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REVOLUTIONARY

New York Times, Sunday, August 18, 2019

Author:
David Steinberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Drives around awhile ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares?
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David Steinberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 74 Missing: {J} This is puzzle # 96 for Mr. Steinberg. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Sunday freshness: 11%
Will Shortz notes:
David Steinberg sold his first crossword to The Times in 2011, when he was 14 and just finishing the eighth grade. A prolific contributor since then, he has had 94 crosswords in the paper ... read more
David Steinberg notes:
As is the case with a surprising number of my puzzle ideas, this one came to me during finals week. I had a 15-page term paper due two days later, which made the opportunity to ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
The mighty orb, fit for a king or queen with its regal aura. What Atlas held high! The onus of Sisyphus! Lo, the lunar rotundity! I'm apparently obsessed with balls. It's rare for a ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

The four BALLs rotate 90 degrees through each iteration. Nice touch.

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© 2019, The New York Times8/18/19 ( No. 25,485 )
Across
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Passes along, as a present : REGIFTS
8
What 13-Down means in poker : ICHECK
14
Book in a mosque : QURAN
19
Antarctic mass : ICESHEET
21
Major British tabloid : THESUN
22
Yogurt container words : USEBY
23
Celebratory Native American feast : POTLATCH
24
Drives around awhile ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares? : GOESFORASPIN
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If's counterpart, in programming : ELSE
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"S.N.L." alum Cheri : OTERI
29
Military alert system : DEFCON
30
Sow's home : STY
31
Small criticism : NIT
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Baa-dly needing a haircut? : UNSHORN
34
"Today" co-host Hoda : KOTB
36
Challenges for infielders : HOPS
38
"De-e-e-eluxe!" : OOLALA
41
Cherry brandy : KIRSCH
45
Certain rideshares : UBERS
47
Deposit box? : ATM
48
Morning hour : TENAM
51
Many a Stan Lee film role : CAMEO
52
Capital NE of Casablanca : RABAT
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Idris of "The Dark Tower" : ELBA
55
Ones or tens place : TILL
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0 0 0 : OVALS
57
Wafer brand : NILLA
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Hockey shot sound : SLAP
59
Shots in the dark : STABS
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Beginning of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet : ABLE
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Camera type, for short : SLR
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Very funny person : RIOT
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Extremely cold : POLAR
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River through Pakistan : INDUS
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Sea creatures that may employ camouflage when hunting : OCTOPI
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Blood type system : ABO
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Ones generating buzz in the music world? : KAZOOS
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Play at full volume : BLAST
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Super ___ (game series) : MARIO
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Help with a job : ABET
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Wrath : IRE
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Eco-friendly car introduced in 2011 : VOLT
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Something the nose knows : AROMA
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___ Pictures : SONY
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First name on the Supreme Court : SONIA
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Quits a program : EXITS
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Dennis the Menace, e.g. : BRAT
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Burnt barbecue bits : ENDS
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Shooting stars, some think : OMENS
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Kind of salami : GENOA
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Pool components : GENES
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Type units : ENS
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Like going all in, maybe : RISKY
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Diamond pattern : ARGYLE
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Slowly, musically : ADAGIO
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Some are liberal : ARTS
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Meyers of late-night : SETH
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Producer of brown eggs : CADBURY
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Black ___ : OPS
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Arborist's tool : SAW
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Laid, as a claim : STAKED
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"Spider-Man" director : RAIMI
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Hit hard : SWAT
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1965 #1 Byrds hit ... as suggested by this puzzle's circled squares? : TURNTURNTURN
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Australia's smallest state : TASMANIA
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Upstate New York city : UTICA
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Topic of Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution : SENATE
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Up-and-coming : EMERGENT
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Wrinkle treatment : BOTOX
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Shaman, for one : HEALER
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Newspaper sections that often fall out : INSERTS
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Age : RIPEN
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Romaine concern : ECOLI
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Kicks things off : GETSTHEBALLROLLING
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Land in the water : ISLE
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Mortgage org. : FHA
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Mountains just south of Yellowstone : TETONS
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The Quakers and others : SECTS
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Celebrity socialite : ITGIRL
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Comedian Margaret : CHO
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Mind : HEED
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"___ quam videri," state motto of North Carolina : ESSE
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Strike on the head : CUFF
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See 8-Across : KNOCK
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Home of the Marine Corps University : QUANTICO
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___ Constitution : USS
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Individual curls, say : REPS
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Slightly : ABIT
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It contains M.S.G.: Abbr. : NYNY
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1973 play featuring a sign with a burned-out "E" : THEHOTLBALTIMORE
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Part of a king's guard : ROOK
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It charges to do some cleaning : ROOMBA
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Arrogant newcomers : UPSTARTS
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Rebellion leader Turner : NAT
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Swagger : BRAVADO
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Freud's first stage : ORAL
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Plays hard after working hard : LETSLOOSE
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Baker with the 1986 hit "Sweet Love" : ANITA
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Baker or dry cleaner, maybe : SMALLBUSINESSOWNER
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They multiply by dividing : CELLS
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Garden item that sounds like the plural of another garden item : HOSE
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Dispensers at banquets : URNS
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Help (out) : BAIL
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Author of "The Lion, the Bear and the Fox" : AESOP
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Full of empty talk : ALLBARKANDNOBITE
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Royals' org. : MLB
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Teleported, in the Harry Potter books : APPARATED
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Drop-down menu in online shopping : SIZE
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I as in Icarus : IOTA
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Something you might take a bow for in the theater? : OBI
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Unapologetic : NOTSORRY
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Squeaky mice, e.g. : CATTOYS
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Chasm : ABYSS
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Jabber? : BOXER
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Whirlpool subsidiary since 2006 : AMANA
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Place to lace up : RINK
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"It's a snap!" : EASY
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Summer Triangle star : VEGA
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The Notorious ___ : RBG
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Six Nations tribe : ONEIDA
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Leave off, as the last word of a : OMIT
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Line just above a total, say : SALESTAX
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Squid's ink holder : SAC
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Latin rebuke : ETTU
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Accumulate : GARNER
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Up : ARISEN
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Like a zero-star review : HARSH
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Savory taste : UMAMI
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Coat that's hard to take off : PAINT
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Sports page fodder : STATS
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Paycheck go-with : STUB
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A plane might be flown on it : AUTO
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Judicial order : WRIT
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Pad site : KNEE
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___ Rosso (Sicilian wine) : ETNA
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Kind of citizenship : DUAL
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Kind of tea : SAGE
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Cpl. or sgt. : NCO
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Fwy., e.g. : RTE
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Virginia Woolf's "___ Dalloway" : MRS

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

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