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New York Times, Friday, February 20, 2009

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
12-Across : Knowledge base?: Abbr.
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {FJQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 40 for Ms. Gamache. Friday freshness: 89%
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© 2009, The New York Times2/20/9 ( No. 21,654 )
Across
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Aids in artful deception : WEASELWORDS
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Knowledge base?: Abbr. : SCH
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Correctly positioned : RIGHTSIDEUP
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Org. in the 1982 film "Enigma" : CIA
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Babble : INCOHERENCE
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Where people wear gowns, for short : ORS
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"The Daughter of Time" novelist : TEY
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Big Daddy player on 1950s Broadway : IVES
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Gabfest : KLATCH
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Hit : ICED
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Sink : SCUTTLE
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How Viola is disguised in "Twelfth Night" : ASAMAN
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Crude dwellings : SHANTIES
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___ of Galadriel (gift to Frodo Baggins) : PHIAL
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Go for ___ : AWALK
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"Livin' Thing" group, in brief : ELO
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Like some details : GORY
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Antigen attacker : TCELL
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Year of the last known Roman gladiator competition : CDIV
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Plot line : ARC
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Street show : RAREE
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2003 memoir of a TV executive : ROONE
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Back out? : REAREXIT
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One may be backed up : SINGER
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Wrote : SCRIBED
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Something fit to be tied? : SHOE
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Center of learning : CORTEX
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Switch : BEAT
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Followers of closings: Abbr. : PSS
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Duct opening? : OVI
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1970s-'80s sitcom put-down/catchphrase : KISSMYGRITS
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Loch ___, on the River Shannon : REE
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Recyclable : ALUMINUMCAN
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Not be on target : ERR
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Components of some alarms : HEATSENSORS
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Bailiff's concern : WRIT
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Strauss's "___ Nacht in Venedig" : EINE
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Part of 16-Across: Abbr. : AGCY
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"The Tudors" airer, briefly : SHO
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Like straight shooters : ETHICAL
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Square, in 1950s slang, indicated visually by a two-hand gesture : LSEVEN
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High on amphetamines : WIRED
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Dedicated compositions : ODES
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TV pooch : REN
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Decoy accompanier : DUCKCALL
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Cave : SPELUNK
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Pet with short legs and a hard coat, informally : SCOTTIEDOG
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Big Apple excursion operation : CIRCLELINE
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Reviews repeatedly : HASHESOVER
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Court figure: Abbr. : ATT
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Words after "if" or before "as well" : IMAY
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Slate, originally : SHALE
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Measure of a newborn's health, named for its developer : APGARSCORE
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Extension of the terms of a marine insurance policy : SHORECOVER
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American, for one : AIRCARRIER
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"Nice!" : SWEET
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Bitter : ACRID
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Wealthy Cayman Islands resident, maybe : TAXEXILE
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Juniper product : CONE
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One of Judaism's four matriarchs : REBEKAH
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It can be a stunner : RIOTGUN
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Slowing, in mus. : RIT
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Private detective Mike of Brett Halliday novels : SHAYNE
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Round of four : SEMIS
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Real-estate ad abbr. : BSMT
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___ Rivera, Calif. : PICO
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Lead : STAR
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Hyphenated IDs : SSNS
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___ sponte (of its own accord, at law) : SUA
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Real-estate ad abbr. : RMS

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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