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New York Times, Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Author:
Damon Gulczynski
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Damon J. Gulczynski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FQVZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Gulczynski. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Tuesday freshness: 8%
Damon J. Gulczynski notes:
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© 2017, The New York Times10/24/17 ( No. 24,822 )
Across
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One of the Five Pillars of Islam : HADJ
5
Shakespeare, informally : WILL
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Mists : SPRAYS
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"Interesting ..." : ISEE
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Spark, so to speak : IDEA
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Taiwan's capital : TAIPEI
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*"You fail to understand what I'm saying" : THATSNOTTHEPOINT
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Nursery purchase : SOD
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Smidgen : IOTA
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Info for a driver at an airport : ETA
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*Cheesy fare served at a bar? : PICKUPLINE
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Old Renault : LECAR
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Berry marketed as healthful : ACAI
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Chaplin of "Game of Thrones" : OONA
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Sanctify : BLESS
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Island garland : LEI
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Bowled over : AWED
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12-time Vatican name : PIUS
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*2006 cult-classic action film : SNAKESONAPLANE
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Flubs : ERRS
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Hurdle for a Ph.D. candidate, typically : ORAL
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Firefighter's tool : AXE
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One-named Spanish-born actress : CHARO
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No longer mint : USED
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Gush : SPEW
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Get connected after typing one's password : LOGON
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*"This relationship is smothering me" : INEEDSPACE
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Conjunction in the middle of a famous palindrome : ERE
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Vegetable with pods : OKRA
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Narrow inlet : RIA
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What a sci-fi portal might lead to ... or what's added successively to the ends of the answers to the starred clues : ANOTHERDIMENSION
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"The Bathers" painter : RENOIR
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Symphony, e.g. : OPUS
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Spicy chocolate sauce : MOLE
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Trample : STEPON
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Horses that could be hounds or badgers? : NAGS
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Took to court : SUED
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Box-office success : HIT
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Pale wood : ASH
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Org. in "Breaking Bad" : DEA
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Lakeside rental : JETSKI
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Energy source from a "farm" : WINDPOWER
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Swear words? : IDO
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Permit to : LET
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Eva Mendes or Eva Longoria : LATINA
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Editor's override : STET
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Official decree from the Vatican : PAPALBULL
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2016 Olympics city, informally : RIO
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Each : APIECE
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Busybodies : YENTAS
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Musical instruments with frets : SITARS
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Trifling amount : SOU
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Tough row to ___ : HOE
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Bud : PAL
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Finishes, as a cake : ICES
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Genesis son : CAIN
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Loamy soil : LOESS
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Intro to Chinese? : INDO
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"Frozen" princess : ELSA
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LeBron James's hometown : AKRONOHIO
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"Gay" capital : PAREE
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Certain network ID : IPADDRESS
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Streamlined, for short : AERO
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Missing part of the Sphinx : NOSE
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Mecca for oenophiles : NAPA
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"Suit" : EXEC
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Source of feta cheese : EWE
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Unclogs : CLEARS
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Big buzzer : HORNET
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Early toddlerhood : AGEONE
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Japanese eel-and-rice dish : UNADON
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Involuntary jerks : SPASMS
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Like the verbs "lie" and "lay": Abbr. : IRR
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Do wrong : SIN
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Jerome who composed "Ol' Man River" : KERN
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Blouse or sweater : TOP
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Hoppy quaff, for short : IPA
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Container for a 61-Down : MUG
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Marker letters : IOU
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Soccer match shout : OLE
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Mustachioed character on "The Simpsons" : NED

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

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