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New York Times, Friday, January 7, 2011

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Fine-tuning
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JZ} This is puzzle # 105 for Mr. DiPietro. Friday freshness: 75%
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© 2011, The New York Times1/7/11 ( No. 22,340 )
Across
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Rome's ___ Choir : SISTINE
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Didn't go out : SATHOME
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Iron-deficient? : CREASED
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Subject of 2002 Senate authorization : IRAQWAR
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Unstable : RICKETY
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Going by : LAPSING
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Glycerides, e.g. : ESTERS
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Actress Mazar of HBO's "Entourage" : DEBI
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Prefix with biology : EXO
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Complaint : WHINE
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Fine-tuning : HONING
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Gambler's opening? : SLOT
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Person with dreads : RASTA
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Bust : RAID
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Privy to the gag : INONIT
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Source of the line "Midway upon the road of our life I found myself within a dark wood ..." : INFERNO
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Brief online messages : ENOTES
36
Apply with force : SLAMON
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Saber rattlers : MENACES
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Place name in 1960s TV : PEYTON
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Dom Pedro's ill-fated wife : INES
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It's probably played first : SIDEA
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P.M. counterpart : PRES
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Loud horn : KLAXON
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Stayed out? : SLEPT
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Palindromic girl : ADA
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Departure info? : OBIT
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Match venues : STADIA
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Seeks : RUNSFOR
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Better, as cuts of meat : CHOICER
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Bit of change in Cuba : CENTAVO
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Source of heat : FURNACE
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Bulk up : STOUTEN
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Bristles : SEESRED
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Pressure, metaphorically : SCREWS
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Overseas fabric spun from flax : IRISHLINEN
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Prime seating area at sporting events, maybe : SECTIONONE
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Censured : TAKENTOTASK
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French department or a river that runs through it : ISERE
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Pulls in : NETS
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Ice cream eponym : EDY
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Carriage part? : SILENTI
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Indus outlet : ARABIANSEA
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Hard-to-miss shot : TAPIN
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Command ctrs. : HQS
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Boo-boo : OWIE
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___ cat : MANX
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Consequently : ERGO
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Mohawk and others : DOS
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Lid : HAT
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It's known as "the Prairies" in Canada : GREATPLAINS
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Transcends : RISESABOVE
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Robber's target : ARMOREDCAR
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Unbroken : INONEPIECE
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Get into : DON
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Toshiba competitor : NEC
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Zipper hider : FLY
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Owner of Capitol Records and Parlophone : EMI
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Spade mashie : SIXIRON
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Cooler : PEN
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Point : DOT
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Acted rudely, in a way : STARED
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Diet : LOFAT
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Lay up : STORE
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Indirect lines : ARCS
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Puccini's "O Mimi, tu più non torni" e.g. : DUET
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___ mundi : ANNO
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Actor Andrew of 1990s TV : SHUE
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Poker legend Ungar : STU
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Ty Cobb and Willie Mays, positionally: Abbr. : CFS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.

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