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New York Times, Friday, February 1, 2013

Author:
Josh Knapp
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
33-Down : They make people jump at picnics
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQV} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Knapp. Friday freshness: 83%
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© 2013, The New York Times2/1/13 ( No. 23,096 )
Across
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Take into account, as contingencies : PLANFOR
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Highly revered one : DEMIGOD
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Delta factor? : AIRFARE
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Comment from one who's just getting by : IMANAGE
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Cover : INCLUDE
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Subject to change : MUTABLE
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Piece of gladiatorial combat gear : NET
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Cliffhanger locale? : LEDGE
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Bugged out : FLED
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Decrees : DICTA
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Pollen count plant : RAGWEED
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2011 Emmy-winning MSNBC host : RACHELMADDOW
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Like many neglected pets : UNFED
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Sturdy as ___ : ANOAK
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ID tag? : MST
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Wide-beamed vessel : SCOW
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Way out there : CRAZY
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"Laughable Lyrics" poet : LEAR
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Evil eye, e.g. : HEX
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Fizzy drink measure : LITRE
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Roger's relative : WILCO
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Absent without leave? : PLAYINGHOOKY
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Ecosystem-replicating facility : BIODOME
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Absence with leave? : RANDR
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Detectives connect them : DOTS
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Benjamin : CSPOT
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Q-Tip specialty : RAP
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Not freelancing, say : ONSTAFF
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Get ahead of : OUTPACE
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Kind of artery or vein : FEMORAL
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Works on a plot : SCHEMES
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Semi-opponent : FRENEMY
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It's impractical to live in : THEPAST
Down
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What a dolorimeter measures : PAIN
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The Stroll, e.g. : LINEDANCE
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Tundra hunter : ARCTICFOX
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Grp. whose members 28-Down : NFL
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Bearing the blame : FAULTED
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Baptism by fire : ORDEAL
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Bit of thatching : REED
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Common : DIMEADOZEN
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Source of extra-large eggs : EMU
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Something to flip on : MAT
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"Soon" : INAFEW
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Mansard alternative : GABLE
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Checked out impolitely : OGLED
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It's signed, sealed and delivered : DEED
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Their contents have been threshed : GRANARIES
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Think (on) : CHEW
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Barbie greeting : GDAY
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Bowl on a range : WOK
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Charge on a field : RUSH
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Time-traveling 1980s film character : MARTYMCFLY
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Common soap ingredient : MELODRAMA
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They make people jump at picnics : SACKRACES
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Home of Paris : TROY
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"I'm gone" : CIAO
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Highly revered one : LION
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Honorary law deg. : LLD
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"Seriously?!" : WHATTHE
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Three-time "Newhart" Emmy nominee : POSTON
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Oscar, e.g. : GROUCH
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Screw-up : BONER
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Answer at the door : ITSME
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Remove out of respect : DOFF
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Sentry's station : POST
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Slug, e.g. : PEST
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Modern art form? : ARE
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Pop is part of it: Abbr. : FAM
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Zing : PEP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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