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New York Times, Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Author:
Bruce Haight
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Words and phrases that sound approximately alike, like "ice scream" and "I scream"
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Bruce Haight

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJKQZ} This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Haight. Tuesday freshness: 83%
Bruce Haight notes:
The initial spark for most of my puzzles is rather obscure, but I can say definitively that this one was born on 11/7/16. I had an NYT ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
D* V* phrases, tied together with a revealer of DEVIOUS … as in "D V us"? Or "DV's"? I tried to make sense of it for ten ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times2/6/18 ( No. 24,927 )
Across
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Loud commotion : DIN
4
Yeshiva leader : RABBI
9
Films on a grand scale : EPICS
14
Year, in Spain : ANO
15
If a > b and b > c, then a > c, e.g. : AXIOM
16
Kind of lily : CALLA
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Winter solstice mo. : DEC
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Lowest point for Americans? : DEATHVALLEY
20
Crow : BRAG
22
Like nylon stockings : SHEER
23
Audi rival : BMW
24
Like the architecture of many cathedrals : ORNATE
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Visibly blushing : REDDISH
29
American-made sports car with a V-10 engine : DODGEVIPER
32
Plains Indian : OTOE
33
Posted announcement at a theater entrance : SRO
34
Andean capital : LIMA
35
Southernmost of the Ivies : PENN
36
Bass, e.g. : DEEPVOICE
40
Storage tower : SILO
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Mount that has an insurance company named after it : ETNA
44
Commotion : ADO
47
Solvers' cries : AHAS
48
Film character who says "Give yourself to the dark side" : DARTHVADER
51
Poll worker's request : VOTERID
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From the beginning: Lat. : DENOVO
54
Prefix with center : EPI
55
Nosy sort : SNOOP
58
___ room (postdebate area) : SPIN
59
Prototype, maybe : DEMOVERSION
63
Item in Santa's bag : TOY
64
Exhaust : USEUP
65
Dim with tears : BLEAR
66
Closemouthed : MUM
67
Blog entries : POSTS
68
More or less, informally : SORTA
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Letter before tee : ESS
Down
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Some schlumpy male physiques : DADBODS
2
Mistakenly : INERROR
3
"Sorry, Charlie!" : NOCANDO
4
Wicked cool : RAD
5
Dismiss abruptly : AXE
6
Favoritism : BIAS
7
Not just one or the other : BOTH
8
Arriver's cry : IMHERE
9
Online greeting : ECARD
10
Bud : PAL
11
"O.K., tell me more" : ILLBITE
12
The Tigers of the A.C.C. : CLEMSON
13
Pourer's instruction : SAYWHEN
19
Zig or zag : VEER
21
[This tastes awful!] : GAG
25
Prefix with commute : TELE
26
___ Wilcox, daughter in E. M. Forster's "Howards End" : EVIE
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Amazing, in slang : DOPE
30
Rapscallion : IMP
31
Road worker : PAVER
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Rx detail : DOSE
37
Mel who was the first N.L.'er to hit 500 home runs : OTT
38
How many TV shows are shown nowadays : INHD
39
Give in : CAVE
40
Put some money away : SAVEDUP
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"Fingers crossed!" : IHOPESO
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SoCal daily : LATIMES
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Sign on a real or virtual pet : ADOPTME
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Tricky ... or a tricky description of 18-, 29-, 36-, 48- and 59-Across : DEVIOUS
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Words and phrases that sound approximately alike, like "ice scream" and "I scream" : ORONYMS
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Eat stylishly : DINE
49
Cute, in modern slang : ADORBS
50
Reply to a ques. : ANS
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Replies to an invitation : RSVPS
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___ Accords (1990s peace agreements) : OSLO
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Common fishing spot : PIER
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Openly gay : OUT
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___ bran : OAT
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Org. that sticks to its guns? : NRA

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

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