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MATH HYSTERIA

New York Times, Sunday, March 10, 2019

Author:
Adam Fromm
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Painter whose masterwork is said to be the Scrovegni Chapel frescoes
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 136, Blocks: 68 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Fromm. Grid flow: 49.8 Sunday freshness: 90%
Will Shortz notes:
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Adam Fromm notes:
I wish I understood how my brain works. A decade ago I saw a Photoshop contest on the theme of "scary road signs," with entries including enforcing a speed limit of the square root of 666. ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
You had me at math puns. ROOT OF ALL EVIL as √666 was hilarious. POWER OF ATTORNEY as XEsq made me smile. As did 3.BB. I've taken so many THREE POINT SHOTs in my life (most of them ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times3/10/19 ( No. 25,324 )
Across
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Get along : COEXIST
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New York's longest parkway, with "the" : TACONIC
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Eats : GRUB
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Exodus figure : PHARAOH
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Well-turned : SHAPELY
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"The Nutcracker" protagonist : CLARA
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Actor Gillen of "Game of Thrones" : AIDAN
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Vodka in a blue bottle : SKYY
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Test for college srs. : GRE
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Instrument that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" : OBOE
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Lacework technique : TATTING
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The Caribbean's ___ Islands : CAYMAN
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Put at stake : RISK
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Police group with an assignment : DETAIL
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Mystery Writers of America trophy : EDGAR
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x - y = x - y : SAMEDIFFERENCE
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Certain red algae : SEAMOSS
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Middling mark : CEE
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Fishmonger, at times : SCALER
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(A- or B+)/7 : SEVENTHGRADE
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Postwar German sobriquet : DERALTE
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Abbr. on a phone dial : OPER
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Brest friend : AMIE
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Single hair on a carpet, maybe : CLUE
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Theresa May, for one : TORY
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"Likewise" : IAMTOO
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Only places to find anteaters in the U.S. : ZOOS
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Caboose : HEINIE
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On point : APT
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√666 : ROOTOFALLEVIL
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Dawn goddess : EOS
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Blank section at the start of a cassette : LEADER
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Drop acid : TRIP
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Tennis's Nadal : RAFAEL
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"Bus Stop" playwright : INGE
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Short cuts : BOBS
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"Hey ___" : SIRI
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Director Caro : NIKI
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Free all-ad publication : SHOPPER
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$$$/X : CASHDIVIDEND
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Spanish-speaking Muppet on "Sesame Street" : ROSITA
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A short while? : THO
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Brewery named for a New York river : GENESEE
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Mullah's decree : FATWA
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Like unbaked bread : YEASTY
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Box score bit : STAT
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Noted dog trainer : PAVLOV
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Founder of Egypt's 19th dynasty : RAMSESI
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W.S.J. announcements : IPOS
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Drop to zero battery : DIE
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Curse word : OATH
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Some giggling dolls : ELMOS
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Prognosticators : SEERS
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Hobbyist : AMATEUR
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Turned yellow, say : RIPENED
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Goes off course : ERRS
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Actress Portia : DEROSSI
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One way to turn : ONADIME
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Two-stripe NCOs: Abbr. : CPLS
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"Sure, I guess" : OHOK
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"No sweat" : EASY
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Airport security apparatus : XRAYCAMERA
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Follower of Christ? : IAN
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Like cornflakes, after sitting for a while : SOGGY
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1,000 large calories : THERM
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K'ung Fu-___ (Chinese name for Confucius) : TSE
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"Now I get it!" : AHSO
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Russian blue or Egyptian Mau : CATBREED
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OxyContin, e.g. : OPIOID
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Archenemy : NEMESIS
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Martinique, par exemple : ILE
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Dermatologist's concern : CYST
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Fashionable set : GLITTERATI
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Angular measurement : RADIAN
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Relating to radioactive element #92 : URANIC
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Wrist ornament : BANGLE
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Booking for a wedding : CATERER
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Grassy stretches : LEAS
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First female singer to have three simultaneous solo top 10 singles : ADELE
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Elvis's middle name : ARON
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Guitar inlay material : NACRE
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Seller of Famous Bowls : KFC
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Gas brand with an oval logo : ESSO
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Pitched low : DEEP
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Attempted something : GAVEITAGO
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Opening to an apology : MEA
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Tapering haircut : FADE
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Nonmoving part of a motor : STATOR
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Blobbish "Li'l Abner" creature : SHMOO
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Painter whose masterwork is said to be the Scrovegni Chapel frescoes : GIOTTO
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Earth Science subj. : ECOL
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The ___ Road in America (Nevada's Highway 50) : LONELIEST
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Wynken, Blynken and Nod, e.g. : TRIO
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Things that people are warned not to cross : EYES
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Letters sometimes followed by :D : LOL
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Handle online : USERID
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Soldier food, for short : MRE
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Throw in the microwave, slangily : ZAP
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R&B group with the 1991 #1 hit "I Like the Way" : HIFIVE
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She, in Portuguese : ELA
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Father-and-daughter boxing champs : ALIS
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Phnom ___ : PENH
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Mystical ball, e.g. : ORB
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Kind of year: Abbr. : FISC
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Former national airline of Brazil : VARIG
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Sticks on the tongue? : DEPRESSORS
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Made an attempt : ENDEAVORED
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Verve : BRIO
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1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit whose title is a nonsense word : SHOOP
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Didn't doubt : KNEW
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Notion : IDEA
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Sappho, e.g. : POETESS
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Annual athletic awards show : ESPYS
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For sale in malls : ATSTORES
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Theater reproof : SHH
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Dope : INFO
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Contraction in a Christmas song : TIS
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Like Quakers : ANTIWAR
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Actor Gibson of "2 Fast 2 Furious" : TYRESE
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Doctor : HEALER
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Demolition tool : RAMMER
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Stick on, as a poster : TAPETO
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Exclamation that might accompany a curtsy : TADA
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Lab-assisted, after "in" : VITRO
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Admit : LETIN
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Device that comes with 79-Across : IPAD
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___-chef : SOUS
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Years in the Roman Empire : ANNI
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Abound : TEEM
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Fictional Mr. : HYDE
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Old-fashioned cry of despair : OME
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Part of T.G.I.F.: Abbr. : FRI
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W.W. II rationing agcy. : OPA

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

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