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New York Times, Friday, March 28, 2014

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
8-Across : Drags
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 5, (2 double stacks) Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 157 for Mr. Kahn. Friday freshness: 18%
Jeff Chen notes:
What a nice up-to-date central crossing to seed a themeless: CAPTAIN PHILLIPS crossed by SOMALI PIRATES. Great movie, fantastic cast, ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

Besides his iconic mobiles, Alexander Calder also created the beloved Eagle in Seattle's lovely Olympic Sculpture Park. Here's a sunset view.

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© 2014, The New York Times3/28/14 ( No. 23,516 )
Across
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Those who respond to pickup lines? : CABBIES
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Drags : BUMMERS
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Central Florida daily : ORLANDOSENTINEL
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Part-time jobs for college students, say : SOURCESOFINCOME
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Disbelieving, maybe : AWED
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Major-leaguer from Osaka who threw two no-hitters : NOMO
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Trap : SETUP
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Haddock relatives : CODS
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Constellation described by Ptolemy : ARA
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Part of 56-Across: Abbr. : EST
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Conductor with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : MEHTA
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"A Chorus Line" lyricist Ed : KLEBAN
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Iran's Ayatollah ___ Khamenei : ALI
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Year the Angels won the World Series : MMII
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Brit's cry of surprise : BLIMEY
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See 16-Down : CAPTAINPHILLIPS
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Standard : ENSIGN
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Extreme piques : IRES
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"I'll ___" : SEE
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Old letter opener: Abbr. : MESSRS
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Upper regions of space : ETHER
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Org. of which Tom Hanks is a member : SAG
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Mauna ___ : KEA
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Shaving brand : ATRA
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Slip preventer : CLEAT
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Terminal announcements, for short : ETAS
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Writer William : INGE
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Mobile creator : ALEXANDERCALDER
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Demanded immediate action from : PRESSED
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Superlatively bouncy : SPRYEST
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___ Nostra : COSA
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Aligned, after "in" : AROW
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Relatively low-risk investments : BLUECHIPS
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Actress for whom a neckline is named : BARDOT
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___ 500 : INC
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Unspoiled places : EDENS
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Meh : SOSO
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First of two pictures : BEFORE
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Start to color? : UNI
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Range parts: Abbr. : MTNS
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Symbols of timidity : MICE
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Modern message : ENOTE
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Fictional teller of tales : REMUS
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Wasn't alert : SLEPT
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Hijackers who captured 38-Across : SOMALIPIRATES
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"What's the ___?" : DAMAGE
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First name in '60s radicalism : ABBIE
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Old club : MACE
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Flourish : ELAN
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Connected people : KIN
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Ready : ALLSET
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Nothing : NIL
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Eastern European capital of 2 million : MINSK
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Screw up : MISHANDLE
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Sport with automated scoring : EPEE
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River of W.W. I : YSER
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Dickens boy : TIM
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Ballpark dingers: Abbr. : HRS
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Positioned well : SEEDED
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English hat similar to a fedora : TRILBY
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Where flakes may build up : SCALP
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___ nothing : ALLOR
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Simple sorts : GEESE
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Musical grp. : ASCAP
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Fires : AXES
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Western setting for artisans : TAOS
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They may be heavy or open : ARMS
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Bee ___ : GEES
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Formerly, old-style : ERST
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Nautical heading: Abbr. : NNE
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Part of 56-Across: Abbr. : ARR

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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