVX} This is puzzle # 56 for Mr. Steinberg. Grid flow: 37.8 Wednesday freshness: 10%
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© 2016, The New York Times11/23/16 ( No. 24,487 )
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Fast-food chain known for its root beer : AANDW
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Edit menu option : FIND
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Iridescent stone : OPAL
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Princess Peach's savior in video games : MARIO
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Musical instrument with a flared end : OBOE
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Like N.F.L. games ending in a tie : RARE
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Standard feature of an action film : CHASESCENE
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Lakeside Ohio county : ERIE
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Something carried surreptitiously into an alt-rock concert? : HIPSTERFLASK
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Financing initials : APR
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The sun : SOL
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___ Park, Colo. : ESTES
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Perfect truck driver for the job? : DREAMTEAMSTER
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Company that makes Valium : ROCHE
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Family man : PAPA
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Some E.R. cases : ODS
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Race in an H. G. Wells book : ELOI
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Suspicious : SHADY
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Palindromic blast : TOOT
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___ cent : PER
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Two twos, for one : PAIR
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Overly sentimental : SAPPY
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Female street-racing champion? : DRAGSTERQUEEN
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Tip on a sweatshirt string : AGLET
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Note to a creditor : IOU
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Bagel variety : RYE
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Ostentatious member of the Mafia? : FLASHMOBSTER
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Piercing place : LOBE
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Prime hunting time : OPENSEASON
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Filmmaker Ferrara : ABEL
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Allocate, with "out" : METE
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Full of oomph : ZIPPY
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Sentence structure? : CELL
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___ for life : SCAR
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Delight : ELATE
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"The Walking Dead" network : AMC
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"That feels so-o-o good!" : AAH
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Org. for piece keepers? : NRA
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Gossip : DISH
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Quaint lament : WOEISME
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Ship part spelled with two apostrophes : FOCSLE
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"Uh-huh, of course" : IBET
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Amount left in Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard : NONE
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Animal in "Home on the Range" : DEER
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Ultimatum ending : ORELSE
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High military figure? : PARATROOPER
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Occur : ARISE
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Vichyssoise vegetables : LEEKS
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Help at the gym, say : SPOT
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Salty salad topping : FETA
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Noneditorial magazine worker, informally : ADREP
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"1984" worker : PROLE
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RCA, for one : RECORDLABEL
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Sushi tuna : AHI
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Separate : APART
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"What, me worry?" magazine : MAD
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Nathan Hale, for the Colonies : SPY
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One of a Disney septet : DOPEY
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Composer Jule : STYNE
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Furniture concern : SAG
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___ and hers : HIS
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T, on a fraternity house : TAU
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Something hikers take : PATH
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Tight hug : SQUEEZE
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Scalp, say : RESELL
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Longtime Disney C.E.O. : EISNER
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Becomes compost : ROTS
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Company whose spokesduck is on Twitter : AFLAC
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Boston daily : GLOBE
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"Choosy ___ choose Jif" (ad slogan) : MOMS
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Crude letters? : OPEC
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Testing stage : BETA
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Skatepark fixture : RAIL
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Massage place : SPA
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___-out clause : OPT
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Former PBS host with a bow tie : NYE

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