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New York Times, Thursday, November 10, 2011

Author:
Tim Croce
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
18-Across : Vulnerable parts
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Tim Croce

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Croce. Thursday freshness: 52%
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I
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N
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U
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I
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T
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I
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S
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T
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O
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P
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K
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N
D
A
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N
E
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N
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L
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E
X
C
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L
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W
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A
K
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L
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K
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L
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C
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E
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W
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A
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O
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A
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N
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Y
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E
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L
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H
R
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D
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D
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F
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S
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F
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R
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M
P
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O
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N
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A
H
M
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T
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P
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P
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U
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R
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E
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A
L
O
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N
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X
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G
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C
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A
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L
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A
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T
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S
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M
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G
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N
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A
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O
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© 2011, The New York Times11/10/11 ( No. 22,647 )
Across
1
Snowmen and snowwomen? : INUIT
6
Analogy words : ISTO
10
Fraternity characters : PSIS
14
Word akin to "-ish" : KINDA
15
"Absolut nicht!" : NEIN
16
River to the Arctic Ocean : LENA
17
Get an A, say : EXCEL
18
Vulnerable parts : WEAKLINKS
20
22
Half of a 1955 merger, for short : CIO
24
"Alea iacta ___": Julius Caesar : EST
25
Poet Elinor : WYLIE
26
31
Wind up : END
32
"If I were king of the forest ..." singer : LAHR
33
Gave pills, e.g. : DOSED
35
lams, say : FLEESFROMPRISON
42
It might hold you back : STRAP
43
"Such is life" : AHME
44
Med. unit : TSP
47
lamb's place : PASTURELAND
51
"In bad company," per Ambrose Bierce : ALONE
53
Boxcar : SIX
54
Ones getting base pay : GIS
55
Feature replaced in four clues in this puzzle : CAPITALLETTER
60
Locale for some diving : OYSTERBED
61
Touches : ABUTS
64
"My Life" autobiographer, 1975 : MEIR
65
Clip : GAIT
66
Trouble : NAGAT
67
The Ponte Vecchio spans it : ARNO
68
Approximately : ORSO
69
Cicely of "Roots" : TYSON
Down
1
Dollar coin figure before Susan B. Anthony, familiarly : IKE
2
"Ain't gonna happen!" : NIX
3
Strip : UNCLOTHE
4
Dome light? : IDEA
5
One may be smooth : TALKER
6
A part of, as a gang : INWITH
7
Comprehended : SEEN
8
Mexican kin : TIAS
9
Cleaning a mess in a mess, maybe : ONKP
10
Roman writer who originated the phrase "with a grain of salt" : PLINY
11
Beyond reason? : SENILE
12
Fills, as black squares : INKSIN
13
Like many windows : SASHED
19
"Compromise is the best and cheapest ___" (saying attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson) : LAWYER
21
PC key : ESC
22
Roping target : CALF
23
Myth ending : ICAL
27
Things picked out of the earth : ORES
28
Take in : ADOPT
29
Passeport info : NOM
30
Picking up things? : ESP
34
Call : DIAL
36
Spring break locale, casually : STPETE
37
Order member : FRA
38
They may do write-ups, for short : RAS
39
Hard-to-clean floor covers : SHAGRUGS
40
Big name in luxury hotels : OMNI
41
"___ Declassified School Survival Guide" : NEDS
44
City on Commencement Bay : TACOMA
45
Assassin : SLAYER
46
Comes calling unexpectedly : POPSIN
48
Experienced with : USEDTO
49
Gradually slowing, in mus. : RIT
50
Still around : EXTANT
52
"Explosive" roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure : NITRO
56
Mythical ship with a speaking oak beam : ARGO
57
Angle iron : LBAR
58
Hawaiian handouts : LEIS
59
Where Al Yankovic bought a "Dukes of Hazzard" ashtray, in song : EBAY
62
"The way" : TAO
63
Depot: Abbr. : STN

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

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