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New York Times, Friday, December 20, 2013

Author:
Ian Livengood
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
46-Across : Staple of the house in "The Real World"
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Ian Livengood

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Livengood. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Friday freshness: 35%
Ian Livengood notes:
I tried something different on this one. Instead of seeding the puzzle with longer entries, I locked in quality 3- and 4-letter ... read more
Will Shortz notes:
Ian was my assistant from fall 2010 through the spring of 2011. Over the years he's turned into a crackerjack constructor. Easy, ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Another beautiful construction from Ian, the first constructor to earn his second POW! during my iron-fisted regime of terror. Er, ... read more
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© 2013, The New York Times12/20/13 ( No. 23,418 )
Across
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Locale that often includes a wet bar and large-screen TV : MANCAVE
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Picture with a number : MUGSHOT
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Where it never gets above zero degrees? : EQUATOR
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One going around the bases? : USOTOUR
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Ends of some films : SUNSETS
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Warm-up? : DETENTE
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Greasy spoon order : HASH
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Where a bud hangs out : EAR
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Successfully lure : ROPEIN
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Kind of figure : CARTOON
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Highlighted, say : DYED
27
Toss : SCRAP
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Mexican revolutionary of 1910 : ZAPATA
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Moon of Mars : PHOBOS
34
Draft pick? : SAMADAMS
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Electric ___ : EEL
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Jacket option : LEATHER
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"___ bad!" : NOT
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Much of the Plains States : CROPLAND
44
Palliate : SOOTHE
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Staple of the house in "The Real World" : HOTTUB
48
Still : INERT
49
"___ con Dios" : VAYA
52
Transport for Miss Gulch, in "The Wizard of Oz" : BICYCLE
54
What a chair needs : AGENDA
56
Hawaiian for "white" : KEA
57
PC whiz : TECH
61
Controversial 1715 measure of Parliament : RIOTACT
63
Touch-type? : BRAILLE
65
Infomercial testimonial : ITWORKS
66
Reply to a schoolmistress : YESMAAM
67
It clears the air : GASMASK
68
"The Hangover" co-star : EDHELMS
Down
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Go well (with) : MESH
2
Soft shade : AQUA
3
"The Sound of Music" chorus : NUNS
4
TV game show on the Discovery Channel, 2005-12 : CASHCAB
5
Loved, with "up" : ATE
6
Person behind a curtain, maybe : VOTER
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Unreal : ERSATZ
8
Joe : MUD
9
Handles online : USERNAMES
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Attend : GOTO
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Edward Murdstone, to David Copperfield : STEPDAD
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Sugar : HONEY
13
Certain belly button : OUTIE
14
What polling may reveal : TREND
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Chinese restaurant staple : ROASTDUCK
24
___ Belvedere (classic sculpture in the Vatican) : APOLLO
25
Great white shark prey : OPAH
27
Particular, informally : SPEC
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"Clueless" protagonist : CHER
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Hershey candy : ROLO
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Distilled pine product : TAROIL
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Places to find in-flight magazines : SEATBACKS
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Advance on a table : ANTE
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Actor Jay of "Jerry Maguire" : MOHR
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Leave in : STET
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Lock opener? : ANTI
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Unreal : PHANTOM
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Former : ONETIME
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"So long" : BYEBYE
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South American carrier founded in 1927 : VARIG
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Heartburn : AGITA
51
Cries of pain : YEOWS
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Nursed, with "for" : CARED
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___ Torres, four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist : DARA
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Company that follows Shin Bet security procedures : ELAL
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Tight-lipped sort : CLAM
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Border lines? : HEMS
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"Bad!" : TSK
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Popular wood for wood chips : ASH

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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