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New York Times, Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Author:
Andrew Kingsley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Andrew Kingsley
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQXZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Kingsley. NYT links: Across Lite PDF
Andrew Kingsley notes:
This puzzle is one in a string of themed puzzles I created this summer while directing a STEM summer camp—don't tell the campers. ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
CANDY CANEs! My three-year-old just got a CANDY CANE from Santa. Something so sweet about how big her eyes got. Not as sweet when she ... read more
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© 2017, The New York TimesNo. 1219 ( 24,878 )
Across
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Soak (up) : SOP
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With 14-Across, weakness for sugar : SWEET
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Fix, as a race : RIG
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It's on the waterfront : PIER
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See 4-Across : TOOTH
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Juno's Greek counterpart : HERA
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Designer Gucci : ALDO
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With 25-Down, 2012 British Open winner : ERNIE
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Those, in Spain : ESOS
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What a rolling stone is unlikely to gather : LICHEN
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Kurt of Nirvana : COBAIN
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Retro : BACKIN
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Baby : CODDLE
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Pile up : AMASS
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A little thick : DIM
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Same old, same old : USUAL
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Police dept. alert : APB
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Sharper : SAVVIER
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Cries of disgust : EWS
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Christmas tree decoration ... or a hint to what the circled letters form : CANDYCANE
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Gets underway : STARTS
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I'm not buying it! : RENTAL
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"___ take arms against a sea of troubles": Hamlet : ORTO
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Something squirreled away? : ACORN
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Like black sheep : RARE
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Tree with smooth bark : BIRCH
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Long-handled tool : HOE
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Language group that gave us "banjo" and "gumbo" : BANTU
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___-chic (hippie-inspired fashion) : BOHO
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"But of course!" : AHA
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Popular footwear from Down Under : UGGS
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"That would stink" : HOPENOT
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"Gilmore Girls" protagonist : LORELAI
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Shield : PROTECT
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Part of a shore dinner : MUSSELS
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Dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot : SOS
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"Yahoo!" : YAY
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Put an end to something? : SIT
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Blue Stater, for short : DEM
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Baden-Baden, for one : SPA
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"Moby-Dick" light source : OILLAMP
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Human-powered taxi : PEDICAB
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Vermeer and Rembrandt contemporary : STEEN
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Tattered : WORN
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Forever and a day : EON
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Suffix with diet : ETIC
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2000s teen drama set in Newport Beach : THEOC
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What's left : RESIDUE
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Absolutist's rule : IRONLAW
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Number for a surgeon? : GAS
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Tends to, as a cradle : ROCKS
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Flip call : HEADS
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Show disdain for, in a way : HISSAT
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Recurring action role for Matt Damon : BOURNE
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Sound heard from a herd : BAA
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See 17-Across : ELS
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Netflix item : DVD
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"The Holly and the ___" (Christmas song) : IVY
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Hearing aid? : MIC
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Archaeological handle : ANSA
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Make, as dough : EARN
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Stitch with a hook : CROCHET
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Fills with fury : ENRAGES
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Loud lament : SOB
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New York City bridge, informally, with "the" : TRIBORO
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Fate who cuts the thread of life : ATROPOS
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2010 Disney film that set a record for the most expensive animated movie ever made : TANGLED
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Gallery sign : ARTSALE
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Romanian currency : LEU
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Given to talk : CHATTY
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"Would you look at that!" : OOH
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Worlds : REALMS
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Potful for Winnie-the-Pooh : HONEY
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Succumb to pressure? : BURST
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Some office printers, for short : HPS
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South American tuber : OCA
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Arles assent : OUI
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Suffix with real or social : ISM

Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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