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New York Times, Saturday, April 14, 2018

Author:
Sam Ezersky
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Who said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!"
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Sam Ezersky

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQWX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Ezersky. Grid flow: 52.4 Saturday freshness: 78%
Sam Ezersky notes:
Second puzzle in a fortnight! If you weren't sick of me after my April Fool's offering, then perhaps you'll be sick of me now ... my ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Nice work on those beefy 4x8 chunks in the NW / SE — so tough to execute on big swaths of white space without resorting to long blah ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times4/14/18 ( No. 24,994 )
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Tabs are kept on them : SODACANS
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Managed to acquire : CAMEBY
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"Non-G.M.O." or "Dolphin-safe" : ECOLABEL
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Muse symbolized by a globe and compass : URANIA
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Serve : ATTENDTO
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Nag : PESTER
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Small phone charger type : MICROUSB
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Waiting for an answer, perhaps : ONHOLD
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Rafts : ALOT
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2016 World Series celebrant : CUBSFAN
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Patriarch on "Game of Thrones" : NED
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D.C.'s D or C : STREET
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Grandson of Esau : OMAR
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"Red" or "white" tree : OAK
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Like some laps and raps : FREESTYLE
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Half a rack : ANTLER
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Pub fixture : ALETAP
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"Is this for real?" : COULDITBE
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"Red" or "white" tree : ASH
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Collaborator with Sedaka and Cooke on the 1964 album "3 Great Guys" : ANKA
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Writer who called New York City "Baghdad-on-the-Subway" : OHENRY
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Some shot : BBS
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"Not only that ..." : BUTALSO
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Similar examples : SUCH
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Departure announcement : SOLONG
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Ottoman ruler referenced in "The Count of Monte Cristo" : ALIPASHA
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Fashion : CREATE
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Malfeasant : BADACTOR
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Hank who voices Moe Szyslak : AZARIA
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"This way!" : OVERHERE
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Touch : BORDER
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Play stoppers : REDCARDS
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Salt : SEAMAN
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One-eighth set, in statistics : OCTILE
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Part of a London web address : DOTCODOTUK
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Reason to check one's phone : ALERT
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Robinson ___, many-time Yankees and Mariners All-Star : CANO
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Shanghai : ABDUCT
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Browse the web : NETSURF
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Baby pool? : SLOBBER
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Personal interest, metaphorically : CUPOFTEA
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Oakland's Oracle ___ : ARENA
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Expressions of affection : MASHNOTES
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Prefix with -dermal : ENTO
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Jessica of "The Book of Love" : BIEL
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Ending with brick or stock : YARD
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"Capisce?" : SEE
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Working arrangement, for short : SKED
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Conductor of science experiments on TV : MYTHBUSTER
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Lead-in to a chef's name : ALA
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P.R. concern : REP
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Departure announcement : ALLABOARD
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Kill it : SLAY
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Much-debated inits. in 2010s politics : ACA
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Vote in un parlement : NON
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Shields, tear gas, etc. : RIOTGEAR
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Hip-hop radio/TV host Charlamagne ___ God : THA
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Go on and on about : BELABOR
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Opposite of free : ENSLAVE
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Used performance-enhancing substances, in slang : ROIDED
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Group of notes reflecting a five-sharp scale : BCHORD
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Market purchases : SHARES
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Let loose? : UNTIE
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Comic ___ Baron Cohen : SACHA
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Provider of protective coverage : SCAB
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Minestrone soup ingredient : ORZO
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Who said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" : LEAR
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Paris's ___ Monceau : PARC

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

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