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New York Times, Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Author:
Jules P. Markey
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
65-Across : Spot in Congress
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Jules P. Markey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QVW} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Markey. Wednesday freshness: 41%
Jules P. Markey notes:
What do you get when you cross the crossword-friendly OED with itself? You get a puzzle theme, that's what. In choosing the theme ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
CROSS REFERENCES = OED crossing OED (Oxford English Dictionary). I liked Jules' long themers — OEDIPUS REX is such a great entry! And ... read more
Jim Horne notes:
Solving crosswords is such a personal experience. Your own background hugely affects your enjoyment of each one. For this long-time ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times1/6/16 ( No. 24,165 )
Across
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Facebook entry : POST
5
Something left hanging in an election? : CHAD
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Lounger's wear, for short : PJS
12
Summer month in Buenos Aires : ENERO
14
Go underground : HIDE
15
China's ___ En-lai : CHOU
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Pinpointed : ZEROEDINON
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Did groundbreaking work? : HOED
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Automaker whose name means "listen" in Latin : AUDI
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Like some wines : DRY
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Some wines : REDS
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Identify on Facebook : TAG
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Permeate, as with dye : IMBUE
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New Orleans sandwich : POBOY
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Solar or lunar event : ECLIPSE
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Hope chest filler : LINEN
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Quintet that sometimes adds a sixth member : AEIOU
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Stalin-era labor camp : GULAG
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"See also" notations ... or what can be found in the shaded squares in this puzzle? : CROSSREFERENCES
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Whirlybird feature : ROTOR
41
Chilling : ONICE
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Expressed disapproval : TSKED
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Jazz saxophonist Coleman : ORNETTE
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Name that Ogden Nash once rhymed with "No thonx" : BRONX
48
Dummkopf : IDIOT
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Over there, to a bard : YON
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Tick off : RILE
52
Latin conjugation start : AMO
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Be hopping mad : BOIL
55
Great Plains tribe : OTOE
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Tunes shortened for airplay : RADIOEDITS
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Like Colgate University, since 1970 : COED
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Sikorsky of aviation : IGOR
62
Slow on the uptake : DENSE
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So-so connection? : AND
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Foreign ___ : DESK
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Spot in Congress : SEAT
Down
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Dispenser candy : PEZ
2
Maximum value of sine : ONE
3
Sultan's palace : SERAGLIO
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Pants, slangily : TROU
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Life force, in Taoism : CHI
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Worshiper of Brahma : HINDU
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Love to pieces : ADORE
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Refuse to grant : DENY
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Moon of Saturn : PHOEBE
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"Walking Tall" actor ___ Baker : JOEDON
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Like a bubble bath : SUDSY
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Sophocles tragedy : OEDIPUSREX
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Time: Prefix : CHRON
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Loses luster : DIMS
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Japanese audio equipment maker : TEAC
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Taiwanese PC maker : ACER
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Sire, biblically : BEGET
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With feet turned inward : PIGEONTOED
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Apple's mobile devices run on it : IOS
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___ gibbon (zoo primate) : LAR
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Eerie sky sighting : UFO
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"Vive ___!" (old French cry) : LEROI
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Discipline, figuratively : ROD
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22.5°, on a compass: Abbr. : NNE
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Place for a "Welcome to" sign : CITYLINE
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Prefix with -plasm : ECTO
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On TV, say : SEEN
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Moon of Neptune : TRITON
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Went it alone : SOLOED
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Hit below the belt, perhaps : KNEED
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Slangy prefix meaning "mechanical" : ROBO
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Sagan wrote about his brain : BROCA
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P.R. concern : IMAGE
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Dummkopfs : DODOS
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Like a cactus's climate : ARID
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Fateful day in the Senate : IDES
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Tick off : IRK
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Body scanner org. : TSA
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Collector's goal : SET

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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