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New York Times, Friday, November 8, 2013

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
25-Across : ___ Ximénez (dessert sherry)
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 104 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Friday freshness: 62%
Will Shortz notes:
All the long answers in this puzzle are quite nice. I wish, though, that some of the shorter answers (like KNT, RTS, EFS, and ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
What a challenge today! Themeless puzzles utilizing grid-spanning entries are sometimes super-easy, as a single long answer dropped ... read more
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© 2013, The New York Times11/8/13 ( No. 23,376 )
Across
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African city of 4+ million whose name means, literally, "haven of peace" : DARESSALAAM
12
Seeing things : CONTACTLENSES
14
"Why such a fuss?" : WHATSTHEBIGDEAL
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Start of a Jewish holiday? : ROSH
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Put one's two cents in? : ANTE
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Arizona's Agua ___ River : FRIA
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Not natural for : ALIENTO
21
Like Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 6 or 22 : INF
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Tilting figure: Abbr. : KNT
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___ Ximénez (dessert sherry) : PEDRO
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Manipulative health care worker : OSTEOPATH
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Smash letters : SRO
30
Destroy, informally : NUKE
32
Range ridges : ARETES
33
Classified : TOPSECRET
35
Eatery where the Tony Award was born : SARDIS
38
Pitch : TOSS
39
Juan's "Hey!" : OYE
42
Perseveres : PRESSESON
44
Some Deco pieces : ERTES
46
Lead film festival characters? : EFS
47
Rhineland Campaign's arena: Abbr. : ETO
48
Frito-Lay snack : CHEETOS
50
Silver of fivethirtyeight.com : NATE
52
California city near Fullerton : BREA
54
Author Janowitz : TAMA
55
Opening line of a 1966 #1 Beatles hit : TRYTOSEEITMYWAY
59
One-hit wonder : FLASHINTHEPAN
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Events for some antiquers : ESTATESALES
Down
1
Demonstration exhortation : DOASIDO
2
A bee might light on it : ANTHER
3
Some N.F.L.'ers : RTS
4
Irritate : EATAT
5
Dopes : SCHNOOKS
6
Restoration notation : STET
7
Even though : ALBEIT
8
Polynesian island chain? : LEI
9
Lee with an Oscar : ANG
10
Home row sequence : ASDF
11
Kalahari Desert dweller : MEERKAT
12
Irritability : CHOLER
13
Femme canonisée : SAINTE
14
Deli menu subheading : WRAPS
15
Foundation for some roofing : LATHS
20
Silence : NONOISE
22
Verges on : NEARS
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Anticipate : FORESEE
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Mind : SEETO
28
Irritable state : PET
31
Election surprise : UPSET
33
What some bombs result in, in brief : TDS
34
Fanciful notions : CONCEITS
35
Dead : SPENT
36
Pair of boxers? : ARFARF
37
Give a makeover : RESTYLE
39
Pontiac and others : OTTAWAS
40
"Star Trek" extra : YEOMAN
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It's definitely not the short answer : ESSAY
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"That's that" : SOBEIT
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Fix a key problem? : RETYPE
49
Kind of yoga : HATHA
51
Important info for people with connections : ETAS
53
Clément with two Oscar-winning films : RENE
56
Düsseldorf direction : OST
57
La la lead-in : SHA
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Allen of play-by-play : MEL

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

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