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New York Times: Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Below is the full solution for the Wednesday, August 28, 2019 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Daniel Grinberg
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Egg containers
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Egg containers
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Figure who works with figures, for short
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Figure who works with figures, for short
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1995 cyberthriller about espionage
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1995 cyberthriller about espionage
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Road map
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Road map
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___ lamp
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___ lamp
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Deep gorge
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Deep gorge
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Entertainer who popularized the phrase "You ain't heard nothing yet"
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Entertainer who popularized the phrase "You ain't heard nothing yet"
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Showy shrub
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Showy shrub
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2004 film about a group of street dancers
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2004 film about a group of street dancers
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United, for one: Abbr.
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United, for one: Abbr.
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Twisted
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Twisted
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"Yoo-hoo!"
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"Yoo-hoo!"
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Senatorial thumbs-up
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Senatorial thumbs-up
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Pommes frites seasoning
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Pommes frites seasoning
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Lavish attention (on)
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Lavish attention (on)
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Science of sound
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Science of sound
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Ashen
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Ashen
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2014 romance about two teens with cancer, with "The"
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2014 romance about two teens with cancer, with "The"
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Slowing down, on a score: Abbr.
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Slowing down, on a score: Abbr.
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Ship named for an ancient Roman province in Iberia
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Ship named for an ancient Roman province in Iberia
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Smeltery imports
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Smeltery imports
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Quibble
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Quibble
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Instrument featured on Springsteen's "Born to Run"
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Instrument featured on Springsteen's "Born to Run"
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Common recyclable
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Common recyclable
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Tosspot
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Tosspot
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Only mo. that can begin and end on the same day of the week
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Only mo. that can begin and end on the same day of the week
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2003 Christmas-themed rom-com
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2003 Christmas-themed rom-com
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Religious enlightenment
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Religious enlightenment
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Sour notes?
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Sour notes?
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Underling
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Underling
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Top prize in los Juegos OlÃmpicos
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Top prize in los Juegos OlÃmpicos
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Bread with hummus
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Bread with hummus
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What 8-, 20-, 36- and 52-Across sound like they could be about
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What 8-, 20-, 36- and 52-Across sound like they could be about
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"Absolutely!"
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"Absolutely!"
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Boatload
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Boatload
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Fixes, as a pet
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Fixes, as a pet
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Alnico, e.g.
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Alnico, e.g.
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Spicy Southern cuisine
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Spicy Southern cuisine
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Make out, to a Brit
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Make out, to a Brit
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Singers of high notes in olden times
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Singers of high notes in olden times
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Hardly poetic
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Hardly poetic
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Bumps on the path to adulthood?
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Bumps on the path to adulthood?
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Section of a bookstore
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Section of a bookstore
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Hell Week hellion, say
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Hell Week hellion, say
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Gave the slip to
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Gave the slip to
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Goose egg
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Goose egg
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Austin-to-Boston dir.
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Austin-to-Boston dir.
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Leaves in hot water?
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Leaves in hot water?
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Most underhanded
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Most underhanded
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Monkey named for a king in Greek myth
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Monkey named for a king in Greek myth
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Herbert Hoover, by birth (uniquely among all U.S. presidents to date)
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Herbert Hoover, by birth (uniquely among all U.S. presidents to date)
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Breakout company of 1976?
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Breakout company of 1976?
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Group with a meeting of the minds?
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Group with a meeting of the minds?
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Brynner of "The King and I"
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Brynner of "The King and I"
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" narrator
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" narrator
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Big dos
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Big dos
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City near the Great Sphinx
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City near the Great Sphinx
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Revealed a secret about
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Revealed a secret about
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Kind of skating
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Kind of skating
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Italian dishes that are simmered
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Italian dishes that are simmered
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Lady Liberty, for one
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Lady Liberty, for one
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Burden
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Burden
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Where one might take or dodge shots
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Where one might take or dodge shots
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Maritime forces
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Maritime forces
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Cattle-herding canine
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Cattle-herding canine
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Cause of goose bumps
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Cause of goose bumps
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Thrash (around)
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Thrash (around)
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___ Eight (March Madness stage)
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___ Eight (March Madness stage)
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Standing rule
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Standing rule
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Salutation at sea
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Salutation at sea
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Concert pieces
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Concert pieces
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Fast flier of the past, for short
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Fast flier of the past, for short
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Chowed down
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Chowed down
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Boatload
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Boatload
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