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New York Times, Friday, August 13, 2004

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : Collars may cover them
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FQUXZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 84 for Mr. Estes. Friday freshness: 2%
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© 2004, The New York Times8/13/4 ( No. 20,002 )
Across
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Edelweiss source : ALPS
5
First name at Woodstock : JIMI
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"That really happened!" : ITWAS
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Give rise to : SIRE
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National competitor : AVIS
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Harped : DWELT
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Bridge words : IBID
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Gubernatorial right : VETO
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À la King : EERIE
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Ship damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor : NEVADA
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Fact finder, say : LEARNER
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Islamic Republic Day observer : IRANI
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Follower of a wondrous feat : TADA
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"Mystic River" co-star, 2003 : PENN
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Boxing historian Fleischer : NAT
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Upright relatives : SPINETS
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Bill of Rights subj. : REL
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Political symbol : ELEPHANT
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Political symbol : DONKEY
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33- or 35-Across? : PARTYANIMAL
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Military shell thrower : MORTAR
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Popular furry 1980's toy : CAREBEAR
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1990 Hollywood autobiography subtitled "My Story" : AVA
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Took up : GOTINTO
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1988 purchaser of Motown : MCA
48
Gospel singer Winans : CECE
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Zip : NADA
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Collars may cover them : NAPES
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Naive : ARTLESS
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Special Forces wear : BERETS
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55-Across's lacks : BRIMS
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Reliever's triumph : SAVE
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Tough test : ORAL
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Olympics array : RACES
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Quaint outburst : EGAD
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Parcel : METE
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Hot time in Argentina : ENERO
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Film, in Variety-speak : LENS
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Father of Harmonia : ARES
Down
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Sans sense : ASININE
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Bounteous : LIBERAL
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A doctor may open one : PRIVATEPRACTICE
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Driver's choice : SEDAN
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Site of a famed fossil find : JAVA
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It may be added to impress : IVE
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"Good Will Hunting" setting, briefly : MIT
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King Mark's bride : ISOLDE
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Noodle product? : IDEA
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Weenie : TWERP
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He played a monocled colonel in a sitcom : WERNERKLEMPERER
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Legal heir, at times : ALIENEE
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One way to issue a warning : STERNLY
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Kitchen sink sight : DISHRAG
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Grovel : EATDIRT
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Causing squinting, perhaps : TINY
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Settler in a drugstore : ANTACID
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Regulars : PATRONS
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Unnamed source : SOMEONE
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Way to stand : PAT
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Nail : NAB
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Dog of literature : NANA
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À la King : MACABRE
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Engulfed : OVERRAN
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Transparency : ACETATE
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Scraps in the backwoods : RASSLES
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Loafer attachment : TASSEL
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One known for stick-to-it-iveness? : ELMER
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Dining room drawer : AROMA
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Brand with a tiger slogan : ESSO
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Inn inventory : BEDS
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Biographical bit : AGE
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Delivery aid : VAN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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