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New York Times, Sunday, January 31, 2016

Author:
Yaakov Bendavid
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Across : ___ Bay, former U.S. base on Luzon
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Yaakov Bendavid

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 66 Missing: {JZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Bendavid. Sunday freshness: 38%
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© 2016, The New York Times1/31/16 ( No. 24,190 )
Across
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Aspect : FACET
6
They're not tipped very much nowadays : HATS
10
___ Bay, former U.S. base on Luzon : SUBIC
15
County center : SEAT
19
Pope John X's successor : LEOVI
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Latin 101 verb : AMAT
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Italian fashion label : PRADA
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Weigh station unit : AXLE
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Notice regarding voting in a state legislature? : ASSEMBLYREQUIRED
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In ___ land : LALA
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Fake : NOTREAL
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Prurient material : SMUT
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Cool, once : RAD
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Pride : lions :: mob : ___ : EMUS
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Some G.I. duties : KPS
32
Suited to serve : ONEA
34
Sign on the N.S.A.'s entrance? : INTELINSIDE
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Something to chew on : CUD
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Unchanging : STATIC
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Person of interest to the I.R.S. : EARNER
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Explorer for England who mistook Canada for Asia : CABOT
45
Deg. for a teacher-to-be : BSED
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Command and Control : KEYS
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Runs into : MEETS
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Biblical prophet : AMOS
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Spanish royalty : REINAS
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Nomadic northerner : LAPP
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Ace : PRO
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Audition caution for a movie with a cast of thousands? : CONTAINSSMALLPARTS
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One side in "The Terminator" : HUMANS
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Mexican cigar brand : TEAMO
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Squirrel away : STOW
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Blue : SAD
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Shoreline problem : EROSION
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Brings good news to skiers, say : SNOWS
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See 45-Down : STILLER
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It ends in Nov. : DST
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Sporty car roof : TTOP
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Pickled garnish : CAPER
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"Seinfeld" role : ELAINE
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Note on a watered-down assault indictment? : BATTERYNOTINCLUDED
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Where to get a mud wrap : SPA
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Numerical prefix : OCTA
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Abstain : SITOUT
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Screen meas. : DIAG
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1914 battle locale : MARNE
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Chick magnets? : HENS
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Some safari camping gear : NETS
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Unable to get it, say : DENSE
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Houses : ABODES
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Feature of the Devil : GOATEE
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___ Hots : RED
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Offer of free pillow fill? : NOMONEYDOWN
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Second-largest moon of Saturn : RHEA
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Beauty : GEM
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Many a bush plane, in brief : STOL
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Thrice, in prescriptions : TER
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Center of a Scrabble board : STAR
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Typically active voting group, with "the" : ELDERLY
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Chum : MATE
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Desert supermarket? : STOREINADRYPLACE
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Stress, it's said : AGER
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Bewildered : ATSEA
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Ex-Yankee Martinez : TINO
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Buzzing : ASTIR
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During whose reign Peter was crucified : NERO
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Formal letter opener : TOSIR
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Panache : ELAN
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Cell towers for cellphones, for example : NEEDS
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Steak cut : FLANK
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"The Old Lion" storyteller : AESOP
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Overhead items : COSTS
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Always : EVER
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Break : TIMEOUT
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Berry that's much sought after? : HALLE
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Musical documentary/biopic of 2015 : AMY
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Smears : TARS
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Stick in the ground? : STEM
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News sensation of 10/4/1957 : SPUTNIK
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Ocean State sch. : URI
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Ballet dancer's support : BARRE
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10, say : IDEAL
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Bag carrier : CADDIE
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Ones doing demos, maybe : SALESREPS
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Bay Area newspaper : EXAMINER
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Suggest : ALLUDETO
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Promos : TEASERS
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Wedding expense : BAND
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Computer command : QUIT
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Court stat : ASSIST
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Infection fighter : TCELL
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"Forrest Gump" setting, for short : NAM
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Longtime Olympics TV host : COSTAS
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Conjugation factors : TENSES
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Mulishness : ADAMANCY
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Squirreled away : CACHED
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Trysters : AMOURS
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Witticism : BONMOT
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With 70-Across, member of Hollywood's Frat Pack : BEN
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Blathers : YAPS
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Old-timey footwear accessory : SPATS
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Dish that's stirred constantly when being made : RISOTTO
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Neighbors of Fijians : SAMOANS
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Guard : PROTECT
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Soul singer Baker : ANITA
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Nadir : LOWPOINT
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Herringbone, for example : TWILL
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Tried to avoid a tag, say : SLIDIN
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Defender of Troy : AENEAS
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Clear, as a channel : DREDGE
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Belt mark : NOTCH
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Parlor piece : SETTEE
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Held in high esteem : LAUDED
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Super Bowl-winning coach Carroll : PETE
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Target of a curfew, maybe : RIOTER
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Old Southwest outlaw : BANDOLERO
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Title chameleon of a 2011 animated film : RANGO
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Fraternity letters : NUS
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Throw a monkey wrench into : SABOTAGE
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Concert V.I.P. : PROMOTER
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Masculine icon : MANSMAN
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Poetic twilight : EEN
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Low-quality material, in a saying : SOWSEAR
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Unsmilingly : DEADPAN
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Attacks : SETSAT
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Opposing voice : ANTI
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Count (on) : RELY
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"The best is ___ come" : YETTO
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Impurity : DROSS
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Graceful bird : HERON
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Hazard for high heels : GRATE
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1961 Charlton Heston title role : ELCID
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Fort ___, Fla. : MYERS
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Penny ___ : ANTE
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Commuter option : RAIL
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Alternatively : ELSE
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Big name in camping gear : REI
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Strands in a lab : DNA

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