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New York Times, Thursday, January 8, 2009

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
43-Across : Be prostrate
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Joe DiPietro

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 99 for Mr. DiPietro. Thursday freshness: 31%
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© 2009, The New York Times1/8/9 ( No. 21,611 )
Across
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Weakens : FADES
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Chink in the armor, say : FLAW
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Book after Joel : AMOS
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The Sorbonne, for one : ECOLE
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Jot : IOTA
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It's in a pickle : DILL
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Supermodels? : SHOOTSTARS
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Just : ONLY
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Continued drama : SERIAL
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Caboose, e.g. : END
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Make one to one, perhaps : TIE
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One who fattens up cattle? : STOCKSTUFFER
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Razz : GIBE
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Jot : WHIT
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Flapper accessory : BOA
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Legal org. : ABA
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Narnia's Aslan, e.g. : LION
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Duke's quarters? : DORMS
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Bit of advice from a tennis coach? : SERVESUGGESTION
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Bridge supports : TEETH
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Work on the street : PAVE
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Be prostrate : LIE
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Bad-mouth : DIS
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Monet's "Done!" : FINI
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Nabors role : PYLE
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45s from Count Basie and Benny Goodman? : SWINGSINGLES
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___ trick : HAT
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Monet work : OIL
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Congregation member : LAYMAN
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Final ___ : EXAM
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From gentle to steep for some playground equipment? : SLIDESCALE
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Move, in Realtor-speak : RELO
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Pounds, informally : QUID
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Spasm : THROE
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Run in place : IDLE
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Pupil of Miss Crump, on TV : OPIE
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Much-debated school subject, for short : SEXED
Down
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Come clean, with "up" : FESS
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Hurt : ACHE
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One can be shown to you : DOOR
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Nancy's aunt in Nancy Drew mysteries : ELOISE
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Go after : SETAT
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Working out just fine? : FIT
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Mauna ___ : LOA
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Still : ATREST
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"That ___ so bad" : WASNT
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Fuss : ADO
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Sage and thyme are in it : MINTFAMILY
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N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Matson : OLLIE
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More devious : SLYER
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Not too quick : SLOWISH
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"Porgy" novelist ___ Heyward : DUBOSE
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Chinese dynasty lasting eight centuries : CHOU
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Cartel leader : KINGPIN
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Kids' snow construction : FORT
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See 45-Down : GAS
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Disbeliever's comment : IBET
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Stripped : BAREDITALL
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"Come on!" : LETSGO
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Coupe ___ : DEVILLE
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Potter's purchase : SOIL
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Target for Dracula : VEIN
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The Jets, e.g. : GANG
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Once called : NEE
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Standard 28-Down purchase : FILLUP
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The id is in it : PSYCHE
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Sci-fi novelist ___ S. Tepper : SHERI
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Like some floors and legs : WAXED
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R&B singer with the hit "Thong Song" : SISQO
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Bridge positions : EASTS
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Last name in comedy : MARX
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Healing balm : ALOE
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Exigency : NEED
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Curly whacker : MOE
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Only Super Bowl won by the Jets : III
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34th U.S. pres. : DDE

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