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New York Times, Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Author:
Gary Cee
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
18-Across : "Go on, git!"
TotalDebutLatest
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Gary Cee

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQXZ} This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Cee. Wednesday freshness: 78%
Jeff Chen notes:
Cross-referenced clues often distract me, and I had a bit of trouble figuring out all the connections. It took me a while to figure ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times1/28/15 ( No. 23,822 )
Across
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With 38- and 46-Across, 1966 4 Seasons hit : IVEGOT
7
Popular game? : ELK
10
With 38- and 50-Across, 1967 Beatles hit : ALL
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Enthusiastic : RAHRAH
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Scope : ROOM
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2011 animated musical : RIO
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Having come home after curfew : INLATE
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"Go on, git!" : RUNALONG
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Percolate : SEEP
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With 38- and 65-Across, 1977 Billy Joel hit : JUSTTHEWAY
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"___ Tu," 1974 pop hit : ERES
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"Promoting decent work for all" agcy. : ILO
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With 38- and 67-Across, 1970 Sly & the Family Stone hit : IWANTTOTAKE
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China's Chiang ___-shek : KAI
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Knaves : ROGUES
35
Producer of many parts : HAIRCOMB
37
Mad as ___ hen : AWET
38
See 1-, 10-, 21- and 26-Across : YOU
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Harem rooms : ODAS
40
Sawbucks : TENSPOTS
43
Not learned : INNATE
45
Summer hours on the Atl. coast : EDT
46
See 1-Across : UNDERMYSKIN
48
U.K. neighbor : IRE
49
___ facto : IPSO
50
See 10-Across : NEEDISLOVE
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Future atty.'s exam : LSAT
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Phony : IMPOSTER
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Each : APIECE
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Deadlock : TIE
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Color akin to turquoise : TEAL
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Iran-___ affair : CONTRA
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See 21-Across : ARE
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Be nosy : PRY
67
See 26-Across : HIGHER
Down
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Spring bloom : IRIS
2
Barn topper : VANE
3
Jennifer of "The King's Speech" : EHLE
4
Post breakfast cereal : GRAPENUTS
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Cereal grain : OAT
6
New York team that plays its home games in New Jersey : THEJETS
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Makes a wrong turn : ERRS
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Oaf : LOUT
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1950 best seller subtitled "Across the Pacific by Raft" : KONTIKI
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Sequentially, after "in" : AROW
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Wertmüller who directed "The Seduction of Mimi" : LINA
12
Lethargic : LOGY
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Gustav whose music was banned by the Nazis : MAHLER
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Barack Obama, astrologically : LEO
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Soldiers' support grp. : USO
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Delivery person's assignment: Abbr. : RTE
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Raging : IRATE
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Knocked the socks off : WOWED
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Secret ___ : AGENT
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Not only that one : THOSE
30
Youth sports org. : AAU
31
Instamatic company : KODAK
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Classic violinmaker : AMATI
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"Hedda Gabler" playwright : IBSEN
36
Giving a pat on the back, say : CONSOLING
38
Pay stub initialism : YTD
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Type not susceptible to compromise : PURIST
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Simple ragtime dance : ONESTEP
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Bring formal charges against : IMPEACH
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Its govs. have included Mario and Andrew Cuomo : NYS
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"6 Rms ___ Vu" (1972 play) : RIV
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When repeated, reply to "Who wants dessert?" : IDO
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Silent screen vamp Naldi : NITA
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Arab chief : EMIR
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Dueler's sword : EPEE
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Shakespearean king : LEAR
54
Air France hub : ORLY
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Rogen of "The Interview" : SETH
57
Real estate unit : ACRE
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Inflatable dinghy concern : TEAR
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Polynesian dish : POI

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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