The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

“Shoot!”

1

It’s turned down

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at a hotel

Living under a

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rock, say Language that

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Minecraft was written in

How hors

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d’oeuvres are served

Squeezed (out)

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1996 horror

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classic originally titled “Scary Movie”

Major upsets,

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e.g.

“Yikes!”

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Only chemical

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element whose name fits this answer’s length Bell of the synthpop

24 duo Erasure Cone head?

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Die-hard

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enthusiasts, and then some Moisten, in a

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way

Eco-centric

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college class, informally? At some previous

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point

Produced, as

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digital currency Wild-tasting

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He’s a mensch

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J. M. Barrie

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boatswain Something

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people trip on, informally

Half of a classic

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Hanna-Barbera cartoon duo

___ Aarnio,

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interior designer who created the bubble chair Refuse to settle,

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say

A-line line 46

Early flat screen

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Capital in Lewis

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and Clark County “I thought of a

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joke about ___, but it’s too corny” (groaner)

Here, to locals

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Urge

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Chores, typically

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Word on either

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side of “vs.”

Some sleeveless

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frocks

DOWN

Kids’ game cry

1

Unit of measure

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that has a shared etymology with “inch”

Striking

3

Word at the

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center of Rhode Island’s flag They’re just

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above C’s

If not more

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Go green,

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perhaps? “Shoot!”

8

Founder of the

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label Rhyme Syndicate Records

See-___

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Bit of casino

11

restaurant fare? “Ugh, this always

12

happens to me!” Longtime A&W

13

competitor He hosted the

15

first “Jeopardy!” in the postTrebek era

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Squat

20 Drive off

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Policy at some Bill Clinton

23 32 bars and eating played one on establishments “The Arsenio Hall

Show” in 1992 People of

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Unalaska Namibia

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neighbor: Abbr. Start of some

27 juicy gossip Downfall

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Human-shaped

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Ophthalmologists board game

28 call it a piece hordeolum

___ journey

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What might

29 (literary surround a trunk archetype) Having been Parisian

30 47

informed preposition

Guy Fawkes

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Night accessories Many posts,

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informally

Things of use to

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note takers? Miami school,

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casually

John who was

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a pioneer in set theory

Code

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components Cookie Monster’s

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real name