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New York Times, Monday, October 3, 2016

Author:
Jacob Stulberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
32-Down : Prepared for planting, as a field
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Stulberg. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Monday freshness: 99%
Jacob Stulberg notes:
From the start, I was determined to keep SOCIALLUBRICANT as one of this puzzle's theme answers. Others that fell by the wayside ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
LONDON BRIDGE is FALLING DOWN today, with a neat visual and a great selection of themers. I've been dying to work SOCIAL LUBRICANT ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

In the print version of this puzzle, the clue for 24 Down is: Language in which "hello" is مرحبا

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© 2016, The New York Times10/3/16 ( No. 24,436 )
Across
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Makes eyes at : OGLES
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Start of four TV drama titles of the 2000s : CSI
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Twisted, as a wet towel : WRUNG
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Entry in the Rose Parade : FLOAT
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"Winnie-the-Pooh" baby : ROO
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Course you hardly have to study for : EASYA
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Brand of orange or grape soda : FANTA
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Misbehaving : ACTINGOUT
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Unit of work in physics : ERG
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N.F.L. team that plays in Jersey, strangely enough : NYGIANTS
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Marquis ___ (French writer) : DESADE
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Regarding : ASTO
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___ News (Roger Ailes's former channel) : FOX
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Tool for laying cement : TROWEL
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Locale for mobile campers : RVPARK
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___ jacket (denim top) : JEAN
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Pie ___ mode : ALA
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"Miss" of TV's "Dallas" : ELLIE
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Jazz group : COMBO
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"Yo" : SUP
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Caramel-filled candies : ROLOS
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Server overseer, informally : ADMIN
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Conan O'Brien's network : TBS
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Romulus or Remus : TWIN
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Put (together), as a jigsaw puzzle : PIECED
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"Little" folk tale character with lazy friends : REDHEN
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One of the Kennedys : TED
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"Stumblin' In" singer Quatro : SUZI
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Didn't give a definitive answer : HEDGED
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Something bid on on "The Price Is Right" : SHOWCASE
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Drunk motorist's infraction, for short : DWI
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California's says "Eureka" : STATESEAL
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Sag : DROOP
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Speakers' platforms : PODIA
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___ and outs : INS
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Stares (at) : GAWKS
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Emmy or Espy : AWARD
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Sporty Pontiac : GTO
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Minuscule, informally : EENSY
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Took care of, mob-style : OFFED
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What a sun visor reduces : GLARE
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Like some wineglasses and roses : LONGSTEMMED
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Dine : EAT
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Perform an inverted feat : STANDONONESHEAD
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Rocky outcropping : CRAG
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Alcohol, per its effect at a party : SOCIALLUBRICANT
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Smidgens : IOTAS
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Lost one's sanity : WENTOVERTHEEDGE
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From ___ to riches : RAGS
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Military entertainment grp. : USO
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Sch. on Manhattan's Washington Square Park : NYU
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Gun, in old mob slang : GAT
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Like some verbs: Abbr. : INTR
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Tree whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet : YEW
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Language of Yemen and Oman : ARABIC
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Like the contents of this puzzle's circled squares, in a nursery rhyme : FALLINGDOWN
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Hunter of myth : ORION
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Sporty Jaguars : XKES
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"It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun": Romeo : EAST
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Prepared for planting, as a field : PLOWED
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Actress Foster : JODIE
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Cathedral recess : APSE
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Lt.'s superior : CAPT
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Twosomes : DUOS
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Some A.L. sluggers : DHS
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Stefan ___, influential Austrian writer of the 1920s-'30s : ZWEIG
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Furry "Star Wars" creatures : EWOKS
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___ Doodles (snack brand) : DIPSY
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Kerfuffle : STIR
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In addition : ALSO
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Health resort : SPA
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Pull to a pound : TOW
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Nabokov novel : ADA
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Singer Carly ___ Jepsen : RAE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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