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New York Times, Friday, May 29, 2009

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
31-Across : Long while
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 94 for Mr. Ross. Friday freshness: 94%
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© 2009, The New York Times5/29/9 ( No. 21,752 )
Across
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Place holder? : DIGIT
6
"Lost" category : PASTTENSE
15
Online message : ENOTE
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Equal, essentially : ASPARTAME
17
G neighbor : AFLAT
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Introducer of 45's in '49 : RCAVICTOR
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Memorable : REDLETTER
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What busy people are on : THEGO
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Ice cream mix-in : OREO
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Like some opinions : HONEST
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"In the Heights" Tony winner ___-Manuel Miranda : LIN
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Middle of the British Isles? : CENTRE
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Congregational : LAIC
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Long while : DOGSAGE
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Allied landing site of September 1943 : SALERNO
35
Derby dry-goods dealer : DRAPER
36
"Everybody Loves Raymond" Emmy winner Patricia : HEATON
37
Gets in sync : ATTUNES
39
Kennel clamor : WOOFING
40
Action figure? : DOER
41
Charcoal wood sources : ALDERS
43
Backwoods pro? : FER
44
Some are blank : STARES
45
Oracular : WISE
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Jet : SPOUT
50
Producers of some bold words : TYPEFACES
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Charlton Heston's "The Prince and the Pauper" role : HENRYVIII
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Columnist Molly : IVINS
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Homeostatic : INBALANCE
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Flat piece of paper? : LEASE
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From this moment on : ANYLONGER
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Where some sunflowers were painted : ARLES
Down
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Pops : DEAROLDDAD
2
Beneath : INFERIORTO
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Sir Francis Drake discovery of 1579 : GOLDENGATE
4
Ethnic prefix : ITALO
5
Head of Notre Dame : TETE
6
Series kickoff : PARTONE
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Way up : ASCENT
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They let people off : SPARERS
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Torah's beginning? : TAV
10
Singer of the #1 country hit "Foolish Pride" : TRITT
11
Prepare a plate, perhaps : ETCH
12
With 20-Down, kiddie-lit counterpart of Sherlock Holmes : NATE
13
Cause of a bad air day? : SMOG
14
Finnish pentathlete Lehtonen : EERO
20
See 12-Down : THEGREAT
24
Cousin of a stickleback : SEAHORSE
26
Columnist who wrote "Don't Call It Frisco," 1953 : CAEN
27
One that's stalked : LEAF
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Like 16-Across : ARTIFICIAL
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From a particular perspective : INONESENSE
30
Meetings of delegates : CONGRESSES
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Poker variety? : SPUR
34
Some July arrivals : LEOS
38
Roof work : SLATING
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Comparatively maudlin : WEEPIER
42
Picnic cooler : DRYICE
44
Parisian pen : STYLO
45
Not stick to one's guns : WAVER
46
Ayatollah, e.g. : SHIA
47
State-founding Friend : PENN
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"Walk ___" (1964 hit) : ONBY
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The Ilek is one of its tributaries : URAL
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Adidas alternative : FILA
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It'll help you make your move : VAN

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