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ROGET AND ME

New York Times, Sunday, June 13, 2004

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Immovable armada?
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Richard Silvestri

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 75 Missing: {KQ} This is puzzle # 123 for Mr. Silvestri. Sunday freshness: 34%
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© 2004, The New York Times6/13/4 ( No. 19,941 )
Across
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New Deal agcy. : CCC
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Brit's exclamation : GOR
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"Race Horses" artist : DEGAS
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Home in the mountains : CHALET
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Apple pie order? : ALAMODE
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Be bombastic : ORATE
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"My ___" (#1 hit for the Knack) : SHARONA
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Thrift shop transactions : RESALES
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Wave to : GREET
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Folks : PARENTS
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Immovable armada? : FASTFLEET
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Abandons Congressional workers? : LEAVESPAGES
29
"Battle Cry" author : URIS
30
Temple figures : LAMAS
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Pope's work : POEM
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Suffix with press : URE
34
Football Hall-of-Famer Ford : LEN
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Exhibition of lamps? : LIGHTFAIR
38
Sanction : BLESS
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File : DOSSIER
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Hugo, for one : AWARD
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___ Lanka : SRI
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It may be dammed : POND
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Like some milk : SPILT
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Had an epiphany? : FEASTED
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Send home, in a way : DEPORT
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Works on the edge : WHETS
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Grow : WAX
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Braxton of song : TONI
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Make up? : ELATE
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Parti-colored : PIED
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Bring out : EDUCE
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"M*A*S*H" Emmy winner : SWIT
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Suit material? : TORT
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Level : RAZE
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U.S. rocket with a name from Greek myth : ARES
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Chop finely : HASH
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River to the Seine : OISE
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Where you might take a lorgnette : OPERA
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Solomonlike : JUST
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Mr. Television : BERLE
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Hand-me-down : USED
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Itch : YEN
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Not present fairly : SLANT
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Farm implement : SEEDER
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Antares, e.g. : REDSTAR
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1962 hit with the repeated lyric "A little bit softer now" : SHOUT
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Hard to believe : TALL
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Have a bug : AIL
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Bark back : STERN
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"Ma Jolie" artist : PICASSO
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Barely make headway : CRAWL
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Sensible tax? : SOUNDTOLL
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Lummox : APE
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Rhyme time? : EEN
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King or queen : CARD
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Unkind response : SNEER
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Poetic plaint : ALAS
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Makes fun of laceworkers? : RAGSTATTERS
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Dependable move for a gymnast? : SAFEVAULT
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Quarantine : ISOLATE
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2003 Best Actress nominee Watts : NAOMI
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Resistance to change : INERTIA
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Gave comfort : SOLACED
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Believe in : TRUST
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Satanic disguise : SERPENT
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Captivate : ENAMOR
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Suit material : SERGE
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Word of greeting : HEY
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Joey ___ & the Starliters : DEE
Down
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Mom, dad, three kids and luggage, e.g. : CARFUL
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Jumped over : CLEARED
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W.W. II battle town of Italy : CASSINO
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Play Pebble Beach, say : GOLF
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Newbery Medal-winning author Scott ___ : ODELL
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Twice-secured : RESEALED
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Name holder : DOGTAG
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Slip a cog : ERR
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Certain Celt : GAEL
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Suit to ___ : ATEE
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Distinguish : SETAPART
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Great divide : CHASM
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Prop for a Marx brother : HARP
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Compass : AREA
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Chaise ___ : LONGUE
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Records : ENTERS
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Scottish drinking cups : TASSES
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Photo studio supplies : MATS
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"Inside the Third Reich" writer : SPEER
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Palace resident : EMIR
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Not binding : VOID
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Like topiary : SHAPED
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Nincompoop : TWIT
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Two-faced : FALSE
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Victoria's Secret purchase : BRA
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Writes down the names of cads? : LISTSHEELS
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Dirty tool? : SPOTTEDSAW
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Annoyed : SORE
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Acct. bonus : INT
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Proverbial battlers : SEXES
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Utter : SHEER
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Diamond plane : FACET
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Facing : TOWARD
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Maroon : ENISLE
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Flustered state : DITHER
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Long way to go? : DETOUR
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Kay Thompson character : ELOISE
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Analyzed : PARSED
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Wrinkle with age : WIZEN
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Dish served with kraut : WURST
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First anniversary gift : PAPER
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Cow : DAUNT
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Kind of treatment : ROYAL
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Beyond the pale? : ASHEN
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Pleasure trips : JAUNTS
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Jazz's ___ Fleck and the Flecktones : BELA
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Lady's man : LORD
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Egg holder : SAC
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Up to, briefly : TIL
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Principal charges? : STUDENTS
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Sushi bar offering : TILEFISH
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Nature : SORT
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Answer to a charge : PLEA
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Paid respects to : SALUTED
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Iridescent : OPALINE
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Red shade : CERISE
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Justification : REASON
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Neighbor of Namibia : ANGOLA
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Full : SATED
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Kind of inspection : ONSITE
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Will matter : ESTATE
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Play (to) : CATER
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Soprano Fleming : RENEE
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Soc. Sec. supporter : AARP
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Criticize severely : SLAM
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Crunchy munchie : TACO
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Reddish : RARE
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Go bad : SOUR
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So : VERY
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"No ___" : MSG

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8 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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