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New York Times, Monday, March 18, 2013

Author:
Daniel Landman
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Across : Floating arctic mass
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Daniel Landman

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BJQXZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Landman. Monday freshness: 37%
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© 2013, The New York Times3/18/13 ( No. 23,141 )
Across
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Book after Jonah : MICAH
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Droops : SAGS
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Floating arctic mass : FLOE
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Spitting ___ : IMAGE
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Opposites of departures: Abbr. : ARRS
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Lens holders : RIMS
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Native Floridians : SEMINOLEINDIANS
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Leave in, to a proofreader : STET
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Sir's counterpart : MAAM
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Creepy : EERIE
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"Uh, excuse me" : AHEM
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Open ___ of worms : ACAN
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Denizen of the least populous New York City borough : STATENISLANDER
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Tendon : SINEW
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Relatives of egos : IDS
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Fleecing : SCAM
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___-la-la : TRA
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Basic physical measures ... or a hint to 17-, 27-, 48- and 63-Across : SIUNITS
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"Cat ___ Hot Tin Roof" : ONA
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18-wheeler : SEMI
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An A student has a high one, for short : GPA
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The Great Lion in "The Chronicles of Narnia" : ASLAN
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Clark Kent vis-à-vis Superman : SECRETIDENTITY
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Shade akin to beige : ECRU
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"Casablanca" heroine : ILSA
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Take unrightfully : USURP
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Latvia's capital : RIGA
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Winnebago driver, informally : RVER
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Stickler's grammatical no-no : SPLITINFINITIVE
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Sean of "Milk" : PENN
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Southpaw's side : LEFT
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Board game insert : RULES
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Love letter abbr. : SWAK
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Häagen-Dazs competitor : EDYS
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Laid out, as cash : SPENT
Down
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Start of a pageant winner's title : MISS
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"How ___ Your Mother" : IMET
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Showed up : CAME
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Rile up : AGITATE
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Rooster's partner : HEN
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Deli meat : SALAMI
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Zone : AREA
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Ruling house of Monaco : GRIMALDI
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Taxpayer's ID : SSN
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Sitcom with the theme song "I'll Be There for You" : FRIENDS
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Word repeated before "pants on fire" : LIAR
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Prefix with present : OMNI
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To be, to Brutus : ESSE
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Portent : OMEN
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Academic overseer : DEAN
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Chops : HEWS
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Players in a play : CAST
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Booming jets of old, in brief : SSTS
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Michelins or Goodyears : TIRES
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"What's in ___?" : ANAME
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The Bible's Mount ___ : SINAI
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Troublesome food bacteria : ECOLI
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Charged : RANAT
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Word repeated before "moons ago" : MANY
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Disney chief Bob : IGER
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Like a snob's nose : UPTURNED
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Without: Fr. : SANS
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Place to see a Zamboni : ICERINK
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Fledgling business : STARTUP
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Proof of purchase: Abbr. : RCPT
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1, 2, 3, 4, etc. : DIGITS
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Pizazz : ELAN
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Org. with stamps : USPS
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Emit, as lava : SPEW
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Arm bone : ULNA
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Not definite : IFFY
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Revolting : VILE
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Like 2, 4, 6, 8, etc. : EVEN
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Lie down for a while : REST
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___ de France : ILE
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Agcy. that gets a flood of mail in April : IRS

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