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New York Times, Monday, October 1, 2012

Author:
Susan Gelfand
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
20-Across : Second first lady
TotalDebutLatest
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.695035%
Susan Gelfand

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {PQW} This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Gelfand. Monday freshness: 71%
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M
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E
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C
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C
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A
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R
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A
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J
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A
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S
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A
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B
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E
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A
T
L
A
S
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A
L
A
S
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N
O
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S
C
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F
L
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F
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B
S
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G
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D
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M
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R
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O
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L
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S
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A
L
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V
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N
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Y
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H
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R
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I
R
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S
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Y
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A
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L
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A
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N
A
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K
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N
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M
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T
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S
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O
R
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R
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H
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A
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H
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E
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V
L
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D
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C
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N
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Z
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M
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M
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T
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H
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J
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H
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N
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O
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S
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O
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E
A
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G
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B
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E
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S
L
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© 2012, The New York Times10/1/12 ( No. 22,973 )
Across
1
Muslim pilgrim's destination : MECCA
6
Indian prince : RAJA
10
Kemo ___ : SABE
14
Map collection : ATLAS
15
"'Tis a pity" : ALAS
16
Shortly, to a poet : ANON
17
Bloodhound's trail : SCENT
18
Move like a butterfly : FLIT
19
Watch chains : FOBS
20
Second first lady : ABIGAILADAMS
23
Daydream : REVERIE
25
Doctorate grillings : ORALS
27
Declare : AVER
28
American Dance Theater founder : ALVINAILEY
32
Mister : English :: ___ : German : HERR
33
Part of the eye around the pupil : IRIS
34
Football field units: Abbr. : YDS
35
Oscar-winning actor for "Little Miss Sunshine" : ALANARKIN
40
K2 and Kilimanjaro: Abbr. : MTS
43
Pitcher Hershiser : OREL
44
Prefix with dynamic : AERO
48
Tennis champion with a stadium named after him : ARTHURASHE
52
___ the Impaler : VLAD
53
Largest asteroid in the solar system : CERES
54
Digestion aids : ENZYMES
56
Achieved great fame ... or what 20-, 28-, 35- and 48-Across did? : MADETHEALIST
60
Erica who wrote "Fear of Flying" : JONG
61
Winter frost : HOAR
62
___ Circus (ancient Roman stadium) : NEROS
65
Ye ___ Shoppe : OLDE
66
Part of the U.S. that's usually first with election returns : EAST
67
Some Scots : GAELS
68
One giving orders : BOSS
69
Alimony givers or receivers : EXES
70
Precipitation around 32 degrees : SLEET
Down
1
Pas' mates : MAS
2
Catchall abbr. : ETC
3
Butcher's knife : CLEAVER
4
Down Under capital : CANBERRA
5
Up and about : ASTIR
6
San ___, Calif. : RAFAEL
7
"That's ___ ask" : ALLI
8
First corner after "Go" in Monopoly : JAIL
9
Dashiell Hammett hound : ASTA
10
African big-game hunt : SAFARI
11
Deviation from the standard : ANOMALY
12
Winter Olympics vehicle : BOBSLED
13
Officer on a PT boat: Abbr. : ENS
21
Actress Scala : GIA
22
"___ say!" : DOASI
23
Cheerleader's cheer : RAH
24
Garden of Eden woman : EVE
26
The "S" of GPS: Abbr. : SYS
29
Lab containers : VIALS
30
Like the verb "be" in many languages: Abbr. : IRR
31
Suffix with no-good : NIK
36
No-good sort : LOUSE
37
Airport info: Abbr. : ARR
38
Grant-giving org. : NEA
39
Special Operations warrior : NAVYSEAL
40
PC alternative : MAC
41
Vibrating effect : TREMOLO
42
Leaves high and dry : STRANDS
45
Target for a certain bark beetle : ELMTREE
46
Comic Charlotte : RAE
47
Gets too high, for short? : ODS
49
Property dividers that may need clipping : HEDGES
50
Card game for romantics? : HEARTS
51
Photo lab abbr. : ENL
55
Witty put-downs : ZINGS
57
"My country, 'tis of ___" : THEE
58
April 1 news story, maybe : HOAX
59
Comfort : EASE
60
Occupation : JOB
63
Corrida cheer : OLE
64
Across-the-Atlantic flier of old, briefly : SST

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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