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New York Times, Thursday, March 16, 2017

Author:
Joel Fagliano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
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Joel Fagliano

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 69, Blocks: 35 Missing: {BQVWXZ} This is puzzle # 53 for Mr. Fagliano. Thursday freshness: 81%
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© 2017, The New York Times3/16/17 ( No. 24,600 )
Across
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Pipe with a tube : HOOKAH
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Like out-of-range stations : STATICKY
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Three times : THRICE
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Part of many a wreath : PINECONE
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"Aren't you glad I'm back?" : MISSME
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Place with picnic tables, often : RESTAREA
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Student's note-taking aid : LOOSELEAFBINDER
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Christopher Hitchens and Marcel Proust, for two : ESSAYISTS
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Played at a party, say : DJED
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He portrayed Steve Wozniak in "Steve Jobs" : SETHROGEN
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Org. whose website has a "Know Your Rights" tab : ACLU
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Narrow grooves : STRIAE
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Opposite of weather, on a ship : LEE
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Eco-friendly seafood designation : DOLPHINSAFETUNA
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It might come from a tap : ALE
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Draw out : ELICIT
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Prince, for one : HEIR
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Hit : SENSATION
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Hawks have sharp ones : EYES
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Yelling : CRYINGOUT
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Large wire : ASSOCIATEDPRESS
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Sprint, e.g. : FOOTRACE
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Gets away from : ELUDES
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Not seriously : ALLINFUN
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"Bacchus and Ariadne" painter, circa 1523 : TITIAN
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Used a black marker on ... or a hint to three chunks of black squares in this puzzle : REDACTED
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Unspecified group : OTHERS
Down
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Counterpart of JavaScript : HTML
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Home to Bowling Green : OHIO
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Roundabouts : ORSO
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Acted sycophantically : KISSEDUP
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Peaks : ACMES
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Prom wear, for some : HEELS
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Pesticide applier : SPRAYER
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7-up, for example : TIE
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True or false: Abbr. : ANS
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Asian holiday : TET
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"Don't doubt me!" : ICANSO
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Drawstring, e.g. : CORD
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Attack in an underhanded way : KNEE
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Name tag info at an alumni event : YEAR
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Big ___ Conference : EAST
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"Lord, is ___?" : ITI
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Arrow part : SHAFT
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Skier's obstacle : TREE
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Fathers, to babies : DADAS
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Rapper with the 2013 #1 album "Born Sinner" : JCOLE
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Page in a Hollywood script? : ELLEN
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Mucilaginous : GLUEY
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Counting word : EENIE
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Verges on : NEARS
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Like river deltas : SILTY
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Catch, in a way : HEAR
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It's "rarely pure and never simple," per Oscar Wilde : THETRUTH
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The Richard in a Shakespeare title : III
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Struggle (with) : CONTEND
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"Picnic" playwright : INGE
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Nova ___ : SCOTIA
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Poem title starter : ODETO
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Like many monuments at night : UPLIT
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Place to worship from : AFAR
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Lone : SOLE
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Completely convinced : SOLD
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Woman's name that sounds like its first two letters : EDIE
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Put over high heat : SEAR
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IDs that are often not displayed in full: Abbr. : SSNS
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G.O.P. org. : RNC
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Back at sea : AFT
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It has a tip for game-playing : CUE

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

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