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New York Times, Monday, July 13, 2015

Author:
Zhouqin Burnikel
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Zhouqin Burnikel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 18 for Ms. Burnikel.
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FACEBOOK BUTTONS hidden today, with LIKE, COMMENT, and SHARE in disguise. I particularly liked COMMENT CA VA? ("comment" is French for ... read more
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© 2015, The New York Times7/13/15 ( No. 23,988 )
Across
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Folk legend Guthrie : ARLO
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"Moby-Dick" captain : AHAB
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Between-meals bite : SNACK
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Jacket : COAT
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"I bet you won't dive off the high board with your eyes closed," e.g. : DARE
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Supermodel Kate : UPTON
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As close as close can be : LIKEWHITEONRICE
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Log-in info : USERID
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LG and RCA products : TVS
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Shoe's end : TOE
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Manager Hodges of the Amazin' Mets : GIL
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Actress Brennan of "Private Benjamin" : EILEEN
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Goalie's jersey number, often : ONE
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"How's it going?," in Paris : COMMENTCAVA
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Mafia V.I.P. : DON
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Dog in "Garfield" : ODIE
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Place to get a perm : SALON
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Underground metals : ORES
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Comedy's counterpart : DRAMA
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In the center of : AMID
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Baltimore footballer : RAVEN
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California wine valley : NAPA
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World Cup cry : OLE
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Stock quotes : SHAREPRICES
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Rapper with a Harvard hip-hop fellowship named in his honor : NAS
52
140-character messages : TWEETS
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Part of E.S.T.: Abbr. : STD
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"Thar ___ blows!" : SHE
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Bygone cross-Atlantic jet, for short : SST
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"Will it play in ___?" : PEORIA
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What the first words in 17-, 29- and 48-Across are : FACEBOOKBUTTONS
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Instagram posting : PHOTO
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Derrière : REAR
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It follows a curtain-opening : ACTI
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Hunky-dory : DANDY
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Domesticated : TAME
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Where Vientiane is the capital : LAOS
Down
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Grp. that heralded Edward Snowden as a patriot : ACLU
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French kings : ROIS
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Body of water on the French/Swiss border : LAKEGENEVA
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Former "S.N.L." regular Cheri : OTERI
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Adderall target, for short : ADHD
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Japanese for "yes" : HAI
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Paintings, e.g. : ART
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Classic VW : BEETLE
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Beautiful sights at dusk : SUNSETS
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Broadcaster that relies on listener contributions : NPR
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Going ___ (fighting) : ATIT
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Designer Chanel : COCO
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Banjo's place in "Oh! Susanna" : KNEE
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"Consider it done" : WILCO
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Pizzeria fixture : OVEN
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Kuwaiti leader : EMIR
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"Seriously!" : IMEANIT
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Sports org. with divisions I, II and III : NCAA
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Nose wrinklers : ODORS
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TV journalist O'Donnell : NORAH
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Strange : ODD
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Popular chocolate-covered toffee : ALMONDROCA
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Exclamation often following "Et" : VOILA
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Range through Chile : ANDES
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"American Progress" muralist : SERT
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Alternatives to PCs : MACS
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Gibbon, e.g. : APE
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Old-time crier of "Extra! Extra!" : NEWSBOY
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Something positive on the balance sheet : ASSET
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Mexican money : PESO
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Comeback : RETORT
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Sum : TOTAL
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Bay Area law force inits. : SFPD
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Audible "LOL" : HAHA
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Supply-and-demand subj. : ECON
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Unsullied : PURE
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Wild about : INTO
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Yard sale caveat : ASIS
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When a plane is due to take off, for short : ETD
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Hawaii's Mauna ___ volcano : KEA
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Crash sound : BAM

Answer summary: 5 unique to this puzzle.

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