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New York Times, Saturday, December 4, 2004

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Incense
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {FQXZ} This is puzzle # 89 for Mr. Quigley. Saturday freshness: 48%
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© 2004, The New York Times12/4/4 ( No. 20,115 )
Across
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Tiara wearer : MISSAMERICA
12
Parisian pronoun : ILS
15
Ave Maria phrase : ORAPRONOBIS
16
Neat end? : NIK
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2004 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year : LEBRONJAMES
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___ Friday's : TGI
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Japanese airline : ANA
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Cherry, e.g. : WOOD
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"Ixnay" : NOSOAP
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Romance novelist's award : RITA
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Sylvia ___, whom Sinatra once called the "world's greatest saloon singer" : SYMS
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Total : RUNTO
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"Teach not thy lip such ___": "Richard III" : SCORN
30
Railroad hub on the Mississippi : SAINTPAUL
32
Floppy top : TAM
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Whiz-bang : PRO
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Issy infinitive : ETRE
36
Incense : MAKEMAD
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Some socials : SOIREES
42
Much may follow it : INAS
43
Right call : GEE
45
Carrier to Schiphol airport : KLM
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It's lighter than air : DIRIGIBLE
49
___ living : EARNA
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Feminist Eleanor : SMEAL
54
GlaxoSmithKline brand : TUMS
56
Brand in the shaving aisle : NEET
57
"The Human Condition" author Arendt : HANNAH
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Sets (on) : SICS
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Midwest setting: Abbr. : CST
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"And another said, Is ___?": Mark 14:19 : ITI
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Dogs have prominent ones : CANINETEETH
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Corral : PEN
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Totally unhelpful answer : IHAVENOIDEA
68
F.I.C.A. funds it : SSA
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Tardy attendee's request : SAVEMEASEAT
Down
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They have more than one root : MOLARS
2
Conciliatory : IRENIC
3
Day between venerdi and domenica : SABATO
4
Part of some resort names: Abbr. : SPR
5
In ranks : AROW
6
Some old recordings : MONOS
7
Eats up : ENJOYS
8
One may show you the exit : ROADMAP
9
Notebook maker : IBM
10
Hundred, in Juárez : CIEN
11
Marshal : ASSORT
12
Chant : INTONATE
13
Binding : LIGATURE
14
Ones stuck in the snow : SKIPOLES
22
Not just your average Joe : SUPERMAN
24
Kind of well : ARTESIAN
26
Some nobility : SIRS
29
"China Beach" setting : NAM
31
Hiding place : NOOK
33
Star followers : MAGI
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Sailing center? : MIDSHIPS
37
Buoys : ANIMATES
38
Object of Vronsky's love, in literature : KARENINA
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Burden : DEBT
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Martinique, e.g. : ILE
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Hard to get : ELUSIVE
47
Gentle slope : GLACIS
48
Singer with the 2004 album "Encore" : EMINEM
50
Withdraw : RECEDE
51
Snapple alternative : NESTEA
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Besides : ATTHAT
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Something to shoot : SCENE
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Response to sarcasm : HAHA
60
Ancient gathering place : STOA
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From part of the military: Abbr. : NAV
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Cologne cooler : EIS

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