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New York Times, Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Author:
Julian Lim
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
46-Across : Capital about 60 miles from the Caspian Sea
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Julian Lim

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Lim. Wednesday freshness: 70%
Jeff Chen notes:
Fun interpretation of phrases containing OUT today. TAKE OUT ORDER stood OUT for me, as the base phrase is solid and the resulting ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times2/4/15 ( No. 23,829 )
Across
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Muck : MIRE
5
Hilton competitor : HYATT
10
Overlord's domain : FIEF
14
Green card issuer, informally : AMEX
15
Specks : MOTES
16
Word repeated in ___ City, ___ : IOWA
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Eye an election official? : CHECKOUTCOUNTER
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Bulgaria's capital : SOFIA
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"Fie!" : BAH
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They may be paddled : REARS
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Laid-back : TYPEB
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Tennis champion with the 2009 memoir "Open" : AGASSI
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Decimate a monastery's occupants? : TAKEOUTORDER
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"Ready when you are!" : ALLSET
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Formal vote : YEA
32
Desk jockey's happy yell : TGIF
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Prevarication : LIE
37
Letters on some kits : DIY
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Letters on some kits : CPR
41
"The Prague Cemetery" author, 2010 : ECO
42
Happily, old-style : LIEF
44
Many Ph.D. candidates : TAS
46
Capital about 60 miles from the Caspian Sea : TEHRAN
48
Warning shouted to a lacrosse defenseman? : LOOKOUTPOINT
51
Heavenly ring bearer? : SATURN
54
High-and-mighty sort : SNOOT
55
Unique : ALONE
56
___ sauce : SOY
57
Let's say, informally : SPOSE
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Develop one's comedy acts? : WORKOUTROUTINES
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___ Modern (London museum) : TATE
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Report card report : MARKS
66
Tidal term : NEAP
67
Glutted (on), briefly : ODED
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Afflictions sometimes caused by sleep deprivation : STYES
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Musical Perry : KATY
Down
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Safari vehicles? : MACS
2
"If you ask me," in textspeak : IMHO
3
Good snorkeling locale : REEF
4
Fires up : EXCITES
5
Grp. with a co-pay : HMO
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"For sure!" : YOUBET
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"Good going, kid!" : ATTABOY
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Corporate department that offers support : TECH
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Chinese menu general : TSO
10
Pricey pieces : FINEART
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Bitsy pieces : IOTAS
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Some still-life subjects : EWERS
13
46-Across tongue : FARSI
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Flattened : KAYOED
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It might be sexual : URGE
24
"Here, try wearing this" : PUTITON
25
Accept after a while : ADAPTTO
26
With one's head in the clouds? : TALL
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Et ___ (and others: Lat.) : ALII
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"Der Goldfisch" painter : KLEE
29
Parks' partner, familiarly : REC
33
Spice Girl Halliwell : GERI
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Statement of confidence : ICAN
35
Word choice? : FONT
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Talk incessantly : YAK
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Share, as a blog entry : REPOST
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Didn't make the grade? : FLUNKED
45
"My bad" : SOSORRY
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Popular color at Victoria's Secret : HOTPINK
49
Bicolor snack : OREO
50
Separate, as oxen : UNYOKE
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Dealt with : SAWTO
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Tons : ALOAD
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Rich European dessert : TORTE
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Paramedic's "pronto" : STAT
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Ready for service : ONEA
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Airplane ticket info : SEAT
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Spot : ESPY
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Speech coach's targets : UMS
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___ Midway : USS

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