NY Times Puzzle No. 0219
ACROSS
Leading lady?
1
Depiction on
12
the Australian coat of arms Popular orders
15
at beachside bars
U-Haul option
16
Comment
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before indulging Some theft
18
targets Protrusions near
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a trunk, maybe Sticks
20
Whizzed (by)
21
Word
22
sometimes substituted for “your”
Killing a
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mockingbird is one, per Atticus Finch
Prepare for
24
court, in a way Tamagotchi,
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once
Modern lead-in
27
to speak
Park ranger’s
28
handout
Stayed out of
29
sight
Bouquet
31
Palindrome with
32
an apostrophe in the middle Contents of
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some wells Sleeveless top,
35
informally Approached
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quickly Complete set
37
in musical comedy?
Psych up
39
Bill that’s half
41
a 52-Across, informally
___ Short,
42
pioneer in West Coast hip-hop Reroute
45
The sun or the
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moon
Ganja
47
Whizzed (by)
48
“The Virtue of
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Selfishness” essayist, 1964 Pal of Seinfeld
51
and Costanza See 41-Across
52
Way of Life?
53
Stir
55
Helen of Troy,
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e.g.
Lip
57
Some reference
58
works in newsrooms
DOWN
Not very much
1
Missing portion
2
of a manuscript Gradually
3
stopped, with “out”
Hair pieces
4
Qts. and pts.
5
Way out
6
Onetime Food
7
Network show featuring Creole and Cajun cuisine
Kind of jar
8
“Go placidly
9
___ the noise and the haste …” (start of
Max Ehrmann’s “Desiderata”) Louise of TV’s
10
“Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” Ballpark fig.
11
It’s a bad sign
12
Raked in the
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dough
Messy, as a
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floor
Tussle
21
___ protein
23
Parent company
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of Gerber and Lean Cuisine Dorothy of old
27
“Road” films
13, for many
28
Shaped, as
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wood
Singer/
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songwriter of 1980’s “Kiss Kiss Kiss”
Popular
32
salon option, informally
Toxin that might
33
contain formic acid
Symbol
36
associated with Communism Go out
38
Houston or
40
Washington vis-à-vis Manhattan Tightened (up)
42
13
14
44
Threatening
43
words Hyperfocus
44
Buck ___,
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Major League Baseball’s first Black coach Gardner of
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“S.N.L.” General
50
assembly?
R&B singer
51
Erykah Burnable items
53
Burnable item
54
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