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New York Times, Saturday, December 23, 2017

Author:
Matthew Sewell
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
12-Down : Like the Golden Horde
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Matthew Sewell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQY} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Sewell. Saturday freshness: 55%
Matthew Sewell notes:
About two years ago, my friend and colleague Diana Joseph improved my life by sending me a link to "Sunday Candy" — and 34-Across is ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Seriously, how could anyone make Pierce Brosnan a SEXIEST MAN ALIVE when Daniel Craig doesn't get the nod? Wrong, I say, ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times12/23/17 ( No. 24,882 )
Across
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Bygone can opener : RINGTAB
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Provincial despots : SATRAPS
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He wrote "In wildness is the preservation of the world" : THOREAU
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Much of a marmoset's diet : TREESAP
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Honor for Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan, but not Roger Moore or Daniel Craig : SEXIESTMANALIVE
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Drug sought by Roy Cohn in "Angels in America" : AZT
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York successor : TUDOR
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Alternative to Tide : ALL
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G.I. food packs : MRES
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Daring deed : GEST
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___ Riddle of the Harry Potter books : TOM
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Lip : RIM
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Spreadsheet command : SORT
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Certain swab sample : SALIVA
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Rudy Giuliani or Fiorello La Guardia : ITALIANAMERICAN
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They're called up : INDUCTEES
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Hip-hop performer who was 2016's Best New Artist Grammy winner : CHANCETHERAPPER
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Accumulated, with "up" : RACKED
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Times of fitful sleep, maybe : EVES
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CVS offerings : RXS
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Magazine for entrepreneurs : INC
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Stupefied : AWED
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<--, for example : COLT
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I : EGO
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Certain aisle terminus : ALTAR
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Dish that's out of this world? : UFO
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Hollywood V.I.P. : STUDIOEXECUTIVE
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Flat figures : TENANTS
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"She's Like the Wind" and others : SIMILES
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Without proof : ONTRUST
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Sample group? : TASTERS
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Some football linemen: Abbr. : RTS
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"Shh, something's coming!" : IHEARIT
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Product once known as "The Miracle Cream of Baltimore" : NOXZEMA
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Boiled breakfast dish : GRITS
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Kickoff aid : TEE
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Some batteries : AAS
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Shade of light brownish-gray : BUTTERNUT
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Köln or Nürnberg : STADT
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It flows near the Piazzale Michelangelo : ARNO
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Hightail it : TEAR
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Th.D.'s field : REL
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Like the Golden Horde : ASIATIC
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Meringue-based dessert named for a ballerina : PAVLOVA
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Prestigious women's college in Atlanta : SPELMAN
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Male grooming aid : MUSTACHEWAX
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Pre-op procedure : MRI
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Said "I dare you" to, say : GOADED
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To this day : SINCE
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Come to a boil : SEERED
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Purviews : AREAS
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Discuss thickness with a doctor? : LISP
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Association : LINK
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Place known to natives as Chomolungma ("goddess mother of the world") : MTEVEREST
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Dumps one's complaints on : CRIESTO
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Maneuver on a surfboard : HANGTEN
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Import : ACCOUNT
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Quick biography : PROFILE
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Dear departed? : EXLOVER
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Alphabet trio : RST
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Arms race event, for short : ATEST
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Get the job done : CUTIT
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Japanese native : AINU
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A bunch : LOTS
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Give: Sp. : DAR
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George Tenet's "At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the ___" : CIA
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Toastmasters' stumbles : UMS
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Slalom maneuver : ESS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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