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New York Times, Thursday, September 13, 2018

Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
11-Down : One in a blue-and-yellow uniform
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Alex Eaton-Salners

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 45 Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Eaton-Salners. Thursday freshness: 88%
Alex Eaton-Salners notes:
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Jim Horne notes:
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Jeff Chen notes:
I liked the visual of INBOX stacked atop the OUTBOX, too. But HEES and especially LXX gave me major pause. I wonder if shifting those ... read more
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© 2018, The New York Times9/13/18 ( No. 25,146 )
Across
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Interrogate : QUIZ
5
Leave flabbergasted : AMAZE
10
IV units : CCS
13
French 101 verb : ETRE
14
Fermented milk drink : KEFIR
15
Pre-snap signal : HUT
16
Made a false move? : DEKED
18
Finding fault with : CARPINGABOUT
20
Word with sauce or milk : SOY
22
Some R.S.V.P.s : NOS
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Bears: Lat. : URSI
24
"Fire away!" : ASK
27
Trader ___ : JOES
29
They can be taxed like partnerships, for short : LLCS
30
Goal for Ponce de León : THEFOUNTAINOFYOUTH
35
Give the silent treatment? : MIME
36
Stops partway through : ABORTS
37
Bon ___ : VOYAGE
39
Costumes : GETUPS
43
Actor Mark : HARMON
45
Tatooine has two of them : SUNS
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52
Successor of Carson : LENO
53
"___ of Dogs" (2018 animated movie) : ISLE
54
Univ. department : PSY
55
"Um, don't look now, but ..." : AHEM
56
Vietnamese new year : TET
58
Still : YET
60
Colorful food fish : RAINBOWTROUT
63
Beach house? : SHELL
67
Key for exiting full-screen mode : ESC
68
Carafe size : LITER
69
Where work piles up ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme : INBOX
70
"Please keep it down" : SHH
71
Radiate : EXUDE
72
Where finished work goes ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme : OUTBOX
Down
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The end of mathematics? : QED
2
Western native : UTE
3
Tick off : IRK
4
Middle of a puzzle? : ZEES
5
Org. concerned with good breeding : AKC
6
Will, if one can : MEANSTO
7
Start of some hybrid music styles : AFRO
8
Speeds (along) : ZIPS
9
"Dancing With the Stars" co-host Andrews : ERIN
10
Oscar-winning Cliff Robertson title role : CHARLY
11
One in a blue-and-yellow uniform : CUBSCOUT
12
Somewhat stocky : STOUTISH
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Place to get one's kicks? : DOJO
19
Wide divide : GULF
21
Question to a returning pest : YOUAGAIN
24
Cash cache, for short : ATM
25
Gang weapon : SHIV
26
___ sabe : KEMO
28
Sportscaster Dick : ENBERG
31
Fairylike : FEY
32
Jargons : ARGOTS
33
One way to stare : INTENTLY
34
German direction : OST
38
"That feels so-o-o good!" : AHH
40
Put into service : USE
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What you might do with gas or a fist : PUMP
42
Features of tapirs : SNOUTS
44
Headwaiter : MAITRED
46
Prone to blushing, say : SHY
47
Skirt features : FLARES
48
Go over anew : REHASH
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Three barleycorns, as defined by Edward II : ONEINCH
50
Sepulcher : TOMB
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Partners of haws : HEES
56
Mars candy : TWIX
57
Roman rebuke : ETTU
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Become less crowded : THINOUT
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"Hurrah!" : OLE
62
Weird : OUTRE
64
Go back : EBB
65
John of Cambridge : LOO
66
70, in old Rome : LXX

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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