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New York Times, Saturday, July 29, 2000

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : Beloved of Aphrodite
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 127 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 6%
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© 2000, The New York Times7/29/0 ( No. 18,526 )
Across
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Emotional : CHOKEDUP
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Soap operas or movie thrillers, say : ESCAPE
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Direct an aide to handle : HAVEDONE
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Unlike nobelium, e.g. : STABLE
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Routine part : ONELINER
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Astronomical discovery of 1967 : PULSAR
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Med. land : ISR
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Sputnik coverer : TASS
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Be too much : CLOY
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Closing notes : CODA
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Where some eagles are seen : SCORECARDS
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Go overboard, in a way : EMOTE
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"It takes ___ know..." : ONETO
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It may produce a chill : BOO
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Caesar's salad ingredients? : OVA
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___ system : ABO
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Not clean : LEWD
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Patio party decorations : CHINESELANTERNS
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Marxian article : EINE
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Clamor : HUE
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Decline : SAG
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Rare transports, nowadays : ELS
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Lord's workers : SERFS
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Bedouin : NOMAD
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Some convertibles : SLEEPSOFAS
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Biographical opening? : SEMI
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All the ___ : SAME
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Sonar principle : ECHO
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Recommenda-tions : DOS
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Split : BISECT
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Budget items : CHEAPIES
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Beloved of Aphrodite : ADONIS
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Synthetic : TESTTUBE
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One who gets the message? : SENDEE
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Won't forgive : STAYSMAD
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Superior : CHOICE
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Central Park sight : HANSOM
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Be intemperate : OVERDO
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Nickelodeon's Kenan and ___ : KEL
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Put in or take out : EDIT
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Toledo titles : DONAS
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Paris-based grp. since 1946 : UNESCO
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Head-to-head phenomenon? : ESP
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Like some walls : STUCCO
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Plant with arrow-shaped leaves : CALLA
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Cushion : ABSORBER
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Minimize : PLAYDOWN
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"...all that wealth ___ gave": Gray : EER
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Answer (for) : ATONE
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Country name : REBA
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Short jackets : ETONS
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Chaps, in British slang : SODS
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Threshold : EVE
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Fire proof : ASHES
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They snap together : LEGOS
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Copyright indicators : CEES
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Slope : HILLSIDE
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Readily gettable : INSEASON
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Buck overseas? : EURO
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Get darker : TAN
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Coin : SPECIE
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Scented pad : SACHET
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Person with a message : MEDIUM
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Item on a lab slide : AMOEBA
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Put down, slangily : DISSED
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Fix : EMEND
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"___ Lady" (1971 hit) : SHESA
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Like some high-fiber cereal : OATY
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Humanities degs. : BAS
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Literary monogram : TSE
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Liq. measures : PTS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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