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New York Times, Friday, October 4, 2013

Author:
Bruce R. Sutphin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Across : Its flowers are very short-lived
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Bruce Sutphin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {J} Grid has supersymmetry. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Sutphin. Friday freshness: 74%
Bruce Sutphin notes:
When I went to refresh my memory about this particular puzzle last week, I wasn't sure what I would find. I have written and published ... read more
Will Shortz notes:
A classic grid layout with lots of fine vocabulary. My favorite entries are NETFLIX, AIR TAXI, GUMSHOE, DAY LILY, IQ TESTS, ZZ TOP, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Bruce's solo debut! I met Bruce two years ago at the ACPT and drank a cold one with him. Good guy; fun time hanging out. Themeless ... read more
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© 2013, The New York Times10/4/13 ( No. 23,341 )
Across
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Hall-of-Fame rock band or its lead musician : SANTANA
8
It sends out lots of streams : NETFLIX
15
Very long European link : CHUNNEL
16
Rust or combust : OXIDATE
17
It flies on demand : AIRTAXI
18
Skunk, at times : SPRAYER
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Some P.D. personnel : LTS
20
One who may be on your case : GUMSHOE
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The Spanish I love? : AMO
23
What a couple of people can play : DUET
25
Stand-out performances : SOLOS
26
Chocolate bar with a long biscuit and caramel : TWIX
27
Subject of the 2003 book "Power Failure" : ENRON
29
Without hesitation : NOW
30
Subsist on field rations? : GRAZE
31
Its flowers are very short-lived : DAYLILY
33
Like a sawhorse's legs : SPLAYED
35
Critical : KEY
36
Party staple : DIP
37
Catered to Windows shoppers? : ETAILED
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Noodle taxers? : IQTESTS
45
Observes : NOTES
46
Abbr. after 8-Across : INC
48
Last band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alphabetically : ZZTOP
49
"The Hudsucker Proxy" director, 1994 : COEN
50
Columbia and the like : IVIES
52
French river or department : EURE
53
"___ mentioned ..." : ASI
54
Images on some lab slides : AMOEBAS
56
Lima-to-Bogotá dir. : NNE
57
Frankenstein, e.g. : MONSTER
59
Its passengers were revolting : AMISTAD
61
Theodore Roosevelt Island setting : POTOMAC
62
Destroyer destroyer : TORPEDO
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Colorful cooler : SNOCONE
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Makeover options : HAIRDOS
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Like some milk : SCALDED
2
Sashimi staple : AHITUNA
3
Changing place : NURSERY
4
Blockbuster? : TNT
5
Mediums for dummies, say: Abbr. : ANAG
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Where it all comes together? : NEXUS
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Ex amount? : ALIMONY
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Appointment disappointments : NOSHOWS
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Nationals, at one time : EXPOS
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Flag : TIRE
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Tablet banner, say, briefly : FDA
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Reserve : LAYAWAY
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Inventory : ITEMIZE
14
Duped : XEROXED
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Gradual, in some product names : SLO
24
Giant in fantasy : TOLKIEN
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Bar that's set very high : TRAPEZE
28
Physicist Bohr : NIELS
30
Display on a red carpet : GLITZ
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Basic solution : LYE
34
Without hesitation, in brief : PDQ
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Does some outdoor pitching? : ENCAMPS
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"Don't joke about that yet" : TOOSOON
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Took away bit by bit : ATEINTO
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Event occasioning 7-Down : DIVORCE
41
Cryotherapy choice : ICEBATH
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Artificially small : STUNTED
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What might take up residence? : TORNADO
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Truncated trunks? : SPEEDOS
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Zero times, in Zwickau : NIE
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Back-pedaler's words : IMEAN
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About 7% of it is American : SAMOA
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Vapor: Prefix : ATMO
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Apple assistant : SIRI
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Lib. arts major : SOC
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Coral ___ (city near Oakland Pk., Fla.) : SPR

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