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New York Times, Monday, May 11, 2015

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Uranium or plutonium, for a nuclear reactor
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 122 for Mr. DiPietro. Grid flow: 32.4 Monday freshness: 78%
Jeff Chen notes:
Pattern matching today, a consistent adherence to the ?ALL OF ???? pattern. Nice choice on themers, all sparkly phrases — FALL OF ROME ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times5/11/15 ( No. 23,925 )
Across
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Sounds made by supersonic planes : BOOMS
6
Palmtop organizers, for short : PDAS
10
Internet image file, familiarly : GIF
13
"That's plenty, thanks" : IMSET
14
Killer whale : ORCA
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Restaurant handout : MENU
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Shooter video game franchise : CALLOFDUTY
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A single time : ONCE
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"Jersey Shore" pal of JWoww : SNOOKI
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Schoolkids' transport : BUS
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Donald Trump's "The Art of the ___" : DEAL
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Amount in an i.o.u. : DEBT
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Diarist Nin : ANAIS
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___ as pie : EASY
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Very lively sort : BALLOFFIRE
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Tachometer abbr. : RPM
34
Word sung twice after "Que" : SERA
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Boxing's Iron Mike : TYSON
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___ nutshell (basically) : INA
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Beat decisively : TROUNCE
40
Stats for 35-Across : KOS
41
Instrument for Yo-Yo Ma : CELLO
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German industrial locale : RUHR
44
Bird on the Australian coat of arms : EMU
45
Cooperstown or Canton destination : HALLOFFAME
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"If all ___ fails ..." : ELSE
49
2008 Pixar robot : WALLE
50
Square dance venue : BARN
52
To ___ it may concern : WHOM
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Official behind home plate, for short : UMP
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Clumsily touches : PAWSAT
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Jewish wedding dance : HORA
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Empire collapse in A.D. 476 : FALLOFROME
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Misfortunes : ILLS
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Ice chunk at sea : FLOE
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Stun gun : TASER
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End of the alphabet, in Canada : ZED
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Himalayan legend : YETI
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Involuntary twitch : SPASM
Down
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Popular ballpoints : BICS
2
Neighbor of Yemen : OMAN
3
Norway's capital : OSLO
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Tune : MELODY
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Stir up and feed, as a fire : STOKE
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Pea's home : POD
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Beat decisively : DRUB
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Real : ACTUAL
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Refuses to give permission : SAYSNO
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Onetime colleague of Roger Ebert : GENESISKEL
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Early Peruvian : INCA
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Uranium or plutonium, for a nuclear reactor : FUEL
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Alter partially : MODIFY
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One telling little lies : FIBBER
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Plant used in making poi : TARO
25
"... lived happily ever ___" : AFTER
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Psychoanalyst Fromm : ERICH
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Sleep disorder : APNEA
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"I can't believe we both know him" : SMALLWORLD
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Dern of "Jurassic Park" : LAURA
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Hotel units : ROOMS
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Occur next : ENSUE
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Tavern seat : STOOL
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Under the effects of Novocain : NUMB
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Tightwad : CHEAPO
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Pack animals for 11-Downs : LLAMAS
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Common cat name : FLUFFY
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One with XX chromosomes : FEMALE
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Bundle up : ENWRAP
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Travels through the Grand Canyon, say : RAFTS
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Cheez ___ : WHIZ
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One of 18 on a golf course : HOLE
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Parcel of land : PLOT
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Sammy who was the 1998 N.L. M.V.P. : SOSA
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Iowa college town : AMES
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Four years, for a president : TERM
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Luau neckwear : LEI

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