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New York Times, Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Author:
Bruce Haight
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Word repeated in "Ring Around the Rosy" before "We all fall down"
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Bruce Haight

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Haight. Tuesday freshness: 97%
Bruce Haight notes:
My first attempt at this theme hid scrambled state names in phrases, but most of the states were only four letters long. Will and Joel ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Sometimes I wish the NYT weekday crosswords ran titles. I'm not sure what today's would be — is there a catchy phrase that means TAKE ... read more
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R
2
A
3
F
4
T
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C
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A
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P
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S
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I
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D
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P
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E
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P
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A
R
I
A
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O
R
A
C
L
E
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O
N
O
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W
A
R
N
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I
N
G
S
H
O
T
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O
R
S
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B
L
E
N
D
S
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U
S
E
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D
P
O
T
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A
S
H
E
S
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I
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M
S
E
R
I
O
U
S
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R
E
A
D
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A
M
I
S
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T
U
T
U
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S
A
T
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L
I
A
R
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I
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N
S
T
E
P
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N
O
R
M
A
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L
D
A
Y
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D
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E
37
V
I
L
S
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C
O
I
N
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B
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A
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S
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A
L
E
C
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S
L
O
G
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K
A
L
E
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B
A
N
K
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R
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A
T
E
S
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B
I
B
L
E
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E
P
I
S
O
D
E
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L
A
D
Y
D
I
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A
S
S
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A
F
R
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I
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C
A
N
L
I
O
N
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R
E
O
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S
E
N
T
U
P
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I
S
N
T
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S
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N
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T
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T
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© 2017, The New York Times5/16/17 ( No. 24,661 )
Across
1
Whole slew : RAFT
5
Outer protein shell of a virus : CAPSID
11
Verve : PEP
14
"Celeste Aida," e.g. : ARIA
15
Futures analyst? : ORACLE
16
Famous Tokyo-born singer : ONO
17
WASHINGTON + R = Intimidation tactic : WARNINGSHOT
19
Option words : ORS
20
Fusions : BLENDS
21
Smoked marijuana : USEDPOT
23
Word repeated in "Ring Around the Rosy" before "We all fall down" : ASHES
24
MISSOURI + E = "No fooling!" : IMSERIOUS
26
Interpret : READ
27
Martin who wrote "London Fields" : AMIS
28
Short dance wear : TUTU
29
Rode the bench : SAT
30
Whopper inventor : LIAR
31
Marching well : INSTEP
33
MARYLAND + O = Period in which nothing special happens : NORMALDAY
35
Imps are little ones : DEVILS
38
Sacagawea dollar, e.g. : COIN
39
___-relief : BAS
42
Evelyn Waugh's writer brother : ALEC
43
Laborious task : SLOG
44
Salad green : KALE
45
NEBRASKA + T = Mortgage specifications : BANKRATES
48
Aid for administering an oath of office : BIBLE
49
Segment of a binge-watch : EPISODE
50
Prince William's mom : LADYDI
51
Mule's father : ASS
52
CALIFORNIA + N = Majestic beast : AFRICANLION
55
1920s car : REO
56
Parodied : SENTUP
57
"___ it ironic?" : ISNT
58
Phishing target: Abbr. : SSN
59
Gave an exam : TESTED
60
"Divergent" actor James : THEO
Down
1
Places where oysters are served : RAWBARS
2
Victim of river diversion in Asia : ARALSEA
3
Professional headgear that's stereotypically red : FIREHAT
4
Got some sun : TANNED
5
Fleeces : CONS
6
S. Amer. home of the tango : ARG
7
Ballet step : PAS
8
Straight downhill run on skis : SCHUSS
9
"You win," alternatively : ILOSE
10
Put off : DETER
11
Get dog-tired : POOPOUT
12
Neither here nor there? : ENROUTE
13
Prepares to shoot near the basket, say : POSTSUP
18
Phishing targets, briefly : IDS
22
Scatterbrained : DITSY
24
Muslim leader : IMAM
25
One-in-a-million event : MIRACLE
27
Affected manner : AIRS
30
[You crack me up] : LOL
31
"Understood, dude" : IDIG
32
A Bobbsey twin : NAN
33
Shaving mishaps : NICKS
34
English johns : LOOS
35
Chicago squad in old "S.N.L." skits : DABEARS
36
Passes by : ELAPSES
37
Hunter's freezerful, maybe : VENISON
39
Infantile : BABYISH
40
"Finished!" : ALLDONE
41
View, as the future : SEEINTO
43
Rears of ships : STERNS
44
"Curious George" books, e.g. : KIDLIT
46
Honor with insults : ROAST
47
Charge for a plug? : ADFEE
48
Complete block : BAN
50
SoCal force : LAPD
53
Big inits. in the aerospace industry : ITT
54
Nod from offstage, maybe : CUE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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