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New York Times, Thursday, October 12, 2006

Author:
Dave Tuller
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Sophomore
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Dave Tuller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Tuller. Thursday freshness: 81%
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© 2006, The New York Times10/12/6 ( No. 20,792 )
Across
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Coach Bill who won three Super Bowls : WALSH
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Expert : ADEPT
11
Purchaser of the Victor Talking Machine Co., 1929 : RCA
14
Subject of Filippino Lippi's "Allegory of Music" : ERATO
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Winter coat feature : LINER
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Shapiro of NPR : ARI
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"Murder in the Cathedral" playwright : ELIOT
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Interval between stimulation and response : LATENTPERIOD
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"Stay out!" : DONOTENTER
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Gist : ESSENCE
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Wine-making city of California : LODI
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Sets (on) : SICS
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Savings account : NESTEGG
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George who co-founded the N.F.L. : HALAS
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Cured salmon : LOX
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Madame ___, 1950's-60's Vietnamese figure : NHU
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Ingredient in ceramics : SILICA
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Saw about caution : ONCEBITTENTWICESHY
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"Hold on ..." : ONESEC
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Abbr. on some sheet music : ARR
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___ Moulins, Québec : LES
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Lively dance in duple meter : POLKA
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Sissies : GIRLIES
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Medical suffix : ITIS
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___ Ski Valley : TAOS
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Study of the evolution of the universe : COSMISM
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Sophomore : TENTHGRADE
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Einstein's workplace, once : PATENTOFFICE
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Like biremes : OARED
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From ___ Z : ATO
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Certain sorority women : IOTAS
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Parry : FENCE
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Ukr., once, e.g. : SSR
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Proceeded through a traffic jam, e.g. : CREPT
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Astound : FLOOR
Down
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Thistle, e.g. : WEED
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Janis's partner in the comics : ARLO
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Been in bed : LAIN
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Milkmaids' aids : STOOLS
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Cape Province native of old : HOTTENTOT
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Fine : ALLRIGHT
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Calendario unit : DIA
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International arrangements : ENTENTES
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Michael Jackson once pitched it : PEPSI
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Quite stylish, in a European way : TRESCHIC
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Pour : RAIN
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Nile critter : CROC
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Staffer : AIDE
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One might buy a bargain for this : RESALE
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Perfect : EDENIC
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Italian grandfather : NONNO
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Shine : EXCEL
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German greeting : GUTENTAG
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Stocking material : LISLE
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Certain medical symptoms : ACHES
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Reveals : SAYS
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Bow part : LOOP
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Old deprecatory term of address : SIRRAH
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Wearer of kamik boots : ESKIMO
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Serene : BEATIFIC
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Part of a driver's license procedure : WRITTENTEST
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Discontinue a connection : LOGOFF
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David, "the sweet psalmist of ___" : ISRAEL
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Supports : ISFOR
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Strike : SMITE
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Ones working with books : CPAS
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Wild ___ : OATS
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Loud speaker : STENTOR
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River of Tuscany : ARNO
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Like N.Y.C.'s Rockefeller Center : DECO
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Linda of "Jekyll & Hyde" : EDER
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Topper : CAP

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