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The two longest down entries in the puzzle are 4D, [Seminal protest song written at a Greenwich Village cafe], which solves to BLOWIN IN THE WIND, and 14D, [Refuse to sully oneself], which is TAKE THE ...

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19A. This clue includes two qualifiers, not one. The [Northernmost city in North America with over one million people] is ...

Alex Murphy makes his New York Times Crossword debut. Here are your smelling salts. By Deb Amlen Jump to: Tricky Clues FRIDAY PUZZLE — Every once in a while, I get mail from solvers whose main ...

In this puzzle’s case, “a complete set” is 10, an extravagant amount for a Sunday grid. This bounty helps the solve hustle along once you know what’s up, but Mr. Ezersky has never given his audience a ...

1A. [Early electric lights] are ARC LAMPS, which were used to illuminate streets a surprisingly long time ago, as far back as the early 19th century.

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