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New York Times, Friday, October 28, 2005

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : Shake alternative
TotalDebutLatest
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {QWZ} This is puzzle # 139 for Ms. Gorski. Friday freshness: 73%
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J
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A
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M
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A
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I
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C
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N
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H
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O
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O
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D
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C
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R
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K
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N
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Y
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O
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M
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O
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F
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C
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S
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Y
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A
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M
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A
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N
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S
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B
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A
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L
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T
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D
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C
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R
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S
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© 2005, The New York Times10/28/5 ( No. 20,443 )
Across
1
Where Patrick Ewing was born : JAMAICA
8
Jalapeño-topped snack : NACHOS
14
Raising hell : ONATEAR
15
Parry : DEFLECT
16
Get out of shape? : CONTORT
17
Tranquilizer : RELAXER
18
Little butter? : KID
19
Got a feel for, in a way : HEFTED
21
Counter offer : SALE
22
Denial : NAY
24
Wonder-full sounds : OOHS
25
Kind of PC command : MSDOS
26
Pet dog at Camp Swampy : OTTO
27
Giotto and others : FRESCOISTS
29
Splitting words : SEEYA
31
Jacques Chirac and Grover Cleveland, once : MAYORS
32
Peripherals : ADDONS
34
Rosetta stone composition : BASALT
38
Salt, sometimes : DEICER
42
Desi's daughter : LUCIE
43
Portrays precisely : DELINEATES
47
Grammy-nominated Franklin : ERMA
48
An admission of guilt : ILIED
49
Actor Willard of "The Color Purple" : PUGH
50
___ Canals : SOO
51
Shake alternative : MALT
52
Patterned fabrics : MOIRES
54
Certain dama: Abbr. : SRA
56
Staked out, say : SPIEDON
58
Apt to snap back? : ELASTIC
60
They may be required to get in : USERIDS
61
Supermarket checkout staple : TVGUIDE
62
Pickles : MESSES
63
Soul-searching sessions? : SEANCES
Down
1
Enthusiast, informally : JOCK
2
Divinely chosen : ANOINTED
3
Ruled : MANDATED
4
Counselor: Abbr. : ATT
5
The "I" in I. M. Pei : IEOH
6
Mailing label words : CAREOF
7
Medium : ARTFORM
8
Sine qua non : NEED
9
The Titans were in it: Abbr. : AFL
10
Sociological study : CLASSISSUES
11
Series of six : HEXADS
12
Leopardus pardalis : OCELOT
13
Cause of some fractures : STRESS
15
Fancy : DRESSY
20
Hedda's schoolmate in "Hedda Gabler" : THEA
23
Frequent losers and gainers : YOYODIETERS
25
Storybook ending, sometimes : MORAL
26
Costa Rica's ___ Peninsula : OSA
28
Ear part : COB
30
Put ___ to : ANEND
33
Prussian pronoun : SIE
35
Psalm 119, e.g. : ACROSTIC
36
Trip in a tux, maybe : LIMORIDE
37
Picker-upper : TEA
39
Some roasters : CAPONS
40
Holder of notions : ETUI
41
"Sorry!" : REGRETS
43
Chinatown chow choice : DIMSUM
44
Go by : ELAPSE
45
Monet subject : LILIES
46
Table : SHELVE
52
Fashionable group : MODS
53
It takes quite a while to tell : SAGA
55
Components of good deals : ACES
57
Randomizer : DIE
59
Star : SUN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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