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New York Times, Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Author:
Jules Markey
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Very conventional ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the four starred clues
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Jules P. Markey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Markey. Grid flow: 24.3 Tuesday freshness: 5%
Jules P. Markey notes:
This crossword was accepted in July 2018, with the comment that these types of "down" puzzles are becoming overdone lately, but ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Will Shortz isn't taking many "words that can precede X" themes these days, as they've become done to death, and as Jules mentioned, ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times3/12/19 ( No. 25,326 )
Across
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Clueless : ATSEA
6
After the ___ (when to leave a phone message) : BEEP
10
[Bzzt!] : ZAP
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Some Dairy Queen orders : CONES
14
Frequent Andrew Wyeth model : HELGA
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Palindromic woman's name : EVE
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Affected adversely, physically or psychologically : TOOKATOLLON
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Oil installation : RIG
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Some Siouans : OTOS
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Part to play : ROLE
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Runaway best-selling Apple products of the 2000s : IPODS
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Pince-___ (style of glasses) : NEZ
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___ Godiva : LADY
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Part of the upper deck? : ACE
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Utopian : EDENIC
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Naked : UNGARBED
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Like an orange tan, say : FAKE
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Content of a bog : PEAT
35
Western tribe member : UTE
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Military operation that might last for months : SIEGE
38
Got chicken, say : ATE
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Largest moon of Saturn : TITAN
41
Org. with a Form 1040 : IRS
42
Modern acronym for "seize the day" : YOLO
44
Play mates? : CAST
45
Supply with updated parts : RETROFIT
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A puzzling direction : ACROSS
50
Asleep : OUT
51
"Listen!," quaintly : HARK
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Fresh : NEW
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Aerodynamic : SLEEK
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Website with crowdsourced reviews : YELP
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Lip : EDGE
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Bagel go-with : LOX
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Bringer of rain : NIMBUSCLOUD
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The Cardinals, on scoreboards : ARI
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Creator of a logical "razor" : OCCAM
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Bird in the flycatcher family : PEWEE
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Favorite : PET
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Sport, as a sport coat : WEAR
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Touches down : LANDS
Down
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When a play's plot is set in motion : ACTONE
2
Honked : TOOTED
3
*Bo-o-o-ring event : SNOOZEFEST
4
Comics exclamations : EEKS
5
Happy ___ clam : ASA
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*Go order a drink : BELLYUPTOTHEBAR
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Fashion magazine with more than 40 international editions : ELLE
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Psyche part : EGO
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*Flop sweat producer : PANICATTACK
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The "x" in Euler's Identity - eiπ + 1 = x : ZERO
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Gung-ho : AVID
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Jumping pieces in a classic wooden puzzle : PEGS
14
Car part called a bonnet in England : HOOD
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Slight vestige : TRACE
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According to : PER
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*Scoffing remark to an ignoramus : LIKEYOUKNOW
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Old Turkish title : AGA
27
Ride, in two different senses : NAG
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Born: Fr. : NEE
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Very conventional ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the four starred clues : BUTTONDOWN
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H : ETA
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Screening area? : DEN
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Noble title : SIR
37
Rage : IRE
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"Green Book" co-star Mahershala : ALI
40
Country on the Mediterranean: Abbr. : ISR
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Many a time : OFT
44
Kvetches : CARPS
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Jane ___, anonymous plaintiff : ROE
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Transitioned : SEGUED
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People who count to five by saying "ett, två, tre, fyra, fem" : SWEDES
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Homecoming returnee, informally : ALUM
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Nonverbal response to an insult : SLAP
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Mythology : LORE
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Way out : EXIT
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Village People hit with a spelled-out title : YMCA
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Philosopher Zeno of ___ : ELEA
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What a "neat" drink is served without : ICE
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An NCO : CPL

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

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