New York Times - Sep 7 2019

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Clues Answers
'Close ...' NOTQUITE
1980s arcade character with a propeller beanie JRPACMAN
51-Acrosses often hold them MBAS
A.P. exam inits ETS
Add to the rotation? STIRIN
Ancient Roman writer of comedies TERENCE
Angle measured by an astrolabe AZIMUTH
Board appointment, for short EXEC
Brave, e.g ATLANTAN
Bust DUD
Cactus with an edible fruit PRICKLYPEAR
Calls for NEEDS
Candy sold in straws PIXYSTIX
Cause for caution PERIL
Charging too much, say INDEBT
Comforting comment ICARE
Decisive periods, briefly OTS
Dialect of Arabic IRAQI
Dips DECLINES
Empty talk GAS
Enigmatic people SPHINXES
Epitome of thinness TISSUE
Film bit ALGA
Fixture in a church sanctuary PRIEDIEU
Floral arrangement LEI
Gathers together with stitching SHIRRS
H.S. teams mainly with freshmen and sophomore players JVSQUADS
Image on an oscilloscope WAVE
Inner selves, to Jung ANIMAS
Jockey competitor HANES
Kind of pizza DEEPDISH
Like a troublemaker IMPISH
Lower-priced ticket option, maybe MATINEE
Minnesota county or lake ITASCA
Mitigate LESSEN
Clues Answers
Monogram on L'Homme products YSL
Musical symbol indicating legato SLUR
Ninja's asset STEALTH
No-goodniks STINKERS
Not fixed VARIABLE
One engaged in a hairy escape? RAPUNZEL
Only 20th-century president whose three distinct initials are in alphabetical order HST
Overflow SPILLAGE
Palatable SAPID
Pence, e.g VICE
Place to play a board game TABLETOP
Poor Clares member NUN
Product of meiosis GAMETE
Rank in judo DAN
Rat in 'Ratatouille' EMILE
Reversed UNDID
Ring-toss item? HAT
Send back REMAND
Shake on it! PAW
Singer with the 1986 #1 album 'Promise' SADE
Some exchanges, in brief IMS
Something to act on STAGE
Something to lace up before competition ICESKATE
Spanish interrogative QUE
Susan who starred on TV's 'The Partridge Family' DEY
Swore off GAVEUP
Tackle box accessories SNELLS
Trouble AIL
Unit equivalent to 4.184 joules: Abbr CAL
Where people may make a scene IMPROVCLASS
Where the islets of Langerhans are located PANCREAS
Word with run or jump SKI
Works (out) PANS
___ Museum, home of the Dead Sea Scrolls ISRAEL
___ Norman, 1983 Pulitzer-winning playwright MARSHA