Monday, April 1, 2019 NYT crossword by Joel fa*gliano (2024)

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Supreme Court justice nicknamed "The Notorious R.B.G."

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Monday, April 1, 2019 NYT crossword by Joel fa*gliano (1)

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 63 for Mr. fa*gliano. Monday freshness: 88%

Jeff Chen notes:

Great April Fool's joke, gettable for newbs and entertaining for longtime solvers. [Tea set?] is literally a set of 15 Ts, to go with ... read more

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© 2019, The New York Times4/1/19 ( No. 25,346 )

Across

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Part of a jacket where a hands-free mic is attached : LAPEL

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Powder for a gymnast : TALC

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Part of a constellation : STAR

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Michelle with the 2018 hit memoir "Becoming" : OBAMA

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Gymnast Korbut : OLGA

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Columbus's home : OHIO

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The end : FINIS

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Unruly crowds : MOBS

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Nevada casino city : RENO

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Tea set? : TTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

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___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO

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Five cards of the same suit, in poker : FLUSH

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Tune you just can't get out of your head : EARWORM

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On fire : LIT

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Suffragist ___ B. Wells : IDA

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Rice or wheat : GRAIN

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Slowly swivel sideways, as a camera : PAN

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Unknown author, for short : ANON

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G-string? : GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

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French assents : OUIS

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Bit of financial planning for old age, in brief : IRA

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"The Little Mermaid" princess : ARIEL

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Cory Booker or Cory Gardner: Abbr. : SEN

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Spanish article : UNA

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All together, as a crowd : ENMASSE

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Like many people after eating beans : GASSY

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Main squeeze, modernly : BAE

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Beeline? : BBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

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Earsplitting : LOUD

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Peter Fonda title role of 1997 : ULEE

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"... and sometimes y" preceder : AEIOU

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Org. fighting for immigrants' rights : ACLU

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Lack of practice, metaphorically : RUST

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Touches down on the tarmac : LANDS

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Corridor : HALL

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Receives : GETS

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Olympic sleds : LUGES

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Apartment in an old warehouse district, say : LOFT

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Not much : ABIT

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Breathe like a tired runner : PANT

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Give off : EMIT

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Band's closing number : LASTSONG

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Drum with a repetitive name : TOMTOM

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Tons and tons : ALOT

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Rainbow symbol of pride : LGBTFLAG

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Chess move involving the king and rook : CASTLING

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Out of ___ (discombobulated) : SORTS

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"Here's what you have to realize ..." : THETHINGIS

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Slangy negative contraction : AINT

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Tree anchor : ROOT

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What cigarette filters are supposed to block : TAR

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Egyptian boy king : TUT

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Certain frozen waffles : EGGOS

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Squabble : ARGUE

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1980 Scorsese/De Niro classic : RAGINGBULL

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What many of the founding fathers wore : WIGS

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Old Venetian rulers : DOGES

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An obtuse one is more than 90° : ANGLE

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Links org. : PGA

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Home of the Taj Mahal : AGRA

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Supreme Court justice nicknamed "The Notorious R.B.G." : GINSBURG

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Shade similar to slate : GRAYBLUE

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N.B.A. souvenir : GAMEBALL

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Thumb drive port, for short : USB

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___ Field, onetime home of the Brooklyn Dodgers : EBBETS

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Catch red-handed : NAB

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Paula who once judged on "American Idol" : ABDUL

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When tripled, "and so on and so forth" : BLAH

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___ Raton, Fla. : BOCA

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Common email sign-off word : BEST

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Lover : BEAU

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Microsoft search engine : BING

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Be an omen of : BODE

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Kiss : BUSS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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