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New York Times, Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Author:
Ross Trudeau
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
43-Across : Infotainment show with an exclamation point in its name
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Ross Trudeau

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQYZ} This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Trudeau. Wednesday freshness: 95%
Ross Trudeau notes:
Back in March of 2017, I clued ALL RED as "visibly embarrassed," deciding that while Gloria ALLRED was crossword-worthy, a non-trivia ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
CAT CHAIR … is that the type of furniture they use at cat cafes? Jill and I had three cats at one point, and they all loved to scratch ... read more
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© 2020, The New York Times2/5/20 ( No. 25,656 )
Across
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Holiday Inn alternative : RAMADA
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Where you might go through withdrawal? : ATM
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"Kapow!" : WHAM
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Left : EXITED
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Get major hang time, in snowboarding lingo : CATCHAIR
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College in Claremont, Calif. : POMONA
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Al who famously drove a white Ford Bronco : COWLINGS
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Brief hookup : ONENIGHTSTAND
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Fair-hiring inits. : EEO
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No longer in bondage : FREED
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One of the musicians on the 11th day of Christmas : PIPER
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Showtime alternative : TMC
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Law partner? : ORDER
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"The Scream" and "The Kiss," for two : WORKSOFART
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Vein contents : ORE
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American ___ (another name for the century plant) : ALOE
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Slayer of Tybalt : ROMEO
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Ardent : AVID
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Hoover, e.g., informally : VAC
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Nonsense line sung by Frank Sinatra in "Strangers in the Night" : DOBEDOBEDO
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Infotainment show with an exclamation point in its name : ENEWS
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Keg necessity : TAP
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Cuts back on : PARES
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What an ID may substitute for? : IDAHO
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Put away : EAT
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Some garage sale goods ... or what the answers at 15-, 19-, 33-, 41- and 62-Across have done? : USEDFURNITURE
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Archrivals of the Blue Devils : TARHEELS
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Refrigerator, old-style : ICEBOX
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Verses-vs.-verses competitor : SLAMPOET
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Gay who wrote "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" : TALESE
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Healthful leaf vegetable : KALE
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"Straight Outta Compton" group : NWA
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Totally embarrassed : ALLRED
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Tow job, maybe : REPO
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Impulse transmitter : AXON
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Performer without a speaking part : MIME
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Loads : ATON
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They're not just skeptics : DENIERS
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"Curiosity killed the cat," e.g. : ADAGE
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Bank no. : ACCT
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Ski resort NNE of Santa Fe : TAOS
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Daily run, for short? : MTWTF
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Kvetch : WHINER
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Ceded control of : HANDEDOVER
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Bailed-out insurance giant of 2008 : AIG
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Better half, with "the" : MRS
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Mild cigar : CLARO
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Hurry, with "it" : HOTFOOT
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Mock : DERIDE
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Something a seismograph detects : PWAVE
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Honolulu's historic ___ Palace : IOLANI
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Police show, say : PROCEDURAL
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Just get (by) : EKE
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Deadly African snake : MAMBA
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Ivy, e.g. : CREEPER
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Mulligans, e.g. : REDOS
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Chicago airport code : ORD
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Death, in Deutschland : TOD
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Legal org. : ABA
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Like some illusions : OPTICAL
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Message written on a car window : WASHME
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Blind followers : SHEEP
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Classic theater : ODEON
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"West Side Story" woman : ANITA
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Zoomed : FLEW
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Racketeer's org.? : USTA
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Poker giveaway : TELL
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Really, informally : UBER
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Symbol of Aphrodite : ROSE
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Deleted : EXED
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"Naughty!" : TSK
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Calamares ___ romana (seafood dish) : ALA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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