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Let Freedom Ring

New York Times, Sunday, July 2, 2000

Author:
Nancy Nicholson Joline
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Nancy Nicholson Joline

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 144, Blocks: 76 This is puzzle # 95 for Ms. Joline. Sunday freshness: 83%
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© 2000, The New York Times7/2/0 ( No. 18,499 )
Across
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Distiller's grain : MALT
5
Thus far : TODATE
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Scratch : MAR
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Friars Club emcees : WAGS
18
"Commander," in Arabic : AMIR
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Loose dresses : ALINES
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Starbuck's skipper : AHAB
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Legal memo phrase : INRE
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Arafat and Rabin, for two : NOBELLAUREATES
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Offspring of 11-Down : BELLATLANTIC
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"Dr. Zhivago" locale : URALS
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Early afternoon time : ONETEN
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Overturn : CAPSIZE
31
Least trained : RAWEST
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Roman war goddess : BELLONA
34
Marker : CHIT
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High roller's pocketful : WAD
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G. & S.'s Lord High Everything ___ : ELSE
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Done for : KAPUT
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It's a knockout : ETHER
42
Singer Patti : LABELLE
43
Richard Wagner's second wife : COSIMA
44
Cybersearch result : HIT
45
They're full of dates : ERAS
46
Quads' sites : CAMPUSES
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Big force in politics : LABOR
53
Part of A.P.R.: Abbr. : PCT
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Gallic honeys : AMIES
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Islet : CAY
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Baby Ruth ingredient : CARAMEL
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Ben Franklin proposal: Abbr. : DST
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Bathtub murder victim : MARAT
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Green Party V.I.P. : NADER
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They help maintain balance : CEREBELLUMS
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Sign : PLACARD
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Beer-drinking consequence, maybe : POTBELLY
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Woolgatherer's state : REVERIE
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Pugnacious : BELLIGERENT
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"How ___?" (question to a diner) : WASIT
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Champion with a two-handed backhand : EVERT
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"Get it?" : SEE
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Honey : DEAREST
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Xi preceders : NUS
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Crisp breads : RUSKS
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"Don't ___!" : ASK
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"___ Gold" (Fonda film) : ULEES
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Comtes, comtesses, etc. : NOBLESSE
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Opening with dexterity : AMBI
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___-Bo (exercise system) : TAE
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It's for the birds : AVIARY
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Exigency : NEED
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Like scofflaws : FINED
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Canadian peninsula : GASPE
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Crowd : CRAM
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Blue Eagle org. : NRA
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Where change is made : MINT
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Girasol, e.g. : OPAL
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Visit through primal therapy : RELIVE
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Lithos : ARTWORK
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Relief pictures? : CAMEOS
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Carp : CAVIL
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"I Puritani," for one : BELLINIOPERA
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London flea market site : PORTOBELLOROAD
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George and George W., e.g. : ELIS
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Fido's dinner, maybe : ORTS
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Melodic : ARIOSO
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Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
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Peter's "A Shot in the Dark" co-star : ELKE
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Ball girls? : BELLES
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Vacillate : SEESAW
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___ up to (approached) : BELLIED
Down
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Organic farmer's need : MANURE
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Unprincipled : AMORAL
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Protection for the maligned : LIBELLAWS
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Town in County Kerry : TRALEE
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Pit stuff : TAR
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Prefix with resin : OLEO
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Naturalist Fossey : DIAN
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Prewar : ANTEBELLUM
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Pass on the sauce : TEETOTAL
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Big Bertha's birthplace : ESSEN
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Principal in a well-publicized breakup : MABELL
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"Eureka!" : AHA
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Toothed wheel : RATCHET
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Takes the cake : WINS
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Kind of protest : ANTIWAR
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Cat in "Cats" : GRIZABELLA
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Withdraws : SECEDES
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Major's successor : BLAIR
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Initials at sea : USS
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Disposed : APT
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Dundee denial : NAE
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W.B.A. stats : TKOS
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Mitterrand's successor : CHIRAC
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"Wait ___!" : ASEC
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Galileo, for one : PISAN
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Marvel Comics hero : THOR
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Warrant : LET
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They need a good whipping : CUSTARDS
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Name on a can : CAMPBELLS
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Charlotte ___, Virgin Islands : AMALIE
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Fata morgana : MIRAGE
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"Shalom!" : PEACE
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Film material : ACETATE
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Pressing needs? : BARBELLS
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Man in la famille : PERE
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How a pun may be phrased : CLEVERLY
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Pound sound : YAP
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Maid's introduction? : MER
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Grounds for divorce, in some states : DURESS
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Brats' looks : SMIRKS
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African scourge : TSETSE
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Be a water witch : DOWSE
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City near Seattle : BELLEVUE
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Effluvium : REEK
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Modern forensic tool : DNA
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Passive principle : YIN
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Kind of officer : TRUANT
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Former Barbary State : TUNIS
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Gen. Robt. ___ : ELEE
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It's available in bars : SOAP
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Back : AID
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___ Hill (Oyster Bay, N.Y., landmark) : SAGAMORE
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Joel Chandler Harris title : BRER
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Poe miss : ANNABELLEE
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"Carnival" composer/ lyricist : MERRILL
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Allen Ginsberg, e.g. : BEATNIK
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"Peter Pan" role : TINKERBELL
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TV colleague for Mary : VALERIE
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Dempsey foe : FIRPO
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Vet : DOC
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Early TV clown : CLARABELL
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Rue de ___ : RIVOLI
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Handle props? : AVIATE
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Put down one's hand : MELDED
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Low : MOO
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Half the "Monday, Monday" band : PAPAS
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Author of "Il nome della rosa" : ECO
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Smart-alecky : WISE
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Platte River tribe : OTOS
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1998 N.L. M.V.P. : SOSA
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66, e.g.: Abbr. : RTE
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Biblical rebuker : ASS
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Roar : BELLOW

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 7 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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