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New York Times, Thursday, July 12, 2018

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
"Intelligence ... is really a kind of taste -- taste in ___": Susan Sontag
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JX} This is puzzle # 131 for Mr. DiPietro. Grid flow: 15.4 Thursday freshness: 74%
Jeff Chen notes:
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Jim Horne notes:

This is a milestone puzzle for Will Shortz. His NYT career began 9,000 days ago with this delightful, controversial, and very non-Maleskan Sunday crossword.

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© 2018, The New York Times7/12/18 ( No. 25,083 )
Across
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Clear of trees : DEFOREST
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Smack-dab : SPANG
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Sushi fish : AHI
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___ shirt (colorful garment) : ALOHA
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Musical instrument almost anyone can play : KAZOO
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Joined : WED
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Third-stringer : SCRUB
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1973 Jim Croce hit : IGOTANAME
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Extremely, in slang : HELLA
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"Desperate Housewives" co-star : EVALONGORIA
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J's value in Words With Friends : TEN
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"Lux" composer of 2012 : ENO
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Rack sites : OVENS
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Samples some, as beer or wine : HASASIP
29
Pro wrestling star John : CENA
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"Awesome, dude" : EPIC
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One of Popeye's foes : SEAHAG
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Sight on a rack : HAT
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One radio format : ROCK
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Surrounding area : ENVIRONS
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One way to play it : SAFE
40
Self starter? : ESS
41
V8 component : CELERY
42
About : INRE
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Lamarr of old Hollywood : HEDY
44
Protractedly : ONANDON
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Poet Conrad : AIKEN
49
What "-" may represent in a Google search : NOT
50
"___ uncle" : SAY
51
It often features an "X" : TREASUREMAP
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Four-time winner of the Masters : WOODS
57
Accelerate a vehicle suddenly : LAYRUBBER
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iPhone rival : DROID
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Atmospheric pollution meas. : AQI
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Bump, in poker-speak : RAISE
63
___ flask (lab container) : DEWAR
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Something credited to a pitcher : WIN
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Bar in court : ESTOP
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Young lad : SONNY
Down
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"___ Rheingold" : DAS
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Tightwads : ELCHEAPOS
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Field of "CSI" : FORENSICS
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Synagogue : SHUL
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Some addenda in research papers : TABLES
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Go downhill in a hurry? : SKI
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Beep : PAGE
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Sea of ___ (arm of the Black Sea) : AZOV
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___ bene : NOTA
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Concur : GOALONG
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Up on stuff : AWARE
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Leave no way out for : HEMIN
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"Intelligence ... is really a kind of taste -- taste in ___": Susan Sontag : IDEAS
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Salmon variety : NOVA
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Ouzo flavorer : ANISEED
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"Voilà!" : THERE
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Aboveboard : OPENLY
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Cry of dismay : ACK
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"Wisest and justest of all the centaurs," in Greek myth : CHIRON
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"Slow down, big fella" : EASYNOW
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Abbr. on a GPS screen : AVE
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Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle : HANDSDOWN
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Like a sizable proportion of Caribbeans, ethnically : AFROASIAN
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Wee : TEENY
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Confession topic : SIN
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Public rebuke : CENSURE
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When repeated, a cry of approval : HEAR
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Unable to agree : ATODDS
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Attorneys ___ : ATLAW
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Neighbor of a Syrian : IRAQI
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Record, as data : KEYIN
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Degrees for many execs : MBAS
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Slightly : ABIT
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Capital of Colombia : PESO
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Treat with a Thins variety : OREO
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Account exec : REP
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Having less vermouth than the norm : DRY

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

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