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New York Times: Thursday, August 5, 2021
Below is the full solution for the Thursday, August 5, 2021 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Adam Wagner
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Big, in adspeak
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Big, in adspeak
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Game show shout-out
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Game show shout-out
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"Miss ___ Regrets," jazz standard performed by Ethel Waters and Ella Fitzgerald
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"Miss ___ Regrets," jazz standard performed by Ethel Waters and Ella Fitzgerald
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Draft picks
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Draft picks
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Grammy category
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Grammy category
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Sport shooting variety
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Sport shooting variety
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After the top half of a 7-Down, sophisticated lady
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After the top half of a 7-Down, sophisticated lady
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Total War game company
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Total War game company
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His murder elicited the first wail of mourning, in Islamic accounts
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His murder elicited the first wail of mourning, in Islamic accounts
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Lead-in to care
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Lead-in to care
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Icy remark?
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Icy remark?
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When the Lyrid meteor shower typically peaks
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When the Lyrid meteor shower typically peaks
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Bucolic call
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Bucolic call
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Sport shooting variety
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Sport shooting variety
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King of cubs
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King of cubs
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Before the bottom half of a 7-Down, tipple and then some
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Before the bottom half of a 7-Down, tipple and then some
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That, en España
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That, en España
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Carrie in "Sex and the City"
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Carrie in "Sex and the City"
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Flash point?
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Flash point?
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Savage
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Savage
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Stopped producing new leads, as an investigation
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Stopped producing new leads, as an investigation
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Apt rhyme for "lumberjacks"
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Apt rhyme for "lumberjacks"
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After the top half of a 42-Down, circles around the block?
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After the top half of a 42-Down, circles around the block?
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Leave out
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Leave out
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Silly
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Silly
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"Live well" sloganeer
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"Live well" sloganeer
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You can see right through it
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You can see right through it
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MC ___ of N.W.A
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MC ___ of N.W.A
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Talk up
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Talk up
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Where you might search for a lead?
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Where you might search for a lead?
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Stained, in a way
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Stained, in a way
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Before the bottom half of a 42-Down, keeps arguing after something has been decided
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Before the bottom half of a 42-Down, keeps arguing after something has been decided
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Prerelease, in Silicon Valley
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Prerelease, in Silicon Valley
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Japanese automaker
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Japanese automaker
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Isle known as "The Gathering Place"
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Isle known as "The Gathering Place"
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Funk
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Funk
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Throat malady, for short
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Throat malady, for short
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Graph component
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Portrait seen on renminbi bank notes
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Portrait seen on renminbi bank notes
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Pole worker
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Pole worker
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"Cool it, lovebirds"
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"Cool it, lovebirds"
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Rubbish receptacle
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Rubbish receptacle
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Cry of pain ... or laughter
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Cry of pain ... or laughter
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Major talking point on CNBC, maybe
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Major talking point on CNBC, maybe
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Hybrid creature of myth
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Hybrid creature of myth
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City sieged by Joan of Arc
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City sieged by Joan of Arc
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Anti-D.U.I. org.
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Anti-D.U.I. org.
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"Fourth periods" in hockey, for short
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"Fourth periods" in hockey, for short
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A host of answers?
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A host of answers?
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"Seconded"
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"Seconded"
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Rival of Athens
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Rival of Athens
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Sushi bar choice
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Sushi bar choice
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Follower of Christmas or Easter
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Follower of Christmas or Easter
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Son in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"
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Son in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"
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___ Pizza (punny trattoria name)
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___ Pizza (punny trattoria name)
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It may be wireless
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It may be wireless
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Green smoothie ingredient
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Green smoothie ingredient
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Liquid-Plumr alternative
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Liquid-Plumr alternative
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Some tribal leaders on "Game of Thrones"
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Some tribal leaders on "Game of Thrones"
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Playwright Bertolt
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Playwright Bertolt
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Bucolic beasts
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Bucolic beasts
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Certain protective parent, colloquially
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Certain protective parent, colloquially
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Graph component
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Graph component
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"Sounds like a plan"
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"Sounds like a plan"
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Late-night interviewee, e.g.
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Late-night interviewee, e.g.
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Hybrid creature of myth
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Hybrid creature of myth
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"Lord of the Rings" baddie
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"Lord of the Rings" baddie
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Gummy candy brand
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Gummy candy brand
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Kicked things off
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Kicked things off
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Connect with
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Connect with
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Hard one to teach, in a saying
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Hard one to teach, in a saying
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Inits. in a.m. TV
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Inits. in a.m. TV
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They might be tied using a taiko musubi ("drum knot")
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They might be tied using a taiko musubi ("drum knot")
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"Time ___!"
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"Time ___!"
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Maneuverable, in nautical lingo
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Maneuverable, in nautical lingo
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Philosopher Mo-___
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Philosopher Mo-___
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Sushi bar choice
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Sushi bar choice
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Letdown at a fireworks show
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