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New York Times, Monday, January 2, 2017

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
30-Down : Kurtz's rank in "Apocalypse Now": Abbr.
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Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQUZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. Deodene. Monday freshness: 60%
Jeff Chen notes:
Welcome back, Chuck! After almost a five year absence from the NYT crossword scene, the prolific constructor returns … with his first ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times1/2/17 ( No. 24,527 )
Across
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Leatherworker's tool : AWL
4
Wrath : IRE
7
Sauce often used in a Bloody Mary : TABASCO
14
Port-au-Prince resident : HAITIAN
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"Um-hmm, O.K." : IGOTCHA
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Call from a football referee : OFFSIDE
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"Please! Anything but!" : NOTTHAT
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Onion relative used in soups : LEEK
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Little troublemakers : IMPS
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Charged particles : IONS
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M.R.I. orderers : DRS
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Versatile bean : SOYA
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Texas site of a 1993 siege : WACO
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Itsy-bitsy branch : TWIG
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Some DVD players : RCAS
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Caustic agent : LYE
34
Japan's largest company by revenue : TOYOTA
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Crops used in making cigarettes : TOBACCOS
38
Ready, willing and ___ : ABLE
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Classic Eric Clapton song about unrequited love : LAYLA
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Statutes : LAWS
42
Loses one's hair : GOESBALD
44
Hold back, as a yawn : STIFLE
46
Moment, informally : SEC
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World's fair, e.g. : EXPO
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Wish : HOPE
49
Like the water in a baptism : HOLY
51
Get bent out of shape : WARP
53
___ talks (lecture series) : TED
56
Busy time at the drive-thru : NOON
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Nay voter : ANTI
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It's made up of DNA : GENE
60
Message that might end "R.I.P." : EPITAPH
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Invaded in large numbers : OVERRAN
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17-year insects : CICADAS
66
Standards by which things are measured : METRICS
67
Follows, as a schedule : KEEPSTO
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Monterrey Mrs. : SRA
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Consumed : ATE
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Get ___ of (grasp) : AHOLD
2
Communion tidbit : WAFER
3
Vegetarianism or bohemianism : LIFESTYLECHOICE
4
Three on a grandfather clock : III
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Source of faraway X-rays : RADIOGALAXY
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Foe : ENEMY
7
Pantry containers : TINS
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Long, long ___ : AGO
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Web crawler, e.g. : BOT
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Web-filled room, often : ATTIC
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Spot for a food fight : SCHOOLCAFETERIA
12
Jackie of "Shanghai Knights" : CHAN
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Honey Bunches of ___ : OATS
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"Shameful!" : TSK
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Really revel ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled letters : PARTYDOWN
24
Take a chair : SIT
25
Indiana/Illinois separator : WABASHRIVER
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White ___ sheet : ASA
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Troubles : WOES
30
Kurtz's rank in "Apocalypse Now": Abbr. : COL
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Mournful cry : YOWL
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To be, to Tacitus : ESSE
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Little things that say "To" and "From" : TAGS
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Orchestra reed : OBOE
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Scissor cut : CLIP
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Swiss mount : ALP
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___ Paese (variety of cheese) : BEL
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Spinning toy : TOP
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Like beer that's not in a bottle : ONTAP
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Things split in fission : ATOMS
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Make into 41-Across : ENACT
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Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree : DENSE
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Part bitten by a vampire : NECK
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Mayberry boy : OPIE
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"I understand," facetiously : AHSO
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Hound's warning : GRR
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Many online banners : ADS
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Bit of butter : PAT
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When a plane is due in, for short : ETA

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

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