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New York Times: Monday, August 31, 2020
Below is the full solution for the Monday, August 31, 2020 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Anne Marie Crinnion
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Criticize, in slang
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Criticize, in slang
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Something computers cannot write to or erase
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Something computers cannot write to or erase
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Bottomless pit
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Bottomless pit
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"We ___ the World"
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"We ___ the World"
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Nice smell
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Nice smell
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Like some handwriting ... or tipplers
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Like some handwriting ... or tipplers
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Up to, informally
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Up to, informally
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Traveled in the front passenger seat
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Traveled in the front passenger seat
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___ at the wheel
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___ at the wheel
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Lye, chemically
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Lye, chemically
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Rainbow's shape
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Rainbow's shape
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"Heavens to ___!"
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"Heavens to ___!"
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Two-part
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Two-part
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Captain of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams
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Captain of the 2012 and 2016 U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams
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Degs. for C.E.O.s
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Degs. for C.E.O.s
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Chap
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Chap
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Pants part that might need patching
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Pants part that might need patching
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Join a conference call, say
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Join a conference call, say
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Silly
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Silly
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Monopoly properties you can't put houses on, in brief
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Monopoly properties you can't put houses on, in brief
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End of a lasso
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End of a lasso
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Screen ___ Guild
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Screen ___ Guild
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Rating between excellent and fair
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Rating between excellent and fair
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Cry in a soccer stadium
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Cry in a soccer stadium
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Watermelon part that's spit out
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Watermelon part that's spit out
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Main ingredient in a protein shake, maybe
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Main ingredient in a protein shake, maybe
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Great Lake with the shortest name
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Great Lake with the shortest name
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Mommy's sister
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Mommy's sister
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Kind of connection port on a PC
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Kind of connection port on a PC
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Overly fussy, say
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Overly fussy, say
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Hit Broadway musical set partly in Paris, for short
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Hit Broadway musical set partly in Paris, for short
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What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across
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What you might do to pass on an Interstate ... or a phonetic hint to the starts of 18-, 28- and 50-Across
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Letters before an assumed name
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Letters before an assumed name
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Sudden forward thrust
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Sudden forward thrust
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"___ could've told you that!"
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"___ could've told you that!"
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___ center
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___ center
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Choice words?
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Choice words?
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Believer in Jah, informally
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Believer in Jah, informally
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Pack animal of Tibet
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Pack animal of Tibet
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Facts and figures
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Facts and figures
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Part of the eye
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Part of the eye
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Stamp on a milk carton
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Stamp on a milk carton
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One tending a house during the owner's absence
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One tending a house during the owner's absence
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Stops by
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Stops by
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Towel holder
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Towel holder
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Eclipse or a black cat, some say
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Eclipse or a black cat, some say
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Ancient fortification overlooking the Dead Sea
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Ancient fortification overlooking the Dead Sea
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Hi in HI
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Hi in HI
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Spam spewer
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Spam spewer
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Some quiet exercise
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Some quiet exercise
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Appendage on a cowboy's boot
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Appendage on a cowboy's boot
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Align, informally
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Align, informally
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Elvis's "___ Dog"
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Elvis's "___ Dog"
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Always, to a poet
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Always, to a poet
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Belgian river to the North Sea
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Belgian river to the North Sea
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"Hilarious!," in a text
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"Hilarious!," in a text
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Assumed name
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Assumed name
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Knight's weapon
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Knight's weapon
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Join the flow of traffic
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Join the flow of traffic
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Cocktail with tomato juice
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Cocktail with tomato juice
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Seating request on an airplane
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Seating request on an airplane
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Mocking smile
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Mocking smile
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World's largest island nation
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World's largest island nation
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Lymph ___
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Lymph ___
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Tofu bean
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Tofu bean
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Hogs
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Hogs
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Luxurious
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Luxurious
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Doctor, ideally
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Doctor, ideally
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Lbs. and ozs.
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Lbs. and ozs.
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Wild party, in slang
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Wild party, in slang
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Sch. whose home football games used to include a live bear on the field
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Sch. whose home football games used to include a live bear on the field
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Avoid
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Avoid
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Extracurricular activity for a musician
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Extracurricular activity for a musician
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Molten flow
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Molten flow
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International furniture chain
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International furniture chain
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"The Suite Life of ___ & Cody" (bygone teen sitcom)
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"The Suite Life of ___ & Cody" (bygone teen sitcom)
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Amnesty International, e.g., in brief
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Amnesty International, e.g., in brief
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Super ___ (1990s game console)
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Super ___ (1990s game console)
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