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"LOOKIN' GOOD!"

New York Times, Sunday, December 8, 2019

Author:
Emily Carroll
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Across : Saudi king before Abdullah
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Emily Carroll

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 70 Missing: {Q} Scrabble average: 1.75 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Carroll. Sunday freshness: 96%
Will Shortz notes:
Emily Carroll, of New York City, is a 2016 medical school graduate who just finished her residency. She is applying for fellowships and expects to get news (fingers crossed!) around the ... read more
Emily Carroll notes:
I wanted to find a way to get BOYZIIMEN into a puzzle because I think the "YZII" is such a fun, bizarre string of letters. Initially, I was going to attempt to do so in a themeless puzzle, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I love it when constructors give an honest critique of their work. So many pat themselves on the back, saying how proud they are of the product, while only paying lip service to the flaws. ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times12/8/19 ( No. 25,597 )
Across
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Unpleasantly surprise : JAR
4
Music-licensing org. : ASCAP
9
Big brother? : ABBOT
14
Some Pac-12 athletes : UTES
18
Three or four, say : AFEW
20
Ashton Kutcher's role on "That '70s Show" : KELSO
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"Cross my heart" : TRULY
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Ingredient in spanakopita : FETA
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Carefree quality : BREEZINESS
25
Synopsis : RECAP
26
Saudi king before Abdullah : FAHD
27
Popular Asian honeymoon destination : BALIINDONESIA
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Ready for publication : EDITED
31
Comes into view : EMERGES
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Was given no other option : HADTO
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Online publication : EZINE
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Funny Foxx : REDD
37
Rant : TIRADE
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Top musical group of the 1990s, per Billboard : BOYZIIMEN
43
51 past : NINETO
44
Patronize, in a way : DINEAT
45
Slow start? : ESS
46
Momentarily : INASEC
50
Supporting, with "up" : SHORING
52
"I messed up," in slang : MYB
54
Comaneci of gymnastics : NADIA
55
One shouting "Get off my lawn!" : GEEZER
56
PC port : USB
58
Clothing designer Marc : ECKO
62
"S.N.L." alum who co-starred in 2016's "Ghostbusters" : KRISTENWIIG
64
Classic soft drink : NEHI
65
Response to a funny meme : LOLZ
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Stopping point : END
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Lead-in to meter : ODO
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Manage : SEETO
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Follower of Sam or will. : IAM
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Pince-___ glasses : NEZ
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Iranian currency with a 75-Across on its bills : RIAL
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See 73-Across : IMAM
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Game console introduced in 2006 : NINTENDOWII
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It's often included with an R.S.V.P. card : SASE
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Like most Italian singular nouns finishing in -a: Abbr. : FEM
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Scatters about : STREWS
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United way? : PLANE
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The most recent Pope Benedict : XVI
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Like some "#@&!" language : ABUSIVE
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"Actually, I do" : WHYYES
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Photo ___ : OPS
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"Buddy Holly" band, 1994 : WEEZER
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Braced (oneself) : NERVED
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New York social reformer whose name is on a Manhattan housing project : JACOBRIIS
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Amenable sort : AGREER
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Pet lovers' org. : SPCA
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Phrase on a candy heart : ILUVU
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Impertinent sorts : SNIPS
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Birds or wasps : NESTERS
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Caviar source : BELUGA
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Good-looking ... or a phonetic hint to a feature found five times in this puzzle : EASYONTHEEYES
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What may follow fire or stone : WALL
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Pulmonologist's expertise : LUNGS
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Give too much light : OVEREXPOSE
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One way to turn a ship : ALEE
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Members of une sororité : AMIES
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National currency which, if you drop its second letter and read the result backward, spells another national currency : DINAR
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Memo header : ATTN
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Knights' titles in "A Game of Thrones" : SERS
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Heart topper, in bridge : SPADE
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"Someone Like You" hitmaker, 2011 : ADELE
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Jokey suffix with most : EST
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Prattle : JABBER
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Triangular construction : AFRAME
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Was taken aback : REELED
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Unable to move well : AKINETIC
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Submits : SENDSIN
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Former TV psychic Miss ___ : CLEO
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The "A" of W.N.B.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
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Ask : POSE
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Parts of hearts : ATRIA
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Wonderful receptacle? : BREADBIN
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Tampa Bay N.F.L.er : BUC
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Rock-___ (jukebox brand) : OLA
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Romantic preference : TYPE
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Where to see Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" : UFFIZI
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Three or four, say : TEATIME
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Colorless gases : ETHENES
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Turns blue? : SADDENS
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"Well, that's quite a coincidence ..." : WEIRD
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Sudden turn : ZIG
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Ewe or sow : SHE
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One with superhuman powers : DEITY
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Spanish or Portuguese : TONGUE
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"___ Como Va" (Santana hit) : OYE
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Make alterations to : RESEW
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State of disbelief : ATHEISM
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Humdinger : DOOZIE
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Lusaka native : ZAMBIAN
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"Swell!" : NEATO
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NNE or SSW : DIR
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Tattoo artists : INKERS
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Fictional land of books and film : NARNIA
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"Impossible Is Nothing" sloganeer : ADIDAS
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Family nickname : SIS
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University officials : REGENTS
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___ canto : BEL
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Part of a short race : GNOME
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Draws back : SHIES
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Washington's Kellyanne or George : CONWAY
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Little: Ger. : KLEINE
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Smith and Nelson : OZZIES
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Teacher : EDIFIER
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Emphatic denial : NONEVER
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Arduous : TIRING
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Degree for a research scientist : MDPHD
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Latin law : LEX
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New York Mets epithet : AMAZIN
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Quaint contraction : TWERE
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West Coast brew, for short : OLY
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France's Boulogne-___-Mer : SUR
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Disney's Herbie, for one : VWBUG
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Under attack : BESIEGED
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Visitors' announcement : WEREHERE
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"The Song of Hiawatha" tribe : OJIBWAS
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Sierra Nevada, e.g. : PALEALE
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Oar : SCULLER
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Frozen Wasser : EIS
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Counterpart of dorsal : VENTRAL
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Immature eggs : OVULES
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Doofus : ASS
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First part in an instruction manual : STEPA
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Hallucinogen sometimes called a "divine messenger" : PEYOTE
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Parts of waves : CRESTS
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Give the green light : ASSENT
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No longer in style : PASSE
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Reason for a TV-MA rating, perhaps : SEX
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"Say it ain't so!" : ALAS
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Jedi guru : YODA
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Poet who wrote "Jupiter from on high laughs at lovers' perjuries" : OVID
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World's rarest goose : NENE
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A count manager : UMP
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Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" : NIA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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