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TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM

New York Times, Sunday, March 31, 2019

Author:
Andrew J. Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
68-Down : John le Carré specialty
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Andrew Ries

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 68 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Ries. Sunday freshness: 61%
Notepad: Drop one letter from each set of shaded letters in the grid to name a major-league baseball team. The letters thus removed, in order from top to bottom, will spell an appropriate answer at 76-Down.
Will Shortz notes:
This crossword by Andrew J. Ries, of La Pine, Ore., comes with special instructions: [See notepad.] Andrew is a lifelong baseball fan — his favorite teams are hidden in 90- and ... read more
Andrew Ries notes:
This puzzle is a reworking of a 15x15 I wrote a couple of years ago for a now-defunct crossword service called Aries Xword. That puzzle used BUNT as the extra letters that needed to be ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Sunday puzzles with notepad instructions face an uphill battle. In some cases, they give away most of the game before it even starts. Today's was so hit-you-over-the-head-with-a-fungo that ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times3/31/19 ( No. 25,345 )
Across
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Top 10-rated sitcom each season from 1972 to 1976 : MAUDE
6
Chilling : ONICE
11
Payment vouchers : CHITS
16
Dugout propeller : OAR
19
Mexico City daily : ELSOL
20
Dish of cooked buckwheat : KASHA
21
Site of a 2019 Trump/Kim meeting : HANOI
22
___ hug : BRO
23
Moved stealthily, colloquially : SLUNK
24
Not a nice look : SNEER
25
Pronounces breathily : ASPIRATES
27
Hearty pasta topping : MEATSAUCE
29
Absolute truth : GOSPEL
31
A singer can carry one : TUNE
32
Some plumbing joints : ELLS
33
Ask too-personal questions : PRY
34
Tailor's tool : TAPE
35
Uses as a perch : RESTSON
37
Mold into something new : RESHAPE
39
Historic San Francisco thoroughfare : CASTROSTREET
41
___ y Plata (Montana's motto) : ORO
42
Aid in tapestry-making : LOOM
43
Itinerant sorts : HOBOS
44
Outfits in the operating room : SCRUBSUITS
48
Stockholm stock unit : KRONA
50
"Look at me - I did it!" : TADA
54
Precisely : TOAT
55
Saint in a children's rhyme : IVES
56
___ Maria (coffee liqueur) : TIA
57
Sister in a children's story : GRETEL
59
Small pain : IMP
60
Upright building support : STUD
61
Travel group : CONVOY
64
Big name in 1950s politics : ADLAI
65
"Flowers" and "Sticky Fingers" for the Stones : LPS
66
Some Sunday broadcasting : TELEVANGELISM
69
Cakes and ___ (simple material pleasures) : ALE
70
Buncha : LOTTA
72
Hockey venues : ARENAS
73
Wonka portrayer : DEPP
74
Rock band with the 1994 4x platinum album "The Downward Spiral," for short : NIN
75
Many Jazz fans : UTAHNS
77
Elusive sort : EEL
78
Smooth-talking : OILY
79
___ Reader (quarterly magazine) : UTNE
80
Prefix with scope : PERI
81
Bestow : AWARD
84
"The Wonder Years" star : FREDSAVAGE
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Goldman's partner in banking : SACHS
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Symbol of poverty : RAGS
89
Unwieldy boat : TUB
90
Visited out of deference (to) : PAIDRESPECTS
94
Bright light in inclement conditions : FOGLAMP
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Doesn't bring up again, say : LETSDIE
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"Sad to say ..." : ALAS
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Go off : ERR
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Dodgers broadcaster Hershiser : OREL
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K-12 : ELHI
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Casting choice : FLYROD
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Colorless mode at a copy shop : GRAYSCALE
107
Strong servings with dessert : PORTWINES
109
Bit of dental work : ONLAY
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Where the Firestone tire company was founded : AKRON
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"___ Beso" (Paul Anka hit) : ESO
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Sharp : ACUTE
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Bull ___ : MOOSE
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Tilted, in Stilton : LEANT
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Barbecue bone : RIB
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Awful-smelling : FETID
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Went back, as a tide : EBBED
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Like the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan : ARTSY
Down
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Physician Franz who coined the term "animal magnetism" : MESMER
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Variant of a gene : ALLELE
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Unsurprising people to show up : USUALS
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"Inside voices, please" : DONTSHOUT
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___ Lodge : ELKS
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"All right, why not" : OKSURE
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With 90-Down, first woman to lead a major party in Congress : NANCY
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"Mm-hmm" : ISEE
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Narrator of "Evita" : CHE
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Tremendous auditory pleasure, in slang : EARGASM
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Drink after drink? : CHASER
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Trunk fastener : HASP
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Not remotely : INPERSON
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Traveler's holder of bathroom supplies : TOILETBAG
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"Kind ___" (term of politeness) : SIR
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Thickheaded : OBTUSE
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Playground comeback : ARENOT
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Nevada senator Jacky : ROSEN
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Sworn (to) : ATTESTED
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Fitting : APPOSITE
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Make a decision : OPT
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New Mexico county or its seat : TAOS
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Hit sign : SRO
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Wall St. professional : ARB
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Hotel rollouts : COTS
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"Look what I found!" : OHO
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Schubert compositions : LIEDER
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Burning the midnight oil : STILLUP
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Dessert with a sugary syrup : COMPOTE
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Drake, for one : RAPSTAR
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Something seen with a tiny flashlight : UVULA
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What cowboys are, in poker lingo : KINGS
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High praise : RAVE
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Home of Spelman College : ATLANTA
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Business transaction : DEALING
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Property recipient, legally : ALIENEE
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Related to pitches : TONAL
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Intensify, with "up" : RAMP
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Hall-of-Famer Musial : STAN
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Like some porch chairs : CANED
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Popular radio format : OLDIES
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Farmer's concern : YIELD
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Turn sharply : VEER
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John le Carré specialty : SPYSTORY
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"No turning back now" : THISISIT
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[See note] : SACRIFICE
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List for charitable givers, for short : ORGS
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Sunscreen ingredient : UVBLOCKER
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Something removed when changing a tire : WHEELNUT
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Pompous sort : ASS
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Domino, familiarly : FATS
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8/ : AUG
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Throw in : ADD
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Former Indianapolis sports venue : RCADOME
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See 7-Down : PELOSI
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Pulsating : ATHROB
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Analyzed : PARSED
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"Xanadu" band, briefly : ELO
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Loose around the edges : FRAYED
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Peak in Genesis : ARARAT
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They have thick skins : MELONS
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Good supply : PLENTY
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Outcast : LEPER
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Make blank : ERASE
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Legendary humanoid : YETI
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Shapeless mass : GLOB
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Hacienda room : SALA
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Mil. program discontinued in 1976 : WAF
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Head, in slang : NOB

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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