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New York Times, Thursday, July 2, 2015

Author:
Timothy Polin
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Timothy Polin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 79, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Polin. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Thursday freshness: 50%
Jeff Chen notes:
I love me some Thursday trickery, forcing me to work for my a-ha moment. Tim does just that with INVISIBLE INK making the -INK letters ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times7/2/15 ( No. 23,977 )
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Father of Erebus and Nyx, in Greek myth : CHAOS
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Depression common during childhood : DIMPLE
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New Deal prez : FDR
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Tropical vine : LIANA
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Mountain overlooking Yerevan : ARARAT
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Buried treasure? : ORE
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Actress Thurman : UMA
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Buddy : ACE
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Bit of derring-do : DEED
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Advanced course : SEMINAR
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Invalid : NULL
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Protein constituent, informally : AMINO
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"My Dinner With ___" (1981 film) : ANDRE
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Frank refusal? : NEIN
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Endeavor : ESSAY
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Studio fee : RENT
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Part of a fasces : ROD
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Word after open or hot : MIC
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Overnight, say : SEND
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Postgraduate ordeals : ORALS
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"I'm dead" : UHOH
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Trivial Pursuit edition : GENUS
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Opposite of drop out : ENROL
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Ectoplasm, e.g. : OOZE
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Family feud? : GANGWAR
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James Merritt ___, pioneering lithographer : IVES
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Setting for a grassy knoll : LEA
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Choler : IRE
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What six of this puzzle's clues have been written with? : INVISIBLEINK
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Where DeWitt Clinton was mayor: Abbr. : NYC
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Easily attachable : SNAPON
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Semblance : IMAGE
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Roscoe : GAT
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"Arrivederci!" : SOLONG
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Professional pitch man? : TUNER
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Detox, e.g. : CLEANSE
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Affliction with many folk remedies : HICCUPS
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Needs for many digital cameras : AACELLS
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United : ONE
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Beach blanket? : SAND
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Cocksure challenge : DAREME
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Containing element #77 : IRIDIC
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Buddy : MAC
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Kidnappee, e.g. : PRISONER
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Partner of great : LATE
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Root words : ETYMA
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Classic Nintendo game similar to Tetris : DRMARIO
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Hit back? : REAREND
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Society affairs : TEAS
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Caravansary : INN
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Novelist O'Flaherty : LIAM
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What par isn't for most golfers : NORM
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Sailors' ropes : TYES
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Code material : DNA
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Onetime lover of Riker on "Star Trek: T.N.G." : TROI
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Some of the French? : DES
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Octave, for one : INTERVAL
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Soba alternative : UDON
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By that logic : ERGO
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Slice of ham? : MUGGING
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"Tell me about it!" : IHEARYA
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Wind-blown : AEOLIAN
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Tough pill to swallow? : LOZENGE
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Puma, e.g. : SNEAKER
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Bear ___ : HUG
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Devout supplication : ORISON
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Enamored with : LOVING
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Proletarian : PLEB
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Deli selection : SWISS
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Word on a headstone : ANNO
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Use a scalpel on : SLIT
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Corp. milestone : IPO
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Big bird : EMU

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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