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New York Times, Friday, August 26, 2022

Author:
Robert Logan
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Across : Largest of the Society Islands
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Robert Logan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Logan. Friday freshness: 38%
Robert Logan notes:
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© 2022, The New York Times8/26/22 ( No. 26,589 )
Across
1
Team leader : ALPHADOG
9
Aidy of "Saturday Night Live" : BRYANT
15
"Yeah, I'm breaking up with you" : WEREDONE
16
Kind of board at the beach : BOOGIE
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Prepare for everything, maybe : OVERPLAN
18
Journalist's secret : SOURCE
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Bulrush, e.g. : REED
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Zoom call background effect : BLUR
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Coveted magic item in Sondheim's "Into the Woods" : BEAN
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Retirement spots : DENS
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"Absolutely!" : YESINDEEDY
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Check in : REPORT
28
Really tiny machines : NANOBOTS
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Explosive feedback? : RECOIL
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A heavy one may want a lighter : SMOKER
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Largest of the Society Islands : TAHITI
40
Calculus AB or Physics C, e.g. : APTEST
41
Showbiz sappiness : SCHMALTZ
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Bottle of rum go-with : YOHOHO
45
"I can't say for sure" : HARDTOTELL
49
Gift tag word : FROM
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Snack item since 1912 : OREO
54
Fruit-bearing shrub known botanically as Prunus spinosa : SLOE
55
Food you might eat in a bed : RICE
56
Davy Jones was one : MONKEE
59
Portrayer of the lawyer Robert Shapiro in "The People v. O.J. Simpson" : TRAVOLTA
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Regard : ESTEEM
62
"You're on!" : ITSADEAL
63
"Who, me?" rejoinder : YESYOU
64
A 50/50 chance … or a description of the lengths of this puzzle's Across and Down answers, respectively : EVENODDS
Down
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"Can we talk?," tersely : AWORD
2
Bank regulator : LEVEE
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Show vanity, in a way : PREEN
4
Accomplishes the impossible with cats : HERDS
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Big inits. in payroll services : ADP
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Surround sound pioneer : DOLBY
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Ready : ONALERT
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They make up families : GENUSES
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Some shot : BBS
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Joey who doesn't wear pants : ROO
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"Absolutely!" : YOUBETCHA
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Match : AGREE
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Common kind of battery : NICAD
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Minute : TEENY
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Light (into) : RIP
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0° : NORTH
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Free movie starring yourself? : DREAM
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Big employer of U.S. mathematicians, in brief : NSA
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Something that may be toted on a tour : AMP
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___ at all : NOT
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"Yep, that's fine" : OKEYDOKEY
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Get drunk, formally : BESOT
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Straight: Prefix : ORTHO
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Something you might strike : OIL
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Old telecom inits. : ITT
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Cheney of politics : LIZ
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Scottish sheepdog, informally : SHELTIE
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Small-screen milestone of the 1950s : COLORTV
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Extra periods, for short : OTS
45
Cozy : HOMEY
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Popped up : AROSE
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Signs a 48-Down : RENTS
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See 47-Down : LEASE
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Ring bearer of note : FRODO
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All ___ up (irritated) : RILED
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Eightsome : OCTAD
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Board, so to speak : MEALS
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Antidiscrimination inits. : EEO
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Layer of green eggs : EMU
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Mover's need, maybe : VAN

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

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