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New York Times, Thursday, March 8, 2018

Author:
Jim Quinlan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Actress Taylor-Joy of 2015's "The Witch"
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Jim Quinlan

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Quinlan. Thursday freshness: 20%
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© 2018, The New York Times3/8/18 ( No. 24,957 )
Across
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Reach a breaking point : SNAP
5
Photo ___ : OPS
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Game with a 90-foot x 13.1-foot court : BOCCE
13
Donor gift, perhaps : TOTE
14
To be remembered for a very long time : EPIC
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One down in the mouth? : UVULA
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Routing abbr. : ATTN
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Mrazek or Nedved of the N.H.L. : PETR
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Skip about : CAPER
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Deceitful ballerinas? : LYINDANCERS
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Golden Bears' school, familiarly : CAL
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Subject of reunification talks : KOREA
24
Teddy, by another name : THEO
25
Sucker for vampire stories? : FANG
26
Bit of lawyerly advice : SUE
27
Cow as it strolls around the pasture? : MOOINWALKER
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Part of the eye : LENS
31
Birds that cronk : GEESE
32
Fine wool source : ALPACA
37
Sitting next to a fireplace, say : TOASTY
38
You might take them to do a good job : PAINS
39
Super-duper : ACES
42
Band members? : PLAYINFOLKS
45
Corner key : ESC
48
Singer ___ Del Rey : LANA
49
Classic railroad name : ERIE
50
Look from Lookout Point : VISTA
52
Old ___ (Yale nickname) : ELI
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Census bureau employee? : BEINCOUNTER
55
Ronzoni offering : PASTA
57
Actress Blanchett : CATE
58
Edit out : DELE
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Enemy plans, e.g. : INTEL
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Like fine wines : AGED
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Sushi bar stock : EELS
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Bomb developed in the 1950s : EDSEL
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ESP : Spain :: ___ : Netherlands : NED
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Holiday shortening : XMAS
Down
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Follows closely : STALKS
2
"I meant somebody else" : NOTYOU
3
Wear : ATTIRE
4
Trattoria bowlful : PENNE
5
Like Birkenstocks : OPENTOE
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Do one's part : PITCHIN
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Some basketball tactics : SCREENS
8
Tampa team, informally : BUCS
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Eggs in a lab : OVA
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Bakery trayful : CUPCAKES
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Most upright : CLEANEST
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Tea choice : EARLGREY
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Org. whose mission involves emissions : EPA
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Stop the flow of : DAM
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Do crew : ROW
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___ collar : FLEA
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Greeting in Rio : OLA
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Past : AGO
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McDonald's offering since 1968 : APPLEPIE
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Dreamy state : LALALAND
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Ragtime entertainers, e.g. : PIANISTS
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Actress Taylor-Joy of 2015's "The Witch" : ANYA
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Some detectives' work, for short : CSI
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Shaming sound : TSK
39
Like the earliest humans : AFRICAN
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Word that no one has ever said before : COINAGE
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Chose : ELECTED
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Marriage announcement word : NEE
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"Law & Order" spinoff, colloquially : SVU
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Revere : ESTEEM
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Adler with a noted acting studio : STELLA
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Nice touch : CARESS
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Search simplifier : INDEX
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Event for Cinderella : BALL
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Voluminous ref. : OED
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It can give drivers a lift : TEE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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