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New York Times, Friday, May 29, 2015

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
3-Down : Oscar Madison's weekly event
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQWX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 198 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 54%
Jill Denny notes:
There's an episode of "30 Rock" where Jack Donaghy sails through his day untouched by mortal luck. Everything he touches bursts into ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times5/29/15 ( No. 23,943 )
Across
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Call in the evening : TAPS
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Thunderous sound : CLAP
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Island group near Fiji : TONGA
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Heckelphone lookalike : OBOE
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Good eats : HEALTHFOOD
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For which two heads are better than one? : YOKE
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Doing particularly well : INRAREFORM
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Prefers charges against : SUES
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Site of an annual British music festival : STONEHENGE
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Take advantage of : TRADEON
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Ben who played the Wizard in "Wicked" : VEREEN
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Grocery quantity : BAGFUL
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Soul producer : KIA
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Lose intensity : ABATE
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Judas never attained it : SAINTHOOD
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Setting for Hawthorne's "The Marble Faun" : ROME
34
Really affected : GOTTO
35
Pasta option : ORZO
36
Four-hour tour features? : EYERHYMES
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Roughly 1% of the earth's atmosphere : ARGON
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Oaf : APE
40
Wild : INSANE
41
Offensive opportunities : ATBATS
45
Procter & Gamble product line : PANTENE
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Without trying : BYACCIDENT
49
Bygone cracker brand : HIHO
51
Increases risk and reward : UPSTHEANTE
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Maker of PerformX sportswear : IZOD
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Gets very near : ZEROESINON
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Eatery with scales : DELI
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Steel brackets with two flanges : ZBARS
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"You ___ Me" (1957 R&B hit) : SEND
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Fall location : EDEN
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___ & Hobbies (eBay category) : TOYS
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1998 coming-of-age novel by Nick Hornby : ABOUTABOY
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Oscar Madison's weekly event : POKERGAME
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Attends to : SEESAFTER
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Tool with a bezel : CHISEL
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How a nocturne is often played : LENTO
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First high priest of the Israelites : AARON
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Leave nothing to chance : PLAN
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2013 Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy comedy : THEHEAT
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Bid : OFFER
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Very sad turnout : NOONE
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Big ravine : GORGE
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Commercial manufacturers : ADMEN
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British Open winner of 1971 and 1972 : TREVINO
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Fitting : DUE
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Unadorned : BARE
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Baby foxes : KITS
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Adjective-forming suffix : SOME
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Took a course? : ATE
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Old baseball coverage? : HORSEHIDE
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In a union : ORGANIZED
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Atmospheric problem : OZONEHOLE
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All washed up : DONE
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Broadway chorus dancers, informally : GYPSIES
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Sub entries : HATCHES
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Word with carpenter or weaver : ANT
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Mean : INTEND
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Full of excitement : ABUZZ
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Easygoing : TYPEB
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Arabian port that's home to Sinbad Island : BASRA
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Part taker : ACTOR
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Pasta option : PENNE
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___ Chigurh ("No Country for Old Men" villain) : ANTON
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Lectern locale : DAIS
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Figure in the Ynglinga saga : ODIN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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