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New York Times, Saturday, April 23, 2005

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Placing restraints on
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JQWX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 73 for Mr. Berry. Saturday freshness: 60%
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© 2005, The New York Times4/23/5 ( No. 20,255 )
Across
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Statue of Liberty sculptor : BARTHOLDI
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Annual music awards group : ASCAP
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Theodore Roosevelt's first secretary of war : ELIHUROOT
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New Mexico's ___ Canyon, a national historic park site : CHACO
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Foundation supports : DONATIONS
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Time off : RANDR
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It's produced under pressure : SEDIMENTARYROCK
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Something found in specs? : LENS
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Athenian lawgiver who introduced trial by jury : SOLON
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Cockeyed : ASLANT
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Placing restraints on : CHAINING
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Hardly worth mentioning : SCANT
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Like much French writing paper : BLANC
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Place for a vet : ZOO
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Many a Monet scene : POND
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Disses : SLAMS
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Noun suffix : SION
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Bankrupt : END
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"___ in favor ..." : THOSE
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"For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love" poet : DONNE
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Toy placed over a door : NERFHOOP
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Gourmand : GORGER
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Echo, for one : OREAD
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Lap, maybe : MILE
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1984 action film originally intended to star Sylvester Stallone : BEVERLYHILLSCOP
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Auto model discontinued in 2004 : ALERO
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Afternooner : SOAPOPERA
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Flags : TIRES
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Poles, e.g. : ANTIPODES
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State bordering Bavaria : HESSE
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It determines if help is needed : MEANSTEST
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Garden divisions : BEDS
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Fleshy-leafed plant : ALOE
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Cocktail garnish : RIND
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Monarchy since 1350 : THAILAND
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Group of rude dwellings : HUTMENT
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Mysterious locale, once, with "the" : ORIENT
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Nuts : LOONS
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Cautionary note : DONT
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"Something really should be done" : ITSASHAME
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Fast-drying paint : ACRYLIC
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P.M. elected in 2001 : SHARON
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Putting on a pedestal : CANONIZING
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Kind of adapter : ACDC
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Scrapple ingredient : PORK
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Ones spotted at Ascot? : ROANS
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Summer music festival site : ASPEN
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Tea tray goodie : SCONE
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Some imported S.U.V.'s : LANDROVERS
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Catch : CLASP
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Who "knows," in a 1958 Dion & the Belmonts hit : NOONE
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Bad choice to bet on : GONER
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Nickname for director Peckinpah : BLOODYSAM
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Keel scraper : SHOAL
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Touchy subject : SORESPOT
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Bette Midler ballad : THEROSE
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Small servings : DOLLOPS
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Word in many foreign company names : FRERES
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"Frasier" actress Peri : GILPIN
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Toyota MR2 competitor : MIATA
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Shellacking : BATH
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Mario ___ of the N.B.A. : ELIE
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Perfect : HONE
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Grant : CEDE
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Diggers' discoveries : ORES
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Behind us all : PAST

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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