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New York Times, Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Author:
Andrew J. Ries
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
42-Across : Stick in a lake?
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Andrew Ries

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQWZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Ries. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Grid flow: 32.8 Tuesday freshness: 36%
Andrew Ries notes:
Grateful acknowledgment to my good friend Victor Barocas, as this puzzle was based on a puzzle that Victor wrote for the Minnesota ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I must admit, when I got to UTURN, I shrugged. Answers making UTURNs (and other turns) have been done a ton. Will has mentioned that ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times11/28/17 ( No. 24,857 )
Across
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Molded jelly : ASPIC
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Pitch a tent : CAMP
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Snoozes : NAPS
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/ : SLASH
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Dell competitor : ACER
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Spoken : ORAL
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Charley ___ : HORSE
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Actress Taylor of "Mystic Pizza" : LILI
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Tidbit at a Spanish bar : TAPA
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Music conglomerate that broke up in 2012 : EMI
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Receptacle carried from a crime scene : EVIDENCEBAG
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Cosa ___ : NOSTRA
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List-ending abbr. : ETAL
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Kind of pork on a Chinese menu : MOOSHU
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On fire : AFLAME
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Appropriate for all audiences, as humor : CLEAN
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Piano teacher's assignment : ETUDE
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Fort ___, N.J. : DIX
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Neighbor of an Estonian : LETT
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Coat for a cat : FUR
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"No shoes, no shirt, no service," e.g. : RULE
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Stick in a lake? : OAR
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"Ad ___ per aspera" (motto of Kansas) : ASTRA
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Light purple : LILAC
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Wallace's partner, in claymation : GROMIT
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Div. that manager Bobby Cox won every year from 1995 to 2005 : NLEAST
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Actor Driver of "The Force Awakens" : ADAM
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Crowd chant to an award honoree : SPEECH
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The Silk Road and others : TRADEROUTES
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Fish eggs : ROE
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Morning TV co-host : RIPA
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Lawn mower brand : TORO
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Mosque V.I.P.s : IMAMS
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___ smasher : ATOM
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City that's home to the Viking Ship Museum : OSLO
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To the ___ (one way to dress) : NINES
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Odorous Le Pew : PEPE
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Beginning point for a first flight : NEST
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Singer of the 2012 #1 hit "Somebody That I Used to Know" : GOTYE
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Wan : ASHEN
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Lovers running to each other may be shown in it : SLOMO
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Way to get from Gare du Nord to Gare de Lyon : PARISMETRO
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Magazine unit: Abbr. : ISS
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Root for : CHEERON
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Colombian metropolis : CALI
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Tums target : ACID
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Free-for-all : MELEE
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Paid part of a magazine : PRINTAD
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Kind of motel : NOTELL
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Spirited steed : ARAB
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"Come to ___!" (gambler's cry) : PAPA
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Refinery waste : SLAG
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Some military hospitals, for short : VAS
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Establishment with a brunch rush, maybe : CAFE
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Precisely : TOAT
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Weight : HEFT
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Often-forbidden maneuver ... as hinted at four times in this puzzle : UTURN
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Substance that decreases purity : ADULTERANT
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Kunis of "Friends With Benefits" : MILA
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One high up on the corporate ladder, informally : EXEC
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Pipe problem : CLOG
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Shakespearean king : LEAR
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River to the Caspian : URAL
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Opposite of set : RISE
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Congressional worker : AIDE
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Begin, as a task : STARTON
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Running out : LAPSING
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Title for Tussaud : MADAME
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112.5° on a compass: Abbr. : ESE
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Costume that might involve two people : MOOSE
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Former F.B.I. director James : COMEY
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German state or novelist : HESSE
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Sand, in golf : TRAP
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Having your first shave or buying your first bra, e.g. : RITE
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Each : APOP
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Website links, for short : URLS
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Blow on a horn : TOOT
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"O Sole ___" : MIO

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

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