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New York Times, Sunday, September 3, 2017

Author:
Andrew Zhou
Editor:
Will Shortz
*Philosopher who wrote "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made"
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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 136, Blocks: 74 Missing: {XZ} This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Zhou. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Sunday freshness: 51%
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© 2017, The New York Times9/3/17 ( No. 24,771 )
Across
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Mayhem : DISORDER
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Bowfishing need : ARROW
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Happy event after a split? : SPARE
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Really happening : ULTRACOOL
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"Don Juan" girl : LEILA
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Prince of ___ : WALES
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*Law enforcer with the Coast Guard : BOARDINGOFFICER
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"___ we lucky?" : ARENT
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Nat ___ Wild (cable channel) : GEO
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More decisive : SURER
28
Place for stars : MARQUEE
30
Buffet heater : STERNO
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*It passes on some bits of information : INTERNETROUTER
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What the last letter of 107-Down stands for : TONY
38
Very puzzled : ATSEA
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Record collection? : ARCHIVE
41
Constellation next to Corona Australis : ARA
42
___ Jahan, leader who commissioned the Taj Mahal : SHAH
43
___ Jorge (part of the Azores) : SAO
44
Little sucker? : STRAW
48
*Philosopher who wrote "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made" : IMMANUELKANT
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"Works for me" : OKSURE
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Company known for combining expertise? : DEERE
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Presidents Taft, Ford, Clinton and both Bushes : YALEALUMNI
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Remain : LIE
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What the Tower of London was for over 850 years : GAOL
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Adhere (to) : HEW
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Utter, as a sound : EMIT
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One put in bed? : SEED
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*Celebrities working for the U.N., perhaps : GOODWILLAMBASSADORS
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Disposition : BENT
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International fusion restaurant chain : NOBU
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Hall-of-Fame Bruin : ORR
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Tater : SPUD
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Common Korean surname : LEE
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Low-quality bank offerings whose acronym suggests stealthiness : NINJALOANS
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A little teary : MOIST
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Peevish : INAPET
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*Certain photo poster : INSTAGRAMMER
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Island nation that was once part of the Spanish East Indies : PALAU
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TV's NBA on ___ : TNT
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Tribe that gave its name to a state : UTES
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Grp. of people puttering around? : PGA
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Tow truck : WRECKER
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You might pass one in a race : BATON
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Onetime Yankee nickname : AROD
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*Business bigwigs : CORPORATEELITE
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Seep through : OSMOSE
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Like a bogey : OVERPAR
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Tie up quickly? : ELOPE
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Cleveland athlete, familiarly : CAV
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Educator Montessori : MARIA
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Sex appeal ... or a hint to the answers to the six starred clues : ANIMALMAGNETISM
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Main force : BRUNT
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Bring to a full amount : TOPUP
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Bratty : SNOTNOSED
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Big instrument in electronic music, informally : SYNTH
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Pillow covers : SHAMS
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Washington newsmaker of 1980 : STHELENS
Down
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Start to call : DUB
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U.N. workers' grp. : ILO
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Handle in the entertainment industry : STAGENAME
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Solar system model : ORRERY
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Home testing kit target : RADON
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Early seventh-century year : DCI
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Very long spans : EONS
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In a mischievous manner : ROGUISHLY
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Actress Woodard : ALFRE
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Big seller of outdoor gear : REI
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Ocasek of the Cars : RIC
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Call with a charge? : OLE
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Geniality : WARMTH
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Crystal jewelry company with a swan in its logo : SWAROVSKI
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Some patterned floors : PARQUETS
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Fox Islands dweller : ALEUT
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___ Elise Goldsberry, 37-Across winner for "Hamilton" : RENEE
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Poly- follower : ESTER
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TV producer Michaels : LORNE
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Cheese often served with olives : FETA
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Hebrew name meaning 62-Down : ARI
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Unadventurous : STAID
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Crooner with the autobiography "It Wasn't All Velvet" : TORME
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U.S.S. Missouri's resting site : OAHU
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Person who's dreaded? : RASTA
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Publisher of the magazine America's 1st Freedom, for short : NRA
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Prefix with system : ECO
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___ Bo (workout system) : TAE
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Golf's Slammin' Sammy : SNEAD
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It helps keep things straight : RULER
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First sign of spring : ARIES
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Wacky tobacky, in part : WEED
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Lingo : ARGOT
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One-third of a B-52 cocktail : KAHLUA
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"___ iacta est" ("The die is cast") : ALEA
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First phase : NEWMOON
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Draft status? : ONTAP
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Mastered, British-style : LEARNT
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Conversation fillers : UMS
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"___ me?" : MISS
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Take responsibility for something : OWNIT
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Safari sighting : LION
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Site of biblical destruction : SODOM
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Davis of "Thelma & Louise" : GEENA
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Heat center of old? : ONEAL
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War on Poverty prez : LBJ
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Things displayed by mannequins : BRAS
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"The Lady of the Camellias" author, 1848 : DUMAS
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Dot on a screen : BLIP
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One suffering from numbness, maybe : NEUROPATH
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Unit of petrol : LITRE
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Browning vessels : SAUTEPANS
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Do make-up work? : IMPROVISE
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Plants with bell-shaped blooms : SEGOS
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Pokémon card transaction : TRADE
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Penn State symbol : PAWPRINT
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Old Pontiac : GTO
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Western city bisected by I-80 : RENO
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B'way buy : TKT
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Eleanor Roosevelt ___ Roosevelt : NEE
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Soviet ___ : ERA
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Diamond figures : CARATS
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Ten or twenty : BILL
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Little bits : ATOMS
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Big bang creator : AMATOL
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Rooster displays : COMBS
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Gynecologist's concern : OVARY
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Many a late-night cable show : RERUN
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Bounds : LEAPS
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Word with crime or bar : SCENE
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Acronym for an acting/singing awards sweep : EGOT
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Plays performed in shozoku robes : NOH
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Hoppy quaff, briefly : IPA
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Closemouthed : MUM
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Utmost : NTH
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One in 100: Abbr. : SEN
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O.R. figures : MDS

Answer summary: 12 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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