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Clues and Answers
ACROSS
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Dolphins' group
AFCEAST
8
___ bag
GRAB
12
October birthstone
OPAL
16
Savory hybrid beverage brand
CLAMATO
17
"O patria mia" singer
AIDA
18
2018 film that earned Netflix its first Best Picture Oscar nomination
ROMA
19
"Hungry Like the Wolf" synth-pop group (South Africa)
DU(RAND)URAN
20
No big surprise (South Korea)
SMALL(WON)DER
22
"Unravish'd bride of quietness," in a Keats poem
URN
23
Like classes for toddlers, briefly
PREK
25
Manspreading, say
SPLAYING
26
Indie ___
CRED
28
Take scissors to, maybe
TRIM
30
"Your" of yore
THY
31
Hubbub
ADO
32
High-energy
TYPEA
34
Cow catchers
LASSOES
37
What may mark the conclusion of a speech
ENDQUOTE
40
Fizzy purple beverage (Mexico)
GRA(PESO)DA
44
Diamond VIP
UMP
46
Blu-ray alternative
DVD
47
Go astray
ERR
49
Gujarati honorific
SAHIB
50
Fasten, in a way
TAPE
52
Modern weapon that uses pulleys and cables to help fire arrows (United Kingdom)
COM(POUND)BOW
55
Pre-law?
BILL
56
Echo voice
ALEXA
58
Badger or carp
NAG
59
Country star ___ Nas X
LIL
61
Underhanded
SLY
62
Legalese adverb
HERETO
64
Play Candy Crush on the train platform, say
KILLTIME
67
Enemies of old-timey gangsters
COPPERS
69
Rock legend Frank with the album "Sheik Yerbouti"
ZAPPA
72
Where to get some "Fresh Air"
NPR
75
Largest labor union in the U.S., for short
NEA
76
___ land
LALA
79
Pro
PLUS
80
Title libertine of a 1787 Mozart opera (Vietnam)
(DONG)IOVANNI
83
Spill the beans
TELL
85
Small quantity?
AMT
86
Utmost
LEVELBEST
88
"Hallelujah!"
GLORYBE
90
Straight tops or bottoms
ACES
91
"O patria mia," e.g.
ARIA
92
Period between classes?
GAPYEAR
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TV character described by Jon Stewart as "a fastidious, pigeon-worshiping felt tyrant"
BERT
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Abrasive tool
RASP
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"Perfect" singer Ed
SHEERAN
DOWN
1
Ventilation tube, briefly
ACDUCT
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Spate
FLURRY
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Bright red spice (Japan)
CA(YEN)NEPEPPER
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Source of extra-large eggs
EMU
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Lobbying org. that produces the web series "Date My Grandma"
AARP
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Button on a controller
START
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Office expense
TONER
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Carbon dioxide, usually
GAS
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Canyon vantage points
RIMS
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Makes a play, perhaps
ADAPTS
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One who's unlikely to assist
BALLHOG
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Everyday (Jordan)
OR(DINAR)Y
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Stands for speakers
PODIA
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Revise, as a previous statement
AMEND
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Key ___
LARGO
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What a complex person has
LAYERS
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It's three before November
KILO
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Bear's lair
DEN
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Madonna hit extolling the virtues of worldly possessions (Iran)
MATE(RIAL)GIRL
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Put two and two together, say
ADD
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Tennis's Novak Djokovic, for one
SERB
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Onetime Volvo competitor
SAAB
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Home shopping network that's not Home Shopping Network, for short
QVC
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Thick Japanese noodle
UDON
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Star athlete that a team is built around (Switzerland)
(FRANC)HISEPLAYER
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Herb used in tzatziki
DILL
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With aplomb
ABLY
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The Beehive State
UTAH
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Like the dancers in "Magic Mike"
MALE
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Deli purchase
ROLL
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Veep, e.g.
EXEC
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"I'm not here to ___ friends!" (reality TV trope)
MAKE
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Dorothy Parker, notably (and quotably)
WIT
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Keyless
ATONAL
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Phair of Lilith Fair
LIZ
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Where to find free spirits
OPENBAR
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Exam with a maximum score of 180: Abbr.
LSAT
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Orienteer's aid
MAP
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Au Bon Pain alternative
PANERA
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Voice role for Seth Rogen in 2019's "The Lion King"
PUMBAA
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To the back of the liner
ASTERN
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Site for research on brain function, for short (Germany)
N(EURO)LAB
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Portion
PIECE
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Opportunity, for one (at least until last year... now it's more of a sitter)
ROVER
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Pantyhose brand that's a homophone of what it covers
LEGGS
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God, in Arabic
ALLAH
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Part of many Girl Scout uniforms
VEST
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Sister and wife of Osiris, in Egyptian myth
ISIS
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Easy run
LOPE
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Light touch
TAP
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Celiac trigger
RYE
Stats
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Puzzle 1 20:00 15x15 |
Puzzle 2 30:00 17x17 |
Puzzle 3 35:00 17x17 |
Puzzle 4 35:00 16x15 |
Puzzle 5 20:00 15x15 |
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| Mean percent correct | 99.84% | 99.56% | 97.13% | 96.1% | 99.72% |
| Mean error count (incorrect or empty squares) | 0.31 | 1.08 | 6.89 | 7.88 | 0.52 |
| Mean incorrect (but filled) squares | 0.22 | 0.31 | 1.78 | 2.61 | 0.3 |
| Mean empty squares | 0.09 | 0.76 | 5.11 | 5.27 | 0.23 |
| Mean allotted time used | 35.6% | 37.8% | 54.4% | 57.3% | 41.1% |
| Mean solve time | 7:06 | 11:21 | 19:03 | 20:02 | 8:12 |
| Mean time per correct square | 2.29s | 2.77s | 4.9s | 6.19s | 2.67s |
| Fastest solve | 2:42 | 3:27 | 5:24 | 4:47 | 3:00 |
| Fastest error-free solve | 2:53 | 3:27 | 5:24 | 4:47 | 3:00 |
| Mean score | 524.3 | 801.8 | 1516.9 | 1565.9 | 570.8 |
| Best score | 173 | 207 | 324 | 287 | 180 |
| Worst possible score | 7310 | 9710 | 9800 | 8660 | 7250 |
| Number of error-free grids | 163 | 163 | 132 | 144 | 169 |
| Number of unfinished grids | 1 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 3 |
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