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Playing With a Loaded Deck

◆ · By Michael AK · Published 2022-08-22T20:32:06.129Z

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The title is a hint to the starred clues.
My first submission to the NYT, a Sunday jumbo with a self-designed theme I liked.
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    ___ razor (law of parsimony)
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    Across
    1. 1A
      ___ razor (law of parsimony)
    2. 7A
      Ram's remark?
    3. 12A
      Surveillance aid
    4. 18A
      Heavenly bodies
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      Stretchy fabric
    6. 21A
      On the lam
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      Like most SNL sketches
    8. 23A
      Brownie bunch
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      From the 7th planet
    10. 25A
      Spots for yachts
    11. 27A
      State tree of Massachusetts
    12. 28A
      Toasts
    13. 29A
      *Celebrate turning twenty-one with Ketel?
    14. 32A
      Dog or cat, often
    15. 33A
      How hungry chicks greet mom
    16. 34A
      Sibilant summonses
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      Slips up
    18. 36A
      Live
    19. 40A
      Some undergarments
    20. 44A
      Total
    21. 45A
      Place holders, at the fair
    22. 48A
      DreamWorks ___ (Named for founders' inits.)
    23. 51A
      Pause
    24. 52A
      Tricks (for lack of treats), in brief
    25. 53A
      Pool filler?
    26. 54A
      Verizon rival
    27. 55A
      Longfellow's Indian hero
    28. 57A
      *Hold pairs in reserve with Woodford?
    29. 60A
      Largest desert
    30. 61A
      Discriminate
    31. 62A
      *Go out in London with Gordon?
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      Move along
    33. 68A
      ___-Tok
    34. 69A
      Commotions
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      157.5 degs., on a compass
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      Pseudologist
    37. 74A
      Cool but in the 80s?
    38. 75A
      Sea nymph
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      Amun-Ra consort of Egyptian myth
    40. 78A
      Letter x?
    41. 79A
      "Rumor has it..."
    42. 80A
      Bursts, as a bubble
    43. 81A
      Indy entrant
    44. 85A
      Snowy peak oft called spaghetti, in song
    45. 90A
      Heady topper?
    46. 93A
      *Pretend to be royal with Crown?
    47. 97A
      Capital of South Australia
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      Certain PC key
    49. 100A
      Like those on a bulking diet
    50. 101A
      Hunter or fisherman's need
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      Cruise ship
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      More filthy
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      Wander around
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      Sea mammal
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      Primo's partner in a piano duet
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      Decadent dessert
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      Exams for future D.A.'s
    58. 111A
      Doggone
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      Antonym's abbr.
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      Scale, as a rocky incline
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      Motorist thief reliefs
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      Arctic jackets
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      USMC EMTs
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      Drunk as a skunk
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      Lunch order letters
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      Godly instruments for ancient Greeks
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      Uncooked food concern
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      Fragrance
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      Faucet
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      Unforgiving
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      Boardwalks, to an unruly pirate
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      Remove abruptly
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      Like new bills
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      Quartz variety
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      Forget-___ (flower)
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      Steep slope
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      Psychics' sights, perhaps
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      Litigate
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      AM/FM personalities
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      Pretentious sort
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      "Morning edition" airer
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      Defeat
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      Biblical boatwright
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      Not for
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      Comparative words
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      Intelligent
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      Finished working (abbr.)
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      Bonfire remnant
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      Brief bus stop?
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      Noted trait of 48-Down
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      Spanish princess
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      ___ dragon (lizard)
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      "Shape of you" singer Ed
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      "Day 'n' Nite" rapper
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      Digital tweak, to PC players
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      Thymus or thyroid, e.g.
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      Takes a liking (to)
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      Wickerwork willows
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      Took a load off
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      Pres. advisory group
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      Some students' stats.
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      Texter's "Then again..."
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      Good-natured
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      POÄNG and FÄRGRIK two of it's best-sellers
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      Caribou kin
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      Occasional clock topper
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      Toker's "O"
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      Take the place of
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      E-tailer of handmade crafts
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      Buck's tail?
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      Nettle
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      Pikachu, eg
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      "Gorillas in the Mist" locale
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      Words of enlightenment
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      Apple juice kin
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      112.5 degs., on a compass
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      Haul
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      Wears on
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      Like most churches
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      "Friends" friend
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      Mollifies
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      Farewell to Francois
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      Pie nut
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      Emends
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      Busybody
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      Wintry mix
    69. 98D
      Advance
    70. 102D
      Bit of cyber-mirth
    71. 103D
      Some Monopoly props.
    72. 105D
      Reel partner
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