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New York Times, Friday, January 15, 2016

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
36-Down : Leaves, as in a western
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981.541,84244.880%
Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {BQX} This is puzzle # 208 for Mr. Berry. Grid flow: 34.2 Friday freshness: 22%
Jeff Chen notes:
Check out that big swath running from top left to bottom right! It's one thing to work in four nice long answers — SISTERS IN LAW ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times1/15/16 ( No. 24,174 )
Across
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Little man : PAWN
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Less likely to be caught : STEALTHIER
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Dueler's option : EPEE
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Washington city famous for its sweet onions : WALLAWALLA
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Virginia and Truckee Railroad terminus : RENO
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Grave words : INMEMORIAM
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Keeps from backing up : UNCLOGS
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Disappointed outburst : RATS
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Spring's opposite : NEAP
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Number of letters : ZIPCODE
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Women who might share the same surname : SISTERSINLAW
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Net game? : ONLINEPOKER
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Pet sound : MEW
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Administrative title : DEAN
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Man in black, perhaps : NINJA
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Novelist Jaffe : RONA
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Dimwit : ASS
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Rule of order? : LADIESFIRST
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Lincoln signed it into law in 1862 : HOMESTEADACT
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Like some deliveries : PRETERM
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"I forbid," to Caesar : VETO
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___ Sea (the "Sea of Islands") : ARAL
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Collections of episodes : SEASONS
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Cab supplier : WINESELLER
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Part of a pod : ORCA
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Chlorofluorocarbons damage it : OZONELAYER
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Vassal's reward : FIEF
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Shot blockers : LENSCOVERS
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Lose vividness : FADE
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Major quinoa exporter : PERU
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Boot hills? : APENNINES
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Carol king : WENCESLAS
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Taxonomic terms, for instance : NEOLATIN
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Big gulp : SWIG
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Tropical acquisitions, maybe : TANS
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Classic vineyard tree : ELM
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Cask beverage : ALE
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Fly the coop : LAM
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Smallest prime : TWO
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School attended by Churchill : HARROW
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Old war story : ILIAD
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Give a lift to : ELATE
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Merlin Olsen's team : RAMS
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Pro-am tourney, often : OPEN
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"Der Judenstaat" movement : ZIONISM
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Laser alternative : INKJET
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What parents might prompt kids to say : PLEASE
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Exec's perk : CAR
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Tom Collins ingredient : SODA
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Handle again? : RENAME
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Eight-footer? : SPIDER
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Suspensions of activity : MORATORIA
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Nestled : ENSCONCED
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Steam engine pioneer James : WATT
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Leaves, as in a western : RIDESOFF
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Multiplicity : LOT
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Broad bean : FAVA
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Mount St. ___ : HELENS
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Won thing : PRIZE
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Talked ad nauseam : RANON
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Not on base? : AWOL
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Future reporter : SEER
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Needs to make a retraction : ERRS
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On base : SAFE
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Dry, on Champagne bottles : SEC
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"Rockaria!" band, briefly : ELO
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Place to go, for short : LAV
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Strong base : LYE

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

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