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New York Times, Wednesday, June 1, 2005

Author:
Nick Grivas
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : Carpet layer's calculation
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
911/15/19996/1/20051
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0243000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.553325%
Nick Grivas

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Grivas. Wednesday freshness: 92%
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© 2005, The New York Times6/1/5 ( No. 20,294 )
Across
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Purchases at nurseries and hardware stores : BULBS
6
"I ___ the opinion ..." : AMOF
10
Basics : ABCS
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"You're ___ and don't even know it" : APOET
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Calamitous : DIRE
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Model Banks : TYRA
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Yogi's language : HINDI
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First word of "The Raven" : ONCE
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Capital of Samoa : APIA
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Totally harmless : GENTLEASALAMB
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Not just laugh : CRACKUP
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Cast items : VOTES
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Good fortune, informally : LUCKOTHEIRISH
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You can put them on : AIRS
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Eyelid woes : STYES
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Vane dir. : NNE
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Apt title for this puzzle : INASTEW
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Mahmoud Abbas's grp. : PLO
39
Oscar nominee for "A Beautiful Mind" : CROWE
40
Carpet layer's calculation : AREA
41
Classic interrogatory ad slogan : WHERESTHEBEEF
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Actor Delon : ALAIN
47
They generate lots of interest : USURERS
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Advice after a bad golf shot : TAKEAMULLIGAN
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Not kosher : TREF
53
Spicy cuisine : THAI
54
Cleans up, in a way : EDITS
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Burglar's take : HAUL
58
Place for a pump : SUMP
59
Spanish babies : NENES
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Take notice of : ESPY
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Either of two N.T. books : THES
62
Gardening tool : EDGER
Down
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"Phooey!" : BAH
2
News org. : UPI
3
___ Square (Times Square, once) : LONGACRE
4
Adorns : BEDECKS
5
Bombed : STINKO
6
Newspaperman Ochs : ADOLPH
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Go for the gold? : MINE
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Danger of the deep : ORCA
9
Users' costs : FEES
10
Completely mystified : ATALOSS
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Secondary route : BYPATH
12
Part of "C.S.I." : CRIME
13
Swedish imports : SAABS
21
King in 1922 news : TUT
22
"___ to a Kill" (1985 Bond film) : AVIEW
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Tartan sporters : CLAN
24
Completely botch : RUIN
27
Sibilant sounds : ESSES
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Onetime telecom giant : ITT
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Alternative to whole wheat : RYE
33
"The Faerie Queene" character : IRENA
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Easter's start? : NOR
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Blow away : AWE
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Getting dolled up : PREENING
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Goatish glance : LEER
38
Bungling sorts : OAFS
39
In the main : CHIEFLY
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Wore down : ABRADED
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"Pay attention!" : WAKEUP
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Certain 1-Across, in time : TULIPS
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Fu-___ (legendary Chinese sage) : HSI
44
City south of Salem : EUGENE
45
"Casey ___ Bat" : ATTHE
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"___ Theme" ("Doctor Zhivago" tune) : LARAS
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___ Helens : MTST
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"Naw" : UHUH
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Weak, as an effort : LAME
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Kind of time : TEE
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Old map abbr. : SSR

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

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