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New York Times: Saturday, August 31, 2019
Below is the full solution for the Saturday, August 31, 2019 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Brian Thomas
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Fancy-schmancy
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Fancy-schmancy
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Brownish pear
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Brownish pear
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Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
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Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
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Dos and dos and dos and dos
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Dos and dos and dos and dos
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Locale of Drake University
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Locale of Drake University
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Classic TV character whose name is Spanish for "fool"
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Classic TV character whose name is Spanish for "fool"
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Plus sign?
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Plus sign?
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"Here!"
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"Here!"
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Impression that's only skin-deep?
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Impression that's only skin-deep?
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What many Americans do on Thanksgiving
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What many Americans do on Thanksgiving
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Strain
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Strain
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___ punk (music hybrid)
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___ punk (music hybrid)
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French author Georges
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French author Georges
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Cleanup grp.
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Cleanup grp.
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Some skin care products
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Some skin care products
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1980s feminist coinage regarding nuclear proliferation
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1980s feminist coinage regarding nuclear proliferation
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French tennis player and fashion icon
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French tennis player and fashion icon
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Give a little bit
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Give a little bit
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Wee, informally
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Wee, informally
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Bon ___
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Bon ___
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Big name in insurance since 1853
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Big name in insurance since 1853
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ABC, e.g., in Variety-speak
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ABC, e.g., in Variety-speak
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Leader of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, 1927
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Leader of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, 1927
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Brand in the dairy aisle
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Brand in the dairy aisle
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Winning an Oscar, Emmy and Tony, for an actor
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Winning an Oscar, Emmy and Tony, for an actor
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More sharp
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More sharp
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"Help me with this problem"
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"Help me with this problem"
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Gets creaky, say
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Gets creaky, say
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Viscous
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Viscous
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Squeezes (by)
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Squeezes (by)
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James in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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James in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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What Denver's airport has a special carousel for
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What Denver's airport has a special carousel for
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Like Leo XIII among all popes named Leo
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Like Leo XIII among all popes named Leo
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Recovery period
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Recovery period
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Stretch between two pitches, say
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Stretch between two pitches, say
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One of a pair at a dinner table
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One of a pair at a dinner table
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Putting duct tape on a wart, e.g.
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Putting duct tape on a wart, e.g.
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What a rain forest is rich in
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What a rain forest is rich in
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[Wow, that's bad]
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[Wow, that's bad]
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Clear the decks?
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Clear the decks?
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What a star may represent
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What a star may represent
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Impend
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Impend
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Like some exotic plants and prying questions
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Like some exotic plants and prying questions
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With lots of contrast
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With lots of contrast
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Many Weird Al Yankovic medleys
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Many Weird Al Yankovic medleys
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Apex predator of old, informally
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Apex predator of old, informally
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___ together (figuring out)
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___ together (figuring out)
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Org. in which Marge becomes involved in a classic 1995 episode of "The Simpsons"
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Org. in which Marge becomes involved in a classic 1995 episode of "The Simpsons"
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Company founded in Palo Alto, Calif., in 2003
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Company founded in Palo Alto, Calif., in 2003
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Softly
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Softly
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Honest
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Honest
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Spot
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Spot
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Time between ordering and food arriving, seemingly
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Time between ordering and food arriving, seemingly
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Flew
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Flew
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Most undersized
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Most undersized
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One of a handful at a bar
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One of a handful at a bar
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Complete
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Complete
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___ Ray, co-host of TV's "Extra"
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___ Ray, co-host of TV's "Extra"
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Relatives not in direct line for royal succession
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Relatives not in direct line for royal succession
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Still
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Still
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Cabinetful, informally
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Cabinetful, informally
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Coolers, for short
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Coolers, for short
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Gives a 16-Across
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Gives a 16-Across
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Ingredient in a spanakopita pastry
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Ingredient in a spanakopita pastry
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Wildly
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Wildly
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Prefix with dermis
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Prefix with dermis
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