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PERJURY

New York Times, Sunday, October 19, 2008

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
85-Across : Kitties
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 70 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 98 for Mr. DiPietro. Sunday freshness: 63%
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© 2008, The New York Times10/19/8 ( No. 21,530 )
Across
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Titles for some monks : DOMS
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Litter unit : PUP
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Wind with a wide range : OBOE
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Fashion : CREATE
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Tony's cousin : OBIE
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Paul Anka's "___ Beso" : ESO
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"Too rich for my blood" : IMOUT
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Carbohydrate-binding protein : LECTIN
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Be fooled : GETTAKEN
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Is completely hamstrung : CANTDOATHING
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Cold sufferer's complaint : MYTHROATHURTS
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Completely cover : LIEOVER
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Fool : ASS
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Contradict : BELIE
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Stream bank sliders : OTTERS
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Mad workers: Abbr. : EDS
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Old printing process, for short : ROTO
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Big bore : YAWNER
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And more: Abbr. : ETC
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Musical set in Berlin : CABARET
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Dept. head : MGR
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Stomach section : PIT
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Way off : AFAR
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Ballet's Markova or Alonso : ALICIA
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"WarGames" org. : NORAD
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Photographer's request, maybe : BIGSMILE
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Opposite of comico- : SERIO
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Part-time players : SEMIPROATHLETES
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Some playground shoes : KEDS
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Cut : HEW
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Confines : PURLIEU
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Cooking meas. : TSP
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Phlegmatic : STOIC
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Public persona : IMAGE
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Hospital procedure, for short : ANGIO
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IV to III, maybe : SON
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Part of a bedroom suite : DRESSER
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Pigskin pickoff: Abbr. : INT
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Little bits : DABS
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Title of some 2004 Summer Olympics preview shows : THEROADTOATHENS
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"O.K., play!" : HITIT
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Not quite boiling : ONSIMMER
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Security agreements : LIENS
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Spanish Harlem grocery : BODEGA
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Kitties : POTS
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Double ___ : DIP
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Have a date, say : EAT
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It's not a silk purse source, it's said : SOWSEAR
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Tennis center? : ENS
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Cousin of "Voilà!" : PRESTO
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Mixed bag : OLIO
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You may have a nightcap when you're in these : PJS
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Like some salons : UNISEX
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Platform introduced in 1981 : MSDOS
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1969 Nabokov novel : ADA
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Certain feeds for horses : OATHAYS
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Atlantic City casino : SHOWBOATHOTEL
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Perjure oneself ... or what can be found six times in this puzzle : LIEUNDEROATH
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Batted the ball too high, perhaps : FLIEDOUT
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Punish by fining : AMERCE
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Cast iron, e.g. : ALLOY
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"Yes" : AYE
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Victim of Pizarro : INCA
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Lessee : RENTER
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Ominous time of old : IDES
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___ gestae : RES
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Poetic adverb : NEER
Down
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Inflexible teaching : DOGMA
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Toes the line : OBEYS
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Catcher's collection : MITTS
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Clockmaker ___ Thomas : SETH
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Sri Lankan export : PEKOETEA
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Wear out, potentially : USEALOT
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Producer who discovered and married Loren : PONTI
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Poet known as "the Tentmaker" : OMAR
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High society : BONTON
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Make greater strides than : OUTSTEP
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LAX listing: Abbr. : ETD
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Eau ___ : CLAIRE
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Opportunity to go beyond the first grade? : RETEST
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Come back : ECHO
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Suffix with form or inform : ATIVE
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Like forks : TINED
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Many Rice grads: Abbr. : ENGRS
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Hosp. area : ICU
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Kind of rice used in risotto : ARBORIO
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Hooray for Jorge : OLE
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Child's attention-getting call to a parent : HEYMOM
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Like some customs : TRIBAL
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Bigot, of a sort : RACIST
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Prefix with business : AGRI
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Cast events after filming is done : WRAPPARTIES
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Showed up : CAME
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Wine vessel : CASK
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How a ship may be turned : ALEE
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Cardinal's residence : BIRDSNEST
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Some Venetian Renaissance paintings : TITIANS
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Be perfect : FITTOATEE
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They're often drawn : ALES
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Defendant in court: Abbr. : RESP
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Fresh : NEW
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Slip a Mickey to : DRUG
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Belgian treaty site : GHENT
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It doesn't really represent change : SLUG
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Left : SECEDED
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Nugget holder : ORE
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Distiller ___ Walker : HIRAM
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1960s baseball All-Star Blue Moon ___ : ODOM
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Cousin of equi- : ISO
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Square ___ : MEAL
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Reply to "You couldn't have!" : IDIDSO
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Pull up : STOP
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Cry of exasperation : OHNO
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Loses one's shirt? : STRIPS
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Ties : INS
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New York City racetrack, informally : BIGA
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Macy's logo : STAR
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Surge : RISE
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2006 N.B.A. champs : HEAT
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Put away, in a way : ENTOMB
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Concerned wife's question in the E.R., maybe : HOWISHE
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Western wear : BOLOTIES
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Like a home that's no risk to the builder : PRESOLD
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Soap-making solution : SODALYE
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Subtlety : NUANCE
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Former late-night TV host : SNYDER
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Blow out : EXHALE
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___ opposite : POLAR
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Longtime Philippine archbishop ___ Sin : JAIME
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One of the Dutch Masters : STEEN
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Suffix with vapour : ISE
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As yet : SOFAR
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Priest's urging : ATONE
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Two for some hand holders : DEUCE
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Preacher's post : ALTAR
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Offended : HURT
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Siouan people : OTOS
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Rationale : WHY
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Ruler of the Aesir : ODIN
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Italy's equivalent of the BBC : RAI

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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