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TRAVELING IN CIRCLES

New York Times, Sunday, May 14, 2006

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
89-Across : Hoof handlers
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 76 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 85 for Mr. Berry. Sunday freshness: 18%
Jim Horne notes:

I love this puzzle. Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, Hannibal crosses the Alps, and so on. And, although I don't know why, at 57 Across, a chicken crosses the road.

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© 2006, The New York Times5/14/6 ( No. 20,641 )
Across
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White-collar position : PRIEST
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Big guy : BOSS
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"Did you ___?!" : EVER
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Moo goo gai pan pan : WOK
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Sonata movements : RONDOS
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Not the most reliable set of wheels : CRATE
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Little-known : UNCELEBRATED
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It surrounds the Isle of Man : IRISHSEA
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"New Look" pioneer : DIOR
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Eastern way : TAO
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Half-German/half-Indian film hero : RAMBO
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Cymbal in a drum kit : HIHAT
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3-D figures : SOLIDS
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"I hope to see London once ___ I die": "Henry IV, Part 2" : ERE
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Cognizance : KEN
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Carnegie's cronies : STEELMEN
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Comment made after jumping in a pool, maybe : BRR
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State strongly : ASSERT
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Faultfinders : NOODGES
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Throaty sound : AHEM
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Eye sockets : ORBITS
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Certain ID check : SCAN
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Cross shape : TAU
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Obstructor of congress? : CELIBACY
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___ Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent : ROSE
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Farm pitcher : HAYFORK
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"The Time Machine" race : ELOI
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Agatha and Dahlia, in P. G. Wodehouse books : AUNTS
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What this puzzle's circled spaces represent : FAMOUSCROSSINGS
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Subject of a Michelangelo sculpture : MOSES
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Westminster area : SOHO
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L. L. Bean competitor : NAUTICA
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Made fun of, in a way : APED
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Ring duo : TAGTEAM
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Hairstyling need : GEL
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2000 Elton John/Tim Rice musical : AIDA
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Fluoroscope inventor : EDISON
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Traditional Christmas Eve meal in Germany : CARP
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Drink served in a tall glass : ICEDTEA
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Hoof handlers : SHOERS
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Rtes. : RDS
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Startled cry : EEK
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Reuters competitor : UPI
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Refresher : CATNAP
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Casino fixture : ONEARMEDBANDIT
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Hunter slain by Artemis : ORION
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Gillette brand : ORALB
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"What ___ care?" : DOI
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Five or ten, say : SOME
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Unsuccessful, as a mission : ABORTIVE
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Bear in mind : CONSIDER
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Appropriate : USURP
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Blubberless marine mammals : OTTERS
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Leftmost digital watch no. : HRS
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Recycle bin fillers : CANS
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Tap sites : KEGS
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Boon to Scottish tourism : NESSIE
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Fuddy-duddy : PRUDE
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1998 De Niro thriller : RONIN
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Under a false name, briefly : INCOG
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- : EDERLE
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G : SOL
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Sleeping sickness carriers : TSETSES
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Sports ___ : BRA
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Cereal grass : OAT
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Schindler's business partner in "Schindler's List" : STERN
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Sonatas, e.g. : SEDANS
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Like some mushrooms : EDIBLE
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Florida's ___ Beach : VERO
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"Hostel" director ___ Roth : ELI
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1950 film that retells the same events four times : RASHOMON
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Mountain nymph : OREAD
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"Beauty is truth, truth beauty" writer : KEATS
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Potsherds : CROCKERY
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Passed (away) : WHILED
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"What nonsense!" : BAH
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Intersected : MET
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Grp. involved in "the Troubles" : IRA
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Flavor lender : HERB
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Ludicrous : ANTIC
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M.I.T.'s ___ School of Management : SLOAN
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Ending with defer or refer : ENCE
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"Goldberg Variations" composer : BACH
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Daughter of Uranus : RHEA
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Count : RELY
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Super-duper : SOCKO
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Big ___ : EAST
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Appeals to : SUES
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Out of sorts : MIFFED
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The place of one's fodder? : SILO
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Does a run : SKIS
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Snakes with vestigial limbs : BOAS
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Escort's offering : ARM
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Lettuce type : COS
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Country : RUSTIC
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"Son of ___!" : AGUN
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It serves many courses: Abbr. : USGA
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Juicer : SOT
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Former Hong Kong leader Tung ___ Hwa : CHEE
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Lacking sense : INANE
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One of the Bobbsey Twins : NAN
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Star followers : MAGI
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Group that includes the U.A.E. : OPEC
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Picks : SELECTIONS
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Girder with flanges : IBAR
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It may come with a gift : CARD
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- : ALPS
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Render unavailable : TIEUP
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First of all : ADAM
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Molière comedy, with "The" : MISER
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Became an item : HOOKEDUP
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Brother of Ham and Japheth : SHEM
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Honored alumni, usually : DONORS
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Rest cure destination : SPA
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Bugs that live in trees : BORERS
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Actress Merkel : UNA
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Ancient Turkish dynasty founder : SELJUK
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Mini-maps : INSETS
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Whistle wearer : COACH
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Garden spot : ARBOR
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Shabby treatment : ABUSE
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Soirees : DOS
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Pillbox quantities : DOSES
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___ ware (Japanese porcelain) : IMARI
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Clipped : TERSE
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Hot room, colloquially : OVEN
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Gilbert & Sullivan princess : IDA
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Carry with effort : LUG
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Collection agcy.? : IRS
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Took in : ATE

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

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