NY Times Puzzle No. 0319

ACROSS

It means “father

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of” in Arabic

Catty remark?

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Rated PG-13 or

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R, say

Sylphlike

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Fit out

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“Amaaazing!”

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Is a witness

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Comedian John

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who is said to resemble a love child of Harry Potter and Owl from “Winniethe-Pooh”

Ottawa leader

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Stun gun

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Like part of a

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dress affected by static cling, say Hootenanny

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Word with gag

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and ground

Headwear for the

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big game?

Levy of “Schitt’s

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Creek”

Isn’t open about

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oneself

Drink cooler

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Stereotypical

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Silicon Valley types

Act huffy?

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Came out of the

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blue?

Launched

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weapons Unwanted

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autocorrections Bonny young

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lady

Influenza

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Some Buddhist

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mandalas, e.g. [More details

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below]

Acknowledgment

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of a poor performance Schoolmaster for

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the classroom, e.g.

Italy’s longest

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river

Spec for a

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script Atlanta-based

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network

DOWN

Parcel

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Place to study

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cultures

They’re issued

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by the Bureau of Consular Affairs

Suit cut

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between “classic” and “slim”

House of Saud

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title

Like some

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blankets and bars

Along with the

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anteater, one of two animals in the order Pilosa Less hurried

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“Pfft, this one

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doesn’t work” Count ___

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Currency whose

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name means, literally, “round” More than a

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couple

Skin-toned 14

cosmetic

Silent film

16 star known as the “Man of a Thousand Faces”

Disciplinarians, 18

at times

Something often 20

seen with trunks

Fold 21

British pop star

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with more “Ed Sullivan Show” appearances than the Beatles It gets bald over

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time

Going down the

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drain, in a way Inits. at a bar

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Place to get a

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wax

Summit goal

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Back

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Occupied

36 Can opener

38 Cattle-grazing

40 tract

Looks like

42 Good name for

44 a biologist? Collect dust

45 ___ TaylorJohnson,

46 director of “Fifty Shades of Grey”