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New York Times, Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Author:
Kate Hawkins
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Across : *Decisive defeat
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Hawkins.
Kate Hawkins notes:
I'm thrilled to have another puzzle in The New York Times, and less than two weeks after my last one to boot. My favorite clues that I ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
A dose of POTTY MOUTH wordplay today, THRONE, HEAD, JOHN, LOO, disguised at the end of themers. I used to find potty humor so much ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times2/23/21 ( No. 26,040 )
Across
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"Stat!" : ASAP
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Long, loose dress : CAFTAN
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"___ NewsHour" : PBS
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Lady ___, anthem singer at Biden's inauguration : GAGA
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Like the first "d" in "Wednesday" : SILENT
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Ad ___ : HOC
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Leader of an oil-rich land, maybe : EMIR
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*Seat for the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros : IRONTHRONE
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T, in a sorority : TAU
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Poem of tribute : ODE
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"Movin' ___" ("The Jeffersons" theme) : ONUP
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*Devotee of Jerry Garcia's band : DEADHEAD
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Pants measurement : WAIST
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Craftsperson : ARTISAN
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Bride-to-be : FIANCEE
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Honeybunch? : BEES
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Makes plenty angry : STEAMS
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Map abbr. until 1991 : SSR
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*"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" singer/composer : ELTONJOHN
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Home of the N.B.A.'s Thunder, for short : OKC
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Submit : SENDIN
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Delays no more : ACTS
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Canadian city whose name consists of two consecutive boys' names : CALGARY
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"Hot" place for a cat in theater : TINROOF
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Attribute : TRAIT
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*Decisive defeat : WATERLOO
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Word after wild or rolled : OATS
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I : EGO
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Key near Caps Lock : TAB
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One using crude language ... or one saying the last parts of the answers to the starred clues? : POTTYMOUTH
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Life is a long one : TERM
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Lanai strings : UKE
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"The ___ Show" (best-selling album of 2002) : EMINEM
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County name in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania : ERIE
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To be, in Spanish : SER
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Like some truck trailers : TANDEM
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Stash : STOW
Down
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What a tot might indicate by holding up fingers : AGE
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Dr. Seuss' ___-I-am : SAM
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Stir up : AGITATE
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Heaven : PARADISE
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CBS forensic series : CSI
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Space shuttle supply : AIR
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Inundate : FLOOD
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Be in charge of, as a bar : TEND
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Kick in seed money : ANTE
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Last in a mathematical series : NTH
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Subject that teaches the varying "ch" sounds of "cheap," "chaos" and "charade" : PHONICS
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Add-ons : BONUSES
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King's rod : SCEPTER
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Speckled horse : ROAN
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Speech fillers : UHS
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Little bit, as of cream : DAB
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Before, in poetry : ERE
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Day for an egg hunt : EASTER
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Lover of Cleopatra : ANTONY
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Laundry : WASH
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Tex-Mex dish served in a soft tortilla : FAJITA
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"Just leave the job to me" : IMONIT
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Last part : END
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Exam for a future D.A. : LSAT
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Does voice work for a documentary, say : NARRATES
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Creature that might squirt ink and use tools : OCTOPUS
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Activity done while reading a screen : KARAOKE
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Apt anagram of RATTLE + C : CLATTER
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Late-night rival of Kimmel and Fallon : COLBERT
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Exceedingly : TOO
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Hub NW of LAX : SFO
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Heart : GIST
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Court divider : NET
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Concern for a medic : WOUND
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Actress Watson of the "Harry Potter" films : EMMA
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Enter : GOIN
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Although : YET
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Shirt named for its shape : TEE
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"I dunno ..." : HMM
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___ Grande : RIO
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Kitten's sound : MEW

Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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