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Matt Ginsberg
Matt Ginsberg

NY Times, Sun, Jan 04, 2015 TAKEAWAY CROSSWORD

15-Across : Mos* pucker-inducing

Author:
Matt Ginsberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 36
Notepad: One letter of the alphabet has been removed from each clue every time it appears in the clue. If you remove this letter from the clue's answer, the remaining letters will themselves spell a word, which is to be entered in the grid. For example, the clue "Be a sni*ch" would suggest "Be a snitch" with a missing T, leading to the answer TATTLE, which, with the T's removed, would be entered in the grid as ALE. Every answer is a regular word, name or other crossword answer except as indicated.
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© 2015, The New York Times
Across
1
New York ca*hedral, *o locals : SPAS
5
L*o and B*n*dict : POPS
9
Checks o*t, as opposition : SCOTS
14
Big hit *t * p*rty? : PINT
15
Mos* pucker-inducing : ARES
16
Earthli*g : TERRA
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Ma*e a touch*own : LANE
18
Doo*ed sales*an : LOAN
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Holder of humorous hi*hli*hts : AREEL
20
Passen*er on the Minnow : INERRANT
22
High-altitude goats and *lants (hyph.) : ALINES
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Di*card* (2 wds.) : TOEOUT
24
Bolshevik opponen* : SARIS
26
Lau*hs a bit : ILES
28
He call* *ome fault* : LINEMAN
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V*tr*ol*c outburst : TRADE
35
So*e ja* ingredients : PLUS
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"When the *ich wage wa*, it's the poo* who die" penne* : SATE
38
"Calvin and Hobbe*" girl : UIE
39
Flowed like a *ive* : STEAMED
42
K**p an ___ (watch) : YON
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Look* hard : TARE
45
Frankincen*e and myrrh : REIN
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Bikini, his*orically : ESSIE
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*layed in a *uddle : SLOSHED
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Su**enly move* : ARTE
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Po*ite word : PEASE
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Sour*es of prophe*ies : ORALES
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*arly progr*ss (2 wds.) : TOHOLD
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Stop h*r*ssing (2 wds.) : LEVELONE
63
*kip* (2 wds.) : ITOUT
64
It's *ife-threatening : PERI
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Contentious so*t : AGUE
66
Glowe*ing : MOOSE
67
Attackin* as a *roup, with "up on" (2 wds.) : ANIN
68
Got clos*r : NARD
69
*ovial sort : ESTER
70
Country-*estern sound : TANG
71
Ar*icles of fai*h : ENES
Down
1
Bo*e brace : SPLIT
2
*culptor* Nicola and Giovanni : PIANO
3
Ac*ress Bening : ANNEE
4
Killer of the dinos*urs, prob*bly : STEROID
5
With lobes radiating fro* a co**on point : PALATE
6
Ro*ney, for one (2 wds.) : ORON
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Gia*t ambitio*s? : PEATS
8
"N*w?" (abbr.) : SSN
9
Arriv* surr*ptitiously : STALIN
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*olds fondly : CERISES
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Sign of availabili*y : OREN
12
Lock* : TREE
13
Reg*lars' orders : SALS
21
*rito-Lay o**ering : RULES
22
En*er*ainer : ARISE
25
Ruby, bas*cally : ALUMNA
27
S*me trunks : SPEEDS
29
Produ*er of an annual parade : MAYS
30
Co*servative Scalia (2 wds.) : ATOI
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S*ccer sc*re, *ften : NENE
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On*s g*tting sp*cial *d? : TUTS
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*es* : RIAL
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S*archy bi*e : AERO
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Place* : LAI
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It gets poked in t*e eye : TREAD
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Cau*e to relax : DETRE
44
One with whom you no longer file ta*es jointly : ESPOUSE
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S*ruce Goose, for one (2 wds.) : SEALANE
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Provide* a*ylum : HELTER
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*rosecutorial res*onsibility : ROVING
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Last C*ance Gulc* city : ELENA
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"Ju*t do it" and other* : LOGAN
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Bore up un*er : ENURE
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Knigh*s' moun*s : SEEDS
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Barry Levi*so* film starring Da**y DeVito : TIME
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They're easy to o*en : OTOS
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*e**ion* for model* : HOOT
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Watergate in*estigator Sam : ERIN
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Minor du*tup* : PAT
Answer summary: 0 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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