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New York Times, Thursday, February 2, 2017

Author:
Alex Eaton-Salners
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Alex Eaton-Salners

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Eaton-Salners. Jeff Chen's Puzzle of the Week pick. Thursday freshness: 19%
Alex Eaton-Salners notes:
I submitted this puzzle on September 3rd, 2016 and it was accepted on October 20th (a pretty quick turnaround in my experience). It's ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Fantastic debut. Check that — fantastic puzzle, period. I quickly realized something backwardy was going on halfway through, and I ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times2/2/17 ( No. 24,558 )
Across
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Echoing sound in a hallway, maybe : STEP
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"Not this again!," e.g. : MOAN
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Idle laughter source? : ERIC
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Call with a raised hand : TAXI
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Clear, as a printer : UNJAM
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Lyra's brightest star : VEGA
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British crown colony from 1937 to 1963 : ADEN
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Animal that resembles a raccoon : COATI
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Grp. that promised Trump "We'll see you in court" : ACLU
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How a book in Hebrew is read [watch out now!] : BACKTOFRONT
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London lav : LOO
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Part of a bomb : FUSE
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Language in which "hello" is "annyeonghaseyo" : KOREAN
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Proverb : SAYING
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Showed, as in a showroom : DEMOED
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Zellweger of "Chicago" : RENEE
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Wagon train cry [you can relax ...] : FORWARDHO
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18-wheeler : RIG
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Boxer Lennox : LEWIS
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Really long time : EON
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Ready to leave the garage [here we go again!] : INREVERSE
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Little hoppers : TOADS
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Whole : ENTIRE
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Recently : OFLATE
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Kind of bike : TANDEM
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Some line cutters, in brief : VIPS
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Treatment for a sprain : ICE
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How people are usually listed in photo captions [phew, all done!] : LEFTTORIGHT
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Stretchers may touch them : TOES
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Mr. Bean portrayer Atkinson : ROWAN
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Crime film genre : NOIR
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Bone in a wing or arm : ULNA
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Like some moussed hair : SPIKY
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Become clumped : CAKE
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William ___, early British P.M. : PITT
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Part of a flower : STEM
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February 13, e.g. : IDES
Down
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Attack with a sword : STAB
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"All done!" : TADA
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Boardroom fig. : EXEC
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Conjunctivitis : PINKEYE
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Kind of membrane : MUCOUS
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Switch words : ONOFF
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Open a bit : AJAR
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Grp. that has added 12 members since the end of the Cold War : NATO
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Mendes of "2 Fast 2 Furious" : EVA
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Aspiring band's goal : RECORDDEAL
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Brand of cooler : IGLOO
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Leak fixer : CAULK
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Some baitfish : MINNOWS
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Bygone Winter Palace resident : TSAR
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Janowitz who wrote "Slaves of New York" : TAMA
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Poetic adverb : EER
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Spice Girl Halliwell : GERI
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Rhineland refusal : NEIN
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Food label listing : INGREDIENT
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Divine water : DOWSE
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Port with lots of lake-effect snow : ERIE
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Plant with spores : FERN
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Its sound in old westerns was often simulated by a coconut : HOOF
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Latch ___ : ONTO
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High school athletic awards : LETTERS
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Southwest terminal? : ERN
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Perfume container : VIAL
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Mix : STIR
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"Vitruvian Man" artist : DAVINCI
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James Parkinson or Alois Alzheimer : EPONYM
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Rendezvoused (with) : METUP
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Cause of some poisoning : ECOLI
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Shares held by a shareholder : STAKE
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Dandies : FOPS
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Blockhead : TWIT
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Egg on : GOAD
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Trail activity : HIKE
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Very: Fr. : TRES
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Used sofa? : SAT

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

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