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New York Times: Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Below is the full solution for the Tuesday, August 17, 2021 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Ruth Bloomfield Margolin
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Anger
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Anger
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Theda of silent films
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Theda of silent films
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"Three ___!" (1986 western comedy)
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"Three ___!" (1986 western comedy)
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Parts of clown costumes
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Parts of clown costumes
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Raiser of alarm in a coal mine
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Raiser of alarm in a coal mine
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You might dip a 15-Down in this before writing something
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You might dip a 15-Down in this before writing something
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Small part in a superhero film?
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Small part in a superhero film?
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Wild guess
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Wild guess
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Baseball's Slammin' Sammy
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Baseball's Slammin' Sammy
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Take care of, as a task
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Take care of, as a task
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Gaping mouth
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Gaping mouth
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Ruined, as a martini, per 007
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Ruined, as a martini, per 007
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You might dip a 25-Down in this to test the water
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You might dip a 25-Down in this to test the water
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Had words (with)
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Had words (with)
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Performs, as a historical event
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Performs, as a historical event
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Things set on windowsills to cool
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Things set on windowsills to cool
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Forbid
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Forbid
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___ Zor-El (Supergirl's real name)
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___ Zor-El (Supergirl's real name)
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Candy ___ (hospital volunteers)
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Candy ___ (hospital volunteers)
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Shakespeare's fairy king
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Shakespeare's fairy king
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You might dip 37-Down in this at a dinner party
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You might dip 37-Down in this at a dinner party
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Sweet Italian wine
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Sweet Italian wine
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LAX's counterpart in northern California
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LAX's counterpart in northern California
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Thrill
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Thrill
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One getting suckered
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One getting suckered
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Japanese speaker brand
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Japanese speaker brand
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Luxury watch brand
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Luxury watch brand
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You might dip a 55-Down in this to make a candle
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You might dip a 55-Down in this to make a candle
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Short-story writer famous for twist endings
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Short-story writer famous for twist endings
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Basic pizza serving
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Basic pizza serving
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Strappy footwear
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Strappy footwear
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Zippo
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Zippo
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B'way buy
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B'way buy
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Tall purple flower
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Tall purple flower
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Flat fee?
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Flat fee?
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Classic Icelandic saga
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Classic Icelandic saga
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Showy bit of neckwear
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Showy bit of neckwear
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"To repeat myself ..."
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"To repeat myself ..."
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Fame
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Fame
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Inquires
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Inquires
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Landmark health legislation of 2010, for short
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Landmark health legislation of 2010, for short
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Many a home with a circular driveway
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Many a home with a circular driveway
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Swiss tourist destination
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Swiss tourist destination
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Xbox expert, say
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Xbox expert, say
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Speak grandly
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Speak grandly
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Church council
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Church council
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See 17-Across
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Western resort town on the Roaring Fork River
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Western resort town on the Roaring Fork River
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Married mlle.
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Married mlle.
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Drains
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Drains
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___ large
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___ large
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Robert ___, longtime Disney C.E.O.
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Robert ___, longtime Disney C.E.O.
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Score keeper?
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Score keeper?
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Blades that don't cut ... but that are themselves cut
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Blades that don't cut ... but that are themselves cut
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King or queen
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King or queen
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Pants, in slang
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Pants, in slang
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Levelheaded
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Levelheaded
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See 44-Across
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Wife of Theseus
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Wife of Theseus
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Fish that's poisonous unless cooked
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Fish that's poisonous unless cooked
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Made a bid of
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Made a bid of
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"That's not fair!"
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"That's not fair!"
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Neighbor of Francia
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Neighbor of Francia
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Office notes
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Office notes
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Hi, in HI
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Hi, in HI
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Bird that "quoth" in a Poe poem
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Bird that "quoth" in a Poe poem
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Atop
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Atop
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Inits. in a 1955 union merger
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Inits. in a 1955 union merger
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"___ walks like a duck ..."
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"___ walks like a duck ..."
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See 59-Across
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See 59-Across
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Working without ___
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Working without ___
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Popeye's Olive
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Popeye's Olive
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Simile's center
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Simile's center
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