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New York Times, Friday, August 25, 2000

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Units of volume
TotalDebutLatest
2197/31/19952/23/2016
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6716363439243
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 58 for Ms. Gorski. Friday freshness: 64%
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© 2000, The New York Times8/25/0 ( No. 18,553 )
Across
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Place for tired Turkish travelers : IMARET
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Liberal, in politics : THELWORD
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41-Across request : NOMAYO
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Doctor, at times : REFERRER
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American Shaker leader : ANNLEE
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No place for a rig : ALLEYWAY
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Seascape sights : SAILS
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Weasel : SNEAK
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Prefix with cycle : EPI
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City on the Hudson : TROY
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Lacks : HASNT
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Kind of engr. : ELEC
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It may be hard to follow : ACT
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Zoe's role in "Master Class" : MARIA
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São Paulo has one : TILDE
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"There's no turning back now" : THISISIT
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Summer stretch: Abbr. : AUG
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Dates : ESCORTS
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Secretly : ONTHEQT
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Like a bairn : WEE
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Bullheaded one? : MINOTAUR
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Crab apple and others : POMES
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Where to work on the side : DINER
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One on le trône : ROI
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Sch. with tuition : ACAD
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Work stations : DESKS
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Abbr. on an invoice : ATTN
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Abbr. in a price : CTS
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"___ again!" : GUESS
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Swamp sound : CROAK
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Gurkha conquest of 1768 : KATMANDU
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One of the friends on "Friends" : PHOEBE
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Quarterbacks : OVERSEES
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Igneous rock : BASALT
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View from Aberdeen : NORTHSEA
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Units of volume : STERES
Down
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Perturbed : INASTATE
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Ruling class : MONARCHS
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Kind of sac : AMNIOTIC
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Good news for an investor : RALLY
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They may be blue in the face : EYES
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Place for a ring, perhaps : TOE
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Passage : TRANSIT
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Queen City of the Rockies : HELENA
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Beethoven's "Eroica" is in it : EFLAT
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Bulbous vegetable : LEEK
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Like some observations : WRY
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"Coming Up for Air" novelist : ORWELL
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Did a farm job : REAPED
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It sublimes at -109.26°F : DRYICE
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Agra attire : SARIS
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Speeders make it : HASTE
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Figure skating? : EIGHT
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Entangles : MIRES
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Coach : TUTOR
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Did a farm job : SOWED
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Baxter and others : ANNES
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They're heard in a pen : OINKS
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Beam's path : EARTOEAR
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Like Yogi Berra : QUOTABLE
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Party favors : TRINKETS
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Title first awarded in 1952 : MISSUSA
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Gain, as weight : PACKON
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6 x 9-inch book size : OCTAVO
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Boxer's trainer, e.g. : MASTER
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Political analyst Myers : DEEDEE
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Buggy places? : DUNES
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Came up : AROSE
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More than scrape : GASH
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On-line activity : CHAT
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"Rocky III" actor : MRT
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Where to find Charlie Rose : PBS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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