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New York Times, Thursday, January 13, 2005

Author:
Robert Zimmerman
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : "Look, ma, no cavities!" and others
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Robert Zimmerman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JKQZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Zimmerman. Thursday freshness: 2%
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© 2005, The New York Times1/13/5 ( No. 20,155 )
Across
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Visibly wowed : AGOG
5
Hindu noble : RANI
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Interest of Fermi : ATOM
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Teed off : SORE
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___ Bator : ULAN
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Big brand of office labels : AVERY
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Setting for a romantic dinner : TABLEFORTWO
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Roman household deities : LARES
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Plugs : ADS
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Cushion site : COUCH
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Guinness adjective : FIRST
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It may be made by a falling rock : THUD
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Microscopic menace : ECOLI
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Sunning spots : PATIOS
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Seamstress' cry upon making a mistake? : DARN
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5 Series or 6 Series : BMW
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Hick : RUBE
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Top-notch : ACES
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Manfred B. ___, half of Ellery Queen : LEE
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Uris hero : ARI
36
Key to answering 16- and 58-Across and 10- and 27-Down : TFORTWO
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Bygone polit. cause : ERA
40
Bowler : HAT
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Unwonted : RARE
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Move a little : STIR
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Smith and Gore : ALS
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Vicious : ACID
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"Look, ma, no cavities!" and others : BOASTS
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Spill : WASTE
49
Sidekick : PARD
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What water in a pail may do : SLOSH
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Uncle's heir, perhaps : NIECE
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Evil, to Yvonne : MAL
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Not wandering : TERSE
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Start of an appeal for privacy : TWOSCOMPANY
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Chips in : ANTES
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English actor Bates : ALAN
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___ Fein : SINN
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Thai money : BAHT
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Lorgnette part : LENS
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It puts on a really big show : IMAX
Down
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1934 film canine : ASTA
2
Provoke : GOAD
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Christmas bulbs, e.g. : ORBS
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Salon supply : GEL
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Red-haired : RUFOUS
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Not sotto voce : ALOUD
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Pusher's foe : NARC
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Red-handed : INTHEACT
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Be useful : AVAIL
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Difficult stage : TERRIBLETWOS
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Some rocks : ORES
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Classic computer game : MYST
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Royal grandfather of Spain's Juan Carlos : ALFONSO
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She loved Narcissus : ECHO
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Secure : TIE
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Pilot with flight attendants : CREW
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European capital, to natives : PRAHA
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Of sound : AURAL
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Quarter's value : TWOBITSWORTH
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Adventured : DARED
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Kind of raise : MERIT
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Has on : WEARS
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Bad-mouths : TRASHES
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Datum : FACT
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Rug choice : ORIENTAL
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Elegiac : SAD
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Kevin and Francis : BACONS
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Provo neighbor : OREM
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It's a plus : ASSET
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Pie choice : PECAN
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Stick : STAB
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Olin of "Chocolat" : LENA
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Skye, for one : ISLE
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Wing, say : MAIM
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Poet Akhmatova : ANNA
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Big cat : LYNX
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Inflation measure?: Abbr. : PSI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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