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New York Times, Monday, August 20, 2018

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Across : Have a hunch
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 109 for Mr. Gordon. Monday freshness: 2%
Jeff Chen notes:
Such consistency in themers — two (city) + (meat) and two (meat) + (city) phrases. Tidy and elegant. I had a slight pause with ... read more
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H
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N
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C
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R
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V
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P
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A
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B
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D
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B
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W
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B
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© 2018, The New York Times8/20/18 ( No. 25,122 )
Across
1
Mattress cover : SHEET
6
Desert beast : CAMEL
11
"Born in the ___" : USA
14
Deserves : EARNS
15
Cockamamie : INANE
16
Catch cold? : NAB
17
Meat entree in Ukraine : CHICKENKIEV
19
"Weekend Update" show, for short : SNL
20
Carne asada holder : TACO
21
Low-fat : LEAN
22
Practice piece at a conservatory : ETUDE
24
Travel about : ROAM
26
Back of a boat : STERN
28
Meat entree in Austria : VIENNASAUSAGES
33
Have a hunch : SENSE
34
Pewter component : TIN
35
Excellent, informally : PHAT
36
Pound sound : ARF
37
Brand that "nobody doesn't like" : SARALEE
41
Greek "H" : ETA
42
Home to the majority of earthlings : ASIA
44
___ Air (affluent neighborhood of Los Angeles) : BEL
45
Bold type : DARER
47
Meat entree in New Zealand : BEEFWELLINGTON
51
Emmy winner Christine : LAHTI
52
Christmas carol : NOEL
53
Freshwater polyp : HYDRA
55
Jam ingredient? : AUTO
57
Alan who wrote the book "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" : ALDA
61
Sound elicited by a punch in the gut : OOF
62
Meat entree in the United Kingdom : LONDONBROIL
65
Olive of cartoons : OYL
66
Disney World park : EPCOT
67
Be in accord : AGREE
68
Small dog : TOY
69
Pro in taking dictation : STENO
70
Landowners' papers : DEEDS
Down
1
Religious offshoot : SECT
2
"That's funny!" : HAHA
3
California politico Garcetti : ERIC
4
Concert bonuses : ENCORES
5
Sound of disapproval : TSK
6
The movie industry : CINEMA
7
"My Way" lyricist Paul : ANKA
8
Thing attached to a sloop's boom : MAINSAIL
9
Direction from Mo. to Me. : ENE
10
River embankments : LEVEES
11
Person not getting credit for a brave act : UNSUNGHERO
12
Hourglass contents : SAND
13
Up to the task : ABLE
18
Panache : ELAN
23
Mouse catcher : TRAP
25
Easiest numbers to dial on a rotary phone : ONES
27
Adjust the pitch of : TUNE
28
Chapter's counterpart : VERSE
29
Pop-up that results in the batter being called out even if the ball isn't caught : INFIELDFLY
30
Public bathroom compartment : STALL
31
No longer on the plate : EATEN
32
Symbol on the Texas state flag : STAR
33
Bygone Swedish car : SAAB
38
Assist in a crime : ABET
39
Trust : RELIANCE
40
Cutting-___ (pioneering) : EDGE
43
From a distance : AFAR
46
Like a prison fugitive : ATLARGE
48
Moby Dick and others : WHALES
49
Counting everything : INTOTO
50
Separator of a.m. and p.m. : NOON
53
Owl's sound : HOOT
54
Dimwit : YOYO
56
Thick Japanese noodle : UDON
58
Traditional knowledge : LORE
59
Ran out of juice : DIED
60
Pub pints : ALES
63
Choose, with "for" : OPT
64
Reprimand to a dog : BAD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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