Crossword Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
Nonmagical sort,
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in the Harry Potter universe What’s found in
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cafés but not coffee shops? Spanish loves
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St. Bernard or
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mastiff, often Hoity-toity types
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Goofus
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Wireless speaker
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brand
Place
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Fencing
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equipment
Shade akin to
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fuchsia
Part of Q.E.D.
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___ blind
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Dispenser of
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drafts
“Black gold” or
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“Texas tea”
Out of the office
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Nine-digit ID
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One leaving its
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pad quickly Astronomical
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objects represented by the circled letters in this puzzle
One righting
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writing
“The lowest form
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of humor — when you don’t think of it first,” per Oscar Levant “The Song of
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the ___” (Willa Cather novel) First Chinese
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dynasty Broadcaster of
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“The Price Is Right” for more than four decades Letters
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requesting help Back talk
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Pablo Picasso
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and Georges Braque, for two Offering in
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church
Noche’s
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counterpart Nevada senator
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Jacky Low-calorie
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cookie spinoff Adverb in a
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contract Eccentrics
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Produce
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oxidation in Author
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Hemingway Tablet tool
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Service that
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might be in Latin “Yeah, that won’t
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work for me” “I’m listening ...”
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Many a wedding
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cake topper Unleashes on
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Intro to
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sociology? “Evita” setting:
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Abbr. Some short-term
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rentals Word with tax or
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cheat Hightail it
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Type of car Was behind
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whose name Island between
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comes from the Java and Lombok French word for “cut” W.C.
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Toon hunting As of now
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for a “scwewy Bit of shut-eye
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wabbit” 450, in ancient
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Site of a mythical Rome
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lion slaying Sorento and
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Romantic Telluride
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rendezvous Amazon-owned
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“Me, too!” home Wi-Fi
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brand Patty’s place
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___ Challenge
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(famous taste test) Gut-related
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PUZZLE BY LAURA BREIMAN AND TOM BACHANT
Scolding sounds
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Part of some
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“Red” or “White” uniforms
St. ___
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(Caribbean isle) Some German
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cars
Word on the ___
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“Uncle Tom’s
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Cabin” author Broadcaster
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Oktoberfest
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vessel
Place to wash
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up?
Son of,
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in Arabic surnames
“___, not ___!”
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Approx. when
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planes take off Circus barker?
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“Not you, too!?”
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Disappointing
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R.S.V.P.s
Over 100, say
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Gives birth to
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