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New York Times, Friday, January 29, 2016

Author:
David Phillips
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Down : Vehicle that's loaded in a Harry Belafonte hit
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David Phillips

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FJQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Phillips. Friday freshness: 81%
David Phillips notes:
If you couldn't already tell, I'm kind of a comic book nerd. (More specifically, I'm a graphic novel fan; I prefer the freedom of ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Nice, clean construction with some standout entries. IT IS DECIDEDLY SO felt so difficult to piece together, what with that odd -LYSO ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times1/29/16 ( No. 24,188 )
Across
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Shout when there's no cause for alarm? : IMUP
5
2008 R&B Grammy winner for "Growing Pains" : BLIGE
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Throw : CAST
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Little opening? : NANO
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Peripheral : OUTER
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Like many flu sufferers : ACHY
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Taking some heat? : SUNTANNING
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Heat meas. that also names a major L.A. TV station : KCAL
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Request at a ticket window : ONEPLEASE
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Really get to : PEEVE
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Bit of vaquero gear : LARIAT
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Product boasting "a unique blend of 23 flavors" : DRPEPPER
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Dungeons & Dragons race : ELVES
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University of Cincinnati squad : BEARCATS
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Replies from con men? : NOES
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Norman who wrote "A River Runs Through It" : MACLEAN
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Smidge : TAD
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Resident : DENIZEN
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Ed promoter : PTA
34
Green-glazed Chinese porcelain : CELADON
35
Attorney general under Bush 41 : BARR
36
Not fit for Passover : LEAVENED
38
"Miss Julie" composer : ROREM
39
Like literati : WELLREAD
40
Networking aid : SERVER
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Opposite of division : UNITY
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It's similar to pale lager : BLONDEALE
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Going ___ : RATE
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Possible purse pooches : TOYPOODLES
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Provide design details for : SPEC
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Comparatively corrupt : BASER
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Send packing : OUST
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"One World" musician John : TESH
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Mancala playing piece : STONE
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Fiddle (with) : MESS
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Full of sauce : INSOLENT
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The Ainapo Trail is on its slope : MAUNALOA
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Rattled : UNNERVED
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Entrees from the frozen food department : POTPIES
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Lisa of "The Cosby Show" : BONET
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Selene's Roman counterpart : LUNA
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Relative of "Without a doubt" in a Magic 8 Ball : ITISDECIDEDLYSO
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Powerful foe of the Man of Steel : GENERALZOD
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Watt-second fraction : ERG
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Battery container? : CAKEPAN
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Come to terms with : ACCEPT
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They often follow showers : SHAVES
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Shortest-serving U.S. vice president (31 days) : TYLER
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Interjection of dejection : ALAS
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Tart flavor : PECAN
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Primp : PREEN
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Vehicle that's loaded in a Harry Belafonte hit : BANANABOAT
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Highlight for some hockey fans : MELEE
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For-profit university with dozens of U.S. campuses : DEVRY
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What a reverse stock split increases : PARVALUE
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Like much of northern Siberia : TREELESS
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Chair pair : ARMRESTS
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Prestigious Pasadena institution : CALTECH
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A rut often leads to it : BOREDOM
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Delaware Valley tribe : LENAPE
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Groups of power brokers : ELITES
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Change : REDO
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Oktoberfest fare : WURST
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Embarrassing sound in a lecture hall : SNORE
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Start for seas or seasons : OPEN
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Atlanta-based media inits. : TBS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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