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New York Times, Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Author:
Adam G. Perl
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Starchy fare
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Adam G. Perl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Perl. Wednesday freshness: 0%
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© 2006, The New York Times5/24/6 ( No. 20,651 )
Across
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First family member : ADAM
5
Recipe direction : CHILL
10
Wine region : ASTI
14
Utah state flower : SEGO
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Old Testament book : HOSEA
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Top name on a marquee : STAR
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Banned spray : ALAR
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Zhou ___ : ENLAI
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They're sometimes rolled : OATS
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Start of a sign in a costume store : PIRATEEARRINGS
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Result of a sack : LOSS
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"I told you!" : SEE
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Sit-ups target : ABS
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Draw back : RETREAT
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Tube top : CAP
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Pacific salmon : COHOS
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Triage areas, briefly : ERS
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Designated driver's order : SODA
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Part 2 of the sign : TWODOLLARSAPAIR
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Climbers' challenges : ALPS
44
Key preposition? : OER
45
Derbies, e.g. : RACES
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From Phila. to Va. Beach : SSW
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Superconductor? : MAESTRO
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Vietnamese port : HUE
51
"Life ___ beach" : ISA
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Starchy fare : YAMS
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End of the sign : ONLYABUCKANEAR
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The Beatles' "___ Love Her" : ANDI
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Dugout, for one : CANOE
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It may be upped : ANTE
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Nuevo ___ (state in Mexico) : LEON
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Intense feeling : ARDOR
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Mideast money : RIAL
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Rubberneck : GAWK
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Former Dodges : NEONS
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Water whirled : EDDY
Down
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P.D.Q. : ASAP
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New York's Carnegie ___ : DELI
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Lab medium : AGAR
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Story's end, perhaps : MORAL
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Poser's word : CHEESE
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"Really!" : HONEST
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Cuba, por ejemplo : ISLA
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Father of Regan : LEAR
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Place to hide : LAIR
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In unison : ASONE
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Way out West : STAGECOACH
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Body pics : TATS
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1040 org. : IRS
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Bit of statuary : TORSO
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Suffix with capital : IST
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Take the role of : ACTAS
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Some New Year's Day TV fare : BOWLS
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Place for a mannequin : SHOPWINDOW
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Brings up : REARS
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Act human? : ERR
31
Ninny : ASS
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"Till we meet again" : ADIEU
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Diagram, in a way : PARSE
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Takes too much, quickly : ODS
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Mudbath locale : SPA
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Mauna ___ : LOA
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Washington funeral orator : LEE
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It wafts : AROMA
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Indy 500 time : MAY
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Forbes 400 listee : TYCOON
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Gardeners, at times : RAKERS
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Move furtively : SLINK
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Drum kit part : SNARE
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Unpopular classification, in the 60's : ONEA
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Open ___ of worms : ACAN
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Uncovered : BARE
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Reverse : UNDO
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Geraint's woman : ENID
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Not much : ATAD
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Depend (on) : RELY
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Search for the unknown?: Abbr. : ALG

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