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New York Times, Monday, December 9, 2019

Author:
Ellis Hay
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Only N.F.L. team that doesn't have a logo on its helmets
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Ellis Hay

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Hay. Monday freshness: 43%
Ellis Hay notes:
Working with four 15-letter theme entries was interesting because it presented both a degree of rigidity and interchangeability in ... read more
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The Shortz Era began with a color crossword. The fact that there have been dozens more over the decades may have (ahem) colored my ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times12/9/19 ( No. 25,598 )
Across
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The Mayflower had three of them : MASTS
6
Rocker Lofgren : NILS
10
Story of heroes : EPIC
14
Hawaiian greeting : ALOHA
15
Grp. with many Mideast members : OPEC
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Outpouring from a volcano : LAVA
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Sweet citrus fruits from Southern California : VALENCIAORANGES
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Winter Olympics need : SNOW
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Tack on : ADD
22
Most frigid : ICIEST
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___-bodied : ABLE
25
Abba of Israel : EBAN
26
Only N.F.L. team that doesn't have a logo on its helmets : CLEVELANDBROWNS
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Tied, as shoes : LACED
34
Be under the weather : AIL
35
"___ till you drop" : SHOP
36
W.W. II zone that D.D.E. commanded : ETO
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Completely enchanted : SMITTEN
41
The Cyclones of the Big 12 Conf. : ISU
42
Pimply outbreak : ACNE
44
Like some batteries and baseball leagues : AAA
45
Did something : ACTED
47
Some chickens : RHODEISLANDREDS
51
Angry driver's signal : HONK
52
Lover boy : BEAU
53
"Quaking" trees : ASPENS
56
Nightly "NewsHour" presenter : PBS
57
Queen in Disney's "Frozen" : ELSA
61
Hit 1980s cop show : HILLSTREETBLUES
64
Dutch town with a cheese named after it : EDAM
65
Light and open : AIRY
66
Deity of Islam : ALLAH
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Store department with jackets and ties : MENS
68
Shaggy beasts : YAKS
69
Come from behind, in scoring : RALLY
Down
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Dallas N.B.A. team, informally : MAVS
2
Actor Alda : ALAN
3
Like Lindbergh's 1927 flight to Paris : SOLO
4
Crowd activity at a stadium : THEWAVE
5
___ Rafael, Calif. : SAN
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"Who knows?!" : NOIDEA
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Apple tablet : IPAD
8
Sign before Virgo : LEO
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Write quickly and none too carefully : SCRIBBLE
10
Weather phenomena from the Pacific : ELNINOS
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"Doctor Jones, you're needed at the front desk," e.g. : PAGE
12
Currier and ___ : IVES
13
Group of actors : CAST
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Dial on a telephone : CALL
19
Rent-___ (Hertz or Avis) : ACAR
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Hotel units : BEDS
25
Polish, as text : EDIT
26
Unambiguous : CLEAR
27
Gate fastener : LATCH
28
Cheap, in commercial names : ECONO
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Birth-related : NATAL
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"___ Christmas" (holiday song) : WHITE
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Edged (out) : NOSED
32
Taters : SPUDS
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Chief support : MAINSTAY
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"Can ___ you a question?" : IASK
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Zilch : NADA
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Actor who played Andy Bernard on "The Office" : EDHELMS
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___ De Vil, "101 Dalmatians" role : CRUELLA
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Earth's longest time divisions, geologically : EONS
49
Homes for nuns : ABBEYS
50
Hatchlings' home : NEST
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*cough, cough* : AHEM
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Point of view, as in an argument : SIDE
55
Blueprint : PLAN
56
Employee's reserved parking space, for one : PERK
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Brief down period : LULL
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Circus animal with flippers : SEAL
60
Wan : ASHY
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Small inlet : RIA
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What a priest, a minister and a rabbi might walk into : BAR

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

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