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New York Times, Saturday, May 27, 2017

Author:
Damon Gulczynski
Editor:
Will Shortz
Word that's its own synonym when its first two letters are replaced with "w"
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Damon J. Gulczynski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Gulczynski.
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© 2017, The New York Times5/27/17 ( No. 24,672 )
Across
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Honor in a big way : FETE
5
"The Aviator" actor, 2004 : ALDA
9
Fictional swordsman : ATHOS
14
Stoked : AGOG
15
Province of NW Spain : LEON
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Word that's its own synonym when its first two letters are replaced with "w" : CHARY
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"At the ___" (subtitle of a 1978 hit) : COPA
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Fellow : GENT
19
Relatives of kites : ERNES
20
N.E.A. member?: Abbr. : ASSN
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Language related to Hopi : AZTEC
23
Terse response to an order : ONIT
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"Well, yeah!" : DUH
25
Md or Rn fig. : ATNO
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Notable 1973 defendant : WADE
27
Establishes : ERECTS
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Dickens character "with a dead lull about her" : HAVISHAM
33
University in Melbourne : FLORIDATECH
35
Occasional meat eater : FLEXITARIAN
37
Carl Sagan's sequel to "Cosmos" : PALEBLUEDOT
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Gloss : ANNOTATE
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Quick to put up, in a way : PREFAB
44
Great Trek figure of the 1830s : BOER
45
Spring's cyclic counterpart : NEAP
47
Company behind Hitchcock's "Notorious" : RKO
48
One making bank-to-bank transfers? : BOAT
49
James and Jones of jazz : ETTAS
51
Battles : VIES
52
Dungeons & Dragons race : OGRES
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"___ it up and spit it out" ("My Way" lyric) : IATE
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What's more : ALSO
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Totally occupy : TIEUP
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Trailer segment : CLIP
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Color close to puce : PLUM
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Like many towels : TERRY
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One of two areas on a football line : SLOT
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Play award? : ESPY
Down
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Front : FACADE
2
See how many hits you get, say : EGOSURF
3
Five-star : TOPSHELF
4
Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer : EGAN
5
Fountain growth : ALGA
6
1994-2000 TV talk show : LEEZA
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"Who'da thunk it?!" : DONTTHATBEATALL
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During pregnancy : ANTENATAL
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Crush : ACE
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Be subtly and snarkily insulting : THROWSHADE
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"Girls" girl played by Lena Dunham : HANNAH
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Portmanteau in the frozen food aisle : OREIDA
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Word with sound or storm : SYSTEM
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Part of many a scandal : COVERUP
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Peddler of religious literature : COLPORTEUR
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Attempt to cure : TREAT
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Like many major highways : SIXLANE
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Less genial : ICIER
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Science of nutrition : DIETETICS
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Basic : NOFRILLS
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Starts to practice : TAKESUP
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Jim ___, one-handed Yankee who pitched a no-hitter in 1993 : ABBOTT
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Knuckle-headed antic? : NOOGIE
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Like Mars vis-à-vis Jupiter : NEARER
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Like centerfolds, typically : BOSOMY
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Grill setting : PATIO
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9/ : SEPT
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Use an e-cig : VAPE
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Bug catcher, maybe : SPY

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

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