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New York Times, Saturday, April 11, 2015

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Edna St. Vincent Millay, notably
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Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 71, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KQVWZ} Spans: 4, (1 quad stack) This is puzzle # 78 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Grid flow: 57.7 Saturday freshness: 18%
Martin Ashwood-Smith notes:
Quadstack crosswords (i.e., crosswords with at least one set of quadruple stacked 15s) are still a fairly recent innovation. When such ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I find big stacks to be visually stunning, but they can often require way too much gloop holding them together, leaving me feeling ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times4/11/15 ( No. 23,895 )
Across
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Rule ending in 1947 : RAJ
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Sharp : ACERBIC
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Whammy : HEX
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Chief John Duncan, e.g. : UTE
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Port alternative : MADEIRA
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Jungle swinger? : AXE
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Opportune : PAT
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Like many 911 calls : FRANTIC
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"Under a Glass Bell" writer : NIN
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Blueprint additions : ELLS
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Corroborated : ATTESTEDTO
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Renowned 1920s raider : ELIOTNESS
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Having five sharps : INB
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Wind up with : NET
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Firm cheese? : CEO
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Borrowing bargains : NOINTERESTLOANS
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What parades may necessitate : ALTERNATEROUTES
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Chicken preference? : BEATINGARETREAT
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Counter intelligence? : SALESASSISTANTS
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On no occasions, to Nietzsche : NIE
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1990s collectible : POG
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Move like a fly : ARC
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Respectful appeal : PLEASESIR
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Meets : RUNSACROSS
55
Daphne du Maurier, e.g. : DAME
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D.C.-based news inits. : UPI
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Japanese for "finger pressure" : SHIATSU
59
Word on two Monopoly squares : TAX
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"Love, ___" (1979 Bel Kaufman novel) : ETC
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General store? : CANTEEN
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Cause of a new wrinkle : AGE
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Female hamster : DOE
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Flower parts that open to release their contents : ANTHERS
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It's "sim" in São Paulo : YES
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Mauritian money : RUPEE
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One bit : ATALL
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54-Down's co-star in "The Forbidden Kingdom" : JETLI
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Big letters in bowling alleys : AMF
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One getting the show on the road? : CARANTENNA
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Computer hookup? : EDATE
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Checks for letters : RENTS
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Falls for it : BITES
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Flag in a garden : IRIS
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Some xerophiles : CACTI
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Like some rugs and egg whites : HANDBEATEN
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Go : EXIT
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Prefix with phobia : XENO
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Edna St. Vincent Millay, notably : SONNETEERS
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Buoyed : ENCOURAGED
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Fitting entertainment at an arcade? : TETRIS
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Leader for a time? : ONEAT
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Cops : NABS
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Allegheny River city : OLEAN
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Boardwalk cooler : ITALIANICE
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Sign of destitution : RAGS
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Headwinds often push them back, briefly : ETAS
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Bandar ___ Begawan (Brunei's capital) : SERI
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Guard dog's quarry : TRESPASSER
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Sources of some state funds : LOTTOS
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They got grounded after streaking : SSTS
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He struck Caesar "like a cur" : CASCA
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Dead-tree : PRINT
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Antipathetic : LOATH
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Perfume providing an accent? : ESTEE
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Food on a stick : SATAY
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Something to upload or uphold : IMAGE
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Cats with very fine short fur : REXES
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Recalled not fondly : RUED
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Planning : UPTO
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See 3-Down : CHAN
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Little ___ : UNS

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

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