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New York Times, Saturday, May 28, 2005

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Across : Gift for an outdoor chef
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Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JKVZ} This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Peoples. Saturday freshness: 54%
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© 2005, The New York Times5/28/5 ( No. 20,290 )
Across
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Symbols of virtue : WHITEHATS
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Lion, in Swahili : SIMBA
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Friml operetta with the song "Indian Love Call" : ROSEMARIE
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Follow : TRAIL
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Polite turndown for desserts : IMONADIET
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Leather strips, in shoemaking : RANDS
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Preceding, informally : TIL
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Yakety-yak : GAS
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Skunk : SOANDSO
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Great deal : HEAP
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Study, with "on" : READUP
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It has a horn: Abbr. : AFR
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___ Park : ESTES
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Opening : SLOT
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Classical lecture site : STOA
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Surgical holders : STENTS
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Classic fare at a drive-in movie : BWESTERN
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Vaudeville headliner : TOPBANANA
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Gift for an outdoor chef : BBQAPRON
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Lodger : TENANT
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___ minérales : EAUX
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Go for ___ : ADIP
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Landscaper's tool : EDGER
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Running around : ADO
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Mideast money : RIYALS
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Sp. title : SRTA
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Destroyers, slangily : TINCANS
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Part of a mission statement : AIM
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QB Manning : ELI
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Rider : ADDON
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Get very drunk, in slang : HANGONEON
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Skyrocketed : LEAPT
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Precisely : ONTHENOSE
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Spiritual leaders : LAMAS
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History is written in it : PASTTENSE
Down
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Twists and turns : WRITHES
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Cozy in the extreme : HOMIEST
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Cut off : ISOLATE
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It's an honor : TEN
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Salon, e.g., informally : EMAG
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First magnitude star in Centaurus : HADAR
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Turns up : ARISES
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Binder : TIE
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Records : SETSDOWN
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Garter : STRAP
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Bit of Kurdistan : IRAN
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Order : MANDATE
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Tries to get : BIDSFOR
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Loser : ALSORAN
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Best at putting things away : OUTEAT
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Canon competitor : PENTAX
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Where Enver Hoxha ruled for 40 years : ALBANIA
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Lie to, in nautical lingo : STOP
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Spectators' sites : STANDS
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Reason to get some ice : SPRAIN
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Dagger : SNEE
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It may be waiting for an accident to happen : BODYSHOP
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Exceed by a mile : BEATALL
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"No way" : BADIDEA
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Former : QUONDAM
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Mutually accept : AGREEON
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Figure on a tax return : NETLOSS
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Neophyte : TRAINEE
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Double agents : PLANTS
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Goes on : RANTS
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Tourist guide listing : SIGHT
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Storied nightspot : COPA
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Name on a Champagne bottle : MOET
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Literary bits : ANA
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Nautical heading: Abbr. : NNE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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