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New York Times, Monday, August 23, 2004

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Kyle Mahowald
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Where the Himalayas are
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
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3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
183/22/20042/10/20171
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2303262
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
111.608545%
Kyle Mahowald

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {FJQVWXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 126 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Mahowald. Monday freshness: 19%
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© 2004, The New York Times8/23/4 ( No. 20,012 )
Across
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Tree that people carve their initials in : BEECH
6
Pepper's partner : SALT
10
Author Dinesen : ISAK
14
Stevenson of 1950's politics : ADLAI
15
Dunkable cookie : OREO
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Plot parcel : ACRE
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"Dee-licious!" : YUMMYYUMMY
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Alum : GRAD
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Carson's predecessor on "The Tonight Show" : PAAR
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Surgeon's outfit : SCRUBS
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Play parts : ACTS
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Goes to sleep, with "off" : NODS
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Skirt lines : HEMS
30
Bangkok native : THAI
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Like snow after a blizzard, perhaps : KNEEDEEP
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Corrosions : RUSTS
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Eyelid problem : STYE
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Spanish aunt : TIA
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Crying : INTEARS
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Evangeline or Anna Karenina, e.g. : HEROINE
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What candles sometimes represent : AGE
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"Very funny!" : HAHA
47
Animal nose : SNOUT
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Show biz parent : STAGEMOM
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Go left or right : TURN
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Petri dish filler : AGAR
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Where the Himalayas are : ASIA
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Not in port : ASEA
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Main arteries : AORTAS
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Den : LAIR
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High spirits : GLEE
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"Dee-licious!" : MMMMMMGOOD
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Fanny : REAR
68
Certain woodwind : OBOE
69
Pitcher Martinez : PEDRO
70
Painting and sculpting, e.g. : ARTS
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Yards advanced : GAIN
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Animal in a roundup : STEER
Down
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San Francisco/Oakland separator : BAY
2
School's Web site address ender : EDU
3
Shade tree : ELM
4
Where a tent is pitched : CAMPSITE
5
"Howdy!" : HIYA
6
Grow sick of : SOURON
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Quarterback's asset : ARM
8
Moon lander, for short : LEM
9
Santa's sackful : TOYS
10
"Amen!" : IAGREE
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"Dee-licious!" : SCRUMPTIOUS
12
Saudis and Iraqis : ARABS
13
Classic sneakers : KEDS
18
American, abroad : YANK
22
Bar "where everybody knows your name" : CHEERS
23
Skylit lobbies : ATRIA
24
Newswoman Connie : CHUNG
25
"Dee-licious!" : TASTESGREAT
27
___ Moines : DES
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Genesis son : SETH
32
Color, as an Easter egg : DYE
34
African desert : SAHARA
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Get used (to) : INURE
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MetLife competitor : AETNA
40
Scandal sheet : RAG
41
Where the Mets can be met : SHEA
43
Perfectly precise : ONTARGET
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Mornings, briefly : AMS
49
Spuds : TATERS
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Some Texas tycoons : OILMEN
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"Just the facts, ___" : MAAM
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One who hears "You've got mail" : AOLER
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Taj Mahal site : AGRA
57
Urban haze : SMOG
59
Little devils : IMPS
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Entrepreneur's deg. : MBA
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"Who, me?" : MOI
64
"___ to Joy" : ODE
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Mine find : ORE
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"Le Coq ___" : DOR

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

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