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New York Times, Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Author:
Sarah Keller
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Suburban gathering place
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111.5115617%
Sarah Keller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BGJQVX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 39 for Ms. Keller. Tuesday freshness: 4%
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© 2007, The New York Times5/8/7 ( No. 21,000 )
Across
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French girlfriend : AMIE
5
Karate strokes : CHOPS
10
Laugh uproariously : HOWL
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Suburban gathering place : MALL
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Capital of Vietnam : HANOI
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Song for Dame Nellie Melba : ARIA
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One not taking just a few classes : FULLTIMESTUDENT
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Catholic prayer book : MISSAL
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Avoid contact with : SHUN
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Lines of praise : ODE
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401, in Roman times : CDI
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Many a sword-and-sandals film : EPIC
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Magazine with the recurring heading "Onward and Upward With the Arts," with "The" : NEWYORKER
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Comedian Fields : TOTIE
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Eight: Sp. : OCHO
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Snakelike fish : EEL
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Typo, e.g. : ERROR
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Large number : SLEW
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Polish receivers : NAILS
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El ___ (weather phenomenon) : NINO
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Country/rock singer Steve : EARLE
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Noted Bronx locale : ZOO
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Wife of Geraint : ENID
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Mill output : STEEL
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Kind of sale : HALFPRICE
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Decorations on some rearview mirrors : DICE
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Supped : ATE
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Giant great Mel : OTT
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"Gone With the Wind" setting : TARA
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One of four in "America" : STANZA
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Starts of 17-, 27- and 49-Across : PHASESOFTHEMOON
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Bridge or foot feature : ARCH
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Emcee's delivery : INTRO
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It's a "terrible thing to waste" : MIND
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Relative of a mandolin : LUTE
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Actor Davis of "Jungle Fever" : OSSIE
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Lode stones : ORES
Down
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Radio button : AMFM
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Lanai neighbor : MAUI
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Woes : ILLS
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Right angles : ELLS
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Offspring : CHILDREN
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Amateur radioer : HAM
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Change for a five : ONES
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More luxurious : POSHER
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Stomach strengthener : SITUP
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Bamboozled : HAD
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Hydrox rival, once : OREO
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Oboe, e.g. : WIND
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Likely to miss the bus, say : LATE
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Tex-Mex staple : TACO
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Join forces : UNITE
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Retail furniture chain : IKEA
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Where ends meet : CORNER
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Beaks : NOSES
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Brilliance of performance : ECLAT
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Info on an invitation : WHERE
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Cried out in pain : YOWLED
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Doolittle of fiction : ELIZA
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Singer Lopez : TRINI
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Column style : IONIC
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Wear away : ERODE
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Kinks hit with a spelled-out title : LOLA
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Quiet tap dancing : SOFTSHOE
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Type smaller than pica : ELITE
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Some long-legged birds : HERONS
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Townshend of the Who : PETE
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Big name in calculators and digital watches : CASIO
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Translucent gem : OPAL
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No ___ Traffic : THRU
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Diplomacy : TACT
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Early p.m.'s : AFTS
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BB's, e.g. : AMMO
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Bet that's not rouge : NOIR
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District : ZONE
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&&&& : ANDS
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___-wolf : SHE
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Prefix with angle : TRI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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