A SHOT IN THE DARK
Joe DiPietro, of Brooklyn, owns a bar called One Star in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. He previously owned a bar called No Idea, which made a confusing answer o the question “Where do you want to go tonight?” As a crossword constructor, he hates
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Dude, slangily Toaster Swirlz brand
Country singer Haggard
Lhasa ____ (dog breed)
Metallic fabric “____: Legacy” (sci-fi sequel) Hymn of joy
Loud thudding sound
Shot in the dark Get to the point? Steps up?
Court plea, in brief
Winner’s sign Alternative to a blitz
False start? Improved version of an existing product
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Skipping syllables? Reward for a big hit, say Two-legged stand
Fix for a bald spot
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Shock Oscar-winning Hanks role of 1994
Tiny bits
Byway connection Voice-mail prompt
Hasbro game requiring increasingly quick reflexes Tiny bit
Mensch
Meals with Haggadah readings
Award to wear Real deal
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Like cabernet sauvignon Go over
Start of many Portuguese place names 73 75 78
Be angry
Suffix with age Highly resistant elastomer
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Skyscraper support
Like some ballots
Breakfast drink sans creamer Ill-advised move
Intangible qualities
Do
Anonymous surname
Causes of pocket buzzes Loud, sharp sound
Like Golden Raspberry“winning” films 100 Detectives
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nothings
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tip
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League M.V.P. of the 1950s
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transport
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138 Fore-and-aftrigged sailboat with two masts
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Photo mishap Amassed Congregational chorus
Tools for landscapers
“You get the idea”: Abbr.
Food found in some bars Most-often- used
Net wt. of many pasta packages Sticker stat
It’s water under le pont
Teller of the third tale in “The Canterbury Tales”
Surgical tool
Like some casts Makes a scene “Hallelujah!” Marvelous
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Slice and dice, say
Takes over (from) More than just a talker
Indian lentil dish “No info yet,” on a schedule Carefully avoid Heating option Composer Bruckner
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Unlikely Oscar winners
Fighting
Tiny bit
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Opening for a computer technician?
Pro fighter? Swampy stretch V.A. concern, for short
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Phenomenon by which electrons radiate from a heated filament, so named for a famous observer “You can’t be a real country unless you have a ____ and an airline”: Frank Zappa
Mil. leader
Catch
Arc on a music score
Investment goal
Trucker on a radio Pitchfork-shaped letters
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When the first “Peanuts” comic appeared
Apple on the teacher’s desk? Literature Nobelist Bellow Innovation in push-ups
It can represent a folder
First offer? “I touched your nose!” sound Coffin frames Squarish A jokester might say “And the pot thickens” after one
One of the friends on “Friends”
Very easy living —
French explorer who founded Detroit
Duty
According to
Bad P.R. for a celeb, maybe
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announcer’s cry 102 One doing a
Spot check?
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Secret Service dubbed Renegade and Renaissance
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111 ____ Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected female head of state
113 Mammal found in the Andean cloud forest
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115 “I’m baffled”
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study
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its games
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of the universe 129 Chats over
Twitter, briefly 130 Grp. mobilized
by a 911 call
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