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New York Times, Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Author:
H. David Goering
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Across : Warming periods
TotalDebut
17/31/2013
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H. David Goering

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {BJQVZ} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Goering. Wednesday freshness: 73%
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© 2013, The New York Times7/31/13 ( No. 23,276 )
Across
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Term of address from a hat-tipper : MAAM
5
Changes channels rapidly : SURFS
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Bumps off : ICES
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Periodic table fig. : ATNO
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Staircase sound : CREAK
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Learn by ___ : ROTE
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Roe source : SHAD
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Delhi language : HINDI
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Madeline who played Lili Von Shtupp : KAHN
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Southern town whose name is the longest example of 52-Across [on the left] : SWEETWATERTEXAS
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Words on either side of "what" : IAM
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Satisfied sigh : AAH
25
Muhammad's resting place : MEDINA
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Pats down : FRISKS
28
Request to a barber : TRIM
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"___ to mention ..." : NOT
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Like yesterday's bagels : STALE
32
Stockyard bellows : MOOS
33
Get an eyeful : OGLE
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Midwest town whose name is the longest example of 52-Across [on the right] : UNIONOHIO
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Disney World conveyance : TRAM
40
Leaf support : STEM
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Warming periods : THAWS
45
"Death Becomes ___" : HER
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Oaf : CLOD
47
Female TV dog whose portrayers were all male : LASSIE
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Where Yeltsin ruled : RUSSIA
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Be indisposed : AIL
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Pod item : PEA
52
See 20- and 34-Across : ONEHANDEDTYPING
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Alaska ZIP code starter : NINE
57
Courageous one : DARER
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Department : AREA
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List-ending abbr. : ETAL
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Become one on the run : ELOPE
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Fresh-mouthed : PERT
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"___-starter" (résumé cliché) : SELF
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Some score marks : RESTS
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Derry derrière : ARSE
Down
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Mountainous expanses : MASSIFS
2
Crosswise : ATHWART
3
Result of iron deficiency, to a Brit : ANAEMIA
4
Manner of doing : MODE
5
Start and end of 3-Down, phonetically : SCHWAS
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Scheming Heep : URIAH
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Not buy, say : RENT
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Lose brilliance : FADE
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Minor battle : SKIRMISH
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Ticked off : IRKED
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Persuading by flattery : COAXING
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Biofuel option : ETHANOL
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Able to see, hear, etc. : SENSATE
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End of a seat seeker's query : TAKEN
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Pro ___ : TEM
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Candidate for urban renewal : SLUM
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Moderated, with "down" : TONED
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Leeway : ROOM
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Sleuth played by Lorre : MOTO
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Reactions to fireworks : OOHS
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Hawaiian, e.g. : ISLANDER
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An original eurozone member : ITALY
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Bathroom fixtures, slangily : THRONES
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Get back together : REUNITE
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Weapons stockpile : ARSENAL
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Ambitious one : ASPIRER
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The "pigs" in pigs in blankets : WIENERS
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Channel to the ocean : SEAGATE
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Org. in "Argo" : CIA
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Petrol measures : LITRES
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Library unit : SHELF
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Like a whiz : ADEPT
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Hill's opposite : DALE
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Bow-toting god : EROS
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___ John's (Domino's competitor) : PAPA

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

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