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New York Times, Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Author:
Alan Southworth and Yacob Yonas
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
54-Across : Spider-Man not minding his own business?
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Alan Southworth
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Yacob Yonas

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 83, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Southworth. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Yonas. Tuesday freshness: 38%
Constructor notes:
One of the first theme answers we thought of was 16-letters, so you'll notice that the grid is not square today (16x15). Given that we didn't ... read more
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I love me some superheroes. I'm not quite to the level of dorkitude as my twin brother, who can not only name all four people who have been the ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times11/6/18 ( No. 25,200 )
Across
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Like many internships : UNPAID
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Place for a massage : SPA
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Hybrid citrus fruits : UGLIS
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"Just my luck!" : POORME
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Ripken with a record 2,632 consecutive games played : CAL
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Identify someone without speaking : POINT
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Superman's fist? : DUKEOFKENT
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Wee : EENSY
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Forever and a day : AGES
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Yang's opposite : YIN
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Forever and a day : EONS
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Fortuneteller's deck : TAROT
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Iron Man without any clothes? : STARKNAKED
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U.F.O. pilots : ETS
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Sounds at doctors' checkups : AHS
35
Shape of a plunging neckline : VEE
36
Symbol of saintliness : HALO
37
Finish, as a cake : ICE
38
Profoundly wise : SAGE
39
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
40
Batman's water springs? : FOUNTAINSOFWAYNE
45
Lead-in to girl : ATTA
46
Fastener named for its shape : TNUT
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Placed coins in, as a parking meter : FED
48
Carolina ___ (state bird) : WREN
49
Bub : MAC
50
Something an apiphobe fears : BEE
51
Faux ___ : PAS
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Spider-Man not minding his own business? : NOSYPARKER
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"The Lord is my Shepherd" begins the 23rd one : PSALM
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Famed N.Y.C. nightclub, with "the" : COPA
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Untrustworthy sort : RAT
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Sailing : ASEA
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What a low-carb diet may ban : BREAD
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When the Hulk was born? : BANNERYEAR
69
Indian yogurt drink : LASSI
70
Things requested by bouncers : IDS
71
Partner on a talk show : COHOST
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Highly competitive, say : TYPEA
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No-frills bed : COT
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Raises, as a flag : HOISTS
Down
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New edition of software : UPDATE
2
Snickers bar filling : NOUGAT
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Hot rods? : POKERS
4
"Am not!" reply : ARESO
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Text message qualifier : IMO
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Go against : DEFY
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Aroma : SCENT
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Scathing review : PAN
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Secondary identity ... or what can be found in 18-, 27-, 40-, 54- and 66-Across : ALTEREGO
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Wharton's school, familiarly : UPENN
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Proceeds : GOESAHEAD
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Broadway's ___-Manuel Miranda : LIN
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Networkers' goals : INS
14
Digs for pigs : STY
19
Meet face to face? : KISS
24
"Cow's Skull: Red, White and Blue" artist : OKEEFFE
26
Phrasing so as not to offend, say : TACT
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Nautical "Stop!" : AVAST
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Perry with the 2010 hit "Firework" : KATY
30
Flair : ELAN
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Loser to Clinton in 1996 : DOLE
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Colorful image in a weather report : HEATMAP
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No matter what : INANYCASE
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Crept (out), informally : SNUCK
40
Baby deer : FAWN
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Spanish "other" : OTRO
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Pac-12 team about 625 miles from the Pacific : UTES
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How the Quran is written : INARABIC
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Cry : WEEP
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Kellogg's Raisin ___ : BRAN
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Leisurely strolls : PASEOS
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Yankees' division, in brief : ALEAST
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Savviness : SMARTS
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Lecterns : PODIA
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Young's partner in accounting : ERNST
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Greet someone cordially : SAYHI
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Silicon Valley specialty : TECH
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Lunch order that might be grilled : BLT
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Title role for which Jamie Foxx won an Oscar for Best Actor : RAY
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Paranormal ability, for short : ESP
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Hoopla : ADO
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Aussie animal : ROO

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

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