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New York Times, Thursday, May 3, 2018

Author:
Emily Carroll
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Easy-to-park vehicles ... or what can be found four times in this puzzle
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Emily Carroll

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Carroll. Thursday freshness: 83%
Emily Carroll notes:
I love rebus puzzles. Years ago, back when I was more of a casual crossword solver, I remember doing this alien abduction themed ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Four cars rebusized today, with an apt COMPACT CARS revealer. FOR DUMMIES was fantastic, especially since I plunked in DUMMIES right ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times5/3/18 ( No. 25,013 )
Across
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Praise : ACCLAIM
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Have a bug, say : AIL
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Boathouse item : OAR
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Weakness : FRAILTY
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Cellular carrier? : RNA
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Move along : PROPEL
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Self-deprecatingly titled instructional book series : FORDUMMIES
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He shared a Nobel Prize with de Klerk : MANDELA
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Used a scope : AIMED
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Got off the bottle : WEANED
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"White Flag" singer, 2003 : DIDO
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Golfer's goof : SLICE
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Actress Cheryl or Diane : LADD
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Financial mogul Carl : ICAHN
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To's partner : FRO
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Griminess : DINGE
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Brilliance : GENIUS
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Piece of cake? : TIER
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German "the" : DER
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Easy-to-park vehicles ... or what can be found four times in this puzzle : COMPACTCARS
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It can be hard to process : ORE
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Big loss, figuratively : BATH
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Warren Buffett, notably : OMAHAN
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Some corporate jets : LEARS
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It ends with "zyzzyva," in brief : OED
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Certain ticket category : ADULT
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"... if you ___!" : DARE
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Tolkien dragon : SMAUG
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Calamine target : ITCH
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European nation since 1993 : SLOVAKIA
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Praise : PLAUDITS
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Vituperative sorts : ABUSERS
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Reins cats and dogs? : LEASHES
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Took first : WON
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Gym unit : REP
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Support, as a cause : ESPOUSE
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Qantas hub, on tickets : SYD
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Dolt : OAF
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"Casey at the Bat" autobiographer : STENGEL
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Meet the expense of : AFFORD
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Word on a magnum : CRU
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2015 N.F.L. M.V.P. Newton : CAM
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City in which "Glee" is set : LIMAOHIO
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Listed "others" : ALII
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Gossip column fodder : ITEMS
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Walt Whitman's "Song of ___" : MYSELF
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The Adriatic vis-à-vis the Mediterranean : ARM
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Gobsmacked : INAWE
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Bowling reservation : LANE
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Easily decided : OPENANDSHUT
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Longtime TV exec Roone : ARLEDGE
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Access to a treehouse, maybe : ROPELADDER
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"Lobster Telephone" artist : DALI
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Bargain-priced : DIRTCHEAP
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Archaeological site : DIG
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Some bling : ICE
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Evade, as a sensitive topic : DANCEAROUND
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San Francisco's ___ Tower : COIT
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Puts to sleep, say : NUMBS
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Histrionics : DRAMA
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Facial spot : SPA
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Start to terrorism or tourism : ECO
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Tiny power source : ATOM
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Hilton alternative : RADISSON
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Proverbs : OLDSAWS
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Pinocchio, by the film's conclusion : REALBOY
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Liquor: Abbr. : ALC
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Last in a math series : NTH
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Intensifies, with "up" : REVS
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Airport whose main terminal was designed by Eero Saarinen : DULLES
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Winter vacation destination : SKIAREA
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Most over the top : GAUDIEST
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Bubble-filled Nestlé chocolate bar : AERO
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Tailor's aid : TAPE
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50 is a very high one, in brief : SPF
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Warm greeting : HUG
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Common linguistic suffix : ESE
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Pommes frites seasoning : SEL

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

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