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New York Times: Saturday, October 17, 2020
Below is the full solution for the Saturday, October 17, 2020 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Victor Barocas,
Brad Wilber
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Pattern of five shapes arranged like this puzzle's central black squares
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Pattern of five shapes arranged like this puzzle's central black squares
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Highlands memorials
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Highlands memorials
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Like Davy Jones's locker
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Like Davy Jones's locker
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Request before a deal
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Request before a deal
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Type face?
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Type face?
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Treaty signed by Carter and Brezhnev
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Treaty signed by Carter and Brezhnev
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Some last a lifetime
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Some last a lifetime
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Grind
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Grind
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Hunger (for)
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Hunger (for)
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Summer Mass. hrs.
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Summer Mass. hrs.
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___ Yonath, 2009 Chemistry co-Nobelist
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___ Yonath, 2009 Chemistry co-Nobelist
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No-goodnik
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No-goodnik
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Roman's foe in the Gallic Wars
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Roman's foe in the Gallic Wars
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Building supports
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Building supports
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"Veep" actress Chlumsky
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"Veep" actress Chlumsky
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About to explode, maybe
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About to explode, maybe
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Do some supermarket work
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Do some supermarket work
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More repulsive
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More repulsive
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Chemistry student's expense
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Chemistry student's expense
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With 61-Across, two-time N.C.A.A. football champs of the 2010s
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With 61-Across, two-time N.C.A.A. football champs of the 2010s
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Inexperienced with
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Inexperienced with
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Puts away
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Puts away
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Alternatives to Nikes
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Alternatives to Nikes
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God with a chariot pulled by goats
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God with a chariot pulled by goats
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Overseer of millions at work, perhaps
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Overseer of millions at work, perhaps
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Govt. research grant org.
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Govt. research grant org.
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Ending with xylyl
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Ending with xylyl
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Goblins, old-style
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Goblins, old-style
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Follow
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Follow
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Changed one's tune, in brief?
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Changed one's tune, in brief?
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One side of the Ural Mountains
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One side of the Ural Mountains
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Who definitely isn't the real McCoy?
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Who definitely isn't the real McCoy?
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Setting for "The Great Escape"
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Setting for "The Great Escape"
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Present person
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Present person
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See 38-Across
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See 38-Across
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One of five depicted in this puzzle
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One of five depicted in this puzzle
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NATO alphabet letter before Romeo
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NATO alphabet letter before Romeo
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Needing to be tucked in, say?
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Needing to be tucked in, say?
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Disclaimer hinting at false humility
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Disclaimer hinting at false humility
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Brings home
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Brings home
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Shout, in Chamonix
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Shout, in Chamonix
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SOS responder, for short
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SOS responder, for short
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Newborn
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Newborn
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Site of Coleridge's "stately pleasure-dome"
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Site of Coleridge's "stately pleasure-dome"
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Paper alternative to plastic
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Paper alternative to plastic
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Political commentator Navarro
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Political commentator Navarro
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"___ never work"
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"___ never work"
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Whence a memorable emperor's fall
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Whence a memorable emperor's fall
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Gadfly
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Gadfly
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Reaction to an unexpected joke
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Reaction to an unexpected joke
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___ City (Baghdad district)
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Ornaments
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Ornaments
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Sharpen, as a razor
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Sharpen, as a razor
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Palindromic tennis champ of the 1990s
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Palindromic tennis champ of the 1990s
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Hitting
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Hitting
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Bronze: Lat.
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Bronze: Lat.
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Old ___
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Old ___
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Tailgate party sight
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Tailgate party sight
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French dessert of fruit encased in sweet batter
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French dessert of fruit encased in sweet batter
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Theater director Trevor with three Tonys
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Theater director Trevor with three Tonys
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Language from which "peyote" comes
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Language from which "peyote" comes
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Unfortunate event
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Unfortunate event
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Flamingo's support, often
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Flamingo's support, often
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Blush
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Blush
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Flounder relative
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Flounder relative
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Brain wave readers, for short
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Brain wave readers, for short
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"Really? Is nobody on my side now?"
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"Really? Is nobody on my side now?"
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Rackets
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Rackets
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Something to shoot for
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Something to shoot for
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Morocco's next-largest city after Casablanca
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Morocco's next-largest city after Casablanca
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