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New York Times, Friday, April 22, 2016

Author:
Robyn Weintraub
Editor:
Will Shortz
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12-Across : Important school fig.
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Weintraub. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Friday freshness: 44%
Robyn Weintraub notes:
I'm very excited to have my first published Friday puzzle. After banging my head against various hard surfaces over the years while ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
There is so much to love about this puzzle. This stuck-in-fourth-grade-man-child loves the SMARTY PANTS / MADE YOU LOOK combination (I ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times4/22/16 ( No. 24,272 )
Across
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Too-clever-by-half type : SMARTYPANTS
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Important school fig. : GPA
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Taunt to a head-turner : MADEYOULOOK
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Head-butter : RAM
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Make an Amazon visit, say : ORDERONLINE
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Thoughtful gift? : ESP
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Lady, for one : TITLE
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What a pacer may be experiencing : EDGINESS
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Project Mercury primate : ENOS
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Still red, say : RARE
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Flier not found in 49 states : NENE
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Conform to the party line? : CONGA
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Salon job, for short : PEDI
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Hallmark occasion : BIRTHDAY
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Chinese Fireball or Norwegian Ridgeback, in Harry Potter : DRAGON
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Reproductive couple : OVARIES
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Sharp shooter? : NAILGUN
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Music style featuring accordions : ZYDECO
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They play by themselves : SOLOISTS
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Co-star of TV's "thirtysomething" : OLIN
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Trickery : WILES
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A unit : EACH
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Years abroad : ANOS
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Moose predator : PUMA
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Broad in tastes : CATHOLIC
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Like silt vis-à-vis sand : FINER
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Years ___ : AGO
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"Have some fun!" : LIVEALITTLE
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Fox coverage that may be controversial? : FUR
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What shoulders are often used for : EMERGENCIES
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Some M.I.T. deg. holders : EES
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It has many cells : SPREADSHEET
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Hit, old-style : SMOTE
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Sausalito's county : MARIN
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Increase : ADDTO
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Casting needs : REELS
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Roller on a carriageway : TYRE
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___-hoo : YOO
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Many a Weird Al Yankovic title : PUN
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Cause of a rash response? : ALLERGY
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"Got me" : NOIDEA
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Pick up, as ice cubes : TONG
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Crocheter's purchase : SKEIN
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Title food in children's literature : GREENEGGS
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Crashed : PASSEDOUT
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Tour gear : AMPS
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Relative of Sinhalese : NEPALI
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Event with goat tying : RODEO
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Santa ___ (weather phenomena) : ANAS
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Tony : CHIC
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Holiday spots? : INNS
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Doofus : BOZO
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Lions, Tigers and Bears play in it : IVYLEAGUE
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Cold remedies? : RADIATORS
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Depression shared by soldiers : TRENCH
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Hills' counterparts : DALES
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Amazonas and Nilo : RIOS
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Certain plea, for short : NOLO
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Not faking it : SINCERE
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Legal release : WAIVER
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Bad things to find in theories : HOLES
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Singer's concern : PITCH
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Let loose : UNTIE
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Row with many people : MELEE
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"Give it ___!" : AREST
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Monk's on "Seinfeld," e.g. : CAFE
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Definitely not step lively : LIMP
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Bass parts : FINS
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Turkish chief : AGA
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Set the pace : LED

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5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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