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Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares (3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

big easy

(Another definition for big easy that I've seen is " Nickname for New Orleans".)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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