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New York Times, Friday, February 12, 2016

Author:
Brandon Hensley
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
26-Down : Possible response to "Huh-uh!"
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Brandon Hensley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Hensley. Friday freshness: 32%
Brandon Hensley notes:
In case it isn't obvious, this puzzle's seed was Goldilocks zone. I'm more than a little biased as an astrophysicist, but I really ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
It can be quite a challenge to feature 14-letter entries in a themeless — the black square at one end chokes down your grid ... read more
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© 2016, The New York Times2/12/16 ( No. 24,202 )
Across
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One inclined to patronize a farmer's market : LOCAVORE
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Cetacean's closest relative : HIPPO
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Ready for a road trip, say : LOADEDUP
15
Old epic recounting wanderings : AENEID
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Ones who don't take a seat? : ALSORANS
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With precision : NEATLY
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Reply of feigned surprise : MOI
19
It leads to early advancement : BYE
20
Bombshell : GODDESS
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Longtime Princess Royal : ANNE
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Bega with the hit "Mambo No. 5" : LOU
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"Wrath of the Titans" antagonist : ARES
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Region around a star "just right" for habitable planets : GOLDILOCKSZONE
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Like some jet refuelings : MIDAIR
31
"Sometimes a Great Notion" novelist, 1964 : KESEY
32
Puerto Rico is on it year-round, for short : AST
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Little bit : DAB
36
Subject of a museum in Louisville, Ky. : ALI
38
24/7/365 facilities : ERS
39
Alternative to chinos : CORDS
41
Moving like 43-Down : OOZING
44
Have a bawl : CRYYOUREYESOUT
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Words of confidence : ICAN
49
"I knew a man Bojangles and ___ dance for you ..." (1968 song lyric) : HED
50
They're not refined : ORES
52
Naval hero with five U.S. counties named for him : DECATUR
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Asset in climbing the corp. ladder : MBA
57
Big ___ : BEN
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Means of getting the word out? : ERASER
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When many fans come out : HEATWAVE
61
Beverage brand with three leaves in its logo : NESTEA
62
Used car selling point : ONEOWNER
63
Long hoops shots : TREYS
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Presenter of many listicles : BUZZFEED
Down
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A baby one is called a cria : LLAMA
2
Major Taiwanese export : OOLONG
3
House of cards? : CASINO
4
Bother : ADO
5
Hop, skip or jump : VERB
6
Jazz singer whose surname came from pig Latin : ODAY
7
Tolkien character : RUNE
8
They're longer than singles, briefly : EPS
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Give attention : HEED
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Flabbergasted : INADAZE
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Appropriately named Reds legend : PETEROSE
12
Brew named for a Czech city : PILSENER
13
Long, trying trips : ODYSSEYS
15
Aimée of film : ANOUK
20
"Knock yourself out" : GOCRAZY
22
Cabinetry material : ELM
23
Rule, in Rennes : LOI
26
Possible response to "Huh-uh!" : DIDSO
27
Mount with the Cave of Zeus : IDA
28
September honoree : LABORER
29
Potato ___ : SKINS
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The discovery of penicillin, e.g. : ACCIDENT
33
Casting director? : SORCERER
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Act the judge : TRYACASE
37
Cover for someone, say : LIE
40
Bourbons, e.g. : DYNASTY
42
Time magazine's "scholarly Everest," for short : OED
43
Oil or honey : GOO
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2009 and '13 sci-fi role for Zoë Saldana : UHURA
46
Refined : URBANE
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Boob tube : TEEVEE
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Bergen dummy : SNERD
53
Butt end? : TEES
54
Where to look for starters : MENU
55
"Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word" singer : BAEZ
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Complete : ATOZ
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Play ___ (be disruptive) : HOB
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Conservation org. with a panda logo : WWF

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