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New York Times, Thursday, January 7, 2010

Author:
Xan Vongsathorn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Across : Bashes
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Xan Vongsathorn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Vongsathorn. Thursday freshness: 43%
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J
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I
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M
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J
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A
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M
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S
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P
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A
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G
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E
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ANT
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S
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A
R
R
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V
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L
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M
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D
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V
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C
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C
O
M
B
A
T
ANT
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E
R
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C
A
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K
N
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H
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S
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M
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N
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S
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R
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S
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D
O
S
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C
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H
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A
T
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G
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A
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L
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F
ANT
A
B
U
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L
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O
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U
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S
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I
K
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B
A
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N
A
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M
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F
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R
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T
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ANT
A
G
O
N
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Z
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E
S
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F
O
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A
Y
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N
L
E
R
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T
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I
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S
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S
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U
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S
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P
O
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R
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I
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A
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W
H
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N
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W
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A
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P
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N
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ANT
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C
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T
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R
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J
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I
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© 2010, The New York Times1/7/10 ( No. 21,975 )
Across
1
Heebie-jeebies : JIMJAMS
8
They may have titles : PAGEANTS
14
Landing : ARRIVAL
15
Expensive way to the hospital : MEDEVAC
16
Enemy encounter : COMBATANT
17
Unlikely section in a religious bookstore : EROTICA
18
Last word in "Oh! Susanna" : KNEE
19
"The Glass Bead Game" novelist : HESSE
21
Lead : MAIN
22
High flier, once : SST
23
Teacups, e.g. : RIDE
24
Asks (for) : SENDS
25
Bashes : DOS
26
Web ___ : CHAT
29
Bashes : GALAS
32
Absolutely terrific : FANTABULOUS
37
Japanese flower-arranging art : IKEBANA
39
Selfish, as an attitude : MEFIRST
40
Gets upset : ANTAGONIZES
42
Plundering opportunity : FORAY
43
D-back or Card : NLER
44
Biscuit holder : TIN
45
Appearance of O or W : ISSUE
49
Locate, as Waldo : SPOT
51
Narrow inlet : RIA
54
"Say ___" : WHEN
55
See 11-Down : WATER
57
An Ivy : PENN
58
Pole position? : ANTARCTIC
60
Unpopular ones : REJECTS
62
Congenital : INBUILT
63
Name-dropping, maybe : ERASURE
64
Stored compactly, in a way : NESTED
65
See 57-Down : CONTROL
Down
1
10 superiors : JACKS
2
Fetters : IRONS
3
Citi Field mascot : MRMET
4
See eye to eye : JIBE
5
Gardner of "Mogambo" : AVA
6
His 1959 album "Heavenly" was #1 for five weeks : MATHIS
7
Set upon a slope, say : SLANTED
8
A Dumas : PERE
9
Hullabaloo : ADO
10
"See what I mean?" : GETME
11
Big brand of 55-Across : EVIAN
12
Something that might work on a full stomach? : ANTACID
13
Optical readings : SCANS
15
"___ amis ..." (start of a French oration) : MES
20
Trig function : SECANT
23
Cash in the music business : ROSANNE
24
"Shut up already!" : STUFFIT
25
Actress Olivia of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" : DABO
27
Soupy Sales and others : HAMS
28
Former Japanese P.M. Shinzo ___ : ABE
29
Yankee fighter : GIANT
30
Letters between two names : AKA
31
Yours may be asleep while you're awake : LEG
32
Fluster : FAZE
33
Ali, the ___ of God : LION
34
CBS newsman Bob : ORR
35
NATO founding member : USA
36
Trough location : STY
38
Goose egg : NIL
41
Once, once : ERST
44
Picadors assist him : TORERO
45
Cry at a poker game, maybe : IWANTIN
46
Title film character who's idolized by a boy named Joey : SHANE
47
Some Balkanites : SERBS
48
Full-length : UNCUT
50
Georges with the best seller "Life: A User's Manual" : PEREC
51
Arise anew : RECUR
52
Many a freshman course : INTRO
53
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
55
Like eights in crazy eights : WILD
56
Don't just sit there : ACT
57
With 65-Across, extermination ... or what can be done to 10 answers in this puzzle without affecting their clues? : PEST
59
Distinctive Dilbert feature : TIE
61
M.L.K. Day month : JAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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