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New York Times, Monday, January 19, 2015

Author:
Jean O'Conor
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Like alpine peaks ... or what each half of 3-, 7-, 9-, 37- and 44-Down can be?
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Jean O'Conor

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QV} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. O'Conor. Grid flow: 32.5 Monday freshness: 97%
Jean O'Conor notes:
I came up with this theme in 2013 when I was brainstorming for the annual holiday crossword I send to family and friends. I had a few ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Really nice example of the "both words can follow X" theme type. Jean appropriately places her themers vertically so that each half is ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times1/19/15 ( No. 23,813 )
Across
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Groundbreaking : NEW
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After-bath powder : TALC
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___-ski : APRES
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Sounds during a massage : AAHS
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Gorbachev's land : USSR
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New York hotel in "The Great Gatsby," with "the" : PLAZA
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Smile : GRIN
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Arctic seabird : SKUA
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One paying close attention : NOTER
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Kind of case for a lawyer : ATTACHE
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Beer, slangily : BREWSKI
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"A League of ___ Own" (1992 film) : THEIR
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Skype necessity : WEBCAM
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Howled, as the wind : BLEW
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Faux ___ (social slip-up) : PAS
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Tennis great Arthur : ASHE
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Where you might see the sign "Do not feed the animals" : ZOO
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Youngest "Downton Abbey" daughter : SYBIL
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Building add-on : ANNEX
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Get ___ on (ace) : ANA
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Ruffles, as the hair : TOUSLES
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Texter's "Wow!" : OMG
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Basil and bay leaf : HERBS
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Beaks : NOSES
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Big name in video games : WII
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Zilch : NADA
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Neither Rep. nor Dem. : IND
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Green dip, for short : GUAC
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Disappointing response to "Is it ready?" : NOTYET
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Hurdles for future docs : MCATS
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Really bothers : RANKLES
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Kind of barbecue or mine : OPENPIT
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Mystic's device with letters and numbers : OUIJA
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Home plate figures, informally : UMPS
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Sporting sword : EPEE
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:50 : TENOF
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Finishes, as a cake : ICES
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Big name in video games : SEGA
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Big, thick slices : SLABS
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Lemonlike : TART
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Broadband letters : DSL
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Bother persistently : NAGAT
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Google ___ (map tool) : EARTH
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Surface for a dry-erase marker : WHITEBOARD
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Derrière : TUSH
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Cockeyed : ASKEW
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Baton Rouge sch. : LSU
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Shellfish hors d'oeuvres : CRABBALLS
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Sleeper's breathing problem : APNEA
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Farmer with oxen : PLOWMAN
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"Gosh darn it!" : RATS
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O.T. book before Daniel : EZEK
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Dress in Delhi : SARI
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Escargot : SNAIL
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Tops of waves : CRESTS
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Some colas : RCS
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Word in every "Star Wars" title : EPISODE
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Home of Cheyenne: Abbr. : WYO
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Like alpine peaks ... or what each half of 3-, 7-, 9-, 37- and 44-Down can be? : SNOWCAPPED
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Prefix with sphere : HEMI
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Vet : EXGI
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Newswoman Paula : ZAHN
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Fit for service : ONEA
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Easter costume : BUNNYSUIT
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Take for granted : ASSUME
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Brain activity meas. : EEG
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Heist of a sort : BANKJOB
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Suffix with meteor : ITE
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Teen skin ailments : ACNES
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Five Norse kings : OLAFS
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Souse : TOPER
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Supermodel Cheryl : TIEGS
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Sneak (in) : STEAL
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Goes bad : ROTS
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Jean who wrote "The Clan of the Cave Bear" : AUEL
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Jazzy Simone : NINA
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"Hey you!" : PSST
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Old record label : MCA

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