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New York Times, Sunday, July 1, 2001

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
86-Across : Gives a hand
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Manny Nosowsky

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Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 72 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 133 for Mr. Nosowsky. Sunday freshness: 63%
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© 2001, The New York Times7/1/1 ( No. 18,863 )
Across
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Acadia National Park locale : MAINE
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Mystery writer Paretsky : SARA
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More fitting : APTER
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Stoolie : RAT
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Actor Davis : OSSIE
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Heal, in a way : KNIT
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Like surfers paddling surfboards : PRONE
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Three-time World Cup star : PELE
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Black box on "The Addams Family"? : THINGPIECE
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Identify fish by sonar? : PINGSALMON
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Wind-borne pet : TOTO
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Middle of a run? : LMNO
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Laplander : SAMI
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Track group? : TRAINS
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What angry wasps might do to a room? : STINGUPTHEPLACE
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Step before spin-dry : RINSE
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"High Noon" wife ___ Kane : AMY
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Farfetched : TALL
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Tic-tac-toe plays : XSANDOS
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It's trilling : WARBLE
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"I've got it!" : AHA
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O'Connor's successor as archbishop of New York : EGAN
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A lot of Polynesia : ATOLLS
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Checkers strategy? : GETTHEKINGSOUT
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G's : THOUS
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Trask twin in "East of Eden" : CAL
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Give birth to : HAVE
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Durbin of 30's-40's musicals : DEANNA
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"I feel as old as yonder ___": "Finnegans Wake" : ELM
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Fancy : WHIM
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Altdorf's canton : URI
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#1 song hit whose title is spelled out in the lyrics : RESPECT
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Do follow-up? : REMI
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Who carried artist Holbein to the party? : HANSBRINGER
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Nickelodeon feature : SLOT
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1984 Jeff Bridges title role : STARMAN
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Kind of rule : MOB
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The heat : COPS
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Diamond ___ : LIL
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Candy brand : KITKAT
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Go down : WANE
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Org. with refunds : IRS
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U.S. diplomat Silas : DEANE
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Group of criminals doing figure eights? : ICESKATINGRING
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Dress finisher : HEMMER
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Send out : EMIT
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Factor in life insurance premiums : AGE
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Flag football teams : OCTADS
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Gives a hand : DEALSIN
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Library section: Abbr. : BIOG
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Doo-wop song syllable : SHA
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Marriage acquisition : INLAW
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What adds class to Chinese porcelain? : THATTOUCHOFMING
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Big scrap : FRACAS
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"The Haj" author : URIS
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Early skipper : NOAH
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Switch add-on : EROO
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Big KFC order? : FORTYWINGS
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Esther Williams's choice? : SINGORSWIM
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Neighbor of the Bumsteads : ELMO
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Pot builders : ANTES
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One way to go to a party : STAG
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Oregon Trail city : BOISE
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"The Body Snatcher" author's inits. : RLS
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Jerome Hines, notably : BASSO
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Big Apple inits. : NYNY
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Private : INNER
Down
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Applesauce maker : MOTTS
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Take ___ (try) : ASHOT
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Biblical query : ISITI
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Sturdy chiffon : NINON
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Thoughts on paper?: Abbr. : EEG
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Not covering much : SKIMPY
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About : ANENT
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Popular digital camera maker : RICOH
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Fed on : ATE
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Outrage : APPALL
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First : PRIMAL
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Real eye-opener : TONIC
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Part of the U.K. : ENG
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Catch one's breath : REST
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Prompt : REMIND
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King of Naples in "The Tempest" : ALONSO
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Tightens (up) : TENSES
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Everyday : PLAIN
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Quetzalcoatl adornment : PLUMES
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Sets up : ARRANGES
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Spot for three men in a tub? : SPA
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Has a lot of nerve : GALLS
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Camus's "L'___ de siège" : ETAT
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Vet : EXGI
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Vermont Rep. Bernard ___, Congress's only Socialist : SANDERS
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Fiberglass sports equipment : WATERSKI
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Sporting? : ATHLETIC
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School buddy, maybe : ROOMMATE
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"Nel ___, dipinto ..." (1958 lyric) : BLU
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"Come ___?" : AGAIN
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Pilot : HELMSMAN
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Stretch (out) : EKE
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"Is Sex Necessary?" author : THURBER
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"Daktari" actor Rhodes : HARI
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Showing : EVINCING
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Exhausts : SAPS
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Priest, to Nash : ONELLAMA
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Already existing, as a phrase : UNCOINED
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Snitches : TATTLERS
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"The Chinese Parrot" hero : CHAN
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Last line in a riddle : WHATAMI
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Weightlifters' lifts : REPS
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Is vexing : IRKS
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Big bell sound : BONG
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Fill up : GORGE
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Steps aside : MAKESWAY
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48-Down, e.g. : WIT
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Joltless joe : DECAF
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CPR pro : EMT
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Pinkish yellow, e.g. : TINT
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Globe plotter : IAGO
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"Merry Christmas" preceder : HOHOHO
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What one might beg to do : DIFFER
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Start, in a way : ENROLL
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Frightens : ALARMS
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Milk: Prefix : LACTO
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Pushes one's way : BARGES
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"Yea, verily" : ITISSO
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Sports score notations : OTS
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Rough-napped : SHAGGY
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Easter activities : HUNTS
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Accord : UNITY
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1980's Schwarzenegger role : CONAN
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Subatomic particle : MESON
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Apollo 15 astronaut James ___ : IRWIN
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Hubbub : NOISE
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Pyle on TV : GOMER
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Matey : SWAB
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___ manner of speaking : INA
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Nine-digit ID : SSN
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Hitter's stat : RBI

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11 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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