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New York Times, Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Author:
Caleb Madison
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Toil (away)
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
355/13/20084/19/20193
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9154565
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
131.6221859%
Caleb Madison

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 44 Missing: {JWXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Madison. Wednesday freshness: 50%
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S
2
A
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N
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A
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B
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O
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R
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E
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F
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A
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Q
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S
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I
M
A
M
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I
D
O
N
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T
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L
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U
T
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K
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T
T
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G
O
P
R
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A
N
O
D
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H
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R
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T
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K
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M
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S
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S
L
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V
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G
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R
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K
A
R
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A
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T
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U
N
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D
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E
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R
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L
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I
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T
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T
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O
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A
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G
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E
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S
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H
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S
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E
R
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O
C
H
O
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N
E
R
U
44
D
A
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C
D
C
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K
I
D
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A
M
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N
O
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S
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Y
H
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E
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Y
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D
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A
L
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R
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D
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S
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S
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O
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F
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C
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N
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C
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O
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L
E
O
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V
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K
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S
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P
A
R
C
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U
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E
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H
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T
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© 2008, The New York Times8/6/8 ( No. 21,456 )
Across
1
Capital on the Arabian Peninsula : SANA
5
Drone, e.g. : BORE
9
Recommended reading for www newbies : FAQS
13
Religious leader in a turban : IMAM
14
"___ blame you" : IDONT
16
Lummox : LOUT
17
"Santa Baby" singer, 1953 : KITT
18
Lose one's amateur standing : GOPRO
19
Give ___ of approval : ANOD
20
1972 Charles Grodin film, with "The" : HEARTBREAK
22
Drugs, informally : MEDS
23
Toil (away) : SLAVE
24
Spice Girl Halliwell : GERI
26
1984 Ralph Macchio film, with "The" : KARATE
29
Below : UNDER
33
Three sheets to the wind : LIT
36
General whose name is associated with chicken : TSO
37
San ___, Tex. : ANGELO
38
Dijon seasons : ETES
40
Canadian lout : HOSER
42
Dos cubed : OCHO
43
"Il Postino" poet : NERUDA
45
Public health agcy. : CDC
46
Word that's missing from 20-, 26-, 48- and 59-Across and 9- and 39-Down : KID
47
Protein acid : AMINO
48
Willie Mays's sobriquet : SAYHEY
51
"Agreed!" : DEAL
53
They all lead to Rome, in a saying : ROADS
56
TV viewer's vantage point : SOFA
59
1965 Steve McQueen title role : CINCINNATI
63
Have too much of, briefly : ODON
64
Sainted ninth-century pope : LEOIV
65
Rio and Sedona : KIAS
66
Setting of many a Monet painting : PARC
67
15 mg. of zinc, e.g. : USRDA
68
"Night" novelist Wiesel : ELIE
69
Henry who once headed the House Judiciary Committee : HYDE
70
Chinese weight : TAEL
71
Jane who loved Rochester : EYRE
Down
1
Many a Punjabi : SIKH
2
French girlfriends : AMIES
3
___ chart : NATAL
4
Train company with a portmanteau name : AMTRAK
5
Long-range German gun of W.W. I : BIGBERTHA
6
Stench : ODOR
7
Weapon in Clue : ROPE
8
Make sputtering mad : ENRAGE
9
1984 Matt Dillon title role : FLAMINGO
10
Top status : AONE
11
Part of Q.E.D. : QUOD
12
Norms: Abbr. : STDS
15
Puff : TOKE
21
F.D.R. creation : TVA
25
Homer's outcome : RUN
27
Japan's largest active volcano : ASO
28
Opera about an opera singer : TOSCA
30
Kayo : DECK
31
K-12 : ELHI
32
Crucifix : ROOD
33
River of Irkutsk : LENA
34
Agenda addition : ITEM
35
Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives" : TERI
37
Malfoy, to Harry Potter : ARCHRIVAL
39
Nickname for Harry Longabaugh : SUNDANCE
41
Big name in ice cream : EDY
44
A deer, a female deer : DOE
48
Most cunning : SLIEST
49
Long, long time : EON
50
Munson, Maris or Mantle : YANKEE
52
Rights org. : ACLU
54
Like bread in the Lord's Prayer : DAILY
55
Way up, maybe : STAIR
56
Not yet a jr. : SOPH
57
Anita who was nicknamed the Jezebel of Jazz : ODAY
58
Crossing, of a sort : FORD
60
Charles of mysteries : NORA
61
Murderous suffix : CIDE
62
"Got it" : ISEE

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

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