NY Times Puzzle No. 0416

ACROSS

Like much

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White House press

Stick with

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Social elites

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Susan who

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wrote “The Orchid Thief” Line of

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Pokémon

Actor James

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of “The Fresh Prince of BelAir”

___ Who Code

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(nonprofit) Forerunner of

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rocksteady

Bad thing to

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miss

Native Costa

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Ricans, informally Something that

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might be raised in a fight Amount to

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Locales for the

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Jets and the Sharks

Like wicker

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chairs

Daisy Dukes,

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e.g.

Draft status?

30

Excessive

31

coverage, perhaps Mounted

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Daylight

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saving time adjustment: Abbr.

You might have

34

one on the side Roaster

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Sound of the

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West Coast What stamens

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are, in botany Word with

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change or color Unmasked, say

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Swears at

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Travel around

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the world

Stuck in the

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Middle Ages? Summer cooler

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Early

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Macedonian capital

Divinity

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DOWN

Famed

1

Portuguese explorer

Good luck with

2

that!

“Oh, get outta

3

here!”

Lead-in to

4

physical Suspension of

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a sort

Onetime trade

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org.

Sue

7

Target

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alternative

“De dónde

9

___?” (Spanish 101 query)

___ borer

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(beetle)

Russian

11

Revolution figures

Silent

12

counterparts, once

Where cruise

13

passengers end up

Propensity for

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pilfering Practice that

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yields mixed results?

PUZZLE BY HEMANT MEHTA

New York

23

county near Pennsylvania

Big name in

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crackers

1998 Robert

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De Niro crime thriller

The heart of

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Paris

Try to win, in a

28

way

Author/

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screenwriter

Ben

“Drink

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marvelously” sloganeer Trailer

31

Look up, in a

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way Something a

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38-Down likes to eat

Current

35

weather concern? Tried-and-true

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An adult one

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can spend up to 16 hours a day eating Footslog

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Contests in

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which the competitors are eliminated one by one

Pulitzer winner

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Maureen Syringe amts.

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Soft-spoken

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words