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New York Times, Friday, May 12, 2017

Author:
Bill Clinton and Victor Fleming
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : Up to the job
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15/12/20171
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Bill Clinton
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Victor Fleming

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJQVXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Clinton. This is puzzle # 46 for Mr. Fleming. See all the celebrity crosswords. Friday freshness: 44%
Notepad: CELEBRITY CROSSWORD
To mark the 75th anniversary of the New York Times crossword, which debuted in 1942, we are publishing a series of puzzles co-created by famous people who solve the Times crossword, working together with regular Times puzzle contributors.
This collaboration is by former president Bill Clinton, an avid crossword doer, who sometimes works two or three puzzles in a day - in times that would be respectable at a crossword tournament - together with a longtime friend, a judge in Little Rock, Ark., Victor Fleming. This is Victor's 46th puzzle for The Times.
The celebrity collaborations will continue periodically through the year.
More information about the making of today's puzzle appears in the Times's daily crossword column (nytimes.com/column/wordplay).
Constructor notes:
President Clinton and I met in 1984 — we were in a couple of daddy-daughter programs with our girls. I campaigned for him during four ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
I'm digging this celeb series. I particularly like when the celeb puzzle reflects something about the person — very cool to get "It's ... read more
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© 2017, The New York Times5/12/17 ( No. 24,657 )
Across
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Jumble : MISHMASH
9
Heavy metal shortage? : ANEMIA
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Popular song in a children's sing-along : ALOUETTE
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Some headgear : DORAGS
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Continue : DONTSTOP
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A real money maker : USMINT
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Brief bit of time, in slang : MIN
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Ben-___ : HUR
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First lady after Lou : ELEANOR
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Words after shake or break : ALEG
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Smallville family : KENTS
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Inside look? : MRI
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Not miss : NOTICE
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I.R.S. Form 1120 filers: Abbr. : COS
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Proof that a property is yours : DEED
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"Cat ___" : BALLOU
34
Beloved "army" leader : ARNIE
35
Chewing on : THINKINGABOUT
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Long, narrow land : CHILE
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Useless : NOHELP
40
Asia's ___ Sea : ARAL
41
Stone : GEM
42
Pulled (in) : REINED
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Fresh : NEW
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Molières : France :: ___ : U.S. : TONYS
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Apt. amenity, perhaps : TERR
50
Services in the U.K. : TEASETS
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A good one is important for music : EAR
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Constellation next to Scorpius : ARA
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Where people are often told to look : ATTHAT
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Another day : TOMORROW
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Unconventional sort, en français : BOHEME
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Fit : SUITABLE
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Laceless, say : SNAPON
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In the way it used to be : OLDSTYLE
Down
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Nut : MADMAN
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Philippines' ___ City : ILOILO
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Shelley's "Ozymandias," e.g. : SONNET
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Order repeated before a hike : HUT
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Jibe : MESH
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One of the Near Islands : ATTU
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Baby deliverer : STORK
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With it, man : HEP
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They're never minor : ADULTS
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Things that might sense danger and scams : NOSES
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Funny Bombeck : ERMA
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First set of choices : MAINMENU
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"Nothing to get upset about" : IGNOREIT
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On : ASTRIDE
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Not a lot, but ___ : ENOUGH
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Assistance for returning W.W. II vets : GIBILL
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"It's the ___, stupid!" : ECONOMY
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Sweet stalk : CANE
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"Civic" animal : ELK
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"End of discussion!" : DROPIT
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Ones in the closet? : LINENS
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Up to the job : ABLE
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Like some heavy-duty trucks : THREETON
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Longfellow character : HIAWATHA
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What the Irish breathe : AER
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Residents of Cambridge, England : CANTABS
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Acquired : GOTTEN
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Close : NEARBY
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Jazz pianist Garner : ERROLL
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Bank from which a check is paid : DRAWEE
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Words from a Latin lover : TEAMO
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Capital on the Han River : SEOUL
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Record producer Pettibone : SHEP
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In : AMID
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Spoils badly : ROTS
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Culinary general? : TSO
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Betrayer : RAT

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

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