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New York Times, Monday, August 4, 2008

Author:
Oliver Hill
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Across : Like waves on a shore
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1610/2/20074/3/20112
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
3532300
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.628836%
Oliver Hill

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 43 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Hill. Monday freshness: 90%
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N
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O
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G
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D
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A
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B
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N
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O
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M
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M
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O
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M
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I
W
O
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J
I
M
A
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E
R
O
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S
I
V
E
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H
O
N
O
R
E
R
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I
C
E
A
X
E
S
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W
E
E
K
L
Y
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P
L
A
N
N
E
R
S
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I
O
U
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A
R
T
Y
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C
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A
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T
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S
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C
A
N
N
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E
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R
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S
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E
D
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T
H
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K
E
E
P
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Y
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O
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S
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N
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T
S
U
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R
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F
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C
Y
Y
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O
U
N
G
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T
S
O
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M
O
O
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D
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O
W
L
E
T
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P
O
O
R
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M
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A
N
N
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R
S
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S
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E
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C
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S
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A
E
R
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P
R
O
T
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E
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S
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T
B
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N
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N
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E
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R
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S
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E
A
R
A
C
H
E
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G
O
A
L
O
N
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G
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A
S
K
S
O
U
T
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E
L
L
I
S
O
N
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K
E
Y
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N
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R
D
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A
B
U
© 2008, The New York Times8/4/8 ( No. 21,454 )
Across
1
Christmas drink : NOG
4
Little bit, as of color : DAB
7
___ de plume : NOM
10
T.L.C. giver : MOM
13
1945 battle site with a flag-raising : IWOJIMA
15
Like waves on a shore : EROSIVE
17
One offering kudos : HONORER
18
Mountain climbers' tools : ICEAXES
19
Books for jotting down appointments : WEEKLYPLANNERS
21
Lendee's note : IOU
22
Pretentious : ARTY
23
Hospital imaging devices : CATSCANNERS
31
Author Wharton : EDITH
32
Not rot : KEEP
33
Hip-hop greetings : YOS
36
Cruise around the Web : NETSURF
39
Award won by Roger Clemens seven times : CYYOUNG
41
General on Chinese menus : TSO
42
Word before ring or swing : MOOD
44
Miniature hooter : OWLET
45
Burping and slurping in public : POORMANNERS
48
Moments, in brief : SECS
52
___ Lingus : AER
53
Places for antiwar slogans : PROTESTBANNERS
61
Case for an otologist : EARACHE
62
Say "Sure, why not?" : GOALONG
64
Invites to a movie, say : ASKSOUT
65
Ralph who wrote "Invisible Man" : ELLISON
66
Florida island : KEY
67
Opposite of SSW : NNE
68
Nutritional stat. : RDA
69
___ Dhabi, Persian Gulf port : ABU
Down
1
Biomedical research org. : NIH
2
"Man, that hurts!" : OWOW
3
All used up : GONE
4
Dagger : DIRK
5
Earhart who was the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic : AMELIA
6
Subatomic particle made of three quarks : BARYON
7
Young of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young : NEIL
8
Killer whale : ORCA
9
Big name in faucets : MOEN
10
The 7-Up in a 7 and 7 : MIXER
11
Conspicuous : OVERT
12
Like dorm rooms, often : MESSY
14
Quarterback Namath : JOE
16
Yemen's capital : SANA
20
The Sex Pistols' genre : PUNK
23
¢ : CENT
24
Juice drinks : ADES
25
Marshal ___, Yugoslavian hero : TITO
26
Ave. crossers : STS
27
___ change : CHUMP
28
The Common Market: Abbr. : EEC
29
Playa del ___, Calif. : REY
30
Watch through binoculars, say : SPYON
33
Christmas : YULE
34
Lollapalooza : ONER
35
Bilko and Pepper: Abbr. : SGTS
37
A. A. Milne baby : ROO
38
Rock's ___ Fighters : FOO
40
Have the rights to : OWN
43
Lacking color : DRAB
46
Scanty : MEAGER
47
Gov. Schwarzenegger : ARNOLD
48
Command to Fido : SPEAK
49
Wipe out : ERASE
50
Like the taste of some bad wine : CORKY
51
Subway stops: Abbr. : STAS
54
Supply-and-demand subj. : ECON
55
Ostracize : SHUN
56
French bean? : TETE
57
"The Lion King" daughter : NALA
58
Priest who raised Samuel : ELI
59
Sub ___ (secretly) : ROSA
60
One looking down on the "little people" : SNOB
63
Wildebeest : GNU

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5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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