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New York Times, Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Author:
Kelsey Blakley
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Across : Active vocabulary?
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Kelsey Blakley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 16 Words: 77, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Blakley. Wednesday freshness: 93%
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© 2007, The New York Times11/21/7 ( No. 21,197 )
Across
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Harsh criticism : FLAK
5
Presidential middle name : ABRAM
10
Active vocabulary? : VERBS
15
Priest in an Ogden Nash verse : LAMA
16
Point a finger at : BLAME
17
It may include a cc or bcc list : EMAIL
18
"Little Shop of Horrors" dentist : ORIN
19
Consumer Reports offering : BUYERSGUIDE
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Film showing for V.I.P.'s, in the army? : PVTSCREENING
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Ludd, the original Luddite : NED
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Doctor's request : SAYAH
25
___ de Jouy (fabric) : TOILE
27
Carte blanche offer : NAMEIT
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Worked the garden : WEEDED
35
"Chances ___" : ARE
38
Use the H.O.V. lane, say : CARPOOL
40
Driver's warning : FORE
41
Big studio release, in the army? : MAJMOTIONPICTURE
44
Fit to serve : ONEA
45
Gary's home : INDIANA
46
Med. unit : TSP
47
Add to the kitty : KICKIN
49
Like many oaths : SOLEMN
51
Shapes up : TONES
53
Oktoberfest music : POLKA
57
Islands fare : POI
59
Common ticket category, in the army? : GENADMISSION
64
Means of visual communication : SMOKESIGNAL
66
Foam : HEAD
67
Queen ___ lace : ANNES
68
Bit of monkey business : PRANK
69
Give a come-hither look : OGLE
70
Quaint denial : TISNT
71
Lets up : EASES
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Get tiresome : WEAR
Down
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Lays an egg : FLOPS
2
Maggot, e.g. : LARVA
3
Cordial quality : AMITY
4
Bob Dole, by birth : KANSAN
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E.g., e.g. : ABBR
6
Smurf-colored : BLUE
7
Comic Martha : RAYE
8
Final word : AMEN
9
Scholarship criterion : MERIT
10
Meatless, informally : VEGGIE
11
Outback runner : EMU
12
Postponed, in a way : RAINEDOUT
13
Patiently wait : BIDE
14
Inuit's ride : SLED
20
Demarcation affected by warming : SNOWLINE
22
___ Canyon (Pueblo cultural area) : CHACO
26
Not right : LEFT
28
Shows with lower-priced seats, usually : MATINEES
29
Yeats's land, poetically : ERIN
30
Popular MP3 players : IPODS
31
"Pagliacci" clown : TONIO
33
Slips up : ERRS
34
Tough to fathom : DEEP
35
In a frenzied way : AMOK
36
Sari-clad royal : RANI
37
Bouncers' tasks : EJECTIONS
39
Nevada gemstone : OPAL
42
Cousin of a hammerhead : MAKO
43
Roughs it : CAMPS
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Consume : INGEST
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Standby's salvation : NOSHOW
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Take potshots : SNIPE
54
Feudal lord : LIEGE
55
"Bear" that's not a bear : KOALA
56
Florida congressman Crenshaw : ANDER
57
Jr.'s exam : PSAT
58
___ Hotels (luxury chain) : OMNI
60
Indian tourist city : AGRA
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Double-helix molecules : DNAS
62
Lippizaner's locks : MANE
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Kinds : ILKS
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Classic Mattel doll : KEN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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