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New York Times, Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Author:
Kevan Choset
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Western edge of the Pacific Rim
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Kevan Choset

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQ} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Choset. Tuesday freshness: 64%
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© 2007, The New York Times4/10/7 ( No. 20,972 )
Across
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Say "thay," e.g. : LISP
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"Say good night, ___" : GRACIE
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Land in la mer : ILE
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Western edge of the Pacific Rim : ASIA
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A lot of summer TV : RERUNS
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Buck's mate : DOE
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Beatles girl "filling in a ticket in her little white book" : RITA
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Rooster alternative? : ALARMCLOCK
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Fantastic comics hero! : INCREDIBLEHULK
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From ___ Z : ATO
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Tennis do-over : LET
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Elevate : EXALT
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Marisa of "My Cousin Vinny" : TOMEI
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Addict : USER
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Afternoon event : TEA
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Items worn with shorts : TSHIRTS
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Crafts' partner : ARTS
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Excellent novel title character! : GREATGATSBY
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Once-in-a-blue-moon : RARE
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Smokey's tag : THEBEAR
41
Blood-typing letters : ABO
42
Monopoly card : DEED
43
2006 Brad Pitt film that was a Best Picture nominee : BABEL
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Interest piquer : PROMO
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Horizontally: Abbr. : ACR
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Like Chopin's "Tristesse" étude : INE
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Stupendous mentalist! : AMAZINGKRESKIN
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French vacation spot : THERIVIERA
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Smokes : CIGS
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Crew need : OAR
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"Later" : NOTNOW
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"This one's ___" : ONME
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Parliament V.I.P.s : PMS
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Golf course features : GREENS
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Spanish aunts : TIAS
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Rodeo need : LARIAT
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Likes : ISINTO
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"Cheers," for one : SITCOM
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Carson's predecessor : PAAR
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Steepness : GRADE
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Sparked anew : RELIT
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Elegant horse : ARAB
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See 12-Down : CURL
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"By the power vested ___ ..." : INME
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Dutch artist noted for optical illusions : ESCHER
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Second Commandment prohibition : IDOLATRY
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Small 8-Down of hair : LOCKLET
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Cry upon seeing a property tax bill, maybe : EEK
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Unilever soap brand : LUX
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Beethoven wrote for her : ELISE
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Profs' helpers : TAS
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To be, in Brest : ETRE
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Goaded : URGED
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Stick with a knife : STAB
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Villa d'___ : ESTE
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Abhor : HATE
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Spillane's "___ Jury" : ITHE
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Magician's start : ABRA
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Show dog workers : GROOMERS
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Buffalo N.H.L.er : SABRE
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Mos Def's music : RAP
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Patriarch of Judaism : ABRAHAM
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Asleep for a while : DOZING
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Kind of wax : BIKINI
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Riddle : ENIGMA
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Monocles, basically : LENSES
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Disfigure : MAR
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Ohio city where Alcoholics Anonymous was founded : AKRON
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Animal stomachs : CRAWS
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Actor Novello : IVOR
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Nick at ___ : NITE
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Trait carrier : GENE
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Sean Connery, e.g. : SCOT
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Vertex : TOP

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