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New York Times, Friday, July 23, 2021

Author:
Michael Hawkins
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Elusive thing for a popular show
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Michael Hawkins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQW} This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Hawkins. Friday freshness: 19%
Michael Hawkins notes:
This crossword marks my seventh themeless puzzle in a row, far exceeding my previous streak of one. I like most of the editorial ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Mike mentioned a while back that he's had a lot of success in themelesses (more than with themed), because he sticks to a sweet spot: ... read more
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© 2021, The New York Times7/23/21 ( No. 26,190 )
Across
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Did a bang-up job : CRUSHEDIT
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Iota : SHRED
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Country without an official army, navy or air force : COSTARICA
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Counterpart of "blanche" : NOIRE
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Revelation : EYEOPENER
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G.I. pal of Forrest Gump : LTDAN
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Plug, say : DAMUP
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Big name in slip-on shoes : TOMS
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"Guarding ___" (1994 Shirley MacLaine movie) : TESS
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"Sure, they can go right ahead" : LETEM
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Tank : VAT
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Crystal gazer's lead-in : ISEE
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Props to a proofreader : NICECATCH
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Scrip specs : MEDS
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1994 Olympics locale: Abbr. : NOR
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Amusement park ride, perhaps : GOKART
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Company division : PLATOON
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Like some parking and poetry : METERED
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Tasmania's capital : HOBART
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Free add-on? : DOM
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TNT, in poker slang : TENS
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Spot of coffee? : BREAKROOM
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Lead-in to service or sacrifice : SELF
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Diciembre : doce :: enero : ___ : UNO
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Shiny balloon material : MYLAR
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Winter Olympics maneuver : AXEL
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Certain bank job : REPO
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Relative of mauve : LILAC
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Queen's "We Are the Champions" vis-à-vis "We Will Rock You" : SIDEA
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Cut back : ECONOMIZE
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More calculating : SLIER
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Attraction at a water park : LAZYRIVER
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Broadway character who sings "The Rumor" : YENTE
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One way to gauge how well connected you are : SPEEDTEST
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Looped in, in a way : CCED
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Kind of treatment : ROYAL
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Classic hit that begins "My friends feel it's their appointed duty ..." : USEME
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Solid : STOUT
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Go down : HAPPEN
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"I shall see thee, ___ I die, look pale with love": "Much Ado About Nothing" : ERE
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Force : DINT
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Become slick, in a way : ICEOVER
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Landing place : TARMAC
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Letters that can fill in the blanks of "_A_D_ER" to make an appropriate surname : SNL
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Elusive thing for a popular show : HOTTICKET
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Pool service? : RIDESHARE
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Rub out : ERASE
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Junglelike : DENSE
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One who knows the drama of raising children? : STAGEMOM
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Maze runner : MINOTAUR
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Swindle : CON
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Ankle-biter : TOT
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Dashboard abbr. : MPH
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"Do Ya" band, informally : ELO
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Experimented with : DABBLEDIN
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Enterprise group : STARFLEET
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Kylo of "Star Wars" : REN
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Sixers in pro sports, for short? : TDS
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Elementium or obsidium, in World of Warcraft : ORE
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Low sound : MOO
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Oversize letter at the beginning of a chapter : DROPCAP
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Initiates a proposal, maybe : KNEELS
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"Good heavens!" : MYLORD
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Fresh : SASSY
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Once you're forced into this, there's no going back : EXILE
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Stopping point : LIMIT
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Still in it : ALIVE
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Tears down : RAZES
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Sluggish flow : OOZE
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Official document, informally : CERT
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= : ARE
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Time for a countdown: Abbr. : NYE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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