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New York Times, Monday, April 16, 2007

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Like folks cared for by former congressman Bob?
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQUX} This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Hartman. Monday freshness: 28%
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© 2007, The New York Times4/16/7 ( No. 20,978 )
Across
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Gadabout : ROVER
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Dads' counterpart : MOMS
10
Disconcert : FAZE
14
January, in Juárez : ENERO
15
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Desertlike : ARID
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Like folks cared for by former congressman Bob? : BARRTENDED
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Telephone sound : RING
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Whichever : ANY
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Book after Joel : AMOS
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Infuriate : ENRAGE
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Use a swizzle stick : STIR
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Street urchin : WAIF
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Pollux's twin : CASTOR
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Man of steel? : CARNEGIE
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Wedding site : ALTAR
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Quick job in a barbershop : TRIM
35
Short-term worker : TEMP
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Max of "The Beverly Hillbillies" : BAER
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"___ enough!" : THATS
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Part of a judge's workload : CASE
39
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
40
Sports "zebras" : REFS
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Little Pigs' count : THREE
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Boy genius of juvenile fiction : TOMSWIFT
44
Holders of pirate treasures : CHESTS
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Sword handle : HAFT
46
Not single-sex, as a school : COED
47
Naval affirmative : AYEAYE
50
Complete flop : BOMB
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"Steady as ___ goes" : SHE
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Angel's instrument : HARP
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Like funds gathered by singer Vikki? : CARRPOOLED
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Writer Wiesel : ELIE
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Math class, in brief : TRIG
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Trap : SNARE
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Patch up : MEND
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When Romeo meets Juliet : ACTI
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Dwarfs' count : SEVEN
Down
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McEntire of country and western : REBA
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___ even keel : ONAN
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Extremely : VERY
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Do something boneheaded : ERR
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The spit in a spit roast, e.g. : ROTATOR
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Country estate : MANOR
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Bygone G.M. make : OLDS
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Screen siren West : MAE
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Pistols and such : SIDEARMS
10
Like a ball retrieved by actor Jamie? : FARRFETCHED
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Diva's delivery : ARIA
12
Get but good : ZING
13
Upper hand : EDGE
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Kuwaiti leader : EMIR
23
"Delta of Venus" writer Anaïs : NIN
24
Like clay molded by drummer Ringo? : STARRSHAPED
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Does a garçon's job : WAITS
26
Explorer Sebastian : CABOT
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Texas battle site of 1836 : ALAMO
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Geyser's emission : STEAM
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Knitting or beadwork : CRAFT
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First, second, third and reverse : GEARS
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"No more, thanks" : IMSET
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Sporting blades : EPEES
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Larceny : THEFT
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Racetrack bet : TRIFECTA
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Springsteen, to fans : THEBOSS
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Modus operandi : WAY
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Freebie : COMP
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Welsh dog : CORGI
47
"Uh ... excuse me" : AHEM
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Ivy League school : YALE
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Land of leprechauns : ERIN
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Londoner or Liverpudlian, e.g. : BRIT
51
Eastern European : SLAV
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"Kilroy was ___" : HERE
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Genesis garden : EDEN
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Path of a javelin : ARC
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White Monopoly bill : ONE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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