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New York Times, Saturday, May 15, 2004

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Across : In one's Sunday best
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 Minimum word length: 4 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 57%
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© 2004, The New York Times5/15/4 ( No. 19,912 )
Across
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Camper's food warmer : COOKPOT
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River to Lake Huron : STMARYS
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Barely cook, say : UNDERDO
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"The little flower of Jesus" : THERESA
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Not as warm : STONIER
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Handled better? : RENAMED
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Tangelo, e.g. : PORTMANTEAUWORD
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Dogs were sacred to him : ARES
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In one's Sunday best : GUSSIEDUP
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Conspirator against Caesar : CASCA
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Joining : OPTINGIN
34
Take a mortar and pestle to : MASHUP
35
Sneaker seller : FOOTLOCKERSTORE
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Out, in a way : ONLOAN
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Dwell on negatively : FRETOVER
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Not fair : RAINY
40
Roadblocks : HINDERERS
41
Thus, in Trieste : COSI
42
Weirded-out feeling : CASEOFTHECREEPS
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Not hard to get on with : AMIABLE
54
Former Italian colony : ERITREA
55
Appellate order : RETRIAL
56
Pitcher Randy Johnson's power source : LEFTARM
57
Appliance conveniences : PRESETS
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Babe : SWEETIE
Down
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Astrological transition point : CUSP
2
"___ victory!" : ONTO
3
It may elicit a funny face : ODOR
4
North Dakota senator Conrad : KENT
5
Governessy : PRIM
6
Music halls : ODEA
7
Spinning out of control? : TORNADIC
8
"The River Wild" star, 1994 : STREEP
9
World Series champs, 1972-74 : THEAS
10
Some blackboard writing : MENU
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Get ___ deal : ARAW
12
San ___ : REMO
13
Scene of heavy W.W. I fighting : YSER
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D.W.I. opposers : SADD
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Swimmer with a boxlike body : TRUNKFISH
22
Like : GOFOR
23
"Once ___ midnight ..." : UPONA
24
Bar brand, briefly : STOLI
25
Suppress : SITON
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Decorative work : INLAY
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Expressionist Schiele : EGON
28
Queens, workers or soldiers : CASTE
29
"The Maltese Falcon" actress : ASTOR
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Treat rudely, in a way : SHOVE
31
Good doctor : CURER
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Parrots : APERS
34
Bamboo Harvester "played" him : MRED
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Sports figure nicknamed "the Big Easy" : ERNIEELS
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They have their reservations : HOTELS
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B another way : CFLAT
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Beef : CARP
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New World abbr. : AMER
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Launch ___ : SITE
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C.B. equipment, to a C.B.'er : EARS
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Play honor : OBIE
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Work detail : CREW
48
Overrun : RIFE
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Room add-on? : ETTE
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"Sicut ___ in principio" (doxology phrase) : ERAT
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Beautiful fairylike being : PERI
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Very : SAME

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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