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New York Times, Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Author:
Levi Denham
Editor:
Will Shortz
65-Across : ___ moss
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Levi Denham

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KQZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Denham. Tuesday freshness: 21%
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© 2006, The New York Times3/21/6 ( No. 20,587 )
Across
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Place to wash up : BASIN
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Robert Burns, e.g. : SCOT
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33 1/3 and 45, for short : RPMS
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Lawn care brand : ORTHO
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Hotel waiter? : TAXI
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Flier to Tel Aviv : ELAL
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Receiver of 19.7 million votes in 1992 : PEROT
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Like birthday cakes : ICED
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Hawaii Five-O crimefighter, informally : DANO
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Time Warner subsidiary : CNN
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In addition : ALSO
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Smidgens : IOTAS
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Consideration : REGARD
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Number of service aces, e.g. : STAT
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One targeted by military police : AWOL
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Romeo, to Juliet : SUITOR
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Full complement of toes : TEN
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Hooch hound : SOT
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Drafting class supplies : RULERS
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Port on a lake of the same name : ERIE
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Units for measuring wire : MILS
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Brand of liqueur : PERNOD
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Follow, as advice : ACTON
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Parking spot for Santa : ROOF
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Pigpen : STY
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Farrier's file : RASP
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Away from the wind : ALEE
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Mentally acute : AGILE
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Any of the Bahamas : ISLE
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Web-oriented programming language : JAVA
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Cokes and Pepsis : COLAS
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___ moss : PEAT
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"You got that right!" : AMEN
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Put up : ERECT
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Jazz style : BOP
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"___ you nuts?" : ARE
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Debilitated from drugs or alcohol : STRUNGOUT
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24-hour breakfast place : IHOP
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Close : NOTFAR
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Awakens : STIRS
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Chocolate source : CACAO
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Plow pullers : OXEN
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Shipshape : TIDY
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More than popular : REDHOT
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Braid : PLAIT
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Food from heaven : MANNA
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Drudges : SLOGS
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King Cole, in a nursery rhyme : OLDSOUL
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Papal crown : TIARA
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Boorish : CRASS
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Unfamiliar with : NEWTO
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It's between Sask. and B.C. : ALB
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Any Wimbledon winner, in the tennis world : STAR
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Hooch hound : TOSSPOT
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Some modern addresses, for short : URLS
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Constant follower? : INE
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Subway entrance : TURNSTILE
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"Silas Marner" author : ELIOT
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Penniless : NEEDY
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Pickling liquid : BRINE
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Debussy's "La ___" : MER
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Young child, affectionately : MOPPET
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Wipe out : EFFACE
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"What ___!" ("Far out!") : ATRIP
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Citibank competitor : CHASE
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Wireless communication pioneer : TESLA
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Superman player : REEVE
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___ crossing : OCEAN
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Delhi prince : RAJA
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Humbug : FLAM
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Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
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Fond du ___, Wis. : LAC
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Not an exact fig. : EST

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1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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