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New York Times, Saturday, July 6, 2019

Author:
Erik Agard
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Who said "The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem"
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Erik Agard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Agard. Saturday freshness: 66%
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© 2019, The New York Times7/6/19 ( No. 25,442 )
Across
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"No, thanks" : IPASS
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Rapper's release : TAPE
10
Activity that might elicit stares, for short : PDA
13
Singer/actress Janelle : MONAE
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Theater option : IMAX
15
Couleur du chocolat : BRUN
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"___ Ever" (Elvis song from "G.I. Blues") : DIDJA
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Yamaha purchase : MOTORBIKE
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Hazmat regulator : OSHA
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USA competitor : TBS
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Construction piece that describes what happens when you compliment me? : IBEAM
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Kashyyyk denizen, in sci-fi : WOOKIEE
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Contents of some sleeves : LPS
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Olympic runner? : SKI
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Up and a little to the left, for short : NNW
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One who might be diagnosed with a polysomnogram : NARCOLEPTIC
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Cellist with a Presidential Medal of Freedom : PABLOCASALS
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Like some legal judgments : DECLARATORY
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Singer seen annually on David Letterman's Christmas show : DARLENELOVE
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"Say no more - I'm on it" : DONEANDDONE
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"___ Mañanitas" (traditional Mexican birthday song) : LAS
38
GPS suggestion: Abbr. : RTE
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Walletful : IDS
40
Aid in breaking down doors : FIREAXE
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Go down, so to speak : OCCUR
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___ South, div. of the 55-Acrosses : AFC
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Pixy ___ : STIX
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#2 image among smartphone users? : POOPEMOJI
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Not straight up : ATILT
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"That's my cue!" : IMON
51
Taqueria order, informally : GUAC
52
___ Park, Calif. : MENLO
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"C'mon, man," in a syllable : TSK
54
Wetlands feature : MIRE
55
See 44-Across : TEXAN
Down
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"Count me in" : IMDOWN
2
One of the nine weapons in 2008's expanded version of Clue : POISON
3
"That, in spades!" : ANDHOW
4
See 8-Down : SAJAK
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Lead-in to cow, horse or dog : SEA
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Footwear with a tree logo : TIMBERLANDS
7
Who said "The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem" : AMOS
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With 4-Down, someone who might repossess your car when you go bankrupt? : PAT
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Prefix with thermic : EXO
10
Like some vestments : PRIESTLY
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1980s presidential candidate : DUKAKIS
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Weak : ANEMIC
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So-so bond rating : BBB
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Conquers : RISESOVER
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English breakfast, for example : TEABLEND
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"Ninotchka" actress, 1939 : INACLAIRE
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Mayoralty, e.g. : LOCALOFFICE
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Close ... but not THAT close : PLATONIC
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Unseeded? : CORED
30
Trim : PARE
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French homophone of 30-Down : PERE
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Stand-up comedian with the 2005 double-platinum album "Retaliation" : DANECOOK
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Companies known for their net profit : DOTCOMS
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"Enough already!" : DROPIT
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Many a Univision viewer, in modern usage : LATINX
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Armpit : AXILLA
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Poet with the 1967 Pulitzer-winning volume "Live or Die" : SEXTON
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Big name in parfum : ESTEE
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Original airer of "Everybody Hates Chris" : UPN
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Cracked : AJAR
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___ Resorts International : MGM
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"Je pense que ___" ("I think so": Fr.) : OUI
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Tsp. or tbsp. : AMT

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

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