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New York Times, Friday, July 10, 2015

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
Film title character who says "This is the part where you run away"
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Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JX} This is puzzle # 87 for Mr. Silk. Friday freshness: 58%
Barry C. Silk notes:
FIBEROPTICS crossing CHARMCITY (Baltimore's nickname) were my seeds for this puzzle. Will had rejected a previously submitted puzzle ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
When a themeless puzzle goes up to the maximum 72 words, I'm pretty strict with my criteria: no more than five-ish liability entries, ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times7/10/15 ( No. 23,985 )
Across
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Tycoon with the middle name Socrates : ARIONASSIS
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Advantage : PLUS
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When it's acceptable to start downing brews : BEEROCLOCK
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Pen sound : OINK
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Vacation spot : RESORTAREA
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Dog command : COME
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Away from the nose : AFT
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See 38-Across : MINED
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Response to an unrevealing revelation : IKNEW
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Point of a vampire story? : FANG
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Bikini blasts, briefly : NTESTS
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Not going swimmingly? : WADING
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Ice cream purchases : QUARTS
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Many Israelis : ARABS
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Carriage driver? : BUGGYWHIP
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Complexion changer : ACNE
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Cousins of husks : ARILS
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High Rhine feeder : AARE
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Nickname for Baltimore : CHARMCITY
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With 20-Across, scratched the surface for resources? : STRIP
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Squeeze : COERCE
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Get to : ACCESS
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Become attentive : SNAPTO
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David of "Rhoda" : GROH
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Frequency unit : HERTZ
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German architect who spent 19 years in Spandau Prison : SPEER
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Freon letters : CFC
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Shankar at Woodstock : RAVI
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1920 birthplace of the N.F.L. : CANTONOHIO
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Like some fans and fences: Abbr. : ELEC
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Where Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive games record : ORIOLEPARK
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Piano pieces : KEYS
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6 or 7 p.m., for many : DINNERTIME
Down
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Aron's girlfriend in "East of Eden" : ABRA
2
Bikini feature : REEF
3
Superlative ending : IEST
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Precious thing in Montana's motto : ORO
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11th-century conquerors : NORMANS
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Histrionic skill : ACTING
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It may be thrown around at a party : SLANG
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Put out : SORE
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Sewn up : ICED
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Relative of calypso : SKA
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Item often with a hinged lid : POCKETWATCH
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Hog's portion : LIONSSHARE
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Not yet realized : UNMET
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Presents unfairly : SKEWS
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Humble response to a compliment : ITRY
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Laparoscopy technology : FIBEROPTICS
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Rides : NAGS
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Certain W.W. II enlistee : WAAC
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One may be built to commemorate triumph : ARCH
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Noted Ross Perot impersonator : DANACARVEY
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Pretty : QUITE
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Unpretty : UGLY
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___-a-brac : BRIC
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What surrounds an aperture : IRIS
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Energizes, with "up" : PEPS
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Top: Prefix : ACRO
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Capital of Lorraine : METZ
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One delivering raspberries : SCORNER
40
Round bump on a cactus : AREOLE
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Film title character who says "This is the part where you run away" : SHREK
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Hall-of-Fame football coach Greasy : NEALE
43
Board : GETON
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Asian wear with pleats : SARI
46
Nabokov novel : PNIN
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Vanilla ___ (hot drink) : CHAI
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Unvarying : FIRM
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Vanilla ___ (cold drink) : COKE
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Trawler's catch : COD
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Elect : OPT

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

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