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NEW AR-RANGEMENTS

New York Times, Sunday, July 10, 2005

Author:
Con Pederson
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Con Pederson

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 142, Blocks: 74 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Pederson. Sunday freshness: 5%
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© 2005, The New York Times7/10/5 ( No. 20,333 )
Across
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Regis Philbin or Kelly Ripa : COHOST
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Related on the father's side : AGNATE
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Benefactor : PATRON
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"Forward!" in Italy : AVANTI
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Number 1, e.g. : DRIVER
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Distillate : ESSENCE
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Unmask : REVEAL
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Supper at home before unpacking from a move? : DININGALACRATE
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"You're ___ friend" : AREAL
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Guinness superlative : MOST
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Pipe contents : WATER
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Founding Father listed on a popular computer? : FRAMERINTHEDELL
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Vinland pioneers : NORSE
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Suffix with Caesar : EAN
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Cartoon dog : REN
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Rove : GAD
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Constitutional : STROLL
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Old ___ (Satan) : NED
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Mild swearing competition? : AGAMEOFDRATS
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Steps on the scale : LAS
50
Farrier's tool : RASP
52
Bargain repository : BIN
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Connect with : TIETO
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American magazine founded in France : ELLE
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Old Colgate rival : IPANA
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All-Star team, with "the" : EAST
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Part of E.E.C.: Abbr. : ECON
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Divine one, to Dante : DIO
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Shelters : DEFENDS
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Willa Cather's "One of ___" : OURS
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Cuckoo bird : ANI
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"This one's ___" : ONME
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Prize for Coronado : ORO
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Hurry up, as one decorating Christmas gifts? : GOTOWRAPSPEED
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Actress Scala : GIA
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Red Cross inventories : SERA
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Bill passer: Abbr. : SEN
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Work on, in a way : EDIT
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Fire sources : DRAGONS
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Frequent abbr. in BBC announcements : GMT
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Not give ___ : ARAP
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1987 Pulitzer-winning critic Richard ___ : EDER
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Compact contents : ROUGE
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Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g. : ARUM
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Automaton of Hebrew lore : GOLEM
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Art collector/philanthropist ___ Broad : ELI
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Working without ___ : ANET
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Latin American agreements : SIS
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Like a test with a properly corrected score? : WELLREGRADED
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Guideline: Abbr. : STD
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Inner selves : ANIMAS
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Recommendation from a C.P.A. : IRA
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Fed. overseer : GAO
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Magazine exec in PJ's : HEF
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River to the Rio Grande : PECOS
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Improper trade of a St. Louis N.F.L. player? : ILLEGALRAMSDEAL
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Safari-goers may get a charge out of it : RHINO
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Think box : BEAN
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Quebec underground : METRO
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Guests who jabber incessantly? : PRATINGCOMPANY
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Less sweet : SOURER
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Haloes : CORONAE
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Immediately : PRESTO
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Box up : ENCASE
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Undercover jobs : STINGS
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Use a straw : SIPHON
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Experts : ADEPTS
Down
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Wine order : CARAFE
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Flooded : OVERRAN
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What the Beatles were able to do? : HAVEANERAFORMUSIC
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Early hr. : ONEAM
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Like yesterday's news, to today's : STALER
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Three Dog Night hit "___ the World Ends" : TIL
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Wing : ADDON
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Mill stuff : GRIST
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Beethoven's symphony with "Ode to Joy" : NINTH
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Bird: Prefix : AVI
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First in double figures : TEN
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Joule fraction : ERG
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Jr.'s test : PSAT
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Balloonists' trips : ASCENTS
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Eloise was a little one : TERROR
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Messenger with a code : RNA
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Natl. Pretzel Mo. : OCT
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Maiden-named : NEE
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Carrier with blue-striped jets : ELAL
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Punch alternative : AWL
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"Flash Gordon" villain ___ the Merciless : MING
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Take in : REAP
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I problem? : EGO
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Bonkers : DAFT
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"Frasier" terrier : EDDIE
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Positioning the Trojan horse in front of Troy? : ROLLINGOUTTHETRAP
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Zigzag activity : SLALOMING
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On the other hand : ELSE
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Less emotional : STONIER
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Philosopher Kierkegaard, e.g. : DANE
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Old ___ (Civil War eagle) : ABE
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Cat's cry : MIAOW
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Guarantee : ENSURE
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Go over : RECAP
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Sought absolution : ATONED
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Ratted : SANG
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Last shogunate capital : EDO
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They're said before a kiss : IDOS
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Swift falcon : PEREGRINE
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Exchange (as A and R in this puzzle) : TRADE
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Pharmacists' concerns : DOSAGES
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Unsaturated alcohol : STEROL
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Brown recluse, for one : SPIDER
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Comfort : EASE
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Guilty ___ counts : ONALL
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Marked pillar : STELA
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Get rid of holes : DARN
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Bank letters : ATM
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Functions : GOES
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An undesirable thing to be in : PERIL
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Divest : RID
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Quickly, quickly : ASAP
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Paltry : MERE
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Garden party? : ADAM
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Ablution : WASHING
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[That's awful!] : GAG
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New York cardinal : EGAN
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Honey : DEAREST
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Longtime CBS/CNN newsman Bruce : MORTON
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"Hey Girl" hitmaker, 1971 : OSMOND
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Spanish blooms : FLORES
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Kansas-born playwright : INGE
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Place: Abbr. : LOC
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Ruffle : ABASH
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Slow in scoring : LENTO
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Material in tire cords : RAYON
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Tied score : DEUCE
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Much may follow it : INAS
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Desktop items, for short : PCS
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Bunk : ROT
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He was the "O" in Jackie O : ARI
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Special ___ : OPS
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X-ray relative : MRI
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Spirit : PEP
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Mermaid's home : SEA

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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