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New York Times, Saturday, November 19, 2005

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
58-Across : Its capital was once Gondar
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {CKQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 85%
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© 2005, The New York Times11/19/5 ( No. 20,465 )
Across
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Pudding content? : THEPROOF
9
Unlikeliest to be bought : LAMEST
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Smoothly added throughout : WOVEINTO
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Emmy winner for "Tuesdays With Morrie" : AZARIA
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Costume party comment : OHITSYOU
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Houses named for a house : TUDORS
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Medieval fighter : POLEAXER
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Prepares the board : ERASES
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Relig. title : MSGR
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Former Argentine president Carlos : MENEM
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Ribbonlike marine plant : EELGRASS
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Place close to Sundance : ETTA
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Decorate, as a pumpkin : HANDPAINT
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Employ : EXERT
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One vote in the European Union : OUI
36
Inflatable exercise aid : GYMBALL
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Y beneficiary : SON
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Where the Germans sank their own freighter, the Antilla, in W.W. II : ARUBA
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Signals : MOTIONSTO
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Latin for "scraped" : RASA
44
___ Springfield (town eponym on "The Simpsons") : JEBEDIAH
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Heavy footsteps : THUDS
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O and W, e.g. : MAGS
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Mustang braking system? : LASSOS
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Stymie the feds, in a way : LAWYERUP
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"How could you say such a thing?!" : IMHURT
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Its capital was once Gondar : ETHIOPIA
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System of continuous revolution : MAOISM
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From the bottom of one's heart : DEEPFELT
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Prince Siegfried's love, in ballet : ODETTE
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Unchains : SETSFREE
Down
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Soap slot, maybe : TWOPM
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Rolled snacks : HOHOS
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Professor Moriarty, for one : EVILGENIUS
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Diminished, with "out" : PETERED
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Laughter, in La Mancha : RISA
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It might make a cameo appearance : ONYX
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Oklahoma people : OTOE
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Vehicles used by pushers : FOURMANBOBSLEDS
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Gets dark : LATENS
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"Main" color in "Rule, Britannia" : AZURE
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1966 Lana Turner melodrama : MADAMEX
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London statue originally called the Shaftesbury Monument : EROS
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Beget : SIRE
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Red ink source? : TASS
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It may be planned : ESTATE
25
Evian Masters org. : LPGA
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John who wrote "She who has never lov'd, has never liv'd" : GAY
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Having an edge : RIMMED
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"Tender Mercies" actress : TESSHARPER
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Bring (out) : TROT
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Chem. datum : ATNO
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Cold cover : HOAR
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A celebrity might be bathed in one : AURA
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Vegetarian people of fiction : ELOI
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Maximum : LID
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Wayne duds : BATSUIT
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Enumerate : NAMEOFF
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"No one else" : JUSTME
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German president Köhler : HORST
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Trait of Iago : GUILE
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Rush : SPATE
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Bar locale : LIMO
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"Diary of ___ Black Woman" (2005 film) : AMAD
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Dealing box, in blackjack : SHOE
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Have down to ___ : ATEE
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Stimulate : WHET
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Sounds at pounds : YIPS

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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