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New York Times, Thursday, November 23, 2000

Author:
Louis Hildebrand
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Farm implement pioneer
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
55/22/20003/5/20101
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Louis Hildebrand

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQWX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Hildebrand. Thursday freshness: 39%
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© 2000, The New York Times11/23/0 ( No. 18,643 )
Across
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Mamie Eisenhower trademark : BANGS
6
Many a turkey : TOM
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TV monitor of sorts : VCHIP
14
Walled city near Madrid : AVILA
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"___ had it!" : IVE
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Became an issue : AROSE
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Kind of battery : NICAD
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Reached : MET
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Where to see "The Last Supper" : MILAN
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Farm implement pioneer : JOHNDEERE
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Cheats at hide-and-seek : PEEKS
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Bygone Tootsie Roll price : ONECENT
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Reformer Jacob : RIIS
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Poem's final stanza : ENVOI
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Grumble : GROUSE
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Sack : CAN
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Motivation for many a pol : EGO
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Like a worker bee : NEUTER
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Innovative Chicago football coach : AMOSALONZOSTAGG
41
The Joker player, on TV : ROMERO
42
Suffix with front : IER
43
Sob syllable : HOO
44
Hi-fi component : PREAMP
45
Grumbles : CRABS
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Spanish tar : BREA
50
Rampaging : ONATEAR
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It's often stored upside-down : CANOE
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Gold rush writer : BRETHARTE
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Bailiwicks : AREAS
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Route follower : BUS
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Plato's plaza : AGORA
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Skittish move : START
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Old Testament priest : ELI
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Doc : MEDIC
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They may be in "plain" view : HERDS
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Itch : YEN
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Expert : ADEPT
Down
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A musician may pick it : BANJO
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Par ___ : AVION
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Specialty : NICHE
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Strike obliquely : GLANCE
5
Deflate, in a way : SADDEN
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"We're finished here" : TIMETOGO
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Done with : OVER
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Place for a needle : METER
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Reasons for stakes to be raised? : VAMPIRES
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Screams : CRIESOUT
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Green feature : HOLE
12
Author Dinesen : ISAK
13
Confident puzzlers' tools : PENS
21
Academy Awards prop : ENVELOPE
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Untutored : IGNORANT
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Kind of column : IONIC
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Bonneville Flats locale : UTAH
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Showy lily : SEGO
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Part of a Cartesian declaration : ERGO
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Grumble : CARP
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Archer of myth : AMOR
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Norton Sound port : NOME
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Coastal region : SEABOARD
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Airplane seat features : ARMRESTS
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Concentrates (on) : ZEROESIN
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Grand ___ island : BAHAMA
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Faked : STAGED
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Wordsworth's "Tintern ___" : ABBEY
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Eat away : ERODE
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Barely clearing, as an anchor : ATRIP
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Flinch, say : REACT
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Bills : CASH
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Funny Johnson : ARTE
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Approach : NEAR
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Reign : RULE

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

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