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New York Times, Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Author:
Daniel Larsen
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Across : Dark movie genre [12,13,14,15]
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Daniel Larsen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 83, Blocks: 40 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Larsen. Tuesday freshness: 87%
Daniel Larsen notes:
I first had the idea for this theme in the summer of 2017. At the time, I was surprised by how well the theme answers worked, but I couldn't ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Was it EASY AS ABC to discover the theme? I was going to boldly highlight the appropriate squares, but it might be more fun if you took another ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

In 2014, David Steinberg went there and back in an interesting twist on the A to Z idea.

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© 2019, The New York Times3/19/19 ( No. 25,333 )
Across
1
Places for baseball team insignia : CAPS
5
Weaver's device : LOOM
9
Rigged : UNFAIR
15
Eight-sided solids : OCTAHEDRA
17
Shaky beginning? : SEISMO
18
Simple, simple, simple [1,2,3] : EASYASABC
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Half of the rap duo Black Star [4,5,6] : MOSDEF
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Performed, to Shakespeare : DIDST
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Gilbert of "The Conners" : SARA
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Santa's "gift" for bad children : COAL
24
"Pow!" : WHAM
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Prefight ritual [7,8,9] : WEIGHIN
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Singer with the 2010 3x platinum single "All I Do Is Win" [10,11] : DJKHALED
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Hightail it away : FLEE
34
Gambling locale : RENO
35
Greek T's : TAUS
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Ban competitor : ARRID
41
Response to a court oath : IDO
42
Dark movie genre [12,13,14,15] : FILMNOIR
45
Stat for a pitcher : ERA
46
Mischievous fairy : PIXIE
48
Capital of West Germany : BONN
49
Island party : LUAU
50
Emperor who rebuilt Rome after it burned : NERO
53
Substitute for Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers, informally [16,17] : BACKUPQB
55
Silly marketing ploy designed to get attention [18,19,20] : PRSTUNT
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Covers with black goo : TARS
59
Real comedian : RIOT
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Hightail it away, with "out" : PEEL
62
When some lunches end : ATTWO
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Tiny bit of sunlight, for short [21,22,23] : UVWAVE
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Diplomatic controversy of the 1790s [24,25,26] : XYZAFFAIR
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Author of "Faust" : GOETHE
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Tutor of Alexander the Great : ARISTOTLE
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Underline : STRESS
74
Patsies : SAPS
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"Phooey!" : RATS
Down
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Open to both men and women, as a college : COED
2
Palm berry : ACAI
3
Veteran's woe, for short : PTSD
4
"Oh, yeah?" : SAYSWHO
5
"___ Miz" : LES
6
Room in a harem : ODA
7
Crystal balls, e.g. : ORBS
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Colorful parrot : MACAW
9
Post office service : USMAIL
10
Prefix with conservative : NEO
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Bobby who defeated Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess Championship : FISCHER
12
"Same here!" : ASDOI
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"Like ... um ..." : IMEAN
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"Hilarious!," online : ROFL
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Kind of yoga : HATHA
22
Call, as a soccer game : REF
25
Some choir voices : ALTI
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Repast : MEAL
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Boots, mask, etc., for a firefighter : GEAR
29
Evidence of a leak : DRIP
30
Obi-Wan Kenobi, for one : JEDI
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Kentucky's Fort ___ : KNOX
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Like a "doh!" moment : DUMB
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Condescending sort : SNOB
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Enlist again : REUP
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Where the Tigris and Euphrates flow : IRAQ
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Paint carelessly : DAUB
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Parts of a yard : FEET
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Go ___ great length : ONAT
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Ancient speakers of Quechua : INCA
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Like some tuition at public universities : INSTATE
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Hotly desire : LUSTFOR
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Coins in India : RUPEES
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United : ONE
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Big name in cheese : KRAFT
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Change direction sharply : PIVOT
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To whom a coxswain calls : ROWER
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Houston's home : TEXAS
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Toupees, in slang : RUGS
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Vega's constellation : LYRA
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"So long!" : TATA
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Droop from lack of water : WILT
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Things assayers assay : ORES
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DVD forerunner : VHS
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"___ your lip!" : ZIP
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Obstinate animal : ASS

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

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