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New York Times, Monday, October 2, 2006

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : Pointed, as a gun
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 103 for Mr. Estes. Monday freshness: 76%
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© 2006, The New York Times10/2/6 ( No. 20,782 )
Across
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"Mutiny on the Bounty" captain : BLIGH
6
Half a McDonald's logo : ARCH
10
Blend : STIR
14
Anouk of "La Dolce Vita" : AIMEE
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Mineral in transparent sheets : MICA
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"Told you I could do it!" : TADA
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1944 Judy Garland movie : MEETMEINSTLOUIS
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Feathery scarves : BOAS
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Magazine revenue source : ADS
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Soda can opener : POPTOP
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Gets on the nerves of : ANNOYS
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Mideast leaders : EMIRS
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Marsh plant : REED
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Facing trouble : INDUTCH
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With 45-Across, 1993 Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movie : SLEEPLESS
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Aerosol : SPRAY
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Krazy ___ of the comics : KAT
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Jamboree participant : SCOUT
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Going way back, as friends : OLD
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Dog collar attachment : IDTAG
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See 33-Across : INSEATTLE
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Hits the roof : SEESRED
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Morales of "N.Y.P.D. Blue" : ESAI
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Pointed, as a gun : AIMED
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Mild aftershock : TREMOR
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"Oh my heavens!" : DEARME
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Luau instrument, informally : UKE
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Nickelodeon's ___ the Explorer : DORA
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2000 Richard Gere/Winona Ryder movie : AUTUMNINNEWYORK
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Russia's ___ Mountains : URAL
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Early Bond foe : DRNO
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Spine-chilling : EERIE
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Portend : BODE
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Twist, as findings : SKEW
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Utopias : EDENS
Down
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"La ___," 1959 hit : BAMBA
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Rest atop : LIEON
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"To put it another way ..." : IMEAN
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Become peeved : GETSORE
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Skirt edge : HEM
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Surrounded by : AMID
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Step after shampooing : RINSE
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Syringe amts. : CCS
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Millinery accessory : HATPIN
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Clogs, as a drain : STOPSUP
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Drawn tight : TAUT
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Prefix with -syncratic : IDIO
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Hoarse voice : RASP
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Flip chart holders : EASELS
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The ___ Prayer : LORDS
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"You betcha!" : YEP
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Apply incorrectly : MISUSE
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Make up one's mind : DECIDE
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Gait between walk and canter : TROT
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Ring up : CALL
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Jekyll's bad side : HYDE
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Slaloms : SKIS
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Stow, as cargo : LADE
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Suffix with cigar : ETTE
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Prince, to a king : SON
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Exam taker : TESTEE
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Generally speaking : ASARULE
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Brother with a fairy tale : GRIMM
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Swiss river to the Rhine : AAR
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Like some Grateful Dead fans' attire : TIEDYED
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Corrects : EMENDS
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Irene of "I Remember Mama" : DUNNE
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Poet Clement C. ___ : MOORE
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Sen. Hatch : ORRIN
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Does fall yard work : RAKES
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Apply carelessly, as paint : DAUB
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Continental coin : EURO
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Not much : ATAD
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Have down pat : KNOW
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Vex : IRK
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Minuscule : WEE

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