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New York Times, Saturday, October 10, 2015

Author:
Roland Huget
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
___ Takahata, Oscar-nominated director of 2013's "The Tale of Princess Kaguya"
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {FQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Huget. Saturday freshness: 81%
Roland Huget notes:
I became interested in crossword puzzles fairly late in life. When your debut publication occurs in your early sixties, you aren't ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
With just two entries connecting each corner to the center of the puzzle, we have five mini-puzzles today. I liked how MAH JONGG ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times10/10/15 ( No. 24,077 )
Across
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Tributes : HOMAGES
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Yo-yo : DINGBAT
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Jacket attachment : EPAULET
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Home of a Penn State campus : ALTOONA
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Alberta city named after a quadruped : REDDEER
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Made good on a promise : SAWTOIT
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Finally come to : ENDIN
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Eliot's "___ Vos Prec" : ARA
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Rwandan minority : TUTSI
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___ Takahata, Oscar-nominated director of 2013's "The Tale of Princess Kaguya" : ISAO
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Unpleasant surprise from a worker : STING
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Mediterranean restaurant staple : PITA
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1950s runner's inits. : AES
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Twerps : WEENIES
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The Hadean was the earth's first one : EON
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Four winds are featured in it : MAHJONGG
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Skylane maker : CESSNA
35
"No prob" : OKEYDOKEY
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Distance light travels in 3.26 years : PARSEC
40
Very light player : IPODNANO
44
Japan's largest active volcano : ASO
45
Many bottle washers : NANNIES
47
"Non sibi ___ patriae" (Navy motto) : SED
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Cut lightly? : LASE
50
Protest group? : SIGNS
51
N.Y.C.'s F.D.R. Drive, e.g. : PKWY
52
Brand with a Pro-Health product line : ORALB
54
Inflation fig. : PSI
55
Close-call cries : PHEWS
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Retro hairstyles : MULLETS
58
New York natives : ONEIDAS
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Grant recipient : ALIENEE
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Prerecorded : NOTLIVE
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Event near the end of a mission : REENTRY
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Actress who starred in the "It's Pat" sketches on "S.N.L." : SWEENEY
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Cry from a hand-waver in a crowd : HEREIAM
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Deep : OPENSEA
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Black Friday event? : MADDASH
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Sound : AUDIO
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Highland lowland? : GLEN
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Wide shoe spec : EEE
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Chess necessity : STRATEGY
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Aquafina alternative : DASANI
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Dockhands' grp. : ILA
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Wrapper abbr. : NTWT
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Mustered : GOTUP
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Common knitting project : BOOTIES
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"The Switch" co-star, 2010 : ANISTON
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"Eugene Onegin" heroine : TATIANA
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Alternative to Ho Hos : RINGDINGS
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New York natives : SENECAS
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Creatures that can lick their own eyes : GECKOES
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No longer out? : WOKEN
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Ones who might be upset : SEEDS
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Alcott's "Aunt ___ Scrap-Bag" : JOS
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Case, for example: Abbr. : SYN
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They're just what you think : OPINIONS
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Hale telescope's home : PALOMAR
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Mostly : ASARULE
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"Twilight" vampire ___ Hale : ROSALIE
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Warmly welcomed, say : ASKEDIN
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Aggressively modern : NEWWAVE
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It tells of a trip to Ithaca : ODYSSEY
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Russell of comedy : NIPSEY
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First name in talk shows : ELLEN
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Suffix with 4-Down : PHILE
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Like some ears and rules : BENT
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Rose with many hits : PETE
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One more than bis, in prescriptions : TER
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Oxymoronic lead-in to "then" : NOW

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

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