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New York Times, Saturday, March 14, 2015

Author:
James Mulhern
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
53-Across : Some messages from messengers
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James Mulhern

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Mulhern. Saturday freshness: 38%
James Mulhern notes:
I constructed this puzzle partially (ok, fully...) while sitting in my office at the PRU in Boston about a year ago. As of this week, ... read more
Jill Denny notes:
James Mulhern, you had me at LOBSTER BIB. Some see it as the most dignity-destroying accessory ever invented; I prefer to see it as a ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times3/14/15 ( No. 23,867 )
Across
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Tie one on at dinner : LOBSTERBIB
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Online heads-up : NSFW
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1990s TV cartoon produced by Steven Spielberg : ANIMANIACS
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Home for the College of Wooster : OHIO
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"Cash is king" : MONEYTALKS
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Role for Ferrell on "S.N.L." : RENO
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Dear : ANGEL
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"The ___ Bridge Disaster" (McGonagall poem) : TAY
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Runners' spot : SLED
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Diamond ___ Trucks (bygone company) : REO
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It's found on the toe of a boot : OMAN
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Goes for the gold? : SMELTS
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Yogi's title : SRI
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Bolivian export : COCA
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Stick in the mouth? : GUM
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Subject of a Hoyle treatise : WHIST
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Portrayer of Hector in "Troy" : ERICBANA
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Infomercial product said to hold 12 times its weight in liquid : SHAMWOW
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Band with a 2000 Grammy-winning hit that's on Rolling Stone's list of all-time "most annoying songs" : BAHAMEN
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Ones pulling strings? : HARPISTS
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Old-hat : TIRED
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Text-interpreting technology used with PDFs : OCR
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Duke : FIST
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Halfway house? : INN
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Hurdles : VAULTS
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Step : PACE
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Boston landmark, with "the" : PRU
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George Knightley's love interest, in literature : EMMA
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Fired (up) : HET
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Some messages from messengers : WIRES
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Truncates : LOPS
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Mobbed by mosquitos : EATENALIVE
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Not class-specific : ELHI
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1999 Crowe/Pacino film nominated for seven Oscars : THEINSIDER
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Newspaper post : DESK
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Things happy people do : CARTWHEELS
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Hip-hop's Kendrick ___ : LAMAR
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Quick snap time, in football : ONONE
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"Ding ding ding!" : BINGO
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Mr. of "Peter Pan" : SMEE
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Singer/songwriter whose name anagrams to ART OF SLY WIT : TAYLORSWIFT
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Med. specialist : ENT
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Gaucho gear : RIATA
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Journalistic ideal : BALANCE
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Like glop : ICKY
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Some undergrad degs. : BSS
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Language from which "litmus" comes : NORSE
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Certain subterfuge : SHELLGAME
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Well-calibrated : FINETUNED
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Savior of Little Red Riding Hood : WOODSMAN
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Division of biology : MITOSIS
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Kind of nerve : SCIATIC
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Put through cycles, in a way : MACHINEWASH
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Boob : SIMP
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Mars or Neptune : ORB
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Metaphor for a tedious, futile effort : WHACAMOLE
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Expresses grumpily : HARRUMPHS
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Pottery ___ : BARN
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Wolfed (down) : SHOVELED
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Newborn stats: Abbr. : WTS
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Figure in many New Yorker cartoons : STPETER
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Kind of surgery : LASIK
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Bit the dust : ATEIT
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What the rainbow flag signifies : PRIDE
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Go wild : REVEL
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Web browsers : USERS
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"That's a funny one" : HAHA
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First name in the International Tennis Hall of Fame : ILIE
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"And stuff" : ETC
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Fort Myers-to-Tampa dir. : NNW

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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