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New York Times, Thursday, January 19, 2017

Author:
Jacob Stulberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Across : Liability for a political candidate ... as depicted four times in this puzzle?
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Jacob Stulberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQWZ} Grid has mirror symmetry. There are unchecked squares This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Stulberg. Thursday freshness: 92%
Jacob Stulberg notes:
Of all the puzzles I've sent to the New York Times, today's may have had the shortest time to publication: submitted in July 2016, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Politicians' CHECKERED PAST(s) riffed on today, four instances of P-A-S-T circling a checkerboard pattern. I always sit up a little ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times1/19/17 ( No. 24,544 )
Across
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Blows : SHOCKS
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Like some R-rated movies : SMUTTY
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Top secrets? : TOUPEES
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Plant with fragrant leaves : TEATREE
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Most pretentious : ARTIEST
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Ingredients in a Jamaican stew : OXTAILS
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School basics, informally : RRR
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Ability of some of the heroes on NBC's "Heroes" : ESP
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___ Aviv : TEL
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Trim the fat : DIET
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Planes, old-style : AEROS
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Word before or after Alexander : POPE
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___ piece : OFA
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Mine, e.g. : PIT
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Kidder's cry : NOT
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George who sang "I Want Your 7-Down" : MICHAEL
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Lottery ball containers : HOPPERS
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Liability for a political candidate ... as depicted four times in this puzzle? : CHECKEREDPAST
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Bill Haley's backup band : THECOMETS
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Blu-ray forerunner : VCR
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"True Detective" airer : HBO
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Swab : MOP
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Sister company of Applebee's : IHOP
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Native-born Israeli : SABRA
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Ring : TOLL
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Kiss ___ : CAM
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Looks for ganders, e.g.: Abbr. : SYN
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Wash. neighbor : IDA
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Modifier on a dessert menu : ALAMODE
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You might empty it into a bucket : ICETRAY
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Gives a new handle : RENAMES
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Leader targeted in 1989's Operation Nifty Package : NORIEGA
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Visit : STOPBY
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Cloth insert : GUSSET
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Celebrity : STARDOM
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Awful : HORRIFIC
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Public relations effort : OUTREACH
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Economic benchmark, briefly : CPI
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Retain : KEEP
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French possessive : SES
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See 30-Across : SEX
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Groening who created "The Simpsons" : MATT
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Actress Hagen : UTA
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Musical intervals from F to B, e.g. : TRITONES
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Travel sci-fi style : TELEPORT
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"Count me in!" : YESLETS
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They present hurdles : STEEPLECHASES
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Cork opener? : TOPOTHEMORNIN
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Title that anagrams to another title : SRI
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Satirist ___ Baron Cohen : SACHA
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Sched. listings : APPTS
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Worked (up) : HET
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Stretch (out) : EKE
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"Coronation ___" (Elgar composition) : ODE
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They bring speakers into classrooms, briefly : PAS
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___ Mook, Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign manager : ROBBY
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Flock leaders : VICARS
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Place to come in from the cold : CHALET
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Asiago alternative : ROMANO
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Patterned fabrics : MOIRES
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"The most unexpected of all things that happen to a man," per Leon Trotsky : OLDAGE
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Do unseriously : PLAYAT
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Many a monument : TOMB
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Source of the Amazon : PERU
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Plot : MAP
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Actress Susan : DEY
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Part of the works : COG
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"___ the Voice of the Lobster" ("Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" poem) : TIS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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