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New York Times, Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Author:
Jeffrey Wechsler
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Across : Custodial implement
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Jeffrey Wechsler

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Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 81, Blocks: 40 Missing: {BGJQX} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Wechsler. Wednesday freshness: 44%
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© 2015, The New York Times5/13/15 ( No. 23,927 )
Across
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___-Seltzer : ALKA
5
School of thought : ISM
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Custodial implement : MOP
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Hither's partner : YON
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"Whatcha ___?" : DOIN
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Donna of Clinton's cabinet : SHALALA
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Pastoral mother : EWE
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Piedmont wine : ASTI
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Directorial triumph for 61-Across : CITIZENKANE
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Dearie : PET
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Series of online comments : THREAD
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Destroy, as paper documents : SHRED
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Film featuring 61-Across : THETHIRDMAN
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Crooner Williams : ANDY
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Roman Stoic philosopher : SENECA
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Hair-raising cry : EEK
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Prehensile ___ : TAIL
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61-Across's role in 24-Across : HARRYLIME
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Hosp. areas : ORS
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With 43-Across, panic-inducing production of 61-Across : THEWAROF
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Treasure lost on the Spanish Main : ORO
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See 39-Across : THEWORLDS
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Surmounting : ATOP
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Friend of Eeyore : ROO
47
Akio who co-founded Sony : MORITA
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Many a pilgrim to Mecca : SHIA
52
1958 film by 61-Across : TOUCHOFEVIL
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"___ luego" : HASTA
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Figure in "The Exorcist" : PRIEST
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Result of rapid service? : ACE
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Noted director/actor born in May 1915 : ORSONWELLES
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Greek vowels : ETAS
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Kwik-E-Mart clerk : APU
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Kind of strength related to stress : TENSILE
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Alternative to boeuf or jambon : PORC
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Caustic substance : LYE
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Things checked by the T.S.A. : IDS
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Nincompoop : ASS
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Johnson of comedy : ARTE
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Accepts after a while : ADAPTSTO
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Get discouraged : LOSEHEART
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Coyly playful : KITTENISH
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Singer DiFranco : ANI
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Tourist island in the Gulf of Naples : ISCHIA
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Bake, as a shelled egg : SHIRR
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Out of moves, in chess : MATED
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"Zoom-zoom" sloganeer : MAZDA
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Corrida cry : OLE
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They're often seen nesting in a kitchen : PANS
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Pine (for) : YEARN
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Had : OWNED
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Like a have-not : NEEDY
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Neeson of "Taken" : LIAM
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Color whose name comes from Urdu : KHAKI
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Marijuana psychoactive component, briefly : THC
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Business card no. : TEL
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Singer with the 2006 #1 hit "So Sick" : NEYO
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Brownie : ELF
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2013 Spike Jonze film : HER
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Leatherworking tool : AWL
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Groovy, updated : RAD
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Monopoly quartet: Abbr. : RRS
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Speaker at many a corporate retreat : MOTIVATOR
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What the original Kama Sutra lacked, surprisingly : EROTICART
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Number of graduates in the first class at West Point (1802) : TWO
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Knee-slapper : HOOT
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Shimmer colorfully : OPALESCE
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Muse for Keats : ERATO
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"___ you with me?" : ARE
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Bryophytic growths : MOSSES
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___-told : OFT
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Sandbar : SHOAL
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Monster of Greek myth : HARPY
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It's debatable : ISSUE
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Bids one club, say : OPENS
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Web addresses, briefly : URLS
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Eyelashes, scientifically : CILIA
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Some fancy party wear : HEELS
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Against : ANTI
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Take for better or for worse, say : WED
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Org. with monitors : EPA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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