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New York Times, Saturday, November 15, 2003

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Early 19th-century invention named after a Scottish engineer
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Berry. Saturday freshness: 24%
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© 2003, The New York Times11/15/3 ( No. 19,730 )
Across
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Like William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy : JEWISH
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Facing : TOWARDS
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Showed : EVINCED
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Mental pictures : IMAGERY
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Its logo is a rearing horse : FERRARI
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Early 19th-century invention named after a Scottish engineer : MACADAM
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Sponge : FREELOADER
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Puts out, say : TAGS
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Craft : VESSEL
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Make one : WED
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Neuwirth who won a Tony for "Chicago" : BEBE
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Bills : CASH
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Mag. subscription units : MOS
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One up at all hours? : ETERNALOPTIMIST
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1954 Akira Kurosawa classic : THESEVENSAMURAI
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Become the focus : TAKECENTERSTAGE
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Plymouth-to-London dir. : ENE
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Plymouth Reliant, for one : KCAR
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Some home-brew : ALES
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1997 U.S. Open winner : ELS
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Frank : HONEST
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"Holy moly!" : YIPE
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Noted Chopin compositions : POLONAISES
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Certain electrode : EMITTER
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Hotel room furniture : ARMOIRE
57
Boastful wannabe : TINHORN
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Popular baked confection that originated in Chattanooga : MOONPIE
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Stage persona : INGENUE
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Egypt's Lake ___ : NASSER
Down
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Diminutive Bud Fisher cartoon character : JEFF
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"Boy, do I ___!" : EVER
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Conductor : WIRE
4
Ready to go back : INREVERSE
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Nothing special paywise : SCALE
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Subs : HEROS
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Having an extended opening? : TIMELAPSE
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"Lion of the Desert" role : OMAR
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"Never Wave at a ___" (1952 film comedy) : WAC
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Rock with bands : AGATE
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Butterfly whose larvae feed on nettles : REDADMIRAL
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Downer : DRAG
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Sylvia of jazz : SYMS
15
Calendario parts : DIAS
20
Liberalize : DECONTROL
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Inexplicable impulses : WHIMS
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Noted Davis : BETTE
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Novelist Canin : ETHAN
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Occupation involving many workers : BEEKEEPING
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Common flag symbol : STAR
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___ orange : OSAGE
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Farm structures : STIES
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Sunburn sites : NECKS
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Paul Valéry's "La soirée ___ M. Teste" : AVEC
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Cotton Club notable : LENAHORNE
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Evolutionary shifts : MUTATIONS
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River of Hades : LETHE
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Hebrew name meaning "sweetness" : NOAM
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Bad company? : ENRON
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The Navigator Islands, today : SAMOA
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Elusive subject : YETI
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"Sounds good to me!" : IMIN
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Conquistador's locale : PERU
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Tastes : SIPS
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Fort ___, Ont. : ERIE
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Vision expert : SEER
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Lot : TON

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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