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New York Times, Monday, April 16, 2018

Author:
David Woolf
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JPQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Woolf.
Jeff Chen notes:
I like to play the "guess the theme" game on Mondays. With just SUNNI ISLAM, I was pretty sure there would be more *I I* phrases. ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times4/16/18 ( No. 24,996 )
Across
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Crudely sexual : LEWD
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Orange-yellow : AMBER
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Quick and not well thought out : RASH
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Creative start : IDEA
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Longest river in France : LOIRE
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"Sesame Street" monster : ELMO
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World's largest religious denomination : SUNNIISLAM
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Matty or Felipe of major-league baseball : ALOU
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Play a role : ACT
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Org. for the Suns and the Heat : NBA
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Inuit homes : IGLOOS
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Org. looking for aliens : SETIINSTITUTE
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Ink problem : BLOT
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End of a business's email address : COM
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Tales set on Mount Olympus, e.g. : MYTHS
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Say "No, thanks" to : REFUSE
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Baby's starting place : WOMB
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Supporting nativist policies : ANTIIMMIGRATION
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Cow sounds : MOOS
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Device behind a deli counter : SLICER
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Dog on "The Jetsons" : ASTRO
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Moon vehicle, for short : LEM
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Supermodel Banks : TYRA
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One teaching pizza slices and S-turns : SKIINSTRUCTOR
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Make blue : SADDEN
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Partner of the Father and Holy Ghost : SON
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Musical Yoko : ONO
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Gas or electric: Abbr. : UTIL
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Asset for a public speaker ... or a hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 52-Across : EYECONTACT
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Philosopher Descartes : RENE
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Hole in one on a par three : EAGLE
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Move text here and there : EDIT
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Avant-garde : EDGY
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Radioer's "Got it" : ROGER
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Old U.S. gas brand still seen in Canada : ESSO
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Crossword-solving girl on "The Simpsons" : LISA
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Cabinet dept. concerned with schools : EDUC
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Became lenient : WENTSOFT
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Roseanne's hubby on "Roseanne" : DAN
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Accused's line a judge might not believe : ALIBI
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Artwork with tiles : MOSAIC
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Cartoonist Keane : BIL
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End of an ___ : ERA
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Send, as payment : REMIT
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Property in buildings and land : REALTY
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"110%" : ALLOUT
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Alternative to chunky, for peanut butter : SMOOTH
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Purchases before hotels, in Monopoly : HOUSES
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Bad throw for a QB: Abbr. : INT
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Stabilizing part of a ship's compass : GIMBAL
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Needle case : ETUI
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Still uninformed : NOWISER
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Urban air pollution : SMOG
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Upper half of a bikini : BRA
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___ Goodman, longtime judge on "Dancing With the Stars" : LEN
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Gymnast Biles with four Olympic gold medals : SIMONE
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Offshoot of punk rock : EMO
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___ Fields cookies : MRS
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Shed, as feathers : MOLT
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One of the Jackson 5 : TITO
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Winter driving hazards : ICYROADS
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"___ the ramparts we watched ..." : OER
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Gun enthusiast's org. : NRA
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Guarantee : ASSURE
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Glided on ice : SKATED
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Satisfying until later, with "over" : TIDING
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Daisy who plays Rey in "Star Wars" films : RIDLEY
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Brawn : MUSCLE
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Make a nasty face : SNEER
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One making dove sounds : COOER
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Channel that became Spike TV in 2003 : TNN
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Long-running CBS police drama : NCIS
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Good name for a chauffeur? : OTTO
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Ming worth millions of dollars : YAO
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___ McMuffin : EGG
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Item in a caddie's bag : TEE

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

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