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New York Times, Sunday, November 14, 2010

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
10-Across : Expresses disbelief
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {JQ} Scrabble average: 1.73 This is puzzle # 136 for Mr. Berry. Sunday freshness: 7%
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© 2010, The New York Times11/14/10 ( No. 22,286 )
Across
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Buggy versions, maybe : BETAS
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Big yard area : ACRE
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Expresses disbelief : PSHAWS
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"The Big Bang Theory" network : CBS
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Went beyond : OVERPASSED
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Truck driving competition : ROADEO
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Muesli tidbit : OAT
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Factors to consider while trying to sleep on a campout? : BEDROCKANDBEDROLL
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Upper mgmt. aspirant : MBA
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Superior : AONE
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You might come up for this : AIR
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Epitome of ease : ABC
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Arabian Peninsula sultanate : OMAN
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What the marshal declared the moonshiner's shed to be? : FIREWATERFIREHAZARD
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L on a T? : LARGE
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A. E. Housman's "A Shropshire ___" : LAD
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Smelted substances : ORES
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Preventive measure : BAN
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Submerge : INUNDATE
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Upper support : BRA
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Attend to a plot : GARDEN
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"Pardonnez-___!" : MOI
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Ohio State athlete who forgot his uniform? : BUCKNAKEDBUCKEYE
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Fighting fighting : ANTIWAR
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Coxswain's lack : OARS
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Relative standing : RANK
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Publishing hirees, for short : EDS
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Part of P.T.A.: Abbr. : ASSN
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From ___ Z : ATO
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Name for a persona non grata : MUD
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One who puts U in disfavor? : BRIT
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C.E.O.'s tricycle? : BIGWHEELOFBIGCHEESE
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Start over on : REDO
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Chain of life? : DNA
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Local news hour : SIX
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Keel's place : HULL
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Dudgeon : IRE
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Prologue follower : ACTI
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Request upon finishing : MORE
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As a group : ENMASSE
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Wild Bill Hickok holding his aces and eights? : DEADWOODDEADDUCK
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Spell : HEX
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Respectful bow : SALAAM
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Criminal charge : RAP
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Picture that shows you what's up? : SKYSCAPE
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Platoon members, briefly : GIS
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Competed : VIED
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Unit of current : AMP
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Places to plug in peripherals : PORTS
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Garbage receptacle that you and I insult? : TRASHCANWETRASHTALK
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Promising good things : ROSY
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Music genre prefix : ALT
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Ancient Rome's Appian ___ : WAY
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"What a shame!" : OHNO
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Rose of rock : AXL
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"That high lonesome sound," as played by Atlantic crustaceans? : BLUECRABBLUEGRASS
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Uma's "Pulp Fiction" role : MIA
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Many a Monopoly property : AVENUE
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Singer of the 2008 #1 hit "Bleeding Love" : LEONALEWIS
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Seat facing the altar : PEW
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Worked on in the lab : TESTED
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Cornerstone abbr. : ESTD
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Put up : ERECT
Down
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Rise and fall repeatedly : BOB
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Big day preceder : EVE
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Red Sox legend Williams : TED
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Call into court : ARRAIGN
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Followed the game : SPOORED
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Crooked : ASKEW
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Rebel org. : CSA
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Soprano Tebaldi : RENATA
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Went around in circles, say : EDDIED
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Opposite of post- : PRE
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Landscaper's roll : SOD
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Zimbabwe's capital : HARARE
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Pueblo structures : ADOBES
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Army-McCarthy hearings figure : WELCH
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Roman sun god : SOL
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"Borrows" peremptorily : COMMANDEERS
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Founder of Celesteville, in children's lit : BABAR
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Roadside shop : STAND
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Indication of teen stress, maybe : ACNE
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"Turn up the heat!" : BRR
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Missouri's ___ Trail : OZARK
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Common dessert ingredient : FRUIT
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Tess's literary seducer : ALEC
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Offers a few directions? : FORKS
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"Dies ___" (Latin hymn) : IRAE
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By surprise : ABACK
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City where TV's "Glee" is set : LIMA
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In a moment : ANON
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Discountenance : ABASH
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Called upon : TURNEDTO
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Fragrant cake : BAROFSOAP
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Round container : GUN
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Singer Gorme : EYDIE
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Cheeper lodging? : NEST
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Eucalyptus eater : KOALA
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Defense grp. headquartered in Belgium : NATO
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Pharmacopoeia selection : DRUG
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It bounces : BADCHECK
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Shakespearean character who says "I am not what I am" : IAGO
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Nashville-to-Memphis dir. : WSW
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Diverse : MIXED
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Composer Bartók : BELA
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Kentucky college : BEREA
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pV = nRT, to physicists : IDEALGASLAW
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Geraint's wife in "Idylls of the King" : ENID
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Aircraft, informally : BIRD
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Like a Chippendales dancer : HUNKY
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Massachusetts' state tree : ELM
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Frees (of) : RIDS
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Covered : AWASH
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Business address ender : COM
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Army of the Potomac commander, 1863-65 : MEADE
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Pool hall pro : SHARK
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Quatre + trois : SEPT
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Former union members? : EXES
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1989 Oscar-winning title role for Jessica Tandy : DAISY
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Took a card : DREW
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Census form deliverer: Abbr. : USPS
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Sequin : SPANGLE
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Crayon wielder : COLORER
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Moral standards : VALUES
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Focused : INTENT
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Fit for cultivation : ARABLE
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Invitees who didn't R.S.V.P., say : MAYBES
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Cargo vessel with no fixed route : TRAMP
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___ Hart, showgirl in "Chicago" : ROXIE
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Deliver at a farm : CALVE
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Bygone rival of Delta : TWA
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Harass nonstop : HOUND
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"Take ___ Train" : THEA
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Be up : BAT
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Ham helper : CUE
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Spectrum segment : RED
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Auction purchase : LOT
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What the sublime inspires : AWE
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Verbatim quote addendum, possibly : SIC
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J.F.K. arrival of old : SST

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

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