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New York Times: Monday, August 9, 2021
Below is the full solution for the Monday, August 9, 2021 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
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Places where surgeries are performed, for short
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Places where surgeries are performed, for short
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Not in any way, in dialect
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Not in any way, in dialect
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Composition of many reefs
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Composition of many reefs
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Sneaky laugh
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Sneaky laugh
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Practice piano piece
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Practice piano piece
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"The Phantom of the ___"
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"The Phantom of the ___"
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Gets past, as an obstacle
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Gets past, as an obstacle
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Say
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Say
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Spiral shapes
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Spiral shapes
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Private eye, quaintly
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Private eye, quaintly
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Tattoos, informally
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Tattoos, informally
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In that case
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In that case
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Where pirates roam
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Where pirates roam
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Vogue competitor
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Vogue competitor
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Period in human history after bronze was supplanted in toolmaking
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Period in human history after bronze was supplanted in toolmaking
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___ Lilly & Co.
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___ Lilly & Co.
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Website for techies
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Website for techies
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Zaps, in a way
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Zaps, in a way
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Omitted
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Omitted
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Opposite of 35-Across?
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Opposite of 35-Across?
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Worrisome directive from a boss
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Worrisome directive from a boss
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Divisions of a subdivision
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Divisions of a subdivision
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___ Bird, many-time W.N.B.A. All-Star
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___ Bird, many-time W.N.B.A. All-Star
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Child's play
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Child's play
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It rhymes with fire, appropriately
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It rhymes with fire, appropriately
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Opposite of 25-Across?
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Opposite of 25-Across?
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Frisbee, e.g.
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Frisbee, e.g.
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Flexible blackjack card
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Flexible blackjack card
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Male cat
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Male cat
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Hyundai compact
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Hyundai compact
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2014 Ava DuVernay drama
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2014 Ava DuVernay drama
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Opposite of 17-Across?
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Opposite of 17-Across?
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Place to go for the highlights?
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Place to go for the highlights?
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Wham or bam
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Wham or bam
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Pig follower in the Chinese zodiac
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Pig follower in the Chinese zodiac
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Beginning
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Beginning
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Gown
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Gown
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Moody genre of music or fashion
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"Pick me! Pick me!"
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"Pick me! Pick me!"
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Wake-up calls played on bugles
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Wake-up calls played on bugles
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Twinkies have a long one
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Twinkies have a long one
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Classic wafer brand
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Classic wafer brand
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Nebraska native
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Nebraska native
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Carries a tune, in a way
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Carries a tune, in a way
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Poem of praise
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Poem of praise
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Hilton competitor
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Hilton competitor
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Visual jokes in openings of "The Simpsons" (a tradition since the first episode)
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Visual jokes in openings of "The Simpsons" (a tradition since the first episode)
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Make a choice
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Make a choice
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Knot again
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Knot again
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Venue with tiered seating
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Venue with tiered seating
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Birds that do things just for the fun of it?
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Birds that do things just for the fun of it?
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What good soufflés do
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What good soufflés do
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"Liberté, ___, fraternité" (Haiti's motto)
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"Liberté, ___, fraternité" (Haiti's motto)
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Spicy
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Spicy
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Informal get-together
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Informal get-together
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Sinuous swimmer
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Sinuous swimmer
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Raging blaze
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Raging blaze
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One tweeting about football?
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One tweeting about football?
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Warrior
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Warrior
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Place to sell homemade crafts online
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Place to sell homemade crafts online
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Enchilada topping, maybe
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Enchilada topping, maybe
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Blue-green shade
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Blue-green shade
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The New Yorker cartoonist Chast
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The New Yorker cartoonist Chast
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Jill Biden ___ Jacobs
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Jill Biden ___ Jacobs
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___ États-Unis
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___ États-Unis
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Hillary who climbed Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay
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Hillary who climbed Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay
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Radar sound
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Radar sound
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Dogie catcher
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Dogie catcher
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Atlantic or Pacific
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Atlantic or Pacific
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Wishing sites
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Wishing sites
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Induces to pull a prank, maybe
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Induces to pull a prank, maybe
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Actress Falco
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Actress Falco
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Not so much
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Not so much
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Regarding
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Regarding
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Leader of the Three Stooges
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Leader of the Three Stooges
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Oslo's country: Abbr.
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Oslo's country: Abbr.
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