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New York Times, Saturday, February 11, 2017

Author:
Frederick J. Healy
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
39-Across : Challenge for a barber
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Frederick J. Healy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {FJX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Healy. Saturday freshness: 74%
Jeff Chen notes:
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© 2017, The New York Times2/11/17 ( No. 24,567 )
Across
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War game : LASERTAG
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Short write-ups : SQUIBS
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"Time was ..." : USEDTOBE
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Treat eaten with a spoon : SUNDAE
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2007 N.A.A.C.P. Image Award winner for "Inside Man" : SPIKELEE
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Top-notch : RATEDA
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Baseball's Martinez : TINO
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They're on the books : LAWS
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Deducts from : DOCKS
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Like a zebra's mane : ERECT
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Détentes : THAWS
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Language traditionally written without spaces between words : LAO
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Cardinal topper : REDHAT
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Wharf workers' grp. : ILA
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"Nuts!" : DARN
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"Holy cow!" : YOWZAH
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"Her ___" ("Miss Saigon" song) : ORME
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Resident of the Corn State : HAWKEYE
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Challenge for a barber : MOPHEAD
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Lovesickness, e.g. : ACHE
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1973 Tony nominee for "A Little Night Music" : CARIOU
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Power-packed engine : VTEN
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___ comparison : ASA
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Contractual problems? : SPASMS
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The end of Caesar? : EAN
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Barrymore and more : DREWS
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Not easily moved : STOIC
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E'en if : ALTHO
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City on Utah Lake : LEHI
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Fuss : TODO
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One of two party leaders : COHOST
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Browns, in a way : GETSATAN
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Full circuit : ONELAP
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High-rise pants and horn-rimmed glasses, say : GEEKCHIC
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"Deliciously Different" sloganeer : WENDYS
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"Sit tight" : STAYHERE
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Satiny quality : LUSTER
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Be a wannabe : ASPIRE
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Netted, in a way : SEINED
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Key figure in saving New York City from bankruptcy : EDKOCH
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GPS generation: Abbr. : RTE
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Something needed to raise the bar? : TOLL
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Not miss ___ : ABEAT
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"You don't say!" : GEEWHIZ
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Old map abbr. : SSR
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Squats strengthen them : QUADS
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"___ a broken heart": Dickinson : UNTO
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"You don't say!" : IDECLARE
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Just deserts for misconduct : BADKARMA
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Salted away? : SEASONED
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Part of many a submarine : SALAMI
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"Rent" actor Diggs : TAYE
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Shouts heard at a rodeo : WAHOOS
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Hot Wheels product : TOYCAR
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"How stupid am I!" : DOH
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Sneak : WEASEL
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Flip : HAVEACOW
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Have no accomplice : ACTALONE
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Response to "Not now," often : WHENTHEN
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Perception : KEN
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Things weighed in pounds? : PUPS
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Distinctive features of tamago gohan servings, in Japanese cuisine : RAWEGGS
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Clip, say : ATTACH
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Palliate : SOOTHE
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Like some catches and crashes : MIDAIR
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Keeper of the flame? : SCONCE
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"Tell me more" : DOSAY
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Unit of rain or ice : SHEET
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Ship or plane part : HOLD
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Virginia willow's genus : ITEA
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Covers with some rolls : TPS
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It's way over your head : SKY

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