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New York Times, Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Author:
Ned White
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
One of three figures carved on Georgia's Stone Mountain
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Ned White

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {BJQV} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. White. Wednesday freshness: 57%
Ned White notes:
Looking at the finished version of this puzzle, I think what I'm most impressed by is the mix of difficult (actually, evil) clues with ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
There's a great seed of an idea in here. Take "X in Y" phrases, and find theme entries that mean Y, such that you can spread out the ... read more
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© 2019, The New York Times9/11/19 ( No. 25,509 )
Across
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Piquant garnishes : ZESTS
6
Female friend, to Felipe : AMIGA
11
Guffaw syllable : HAR
14
Top dog : ALPHA
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Unseen title character in a classic play : GODOT
16
Previously : AGO
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Bird in the hand? : HIREDPERSON
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Headstone letters : RIP
20
R&B singer with the 2006 hit "So Sick" : NEYO
21
___ vez (once: Sp.) : UNA
22
Art often of marginal quality? : DOODLE
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Snake in the grass? : CATTLEFODDER
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Rarer than rare : RAW
30
Bourbon and Beale: Abbr. : STS
31
Time off, informally : RANDR
32
English architect Jones : INIGO
34
Grab a stool, say : SIT
35
Head Stone? : MICK
38
Come up in the world? : MARSFORINSTANCE
42
Proofreader's "leave it in" : STET
43
Omicrons' predecessors : XIS
44
Signed : INKED
45
"___ ever occurred to you ...?" : HASIT
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Inseparable : ONE
49
1960s campus org. : SDS
50
Throw in the towel? : SPAACCESSORY
54
Die-hard fan's cry : MYIDOL
55
Question of introspection : AMI
56
Provides pieces for : ARMS
60
Fumble or stumble : ERR
61
Ace in the hole? : PERFORATION
64
One of three figures carved on Georgia's Stone Mountain : LEE
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Gone from the plate : EATEN
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Lewis who sang the theme for "Avatar" : LEONA
67
Acid : LSD
68
Mortimer ___, dummy voiced by Edgar Bergen : SNERD
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Shutterbug's setting : FSTOP
Down
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Former CNN anchor Paula : ZAHN
2
"Night" memoirist Wiesel : ELIE
3
Nimble, especially for one's age : SPRY
4
2000s Fox drama set in Newport Beach : THEOC
5
Elegiac : SAD
6
Transportation safety workers, e.g. : AGENTS
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Fable's end : MORAL
8
Cards at a club, say : IDS
9
Olive oil and fish oil are high in them : GOODFATS
10
When a nautical day begins : ATNOON
11
Screwdrivers, e.g. : HARDDRINKS
12
Like gymnasts : AGILE
13
One handy with a lariat : ROPER
18
When repeated, a club game? : PUTT
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One who's "out" : ODDMAN
25
Starting on : ASOF
26
Home of the Blarney Stone : ERIN
27
What some eyeglasses lack : RIMS
28
Basic subj. for a surgeon : ANAT
29
Like some terriers : WIREHAIRED
33
Upscale Swiss ski resort : GSTAAD
34
Palindromic nickname : SIS
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Included in an email chain : CCED
37
Converse competitor : KEDS
39
Big name in stain removal : OXICLEAN
40
Baptism, e.g. : RITE
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Stadium ticket specification : TIER
46
Checks (out) : SCOPES
47
Onetime pop star Donny : OSMOND
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Neo-___ (film genre) : NOIR
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Stink : SMELL
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Some funeral arrangements : PYRES
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Not so risky : SAFER
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Rowdy ___, lead role on TV's "Rawhide" : YATES
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Real scream : RIOT
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Part of MSG : MONO
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Cinch : SNAP
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Hwy. : RTE
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Visitor from the planet Melmac : ALF

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

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