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New York Times, Saturday, July 10, 2021

Author:
Trenton Charlson
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : David who took 15 years to write "The History of England"
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Trenton Charlson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 31 Missing: {BJQXZ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Charlson. Saturday freshness: 3%
Trenton Charlson notes:
Given that I'm drawn to puzzles that are architectural feats of construction, it's probably not a huge surprise that I've long been an ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Distinctive triple-stacks from Trenton. Not because of a total lack of rare letters (JQXZ) — blasphemy from a Charlson production! ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times7/10/21 ( No. 26,177 )
Across
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Mischievous character in West African folklore : ANANSITHESPIDER
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David who took 15 years to write "The History of England" : HUME
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Cut into : ERODE
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Andy Capp's wife in the comics : FLO
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Somme times : ETES
22
Fabergé egg recipient : TSAR
24
"The pretty worm of Nilus ... that kills and pains not," per Shakespeare : ASP
26
Concept in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism : DHARMA
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Swashbuckler's implement : RAPIER
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Course : ROUTE
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"You couldn't be more wrong!" : GODNO
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Diplomatic successes : ACCORDS
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Find inner strength : DIGDEEP
41
___ Island : RHODE
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Will can change it : TENSE
44
Total package? : CEREAL
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Shameless sycophant : LAPDOG
49
Doubly hyphenated fig. : SSN
50
Book it : ROOM
52
Where the idiom "on a roll" comes from : DICE
55
Self starter? : HER
57
Attendant of Dionysus : SATYR
60
New Balance competitor : AVIA
61
Passive-aggressive tactic : SILENTTREATMENT
64
Renter's amenity : PRIVATEENTRANCE
65
Gaze at with appreciation : FEASTONESEYESON
Down
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Computer store : CACHE
2
Have ___ (be able to save face) : ANOUT
3
Hit hard : RAMMED
4
Snarl : ENMESH
5
Sch. whose yearbook is the "Gumbo" : LSU
6
Strauss's "___ Nacht in Venedig" : EINE
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Brouhaha : STIR
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Aim for : SHOOTAT
9
Sets right : MENDS
10
"Seriously!" : ISWEAR
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Place of salubrity : SPA
12
Two in a row, say? : TIFF
13
Capital city near Kangaroo Island : ADELAIDE
14
It's called paraffin oil in the U.K. : KEROSENE
15
Starts of hedges : ERS
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Unkempt : RAGGED
25
Hold (up) : PROP
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Unfulfilled duty : ARREAR
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Staff : ROD
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Sine qua non : MUST
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What a whale watcher may watch : POD
33
Mystery writer Buchanan : EDNA
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Doesn't go straight, in a way : ARCS
36
Birthplace of Lewis Carroll : CHESHIRE
37
Julius Caesar's first wife : CORNELIA
38
Wordsworth wrote one about a cuckoo : ODE
40
Web access co. : ISP
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It has furrowed gray bark : ELMTREE
45
Came in behind : LOSTTO
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___ Brown, Whoopi Goldberg's role in "Ghost" : ODAMAE
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Established facts : GIVENS
51
Like some 44-Across : OATEN
53
Part of mayo that's most popular? : CINCO
54
No longer on the table : EATEN
56
Cranks (up) : REVS
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Urges : YENS
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Play a critical role? : RATE
61
Block letters? : SPF
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Bryce Harper when he won a 2015 M.V.P. award, e.g. : NAT
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Tax : TRY

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

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