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BIG NAMES IN BUSINESS

New York Times, Sunday, August 24, 2003

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 138, Blocks: 68 Missing: {QV} Scrabble average: 1.71 This is puzzle # 52 for Mr. Berry. Sunday freshness: 74%
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© 2003, The New York Times8/24/3 ( No. 19,647 )
Across
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It's held during an opening : KNOB
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Family sitcom role : DAD
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Tooth care grp. : ADA
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Chariot rider of myth : EOS
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Test section : MATH
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Popping up all over : RIFE
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Past : AGO
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Stocking material : FISHNET
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Western New York county : ERIE
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Part of a neuron : AXON
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Travel service started by a Spanish-born actress? : PENELOPECRUZLINE
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Hard drive item : FILE
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Ritz shelfmate : HIHO
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Wistful comment, after "a" : PITY
30
Little contraption : DOODAD
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Studio started by a TV actor? : TEDDANSONSTRUCTION
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"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
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Villain in "David Copperfield" : HEEP
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"Stand" band : REM
38
Five or ten gallons' worth : KEG
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Small flowering tree : ACACIA
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Gelatin substitute : AGAR
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Astronomer who discovered Uranus : HERSCHEL
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Little piggies : RUNTS
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"Te ___" (hymn) : DEUM
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Mating game : CHESS
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It has curved arms : LYRE
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Fancy grocery started by a nightclub singer? : EYDIEGORMEFOODS
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Meir's successor : RABIN
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I.R.S. deadline mo. : APR
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Cat call : MEOW
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Disney's "___ & Stitch" : LILO
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Heavy drapery fabric : MOREEN
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Transportation agency started by a fashion designer? : OSCARDELARENTACAR
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Subordinate : MINION
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Noisome smell : REEK
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"Gangs of New York" actress : DIAZ
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Army E-3 : PFC
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Passing with ease : ACING
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Orphanage started by an Oscar-winning actress? : JODIEFOSTERCARE
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Win margin : NECK
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"The Metamorphosis" character Gregor ___ : SAMSA
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Guitar forerunner : LUTE
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Collectible plate holder : EASEL
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Gen. Garibaldi : GIUSEPPE
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Parts of un livre : MOTS
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Curtain froufrou : TASSEL
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Roll-___ : ONS
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___ culpa : MEA
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Meister ___ (beer brand) : BRAU
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Sets (on) : SICS
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Plant nursery started by a football Hall-of-Famer? : MEANJOEGREENEHOUSE
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Tintoretto's "The Miracle of ___ Freeing the Slave" : STMARK
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Didn't have enough : OWED
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"Zounds!" : EGAD
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Orsk's river : URAL
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Pastry shop started by a televangelist? : TAMMYFAYEBAKKERY
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Lean : LIST
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"One-touch" sport : EPEE
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Treaded sneaker part : OUTSOLE
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Make sure : SEE
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Sound effect : ECHO
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It underwent the Enlightenment, with "the" : WEST
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"Cimarron" studio : RKO
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Starr of song : KAY
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Stadium stirrers, for short : TDS
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Comparative word : THAN
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Old "Television Theatre" sponsor : KRAFT
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Water sprite : NIXIE
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Gone by : OFOLD
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Pope during the siege of Rome by Lombards : BENEDICTI
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Genus of crustaceans named for a classical nymph : DAPHNIA
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One without proper respect for elders : AGEIST
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"Tiny Bubbles" singer : DONHO
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Samuel Gompers's org. : AFL
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Unit of refractive power of a lens : DIOPTER
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Aim : ASPIRE
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Multivolume ref. : ENCYC
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Poetic preposition : OER
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Diligent pupils : STUDIERS
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It might get a thumping : MELON
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Dry : ARID
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Media honcho Brown : TINA
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Follow : HEED
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In a flutter : HETUP
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Long time : EON
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Speeds : ZOOMS
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Liqueur flavoring : ANISE
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It causes redness : SHAME
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Lock : TRESS
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Mountainous route once used by Alexander the Great : KHYBERPASS
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Unnatural : EERIE
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Close on stage : GLENN
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Neighborhood : AREA
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Dutch landscapist Aelbert ___ : CUYP
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Name in a Shakespeare title : ANDRONICUS
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British landing field : AERODROME
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Plants known as "sticky-heads" : GUMWEEDS
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Good-time Charlies : HEDONISTS
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Santa ___ : CLARA
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Active sort : DOER
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Fiber made from coconuts : COIR
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Putted successfully : HOLEDOUT
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Gangster follower : GMAN
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Come off, as paint : FLAKE
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Big bird : ROC
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Windy locale? : MAZE
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Goes kaput : SINKS
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Minor functionary : COG
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Sci-fi princess : LEIA
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"Soap" family name : TATE
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Tropical fruit : MANGO
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Isolate, possibly : ICEIN
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Remove from isolation : FREE
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Modern phone : CELL
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Black varnish : JAPAN
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Fine meal : FLOUR
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Get to : REACH
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White-bean dish of France : CASSOULET
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Represent : SPEAKFOR
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It may be at your fingertips : EMERY
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Birthplace of a biblical Mary : MAGDALA
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Decorates 60's-style : TIEDYES
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Old radio's Major ___ : BOWES
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Nike competitor : REEBOK
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Got unexpectedly : SNARED
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"State and Main" director, 2000 : MAMET
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"___ the World" : JOYTO
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Mock-scared cry : EEK
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Discharge : EGEST
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Star of TV's "Vega$" : URICH
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Popular English doll : SASHA
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John knighted in 1998 : ELTON
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77-Down, for one : STEW
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Race finish : TAPE
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"Dangerous Liaisons" ladies: Abbr. : MMES
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North Sea diver : AUK
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Essential : KEY

Answer summary:
14 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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